The Challenge Factory discussion

📜The Library of Forbidden and Sacred Texts

“Every scholar’s journey is recorded…”
“…but it begins here.”

Welcome to your Pair Thread.

This space is for you and your partner to track your progress, stay organized, and navigate your studies within the Library.

📅 Challenge Dates
August 16-November 7, 2026

🏛 Pair Designation
📜 Pair # 11 — Title: The Shadow Stacks

👥 Team Members
Keeper: Preeti
Seeker: Lori


🔗 Important Links
📜 The Hall of Records — Scoreboard
🗂 The Reference Desk — Q&A
📚 The Grand Curriculum The Grand Curriculum — Class Tasks

Important Dates
Month 1: Aug 16-Sept 12
Month 2: Sept 13 - Oct 10
Month 3: Oct 11 - Nov 7


🧭 Using This Thread
You may use this space to:
⭐Track completed prompts
⭐Plan your reads
⭐Keep notes for Trials
⭐Coordinate with your partner
(This thread is optional for tracking—use it in whatever way works best for you.)

🧭 Logging completed books
SS: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

🪶 Final Note

“Some scholars plan…”
“…others adapt.”

However you choose to approach your studies, remember:

The Library is always watching.

Begin your journey.

📚 How to Play: The Library of Forbidden and Sacred Texts

Welcome, scholars.

Within the Library, knowledge is not freely explored… it is earned, restricted, and ultimately tested.

🏛️ Your Role
At the start of the challenge, each pair is assigned:
✨ Keeper – Guardian of Sacred knowledge
🔥 Seeker – Pursuer of Forbidden truths
👉 Your role is your identity. It does not change.

📖 The Structure (3 Months)
Your journey unfolds in three phases:

📘 Month 1 – Study Your Major
You must focus on your assigned discipline:
✨ Keepers → Sacred Studies + Archive
🔥 Seekers → Forbidden Studies + Archive
🚫 You may NOT complete prompts from the opposing path.

📙 Month 2 – Cross the Threshold
The Library reveals what was once forbidden to you.
✨ Keepers may now study Forbidden Studies
🔥 Seekers may now study Sacred Studies
📜 Archive remains open to both

⚠️ Important:
Continuing to study only your original path may leave you unprepared.
👉 To succeed in what comes next, you will need knowledge of both disciplines.

📕 Month 3 – The Final Trials
Your understanding will be tested.
📖 The Hidden Truth
📖 The Power Within
📖 The Final Path
These Trials draw from both Sacred and Forbidden knowledge.

🏆 Those who have mastered both paths will have the greatest advantage.

🧾 How to Complete Tasks
Choose a prompt
Read a book that fulfills it
Assign it to:
⭐Sacred
⭐Forbidden
⭐Archive
Post your completion in your pair thread

📝 Points & Logging
Each completed prompt = 5 points
Trials award additional points
Only logged reads count toward your score

⚖️ Competition
You are competing only against your partner.
Earn more points than your partner to win your duel
Each pair stands on its own

📌 Final Notes
Respect monthly restrictions
Post all completions in your pair thread
Strategy matters — especially in Month 2

📚 Your Path Awaits
First, you will specialize.
Then, you will be tempted to expand.
Finally… you will be judged on what you chose to learn.

Choose wisely, scholar.

✨ SACRED STUDIES (KEEPERS)

✨ 1. Preservation of Form
“Not all things should be changed.”
Focus: maintaining identity, resisting alteration
✨ Read a book where something remains unchanged despite pressure
✨ Read a book with a character who resists transformation or disguise
✨ Read a book with the word TRUE or FORM in the title or text

✨ 2. Codes of Conduct
“Order is not weakness—it is discipline.”
Focus: rules, etiquette, structure
✨ Read a book where a character follows a strict code or set of rules
✨ Read a book where someone shows restraint instead of acting impulsively
✨ Read a book with the word RULE, ORDER, or DUTY in the text

✨ 3. Records of Sacrifice
“What is preserved often comes at a cost.”
Focus: protection, sacrifice, legacy
✨ Read a book where a character sacrifices something to protect others
✨ Read a book where a character chooses preservation over personal gain
✨ Read a book where something valuable is protected or hidden

✨ 4. Acts of Stewardship
“To keep is not to hoard—it is to care.”
Focus: responsibility, guardianship, care
✨ Read a book where a character takes responsibility for something important
✨ Read a book where a character helps maintain or restore balance
✨ Read a book with a caretaker, guardian, or protector figure

