For the past two months, I have just pretty much stopped reading. The back to back heatwaves in the UK this summer are just putting me in the worst mood. If I am hot and sweaty, then I am not in the mood to do anything, not even read. 😫

The weather is supposed to cool down next week, so I want to get back into reading. But I don’t really know how to get back into it 😅 I tried rereading one of my favourite books, but then another heatwave struck and I just completely lost motivation again, now I’m just stuck.

Any tips would be appreciated!

I miss autumn, it is the best reading season in my opinion. I love wrapping myself in blankets with my candles and reading books at night. 😖

hello fellow suckers, today’s featured emoji just so happens to be our very own vamp girl 🧛‍♀️

how many of the 20 featured books have you read? of those, what would you recommend? or any that you’ve been simply dying to read?

i’ve read 15/20 and loved most of them! would recommend the following (also, all of the below, except bride, crossover to the sapphic vampires side-quest!) - bury our bones in the midnight soil - a dowry of blood - hungerstone - bride - thirst

there are a ton of fun lists to discover too! share your favourites 🦇🖤

Hey maybe an odd one maybe not, thought this was probably the place to ask. Im looking for reccs not necessarily in the quest. For my friend whos main reading is fanfic of the ship erwen and levi From what theyve told me theres almost a genetic need to protect one half of the ship, almost like fated mate, grumpy to everyone but love interest. Romance/smut they also really enjoyed the show heated rivalry so the game changers series is already on my list. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. They also like kdramas and the cheesy/drama of those so doesnt have to be anything serious. Thank youuu!

Hey everyone! I am hoping for some help. I own the first season of Once Upon A Time and was trying to rewatch it but there is some political stuff with one of the main actors, and I am really struggling to separate and actually enjoy everyone else's work in it because of that.

I know we have a Fairy Tale Retellings quest, but the thing in this series that I loved was the creativity in blending so many stories and iconic characters into one world. So I am specifically looking for books that overlap or blend multiple fairy tales or iconic elements from these tales into a singular story. And if it is a series, preferably ones where the overlap is present in all/most of the books, and not just later on.

If anyone has any recommendations like that, I'd really appreciate it 🫶

Hi, I'm posting to ask if there are any books here that has the main focus on Dark Academia? There are a couple I read like A Dark and Drowning Tide and Ace of Spades where dark academia is in the background, sometimes barely noticeable, whereas other topics or genres are strong in the forefront like sapphic romantasy or YA Gossip Girl/Pretty Little Liars. These types of books with no a strong focus on dark academia are completely fine, I have nothing against them, the main reason I'm drawn to dark academia is because of the exploration into an elite university with the humanities studies and how it's twisted into something dark. The less focus on different genres, the better. Even The DaVinci Code is borderline to me, the thriller and detective vibes are stronger than dark academia vibes (and also it's fun to read how lowkey inaccurate the observations are 🫣).

It's why I've joined this quest to read more books like it. I'm thinking along the lines of:

• The Historian
• Babel
• Katabasis

The Secret History and Piranesi are good examples of what I'm looking for and I've placed a hold on The Secret History one. Are there any examples of that in this quest list? Thank you! 🥰