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Tangled
Must be completed between 1-Jan-2024 and 31-Jan-2024
Read a book with an MC with very long hair
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The HOB Formal Buddy Reads for February are...
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez I'll accept this as a Little Mermaid Retelling for the title
Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score
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February Readathons
Winter Seasonal 12/21/23-3/19/24
February Readathon
Feb 4-11 Week Long RAT
Feb 14-17 Extended Weekend RAT
Feb 24 RAT
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Duration: February 1, 2024 - February 29, 2024
Violet
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Happy Groundhog Day!
The (Impossible) Disney Challenge has a special bonus in honor of Groundhog Day! If you are participating in that challenge (feel free to sign up if you're not!), scurry over and grab the bonus!
Read a book that matches a Disney Task (not spell-out), that ALSO matches one of the following tasks:
🔹A book with the word "groundhog" in the text or title.
🔹A book whose plot includes repeating something over and over again.
This is worth 5 bonus points. More information on posting requirements can be found in the thread!
Your book must be completed between February 2nd and February 8th to be eligible!
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Here at HOB, we have been struck by Cupid. We will be running a week-long RAT from February 4-11. Please plan to join us as we celebrate love and romance.
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Start: February 1st, 2024
End: February 4th, 2024
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Start: February 11th, 2024
End: February 17th, 2024
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Challenge ExtendedNew end date February 5th
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In honor of Valentine's Day Weekend, we are extending our weekend readathon. Let's spread some ❤️love❤️!
Runs: February 14-17
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3-month challenge
Runs March-May 2024
Individual Competitive (non-competitive option available)
Come hunt eggs with us! Please note that I have made some major updates to this challenge. Please read ALL of the rules before signing up.
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Just a friendly reminder that there are several of you who signed up for the Snowball Fight but haven't submitted anything in a while. Your team could use your help. They are starting to fall behind without your books. The challenge ends at the end of this month so you need to get your books entered. Please don't be the person that lets your team down...
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One of our wonderful new mods pointed out that we didn't have a place for our members to store the collectibles that we have given them. So we have created the Collector's Corner. Stop by and check it out. If you are a collector, create your thread today and get collecting! Please do not store eggs from the Egg Hunt there until AFTER the challenge is over.
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It's time for a new Partner Pick here at Hooked on Books!
For March we will focus on St. Patrick's Day and Women's History Month by reading books with green covers, books with pink covers, books written by women, and books that have a title that starts with a letter in PATRICK. You can choose books that fit these categories in any way.
Ready to join in the fun? Sign up HERE!
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One Month Challenge
March 2024
Every month we explore a new Disney song. This month, we are going back to 1959 to a movie that I love called Darby O'Gill and the Little People. The song is called 'Pretty Irish Girl'.
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Mini Challenge - Individual
March 2024
Have you seen the movie Togo? Have you ever heard of the Iditarod? Come join us for this mini racing adventure!
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Darby Vs King Brian
Team Challenge
March 2024
Our next theme is Darby O'Gill and the Little People because who doesn't love leprechauns? Come join us in this war and win it for your team!
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I Want My MTV
Individual, 6-Month Challenge
Tune in on March 1st
If you sang, "I want my MTV," like Sting did in the opening line of the Dire Straits song Money for Nothing way back in 1985, then this is the challenge for you, my friend! And if you just know of MTV because you love reality shows, well, this is still the challenge for you! We'll look at the history of one of the greatest inventions of the 80s - including the songs, the videos, the VJs, and parties, the changes, the controversies - all things MTV. This is an individual, 6-month challenge where you'll move through the prompts at your own pace.
If you're ready for that shuttle to launch and to hear, "ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll!," sign up HERE!!!
One Month Challenge
March 2024
Whether you just celebrated Love Day with your Prince Charming, or you found out you just smooched up on a toad, maybe we can make next year even better. Come join us and Build-a-Prince!
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It's time for our 24-hour readathon. We are continuing with our romance theme but this time we are adding a little sprinkle of fairy dust.
Runs: February 24
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One of our members has asked the mods for permission to start trivia polls here at HOB for all of you to participate in. The mods have created a folder for this new feature. We hope you will find this a fun & new way to talk about books, etc here in our small community.
To join in on the fun, check out the Trivia folder
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Duration: March 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
Daffodil (Narcissus)
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I have come to love this book group. It is unlike any groups I have been a part of and hope you guys enjoy it as much as I do. I have met so many great people through these challenges and fun activities. I figured lets make this a fun ice breaker challenge and get to know members of the group.
You will be paired up with someone that has the same amount of letters in their name. You will then read books with the letter in the title or authors name. For example if someone was partnered with me you would read books:
A-An Anonymous Girl
M-Murder on the Orient Express
A-The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
N-New Moon
D-Divergent
A-The Alchemist
or
A-Agatha Christie
M-Mark Twain
A-Alexander Potter
N-Newman, Kim
D-Day, Alyssa
A-Akemi C. Brodsky
Or any of the combination of the two.
There will also be bonus tasks after you finish each others names to get to know each other a little better.
Challenge will run from March 1 to April 30
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March Readathons
Winter Seasonal 12/21/23-3/19/24
Spring Seasonal 3/20/24-6/20/24
March Readathon
March 17-23 Week Long RAT
March 8-10 Weekend RAT
March 16 RAT
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All threads have been created for the egg hunt. If you are playing competitively, please request access to your spreadsheet. If you haven't signed up and still want to: I will accept signups for competitive players until March 4th. After March 4th, only non-competitive players will be accepted. The first eggs will be hidden tomorrow. Good luck to all our egg hunters!
