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🌌 MISSION BRIEFING
MISSION DESIGNATION: Operation: Long Haul
OBJECTIVE: Read. Survive. Outscore rival crews.

Command has authorized a multi-ship expedition into uncharted literary space. Crews will face unknown worlds, hostile encounters, system failures, and the occasional existential crisis disguised as a paperback. Success will be measured in completed objectives, accumulated points, and crew morale (complaints are expected).
Each ship operates independently. Cooperation is optional. Rivalry is inevitable.

🚀SHIP DOSSIERS (aka: the teams)
1) Normandy SR-2
Class: Stealth Recon / Advanced Systems
Commanding Officer: Commander Shepard
Specialization: Precision, adaptability, impossible odds
The Normandy SR-2 is equipped with state-of-the-art tech, elite specialists, and a commander known for making the “right” call, usually at the last possible second. This crew excels at high-risk missions, moral dilemmas, and punching well above their weight class. Expect efficiency, intensity, and at least one emotionally devastating choice.

2) Rocinante
Class: Martian Corvette (Illegally Modified, Allegedly)
Captain: James Holden
Specialization: Survival, improvisation, doing the right thing loudly
The Rocinante isn’t the biggest ship in the fleet, but she’s stubborn, heavily armed, and crewed by people who refuse to walk away from a problem. Known for chaotic heroism, questionable decision-making, and unshakable loyalty, this crew thrives under pressure and tends to stumble into galaxy-shaking consequences.

3) Serenity
Class: Firefly-Class Transport
Captain: Malcolm Reynolds
Specialization: Smuggling, survival, and refusing to quit
Serenity flies under the radar, held together by stubbornness, duct tape, and pure spite. Her crew operates outside official channels, relying on wit, grit, and found family bonds. They may not play by the rules... but they do get the job done. Usually with style. Occasionally on fire.

Rules & Guidelines:
How to join
- Post a comment with the preference order of which team you would like to be on. We will try to accommodate the request but the priority is to keep the teams balanced.
- PLEASE make your own huge post (under spoiler tags if you can) to keep track of how you’re doing.
- The challenge starts Jan 1 2026 (your time zone). You can join any time as long as 2026 isn't over.

How to participate
- Players score points for their team by completing prompts from the common pool or the team’s prompts.
- Prompts can be completed any number of times by different teams and different individuals, but only one time per person. (Except for buddy reads + Shine & Shadow theme/mod prompts).
- You do not need to select the book before reading it. Maybe you read something this year and you realize it fits the prompt? Then you can scratch it! We’re keeping it no-stress.
- One book can only count toward one prompt. You cannot read one book to complete five prompts even if it fits.
- Rearranging is not allowed. Once you say X book is used to cross off one prompt, you cannot then change it! It needs to stay as it is :)
- There is NO category completion reward this year.
- NEW! Adding DNFs is allowed as long as you've read at least 80% of the book and it's got book-length (at least 110 pages. Short novellas/children's books/comics cannot be counted as DNFs for this challenge).

How to score points
- Regular prompt: 1 point per prompt.
- Your team's prompts: 2 points per prompt.

Mission Log:(view spoiler)[
Deep Space Exploration
1) First Contact: Read a book by an author you’ve never read before.
2) Uncharted System: Read a book whose cover shows constellations, a place, a landscape, or architecture that you’re unfamiliar with.
3) Strange New Lifeforms: Read a book featuring a non-human or very non-standard protagonist.
4) Anomaly Detected: Read a book that blends genres (e.g. sci-fi romance, horror fantasy, lit fic thriller).
5) Planetfall: Read a book primarily set in a single, isolated location.

Ship Maintenance & Engineering
1) Hull Breach: Read a book under 250 pages.
2) Emergency Repairs: Read a book with a timeline of maximum 72 hours.
3) System Upgrade: Read a sequel or next book in a series.
4) Patch Job: Read a book by an author you have read before and given 2 stars or less.
5) Hitch Your Tits and Pucker Up its Time to Peel the Paint: Read a book with a title that implies speed, urgency, or motion.

Space Combat & Hostile Encounters
1) Enemy Vessel Sighted: Read a book with a villain (or a morally gray) main character.
2) Boarding Action: Read a book with significant physical conflict or combat.
3) Return Fire: Read a revenge story or a book driven by retaliation.
4) Mutiny: Read a book where characters betray each other or challenge authority.
5) Last Stand: Read a book where the stakes are explicitly life-or-death.

Command Decisions & Crew Politics
1) Captain’s Log: Read a book written in a diary/log format (fully or partially).
2) Chain of Command: Read a book whose cover prominently features symbols of authority (crowns, uniforms, weapons, thrones, badges...).
3) Terms and Conditions Apply: Read a book with a title that sounds like a formal process, agreement, or official act (trial, treaty, protocol, council, court...).
4) Court Martial: Read a book with a title referencing justice, morality, or consequences.
5) Orders from Above: Read a book where characters must follow (or disobey) a higher authority.

Shore Leave & Off-Duty Hours
1) Holodeck Malfunction: Read a book with something broken on the cover.
2) Zero-G Karaoke: Read a funny or lighthearted book.
3) Crew Bonding Exercise: Read a book centered on friendship or found family.
4) Squad Loyalty Mission: Read a book whose title includes a person’s name or job title/role.
5) R&R Station:Read a book set largely in bars, cafes, or hotels/inns.

Cosmic Horrors & Existential Threats
1) Signal from the Void: Read a cosmic horror book.
2) Time Dilation: Read a book that plays with time, memory, or nonlinear structure.
3) The Lonely Watch: Read a book focused on isolation or solitude.
4) The Ring Gate: Read a book whose cover prominently features a circle, portal, or doorway.
5) End of the Universe Scenario: Read an apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic book.

Command Directives
1) Remember the Book Club: Read a book club theme read (this can be repeated).
2) Primary Mission Objective: Read a mod read (this can be repeated).
3) Tightbeam Transmission: Join a buddy read and post on the thread (this can be repeated).
4) Flagged for Review: Read a book someone in this thread suggested.
5) Ignored at Your Peril: Steal a book from another member's Want to Read shelf.

Normandy SR2 (only for Normandy members)
1) Prothean Archive: Read a book that involves uncovering ancient knowledge, artifacts, lost civilizations, or buried truths.
2) Council Deadlock (aka: Reapers... We have dismissed that claim): Read a book featuring useless politicians (it can be nonfiction).
3) You Big Stupid Jellyfish: Read a book featuring sea creatures.
4) Can it Wait a Bit? I'm in the Middle of Some Calibrations: Read a book over 400 pages.
5) Spectre Asset: Read a book published by a small or independent press.

Rocinante (only for Roci members)
1) OPA Credentials: Read a book by an author from a country underrepresented in your usual reading.
2) Legitimate Salvage: Read a book you found secondhand, borrowed, or already owned (no new purchases).
3) Inners vs Belters: Read a book whose cover is visually divided (split imagery, mirrored designs, sharp contrast).
4) Bobbie Draper’s Cucumber Sandwiches: Read a hard sci-fi, science-heavy nonfiction, or technically detailed book.
5) Holden Pressed the Button Again: Read a book featuring a some sort of broadcast (podcast, radio show, vlogs, blogs...).

