✨What's up, Page-Turners!✨ Welcome to your monthly dose of bookish updates, challenges, and community highlights. Let’s dive in!
📢Announcements📢
🔹 We’re excited to welcome Julia, a wonderful addition to our moderator team. We’re thrilled to have her insight, support, and fresh energy on board! 🔹 Sinister Toys & Haunted Objects will continue to take signups for individual or non-competitive teams (teams of 3). Backup players are always welcome 🔹 Reminders: These challenges will end when the ball drops on New Year's Eve. Please try to wrap them up. - D&D Adventures - Goodreads Choice Awards 2022/2023 - Anne McCaffrey Spotlight
📖Current Challenges and Competitions📖 📚 Shorter Challenges (1 month and below)
🕯️ November Buddy Reads | Holiday: Day of the Dead Theme: Ancestral Echoes. As the veil thins this November, we’re diving into stories where memory, legacy, and the unseen connect generations. ✨
This month, we welcome Kari to the dark side! She recently confessed:
“I don’t know what I was saying, dolls are the best ; )”
And just like that, another soul has joined the ranks of doll-devotees. We’re thrilled to have her embracing the creepier corners of our shelves. Beware… once you start loving dolls, they’ll start loving you back. 👀🪆✨
💡 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 November 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)
👉 Full Challenge List & Thread Links
💕 Buddy Reads and Readathons 💕
🖤 Community Shoutout 🖤
This month, we welcome Kari to the dark side! She recently confessed:
“I don’t know what I was saying, dolls are the best ; )”
And just like that, another soul has joined the ranks of doll-devotees. We’re thrilled to have her embracing the creepier corners of our shelves. Beware… once you start loving dolls, they’ll start loving you back. 👀🪆✨
🥳 Winner's Spotlight 🥳
Celebrating our September's winners!
TBR Busters: 🥇 (Apple Pie) Melanie, 165pts | 🥈 (Lemon Meringue Pie) Caraina, 107pts | 🥉 (Pumpkin Pie) Sammy, 111pts
Listopia: 🥇 Sammy & Angie | 🥈 Jenny | 🥉 Ellen
Buzzwords 2025 Q3: 🥇 Sammy, 167pts | 🥈 Caraina, 150pts | 🥉 Angie, 109pts
💡 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 November 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