🔥 FORBIDDEN STUDIES (SEEKERS)

🔥 1. Alteration & Disguise
“Truth is flexible… if you know how to shape it.”
Focus: transformation, identity shifts, deception
🔥 Read a book where a character changes identity, appearance, or role
🔥 Read a book where something is not what it seems
🔥 Read a book with the word MASK, SECRET, or HIDDEN in the title or text

🔥 2. Influence & Control
“Power is not given—it is taken… or persuaded.”
Focus: manipulation, persuasion, leverage
🔥 Read a book where a character manipulates or influences others
🔥 Read a book where someone gains power through strategy or cunning
🔥 Read a book with the word POWER, CONTROL, or COMMAND in the text

🔥 3. Dangerous Knowledge
“Some things are forbidden for a reason.”
Focus: uncovering secrets, forbidden magic, risky discovery
🔥 Read a book where hidden or forbidden knowledge is uncovered
🔥 Read a book where a character takes a risk to learn something new
🔥 Read a book with a secret, curse, or dangerous discovery

🔥 4. Unrestricted Outcomes
“The end is what matters… not the path taken.”
Focus: ambition, consequences, breaking limits
🔥 Read a book where a character pursues a goal at any cost
🔥 Read a book where actions lead to unintended or chaotic consequences
🔥 Read a book where a character breaks rules, laws, or expectations

📜 THE GRAND ARCHIVES (ALL PLAYERS)

“The Archives do not choose sides… they remember everything.”


📜 1. Creatures & Communication
“Not all knowledge is written.”
Focus: connection beyond language, creatures, understanding
📜 Read a book where a character communicates with an animal or non-human creature
📜 Read a book with a creature companion or sidekick (any type)
📜 Read a book where understanding something non-human is important

📜 2. Innate Talents
“Power begins within.”
Focus: skills, abilities, natural gifts
📜 Read a book with a character who has a notable or defining talent (your interpretation)
📜 Read a book where a character discovers or develops an ability
📜 Read a book where a character uses their talent to overcome a challenge

📜 3. Survival & Adaptation
“Stories are not about the strongest… but those who endure.”
Focus: survival, resilience, moral gray areas
📜 Read a book where survival is a key element
📜 Read a book where it is difficult to tell who is right or wrong
📜 Read a book where a character must adapt to a harsh or unfamiliar situation

📜 4. Forces of the World
“Magic, nature, and power exist beyond control.”
Focus: magic, nature, transformation
📜 Read a book where a character uses or encounters elemental magic (water, weather, etc.)
📜 Read a book where a character can transform (animal, plant, or otherwise)
📜 Read a book where natural or magical forces significantly impact the story

Hi, Lori! Looking forward to the start of the challenge.
I have added the tasks above so it is easier for us to refer to them. Please go ahead and add any other info you think we need as quick references.

Hi there Preeti! I am looking forward to this and to working with you. I think you are a great player so I am happy to be paired with you. You did a great job with the tasks. You are awesome!

I am ready to start whenever you are. Let me know how you would like to do our first month.

Hi, Lori. Thanks! I always get my challenges mixed up so find it easiest to have the tasks readily available.
This month, as a keeper, I have to read for tasks in Sacred Studies and Grand Archives, and you, as a seeker, will read for Forbidden Studies and Grand Archives.

Since I am more of a mood reader, I am going to read my books and then fit them to a task, if possible. I will be adding my read posts here as well as logging them on the spreadsheet.

I have finished my first book. Just have to figure out where it fits and add it to the spreadsheet.

Hi Preeti. I am so glad you do what I do. I read ARCs and then I fit them in. If I find myself left with a prompt then I can always read a book for that prompt and it will work for other challenges too.

Lori wrote: "Hi Preeti. I am so glad you do what I do. I read ARCs and then I fit them in. If I find myself left with a prompt then I can always read a book for that prompt and it will work for other challenges..."

And luckily, Donna said we can shuffle our books around as much as we want.

Month 1: Sacred Studies & Grand Archives (Aug 16-Sept 12)

Task: Read a book where a character helps maintain or restore balance
Book: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Date Read: Aug 18
How It Fits: (view spoiler)[Wargrave sees himself as restoring moral balance by punishing those who escaped the law; the island becomes a closed system in which guilt is finally “balanced” by death according to his judgment. (hide spoiler)]


Task: Read a book where someone shows restraint instead of acting impulsively
Book: By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Tommy & Tuppence #4) by Agatha Christie
Date Read: Aug 19
How It Fits: Tommy repeatedly shows caution and restraint while Tuppence is more impulsive in pursuing leads alone.


