I'm planning on starting 75 books in December, so whatever habits I start to build with the challenge will hopefully continue into 2026, too. But, I'm curious... what are everyone's goals? I know some are taking it really seriously and making it really regimented, but I've taken a more laidback approach, I think.

my goals:

1. read every day - i know myself and i know i can read every day, but i also know that i often have migraine fare ups where my brain can be out of order for weeks at a time, so i would love to do the two 45 min reading sessions a day but i know myself and that's just not going to always be possible for me. Also, reading slumps are a thing so I don't want to force it.
2. Wake up between 5 and 7 and read soon after waking up. We're trying to build an early riser, early reader routine! If possible: 2 reading sessions per day (for however long as I like, as long as I am genuinely reading the book, even if it's just a page or finishing a chapter) - preferably one when I wake up and one before I go to sleep
3. Fill and try to finish a water bottle each day - cheat code: it may be a water bottle, but who says I have to fill it with water?
4. Keep up to date with and maintain a Google Sheets doc of everything I read

goals I'm NOT doing

1. I'm NOT doing a book-buying ban. I've noticed that the majority of the books I'm reading at the moment are backlists or preorders I've already bought or library loans. So, I'm really only buying books I have every intention of reading in the next month or two (with a few sneaky Kindle deals thrown in there every now and again)
2. I'm NOT doing two 45-minute reading sessions per day. I talked about this before, but I have MS so I have some really bad days body-wise and get some absolutely cracker migraines, so expecting me to be able to do the same things I could do on a good day, on days when I can't turn the lights on or get out of bed? Yeah... no.

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Do you guy have any recs for Cinderella retellings? I’m trying to put together a list, but I only have, like, 20. If you guys know of any other Cinderella books, let me know!

This is very much giving The Mummy (1999) vibes and I am having so much fun!

Hey everyone, this isn't totally book-centric, but it is book-adjacent, I promise!

I've had my troubles with insomnia in the past, but over the last 5ish I've managed to get my sleeping schedule to where I'm usually asleep around midnight, and I'm hoping that if I become an early riser, I can get myself to go to sleep even earlier. At the moment, I'm going to bed at 9, reading for 30 mins - an hour and then waking up around 9 - 10 AM. I am a chronic illness girlie, so I really do need that sleep, but I hate waking up so late in the day, so I need some advice!

My thoughts so far are a really annoying alarm and maybe reading first thing in the morning, but I have no idea what else to incorporate or to try and use as incentives to wake up and stay awake so early. Also, for anyone who does read first thing in the morning, do you turn all the lights on? Do you read on your phone? Or do you strictly read physically? I have no idea where to start.

I'm planning on starting 75 books in December, so whatever habits I start to build with the challenge will hopefully continue into 2026, too. But, I'm curious... what are everyone's goals? I know some are taking it really seriously and making it really regimented, but I've taken a more laidback approach, I think.

my goals:

1. read every day - i know myself and i know i can read every day, but i also know that i often have migraine fare ups where my brain can be out of order for weeks at a time, so i would love to do the two 45 min reading sessions a day but i know myself and that's just not going to always be possible for me. Also, reading slumps are a thing so I don't want to force it.
2. Wake up between 5 and 7 and read soon after waking up. We're trying to build an early riser, early reader routine! If possible: 2 reading sessions per day (for however long as I like, as long as I am genuinely reading the book, even if it's just a page or finishing a chapter) - preferably one when I wake up and one before I go to sleep
3. Fill and try to finish a water bottle each day - cheat code: it may be a water bottle, but who says I have to fill it with water?
4. Keep up to date with and maintain a Google Sheets doc of everything I read

goals I'm NOT doing

1. I'm NOT doing a book-buying ban. I've noticed that the majority of the books I'm reading at the moment are backlists or preorders I've already bought or library loans. So, I'm really only buying books I have every intention of reading in the next month or two (with a few sneaky Kindle deals thrown in there every now and again)
2. I'm NOT doing two 45-minute reading sessions per day. I talked about this before, but I have MS so I have some really bad days body-wise and get some absolutely cracker migraines, so expecting me to be able to do the same things I could do on a good day, on days when I can't turn the lights on or get out of bed? Yeah... no.

the original tik tok video

I love the idea of all the new categorization and am trying to plan out how I want to use them and organize moving forward!

I "own" a lot of books 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ pretty much any book I want and would have to wait for from my library immediately gets downloaded if there's a wait-list.

Are we using the "owned" category for physical books? Books we have in any format? Do you think of ebooks and physical differently in regards to owning them?

TIA for your thoughts lovelies ✨✨✨

How do you prefer to track your bedtime reading? In StoryGraph I had been editing the date of my progress to the day prior, since I don’t like to use my phone right before bed and often read until I’m starting to fall asleep. PB only lets you count progress towards the day you make your update, so I’m wondering how people feel about that? Do you just update the next morning?