Steph’s Comments (group member since May 22, 2010)

Steph’s comments from the SOS: Serious Overload of Series group.

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January 2025

Blood Mosaic by Elizabeth Hunter
Group Discussion: SPOILERS MAY EXIST

It's time to pick our January Book of the Month! The poll consists of December new releases. Books were randomly chosen from Goodreads' "New Releases for December 2024" list.

Please cast your vote now (write-ins are allowed) and join us in January!

[Poll ends @ 29 December]

Thanks, y’all. May not use all of those, Amyiw, but a couple should fit. I’ll work on it and share in the new year.

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Thx, y’all! 🎄

Here here!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KRH3GGW

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B85P3PR9

😊 thx, LaurLa

It’s Christmas Eve Eve here 🎄 I wanted to wish everyone a very happy holiday. I hope you all have a safe & happy new year, too!

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👍🏼😊 welcome!

'25 in 2025' Challenge
Goal: Read 25 books in 2025; books must fit at least one of the listed 🎯 targets
Length: 1 year from start date

'25 in 2025' Challenge
🎯 Take aim at these targets and see how many you can hit by the end of the year.

GOAL: Choose 1 or more of the reading targets, take aim and read a minimum of 25 books in 2025. Break your year down by month, choose your target(s) and list them as you read to reach your goal(s). You can choose a different target for each month, keep the same for the whole year or mix & match as you wish.

DURATION: 1 year from start date

READING TARGETS
The 3 options listed under each target are available for use; choose one, two or all three to help you reach your goal; use of all three is not required

🎯 Quantity-Based:
1. Read 25 fantasy-related books (UF, PNR, Sci-fi, Romantasy, etc)
2. Read 1 book a month by a new-to-you author
3. Read 20+ pages per day

🎯 Quality-Based:
1. Read 25 books with avg 4+ stars on Goodreads
2. Read 1 book a month from any book award list (nominees allowed)
3. Read 2 books from Time's '100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time' list (https://time.com/collection/100-best-...)

🎯 Genre-Focused:
1. Read 25 books in one specific fantasy sub-genre
2. Read 1 fantasy-related book a month
3. Read 1 book by an author or featuring a character who is a person of color, LGBTQ+, or has a disability

🎯 Author-Focused:
1. Read 25 books by three different new-to-you authors
2. Read 1 book a month by 1 author (ie: 12 books by 1 author - perfect for those following along with us as we re/read Banet's 'Jacky Leon' series)
3. Read A-Z authors (first or last name qualifies)

🎯 Challenge-Based:
1. Read 25 books being used for 1 or more other challenges (challenges outside of SOS allowed; all SOS challenges listed here)
2. Read 1 book a month fitting the theme of one of that month's holidays (national or fun allowed; ie: Halloween or Cinnamon Roll Day)
3. Read 1 book a month you didn't purchase (ie: library or KU loaner, gift, Amz or other seller freebie, etc)

'Short & Sweet' Challenge
Goal: Read 2 stories fitting each size listed (flash fiction, short story, novelette, and novella)
Length: 6 months from start date

'Short & Sweet' Challenge
Read only those short, sweet short stories hidin' on your TBR shelf

Goal: Read 2 stories fitting each size listed below
Duration: 6 months from start date

Here's a general size guideline for ya:
(https://selfpublishing.com/how-to-wri...
✎ Flash fiction: Less than 1,000 words (less than 4 pages)
✎ Short story: 1,000 – 10,000 words (5 – 50 pages)
✎ Novelette: 10,000 – 20,000 words (40 – 80 pages)
✎ Novella: 20,000 – 50,000 words (80 – 200 pages)

Who would grace the pages of your 2025 Book Boyfriend Calendar?

I saw someone's shelf on GR tagged 'book boyfriends' and, for some reason, I thought of a firefighter calendar 😆 Don't ask, I've got no idea why. Anyway, that got me thinking of a book boyfriend calendar, one book boyfriend who beat out all others each month throughout the year of reading. I suck at picturing real people who'd be a good match for a book character, so that'd be out for me. But, what about you?

On the off chance that anyone likes the idea and wants a template, I found this at Canva - https://www.canva.com/design/DAGZ9d-M... (free account compatible). You can copy the design and edit it to your heart's content. If I were to use it, I'd replace the large month # with a book cover (or picture of someone, if you've got someone in mind who’d be a good match).

If you make one of your own, please share with the class 😍 Feel free to share your book boyfriends, calendar or no, throughtout the year. Happy reading throughout 2025! May you fall for many a book boys 😏

Thx! I meant to share, too :)

Oh yeah, that's the beat that can't be beat 😆 We watched the movie earlier this year and loved it. I recommend it. (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12758060/)

Good lookin' challenge plan! Happy gamin'!

Challenge Yourself - Tetris style
Goal: member determined
Length: member determined

I got a Nintendo Switch for Christmas last year and a Tetris game. I’m a retro gamer girl 🤓 Anyway, while I was playing I thought the board would make a fun challenge idea. But, instead of coming up with requirements for it I thought it’d be fun to see what y’all came up with to challenge yourselves.

So, here’s the board and pieces. What would you assign to each piece of your challenge? Would you run it for a year, a month?

Some ideas to get your creative juices flowing …
- # of pages read in a sitting/day
- length of time spent reading
- different genres read
- alpha breakdown for author names, series or titles
- format read (paperback, kindle, audio, etc)
- mix & match