Insert Name Here

[Catsalive]

Team Members

✔️RaeRae
✔️WitchinglyBookish
✔️ Catsalive
✔️Ira
✔️Jess

Challenge Rules
📘 Books must be a minimum of 140 pages
📘 Rereads are allowed if the book was last read more than 6 months ago
📘 Audiobooks must be a minimum of 3 hours in length

[Catsalive]

Hi Team, We need a name, unless you want to remain Insert Name Here. 😀

My suggestion: Bibliothecarii (latin for librarians)

I'm sure you can come up with something better.

[WitchinglyBookish]

That name works for me! Though "Insert Name Here" has a nice ring to it too😂

[Ira]

It works for me too.

[RaeRae]

either of those works for me. "insert name here" is very clever

[Catsalive]

Does anyone know Gulliver to see if they're still playing?

[WitchinglyBookish]

I tried to message them but they seem to have messages turned off. Donna just updated the list looking for teams yet maybe one of them should be swapped in so we don't fall farther behind?

[Catsalive]

RaeRae, You put the team together, what would you like to do?

[Catsalive]

As Gulliver hasn't been back in a week, I've offered a place to Jess.

[Jess]

I am here and ready to go!

[Jess]

I personally think it would be funny if we were Team Warehouse 13. It was kind of a similar TV Show. But I am up for anything.

[Jess]

Also good with Insert Name Here

[Jess]

Should we check in our team?

[WitchinglyBookish]

I think we're supposed to pick a "Guardian" to make all our check-in posts. Does anyone want this job? I unfortunately can't volunteer due to traveling for work and not always having access to the desktop site

[Catsalive]

It looks like we're going to stay with "Insert Name Here". We can always change it later. I will check us in as ready.

I don't mind checking us in, I look in on GR most days. Someone else can do it if I'm absent.

[Jess]

Sounds like a plan!

[Jess]

Just curious, where is everyone located? I am on the East Coast of the US.

[RaeRae]

WitchinglyBookish wrote: "I think we're supposed to pick a "Guardian" to make all our check-in posts. Does anyone want this job? I unfortunately can't volunteer due to traveling for work and not always having access to the ..."
I also don't always have access to a desktop. So I won't be much help with updates

[RaeRae]

Jess wrote: "Just curious, where is everyone located? I am on the East Coast of the US."
In the US Central Time

[WitchinglyBookish]

I'm in Pennsylvania, though I work nights so I'm more on UK time with my check-ins

[Jess]

I'm so excited to get our prompts! I am an avid reader and may have joined too many challenges. 🤣

[Donna, Chief Inspector]

Season 1, Episode 1:
And the Crown of King Arthur

👑 “A crown with power, a secret society, and a library that chooses its own heroes.”

In Season 1, Episode 1 of The Librarians, a mysterious organization recruits a new Guardian, Eve Baird, to protect the magical Library and its chosen Librarian, Flynn Carsen. Together, they investigate a series of strange murders linked to Excalibur and the lost crown of King Arthur. Along the way, they discover a hidden group of potential Librarians and face off against the Serpent Brotherhood, who seek to unleash dangerous magic.


Tasks (Reminder: Each of you must choose a different task)
👑Read a book with a crown on the cover
🐍Read a book that starts & ends with a letter in SERPENT
🧑Read a book with a character named EVE or FLYNN, or ARTHUR
🗡️Read a book with all the letters of EXCALIBUR in the title/subtitle/series
👦👦Read a book with brothers in the story

[WitchinglyBookish]

The next book I planned on reading fits the SERPENT prompt so I can do that one

[Jess]

I found a book on my long tbr that fits EXCALIBUR! I'll probably start later today or tomorrow.

[RaeRae]

I have a book with brothers in the story

[Catsalive]

I'm in Australia, AEDT or UTC+11.

Which one can you take, Ira, crown or character? I'll try to find whatever's last.

[Catsalive]

Tracking: Season 1, Episode 1: And the Crown of King Arthur

👑Read a book with a crown on the cover
catsalive: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🐍Read a book that starts & ends with a letter in SERPENT
WitchinglyBookish: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🧑Read a book with a character named EVE or FLYNN, or ARTHUR
Ira: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🗡️Read a book with all the letters of EXCALIBUR in the title/subtitle/series
Jess: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

👦👦Read a book with brothers in the story
RaeRae: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Ira]

I can do the character prompt.

[Jess]

Completion Post - Season 1, Episode 1: And the Crown of King Arthur

Task: 🗡️Read a book with all the letters of EXCALIBUR in the title/subtitle/series
Book & Author: Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There by Tara Schuster
Date Read: 01/13/2026
Pages: 318
How it Fits: BUy yoursELf the f*CkIng lilies: and otheR rituAls to fiX your life, from someone who's been there

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[Jess]

Just curious, not rushing anyone, when does everyone think they will be done with their books? I am just trying to decide what size book i should read next.