Serenity (only for Serenity members)
1) Shiny: Read a book whose cover is colorful, illustrated, or visually playful.
2) Browncoat Job: Read a book featuring outlaws, smugglers, rebels, or criminals as protagonists.
3) Leaf on the Wind: Read a sad book... or a book that features dinosaurs.
4) The Hero of Canton (aka: The Man They Call Jayne): Read a book involving theft, cons, scams, or criminal schemes.
5) I’ll Be in My Bunk: Read a book that does not feature sex (because Jayne didn’t get any). (hide spoiler)]

Mandatory update: Greg and Neta will be very graciously helping out with this challenge (scoring and team assignments included). I’ll be on a bit of a hiatus for the forseeable future. Work has been absolutely obliterating me (and my will to live) these past few months, and I don’t know when I’ll properly be back. I’m still using GR, but I want to keep my (hate) reading fun and low-pressure, without having to think about group admin. So if you don’t see me around much, that’s why.
I originally made this challenge for myself, but adapted it to share in case anyone else felt like jumping into a structured reading challenge this year. It’s not perfect, it’s definitely very sci-fi-ish, but hopefully it’s more fun than mess!!

Serenity


Passenger Manifest:
1. Netanella - 18
2. Lindsey- 9
3. Whitney - 5
4. Mara - 6
5. giselle

Point Tally: 38

Updated through Post 160

Normandy SR-2

Passenger Manifest:
1. Eryn
2. Janelle
3. Mattie
4. Sky
5.

Point Tally:

Rocinante Tally

Point Tally: 32

Passenger Manifest:
1. Greg (5)
2. Steve (5)
3. Jennifer (7)
4. Queralt (15)
5.

updated through post 149

Operation: Long Haul is readying for launch!

If you're interested in reading with us, post a comment with the preference order of which team you would like to be on.

We will try to accommodate the request but the priority is to keep the teams balanced.

Also, be sure to claim your tracker thread (using spoilers if you can) to track your progress!

Queralt✨ wrote: "🌌 MISSION BRIEFING
MISSION DESIGNATION: Operation: Long Haul
OBJECTIVE: Read. Survive. Outscore rival crews.

Command has authorized a multi-ship expedition into uncharted literary space. Crews wil..."

I would love to join Serenity!!!

Queralt✨ wrote: "🌌 MISSION BRIEFING
MISSION DESIGNATION: Operation: Long Haul
OBJECTIVE: Read. Survive. Outscore rival crews.

Command has authorized a multi-ship expedition into uncharted literary space. Crews wil..."

Queralt ty ty ty for making and sharing again this year! I'm sorry things were so stressful in 2025 at your work. Happy New Year's Eve and may you have a less stressful 2026

New to the group but would love to join this challenge. Ideally I could join Rocinante as my first choice, but they all sound great.

Here is my preferred order.
1. Rocinante
2. Normandy
3. Serenity

Steve wrote: "New to the group but would love to join this challenge. Ideally I could join Rocinante as my first choice, but they all sound great.

Here is my preferred order.
1. Rocinante
2. Normandy
3. Serenity"

Welcome Steve! I added you to Rocinante.

I know Serenity, but excuse my ignorance , where are the other two from?

Looking at the prompts my order is
1. Normandy
2. Serenity
3. Rocinante

Great challenge again Queralt!❤️❤️❤️

Rociante is from the Expanse series (starting with Leviathan Wakes), that also has an excellent 6 season television adaption on Amazon Prime. Both the books and the TV adaption are a lot of fun in my opinion and brilliantly done.

The ship is named by the characters off Don Quixote's horse. Lots of literary references throughout, including an extended and sophisticated play-off of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock at the end of the first book that mixes some tongue-in-cheek humor at T.S. Eliot himself while piggybacking on the power of his words for great poignancy. You can easily enjoy the books without catching these sorts of references, but there's a whole lot to catch for a literary reader while still having a rip-roaring story and some nice world building in terms of sociology and politics.

I love the books and the TV show too!

@Steve, welcome to the group!

@Janelle, welcome aboard!!

Eryn | Normandy SR2

Regular missions: 0
Team missions: 0

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Deep Space Exploration
1) First Contact: Read a book by an author you’ve never read before.
2) Uncharted System: Read a book whose cover shows constellations, a place, a landscape, or architecture that you’re unfamiliar with.
3) Strange New Lifeforms: Read a book featuring a non-human or very non-standard protagonist.
4) Anomaly Detected: Read a book that blends genres (e.g. sci-fi romance, horror fantasy, lit fic thriller).
5) Planetfall: Read a book primarily set in a single, isolated location.

Ship Maintenance & Engineering
1) Hull Breach: Read a book under 250 pages.
2) Emergency Repairs: Read a book with a timeline of maximum 72 hours.
3) System Upgrade: Read a sequel or next book in a series.
4) Patch Job: Read a book by an author you have read before and given 2 stars or less.
5) Hitch Your Tits and Pucker Up its Time to Peel the Paint: Read a book with a title that implies speed, urgency, or motion.

Space Combat & Hostile Encounters
1) Enemy Vessel Sighted: Read a book with a villain (or a morally gray) main character.
2) Boarding Action: Read a book with significant physical conflict or combat.
3) Return Fire: Read a revenge story or a book driven by retaliation.
4) Mutiny: Read a book where characters betray each other or challenge authority.
5) Last Stand: Read a book where the stakes are explicitly life-or-death.

Command Decisions & Crew Politics
1) Captain’s Log: Read a book written in a diary/log format (fully or partially).
2) Chain of Command: Read a book whose cover prominently features symbols of authority (crowns, uniforms, weapons, thrones, badges...).
3) Terms and Conditions Apply: Read a book with a title that sounds like a formal process, agreement, or official act (trial, treaty, protocol, council, court...).
4) Court Martial: Read a book with a title referencing justice, morality, or consequences.
5) Orders from Above: Read a book where characters must follow (or disobey) a higher authority.

Shore Leave & Off-Duty Hours
1) Holodeck Malfunction: Read a book with something broken on the cover.
2) Zero-G Karaoke: Read a funny or lighthearted book.
3) Crew Bonding Exercise: Read a book centered on friendship or found family.
4) Squad Loyalty Mission: Read a book whose title includes a person’s name or job title/role.
5) R&R Station:Read a book set largely in bars, cafes, or hotels/inns.

Cosmic Horrors & Existential Threats
1) Signal from the Void: Read a cosmic horror book.
2) Time Dilation: Read a book that plays with time, memory, or nonlinear structure.
3) The Lonely Watch: Read a book focused on isolation or solitude.
4) The Ring Gate: Read a book whose cover prominently features a circle, portal, or doorway.
5) End of the Universe Scenario: Read an apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic book.

Command Directives
1) Remember the Book Club: Read a book club theme read (this can be repeated).
2) Primary Mission Objective: Read a mod read (this can be repeated).
3) Tightbeam Transmission: Join a buddy read and post on the thread (this can be repeated).
4) Flagged for Review: Read a book someone in this thread suggested.
5) Ignored at Your Peril: Steal a book from another member's Want to Read shelf.

