unfortunately I won't be able to get 100% on this bc the author of Quicksilver wrote an IDF romance so she's on the blacklist for me 😬

“What vein weather-cocks we are!” 😭

How do I google search the meaning of that without sus things coming up 😞🥀

Everytime I read this book I forget that it begins with Lockwood’s point of view. His complete lack of self awareness, and inability to understand social cues, is pure comedy.

I fear my reading skills are not high enough for me to understand this writing style

the pizza hut book it program is a core memory of my childhood, and i think it would be really fun to do something like that but instead of getting a personal pan pizza every time i meet my reading goal i'll get like a cute charm to put on my reading journal. or maybe pagebound merch? just a little treat or something to celebrate me meeting my goal. and maybe that will motivate me to meet that goal multiple times! any other ideas for a fun little treat to reward yourself for meeting your reading goal?

update after some brainstorming:

welcome to maomi's bookit program!

where i, an adult, give myself little treats for little accomplishments! i'm putting this here so if anyone else wants to join me in this little venture you can! also feel free to riff on this if you want!

personally, i'm not going to be deviating too much from the original pizza hut formula. i'm going to have a set goal, and every time i meet that goal this year, i'm going to give myself a little reward.

my reading goal for 2026 is 15 books. each time i meet that goal, i'm going to make/get myself a little charm or a stamp for my reading journal. if i manage to meet this goal 4 times (60 books) i'll be getting myself either a big midori stamp or a sock yarn from my local yarn store.

rules (to de-incentivize myself from gaming the system):

1. i need to read books at my level (thank you meggirl94 for bringing this up).
2. short stories and novellas count, but i need to read more of them to equal one book. so 3 short stories = 1 book, and 2 novellas = 1 book.
3. unfinished books from the previous year don't count (so if i start a book end of 2025 and finish early 2026, it doesn't count). books need to be read entirely in the year of 2026.
4. no repeats. i can reread books from before 2026, but the same book will not count twice within the year.

tracking: to keep things kind of simple i'll be making a punch card (thank you for the idea thedimpledteacher) and using the pagebound counter to help me keep track of things. if i read a short story or novella, i'll mark it in my journal and punch once i hit 3 or 2 of them respectively.

if anyone has any other suggestions please feel free to drop them below!

In case you find it helpful, there’s a translation of sorts for Joseph’s speech. I can sometimes figure it out by saying it out loud, but sometimes I get stuck. https://www.wuthering-heights.co.uk/josephs-speech