I'm starting to jot down ideas for a reading journal next year (thanks Madams for bringing this up recently lol) and I want to keep track of reading challenges as well. What are some reading challenges you guys are working on or have done in the past? Ever since I started listening to audiobooks I'm zooming thru books like never before so would love to have some sort of planned tbr for next year!

Just a fun little challenge to see a few of everyone's favorite reads 😁

Quarterback - Fave book of 2025 so far Running Backs - Solid five-star reads Wide Receivers - Two great catches Tight End - Largest book so far this year Defense - A book you'll accept no criticism on Kicker - A book that got you out of a reading slump Bench - Other books you loved

Here's mine!

• Quarterback - The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum
• Running Backs - It's Different This Time by Joss Richard, The Burial Tide by Neil Sharpson, Murderland by Caroline Fraser
• Wide Receivers - Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher, How Freaking Romantic by Emily Harding
• Tight End - The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
• Defense - The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
• Kicker - The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
• Bench - Reformatory by Tananarive Due, Pluralities by Avi Silver, The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig, Why I Love Horror by Becky Siegal Spratford, The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, The Five by Hallie Rubenhold, Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid, 101 Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartman

Yes - I am looking for a book that will cause me emotional damage and turmoil, something that will make me sob. Like a baby. Usually coming of age novels or anything with a strong sense of family or even scorned lovers, has done this for me. The last book to affect me so emotionally was Almond by Sohn Won-pyung (read last month), and the last book that made me ugly cry was probably ACOMAF (read last year).

Open to all genres. Let me know your recs! The mood reader in me is desperate.

Are you actively working on any quests, or are you reading passively and seeing what happens naturally? Also, what are your goals for these quests- 100%, gold, bronze?

I joined a lot of quests and then forgot about them for a while... I recently went through them again in search of books that are already on my TBR or some that I would want to add. I noticed that I am close to getting a badge on a few quests, which is exciting.

I am a perfectionist, but I think I will settle for the bronze on some of the ones I joined. A way to branch out, without it being too overwhelming, if I realize it isn't for me.

With the community growing quickly, I wanted to have a central location for all new book suggestions. If you think there’s a book that fits in this quest, make a new comment on this post!

What qualifies a book for this quest? The books in this quest are structured around a game or trial rather than just including games/trials somewhere in the book. The entire narrative is about preparing for the games, the games themselves, and the aftermath of the games.

Examples of books that would not fit despite including a game/trial plot point:

• The Will of the Many by James Islington
• The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
• The Poppy War by R F Kuang

While the games/trials in these books are important to the story, the books are not about the games/trials.

Went for a day out today and walked around a few independent book shops and found my new fav in blackwells that specialised in manga/sci fi etc. Live in the UK so waterstones is normally my favourite.

When in USA kept hunting target exclusives but never made it into a chain bookshop to know which is best. So got me thinking and wondering what people's favourite shops were and why :)

I am reading a book right now with cuss word that aren't technically cuss words. Think fak, lol

In this book I think it because the book is ya so it doesn't have cussing but also the main character cusses. It is mostly just funny but it does snag my attention every time.

I've read lots of fantasy books with unique to their world curse words that I really enjoy though.

I think the difference is the other books the curses make sense to the world. It is a reference to a unique to that world religion for example, not just away around cussing in ya.

Has anyone else noticed this? What do you think? Do you have a favorite curse from a book?

I’ve recently started listening to audiobooks, so far I’ve listened to “everything is tuberculosis” by John Green and “beautifully bright creatures”. I used to think that audiobooks were not for me since I tend to zone out, but after listening to those two books, I’ve definitely changed my mind! Does anyone have any recommendations on other really good audiobooks?