Normandy SR2 (only for Normandy members)
1) Prothean Archive: Read a book that involves uncovering ancient knowledge, artifacts, lost civilizations, or buried truths.
2) Council Deadlock (aka: Reapers... We have dismissed that claim): Read a book featuring useless politicians (it can be nonfiction).
3) You Big Stupid Jellyfish: Read a book featuring sea creatures.
4) Can it Wait a Bit? I'm in the Middle of Some Calibrations: Read a book over 400 pages.
5) Spectre Asset: Read a book published by a small or independent press.
(hide spoiler)]

And Normandy SR-2 is from the video game "Mass Effect."

Welcome to Serenity, Lindsey!

Yay!

By my pretty floral bonnet, my first choice is Serenity. I expect there to be terrifying space monkeys, and sudden but inevitable betrayals.

Next choice is Rocinante, taki.

Third choice Normandy (not a gamer, I got nothing for this one.)

Thanks for another great challenge!

Netanella wrote: "And Normandy SR-2 is from the video game "Mass Effect.""

Ah, thanks for the explanation on this one Neta. I had no idea about this one!

Yay Whitney! Welcome to Serenity!

Thanks for the info Greg and Neta :)

Netanella wrote: "Yay Whitney! Welcome to Serenity!"

Shiny!

Excellent challenge, as usual Q. I hope your work becomes less soul destroying in the new year. And thanks Greg and Neta for stepping in.

Ooh ooh! I LOVE Mass Effect. I feel like the Rocinante prompts might suit my reading habits better but I can't not put Normandy as #1...

1. Normandy
2. Rocinante
3. Serenity

Netanella | Serenity


Regular missions: 20
Team missions: 4

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Operation: Long Haul [2026 Team Challenge]

Operation: Long Haul [2026 Team Challenge]

Mission Log:
Deep Space Exploration
✔️ First Contact: Read a book by an author you’ve never read before - The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin - 01.02.2026
✔️ Uncharted System: Read a book whose cover shows constellations, a place, a landscape, or architecture that you’re unfamiliar with - Meet Me at the Crossroads by Megan Giddings - 01.21.2026
✔️ Strange New Lifeforms: Read a book featuring a non-human or very non-standard protagonist - Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud - 01.19.2026
4) Anomaly Detected: Read a book that blends genres (e.g. sci-fi romance, horror fantasy, lit fic thriller).
✔️ Planetfall: Read a book primarily set in a single, isolated location - Road of Bones by Christopher Golden - 01.08.2026


Ship Maintenance & Engineering
1) Hull Breach: Read a book under 250 pages.
2) Emergency Repairs: Read a book with a timeline of maximum 72 hours.
3) System Upgrade: Read a sequel or next book in a series.
4) Patch Job: Read a book by an author you have read before and given 2 stars or less.
5) Hitch Your Tits and Pucker Up its Time to Peel the Paint: Read a book with a title that implies speed, urgency, or motion.

Space Combat & Hostile Encounters
1) Enemy Vessel Sighted: Read a book with a villain (or a morally gray) main character.
✔️ Boarding Action: Read a book with significant physical conflict or combat - Sayuri by Rensuke Oshikiri - 01.31.2026
✔️ Return Fire: Read a revenge story or a book driven by retaliation - Godkiller by Hannah Kaner - 01.27.2026
✔️ Mutiny: Read a book where characters betray each other or challenge authority - Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix - 01.12.2026
✔️ Last Stand: Read a book where the stakes are explicitly life-or-death - The War by Garth Ennis - 01.01.2026


Command Decisions & Crew Politics
✔️Captain’s Log: Read a book written in a diary/log format (fully or partially) - The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey - 02.02.2026
2) Chain of Command: Read a book whose cover prominently features symbols of authority (crowns, uniforms, weapons, thrones, badges...).
✔️ Terms and Conditions Apply: Read a book with a title that sounds like a formal process, agreement, or official act (trial, treaty, protocol, council, court...) - Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed - 02.08.2026
4) Court Martial: Read a book with a title referencing justice, morality, or consequences.
✔️ Orders from Above: Read a book where characters must follow (or disobey) a higher authority - Blindsight by Peter Watts - 02.02.2026



Shore Leave & Off-Duty Hours
✔️ Holodeck Malfunction: Read a book with something broken on the cover - The House of Small Shadows by Adam L.G. Nevill - 01.18.2026
2) Zero-G Karaoke: Read a funny or lighthearted book.
✔️ Crew Bonding Exercise: Read a book centered on friendship or found family - Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto - 01.04.2026
✔️ Squad Loyalty Mission: Read a book whose title includes a person’s name or job title/role - The Gunslinger by Stephen King - 01.02.2026
5) R&R Station: Read a book set largely in bars, cafes, or hotels/inns.


Cosmic Horrors & Existential Threats
1) Signal from the Void: Read a cosmic horror book.
✔️ Time Dilation: Read a book that plays with time, memory, or nonlinear structure - The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson - 01.04.2026
✔️ The Lonely Watch: Read a book focused on isolation or solitude - Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin - 01.17.2026
✔️ The Ring Gate: Read a book whose cover prominently features a circle, portal, or doorway - The Incandescent by Emily Tesh - 01.02.2026
5) End of the Universe Scenario: Read an apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic book.


Command Directives
1) Remember the Book Club: Read a book club theme read (this can be repeated).
2) Primary Mission Objective: Read a mod read (this can be repeated).
✔️ Tightbeam Transmission: Join a buddy read and post on the thread (this can be repeated) - Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant - 01.23.2026
4) Flagged for Review: Read a book someone in this thread suggested.
5) Ignored at Your Peril: Steal a book from another member's Want to Read shelf.


Serenity (only for Serenity members)
1) Shiny: Read a book whose cover is colorful, illustrated, or visually playful.
2) Browncoat Job: Read a book featuring outlaws, smugglers, rebels, or criminals as protagonists.
3) Leaf on the Wind: Read a sad book... or a book that features dinosaurs.
✔️The Hero of Canton (aka: The Man They Call Jayne): Read a book involving theft, cons, scams, or criminal schemes - Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty - 01.31.2026
✔️ I’ll Be in My Bunk: Read a book that does not feature sex (because Jayne didn’t get any) - Hekate - The Witch by Nikita Gill - 01.09.2026
(hide spoiler)]

Netanella | Serenity


Reserved #2

Mattie | Normandy

Regular Missions: 3/32
Team missions: 1/5
Mod reads: 0/4
Buddy reads: 0/∞
Theme reads: 0/4(?)

(view spoiler)[Deep Space Exploration
1) First Contact: Read a book by an author you’ve never read before.
2) Uncharted System: Read a book whose cover shows constellations, a place, a landscape, or architecture that you’re unfamiliar with.
3) Strange New Lifeforms: Read a book featuring a non-human or very non-standard protagonist.
4) Anomaly Detected: Read a book that blends genres (e.g. sci-fi romance, horror fantasy, lit fic thriller).
5) Planetfall: Read a book primarily set in a single, isolated location.

