Do we have to start by immediately describing the main character's body? Like...?

I always feel a little iffy about marking a comic as 'read', thereby adding it to my yearly reading goal. I'd be the first one to tell you that comics are just as valid as literature as any novel, but they still feel like distinct mediums to me. On top of that, finishing a comic book never takes as much effort for me as reading a book, and as such, it doesn't have the same sense of ackomplishment when I mark it as finished. On the other hand, they are both books in essence and are available on pagebound for a reason. Less effort isn't no effort either, most of the comics I read are very text-heavy, and stat-damaged that I am, I find that I'm less inclined to read something if I can't add it. The middle-ground I've settled on is that if I own a comic in a collection, I'll only add the collection book rather than every single issue, and I don't add comics with little to no text. I also still aim to reach my yearly reading goal in novels only, even if I read comics on top of that.

Does anyone else do something similar? Or am I just overthinking this? I'm curious what you think!

At what point do y'all consider your physical TBRs too long? I feel like I never realize I'm getting overwhelmed by the amount of unread books I have until I actually sit down and count or go through my read vs unread stats. Right now I'm sitting at 59 unread books, which feels like a lot but also it was sitting at over 100 at the beginning of last year, so, you know, progress!!

When I feel like I have too many books I try to limit the amount of library books I read and put myself on a book buying ban, but doing that last year sent me into a year-long semi-slump.

As a mood reader, I often look around my (very, very wonderfully full!) shelves and find I am not quite in the mood to read a single book on them. I love gathering more recommendations to add to the ever growing pile (and to cater for niche moods and vibes!), so I love to ask people what’s on their shelf to read next.

What is the next book on your TBR/reading plan?

I'm doing my bachelors in mechanical engineering and tomorrow will be my analytical geometry final (an oral exam😭😭) wish me luck plsss🫶🫶 to everyone in pb that is in uni/studying (especially my stem girlies) I'm sending big hug to all of you!!🫂🫂🫂We can do ittt💖💖💖✨️✨️ and remember that as soon as the exams are done we can read moreee

I was thinking about this last night as I watched the last episode in the Vera TV show from the UK and felt they left too many avenues unexplored even though they had a long run.

If you had the power to resurrect:

A. A book series, for at least one more book; and B. A TV show, for at least one more season,

which would you choose, and why?

A. For television shows, in addition Vera, there is of course Firefly (the characters and world are wide-open for further exploration, given how limited the run was). Also, I quite liked Fringe, with John Noble and Anna Torv, and I would certainly have watched more episodes of that. I don't watch tons of TV so I may not have as many here as others.

B. For books, I don't know if a Song of Ice and Fire is technically dead, but if so I'd resurrect that so I can actually read the ending. Also, more Conan stories, if I could save Robert Howard from his sad fate. I'd bring Octavia Butler back to finish her Parable books. Also, Rosemary Kirstein's Steerswoman books (which I'm hoping will still be finished).

I could name more, and of course there are plenty of authors I'd love to bring back in general, but I'm limiting this post specifically to series.