Hooked on Books discussion

🔐 Welcome to Your Box.

The lock is real. The box is closed. But the two of you? You have the keys.

This is your personal team thread. Each week, you’ll receive a new reading prompt. Each of you will choose a book, read it, and post your reflection here. Once both reflections are posted, a key turns—and the box reveals a message just for you.

You must complete all 12 keyholes to open the box in Week 13.

You can use this thread for:
🔐 Weekly reflections
🔐 Talking with your partner
🔐 Celebrating when a new lock opens

Your first prompt arrives Sunday at 6pm CT. You’ll know it when you see it.

Until then: get to know each other. Decide who’s reading what.
And whatever you do… don’t open it yet.

📖 Weekly Check-In Format
When you finish your book, post the info below in this thread to let your partner know you're ready. Once both of you have posted your reflections, one of you should check in on the main thread to unlock your keyhole.

• Week: (e.g., Week 1)
• Book Title:
• Author:
• Page Count:
• Reflection: Your response to the week’s prompt.

🔎 Weekly Check-In Thread
This is how your keyhole gets unlocked.
No check-in, no click.

How to check in:
Just post your team name and a link to your team thread.

Example:
Team: The Locked Hearts
Thread: [insert link here]

Once I see your check-in, your message will appear in your thread—if you’ve earned it.

Team 11:
🔐 Michelle EmptyNest
🗝️ esther ⭐️ (in school)

hi Michelle !
any ideas for a team name?

Hey, Esther!


I always turn to ChatGPT these days for help. Sometimes there's a winner, and sometimes the options inspire a different name, but here's what I came up with so far.


🔑 Key-Themed Team Names
The Master Keys
Skeleton Key Squad
The Golden Keys
Key Keepers
The Keyholders
Turn the Key
The Keychain Crew
Hidden Keys
The Keynote Readers
Secret Keys
The Key Unlockers
Lost Keys Found


📖 Bookish Key Team Names
Keys to the Kingdom (of Stories)
Chapter Keys
Plot Keys
The Key to Reading
Story Keys
Keys to Imagination
Novel Keys
The Keynote Chapters
Literary Keys
Keys to the Library
Unlock the Story
The Epilogue Keys


Locked Box Challenge 🔒📚 — all with a bookish, puzzle-solving twist:

📚 Bookish & Clever
Plot Keys
The Page Turners
Unlock the Story
Chapter Crackers
Keys to the Library
The Novel Unlockers

🔎 Mystery & Puzzle Vibe
The Codebreakers
Clue Finders
The Cipher Readers
The Hidden Chapter
Riddle Readers
The Secret Keepers

⚡ Short & Punchy
Unlock’d
KeyMasters
LockBusters
Story Sleuths
BookKeys
WordLock


I'm totally open to an entirely different name from any of these as well...

bookish + puzzle-inspired team names with “Lock” in them 🔒📚:

📚 Bookish Twist
BookLockers
LitLock
Locked in a Good Book
ChapterLock
StoryLock
WordLock
NovelLock

🔎 Mystery & Puzzle Vibe
Lock Busters
Lock Breakers
Lock Seekers
Lock & Key
Lock Masters
Lock Squad

⚡ Fun & Playful
BrainLock
LockStars
Unlock’d
Team Lockdown (reading edition!)
PageLock

wow that’s a lot of options!
what about “unlock the story”?

I'm good with that one!

Lisa, we'll be Unlock the Story. Thanks!

Here's our first prompt:


🔐 Week 1 Prompt: What You Bring With You
Some locks don’t need a key—they open for what you carry.
Choose a book that reflects something you bring to this partnership:
a personality trait, a past experience, a strength, a flaw—anything that shapes how you read and relate.

Each of you will choose your own book and explain what you're bringing to the box.

LOL i was going to copy it over! great minds think alike 😝

😉😁