Hooked on Books discussion

🔐 Welcome to Your Box.

The lock is real. The box is closed. But the two of you? You have the keys.

This is your personal team thread. Each week, you’ll receive a new reading prompt. Each of you will choose a book, read it, and post your reflection here. Once both reflections are posted, a key turns—and the box reveals a message just for you.

You must complete all 12 keyholes to open the box in Week 13.

You can use this thread for:
🔐 Weekly reflections
🔐 Talking with your partner
🔐 Celebrating when a new lock opens

Your first prompt arrives Sunday at 6pm CT. You’ll know it when you see it.

Until then: get to know each other. Decide who’s reading what.
And whatever you do… don’t open it yet.

📖 Weekly Check-In Format
When you finish your book, post the info below in this thread to let your partner know you're ready. Once both of you have posted your reflections, one of you should check in on the main thread to unlock your keyhole.

• Week: (e.g., Week 1)
• Book Title:
• Author:
• Page Count:
• Reflection: Your response to the week’s prompt.

🔎 Weekly Check-In Thread
This is how your keyhole gets unlocked.
No check-in, no click.

How to check in:
Just post your team name and a link to your team thread.

Example:
Team: The Locked Hearts
Thread: [insert link here]

Once I see your check-in, your message will appear in your thread—if you’ve earned it.

Team 7:
🔐 christene_littlelibrary
Paige

Hi checking in

hey! do you have any team name ideas?
Here are a few I thought of:
The key readers
The plot unlocked
The chapter crackers
Unlock and uravel

let me know what you think of these or if you have any other ideas let me know:)

Oh I liked The Plot Unlocked

Sounds good, I like that one too.
I will go ahead and check us in

because this is a thing where we read a book a week we are going to be communicating a lot, to make things a bit easier I will go ahead and let you know that I live in the Pacific time zone, and I play volleyball and I'm a highschool student so I can have a pretty busy life sometimes but I will try my best to stay on top of this challenge

Oh perfect! I'm also in a pacific timezone. but I usually check GR at night. Same! I'll try to check as much as I can

Perfect! that will make things a lot easier

I just saw the prompt for this week and I think I'm going to read

I'm about to start so I'll just figure out the interpretation after 😂

**Changed my book I finished Indigo Ridge faster than expected!

Sounds good lol

Completion Post

• Week: #1
• Book Title: Indigo Ridge
• Author: Devney Perry
• Page Count: 340
• Reflection: I'll probably bring my A game in trying to open some locked doors just like how the MC solve the murder case that's happening in her town for almost 7 years. I also discovered how I loved reading mystery/suspense books and enjoyed solving cases. Indigo Ridge feels like In Death series vibes so I finished it right away!

Completion Post

• Week: 1
• Book Title: Better Than the Movies
• Author: Lynn Painter
• Page Count: 349
• Reflection: I'll probably bring determination to this challenge by reading many books and unlocking doors just like how Liz was extremely determined to win over Michaels heart.

Sorry I'm so late to check in, also i ended up changing my book because I wasn't able to get my hands on the other one in time.

Anyways I will go ahead and check us in:)

🗝️ Week 1 Response
This box doesn’t open on its own.
It opened because you showed up as yourself.

What did you learn about each other through these picks?

This message is yours to unlock together. Keep the responses flowing between you; nothing else needs to be checked in.

🔐 Week 2 Prompt: Judge This Book
Some locks don’t care what’s inside—only how it looks.
Choose a book based solely on the cover.
No blurbs. No reviews. No second guesses. Just vibes.

I'll probably read

I'm probably reading

Completion Post

• Week: #2
• Book Title: The Honey Witch
• Author: Sydney J. Shields
• Page Count: 368
• Reflection: I changed my book again. I can't find an audio so been postponing the raven scholar. I read this instead also with a pretty cover

🔐 Week 3 Prompt: Your Missing Piece
Some locks stay closed because something’s missing.
Choose a book that fills a gap in your reading life—something you’ve been avoiding, neglecting, or meaning to try.
Even better if it’s outside your comfort zone.

Completion Post

• Week: 2
• Book Title: You've Reached Sam
• Author: Dustin Thao
• Page Count: 296
• Reflection: This cover is so cute! but I was definitely not expecting it to be as sad as it was :(

🗝️ Week 2 Response
Looks can be deceiving.
But sometimes… they’re not.

What do you think your partner would have expected from your cover—and were they right?

You’ve opened the lock; the rest is dialogue. Respond to each other here, and let the box stay open.