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The Narrative Nexus Sign Up/Q&A
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Standard Challenge Rules
🔗 Pairing Up: You’ll be randomly paired with a partner based on your reading speed and average page count preferences, which you’ll share when signing up in this thread. This helps match you with a reading buddy who’s on a similar wavelength.
🔗 2. Reading the Prompts: Your pair will receive 12 prompts across three types—Mirror, Split, and Wildcard (explained in the intro). You’ll get the prompts one at a time after posting your connection blurbs.
🔗 3. Reading & Posting: For each prompt, read your selected book(s) and post a connection blurb (2–5 sentences) here in the thread. This blurb explains how your and your partner’s books connect, contrast, or complement each other. Don't forget a link to your partner thread.
🔗 4. Unlocking Prompts: Posting your Plot Bridge unlocks the next prompt for your pair. No blurb, no next prompt — keeping everyone engaged and connected.
🔗 5. Flexible Pace: Take your time! This challenge is designed for you to read at your own pace—no rush, no pressure. Just enjoy the journey with your partner and let the stories unfold naturally.
🔗 6. Respect & Support: This challenge is about connection, creativity, and fun. Be respectful of your partner’s choices and opinions, and enjoy the journey together.
How to Sign Up
Reply to this thread with:
💡Your Name
💡Your typical reading speed (books per week)
💡Your average preferred page count
Once sign-ups close, pairs will be assigned and announced here in the thread with their first prompt.
Join the ongoing conversation here — post your connection blurbs and check out what others are reading and discovering.
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Kat
Jackie
Anastasia
Amanda
Paige
Alaina
Jayme(theghostreader)
Janine
Michalina
Michelle
Kirsten
Claire
Teresa
PrinZessBookDragon
Tianna
Victoria
Christene
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Team 1: Tianna & Leanne
Team 2: Alaina & Kat
Team 3: Jayme & Michelle
Team 4: Paige & Teresa
Team 5: Christene & Michalina
Team 6: Anastasia & Janine
Team 7: Claire & Kirsten
Team 8: Trisha & Victoria
Team 9: Amanda & Jackie
I’m in Kat
Books per week 1-2 depending on length
200-300 page count
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Lisa
BPW: 5
Page Count: 250ish
I'm in.Jackie
BPW: 9
Page count: 300 - 350
I'll give it a goAnastasia
About 3-5 books per week
Page count: 200-500
I'm inPaige
BPW: about 2 or 3
page count: 300-400
I'm in!Alaina
BPW: 1-2
Page Count: 300-400
I'm inJayme(theghostreader)
1 book a week
Page count-300-400
Im in Janine
About 5 bks a week
Ideal length 250 pgs
I’m inMichalina
3-4 books a week
Page count 350-400
💡Your Name - Michelle💡Your typical reading speed (books per week) - 2 - 3 books per week
💡Your average preferred page count - 200 - 300
I’m in, too!Kirsten
5 books/week
~350 pages
I’m in.Claire
Ca 5 books a week, preferred count 250-350 pages.
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💡2-4 bpw
💡Pg count preferred: 300-400 (flexible but this would be my average)
sounds interesting however not sure i read enough. Tianna
1-2 books over a month
anything but mostly 350+
Im in,Victoria
7 bpw 25-30 a month
250 pages to 400 pages
ChristeneBPW: about 2 or 3
page count: 300-400
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Tianna
1-2 books over a month
anything but mostly 350+"
We will find someone for you to team up with!
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I'll give this one a try!💡Your Name: Trisha
💡Your typical reading speed: 7-10 bpw
💡Your average preferred page count: 200-400
Reply to this thread with:💡Your Name ----- Leanne
💡Your typical reading speed (books per week) ----- 2 bpw
💡Your average preferred page count ----- 200-400
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MN Lisa wrote: "Sign-Ups here will be backup or can add more if we get even numbers."i am going to have to sit this out. thank you
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The Narrative Nexus is officially underway! Your reading partner has been revealed, and your team thread is ready for action.