Task: Read a book where a character uses their talent to overcome a challenge
Book: Scandal of the Summer (Flirty Rotten Scoundrels #1) by Alexandra Vasti
Date Read: Aug 22
How It Fits: Ruby uses her perceptiveness and refusal to be intimidated to see through Archer’s scare tactics and navigate the dual deceptions. Archer uses his con-artist skills and crew leadership to maintain the house cover and later to help address the princess’s peril.


Task: Read a book where something valuable is protected or hidden
Book: The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth's Past #1) by Cixin Liu
Date Read: Aug 28
How It Fits: The Red Coast Base project, Ye’s contact with the Trisolarans, the existence of the ETO, and the nature of the sophons are all carefully hidden. Scientific knowledge and the truth about physics are “protected” (or suppressed) in different ways across the story.


Task: Read a book where it is difficult to tell who is right or wrong
Book: Endless Night by Agatha Christie
Date Read: Sep 2
How It Fits: (view spoiler)[The unreliable first-person narration deliberately blurs moral lines for much of the book. Michael presents himself sympathetically, the gypsy warnings create ambiguity about fate versus human agency, and the reader only confronts the full extent of his culpability toward the end of the story. Class tensions and Ellie’s isolation also complicate simple judgments. (hide spoiler)]


Task: Read a book where something remains unchanged despite pressure
Book: Woman 99 by Greer Macallister
Date Read: Sep 4
How It Fits: Charlotte’s loyalty to and determination to rescue her sister Phoebe remain constant despite the extreme pressures, dangers, and dehumanizing conditions of the asylum. Many of the women inside also retain their core identities and resistance even under institutional control.


Task: Read a book where a character communicates with an animal or non-human creature
Book: Wildwood (Wildwood Chronicles #1) by Colin Meloy
Date Read: Sep 11
How It Fits: (view spoiler)[Talking animals are central (coyotes, birds including Owl Rex and eagles, a rat named Septimus, etc.). Mystics (and later Prue) communicate with plants/trees. Alexandra speaks with the ivy. (hide spoiler)]

Hi. I hope all is well with you.
I am tracking my read books here so that I can plan which tasks I want to assign to them at the end of the round. I just know that I will forget at least one book if I don't add them here. ☺️

Hi there:

I am well. Thanks. Hope you are too. I was out of town in Texas celebrating my grandson's 2nd birthday. I promise to start posting either today or tomorrow.

No problem. I hope you had a great time. Spending time with family is, in my opinion, one of the best things ever, particularly when one gets to celebrate happy occasions.
I am going on a holiday with my parents in the middle of the month and I am so looking forward to it.

Month 1 - Seeker - Forbidden
Task: 🔥 Read a book where a character changes identity, appearance, or role
Book/Author:
Date read: 09/06/2026
How it fits: Tank changes character completely. From Warren who comes from a well to do family to Tank who is tattooed biker and takes on dangerous and reckless tasks for his MC.

Month 1. Seeker - Forbidden
Task: 🔥 Read a book where a character manipulates or influences others
Book/Author:
Date read: 08/19/2026
How it fits: The stolen princess is manipulated by her mother to believe the world outside where she is being held is dangerous and scary. She uses false newspapers, televisions, etc., to persuade and influence Desta into thinking she is safe where she is but she is actually in more danger.

I have finished my first book. Just have to figure out where it fits and add it to the spreadsheet.

Did you figure out the spreadsheet? Gotta tell you I am really hopeless with spreadsheets

I find the spreadsheet pretty easy. But then, I have a great love for spreadsheets of all kinds. Comes from years of working first with Excel and now also with Google Sheets, I had to learn to love them! 😊

Aaaah. So can you give me a quick lesson? I have more books to post.

Lori wrote: "Aaaah. So can you give me a quick lesson? I have more books to post."

Sure, no problem.

1. Go to the spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
You should be on the page marked "Book Log".
2. Go to the next empty row.
3. Click on the drop arrow in column A and select the task your book works for. If it is Red, it is a Sacred task, Green is Forbidden, and Blue is Archive.
4. Click on the drop arrow on the next column and select the type of task, so Sacred or Forbidden or Archive. (P.S. You should only be reading for tasks from Forbidden and Archive this month.)
5. Select your name in the next column
6. Enter the Book title, author, page count and date read in the next cells.
7. That is it! The points column will auto-populate on its own as soon as you enter the date read.
8. Repeat the same steps for the rest of your books.

