And the winning theme is...

[Ilona]

... Mysteries of the World!

Thank you to our members who suggested and voted on our yearly theme!

Now that the yearly theme has been decided, we are very pleased to announce our quarterly and monthly themes. Several of them were inspired by your suggestions!

The Quarterly Themes, based on the yearly theme, are:
- Quarter 1: Admiring the Natural World
- Quarter 2: Examining the Mysteries of History
- Quarter 3: Pondering the Paranormal
- Quarter 4: Exploring the Unknown

The Monthly Themes help mix things up and may or may not be related to the yearly and quarterly themes. They are:
- January: Reset
- February: Fandom
- March: Happiness
- April: Creativity
- May: Media
- June: T.B.A. (Chosen by the winner of our Masthead and Logo contest!)
- July: Red
- August: Travels
- September: Trust
- October: Moon
- November: Glass
- December: Harmony

Do you have a great idea for a challenge based on any of these themes? Please let us know!

Would you like to design a new logo and masthead for the group, so it fits our new yearly theme? Join the contest!

[BookishlyWise]

A question - the monthly themes are for the group reads only, right?

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Bibliophile wrote: "A question - the monthly themes are for the group reads only, right?"

Themes are not just for group reads. We like to have one of the monthly challenges each month to be inspired by that month's theme. For more info, see the posts at the top of the Member Challenge Ideas topic.

[Sonal]

I like reading mysteries personally and not in group...hope I can join the challenge?

[Ilona]

Sonal wrote: "I like reading mysteries personally and not in group...hope I can join the challenge?"

You can! All books that you read during the duration of the challenge count, not just group reads :)