Hi everyone! We're almost a full week into April, so I figured it was probably time for me to pick my tbr for the month! What's everyone else reading this month? I managed to fit all of my tbr into prompts for the Magical Readathon, and I'm doing the Hearthkeeper calling. Is anyone else participating in Magical Readathon this month?

all of the classes I need to pass for this semester

• Alchemy ~ reread ~ The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson • Spells & Incantations ~ currently on a best seller list – The Wild Robot by Peter Brown OR My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney • Elemental Studies ~ temperature word in title (e.g. cold, warm) – Coldwire by Chloe Gong • Restorations ~ ask for five 5-star recs & pick one – Malice by John Gwynne

extra credit

• Animal Studies ~ wolves (cover, title, content) – Scarlet by Marissa Meyer • Art of illusion ~ unusual formatting – Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire • Astronomy ~ top shelf (physically on top of your tbr) – How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps by Andrew Rowe • Conjuration ~ first enticing book you see on social media – The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison • Demonology ~ house on the cover – What Once Was Mine by Liz Braswell • Artificery ~ D6 roll for a series (e.g. 2 = 2nd in a series) – Go The Distance by Jen Calonita ( I only had a d12 and rolled an 11 😅) • Shapeshifting ~ flip a coin; heads = under 400 pages & tails = over 400 pages – The Faraway Inn by Sarah Beth Durst OR Don’t Let the Forest In by C. G. Drews

March was all about manga, mysteries and monster romance (yes i somehow write that without realising they all start with M 😂) for me, and honestly, I read a lot more than I was expecting to, and I had a great time.

• Physical reads – 3 • Ebooks read – 12 • Audiobooks listened to – 4 • Graphics read – 10 • Books read – 10 • Rereads – 11 • Arcs read – 0 • Arcs dnf’d – 0

• Favourite botm – Truly Devious ⭐⭐⭐⭐ • Least favourite botm – Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Vol 0 ⭐⭐.75

🍃 ebook – ✨ 2026 release – 🌷 review copy – 🌻 buddy read – 🎧 audiobook 🔁 reread – 🌈 queer rep – ♿ disability rep – 💖 The Hoemance Book Club 🐳 r/Fantasy Bingo 2025 – 🐶 Scoobathon Book Club

The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter LN Vol 1 [02/03] – 🎧🌈 – ⭐⭐⭐.75 Unbirthday [25/02 – 03/03] – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Soara and the House of Monsters Vol 2 [06/03] – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Truly Devious [04 – 07/03] – 🍃🌈🐶🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Toilet-bound Hanako-Kun Vol 0 {08/03] – ⭐⭐.75 Muscles and Monsters [07 – 08/03] – 🍃✨ – ⭐⭐⭐.5 The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter Manga Vol 1 [09/03] – 🍃🌈🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter Manga Vol 2 [10/03] – 🍃🌈🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter Manga Vol 3 [10/03] – 🍃🌈🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter Manga Vol 4 [10/03] – 🍃🌈🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐.75 The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter Manga Vol 5 [10/03] – 🍃✨🌈🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter Manga Vol 6 [10/03] – 🍃✨🌈 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hi, I’m a Witch, and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion Vol 1 [11/03] – 🍃🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐.5 Hi, I’m a Witch, and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion Vol 2 [11/03] – 🍃🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐.25 Cinder [08 – 15/03] – 🍃♿❤️🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Mysterious Affair at Styles [22 – 23/03] – 🎧 – ⭐⭐⭐.25 The Vanishing Stair [15 – 24/03] – 🍃🌈♿🐶🔁 Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King [24 – 25/03] – 🎧 – ⭐⭐⭐ Fairy Tale [26 – 30/03] – 🎧 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Hand on the Wall [25 – 30/03] – 🍃🌈♿🐶🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐.5

So, that's everything that I read in March. What did everyone else read? (and do you have any recs for things I should be picking up based on what I read?)

