There is readathon I'm participating in coming up, and I am getting most of the books through my local library (as is tradition), but one of the books is currently with another patron and not set to return until just before the readathon starts. Usually I would be like, "well, I have 8 other books to read that week, so I'll just hope the person actually returns the book and I get it that week..." but I get a little extra about this particular readathon (if you couldn't guess based on reading 9 books in that one week, aka my bid to knock out all of the 16 prompts).

Out of curiosity, I checked to see if this book was available at the major retailer nearest me (which usually doesn't have what I want in stock because it is a small location), and they have one copy! I planned to just go pick it up after work, but the weird thing is it is cheaper to buy it online and then pick it up than it would have been to go pick it up and pay in person.

So, my question is: what are some weird/strange/funny things that have happened to you in this online age of book buy?

Hey guys. So we're nearing the end of the year. So I thought I'd do an end of the year book tag and ask you guys to participate as well! I know it's just November, but the chances of us finding a different answer to these questions is very unlikely. But if you think your answers might change, save this post and then come back later and edit it! I would highly suggest you exclude re-reads but that's just optional! And it's okay if some answers are the same for different questions!

Okay some questions I'd like you to answer are:

1. What's the best book you've read in 2025? 2. What's the worst book you read in 2025 (please exclude DNFs!) 3. A book that you were looking forward to and ended up being disappointed by? 4. Which book surprised you this year? 5. What are some books you'd like to read before this year ends?! 6. Which new author did you discover this year and did you love them? 7. Which book made you laugh and which book made you cry? 8. Favourite book cover of 2025? 9. A quote that has stuck with you? 10. Which character became your favourite? 11. Best series you've read this year?

Okay I'll go first!

1. It's hard to pick one, but gun to my head, a standalone that I would choose would be Watermoon by Samantha Sotto Yambao
2. The worst book I've read this year? There are two: My Vampire Plus One by Jenna levine and A Summer of Broken rules by KL walthers
3. I was most disappointed by Alchemy of secrets by Stephanie Garber. She's an author that I'd actually quite enjoyed but I was left wanting with this one.
4. The flatshare by Beth O'leary surprised me so fucking much. I did not expect to love a contemporary romance novel that much.
5. I would love to finish lightbreakers by Aja Gabel before this year ends!
6. I discovered A.B poranek and Antonia Hodgson (The Raven Scholar) this year and I have been absolutely in love with their writing. I can't wait to read their other novels as well!
7. I did not expect to laugh that much in You deserve each other by Sarah Hogle and I cried multiple times reading The Passion Project by London Sperry
8. I think A dark and drowning tide by Alison Saft has an incredibly gorgeous cover. Both the cover and the book are beautiful.
9. A quote that has stuck with me would probably be "I flew to my feet, but it was the gargoyle who spoke. “That is unkind and unworthy, Bartholomew.” He’d been quietly crying in the corner of the room, and now appeared the spirit of righteous anger. “If you value your friend when he fights your battles for you—when he is rogue and ruthless—you must value him when he is gentle, too. Otherwise you do not value him at all.”

• from The Knight and The Moth by Rachel Gillig. I keep thinking about this quote because I love the way it makes us think about friendships and the way we see our friends.

10. Cain and The Gargoyle from The Raven Scholar and The knight and the moth respectively.
11. You know what my answer will be. The scorched throne series by Sara Hashem most definitely.

I can't wait to see your answers!

I don't know who needs to hear this, but it's okay to read at your own pace, whether you read 10 books a month or just 5 a year, that is okay💜 Lately, I've noticed on TikTok people hating on those who read 50 books a year and I'm like ¿? Because yes, I, personally, don't read 50 books a year, but one of my closest friends was able to read more than a 100 this year after years in a slump and I'm extremely happy for her. But I saw videos of people saying "But are you actually reading? Understanding? Underlining paragraphs? Making annotations? Analyzing what the author is trying to...?" NOT EVERYONE NEEDS TO DO THAT, YOU JUST NEED TO ENJOY YOUR BOOK AND LET OTHERS ENJOY THEIRS.

WARNING: This doesn't apply to people who asks AI for a summary of the book and then counts that as read, this is NOT a safe space for you and I don't like you, you're not the people I'm talking about in this post, shoo!

Hi everyone! I am here today to talk about how I was interested in doing a readalong for this Quest as a parallel to the Winter Readalong.(Dec-Feb) Since it is almost December. I wanted everyone to leave their suggestions below from this list of 40 books. Since this quest has just been up and running for only a few days, I do not think adding new books to the list just yet would be wise. I would like to keep the theme winter focused so it automatically pulls in the Winter themed folklore/ myths./ Myths from the colder countries. I am leaving the options below please let me know : 1.Spinning Silver 2.The Witcher- the last wish 3.The Book of Loki I am leaning toward Spinning Silver because it is essentially one and done. Or The Witcher as it is shorter. EDIT: Please leave in your choices below by upvoting the comment with the book's name you prefer, and we'll pick the one that has the most votes. For Spinning Silver - upvote the comment made by the_rags and for The Book Of Loki -upvote Serious Goose. For The Witcher - upvote mine