I feel like now’s a better time than ever to support queer middle grade so I’m super happy this quest exists! Unsurprisingly, not a single one of these books are stocked at my local library anymore, which makes me really sad. I thought it’d be good to post here as a reminder for everyone to request all of these books at your library so they can see we still want them! Now off to the bookstore 🚗💨

I haven't finished the trilogy so I can't really answer, yet! I will circle back at the end. I have watched the movies though and I really loved them. Same with The Hobbit (I did read this one), I remember them missing one of my favourite scenes from the book, but I think it was in a later cut. This might be controversial but I'm excited to hear your thoughts!

I'd love to know what is everyone reading I am currently reading Vicious by VE Schwab. I've had this on my TBR for so long, but never found the motivation to pick it up until now. I am enjoying the story as well as the main character. I am also reading Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo, or more like trying to since it has taken me two years to get to page 90 XD i have soft DNFed it thrice now at this point but because i spent a good amount of money on it, I do want to read it.

I really really love Verso books. Almost all of my favourite reads were published by them. But this thought made me curious if other people also have publishers they trust enough to buy blindly from. If so which ones and what about their niche draws you in?

Been wanting to read this for a while, and since this is one of the books from the Spring 2025 Readalong, I feel like it's the perfect time to start this book!

Any other library staff here? I'm currently working at my local library and starting my MLIS in the fall, so it would be awesome to connect with others working in the field.

What do you think your favourite characters top 3 books would be? Do you think you’d have similar taste or would it be the complete opposite of you?

Lately I've been so obsessed with special edition books, to the point where if I finish a book and I really enjoyed it, I'll immediately be on the lookout for any special editions that are released in the future 😭. I try to only either buy special editions if I can find them really cheap on second hand websites or only buy special editions of books that I reallyyyy liked and find special to me, as much as I'd like to buy special editions of a lot of books, they tend to be quite pricey and I just can't afford it lmao. Do you tend to collect special editions? If so, what's your criteria, like do you buy them cause you found them pretty or you've already read the book and liked it or any other reason?

Somewhere between my never-ending TBR pile 😅 and a plan to actually reduce it this year (which... isn’t exactly going great), I’ve decided that 2025 is the year I finally read Tolkien. 💫 But now I’m stuck on the big question: 🧙‍♂️ Do I start with The Fellowship of the Ring and go straight into the main trilogy? 🐉 Or do I begin with The Hobbit? 📖 Or maybe follow the timeline of Middle-earth events instead? If you’ve read Tolkien, how did you approach it? Would love your thoughts! 🙏