The male narrator for Peter's chapter was so good! (Pacing was erratic but still good!)

Was refreshing after the female narrator with her questionable/disappearing American accent

There are only 29 days left of this year, so what last minute reads are you trying to get in before 2026? I read The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon at the beginning of this year, so it felt fitting to read her prequal A Day of Fallen Night at the end. Now Priory did take me an entire month to read, so hopefully I finish in time. 😬 But what about everyone else? Please do share 😊

Happy Wednesday!!!!!! It’s time for Who’s Who Wednesday where every Wednesday we introduce ourselves and make new friends. This is part 10.

If you participated any of the times before, you don’t have to introduce yourself again but you can share some different facts about you, an opinion you have, or how your week is going.

If you’re new, introduce yourself!

I’ll go first.

My name is JadeLovesBooks.

I hate parallel parking and I simply will not do it. I can do it when no one’s around. But when people are WAITING on me I can’t do it. My brain glitches out.

I’m really good at essays. One time, in college, I wrote a whole 10 page paper the day before it was due and got an A+. But MATH? Absolutely not.

I buy chapstick and lose it precisely one hour later. It’s so annoying. My brain is chaotic. I have a huge ass bright pink fuzzy keychain so I don’t lose my keys.

i've been wanting to get into mysteries for a while but i've had a problem where most of them just sound...boring to me? i'm not trying to insult the genre or anything but so many that i've come across just have a description like "someone got murdered!! (mc) is on the case!" and that just seems very simple and not engaging to me, but i see that it's such a popular genre and there are so many long series that people are die-hard fans of, so i really wanna get into it.

i think my problem is that i mostly read fantasy so i lean towards the big sweeping stories with drama and magic and action, so i was wondering if anyone had any recs that would be good for someone who is used to fantasy?? i don't need it to be fantasy AND mystery to be clear, tho recs like that are also welcomed!!

When you pick up a new book, how many chapters do you read before considering it for a DNF?

For example, I like to sample the prologues or first few chapters of tons of books which I'd TBRed, and if I didn't click with them, I don't move forward with the books. But I do not officially put them in the DNF shelf.

So what is your criteria of picking up brand new books and requirements to consider them DNFed?

I hate Zelu’s family so much bruh