Ship Maintenance & Engineering
1) Hull Breach: Read a book under 250 pages.
2) Emergency Repairs: Read a book with a timeline of maximum 72 hours.
3) System Upgrade: Read a sequel or next book in a series.
4) Patch Job: Read a book by an author you have read before and given 2 stars or less.
5) Hitch Your Tits and Pucker Up its Time to Peel the Paint: Read a book with a title that implies speed, urgency, or motion.

Space Combat & Hostile Encounters
1) Enemy Vessel Sighted: Read a book with a villain (or a morally gray) main character. Endless Night
2) Boarding Action: Read a book with significant physical conflict or combat.
3) Return Fire: Read a revenge story or a book driven by retaliation.
4) Mutiny: Read a book where characters betray each other or challenge authority. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
5) Last Stand: Read a book where the stakes are explicitly life-or-death.

Command Decisions & Crew Politics
1) Captain’s Log: Read a book written in a diary/log format (fully or partially).
2) Chain of Command: Read a book whose cover prominently features symbols of authority (crowns, uniforms, weapons, thrones, badges...).
3) Terms and Conditions Apply: Read a book with a title that sounds like a formal process, agreement, or official act (trial, treaty, protocol, council, court...).
4) Court Martial: Read a book with a title referencing justice, morality, or consequences.
5) Orders from Above: Read a book where characters must follow (or disobey) a higher authority.

Shore Leave & Off-Duty Hours
1) Holodeck Malfunction: Read a book with something broken on the cover.
2) Zero-G Karaoke: Read a funny or lighthearted book. Murder at the Museum
3) Crew Bonding Exercise: Read a book centered on friendship or found family.
4) Squad Loyalty Mission: Read a book whose title includes a person’s name or job title/role.
5) R&R Station:Read a book set largely in bars, cafes, or hotels/inns.

Cosmic Horrors & Existential Threats
1) Signal from the Void: Read a cosmic horror book.
2) Time Dilation: Read a book that plays with time, memory, or nonlinear structure.
3) The Lonely Watch: Read a book focused on isolation or solitude.
4) The Ring Gate: Read a book whose cover prominently features a circle, portal, or doorway.
5) End of the Universe Scenario: Read an apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic book.

Command Directives
1) Remember the Book Club: Read a book club theme read (this can be repeated).
2) Primary Mission Objective: Read a mod read (this can be repeated).
3) Tightbeam Transmission: Join a buddy read and post on the thread (this can be repeated).
4) Flagged for Review: Read a book someone in this thread suggested.
5) Ignored at Your Peril: Steal a book from another member's Want to Read shelf.

Normandy SR2 (only for Normandy members)
1) Prothean Archive: Read a book that involves uncovering ancient knowledge, artifacts, lost civilizations, or buried truths.
2) Council Deadlock (aka: Reapers... We have dismissed that claim): Read a book featuring useless politicians (it can be nonfiction).
3) You Big Stupid Jellyfish: Read a book featuring sea creatures.
4) Can it Wait a Bit? I'm in the Middle of Some Calibrations: Read a book over 400 pages. The Bear and the Nightingale
5) Spectre Asset: Read a book published by a small or independent press.
(hide spoiler)]

Steve | Rocinante

Total Points: 11 pts

Mission Summary:
Core Missions (1 pt each): 7/32
Team Rocinante (2 pts each): 1/5
Themed Reads (1 pt each): 1/4
Mod Choice Reads (1 pt each): 1/4
Buddy Reads (1 pt each): 0/∞

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Mission Log:
Deep Space Exploration (2/5)
✅ 1) First Contact: Read a book by an author you’ve never read before. 1/3/26 Over the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreen
2) Uncharted System: Read a book whose cover shows constellations, a place, a landscape, or architecture that you’re unfamiliar with.
3) Strange New Lifeforms: Read a book featuring a non-human or very non-standard protagonist.
✅ 4)Anomaly Detected: Read a book that blends genres (e.g. sci-fi romance, horror fantasy, lit fic thriller). 1/12/26 Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson
5) Planetfall: Read a book primarily set in a single, isolated location.

Ship Maintenance & Engineering (0/5)
1) Hull Breach: Read a book under 250 pages.
2) Emergency Repairs: Read a book with a timeline of maximum 72 hours.
3) System Upgrade: Read a sequel or next book in a series.
4) Patch Job: Read a book by an author you have read before and given 2 stars or less.
5) Hitch Your Tits and Pucker Up its Time to Peel the Paint: Read a book with a title that implies speed, urgency, or motion.

Space Combat & Hostile Encounters (3/5)
1) Enemy Vessel Sighted: Read a book with a villain (or a morally gray) main character.
✅ 2) Boarding Action: Read a book with significant physical conflict or combat. 2/4/26 Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
✅ 3) Return Fire: Read a revenge story or a book driven by retaliation. 2/11/26 Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
✅ 4) Mutiny: Read a book where characters betray each other or challenge authority. 1/30/26 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
5) Last Stand: Read a book where the stakes are explicitly life-or-death.

Command Decisions & Crew Politics (0/5)
1) Captain’s Log: Read a book written in a diary/log format (fully or partially).
2) Chain of Command: Read a book whose cover prominently features symbols of authority (crowns, uniforms, weapons, thrones, badges...).
3) Terms and Conditions Apply: Read a book with a title that sounds like a formal process, agreement, or official act (trial, treaty, protocol, council, court...).
4) Court Martial: Read a book with a title referencing justice, morality, or consequences.
5) Orders from Above: Read a book where characters must follow (or disobey) a higher authority.

Shore Leave & Off-Duty Hours (2/5)
1) Holodeck Malfunction: Read a book with something broken on the cover.
✅ 2) Zero-G Karaoke: Read a funny or lighthearted book. 1/27/26 Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
✅ 3) Crew Bonding Exercise: Read a book centered on friendship or found family. 2/7/26 The Strawberry Patch Pancake House by Laurie Gilmore
4) Squad Loyalty Mission: Read a book whose title includes a person’s name or job title/role.
5) R&R Station:Read a book set largely in bars, cafes, or hotels/inns.

Cosmic Horrors & Existential Threats (0/5)
1) Signal from the Void: Read a cosmic horror book.
2) Time Dilation: Read a book that plays with time, memory, or nonlinear structure.
3) The Lonely Watch: Read a book focused on isolation or solitude.
4) The Ring Gate: Read a book whose cover prominently features a circle, portal, or doorway.
5) End of the Universe Scenario: Read an apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic book.

Command Directives (2/5)
✅ 1) Remember the Book Club: Read a book club theme read (this can be repeated).
Q1 - 2/15/26 Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
✅ 2) Primary Mission Objective: Read a mod read (this can be repeated).
Q1 - 2/21/26 Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann
3) Tightbeam Transmission: Join a buddy read and post on the thread (this can be repeated).
4) Flagged for Review: Read a book someone in this thread suggested.
5) Ignored at Your Peril: Steal a book from another member's Want to Read shelf.