📍 Next Steps:
Head over to your team thread and say hi to your partner!
Feel free to choose a team name if you’d like — be clever, be chaotic, be punny. Totally optional but highly encouraged.
Once you're settled, keep an eye out for your first prompt — it’ll appear in your thread once you’ve checked in.
Questions? Confused? Just want to shout about how excited you are? Head over to the [Nexus Lounge] and join the conversation!
Let the story-stitching begin! 📚✨
Lisa..can Anastaia & myself be called Word Warriors please
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So , for Wildcard Prompts ..we have to read 2 books each ?
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No. You only have to pick one book from the list your partner provides.
The "Switch Roles" is if you want to. Kind of like Extra Credit and to extend the game a bit. It's option and I see where it was confusing so I'll fix the prompt.
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Let’s say your prompt is Past & Future. You might think that means strictly historical vs. sci-fi — and it can! But maybe…
One of you picks a book set in the future that’s all about rebuilding ancient traditions.
The other chooses a time travel novel where someone from the past is forced to face the future.
Or maybe one book is set in the 1800s but feels modern, and the other is futuristic but reads like folklore.
📌 The connection doesn’t have to be obvious. It just has to make sense to you.
✨ Creativity is key — not just in your connection, but in how you interpret the prompt. If you think it fits, it probably does. Trust your instincts, lean into the weird, and have fun with it!
Team 2 (Alaina and Kat) would like to be named Believe in Our Shelves
Team 5 (Michalina and Christene) would like to be called Story Seekers :)
I have been wondering if a book says past and future could you read a book released in the past or future
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Yep. If you can make a connection, make it. I can't wait to see the creativity in interpreting the prompts.
Team 4 (Paige and Teresa) would like to be named Association Station
Thanks for the answer to my last question. I’ve not finished a book from June, can I count it if I finish in July?
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MN Lisa wrote: "Correct. Finish date is what matters, not start date."That’s fab thanks
Legacy might mean a character tied to family expectations, carrying on a tradition, facing a prophecy, or dealing with generational weight.Would moving back to the place you were born and moving into the house you were in until 11 count?
This is the book I wanna use https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
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MN Lisa wrote: "I would count that."Thanks
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MN Lisa wrote: "yes. non fiction is allowed"Thanks
Hi, Lisa!For Puzzle/Chaos, Claire and I want to read the same book: Babel.
We think it has elements of both, and that way we could do a kind of buddy read. Is that okay?
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Where stories collide, partners connect, and your next great read is just a prompt away.
🔗At Your Own Pace Partner Challenge🔗
👥July 1st 2025 to December 31st 2026👥
🎯Sign Ups Close: 6/24/2025
🎯Partner's posted: 6/26/2025
🎯First Prompt: 6/29/2025
**Book must be completed AFTER 7/1/2025.
You and your partner are about to embark on a reading journey that’s as much about connection as it is about books. Over 12 unique prompts, you’ll explore stories through different lenses—collaborating, contrasting, and surprising each other along the way.
Here’s how it works:
Mirror Prompts: You both receive the same prompt, but your challenge is to interpret opposites or contrasting angles within it. Think of it as two sides of the same narrative coin.
Split Prompts: Each partner picks a different prompt from the pair’s assigned options and reads a book inspired by their choice. Separate paths, one theme.
Wildcard Prompts: Each partner picks one prompt, then your partner gives you three book options to choose from for that prompt. Surprise and collaboration wrapped in one!
To move forward, you’ll both read your selected books, then post a short Plot Bridge explaining how your choices relate, clash, or complement each other. Posting this unlocks the next prompt for your pair.
Flexible pacing means you can take your time, work at your own speed, and savor the experience. Your partner is your co-navigator through this narrative web, helping you discover unexpected connections across genres and styles.
Ready to dive in? Sign Up Below!