🎃What's up, Page-Turners!🎃 Welcome to your monthly dose of bookish updates, challenges, and community highlights. Let’s dive in!
📢Announcements📢
🔹 The Lore Vault wails, the echo rattling its own shelves… “Still no volunteers? Again? Must I suffer in silence, abandoned and forgotten? And now—oh no, she’s back! Stickers, glitter, sparkles in my shadows. Please, someone save me! Give me a curator before I drown in rhinestones and pumpkin decals!” Volunteer as Curator! 🔹 Listopia Madness will be discontinued for now due to low participation. But don’t worry—I (Donna) am not leaving our Listopia masterminds out in the cold! ❄️ Instead, I’ve folded a Listopia Bonus into our TBR Busters challenge. The winners from September’s Listopia Madness will get the honor of picking the bonus listopias for the rest of the year: 🥇 1st Place Winner → October 🥈 2nd Place Winner → November 🥉 3rd Place Winner → December
🍂Current Challenges and Competitions🍂 📚 Shorter Challenges (1 month and below)
🦌 Buzzwords Q4 - Read books centered around a buzzword! (Host: Donna) ✨ 2025 "Wrapping Up the Year" Reading Challenge - Catch up on unfinished books, explore new genres, and tackle those lingering TBRs before the calendar flips! (Host: Ashley) 🔤 ABC Q4 - Vivid Worlds Xpand Your Zenith - Reading tasks for each letter of the alphabet! (Host: Ashley) 💞 Partner Pick Oct/Nov - Get your next read picked by a partner, and do the same for them! Initial signups open through Friday, September 26 (Host: Angie)
🎇October Formal Buddy Reads | Diwali: Illuminated Journeys Theme: A vibrant exploration of light and resilience, where the beauty of tradition intertwines with personal journeys, illuminating the path to self-discovery and hope.
🥳Winner's Spotlight🥳 Celebrating our August winners!
Water Balloon Wars: 🏆Winning Team: Water Snipers 🎯Most Hits Delivered: Vicki and Angie ‼️Most Misses (couldn't hit the broad side of a barn!): Shan A 🌊Most Hits Taken: Jayme
High Five or Dumpster Dive: The votes have spoken, and the readers have chosen their champions (and their duds). 🏆 Epic of the Month When the Stars Go Dark— submitted by Michelle A gripping tale that stole the spotlight and earned the highest praise! 🗑️ Dud of the Month Pucking Around— submitted by Ashley Not every book can be a winner… this one slid right into the Dumpster Dive slot! Thanks to everyone who voted—your highs and lows keep this game lively. Stay tuned for next month’s showdown! 📚🔥
💡 Quick Tips & Reminders 🔹Ask the mods if you need help/have any questions! 🔹Use spoiler tags in discussions: [spoiler]text[/spoiler]. 🔹Update your monthly challenge logs by September 30 🔹New Members: Check out the Welcome New Members thread! 🔹 Challenge Tracking: Use the Current Challenges Thread to find every challenge, and the Challenge Tracking Folder to stay organized with your selected challenges! 🔹App Warning: Goodreads’ app sometimes hides threads—check on desktop for full updates!
🎃What's up, Page-Turners!🎃
Welcome to your monthly dose of bookish updates, challenges, and community highlights. Let’s dive in!
📢 Announcements 📢
🍂 Current Challenges and Competitions 🍂
📚 Shorter Challenges (1 month and below)
📚 Longer Challenges
👉 Full Challenge List & Thread Links
💕 Buddy Reads and Readathons 💕
🥳 Winner's Spotlight 🥳
Celebrating our August winners!
💡 Quick Tips & Reminders
🔹Ask the mods if you need help/have any questions!
🔹Use spoiler tags in discussions: [spoiler]text[/spoiler].
🔹Update your monthly challenge logs by September 30
🔹New Members: Check out the Welcome New Members thread!
🔹 Challenge Tracking: Use the Current Challenges Thread to find every challenge, and the Challenge Tracking Folder to stay organized with your selected challenges!
🔹App Warning: Goodreads’ app sometimes hides threads—check on desktop for full updates!
Happy reading, everyone!
📖 Your HOB Mod Team