Hi everyone! We're almost a full week into April, so I figured it was probably time for me to pick my tbr for the month! What's everyone else reading this month? I managed to fit all of my tbr into prompts for the Magical Readathon, and I'm doing the Hearthkeeper calling. Is anyone else participating in Magical Readathon this month?

all of the classes I need to pass for this semester

• Alchemy ~ reread ~ The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson • Spells & Incantations ~ currently on a best seller list – The Wild Robot by Peter Brown OR My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney • Elemental Studies ~ temperature word in title (e.g. cold, warm) – Coldwire by Chloe Gong • Restorations ~ ask for five 5-star recs & pick one – Malice by John Gwynne

extra credit

• Animal Studies ~ wolves (cover, title, content) – Scarlet by Marissa Meyer • Art of illusion ~ unusual formatting – Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire • Astronomy ~ top shelf (physically on top of your tbr) – How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps by Andrew Rowe • Conjuration ~ first enticing book you see on social media – The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison • Demonology ~ house on the cover – What Once Was Mine by Liz Braswell • Artificery ~ D6 roll for a series (e.g. 2 = 2nd in a series) – Go The Distance by Jen Calonita ( I only had a d12 and rolled an 11 😅) • Shapeshifting ~ flip a coin; heads = under 400 pages & tails = over 400 pages – The Faraway Inn by Sarah Beth Durst OR Don’t Let the Forest In by C. G. Drews

March was all about manga, mysteries and monster romance (yes i somehow write that without realising they all start with M 😂) for me, and honestly, I read a lot more than I was expecting to, and I had a great time.

• Physical reads – 3 • Ebooks read – 12 • Audiobooks listened to – 4 • Graphics read – 10 • Books read – 10 • Rereads – 11 • Arcs read – 0 • Arcs dnf’d – 0

• Favourite botm – Truly Devious ⭐⭐⭐⭐ • Least favourite botm – Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Vol 0 ⭐⭐.75

🍃 ebook – ✨ 2026 release – 🌷 review copy – 🌻 buddy read – 🎧 audiobook 🔁 reread – 🌈 queer rep – ♿ disability rep – 💖 The Hoemance Book Club 🐳 r/Fantasy Bingo 2025 – 🐶 Scoobathon Book Club

The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter LN Vol 1 [02/03] – 🎧🌈 – ⭐⭐⭐.75 Unbirthday [25/02 – 03/03] – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Soara and the House of Monsters Vol 2 [06/03] – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Truly Devious [04 – 07/03] – 🍃🌈🐶🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Toilet-bound Hanako-Kun Vol 0 {08/03] – ⭐⭐.75 Muscles and Monsters [07 – 08/03] – 🍃✨ – ⭐⭐⭐.5 The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter Manga Vol 1 [09/03] – 🍃🌈🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter Manga Vol 2 [10/03] – 🍃🌈🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter Manga Vol 3 [10/03] – 🍃🌈🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter Manga Vol 4 [10/03] – 🍃🌈🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐.75 The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter Manga Vol 5 [10/03] – 🍃✨🌈🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter Manga Vol 6 [10/03] – 🍃✨🌈 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hi, I’m a Witch, and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion Vol 1 [11/03] – 🍃🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐.5 Hi, I’m a Witch, and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion Vol 2 [11/03] – 🍃🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐.25 Cinder [08 – 15/03] – 🍃♿❤️🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Mysterious Affair at Styles [22 – 23/03] – 🎧 – ⭐⭐⭐.25 The Vanishing Stair [15 – 24/03] – 🍃🌈♿🐶🔁 Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King [24 – 25/03] – 🎧 – ⭐⭐⭐ Fairy Tale [26 – 30/03] – 🎧 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Hand on the Wall [25 – 30/03] – 🍃🌈♿🐶🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐.5

So, that's everything that I read in March. What did everyone else read? (and do you have any recs for things I should be picking up based on what I read?)

Sanderson's writing is amazing, but he can't persuade me that Vin is in love with Elend.

hi frens!! i have been thinking about how i've been gravitating toward those very specific genres recently and i wanted to take note of my current favs and also hear some of the community's! what is that very specific genre you really enjoy, kinda like pb list vibes? i'd love to hear your fav genres and recs that go with them! feel free to shout out any fav lists u have too :)

these are mine! -elderly people solving mysteries (cosy fiction), and casually dropping their wisdom and life lore -2010s social media centered thrillers but nothing later bc i despise 2020s social media rip -travel or vacation or plane related mysteries because of all the strangers brought together (i do love me an ensemble cast) -indigenous wisdom about plants (thank you robin wall kimmerer) -fiction about the dark side of wellness and beauty -graphic novels where you have to read parts of the art, like someone's shopping list, and its central to the story, kinda like mini games while gaming (I LOVE MINI GAMES but i know that is controversial)

Do you guys stick to the same genres across everything you read, or is it different depending on the format?

I just realized I read completely opposite genres 😭 With books, I’m all romance, all the time. But when it comes to manhwas, I’m suddenly into battles, reincarnation plots, OP main characters… all that.

I do read romance there sometimes, but it’s not my main thing like it is with books.

Am I the only one like this?? 🤣