If you have any doubts, leave me a message here and I will help sort it out.

Month 1 - Forbidden
🔥 Read a book where hidden or forbidden knowledge is uncovered
Book/Author:
Date read: 09/12/2026
How it fits: The main couple go on a search for a missing neighbor. During their research they find details of hidden treasure that is supposedly buried on the neighbor's land and they uncover all the details of the robbery that occurred where a train was robbed 100 years prior.

Month 1. - Forbidden
🔥 Read a book where a character breaks rules, laws, or expectations
Book/Author:
Date read: 08/22/2026
How it fits: Yak is a biker and belongs to a club that has no respect for laws or rules. They kill when necessary. They rob and steal when necessary but they really are like Robin Hood and his band of men...they take from the rich and corrupt and give back to those that need.

This is the last prompt for Seekers Forbidden Studies

Preeti wrote: "Lori wrote: "Aaaah. So can you give me a quick lesson? I have more books to post."

Sure, no problem.

1. Go to the spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/......"

Lori wrote: "Aaaah. So can you give me a quick lesson? I have more books to post."

Your instructions were awesome! If you want to go and look and make sure I did it correctly that would be great. I took an Excel class 4 or 5 times and knew nothing more by the end of the 5th.

Grand Archives
Innate Talents
📜 Read a book with a character who has a notable or defining talent (your interpretation)
Book/Author:
Date read: 09/10/26
How it fits: Lydia who owns the shop is an incredible knitter and has knowledge of yarns, stitched and anything to do with knitting. Lydia has overcome cancer twice and the shop is her way of giving life another chance. She feels that knitting defines who she is.

Grand Archives
Survival & Adaptation
📜 Read a book where a character must adapt to a harsh or unfamiliar situation
Book/Author:
Date read: 09/01/26
How it fits: The main characters are driving across Canada. They face blizzards, driving on a spare tire for more miles than it is supposed to be good for. They can't see because they are blinded by snow and grey skies. They are on the edge of the road and would drop into Lake Superior but somehow they survive and get to their destination.

Thanks, Lori! I checked your entries. They are perfect.

LOL! I know what you mean. I am convinced that everybody has at least one subject that their brain simply refuses to comprehend. I am the same with Physics. No matter how much I read about the subject, nothing quite sticks. Nevertheless, I continue my attempts to learn at least the basics! Hopefully, some day, I will have my Eureka moment.

It's time, folks! Update your month 1 books. I will be back tomorrow to wrap up the scores. You should be switching curriculums. Study the other role now.

Hi, Lori. This is to remind you that you have to read for tasks from Sacred Studies and the Grand Archives in Round 2.

Month 2: Forbidden Studies & Grand Archives (Sept 13 - Oct 10)

Task: Read a book with the word POWER, CONTROL, or COMMAND in the text
Book: Best in Snow (Andy Carpenter #24) by David Rosenfelt
Date Read: Sep 13
How It Fits: Pg. 61: …he controlled money and power…


Task: Read a book with the word MASK, SECRET, or HIDDEN in the title or text
Book: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Date Read: Sep 13
How It Fits: Pg. 13: the secret of Ford’s success


Task: Read a book where a character manipulates or influences others
Book: The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy #3) by Katherine Arden
Date Read: Sep 14
How It Fits: Vasya bargains with, binds, and allies with powerful chyerti (including the Bear and Lady Midnight). Konstantin manipulates mobs through fear and rhetoric.


Task: Read a book where a character pursues a goal at any cost
Book: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Date Read: Sep 20
How It Fits: Martha relentlessly pursues justice and truth for Rebecca Foster and protection for her own family, even when it endangers her economically, socially, and physically.


Task: Read a book where something is not what it seems
Book: Last One to Leave by Benjamin Stevenson
Date Read: Sep 23
How It Fits: The murder looks impossible under continuous surveillance and the hand-on-wall rule. Contestants’ abilities, motives, and even physical capabilities are not what they initially appear. (view spoiler)[The contest itself is manipulated for content (hide spoiler)].