Rocinante (only for Roci members) (1/5)
1) OPA Credentials: Read a book by an author from a country underrepresented in your usual reading.
2) Legitimate Salvage: Read a book you found secondhand, borrowed, or already owned (no new purchases).
3) Inners vs Belters: Read a book whose cover is visually divided (split imagery, mirrored designs, sharp contrast).
✅ 4) Bobbie Draper’s Cucumber Sandwiches: Read a hard sci-fi, science-heavy nonfiction, or technically detailed book. 1/16/26 The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
5) Holden Pressed the Button Again: Read a book featuring a some sort of broadcast (podcast, radio show, vlogs, blogs...).
(hide spoiler)]

Whitney | Serenity


Regular Missions: 2
Team Missions: 0

(view spoiler)[
Deep Space Exploration
1) First Contact: Read a book by an author you’ve never read before.
2) Uncharted System: Read a book whose cover shows constellations, a place, a landscape, or architecture that you’re unfamiliar with.
3) Strange New Lifeforms: Read a book featuring a non-human or very non-standard protagonist.
4) Anomaly Detected: Read a book that blends genres (e.g. sci-fi romance, horror fantasy, lit fic thriller). The Black Magic Murders: The Untold Story of Lucifer's Fork
5) Planetfall: Read a book primarily set in a single, isolated location.

Ship Maintenance & Engineering
1) Hull Breach: Read a book under 250 pages.
2) Emergency Repairs: Read a book with a timeline of maximum 72 hours.
3) System Upgrade: Read a sequel or next book in a series.
4) Patch Job: Read a book by an author you have read before and given 2 stars or less.
5) Hitch Your Tits and Pucker Up its Time to Peel the Paint: Read a book with a title that implies speed, urgency, or motion.

Space Combat & Hostile Encounters
1) Enemy Vessel Sighted: Read a book with a villain (or a morally gray) main character.
2) Boarding Action: Read a book with significant physical conflict or combat.
3) Return Fire: Read a revenge story or a book driven by retaliation.
4) Mutiny: Read a book where characters betray each other or challenge authority.
5) Last Stand: Read a book where the stakes are explicitly life-or-death.

Command Decisions & Crew Politics
1) Captain’s Log: Read a book written in a diary/log format (fully or partially).
2) Chain of Command: Read a book whose cover prominently features symbols of authority (crowns, uniforms, weapons, thrones, badges...).
3) Terms and Conditions Apply: Read a book with a title that sounds like a formal process, agreement, or official act (trial, treaty, protocol, council, court...).
4) Court Martial: Read a book with a title referencing justice, morality, or consequences.
5) Orders from Above: Read a book where characters must follow (or disobey) a higher authority.

Shore Leave & Off-Duty Hours
1) Holodeck Malfunction: Read a book with something broken on the cover.
2) Zero-G Karaoke: Read a funny or lighthearted book.
3) Crew Bonding Exercise: Read a book centered on friendship or found family.
4) Squad Loyalty Mission: Read a book whose title includes a person’s name or job title/role.
5) R&R Station:Read a book set largely in bars, cafes, or hotels/inns.

Cosmic Horrors & Existential Threats
1) Signal from the Void: Read a cosmic horror book.
2) Time Dilation: Read a book that plays with time, memory, or nonlinear structure.
3) The Lonely Watch: Read a book focused on isolation or solitude.
4) The Ring Gate: Read a book whose cover prominently features a circle, portal, or doorway. Wizard and Glass
5) End of the Universe Scenario: Read an apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic book.

Command Directives
1) Remember the Book Club: Read a book club theme read (this can be repeated).
2) Primary Mission Objective: Read a mod read (this can be repeated).
3) Tightbeam Transmission: Join a buddy read and post on the thread (this can be repeated).
4) Flagged for Review: Read a book someone in this thread suggested.
5) Ignored at Your Peril: Steal a book from another member's Want to Read shelf.

Serenity (only for Serenity members)
1) Shiny: Read a book whose cover is colorful, illustrated, or visually playful.
2) Browncoat Job: Read a book featuring outlaws, smugglers, rebels, or criminals as protagonists.
3) Leaf on the Wind: Read a sad book... or a book that features dinosaurs.
4) The Hero of Canton (aka: The Man They Call Jayne): Read a book involving theft, cons, scams, or criminal schemes.
5) I’ll Be in My Bunk: Read a book that does not feature sex (because Jayne didn’t get any).
(hide spoiler)]

Lindsey/Serenity

Mission Summary:
Deep Space Exploration (1pt): 1/5
Ship Maintenance & Engineering (1pt): 4/5
Space Combat & Hostile Encounters (1pt): 1/5
Command Decisions & Crew Politics (1pt): 1/5
Shore Leave & Off-Duty Hours (1pt): 1/5
Cosmic Horrors & Existential Threats (1pt): 1/5
Command Directives (1pt): 2/5
Team Serenity (2pt): 2/5

(view spoiler)[
Mission Log:
Deep Space Exploration
1) First Contact: Read a book by an author you’ve never read before.
2) Uncharted System: Read a book whose cover shows constellations, a place, a landscape, or architecture that you’re unfamiliar with.
3) Strange New Lifeforms: Read a book featuring a non-human or very non-standard protagonist.
4) Anomaly Detected: Read a book that blends genres (e.g. sci-fi romance, horror fantasy, lit fic thriller).
5) Planetfall: Read a book primarily set in a single, isolated location.

Ship Maintenance & Engineering
1) Hull Breach: Read a book under 250 pages.
2) Emergency Repairs: Read a book with a timeline of maximum 72 hours.
3) System Upgrade: Read a sequel or next book in a series.
4) Patch Job: Read a book by an author you have read before and given 2 stars or less.
5) Hitch Your Tits and Pucker Up its Time to Peel the Paint: Read a book with a title that implies speed, urgency, or motion.

Space Combat & Hostile Encounters
1) Enemy Vessel Sighted: Read a book with a villain (or a morally gray) main character.
2) Boarding Action: Read a book with significant physical conflict or combat.
3) Return Fire: Read a revenge story or a book driven by retaliation.
4) Mutiny: Read a book where characters betray each other or challenge authority.
5) Last Stand: Read a book where the stakes are explicitly life-or-death.

Command Decisions & Crew Politics
1) Captain’s Log: Read a book written in a diary/log format (fully or partially).
2) Chain of Command: Read a book whose cover prominently features symbols of authority (crowns, uniforms, weapons, thrones, badges...).
3) Terms and Conditions Apply: Read a book with a title that sounds like a formal process, agreement, or official act (trial, treaty, protocol, council, court...).
4) Court Martial: Read a book with a title referencing justice, morality, or consequences.
5) Orders from Above: Read a book where characters must follow (or disobey) a higher authority.

Shore Leave & Off-Duty Hours
1) Holodeck Malfunction: Read a book with something broken on the cover.
2) Zero-G Karaoke: Read a funny or lighthearted book.
3) Crew Bonding Exercise: Read a book centered on friendship or found family.
4) Squad Loyalty Mission: Read a book whose title includes a person’s name or job title/role.
5) R&R Station:Read a book set largely in bars, cafes, or hotels/inns.