[Ira]

I have started my book today, should be finished with it tomorrow

[RaeRae]

Completion Post: Season1 EP 1: And the Crown of King Arthur

Task: RAB with brothers in the story
Book/Author:
Date Read: 01/14/2026
Pages: 308
How it Fits: Charlies dad and UB are brothers.

[WitchinglyBookish]

COMPLETION POST
SEASON 1 EPISODE 1

TASK:🐍Read a book that starts & ends with a letter in SERPENT

BOOK:

PAGES: 162

REASON: T&R

READ: 1/15/26

[Ira]

Completion Post
Season 1
Episode 1

Task: 🧑Read a book with a character named EVE or FLYNN, or ARTHUR
Book: The Face of Deception by Iris Johansen
Pages: 326
Read: 16/01/26
How it fits: The main character's name is named Eve Duncan

[Catsalive]

Completion
Season 1, Episode 1: And the Crown of King Arthur
👑Read a book with a crown on the cover
Book: The Shortest History of the Crown by Stephen Bates
Date: 17/1 4★
Pages: 288
Fit:

[Catsalive]

Checked in.

[Jess]

Woohoo!!! Can't wait for new prompts!

[Donna, Chief Inspector]

Season 1, Episode 2:
And the Sword in the Stone

🗡️ “When Camelot stirs, legends awaken—and the past is far from buried.”

The Serpent Brotherhood is close to unleashing unchecked magic on the world. Flynn, mortally wounded by Excalibur, flees with Eve and the new recruits (Jake, Ezekiel, and Cassandra). They meet Jenkins at the hidden Library Annex, which becomes their new base. To stop the Brotherhood’s ritual under Buckingham Palace, they infiltrate a royal ball, recover Excalibur, and ultimately save Flynn when Cassandra uses the sword’s magic to heal him instead of herself. Flynn departs to restore the missing Library, leaving the new Librarians to begin their own journey under Jenkins’s guidance.

Tasks (Reminder: Each of you must choose a different task)
🗡️Read a book with a sword, crown, or other magical artifact on the cover
🤫Read a book where a hidden sanctuary, archive, or secret place plays a role
🎉Read a book featuring a masquerade, gala, or royal setting
🦸Read a book where a mentor trains or guides a new group of heroes
🚩Read a book where a character must risk their life, health, or future for the greater good

[Jess]

oohh!! My next book has a sword on the cover so I'll take that one!!!

[Catsalive]

I'll take this one
🤫Read a book where a hidden sanctuary, archive, or secret place plays a role

[WitchinglyBookish]

I have a book for the greater good prompt(last one with the red flag)

[Catsalive]

Tracking: Season 1, Episode 2: And the Sword in the Stone

🗡️Read a book with a sword, crown, or other magical artifact on the cover
Jess: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🤫Read a book where a hidden sanctuary, archive, or secret place plays a role
catsalive: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🎉Read a book featuring a masquerade, gala, or royal setting
Ira: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🦸Read a book where a mentor trains or guides a new group of heroes
RaeRae: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🚩Read a book where a character must risk their life, health, or future for the greater good
WitchinglyBookish: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Ira]

I can take royal setting. There must be one of my fantasy books that fits.

[Jess]

Completion: Season 1, Episode 2: And the Sword in the Stone

Task: 🗡️Read a book with a sword, crown, or other magical artifact on the cover
Book: by Garth Nix
Pages: 491
Read: 1/19/26
How it fits: Magical Bells and Sword on the bottom of the cover

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[Catsalive]

Completion
Season 1, Episode 2: And the Sword in the Stone
🤫Read a book where a hidden sanctuary, archive, or secret place plays a role
Book: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Date: 19/1 3.5★
Pages: 245
Fit: the House & its Halls are a hidden, secret place that few may access

[Jess]

Catsalive wrote: "Completion
Season 1, Episode 2: And the Sword in the Stone
🤫Read a book where a hidden sanctuary, archive, or secret place plays a role
Book: Piranesi by [author:Susanna Clarke|8842..."

I gave this one a 4.5. It was a weird one.

[Catsalive]

Jess wrote: "Catsalive wrote: "Completion
Season 1, Episode 2: And the Sword in the Stone
🤫Read a book where a hidden sanctuary, archive, or secret place plays a role
Book: Piranesi

I gave this one a 4.5. It was a weird one.."

Yep, very odd.

[RaeRae]

So it has to be more than 2 people to be a group correct?

[RaeRae]

I think I am going to go with

[Jess]

RaeRae wrote: "I think I am going to go with "

Sounds good!