Just like the title, I want to find a hidden gem.

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First part of the book's description: The most powerful warlord in the steppe sends a convoy consisting of his ten best men and his fourth wife, Chi, to escort his newest bride home—an easy journey. At least, it was supposed to be.

Hi everyone! I was wondering if anyone had any books they were anticipating the release for in this second half of 2026! I'm eagerly awaiting the third book in the Tainted Cup series by Robert Jackson Bennett, and two T Kingfisher books that will come out soon (Daggerbound and the BG3 Astarion book).

How about you? What are you eagerly awaiting for? What are you going to clear your agenda for as soon as it drops?

UM???????? this just got so much more interesting hoooo boy

I finally had time to watch the whole announcement video with the prompts ( here if you're interested ) and to say I'm excited would be an understatment. I missed version 1 and 2 (youtube hid it from me!) so I'm so ready for 3

I don't like "strict" challenges because reading is my hobby and I don't want to feel like I'm back in school, but because it's prompts and not specific genres or books, this one feels very accessible and like it won't spoile the fun of reading but add some spice to it.

And there's a KIDS/ TEENS version this year which I think is amazing. And an "easy" version. And a gamified version. 🤯

I'll do the normal one. And by that I mean, I'll see how far I can go without making it a chore and keep it amusing for myself. Because that's a lot of books. 150 if I counted right? But since you can use 1 book for 2 prompts, I guess you could do 75. There's no way I'll finish but bloody hell I'm excited!! If it turns out I'm not having fun I'll switch to the easy version and do 25 books. Or I'll just give up, who knows. But for right now, I just want to start planning and reading and did I tell you I'm excited? Because I'm excited.

And since I'm that excited, I'm starting now and giving myself 13 months, until july 6 2027. Because Stephanie said I could and because I'm a grown up and I can do what I want ;)

So anyway, will anyone be participating? If you do, would you like a weekly/biweekly/monthly accountability/motivation post? I don't want to spam the forums if there's no interest... Will you plan your books or just try to fit in whatever you read into the prompts later on? Selfishly, I want to know if I'm alone and if I'm not I wanna follow you to spy on what you read and try and guess the prompt you're reading for.

I just want to share the excitement. I'm so happy there's an easy and a kids version because it opens the fun to so many more people! And I love how customizable it all is. There's the fun of looking for something to fit the prompt without the not-fun part of having to read a specific book or genre.

EDIT just wanted to add the link to the FAQ because it might help you decide if you want to participate or not. You can read any age group, any length, any medium (manga, fanfictions,... do count!). You can do the whole thing or just a blackout bingo. Etc etc... Lots of additionnal info to be found!

I try to be as frugal as I can with my reading. I get most of my books from the library, I borrow books from friends/family, I buy second hand both from physical stores and sites like vinted/awesomebooks etc, and I recently got an ebook subscription service too.

That said, I still think I spend between £50-£100 on books each month. I do read quite a lot and would consider it my main 'hobby', but even so that's prolly a lil much.

How much would you estimate you spend on average? (pls make me feel better about myself)

What’s y’all’s preferred way of annotating, I personally like to just underline specific quotes with black pen but I’ve seen people put tabs and highlight certain passages, I’m always looking for ways to better understand and get all I can out of the text and I think annotating really helps, anyways I would really appreciate y’all’s thoughts!