Announcements - Please join us in bidding a fond farewell to oshizu, who served this group as a fabulous challenge creator, leader and moderator. Fortunately, she plans to still be an active part of this group, so we’re sure to see more of her! - Ashleigh has joined the mod squad to help us develop and coordinate future challenges. Welcome to the team!
Tip from the Mods Thanks for the responses to the Group Read evaluation! Over the next couple of months we’ll try out some new things to see what works and what doesn’t! The poll results are now visible to everyone during the voting process and each option includes some key words about the book to help you choose our next read!
Group Read Every month, our group votes on and reads a book together. You don't have to read the book, but we would love it if you did! Our August theme is Travels and our group read for this month is One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle. Nominated by Allie, this novel takes you on a trip to the Amalfi Coast of Italy. Feel free to join the discussion or post your review of the book! You can also vote for our September book with the theme of Trust as well as nominate a book for October with the theme of Moon!
Challenges Our group’s fifteen 2022 yearly challenges are entering their eighth month, but you still have a few months to sign up and complete one or more that match your reading plans. Not sure which one’s for you? Check out this Guide to the 2022 Year Challenges. If you’re already participating in our yearly challenges, best wishes to you and your challenge progress!
August is the second month for our 3rd quarter challenges! Reflecting our quarterly theme of Pondering the Paranormal, Haunted Places Around the Globe involves traveling around the world and visiting the local legends. It is led by Carmen. Our second quarterly challenge also involves a global trek, but this time to all the happiest places on Earth! Miles of Smiles takes you to countries that were named the world’s 20 happiest countries. This challenge is led by Rachael.
We have two new challenges for August! For The Sky’s the Limit, led by Theresa, you can read books about travel, or books that’ll get you acquainted with a new culture or destination. The second challenge, Have Book, Will Travel will be led by Carmen, and offers ten prompts to expand your horizons.
Do you have a great idea for a new challenge? Please let us know! Most of our quarterly and monthly challenges grow out of our members’ suggestions. We love hearing your creative ideas.
TBR Twins Share a book with an online friend while knocking off a read from your TBR list! You can sign up for September TBR Twins here, and we'll pair you with someone to read a book with next month. If you’ve signed up for August, your twins are posted here. Please reach out to your twin and choose a book to read together!
Buddy Reads Let’s read some books together! Buddy reads are a great way to read and discuss a book together with fellow group members. This month we will have a total of 28 Buddy Reads!
- Please join us in bidding a fond farewell to oshizu, who served this group as a fabulous challenge creator, leader and moderator. Fortunately, she plans to still be an active part of this group, so we’re sure to see more of her!
- Ashleigh has joined the mod squad to help us develop and coordinate future challenges. Welcome to the team!
Tip from the Mods
Thanks for the responses to the Group Read evaluation! Over the next couple of months we’ll try out some new things to see what works and what doesn’t! The poll results are now visible to everyone during the voting process and each option includes some key words about the book to help you choose our next read!
Group Read
Every month, our group votes on and reads a book together. You don't have to read the book, but we would love it if you did!
Our August theme is Travels and our group read for this month is One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle. Nominated by Allie, this novel takes you on a trip to the Amalfi Coast of Italy. Feel free to join the discussion or post your review of the book!
You can also vote for our September book with the theme of Trust as well as nominate a book for October with the theme of Moon!
Challenges
Our group’s fifteen 2022 yearly challenges are entering their eighth month, but you still have a few months to sign up and complete one or more that match your reading plans. Not sure which one’s for you? Check out this Guide to the 2022 Year Challenges. If you’re already participating in our yearly challenges, best wishes to you and your challenge progress!
August is the second month for our 3rd quarter challenges! Reflecting our quarterly theme of Pondering the Paranormal, Haunted Places Around the Globe involves traveling around the world and visiting the local legends. It is led by Carmen. Our second quarterly challenge also involves a global trek, but this time to all the happiest places on Earth! Miles of Smiles takes you to countries that were named the world’s 20 happiest countries. This challenge is led by Rachael.
We have two new challenges for August! For The Sky’s the Limit, led by Theresa, you can read books about travel, or books that’ll get you acquainted with a new culture or destination. The second challenge, Have Book, Will Travel will be led by Carmen, and offers ten prompts to expand your horizons.
Do you have a great idea for a new challenge? Please let us know! Most of our quarterly and monthly challenges grow out of our members’ suggestions. We love hearing your creative ideas.
TBR Twins
Share a book with an online friend while knocking off a read from your TBR list!
You can sign up for September TBR Twins here, and we'll pair you with someone to read a book with next month. If you’ve signed up for August, your twins are posted here. Please reach out to your twin and choose a book to read together!
Buddy Reads
Let’s read some books together! Buddy reads are a great way to read and discuss a book together with fellow group members. This month we will have a total of 28 Buddy Reads!
We are starting the following stand-alone books:
The Book of Cold Cases, Circe, Deacon King Kong, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Frontier, Gallant, Ghost Bride, Girl, Woman, Other, Last Call at the Nightingale, Legends & Lattes, Olga Dies Dreaming, Persuasion, Remarkably Bright Creatures, The Retreat, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Vanishing Half, Where the Crawdads Sing, and The Woman in the Library.
We will start or continue the following series:
Alex Cross #15: Alex Cross’s Trial, All Souls #2: Shadow of Night, Discworld #40: Raising Steam, An Italian Kitchen Mystery #3: A Dish Best Served Cold, Jackson Brodie #3: When Will There Be Good News?, Shetland Island #2: White Nights, A Song of Ice and Fire #2: A Clash of Kings, and Vera Stanhope #3: Hidden Depths.
If you would like to join any, please follow the link and let your buddies know you will be joining the read!
Would you like to suggest a future Buddy Read or join an existing one? You can sign up on our current Buddy Reads - Sign Up thread.
Finally, welcome to all of our new members! We can't wait to get to know you. Please stop in and introduce yourself or say hello to our new members!
Happy Reading, everyone!
Winter, Ilona, Blagica, Megan, SarahKat, Trisha, TerryJane, Carri Carey, bailey, and Ashleigh