Welcome to the Priory of the Orange Tree buddy readalong!

This buddy read is meant to be relaxed and low-pressure. You don't need to write long replies or create new forum posts every week. It's meant to be fun, not homework!

Week 1 will start on Saturday, August 1, 2026 and run through Sunday, August 9, 2026 to allow everyone a bit of extra time to obtain the book, get comfortable with Pagebound tracking/posting/commenting, follow each other, etc. All other weekly readings will start on Monday and run for only one week. Hyperlinks to each week's discussion post will be embedded below - just click on each week of the reading schedule to be transported to that post!

Reading schedule:

Week 1: Chapters 1–4 Week 2: Chapters 5–8 Week 3: Chapters 9–12 Week 4: Chapters 13–16 Week 5: Chapters 17–20 Week 6: Chapters 21–24 Week 7: Chapters 25–28 Week 8: Chapters 29–32 Week 9: Catch-up week (no new reading) Week 10: Chapters 33–36 Week 11: Chapters 37–40 Week 12: Chapters 41–44 Week 13: Chapters 45–49 Week 14: Chapters 50–54 Week 15: Chapters 55–59 Week 16: Chapters 60–64 Week 17: Chapters 65–70 Week 18: Chapters 71–76 + final discussion

Here's the basic format of our buddy readalong:

🍊We'll use the reading schedule as a guide to keep us on track. 🍊We'll follow each other so that we can get reading updates in our feed. 🍊When we're able to, we'll comment under our reading updates and discussion posts with thoughts for that chapter/section/week. 🍊Forum posts are always encouraged, but never expected. 🍊I will try to upload a forum post each week to give us a central space for that week/reading section, and each week's reading will start Monday and end Sunday.

Pagebound reading buddies:

audiobookish sunblessedbabe ereeka itsqmelie alette eekzreads machine_saint theliteratepanda storysprout savvylibrary cammi ooeybluey redlikeroses yoursema viscella iynqed jmart metalarmedcorvid

Note: I'll update the reading buddies list as needed - please just let me know if you don't see your name but want to participate (or if you want me to remove you from the list). Also, this will be my first readalong on Pagebound, so I'm always open to any suggestions or ideas! Here's the link to the original forum post looking for reading buddies for Priory.

I am def enjoying this book as a whole but I just want jon’s storyyyyy lol I fear the only chapters I get excited for are jon’s (and maybe tyrion’s)

which characters are y’all’s favourite chapters to read??

[edit to add: not sure why I’m getting downvotes, all I’m saying is jon’s chapters are my favourite and I’m curious who everyone else’s favourites are?]