Cosmic Horrors & Existential Threats
1) Signal from the Void: Read a cosmic horror book.
2) Time Dilation: Read a book that plays with time, memory, or nonlinear structure.
3) The Lonely Watch: Read a book focused on isolation or solitude.
4) The Ring Gate: Read a book whose cover prominently features a circle, portal, or doorway.
5) End of the Universe Scenario: Read an apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic book.

Command Directives
1) Remember the Book Club: Read a book club theme read (this can be repeated).
2) Primary Mission Objective: Read a mod read (this can be repeated).
3) Tightbeam Transmission: Join a buddy read and post on the thread (this can be repeated).
4) Flagged for Review: Read a book someone in this thread suggested.
5) Ignored at Your Peril: Steal a book from another member's Want to Read shelf.

Serenity (only for Serenity members)
1) Shiny: Read a book whose cover is colorful, illustrated, or visually playful.
2) Browncoat Job: Read a book featuring outlaws, smugglers, rebels, or criminals as protagonists.
3) Leaf on the Wind: Read a sad book... or a book that features dinosaurs.
4) The Hero of Canton (aka: The Man They Call Jayne): Read a book involving theft, cons, scams, or criminal schemes.
5) I’ll Be in My Bunk: Read a book that does not feature sex (because Jayne didn’t get any). (hide spoiler)]

Mattie wrote: "Ooh ooh! I LOVE Mass Effect. I feel like the Rocinante prompts might suit my reading habits better but I can't not put Normandy as #1...

1. Normandy
2. Rocinante
3. Serenity"

Got you down for Normandy!

Q, I hope work eases up this year.

Thank you for putting this together. I would love to be on a team!

1. Rocinante
2. Normandy
3. Serenity

Fantastic Jennifer! Adding you to Rocinante.

Serenity +1


Space Combat & Hostile Encounters
Last Stand: Read a book where the stakes are explicitly life-or-death
The War by Garth Ennis - 01.01.2026

And Neta’s on the board already!

I haven’t even claimed my spot yet 😂

Janelle/Normandy

(view spoiler)[Missions 13/32
Team Normandy 2/5
Theme reads 1
Mod reads 0/
Buddy reads 0/

Mission Log:
Deep Space Exploration
✅1) First Contact: Read a book by an author you’ve never read before. Winter Stories by Ingvild H. Rishøi fin 11/1/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅2) Uncharted System: Read a book whose cover shows constellations, a place, a landscape, or architecture that you’re unfamiliar with. Salvage by Jennifer Mills fin 1/2/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅3) Strange New Lifeforms: Read a book featuring a non-human or very non-standard protagonist. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab fin 29/1/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅4) Anomaly Detected: Read a book that blends genres (e.g. sci-fi romance, horror fantasy, lit fic thriller). The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia fin 2/2/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅5) Planetfall: Read a book primarily set in a single, isolated location. Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher fin 3/1/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ship Maintenance & Engineering
✅1) Hull Breach: Read a book under 250 pages. Friends and Relations by Elizabeth Bowen fin 9/1/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅2) Emergency Repairs: Read a book with a timeline of maximum 72 hours. Seascraper by Benjamin Wood fin 12/1/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅3) System Upgrade: Read a sequel or next book in a series. The Cursed Road by Laura McCluskey fin 16/1/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4) Patch Job: Read a book by an author you have read before and given 2 stars or less.
✅5) Hitch Your Tits and Pucker Up its Time to Peel the Paint: Read a book with a title that implies speed, urgency, or motion. Dancing Girls and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood fin 3/2/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Space Combat & Hostile Encounters
✅1) Enemy Vessel Sighted: Read a book with a villain (or a morally gray) main character. A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage by M.K. Oliver fin 15/2/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2) Boarding Action: Read a book with significant physical conflict or combat.
3) Return Fire: Read a revenge story or a book driven by retaliation.
4) Mutiny: Read a book where characters betray each other or challenge authority.
5) Last Stand: Read a book where the stakes are explicitly life-or-death.

Command Decisions & Crew Politics
1) Captain’s Log: Read a book written in a diary/log format (fully or partially).
✅2) Chain of Command: Read a book whose cover prominently features symbols of authority (crowns, uniforms, weapons, thrones, badges...). The Stolen Crown: Treachery, Deceit, and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty by Tracy Borman fin 17/1/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅3) Terms and Conditions Apply: Read a book with a title that sounds like a formal process, agreement, or official act (trial, treaty, protocol, council, court...). Negotiating with the Dead by Margaret Atwood fin 27/1/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4) Court Martial: Read a book with a title referencing justice, morality, or consequences.
5) Orders from Above: Read a book where characters must follow (or disobey) a higher authority.

Shore Leave & Off-Duty Hours
1) Holodeck Malfunction: Read a book with something broken on the cover.
2) Zero-G Karaoke: Read a funny or lighthearted book.
3) Crew Bonding Exercise: Read a book centered on friendship or found family.
✅4) Squad Loyalty Mission: Read a book whose title includes a person’s name or job title/role. Howards End by E.M. Forster fin 8/1/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5) R&R Station:Read a book set largely in bars, cafes, or hotels/inns.

Cosmic Horrors & Existential Threats
1) Signal from the Void: Read a cosmic horror book.
2) Time Dilation: Read a book that plays with time, memory, or nonlinear structure.
3) The Lonely Watch: Read a book focused on isolation or solitude.
4) The Ring Gate: Read a book whose cover prominently features a circle, portal, or doorway.
5) End of the Universe Scenario: Read an apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic book.

Command Directives
1) Remember the Book Club: Read a book club theme read See below
2) Primary Mission Objective: Read a mod read See below
3) Tightbeam Transmission: Join a buddy read and post on the thread See below
4) Flagged for Review: Read a book someone in this thread suggested.
5) Ignored at Your Peril: Steal a book from another member's Want to Read shelf.

Theme:
1. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy fin 17/2/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Mod
1.

Buddy
1.

Normandy SR2 2pts
✅1) Prothean Archive: Read a book that involves uncovering ancient knowledge, artifacts, lost civilizations, or buried truths. Rainforest by Michelle Paver fin 6/1/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
2) Council Deadlock (aka: Reapers... We have dismissed that claim): Read a book featuring useless politicians (it can be nonfiction).
3) You Big Stupid Jellyfish: Read a book featuring sea creatures.
4) Can it Wait a Bit? I'm in the Middle of Some Calibrations: Read a book over 400 pages.
✅5) Spectre Asset: Read a book published by a small or independent press.Broken Dreams by Bill Dodd fin 5/1/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (hide spoiler)]

Janelle wrote: "And Neta’s on the board already!

I haven’t even claimed my spot yet 😂"

I've got two more books in the works as well, and I'm still on vacation this week!

Whoop whoop! Serenity's left the space port!

