“Who will say anything in defense of envy? As a feeling it falls into the category of worthless”

Well, there’s a quote to remember

Hello PBees 🐝

Since we had some fun casting predictions for the 2026 Summer Readalong (see 🔗previous post), I thought we could do it again for the Fall one!

So the main question is: If you were to read all the books, what do you think your top for the 2026 Fall Readalong would be?

I don't think I'll go for the sparkly badge this time, but we never know, prepping for this post made me more interested! So here is my prediction:

1. 🪄 The Incandescent
2. ✍️ Death of the Author
3. 🐦 The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love
4. 🐺 How to be Eaten

• You can cast your prediction even if you don't plan on aiming for the sparkles! In fact, don't push yourself too much for it, the goal is to enjoy reading and having fun discussions first of all!
• You can also participate if you've already read them all (I see you speedy peeps 👀🏃‍➡️) Just retroactively list what you thought it could have been going in!
• If you have already read a book, add a ✅green check at the end of the line. That way, we can see if you are going in blind or already have a good idea of whether you've liked some!

We will be doing a retrospective at the end of the Readalong to compare what we thought vs what was actually our final top! (The Summer one is coming next week! Just waiting for the last rush to pass, for people like me who procrastinate until the last minute 🫣)

I saw a post the other day that said if you read 15 pages of East Of Eden a day around this point you'll have finished it in time for the Netflix series. Has been a long week and was feeling pretty unmotivated to read but this seemed like a fun challenge to set myself and has gotten me properly started with the book! Wondered if anyone has had or is planning any similar strategies when you're reading for a particular goal or there's a plan behind your reading? ✨️

Today is raining a lot and it's kind of cold (I'm a cold person 🥶), so I thought I would ask you what's the best way to read on a rainy and chill day? Do you read with a mug of coffee? Do you read in your bed or on your sofa? Tell every detail! 👀