What do you look at on other people's profiles? I like looking at everybody's My Taste books, but I feel like that's usually not enough to know if we'll have the same taste in other things. I do like stalking other users' library shelves, but not everyone uses them. I feel like I haven't been able to use the percentages in common enough to identify what percentage range is actually similar in taste. What's the highest percentage in common you've come across?

I have been going through a pretty hard time emotionally these past few weeks and have just not been ok but reading has helped so much, I can just immerse myself into an unreal world and just forget everything. And then I stop and it all comes crashing down again. I was just wondering if any of you have had any similar experiences or any books that have helped you? Not trying to trauma dump or anything just wanna hear what yall have to say. ~Annie

Hi everyone!

I noticed recently that (with the exception of Murderbot), I have read a lot of first books in different series, but have not completed the series or in some cases even moved on to book 2!

I was thinking it might be fun for this to be the summer of series/sequels for me, and would like to invite you to join me for any of these you might be interested in! In some cases, I may reread book 1 if it's been a long time (and I have noted which ones I plan to do that with), but in others I will jump into book 2.

Disclaimer: You may look at this list and say, this woman is seriously unwell, because yes, I will certainly also be reading for the readalong/special event, starting grad school, hopefully getting a gold badge in my dystopian quest, and moving to a new city this summer. No one would deny your assessment, you have clocked my tea as I believe the youths might say (please advise, youths). (see comment from AJ below, did a strike through here to take accountability for my thoughtless/insensitive language choices rather than just erase them like nothing. I apologize for continuing the appropriation of AAVE)

Anyway, here's the list, feel free to give me a shout if you wanna read any of them with me:

• Discworld (I have read a few, I'm doing the Rincewind sub-series right now, my next one is Sourcery)
• Shadow of the Leviathan (starts with The Tainted Cup - I'm planning to reread that one)
• Shades of Magic and the other related series in that world (Schwab)
• Sevenwaters (Marillier)
• re-reading Hell Bent in preparation for Dead Beat releasing in the fall (Bardugo)
• planning to read Parable of the Talents (Butler). Would also like to start some of her other series but I am trying to finish what I start (sometimes)
• Wool (Howey)
• Between Earth and Sky (Roanhorse)
• Divergent lol, not sure if you all saw but the author is releasing a new series written in that world, and I haven't read them or seen the movies, sooooo we're doing it (Roth)
• will be reading The Fifth Season for the readalong in the dystopian quest in June, so ideally would also continue that (Jemisin)
• was thinking of rereading The City We Became and then finishing that duology (also Jemisin)
• Legendborn (planning to reread) (Deonn)
• Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko (second book of the Raybearer duology)
• The Tapestry of Fate (Chakraborty - also want to read The City of Brass, see above about finishing what we start before starting more 😭)
• Sworn Soldier (Kingfisher)
• Secrets of the Nile duology (was planning to reread What the River Knows) (Ibañez)

possibly:

• second book and beyond in the Mistborn series (Sanderson)