I'm hooked. I love a sentient food, ngl. The vibes of this book and the pragmatic yet funny way this is written reminds me a lot of the Tiffany Aching books (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett - and I really enjoyed those (it also features a sentient cheese). Completely different vibe compared to the only other Kingfisher book I've read, which is What Moves the Dead, but I'm here for some murder-mystery baking - and for Bob!

Got it in my school library, exited to start!

me not reading the book description and shocked when the MC have that convo with the bride............................help.

Guys, I just wrote the last pages of my very first book journal 🥹 I wanted to share this news with pagebound community!!!

I started doing this book-journaling thing exactly a year ago, in December 2024, to help myself digest the books I was reading at the time. In the past few years, my reading had skyrocketed, and I’d begun to feel like I was consuming books rather than truly enjoying or understanding them. I also wanted a place to return to whenever I wanted to remember what I’d read and how I’d felt about it.

So, I decided to use a 15-year-old notebook with the ugliest colors and a few pages already filled with random quotes (one from Game of Thrones -the “chaos is a ladder” monologue because I was edgy-, one from Eragon, and one from Fairy Tail -the anime??? because, I guess why not) plus a list of books I wanted to buy.

Choosing this ugly notebook was intentional. I know myself, if I cared about making it look pretty, I would have abandoned the whole endeavor for sure. I aimed for consistency rather than perfection. It was a good decision, because my handwriting is abominable, so keeping a pretty journal was never going to be attainable. And happy to say, it truly worked! I stayed up to date with the books I was reading, writing down my thoughts and feelings. Now I have a nice new notebook, and I’m planning to put some effort into making it look a bit prettier with stickers 🙂‍↕️

Do you keep a book journal? If so, what do you like best about it, and how did you start journaling? If not, do you plan on starting one with the new year?

Where do you guys listen to your audiobooks or purchase them?

Library Indie Bookstore through Libro FM Audible Spotify

Curious to hear. I'm looking for options!