I'm reading Yesteryear, and I've noticed that the protagonist is really hated in the forum 🤣 So tell me, which character (and from which book) do you hate the most?

Mine, so far, is Corrine from Flowers in the Attic.

Would anyone be interested in doing a readalong/buddy read for Monte Cristo?

I've made a post on Every Villain is a Hero in Their Own Eyes Quest (🔗: link to the post ) couple of weeks ago. As we are approaching August 1, I wanted to share it here as a reminder for people who planned on joining the buddy read as well as a shoutout for people who would like to join even if it's a bit of a short notice!

I've map the chapters (penguin classics edition) to 6 parts according to the plot points (reddit helped me out here) and how long they would take to read, so the plan looks like this:

1: Chapters 1-30. (10 days) end of chapter 30 should be done on August 10 2: Chapters 31-38. (3 days) August 13 3: Chapters 39-61. (7 days) August 20 4: Chapters 62-78. (5 days) August 25 5: Chapters 79-92. (4 days) August 29 6: Chapters 93-117. (7 days) September 5

On each end date I am planning to create a post here, on the Monte Cristo book forum, for the specific part we have finished and we could talk under that post. 6 posts (7, including this one) hopefully wouldn't be too much and also would be nice to have couple of check points as we read.

I don't want to overcrowd the forum unnecessarily, but I would also love to create a dedicated space where buddy read participants can discuss the book in parts and encourage one another. Somewhere people can share thoughts like "phew this part was so hard to read, I thought I wouldn't be able to finish it on time haha" or just a simple comment like "I completed this part! Let's go!" with others. It's a hefty book and positive reinforcements along the way sounds nice to me!

I am open to any suggestions! Nothing is set in stone 🙂‍↕️

All my world was coming to pieces, but what could I do? I was being swept up in a river, yet even then, I was old enough to know; there's a difference between those who swim with the flood and those who drown fighting it. And its name is Wisdom.

Hi hi hi! I've been doing some pondering (and some writing for a YT video) and I was hoping to hear some other perspectives if anyone is willing to share! We're a bit beyond the halfway point in the year, so I was doing reflecting on my own reading goals this year and I just want to know what your answers are to the questions I asked myself: ☆Did you set a reading goal this year? (And how why you did it if you feel like sharing) ☆What was the goal? Was it a certain number of books, reading from certain genres/authors/etc. or something else? ☆Did you decide on a reward for yourself, or is the reward just the satisfaction that you did it?