Task: Read a book where hidden or forbidden knowledge is uncovered
Book: Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos #1) by Dan Simmons
Date Read: Sep 25
How It Fits: The true nature of the Time Tombs, the cruciform, the Shrike, the TechnoCore’s agendas, and the personal histories linking each pilgrim to Hyperion are gradually revealed. Much of the novel concerns the dangerous cost of seeking or possessing such knowledge.


Task: Read a book where a character changes identity, appearance, or role
Book: Calling Sehmat by Harinder Sikka
Date Read: Sep 27
How It Fits: Sehmat transforms from an ordinary college-going girl into a trained undercover spy who lives as the wife and daughter-in-law in a Pakistani military family. She maintains a complete double life and dual identity.


Task: Read a book where a character takes a risk to learn something new
Book: Iris is More than Okay by Natalie Cooper
Date Read: Sep 28
How It Fits: Iris risks emotional exposure by leaving her controlled routines, going on the work trip, confronting suppressed memories, and allowing a romantic connection after years of self-protection.


Task: Read a book where actions lead to unintended or chaotic consequences
Book: Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
Date Read: Oct 5
How It Fits: Every use of magic has catastrophic external consequences. (view spoiler)[Sciona’s research and her final spell trigger riots, institutional collapse, and widespread upheaval far beyond their original intentions. (hide spoiler)]


Task: Read a book where someone gains power through strategy or cunning
Book: The Hobbit (Middle Earth #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien
Date Read: Oct 9
How It Fits: Bilbo’s greatest successes come through wit rather than strength, (view spoiler)[the riddle-game with Gollum, escaping the goblins, freeing the dwarves from the spiders and the Elvenking’s halls, and his conversation with Smaug. (hide spoiler)]


Task: Read a book with a secret, curse, or dangerous discovery
Book: Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple #13) by Agatha Christie
Date Read: Oct 10
How It Fits: The central plot in the book (view spoiler)[is the secret of the murder and the body’s burial in the garden. The recovered traumatic memory is dangerous both psychologically and because the killer is still alive and willing to kill again to protect the secret. (hide spoiler)]

Lori, FYI, Donna says we can only read for those Grand Archives tasks we have not already used in the last round.

Ok thanks so much. I don;t think I read for any

Hi, Lori. This is just to remind you that today is the last day of this round.
Sorry, I have been meaning to come here and post messages but I got busy with travelling and a lot of family stuff that came up once we got back home.
I hope all is well with you!

📜 The Final Trials — Keeper vs Seeker

There are 3 Trials.
You will compete directly against your partner in each one.

Win 2 out of 3 Trials → You win the challenge
The winner will receive +100 bonus points


📚 Reading Requirement (Per Trial)

For each Trial, you must:
➡️Read exactly 3 books

No more. No less.
This ensures fairness for all participants.



⚖️ Path Assignment

For your 3 books, you must assign:
🗝️ 1 Keeper
🔍 1 Seeker
⚖️ 1 Choice (you decide Keeper or Seeker)


🧾 Explanation Requirement

For each book:
⭐Assign it to Keeper or Seeker
⭐Provide a brief explanation (1–2 sentences) explaining why it fits that path


🧠 Then AFTER all 3 Trials…

🏁 Final Declaration
After completing all 9 books:

Choose your Final Path:
🗝️ Keeper
🔍 Seeker
Provide a short explanation (2–4 sentences):

Show that you understand the side you have chosen.


🧠 What Is Being Judged?
This is not about who reads the most.
Each Trial will be judged based on:
⭐Clarity of choices
⭐Consistency across your books
⭐Strength of your final path
A winner will be chosen for each Trial.


📖 Trial Themes
Each Trial will have a theme to guide your reading:
🗝️ Trial 1 — The Hidden Truth (Secrets, discovery, knowledge)
🌿 Trial 2 — The Power Within (Ability, influence, control)
📜 Trial 3 — The Final Path (Choice, consequence, conviction)


⚠️ Important Notes
⭐Keep explanations short and simple
⭐There are no “right” answers—only how well you support your path
⭐The Library sees patterns… not just choices


🪶 Final Words
“One book is chance…”
“Three books is pattern…”
“And pattern… is truth.”

Choose wisely.

Month 3: The Final Trials (Oct 11 - Nov 7)

Trial 1: The Hidden Truth (Secrets, discovery, knowledge)

Book: Book of Night (The Charlatan Duology #1) by Holly Black
Date Read: Oct 16
Page Count: 368
Path Assigned: Seeker
How It Fits: Charlie is pulled back into the shadow underworld to uncover stolen knowledge and buried identities. Uncovering secrets and using leverage define her path.


