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Dewey Decimals
Hi -- are we doing this? or did we join too late?
Thank goodness you're here. I need Katharine and Priya to show up too so we can clock in.
Bubbles wrote: "Sorry to be late but I'm here :)"Welcome.
Glad to have you here.
Hopefully we can still be librarians :)
Hi everyone! So how do we start? Team name?
Dewey Decimals? I know it's kinda stupidBubbles! Long time! So good to be teamed with you again!
Katharine wrote: "Dewey Decimals? I know it's kinda stupid"I think it is cute!
It is! Dewey Decimals
christene_littlelibrary wrote: "It is! Dewey Decimals"I like that name too! We have consensus?!?!!
Lets get this started! Who’s going to act as a leader?
I’ll check us in so we can start
Olawuyi wrote: "Almost gave up on this."Same here.
Glad we're doing this!
Mod
And the Crown of King Arthur
👑 “A crown with power, a secret society, and a library that chooses its own heroes.”
In Season 1, Episode 1 of The Librarians, a mysterious organization recruits a new Guardian, Eve Baird, to protect the magical Library and its chosen Librarian, Flynn Carsen. Together, they investigate a series of strange murders linked to Excalibur and the lost crown of King Arthur. Along the way, they discover a hidden group of potential Librarians and face off against the Serpent Brotherhood, who seek to unleash dangerous magic.
Tasks (Reminder: Each of you must choose a different task)
👑Read a book with a crown on the cover
🐍Read a book that starts & ends with a letter in SERPENT
🧑Read a book with a character named EVE or FLYNN, or ARTHUR
🗡️Read a book with all the letters of EXCALIBUR in the title/subtitle/series
👦👦Read a book with brothers in the story
Mod
Could I take crown on the cover please?
I'd like to take the last one please...a book with brothers in the story.
Season 1 Episode 1Completion Post
Tasks
👑Read a book with a crown on the cover - Bubbles
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
🐍Read a book that starts & ends with a letter in SERPENT - Katharine
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
🧑Read a book with a character named EVE or FLYNN, or ARTHUR - Deedee
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
🗡️Read a book with all the letters of EXCALIBUR in the title/subtitle/series - Christene
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
👦👦Read a book with brothers in the story - Olawuyi
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I’ll take Excalibur task
I'll takeRead a book with a character named EVE or FLYNN, or ARTHUR
now I'm off looking at my King Arthur books :)
That leaves me with SERPENT. Are subtitles included?I'll post when I find one.
Completion Post
Book: Excalibur by Peter Gibbons
Date Read: Feb 7
Task: Read a book with all the letters of EXCALIBUR in the title/subtitle/series
How it fits: Excalibur in title
Completion PostSeason 1 Episode 1
Book: The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
Task: Read a book with brothers in the story
How it fits: Has Alan and Nick as brothers.
Date Read: 14th February.
Pages: 336 pages.
COMPLETION POST Season 1, Episode 1Book: Knight Life (Modern Arthur #1) (1987) by Peter David
Task: a character named EVE or FLYNN, or ARTHUR
Pages: 343 pages
Date Finished: February 19, 2026
How it fits: Main character is ARTHUR Penn. (He's King Arthur, restored to life.)
COMPLETION POSTBook/author: Pan's Secret: A Pirate Princess's Quest for Answers by R. V. Bowman
Task: Read a book that begins and ends with a letter in SERPENT
Date finished: 2/20/26
Pages: 252 pages, Kindle edition
How it fits: P and T (or S if you include the subtitle) are all letters found in SERPENT
Completion Post Book/Author: Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati
Task: Read a book with a crown on the cover
Date Read: 2/27
Pages: 435
How it Fits:
Crown on the cover
So sorry team!! This will NOT happen again because of me
Mod
And the Sword in the Stone
🗡️ “When Camelot stirs, legends awaken—and the past is far from buried.”
The Serpent Brotherhood is close to unleashing unchecked magic on the world. Flynn, mortally wounded by Excalibur, flees with Eve and the new recruits (Jake, Ezekiel, and Cassandra). They meet Jenkins at the hidden Library Annex, which becomes their new base. To stop the Brotherhood’s ritual under Buckingham Palace, they infiltrate a royal ball, recover Excalibur, and ultimately save Flynn when Cassandra uses the sword’s magic to heal him instead of herself. Flynn departs to restore the missing Library, leaving the new Librarians to begin their own journey under Jenkins’s guidance.
Tasks (Reminder: Each of you must choose a different task)
🗡️Read a book with a sword, crown, or other magical artifact on the cover
🤫Read a book where a hidden sanctuary, archive, or secret place plays a role
🎉Read a book featuring a masquerade, gala, or royal setting
🦸Read a book where a mentor trains or guides a new group of heroes
🚩Read a book where a character must risk their life, health, or future for the greater good
Season 1, Episode 2Completion Post
Tasks
🗡️Read a book with a sword, crown, or other magical artifact on the cover - Olawuyi
🤫Read a book where a hidden sanctuary, archive, or secret place plays a role - Deedee
🎉Read a book featuring a masquerade, gala, or royal setting - Bubbles
🦸Read a book where a mentor trains or guides a new group of heroes - Christene
🚩Read a book where a character must risk their life, health, or future for the greater good - Katharine
I’m claiming the mentor training tasks
I can take book featuring a masquerade, gala, or royal setting
Hi all! Glad we're still doing this. I'll take:🤫Read a book where a hidden sanctuary, archive, or secret place plays a role
That leaves me with the first task. Glad we're still doing this.
Completion PostSeason 1 Episode 2
Book: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Task: Read a book with a sword, crown, or other magical artifact on the cover.
How it fits: Book cover has a crown on it.
Date Read: 7th March.
Pages: 388 pages
Completion PostSeason 1 Episode 2
Book: The Charmed Library (2026) by Jennifer Moorman
Task: Read a book where a hidden sanctuary, archive, or secret place plays a role
How it fits:
p. 27: “….many unusual, historical, and unique items and books had been tucked into a spacious, separated, and sealed section beneath part of the library.”
Later, our heroine sees p. 49 a “vault door leading to antiquities archives”, the one described on p. 27
This is definitively a “hidden archive”, reachable only by going down a back staircase and unsealing a vault door.
Date Finished: March 09, 2026
Pages: 342
COMPLETION POSTEpisode 2
Book: Charlie Thorne and the Lost City by Stuart Gibbs
Task: Read a book where a character must risk their life, health, or future for the greater good
How it fits: Charlie risks her life to save a lost city on the Galapagos Islands
Date finished: March 13, 2026
375 pages
Olawuyi wrote: "Oh wow."yeah, this team seems .... disbanded .... so disappointing as I enjoy contests like this one.
Mod
📜 Override Orders
Even the Library—ancient and absolute—permits the occasional exception.
Each Librarian has been issued 3 Override Orders, to be used only when absolutely necessary…
This means...
You may that while you normally must each choose a different task, the person using the override order may now read the same task as another member on the team
OR
Skip the task altogether
OR
Pick any book they want to read
Each of you gets 3 Override Orders to use for the duration of the challenge. Use them wisely. You will not be granted any more.
Deedee wrote: "Olawuyi wrote: "Oh wow."yeah, this team seems .... disbanded .... so disappointing as I enjoy contests like this one."
Same here.
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