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November - Nostalgia Trip
Level 1
✅1. A book set in a past decade or featuring nostalgic themes.
✅2. A middle-grade or Young Adult book.
3. A book that makes you feel comforted or sentimental.
Level 2
1. A childhood favorite or a book you’ve been meaning to revisit.
✅2. A book with a sibling or family dynamic.
3. A book written or set in the year you were born.
Level 3
1. A book that reminds you of your younger self.
✅2. A book featuring a diary, letters, or other reflective storytelling.
✅3. A book with a character reconnecting with their past.
🏰 The Tower — Interlude QuestThe journey has led you here. Rising higher than the clouds, the Tower looms like a wound against the sky. Its walls are black stone, carved with runes that shift when you look at them. You are not alone: whispers of other travelers, shadows of past adventurers, even echoes of your own footsteps gather here.
The gates creak open with a groan that shakes the ground. Inside, four corridors spiral upward. Each pulses with a different energy. The choice is yours…
✨ Choose Your Path (Read one book):
The Library of Whispers 📚
Prompt: Read a book about books, libraries, or knowledge.
Outcome: Shelves stretch beyond sight, filled with tomes that whisper your name. Some knowledge is a gift… and some a curse.
The Hall of Blades ⚔️
Prompt: Read a book with a weapon, warrior, or battle theme.
Outcome: The air hums with steel. Swords hang suspended mid-air, waiting to test your worth.
The Chamber of Shadows 🌑
Prompt: Read a book with MPG Horror.
Outcome: Darkness pools in every corner, moving as if alive. To enter is to risk being swallowed whole.
The Garden of Echoes 🌿
Prompt: Read a book with nature, plants, or animals playing an important role.
Outcome: Overgrown roots split the stone, flowers bloom in impossible colors, and every leaf whispers forgotten secrets.
The Oracle’s Boat 🔮The oracle’s eyes glow silver as she peers into the mist.
The Prophecy of Light 🌞
Prompt: Read a book with “light,” “sun,” or “star” in the title.
Outcome: The oracle proclaims you as chosen, destined to guide others forward.
The Prophecy of Shadow 🌑
Prompt: Read a book with “dark” or “night” in the title.
Outcome: She warns you of darkness in your path — a shadow that waits to claim you.
XX/4The Costume Party
a) Read a book where a character hides behind a façade, either literal or emotional.
b) Choose a story about role play, performance, or living a double life.
c) Pick a book where appearance is everything (your interpretation).
Mirror, Mirror
a) Read a book with an unreliable narrator.
b) Choose a story that explores identity, self-deception, or fractured perspective.
c) Pick a book that feels like holding up a mirror (your interpretation).
The Reveal
a) Read a story where a long-kept secret is finally exposed.
b) Choose a book with a twist that changes everything (your interpretation).
c) Pick a story where someone (or something) is unmasked, either literally or figuratively.
The Aftermath Vianne
a) Read a story that explores the consequences of a revelation or of revealing a secret.
b) Choose a book where characters must rebuild or redefine themselves after everything changes.
c) Pick a story with a main character that cannot handle the consequences of their actions (your interpretation).
