hi everyone!! wanted to put this out there for people who might be interested. @pykora and i have planned to do a buddy read for Wild Seed in April this year! i know that there was interest from other users, so i wanted to put a post out for others to be aware and also as a reminder :)

i plan on reading through the series and this Quest following the curriculum by Dr Brianna Whiteside (more info here). there are other posts about it in this Quest forum, but essentially, Dr Brianna Whiteside theorizes that Octavia Butler wrote her books as an interconnected series rather than three separate series. the order would be the Patternist series -> Parable series -> Xenogenesis series

i don't have any planned dates for any of this, but want to prioritize it this year if anyone is interested!

for April, i thought it would be fun to have a buddy read for Wild Seed. i'm very not good with planning specific schedules or dates, so the buddy read will be open ended! start when you want, anytime in April, and finish as comes naturally to you. if there is interest to continue the series, we can plan that too :)

if you're unfamiliar with buddy reading on Pagebound, essentially it just means that we will be reading the book around the same time and informally keeping an eye out for each other's updates and posts. there is no official "buddy read" function on Pagebound, but it's a fun way to connect with people and enhance the reading experience

the buddy read is open to anyone interested! if you join in, leave a comment so we can check in on each other throughout the month!! excited to read with everyone 🩷🩷

I don’t know if this is a glitch but I was searching different books in the quest to see if I could get any ebooks for a good deal and Silver Blood was free for me to download via Kobo Books (I don’t have a Kobo subscription).

One of the new additions I’ve been looking forward to getting to, so will be planning for April now, if anyone wants to join me ☺️

Please be mindful that this post is not marked for spoilers

Without getting into the details of how one gets to the bookshop, which book would bring you there? What kind of impact has the book had on you? Was it a book from a certain time in your life or one that has stayed with you since you first found it? Do you think you would have said a different book if you had been asked at an earlier time in your life?

I’ve been pondering these questions throughout my read and haven’t been able to choose my book yet. I’m curious if others instantly knew Their Book or if it’s a bit of a struggle like I’m having.