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.

Partners
🔐 Michelle
🗝️Julia

Hi Michelle, excited to partner up with you for this challenge!

I'm from Austria, so I'm on CET.

I'm crap at writing reviews, but have been pushing myself to do it more, so I'm curious to see how the whole reflection part of this challenge works for me 😉

Hi Julia...

I'm in New York so I'm EST. If I'm converting right you should be 6 hours ahead of me. I work evening so I am usually on late at night.

I've starting writing more reviews because of another challenge group that I'm in requires it. Sometimes it's hard coming up with something, but when I start thinking about the book and what happened I just let it all out. Sometimes it's neat and tidy, other times the review is a bit of a bullet point post and kinda chaotic.

Awesome! I suppose we need a team name... Any suggestions?
How about Once upon a Box?

Julia wrote: "Awesome! I suppose we need a team name... Any suggestions?
How about Once upon a Box?"

I think that's perfect.

Awesome! I'll check us in 😉

🔐 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.

Our deadline is Sunday 14th.

I'm going to need to think about this one.