Hey y'all! I'm not sure if this is really the spot for this, but would love to chat with folks about readathons we are participating in! So if anyone is participating in Magical Readathon for the Spring 2025 semester (running for the month of April), I figure this can be the thread :) I'm keeping my character that I have had from the very beginning and pursuing dual callings (Alchemist and Demonologist). Will probably tackle the Leyline Train Conductor and the Impling Sitter Scheme as well. If not allowed, please do delete 😅

Hey y'all! I'm not sure if this is really the spot for this, but would love to chat with folks about readathons we are participating in! So if anyone is participating in Magical Readathon for the Spring 2025 semester (running for the month of April), I figure this can be the thread :) I'm keeping my character that I have had from the very beginning and pursuing dual callings (Alchemist and Demonologist). Will probably tackle the Leyline Train Conductor and the Impling Sitter Scheme as well. If not allowed, please do delete 😅

Is anyone part of them? Like fairyloot or the broken binding. If I'm being honest, I'm a sucker for a special edition and deluxe/limited edition haha. The only one that seems to be consistent with books I would enjoy and that are gorgeous is the broken binding but their tier 2 wait-list is like a year out I think, and the tier 1 from tier 2 is like 10+ years last I read 😅 All this to ask does anyone know of anything similar to broken binding that does that level of quality and detail? Fairyloot has had some cool editions but I feel like I wouldn't enjoy a lot of the books they choose based on previous boxes, though I would be all over the red rising trilogy they did if it wasn't $400 to $600 second hand 😩

I think I've hit a small wall with reviewing burn out.... I still want to write reviews, and I can with a LOT of effort.. but my brain just doesn't want to write them no matter what 😅 I'll have the tabs open for days upon days writing like half a sentence every now and then.. It sucks cause I also struggle to switch to the next book before the review is written for the previous book too. So despite not being in a reading slump (maybe?) and having a lot of books piling up I REALLY want to read (looking at you sunrise on the reaping) I just can't make myself finally write the review I'm stuck on rn. I can't exactly just stop writing reviews as well, hoping to eventually somehow make some money from it - even if I just connect it slightly to if I can eventually work out how to start doing sensitivity reading. It's also saved me a lot of money getting books I'd otherwise have to buy 😅 (which yeah, capitalism.. I'd use my local library but they only take like very old book suggestions that are cheap for them to get and have a very small range). Got multiple books on netgalley that are now past the release date I still need to read and review, and I got sent another the other day :') I keep falling behind but even that isn't helping with motivation..

I've noticed that lately a lot of author are giving us cringe sentences in books, I don't know why or whah is going on but I honestly hates it. I was talking with my friend the other day and she read in the book "close protection " OKAY TROY BOLTON Why are they doing this…It’s more and more frequent I feel like we shouldn’t see movies we know I music in books … is it just me???

Looking for nonfiction audiobook recommendations, ideally stuff that is creative and entertaining but not too flowery so its still easy to follow while multitasking Thanks in advance :)

Worst book to read while working retail