With the new year approaching and the 2026 reading goals all over my pb feed, I wondered : What books do you absolutely want to read in 2026? and what are your bookish new year resolutions? 😄

For 2026 I want read :

• Children of Blood and Bone trilogy by Tomi Adeyemi ( it’s time! )
• The Bloodsworn Series by John Gwynne ( I just know it’s epic )
• Deep Waters series by Emma Hamm ( those covers convinced me 😮‍💨)
• The Daevadad Trilogy ( apparently it’s criminally underrated )
• The Spear Cut Through Water by Simon Jimenez

And I have only 3 resolutions :

• read less but with more mindfulness
• start reading history books
• go get a library card!

What about yall? 😄✨

This is kind of specific, but I never really see a female found family group at all in fantasy, or just platonic HEALTHY female friendships in the genre.

Do you guys have any book recs for this trope? Or just good female friendships in general I'm fine with anything lol.

So, I just started reading The way of the househusband... (๑'ᵕ'๑)

I haven't read Manga in years! And for some reason, I just really wanted to start. Especially romance! I just love seeing crushes, and relationships, and love being shown through art. It's kind of special. But as I was reading I was kind of wondering if they 'count' or rather if other readers add them towards their reading goal or books read. I know the community can be very divided on topics like this. A lot of people have the opinion that audiobooks aren't reading or shouldn't count, still!

So I'm curious! Would you, or do you, count Comics, Manga, Graphic Novels, towards your reading goal? Also please recommend Manga and Graphic Novels if you can! ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و♡

This question is inspired by a disagreement I had with my kid this morning. I have set myself a yearly reading goal each year for well over a decade. For the first time in a long time, I’m going to struggle to hit this year’s goal, but I’m sure I will get there. My kid doesn’t set a reading goal for the year, and I couldn’t properly articulate why I do, or why it’s important to me. I do like reading a lot of books, and I do like having a bit of pressure to do that - but not enough to make reading feel like a chore or unenjoyable. Which has led me to wonder:

Why do you set a yearly reading goal? (Or not set a reading goal?)