Does anyone one have any good fantasy/romantsy rec that involves horses.

Currently I’m reading This Dark Descent by Kalyn Josephson due to finding out its a fantasy horse book and I’m intrigued for more.

"Ethnobotanists know that the more names a plant has, the greater its cultural importance."

For anyone like me who was super interested by what exactly an Ethnobotanist is, Ethnobotany is an interdisciplinary field of study that blends natural and social sciences together to look at our relationships to plants. Specifically examining a cultural group and their relationships to the native plants around them. Something I am truly fascinated by and want to learn more about. And based on what I know about Robin Wall Kimmerer, I am assuming this book (as well as her other ones) is at the very least influenced by this academic field of study. So I am excited to dive into it more.

My mom has seen me reading a lot. And now she’s buying books and reading consistently. It feels so good 🥹 we don’t have the same book taste but LETS FREAKING GO MOM!!!

My sister’s next. 🫵

Who have you inspired to get into reading? Do you like the same books? Tell me how good it feels ☺️

I just filled out my reading plan for all of 2026 (I don't think December is available yet, which is fair) and it occurred to me that I'm probably not using the Plan as intended lol. Since I'm doing the Anti-Brainrot challenge and I want to read for some the (American) cultural observances each month, I piled in books that would be appropriate to read through out the year around when it'd be most appropriate to read them with enough options that my mood reading self has options, but I don't expect to read everything I put, especially not in the month I put them.

So how do you feel about the monthly plans? How are you using them?

I really want to subscribe to a book box, I found a great horror one that seems so cool! I'm just so scared of getting duplicate books. I read like 10ish books a month so I'm obviously gonna buy more books on top of the 2 the box comes with. Do I just not buy more books so there's no chance of doubling up? I use the Library and Libby pretty heavily but sometimes they don't have the books I want 🤔

My social media is full of Spotify Wrapped and Duolingo Wrapped, and there is chatter about Pagebound end-of-the-year statistics, and it made me think of why reading stats matter (to me). I mean, it's cool to know how many pages/books I read, but beyond that, I ask myself what I really want from my reading statistics, or how they might help, or what would be the most interesting to know. Do you have anything that you specifically want to see when you get "wrapped" numbers?

One of the things I can think of is seeing how diversely I read. I have a sense that I rad a "lot" of queer books this year, but no sense of what "a lot" is compared to all my reading. Or how diverse the authors are (in terms of background, or country, or language). I also like to see how many genres I ventured into, and what genres I might be missing out on.

Any thoughts? What do stats mean to you?

I was wondering if most people read on a kindle or not, as I find it hard to with the bright light? But it’s also cheaper. What do you guys think? 💭

Hey guys. I've not been reading these past few days but a question has been nagging my mind. Because I watch a lot of youtube videos and bookstagram and I see people owning like 5-6 editions of the same book and I'm like... Why? Is one not enough? (Sounds rude but it's a genuine question 😭) I personally do think that owning 5-6 editions of the same book is over consumption because it's a marketing tactic to increase sales and we're falling right into it. Kind of like musicians releasing 12 different versions of the same album. Like I get it. You want to support the author but you can do that buying their book once too. But I'm sure people disagree and I'm genuinely curious to know why. Why would one have multiple editions of the same book? Do let me know! I'd like to broaden my perspective on this.

"Ethnobotanists know that the more names a plant has, the greater its cultural importance."

For anyone like me who was super interested by what exactly an Ethnobotanist is, Ethnobotany is an interdisciplinary field of study that blends natural and social sciences together to look at our relationships to plants. Specifically examining a cultural group and their relationships to the native plants around them. Something I am truly fascinated by and want to learn more about. And based on what I know about Robin Wall Kimmerer, I am assuming this book (as well as her other ones) is at the very least influenced by this academic field of study. So I am excited to dive into it more.