Hello and welcome to the next cycle of the Lost Dreams Book Club!

It has come to our attention that some of you are leaving generic, one-line comments on their partner's work. This is not what you're supposed to be doing. This book club is meant for meaningful, useful feedback. It is meant for people who want to improve their work and their writing, not for people who just want some more reads.

We let people do a trial review for a reason. We wrote an extensive "How to give the best feedback" chapter for a reason. This is the quality we want every single one of your final comments on your partner's chapters to have. Every single chapter you read, you have to write a proper comment with useful feedback for your partner. You have to put effort into every end-of-chapter comment and preferably write inline comments too. Why? Because that's the type of bookclub this is. Only that way can your partner know what you truly thought about their chapter, and only then can they improve. Improvement, developing your writing skills, is what this book club is all about.

If you know that you don't give your partner's work the extensive feedback they deserve, if you make do with a quick, effortless comment, then this is your chance to improve. If we find out you still don't put any effort into you comments during Read Cycle 26, we will take action with strikes.

Please don't stop reading yet, this next bit is equally important. Pfew. Sorry, we didn't mean to sound so lecturing. We do find this incredibly important though, because this is the basis for our book club. As you all know, from our chapter on How This Works, we do not check our members' comments and we do not have a minimum line requirement. We assume our members are mature enough to follow the basic rule of doing their best with the feedback. So, if your partner does not seem to put any effort into their comments, please come and talk to us. Shoot us a PM. Let us know what's bothering you and we'll have a look and take action when necessary.

You all know what we expect. It's in the How to give the best feedback chapter. Have another read through that if you're unsure. But please give your partner and their story the attention they deserve.

Right then, that's all for the announcement. We are ready to get started with the new cycle and we hope you are, too! Below you will find this week's groups. If we haven't found a group for you yet, you are on the waitlist. We'll make sure to group you up as soon as we can.

We are always looking for members. If you have any friends that might be interested, please don't hesitate to direct them our way!

To make sure everything runs smoothly, here is a quick overview of what you'll need to do:

- The assignment is to read 3 chapters of each partner's book over the next 2 weeks. The deadline for this is . The next update will be the next Sunday; .

- Remember to give the best feedback you can. Be specific.

- When you've finished your assignment, report to us with what you've read in this chapter. This should look a bit like this: Three chapters read of Speaker's Way; last chapter read: chapter 24, and three chapters read of The Root of Magic; last chapter read: chapter 24. Let us know when you've finished your partner's book!

- If your partner goes above and beyond, please let us know. We have a nomination system in place for members who do really well.

- If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact us.

- Remember to talk to your group members. If you want to read more than the required 6 chapters per 2 weeks, talk to your partners to see if they want this too. If one of you has a book that's shorter than the others', see if you can fix this by letting your partners read a second book of yours once they finish the first one.

- Let us know if your partner does not provide you with adequate comments.

Here are this week's groups.

A Darker Hue of You -

Last Chance Penitentiary -

Speaker's Way -

The Secret King -

Medice Ceres -

The Memory Thief -

Last Chance Penitentiary - [NOTE: ALSO IN GROUP 1]

Call of the Water -

The Mage Collective: A Wolf's Revenge -

Kit & Tully -

Broken Pinky Promise -

The Wish From Heaven -

Vaehandre: Where The Stars Fall -

Chasing Tails -

The Gathering -

The lady in the weeping mansion -

A Middle-Aged Writer's Daydream -

Crown of Roses -

Being Human -

Huntsman -

Caring For Your Clown -

Accidental -

Saurian Chronicles #1 -

Accidental - [NOTE: ALSO IN GROUP 9!]

P.S. Please don't forget to let us know if one of your partners goes above and beyond with the feedback on your story, so that we can give them a shoutout!