I have a few reading goals I have been slacking on! I'm working on r/Fantasy Book Bingo, only 5/25 so far so I need to pick up on that! I also have a list of recommendations from friends that I am way behind on, 4/36 lol (I've shoved a lot into bingo mentioned above so hopefully I can catch up!). I am also reading books from the Wainwright Prize longlists, and I hope to read at least 10 of them this year. Tell us your reading plans for the latter half of 2025 and we can cheer each other on!

What language or languages do you read in? Do you read in your native language or another one? If you read in another language then your native one, why? I read in English, but my main language is French. I have read books in French and in German, although not by choice. And the reason being I associate both those languages with school and learning, and when I read I just want to distance myself from all the studying I had to do for books I didn't want to read, so I stuck with English! Also books in English are cheaper at the bookstore 💀

Does anyone have any good tips to overcome a reading slump? I haven't been able to read past 30 pages in monthsss

Does anyone have a book length preference? I tend to pick up books that are 300 pages and above because I know that it’s more likely to have more world-building and character development. But 300 is my husbands limit because he can’t follow along for that long Does anyone else have these kinds of preferences??

I thought it would be kind of fun to see where in the world people are, and then folks can make friends with people from the same countries/ares (if they way, not pressure obviously). I'll go first. I'm Canadian, and more specifically I am in British Columbia (Vancouver Island if you want to get fancy. Try to find your country and join that thread! Everyone else?

How did you get into reading? Was it something you've always done? Or did you pick up a book randomly and never looked back? What has changed since then? I started getting into reading around July 2023. I used to hate it because it reminded me of school and assignments. Then I discovered the world of romance books and I've been reading constantly since. It's also made me a quicker and better reader. Although since starting university, I've been correlating everything from my lessons into the books, so it makes my brain work overtime when I read a dark romance book 💀

The other day I was discussing rereading books with someone - and it got me thinking. Do you reread? If so - which books do you commonly reread? I reread the Kate Daniels series (or basically anything Ilona Andrews writes) every year.

If you start a book but switch formats at any point, do you skip to where you stopped and continue from there or do you start it over from the beginning? 🤔

Sometimes I feel like I'm not a true reader because it does take me a little while longer to read compared to so many ppl I see on social media or even my friends. I have always been a bit of a slower reader.