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Peter Pan
Must be completed between 1-Mar-2024 and 31-Mar-2024
Read a book with a fairy/faerie MC
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Since I flaked and didn't unlock and announce today's 24-hour readathon, I am extending it to tomorrow as well. Enjoy the extra day!
24 hour RAT (extended)
Week-long RAT starts tomorrow (yes the 24-hour now overlaps so take advantage of this! Your book can qualify for both tomorrow.)
Week Long RAT
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Spring Seasonal Readathon: 2024
Runs 03/20/24-6/20/24
So we are changing things up a bit here at HOB. We hope you like the changes we have made to the seasonal readathons. Check out the changes and participate using the link below.
Spring Seasonal 2024
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Whether you sang, "Folgers in your cup," or another brand, many people would agree that the best part of waking up is a fresh hot, cold brewed, or iced cup of coffee. In this challenge we will look at all things coffee-related. We'll even finish up by taking a look at some delicious recipes for various types of coffee. You'll have lots of time to complete this venti-sized, individual, self-paced challenge. That's right. The Best Part of Waking Up... will brew from April 1, 2024 - March 31, 2026!
☕️ Click HERE to sign up now! ☕️
Challenge Rules:
☕️ Standard Rules Apply
☕️ I will create an individual thread for you prior to the start date.
☕️ Your first prompt will be posted on April 1, 2024.
☕️ Books must be completed after the task has been posted.
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Seasons of Listening: 525,600 Minutes
A Group Audiobook Challenge
Tallying Begins April 1, 2024
Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty five thousand moments so dear
Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure...an audiobook?
I happen to LOVE this song, "Seasons of Love," from the Broadway musical, Rent! While listening to it one day, the idea came to me to do a challenge where, as a group, we tally up how much time we spend listening to audiobooks and see how long it takes us to reach 525,600 minutes. So it's similar to those challenges where the group tries to read a million pages; only this time, we'll be tallying up audiobook minutes. {YES, there will be some math involved, but it won't be painful. And as a former math teacher, this makes me happy. 😉}
Ready to rack up some audiobook time? Join in HERE.
Challenge Rules:
🎧 For this challenge ONLY, you may use books of any length. Any audiobook counts!
🎧 You must listen to the audiobook to participate in this challenge.
🎧 Audiobooks must be completed on or after April 1, 2024.
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Duration: April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024
Challenge Rules:
Standard Challenge Rules apply, unless otherwise stated for the task.
Daisy, bellis perennis (/ˈbɛləs pəˈrɛnəs/)
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It's time for a new Partner Pick here at Hooked on Books!
We are going to combine two months this time around and focus on April Showers and May Flowers.
Head over HERE to find out all of the details and to sign up!!
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Don't forget about our seasonal readathon! It is a customizable, one-of-a-kind readathon. I added some more challenge links so come check out the guidelines and create your own truly unique readathon!
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Monthly Challenge: April 2024
A simple listopia challenge in which you compete against other members to score the most points by the end of the month. The top 3 scorers get to choose a list for the following month. Come join us as we read books from 6 different lists and rack up the points!
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Come join us each month as we explore Disney songs! This month is Little April Showers from Bambi.
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Individual
April - June 2024
This is a simple challenge centered around a buzzword. You read books centered around that word and earn points. The top 3 scorers earn a badge. This challenge will run quarterly. Come join us here!
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Better late than never... Come join us this month for one (or both) of our Formal Buddy Reads!
📔"Main" Buddy Read: Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (Matthew Perry)
📚"KU" Buddy Read: Excuse Me While I Disappear (Laurie Notaro)
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The Grace children VS the world of Faeries
Team Challenge
May 2024
Our next theme is the Spiderwick Chronicles. Who doesn't love a world full of magical faeries? Come join us in this war and win it for your team!
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UPDATE: This has been cancelled
I have come to love this book group. It is unlike any groups I have been a part of and hope you guys enjoy it as much as I do. I have met so many great people through these challenges and fun activities. I figured lets make this a fun ice breaker challenge and get to know members of the group.
You will be paired up with someone that has the same amount of letters in their name. You will than read books with the letter in the title. For example if someone was partnered with me you would read books:
A-An Anonymous Girl
M-Murder on the Orient Express
A-The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
N-New Moon
D-Divergent
A-The Alchemist
or
A-Agatha Christie
M-Mark Twain
A-Alexander Potter
N-Newman, Kim
D-Day, Alyssa
A-Akemi C. Brodsky
Or any of the combination of the two.
There will also be bonus tasks after you finish each others names.
This is a 2 month challenge that will run May 1 to June 30. All standard rules will apply.
When signing up please include name and how many books a month you read. *Be able to read at least 5 books a month.
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Duration: May 1, 2024 - May 31, 2024
Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis)
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Individual Competitive ChallengeMay 2024
Do you have a large TBR? Are you competitive? Then this challenge is for you! Come clear off your TBR and compete for this month's badges of honor in the first monthly TBR Busters!
TBR Busters
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Come join us this month for one (or both) of our Formal Buddy Reads!
📔"Main" Buddy Read Thread: Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood
📚"KU" Buddy Read Thread: The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
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Buddy Read Threads are up for February!
Our theme for the month of February is ❤️Romance❤️ and we're reading...
📔"Main" Buddy Read (Thread): Part of Your World (Abby Jimenez)
📚"KU" Buddy Read (Thread): Things We Never Got Over (Lucy Score)
Stop in and let us know if you'll be participating this month!