You guys still looking to gas up using fossil fuels? 🤣

Greg | Rocinante

Total Points 7
Missions 4/32 (1 pt each)
Team Rocinante 1/5 (2 pts each)
Themed Reads 0/
Buddy Reads 1/
Mod Choice Reads 0/

(view spoiler)[
Deep Space Exploration:
1) First Contact: Read a book by an author you’ve never read before.
2) Uncharted System: Read a book whose cover shows constellations, a place, a landscape, or architecture that you’re unfamiliar with.
✔️3) Strange New Lifeforms: Read a book featuring a non-human or very non-standard protagonist. (Howards End)
4) Anomaly Detected: Read a book that blends genres (e.g. sci-fi romance, horror fantasy, lit fic thriller).
✔️5) Planetfall: Read a book primarily set in a single, isolated location. (Small Spaces)

Ship Maintenance & Engineering:
1) Hull Breach: Read a book under 250 pages.
2) Emergency Repairs: Read a book with a timeline of maximum 72 hours.
3) System Upgrade: Read a sequel or next book in a series.
4) Patch Job: Read a book by an author you have read before and given 2 stars or less.
5) Hitch Your Tits and Pucker Up its Time to Peel the Paint: Read a book with a title that implies speed, urgency, or motion.

Space Combat & Hostile Encounters:
1) Enemy Vessel Sighted: Read a book with a villain (or a morally gray) main character.
✔️2) Boarding Action: Read a book with significant physical conflict or combat. (Half Bad)
3) Return Fire: Read a revenge story or a book driven by retaliation.
4) Mutiny: Read a book where characters betray each other or challenge authority.
5) Last Stand: Read a book where the stakes are explicitly life-or-death.

Command Decisions & Crew Politics:
1) Captain’s Log: Read a book written in a diary/log format (fully or partially).
2) Chain of Command: Read a book whose cover prominently features symbols of authority (crowns, uniforms, weapons, thrones, badges...).
3) Terms and Conditions Apply: Read a book with a title that sounds like a formal process, agreement, or official act (trial, treaty, protocol, council, court...).
4) Court Martial: Read a book with a title referencing justice, morality, or consequences.
5) Orders from Above: Read a book where characters must follow (or disobey) a higher authority.

Shore Leave & Off-Duty Hours:
1) Holodeck Malfunction: Read a book with something broken on the cover.
2) Zero-G Karaoke: Read a funny or lighthearted book.
3) Crew Bonding Exercise: Read a book centered on friendship or found family.
✔️4) Squad Loyalty Mission: Read a book whose title includes a person’s name or job title/role. (Maurice)
5) R&R Station:Read a book set largely in bars, cafes, or hotels/inns.

Cosmic Horrors & Existential Threats:
1) Signal from the Void: Read a cosmic horror book.
2) Time Dilation: Read a book that plays with time, memory, or nonlinear structure.
3) The Lonely Watch: Read a book focused on isolation or solitude.
4) The Ring Gate: Read a book whose cover prominently features a circle, portal, or doorway.
5) End of the Universe Scenario: Read an apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic book.

Command Directives:
1) Remember the Book Club: Read a book club theme read (this can be repeated).
2) Primary Mission Objective: Read a mod read (this can be repeated).
✔️3) Tightbeam Transmission: Join a buddy read and post on the thread (this can be repeated). (Bel-Ami)
4) Flagged for Review: Read a book someone in this thread suggested.
5) Ignored at Your Peril: Steal a book from another member's Want to Read shelf.

Rocinante (only for Roci members):
1) OPA Credentials: Read a book by an author from a country underrepresented in your usual reading.
2) Legitimate Salvage: Read a book you found secondhand, borrowed, or already owned (no new purchases).
3) Inners vs Belters: Read a book whose cover is visually divided (split imagery, mirrored designs, sharp contrast).
✔️4) Bobbie Draper’s Cucumber Sandwiches: Read a hard sci-fi, science-heavy nonfiction, or technically detailed book. (Project Hail Mary)
5) Holden Pressed the Button Again: Read a book featuring a some sort of broadcast (podcast, radio show, vlogs, blogs...). (hide spoiler)]

Netanella wrote: "Janelle wrote: "And Neta’s on the board already! ....

Whoop whoop! Serenity's ..."

No power in the verse can stop us!

Serenity +1


Deep Space Exploration
✔️ First Contact: Read a book by an author you’ve never read before - The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin - 01.02.2026

JenniferA | Rocinante

Missions (1 pt each): 5/32
Missions, Repeatable (1 pt each): 0
Team Rocinante (2 pts each): 1/5

(view spoiler)[
Deep Space Exploration:
★ 1) First Contact: Read a book by an author you’ve never read before.Terminal Boredom: Stories by Izumi Suzuki 01/01/2026
2) Uncharted System: Read a book whose cover shows constellations, a place, a landscape, or architecture that you’re unfamiliar with.
3) Strange New Lifeforms: Read a book featuring a non-human or very non-standard protagonist.
4) Anomaly Detected: Read a book that blends genres (e.g. sci-fi romance, horror fantasy, lit fic thriller).
★ 5) Planetfall: Read a book primarily set in a single, isolated location. The Plague by Albert Camus (Jan 22)

Ship Maintenance & Engineering:
★1) Hull Breach: Read a book under 250 pages. The Shadow Puppet by Georges Simenon (Jan 12)
2) Emergency Repairs: Read a book with a timeline of maximum 72 hours.
3) System Upgrade: Read a sequel or next book in a series.
4) Patch Job: Read a book by an author you have read before and given 2 stars or less.
5) Hitch Your Tits and Pucker Up its Time to Peel the Paint: Read a book with a title that implies speed, urgency, or motion.

Space Combat & Hostile Encounters:
1) Enemy Vessel Sighted: Read a book with a villain (or a morally gray) main character.
2) Boarding Action: Read a book with significant physical conflict or combat.
3) Return Fire: Read a revenge story or a book driven by retaliation.
4) Mutiny: Read a book where characters betray each other or challenge authority.
★ 5) Last Stand: Read a book where the stakes are explicitly life-or-death. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (Jan 9)

Command Decisions & Crew Politics:
1) Captain’s Log: Read a book written in a diary/log format (fully or partially).
2) Chain of Command: Read a book whose cover prominently features symbols of authority (crowns, uniforms, weapons, thrones, badges...).
3) Terms and Conditions Apply: Read a book with a title that sounds like a formal process, agreement, or official act (trial, treaty, protocol, council, court...).
★ 4) Court Martial: Read a book with a title referencing justice, morality, or consequences. Death and Judgment by Donna Leon (Jan 20)
5) Orders from Above: Read a book where characters must follow (or disobey) a higher authority.

Shore Leave & Off-Duty Hours:
1) Holodeck Malfunction: Read a book with something broken on the cover.
2) Zero-G Karaoke: Read a funny or lighthearted book.
3) Crew Bonding Exercise: Read a book centered on friendship or found family.
4) Squad Loyalty Mission: Read a book whose title includes a person’s name or job title/role.
5) R&R Station:Read a book set largely in bars, cafes, or hotels/inns.

Cosmic Horrors & Existential Threats:
1) Signal from the Void: Read a cosmic horror book.
2) Time Dilation: Read a book that plays with time, memory, or nonlinear structure.
3) The Lonely Watch: Read a book focused on isolation or solitude.
4) The Ring Gate: Read a book whose cover prominently features a circle, portal, or doorway.
5) End of the Universe Scenario: Read an apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic book.

