Hey everyone!

I've seen a couple of other social media sites doing this, so I thought it would be fun for everyone!

I've made a template for the book bracket challenge. Just put your favourite read of each month in and let them battle it out for your personal book of the year! You can come back with an update every month and share your faves!

I've made a start on mine, and I'm excited to see everyone else's 🥰🥰🥰🥰

March was all about manga, mysteries and monster romance (yes i somehow write that without realising they all start with M 😂) for me, and honestly, I read a lot more than I was expecting to, and I had a great time.

• Physical reads – 3 • Ebooks read – 12 • Audiobooks listened to – 4 • Graphics read – 10 • Books read – 10 • Rereads – 11 • Arcs read – 0 • Arcs dnf’d – 0

• Favourite botm – Truly Devious ⭐⭐⭐⭐ • Least favourite botm – Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Vol 0 ⭐⭐.75

🍃 ebook – ✨ 2026 release – 🌷 review copy – 🌻 buddy read – 🎧 audiobook 🔁 reread – 🌈 queer rep – ♿ disability rep – 💖 The Hoemance Book Club 🐳 r/Fantasy Bingo 2025 – 🐶 Scoobathon Book Club

The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter LN Vol 1 [02/03] – 🎧🌈 – ⭐⭐⭐.75 Unbirthday [25/02 – 03/03] – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Soara and the House of Monsters Vol 2 [06/03] – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Truly Devious [04 – 07/03] – 🍃🌈🐶🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Toilet-bound Hanako-Kun Vol 0 {08/03] – ⭐⭐.75 Muscles and Monsters [07 – 08/03] – 🍃✨ – ⭐⭐⭐.5 The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter Manga Vol 1 [09/03] – 🍃🌈🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter Manga Vol 2 [10/03] – 🍃🌈🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter Manga Vol 3 [10/03] – 🍃🌈🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter Manga Vol 4 [10/03] – 🍃🌈🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐.75 The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter Manga Vol 5 [10/03] – 🍃✨🌈🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter Manga Vol 6 [10/03] – 🍃✨🌈 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hi, I’m a Witch, and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion Vol 1 [11/03] – 🍃🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐.5 Hi, I’m a Witch, and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion Vol 2 [11/03] – 🍃🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐.25 Cinder [08 – 15/03] – 🍃♿❤️🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Mysterious Affair at Styles [22 – 23/03] – 🎧 – ⭐⭐⭐.25 The Vanishing Stair [15 – 24/03] – 🍃🌈♿🐶🔁 Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King [24 – 25/03] – 🎧 – ⭐⭐⭐ Fairy Tale [26 – 30/03] – 🎧 – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Hand on the Wall [25 – 30/03] – 🍃🌈♿🐶🔁 – ⭐⭐⭐.5

So, that's everything that I read in March. What did everyone else read? (and do you have any recs for things I should be picking up based on what I read?)

heya boundlings! two posts within an hour because i finally have time to catch up and doom scroll here for abit 🤪

anyway, what are some books that immediately caught your attention because of its first sentence?

did you end up enjoying or disliking it? why?

Hi everyone! We're almost a full week into April, so I figured it was probably time for me to pick my tbr for the month! What's everyone else reading this month? I managed to fit all of my tbr into prompts for the Magical Readathon, and I'm doing the Hearthkeeper calling. Is anyone else participating in Magical Readathon this month?

all of the classes I need to pass for this semester

• Alchemy ~ reread ~ The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson • Spells & Incantations ~ currently on a best seller list – The Wild Robot by Peter Brown OR My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney • Elemental Studies ~ temperature word in title (e.g. cold, warm) – Coldwire by Chloe Gong • Restorations ~ ask for five 5-star recs & pick one – Malice by John Gwynne

extra credit

• Animal Studies ~ wolves (cover, title, content) – Scarlet by Marissa Meyer • Art of illusion ~ unusual formatting – Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire • Astronomy ~ top shelf (physically on top of your tbr) – How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps by Andrew Rowe • Conjuration ~ first enticing book you see on social media – The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison • Demonology ~ house on the cover – What Once Was Mine by Liz Braswell • Artificery ~ D6 roll for a series (e.g. 2 = 2nd in a series) – Go The Distance by Jen Calonita ( I only had a d12 and rolled an 11 😅) • Shapeshifting ~ flip a coin; heads = under 400 pages & tails = over 400 pages – The Faraway Inn by Sarah Beth Durst OR Don’t Let the Forest In by C. G. Drews

Hey everyone!

I've seen a couple of other social media sites doing this, so I thought it would be fun for everyone!

I've made a template for the book bracket challenge. Just put your favourite read of each month in and let them battle it out for your personal book of the year! You can come back with an update every month and share your faves!

I've made a start on mine, and I'm excited to see everyone else's 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Another week begins, and somehow the TBR pile has grown again. Truly shocking. No one could’ve predicted this.

It’s like time skips from Sunday evening to Monday morning, and suddenly you’re negotiating with yourself about reading “just one more chapter” ... for several hours straight.

Let’s be real. This isn’t about staying organized anymore. Your TBR has become part of your personality.

✨ What are you currently reading? 📖 What’s up next (whether planned or not)? 🔥 And be honest: how many books made their way into your life this weekend with zero resistance?

Share your current reads, unexpected hauls, or the book currently living rent-free in your head. Let’s kick off the week a little chaotic and very well-read! 📚