📖 Weird Phobias Reading ChallengeCompleted 0/20
1. Bibliophobia (fear of books)
📚 a. Read a book about books
🔥 b. Read a book someone told you not to read
2. Nyctophobia (fear of the dark)
🌌 a. Read a book set mostly at night
👻 b. Read a horror or thriller
3. Coulrophobia (fear of clowns)
🎭 a. Read a book with a creepy or eccentric character
🤡 b. Read a book with a circus/carnival setting
4. Nomophobia (fear of being without your phone)
📱 a. Read a book where technology plays a big role
🔕 b. Read a book set before cell phones existed
5. Trypophobia (fear of holes)
🕳️ a. Read a book with “hole,” “gap,” or “void” in the title
🌌 b. Read a book with an unsettling or uncanny cover
6. Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia (fear of long words)
📖 a. Read a book with a hilariously long title
📏 b. Read the shortest book on your shelf
7. Pogonophobia (fear of beards)
🧔 a. Read a book with a hairy character (werewolf, wild man, wizard…)
✂️ b. Read a book with a clean-cut or overly polished protagonist
8. Spectrophobia (fear of mirrors)
🪞 a. Read a book with a reflection on the cover
👤 b. Read a book where identity is disguised or hidden
9. Lachanophobia (fear of vegetables)
🥕 a. Read a book with food in the title
🌿 b. Read a book where nature plays a major role
10. Ombrophobia (fear of rain)
🌧️ a. Read a book with a storm scene
☔ b. Read a book that feels cozy on a rainy day
11. Xanthophobia (fear of the color yellow)
💛 a. Read a book with yellow on the cover
🌻 b. Read a satirical or witty book
12. Chorophobia (fear of dancing)
💃 a. Read a book with a dance scene
🎶 b. Read a book that celebrates music, rhythm, or movement
13. Globophobia (fear of balloons)
🎈 a. Read a book with a birthday scene
🎉 b. Read a book that feels celebratory
14. Ailurophobia (fear of cats)
🐈 a. Read a book with a cat on the cover
🐾 b. Read a book featuring an unusual or magical animal
15. Automatonophobia (fear of dolls, wax figures, mannequins)
🪆 a. Read a book with a creepy or uncanny object
🏚️ b. Read a book set in a forgotten or abandoned place
16. Agoraphobia (fear of open spaces)
🏞️ a. Read a book set in the wilderness
🏙️ b. Read a book that stays confined to one location
17. Chronophobia (fear of time)
⏳ a. Read a time-travel novel
🕰️ b. Read a book where a countdown or deadline matters
18. Phasmophobia (fear of ghosts)
👻 a. Read a haunted house story
📜 b. Read a book based on folklore or ghost tales
19. Acrophobia (fear of heights)
🏔️ a. Read a book set on a mountain
✈️ b. Read a book where characters travel by air
20. Panphobia (fear of everything)
🌍 a. Read a book outside your comfort zone
🎲 b. Pick any random book off your shelf — no overthinking
I'm in!
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One more to complete North America!
The Haunted Manor 🕯️The manor groans as if alive. Cobwebs drape the chandeliers, and cold air whispers through the halls.
The Mirror Room 🪞
Prompt: Read a book with mirrors, reflections, or doppelgängers.
Outcome: Dozens of mirrors reflect your every move — but one reflection doesn’t match.
The Family Crypt ⚰️
Prompt: Read a book with MPG Gothic.
Outcome: The manor’s secrets lie buried in its crypt, but so do its restless dead.
Noted :)
Here is your personal point account and your first 3 points!Points total: 3
Welcome to the group, Grainne!
The Glade of Light ✨Golden light fills the clearing. In its center stands a stone altar, vines curling around its base. You sense both safety and danger here.
The Spirit’s Blessing ✨
Prompt: Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Outcome: A guardian spirit offers guidance, but only if you prove yourself worthy.
The Hidden Door 🌿
Prompt: Read a book with a secret passage, hidden world, or portal.
Outcome: Among the roots, you discover a door leading deeper underground.
The Merchant’s Crossing 🛶The merchants laugh and bargain, but suspicion lingers in their eyes. Not all travelers here are what they seem.
The Smuggler’s Pact 🗡️
Prompt: Read a book with crime, heists, or smugglers.
Outcome: One merchant pulls you aside — offering riches if you join their scheme.
The Oracle’s Boat 🔮
Prompt: Read a book where visions or fate play a role.
Outcome: An old woman invites you onto her boat and offers to reveal your destiny.
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The Double Cross 🗡️In the fight, a rival smuggler drops a scrap of parchment: “Meet at the Tower.”
Task: Read a book about revenge.
The Shattered Gem 💎The energy sparks into the shape of a compass needle — always pointing east.
Task: Read a book with “compass,” “map,” or “guide” in the title.
