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📣 READER DISCRETION ADVISED: The Plot Twist Challenge – SIGN-UP THREAD

Welcome, daring readers! This challenge isn’t what it seems. Here’s the setup:

• No automatic teams – you must form your own team, or you can go solo.
• Start when ready – the challenge officially begins Jan 1, but you can’t start reading until your team is assembled. Solo players start immediately on Jan 1.
• No banking books – nothing counts before your team is ready.
• Platform choice – available on Discord OR Goodreads, but you must pick your platform at sign-up.

💡 How to sign up:

Reply to this thread with:

• Your name
• Platform choice
• Whether you’re: Going solo or starting a team
• In which case, provide your team name + members

This is a full-year challenge, so plan carefully… or don’t. The question is: can you survive the twist? 🖤📚

Need to find a team? Go here

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Solo Players: Communal Thread
Anastasia
Sarah
C
Bubbles
Michelle
Sally
Catsalive
Upton
Geri
Ruth
Sophie

Teams:
Team who shall remain Nameless: Amanda, MN Lisa, Jackie, Kirsten, Janeylou
The Dream Team: Jess, Dede, Danielle
the Book Dreamers: Claire, Trisha, Vicki
Team Bound and Determined: Elizabeth, Char, Richard, Amanda E, Possibly Jayme

Elizabeth F
Amanda E
Char
Richard
-
Goodreads

Looking for teammates!

I'll try this as a solo player

Where is the challenge information? I love some of the yearly challenges but I don't want to sign up if it's not a fit for me and I don't know details of what I'd be signing up for. ?

Elizabeth wrote: "Elizabeth F
Goodreads
Can i start a team and just see who wants to join through here? If so is it 4 members like usual? If so -
Looking for teammates!"

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Where is the challenge information? I love some of the yearly challenges but I don't want to sign up if it's not a fit for me and I don't know details of what I'd be signing up for. ?"

🤷‍♀️

Okay.... If there is zero information, I'll pass because I don't want to commit to something that I don't know if is something I'll enjoy, especially if it's for a year.

Amanda E.

Goodreads or discord (either one)
I'm looking for teammates!

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Okay.... If there is zero information, I'll pass because I don't want to commit to something that I don't know if is something I'll enjoy, especially if it's for a year."

Solo is also an option :) or backing out! :) Or passing! :)

I'm kinda scared of this one. 😬 I'll go solo. Goodreads please.

Do we get told nothing?

Sarah wrote: "I'm kinda scared of this one. 😬 I'll go solo"

Where are you going? 🆘

Kat wrote: "Do we get told nothing?"

👀👀

Kat wrote: "Do we get told nothing?"

Sarah wrote: "I'm kinda scared of this one. 😬 I'll go solo. Goodreads please."

You’ll be fine. Probably. 😌✨

I'll be playing on Goodreads. Finding Discord too hard to use

Yeah, I'm curious...

C
Goodreads
Going solo, because I don't want to drag a team down if this is way outside my comfort zone

Solo Players: Communal Thread

Bubbles here!
I'm here for a solo player.
I would prefer to us Goodreads :)

• Your name - Michelle
• Platform choice - Goodreads
• Going solo

• Your name - Sally
• Platform choice - Goodreads ( Discord is driving me nuts with notifications of every damn post whether I am interested or not)
• Going solo

Sally906 wrote: "• Your name - Sally
• Platform choice - Goodreads ( Discord is driving me nuts with notifications of every damn post whether I am interested or not)
• Going solo"

Discord - go to top, where is has Hooked on Books (HoB) with an arrow, click to open drop down - Notification Settings, turn em off! :)

catsalive, solo, GR

Ashley wrote: "Discord - go to top, where is has Hooked on Books (HoB) with an arrow, click to open drop down - Notification Settings, turn em off! :) ..."

Done - thank you

• Your name: Amanda
• Platform choice: Goodreads
• Whether you’re: Going solo or starting a team: Team
• In which case, provide your team name + members: Amanda, MN Lisa, Jackie, Kirsten, Janeylou

How many people a team needs?

Claire wrote: "How many people a team needs?"

• Your name - Danielle
• Platform choice - Goodreads
• Whether you’re: Going solo or starting a team - Team
• In which case, provide your team name + members - The Dream Team: Jess, Dede, Danielle

Thread made

Amanda wrote: "• Your name: Amanda
• Platform choice: Goodreads
• Whether you’re: Going solo or starting a team: Team
• In which case, provide your team name + members: Amanda, MN Lisa, Jackie, Kirsten, Janeylou"

Thread made.

Amanda wrote: "Amanda E.

Goodreads or discord (either one)
I'm looking for teammates!"

My name: Richard
Platform choice: Either
Whether you’re going solo or starting a team: Team
In which case, provide your team name + members: Amanda E

Open to anyone else joining 🤓

•Upton
• GR
• Solo Please and thank you.

Richard wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Amanda E.

Goodreads or discord (either one)
I'm looking for teammates!"

My name: Richard
Platform choice: GR
Whether you’re going solo or starting a team: Team
In which case, prov..."

Hi Richard! Sounds good :) So far on our team we also have Elizabeth, Char, and possibly Jayme (waiting for her to confirm on discord)

• Your name - Geri
• Platform choice - Goodreads
• Whether you’re: Going solo or starting a team - Solo

I’m here to sign up because I’m intrigued!

• Ruth
• GR
• Solo
• Ultimate… Because why the heck not? 😝

Ruth wrote: "I’m here to sign up because I’m intrigued!

• Ruth
• GR
• Solo
• Ultimate… Because why the heck not? 😝"

🥳

Can we get a thread?
Vicki and Trisha will be joining with me and we would like to be called ‘the Book Dreamers’
We are very curious, excited and a little bit scared to start this challenge

the Book Dreamers: Claire, Trisha, Vicki

C wrote: "Yeah, I'm curious...

C
Goodreads
Going solo, because I don't want to drag a team down if this is way outside my comfort zone"

C | January Level: ? if you don't pick before 12/31, we're picking for you

Can Elizabeth, Char, Richard and I get a thread please? (Possibly Jayme too)


Platform: Goodreads
Name: Bound and Determined

Team Bound and DeterminedElizabeth, Char, Richard, Amanda E, Possibly Jayme

thank you :)

sophie
goodread
going solo
easy

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Where is the challenge information? I love some of the yearly challenges but I don't want to sign up if it's not a fit for me and I don't know details of what I'd be signing up for. ?"

UMMMMMM.....I'm with you! This is an easy hard pass! 🤣

Can I still join?

Your name: Eunice
Platform choice: Discord
Whether you’re: Solo - Easy

Eunice wrote: "Can I still join?

Your name: Eunice
Platform choice: Discord
Whether you’re: Solo - Easy"
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

You can also head to the Solo players thread on Discord
https://discord.com/channels/14470259...

if it's not too late:
Jessica
Goodreads
solo

Jessica wrote: "if it's not too late:
Jessica
Goodreads
solo"

Here's your sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Head to the SoloPlayers Communal Thread at your leisure.

Can I still join?

Cindy
Goodreads
Solo

Cindy wrote: "Can I still join?

Cindy
Goodreads
Solo"

Level?