I challenged myself to read 50 books in 2024 and was 2 books short of completing my goal. I wasn't really bothered by this, as 48 books is still a pretty outstanding achievement for someone who only read about 5 books in 2023. I set the same 50 book goal again this year but made such slow progress that I reduced it to 25 books. I'm currently at 10/25 books complete and am completely baffled as to how I read so much in a year when I'm struggling to do the same now. So I'm curious: how often do y'all meet your reading goals? Do you set a reading goal at all, or do you find that overwhelming? Do you have any strategies for how to stay on top of your reading goal?

Unsurprisingly, I love it. And this series is for sure about to take over my life!!!

I am only 6% in so taking it with a grain of salt but can kinda see the weight of the YA allegations just in the simplicity of the prose and the amount of detail spelling out the locations and how/where people relate in the Major Character guide, but open to having my mind changed as I progress 👀 I have heard u gotta really get into the weeds for it to get good, so I am staying hopeful 🤌

"my bowels turned watery" i'm sorry but what a sentence LOL .. it's still feeling quite slow and not much is happening, but i feel like it kinda has to be to understand this world... hoping it'll pick up soon.

should be renamed "TRUST ISSUES" because who is friend anymore??? The World EXPANDS. Like…A LOT. Everyone is lying, manipulating, plotting or stabbing someone(emotionally, or sometimes literally). Love the world ending speeches, the monologues, the one-liners. Some of my favourite quotes in this book!!! THE. ENDING. Betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal. Another betrayal.

Manon’s POV is fun! Loving these nasty witches and dragons!

I just finished Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil and had such a great experience in the forum; no spoilers, hilarious banter (lookin at you @pykora), and really insightful analysis (shoutout @notbillnye). I've come to expect this type of experience from the Readalong books, but it was such a pleasant surprise to have it with a non-readalong book! I'm listening to Project Hail Mary and that forum is equally hilarious/lively/interesting. Curious, what are some other forums from non-readalong books that deserve a little shoutout (and so I can add to my tbr 🙂‍↕️) ?

oh it's been such an incredibly long time since ive hated and wanted a character dead as much as varrish. if death awaits him in these pages, i hope it's the worst ive ever read