I’m a mood reader struggling to find a good book for my Assassin square for the r/FemaleGazeSFF spring/summer bingo.

I’m not in the mood to read anything quite as dense as Robin Hobb’s Farseer Trilogy. Both Warrior Princess Assassin by Brigid Kemmerer and The Retired Assassin’s Guide to Country Gardening are on my radar, but neither one is grabbing me right now.

In the spirit of the Female Gaze aspect of the book bingo, I’m trying to avoid books written by men, but otherwise I’m kind of open to anything as long as one of the main characters is an assassin. Queer books are great. Classic SFF is great. Fantasy or SciFi Romance novels are great. I’d love any recommendations y’all could offer!

Hello, so I’ve got two specific requests.😋 I haven’t read many books yet, but I know I quite like fantasy worlds – I’ve got a vivid imagination, so that appeals to me. I quite like gothic settings or vampire stories, but I’m really open to any other setting. I feel there isn’t enough representation of lesbians, and I’d love to read romance novels set in a fantasy world, but if you’ve got any great ones that aren’t set in a fantasy world, I’d be happy to read those too.
Fun fact: I love astrology and personally follow sidereal astrology – I’ve got a big stellium in Pisces (Sun in Pisces, Taurus rising, Moon in Capricorn). So if you know anything about it or are like me, please do share your favourite book recommendations with me. THANKS IN ADVANCE!!🤓🌸

I am not that big on re-reading, as I always want to tackle a new world on my neverending TBR, and was wondering how others do it. I often hear people only keep books if they would re-read them someday. I am big on collecting books, but also only the ones I find especially good. However, when I look at my shelf I feel more of an achievment to have read them than the urge to re-read them. Especially with long series. How much and which books do you re-read? Do you re-read only your favorits? Do you have certain books you read every year? How many of your yearly books are new vs re-reads?

not even a quarter way thru the book and Hobb is making me SOB 😭😭