Book: Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor #1) by Jessica Townsend (89778 words)
Date Read: Oct 18
Page Count: 513
Path Assigned: Keeper
How It Fits: Morrigan is carefully guided into the Wundrous Society, where hidden knowledge is protected and power is bound by discipline and legacy.


Book: The Housemaid (The Housemaid #1) by Freida McFadden
Date Read: Oct 20
Page Count: 329
Path Assigned: Choice: Seeker
How It Fits: Layers of deception and hidden abuse are stripped away until the real power structure is exposed. Discovery drives the entire narrative.


Trial 2: The Power Within (Ability, influence, control)

Book: Six of Crows (Six of Crows #1) by Leigh Bardugo
Date Read: Oct 30
Page Count: 465
Path Assigned: Seeker
How It Fits: A crew of outcasts uses skill, cunning and calculated risk to seize control of an impossible situation. Influence and leverage are their primary weapons.


Book: Skyward (Skyward #1) by Brandon Sanderson
Date Read: Oct 19
Page Count: 520
Path Assigned: Keeper
How It Fits: Spin trains, masters her abilities and accepts the discipline of the Defiant Defense Force to protect what remains of her people. Power is earned through duty and control of self.


Book: Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon
Date Read: Oct 24
Page Count: 929
Path Assigned: Choice: Keeper
How It Fits: Swan’s gift of life and renewal becomes the centre of hope after nuclear collapse. Ability here serves preservation and legacy rather than conquest.


Trial 3: The Final Path (Choice, consequence, conviction)

Book: The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy #2) by James Islington
Date Read: Oct 26
Page Count: 736
Path Assigned: Seeker
How It Fits: Multiple versions of Vis face irreversible decisions across three worlds, each choice carrying heavy moral weight and lasting consequence. Ambition and risk shape every path.


Book: Tempests & Tea Leaves (The Charmed Leaf Legacy #1) by Rachel Morgan
Date Read: Oct 28
Page Count: 380
Path Assigned: Keeper
How It Fits: Iris and Jasvian must decide between personal desire and the responsibilities of family, magic and social duty. Sacrifice and guardianship of legacy sit at the heart of their initial choices.


Book: Holy Chow (Andy Carpenter #25) by David Rosenfelt
Date Read: Oct 23
Page Count: 304
Path Assigned: Choice: Seeker
How It Fits: Andy chooses to take a dangerous case out of conviction and loyalty, accepting the risks and consequences that follow. The decision itself is the turning point.


Final Declaration

Final Path: Seeker
Reason: I choose the Seeker’s path because I believe truth is of little worth until someone puts it to use. The Keeper guards what has been handed down, and that is an honourable task, but it asks for restraint at the very moment knowledge could change something. The Seeker accepts the risk of acting, and so takes responsibility for what follows. I would rather earn my convictions by choosing than preserve them by waiting.

🎓 LoFAST — MONTH 3: THE FINAL TRIALS ⚔️

The second month of your studies has officially concluded, and the time has come to put your training to the test!

Before proceeding, please make sure all your Month 2 reading and assignments have been posted. Your results will be reviewed and final scores recorded.

Once your Month 2 results have been finalized, you will enter the Final Trials.

Three trials await. Each will test the knowledge and skills you've developed throughout your studies.

Your training is complete.

Now it's time to prove what you've learned.

Good luck, students! 📚✨

Preeti I apologize for the delay in adding my books. I am having a really tough time and I should really have dropped out and again for that I apologize. I will try to add some now.

I have added to the spreadsheet those I could. We have to work together but against each other for the final trials. Correct?

Lori wrote: "Preeti I apologize for the delay in adding my books. I am having a really tough time and I should really have dropped out and again for that I apologize. I will try to add some now."

No problem... I just got a bit worried when I didn't hear from you. I am so sorry to hear you are having a tough time. Sending you tonnes of good vibes and hoping everything gets sorted out quickly and completely.
And please remember, this is just a challenge...life is more important. Don't worry about trying to catch up, as far as I am concerned, this is more for fun than anything else.

Lori wrote: "I have added to the spreadsheet those I could. We have to work together but against each other for the final trials. Correct?"

Yes, you are absolutely correct. We have to read 3 books for each trial. Then we assign one as Keeper, one as Seeker, and the third as either Keeper or Seeker.