Command Directives:
1) Remember the Book Club: Read a book club theme read (this can be repeated).
2) Primary Mission Objective: Read a mod read (this can be repeated).
3) Tightbeam Transmission: Join a buddy read and post on the thread this can be repeated).
4) Flagged for Review: Read a book someone in this thread suggested.
5) Ignored at Your Peril: Steal a book from another member's Want to Read shelf.

Rocinante (only for Roci members):
1) OPA Credentials: Read a book by an author from a country underrepresented in your usual reading.
★ 2) Legitimate Salvage: Read a book you found secondhand, borrowed, or already owned (no new purchases). The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs (Jan 13)
3) Inners vs Belters: Read a book whose cover is visually divided (split imagery, mirrored designs, sharp contrast).
4) Bobbie Draper’s Cucumber Sandwiches: Read a hard sci-fi, science-heavy nonfiction, or technically detailed book.
5) Holden Pressed the Button Again: Read a book featuring a some sort of broadcast (podcast, radio show, vlogs, blogs...).
(hide spoiler)]

Serenity +1


Shore Leave & Off-Duty Hours
✔️ Squad Loyalty Mission: Read a book whose title includes a person’s name or job title/role - - The Gunslinger by Stephen King - 01.02.2026

Serenity +1


Cosmic Horrors & Existential Threats
✔️ The Ring Gate: Read a book whose cover prominently features a circle, portal, or doorway - The Incandescent by Emily Tesh - 01.02.2026

Rocinante +1

Deep Space Exploration
1) First Contact: Read a book by an author you’ve never read before.
Terminal Boredom: Stories by Izumi Suzuki - 01/01/2026

Normandy +1

✅5) Planetfall: Read a book primarily set in a single, isolated location. Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher fin 3/1/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Story is set in an isolated desert town called Quartz Creek.

Rocinante +1

✅5) Planetfall: Read a book primarily set in a single, isolated location. Small Spaces by Katherine Arden fin 3/1/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Story primarily set in an isolated otherworld forest

Rocinante +1

First Contact: Read a book by an author you’ve never read before.
1/3/26 Over the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreen



Didn't want to close this prompt so soon but I couldn't find another one that fit this book.

Mara / Serenity

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Mission Log: Mara
Deep Space Exploration
1) First Contact: Read a book by an author you’ve never read before.
2) Uncharted System: Read a book whose cover shows constellations, a place, a landscape, or architecture that you’re unfamiliar with.
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
3) Strange New Lifeforms: Read a book featuring a non-human or very non-standard protagonist.
The House in the Cerulean Sea
4) Anomaly Detected: Read a book that blends genres (e.g. sci-fi romance, horror fantasy, lit fic thriller).
5) Planetfall: Read a book primarily set in a single, isolated location.
The Enchanted Greenhouse

Ship Maintenance & Engineering
1) Hull Breach: Read a book under 250 pages.
2) Emergency Repairs: Read a book with a timeline of maximum 72 hours.
3) System Upgrade: Read a sequel or next book in a series.
Sorcery, Swords and Scones
4) Patch Job: Read a book by an author you have read before and given 2 stars or less.
5) Hitch Your Tits and Pucker Up its Time to Peel the Paint: Read a book with a title that implies speed, urgency, or motion.
Fast Like a Girl: A Woman's Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy, and Balance Hormones

Space Combat & Hostile Encounters
1) Enemy Vessel Sighted: Read a book with a villain (or a morally gray) main character.
2) Boarding Action: Read a book with significant physical conflict or combat.
3) Return Fire: Read a revenge story or a book driven by retaliation.
Butcher & Blackbird
4) Mutiny: Read a book where characters betray each other or challenge authority.
The Nightingale
5) Last Stand: Read a book where the stakes are explicitly life-or-death.

Command Decisions & Crew Politics
1) Captain’s Log: Read a book written in a diary/log format (fully or partially).
2) Chain of Command: Read a book whose cover prominently features symbols of authority (crowns, uniforms, weapons, thrones, badges...).
3) Terms and Conditions Apply: Read a book with a title that sounds like a formal process, agreement, or official act (trial, treaty, protocol, council, court...).
4) Court Martial: Read a book with a title referencing justice, morality, or consequences.
5) Orders from Above: Read a book where characters must follow (or disobey) a higher authority.
Somewhere Beyond the Sea

Shore Leave & Off-Duty Hours
1) Holodeck Malfunction: Read a book with something broken on the cover.
2) Zero-G Karaoke: Read a funny or lighthearted book.
3) Crew Bonding Exercise: Read a book centered on friendship or found family.
4) Squad Loyalty Mission: Read a book whose title includes a person’s name or job title/role.
The Wizard's Butler
5) R&R Station:Read a book set largely in bars, cafes, or hotels/inns.
Tusks, Tails and Teacakes

Cosmic Horrors & Existential Threats
1) Signal from the Void: Read a cosmic horror book.
2) Time Dilation: Read a book that plays with time, memory, or nonlinear structure.
3) The Lonely Watch: Read a book focused on isolation or solitude.
4) The Ring Gate: Read a book whose cover prominently features a circle, portal, or doorway.
Rushing Woman's Syndrome: The Impact of a Never-Ending To-Do List and How to Stay Healthy in Today's Busy World
5) End of the Universe Scenario: Read an apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic book.

Command Directives
1) Remember the Book Club: Read a book club theme read (this can be repeated).
2) Primary Mission Objective: Read a mod read (this can be repeated).
3) Tightbeam Transmission: Join a buddy read and post on the thread (this can be repeated).
4) Flagged for Review: Read a book someone in this thread suggested.
5) Ignored at Your Peril: Steal a book from another member's Want to Read shelf.

Serenity (only for Serenity members)
1) Shiny: Read a book whose cover is colorful, illustrated, or visually playful.
2) Browncoat Job: Read a book featuring outlaws, smugglers, rebels, or criminals as protagonists.
3) Leaf on the Wind: Read a sad book... or a book that features dinosaurs.
4) The Hero of Canton (aka: The Man They Call Jayne): Read a book involving theft, cons, scams, or criminal schemes.
5) I’ll Be in My Bunk: Read a book that does not feature sex (because Jayne didn’t get any). (hide spoiler)]
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Serenity is my first choice but I am good with any team!!

We're all evenly balanced right now, Mara, so Serenity it is! Welcome aboard.

5) Hitch Your Tits and Pucker Up its Time to Peel the Paint: Read a book with a title that implies speed, urgency, or motion.

Steve wrote: "Rocinante +1

First Contact: Read a book by an author you’ve never read before.
1/3/26 Over the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreen



Didn't want to close this prompt so soon but I couldn't f..."

So many posting books already. I need to get reading!!!!

Serenity +1

Cosmic Horrors & Existential Threats
✔️ Time Dilation: Read a book that plays with time, memory, or nonlinear structure - The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson - 01.04.2026

The narrator goes on a hallucinatory journey through space and time as he watches the millennia pass outside his window, including the death of the Sun and the appearance of a giant, Green Star.

Netanella wrote: "Serenity +1

Cosmic Horrors & Existential Threats
✔️ Time Dilation: Read a book that plays with time, memory, or nonlinear structure - The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hod..."

I love that book, but haven't read it for at least 30 years. Time for a reread!