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Bronze: Finished 5 Main Quest books.

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I just wanted to say this new update that sorts your notifications by unread at the top is a LIFESAVER for this ADHD girlie!! 😭😍 I didn’t know I needed this quality of life perk but I’m so glad it’s here. No more scrolling through a bunch of notifs anymore to find the ones I forgot. Anyone else loving this feature?

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Jul 19, 2026

The Familiar

4.5

Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 5.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.5Audiobook: 5.0

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This book had a slow start but slowly picked up until I was riveted by the end. The prose is beautiful and captures the intricate nature of this story. I listened via audiobook, and as a non-Spanish speaker, the narrator did a fantastic job immersing me into the story especially with the Spanish names and language.

This story is about a girl who is unsatisfied with living as a scullery maid without a purpose, who knows she is meant for more. It’s a story of magic in a world that praises it when it suits the Church, but condemns anything that is deemed “other”. It’s a story of survival, of ambition, of love, of tragedy, and the cost of choices.

This book is set during the time of the Spanish Inquisition. There is a lot of exploration on the harm of unchecked power, the patriarchy, and religious extremism. The tragedies of this book hit deep especially knowing that many things in this book described the daily life of many people for almost 400 years.

I am unwell after finishing this story. 10/10 the psychic damage is worth it and would recommend.

Song pairings: The Fruits by Paris Paloma W.I.T.C.H by Devon Cole

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Thus far, thanks to Lockwoods rather hilarious bumbling, I swear this reads like a satire and what movie adaptations have done wrong is not giving it the Clueless/Emma treatment.

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To Kill a Kingdom

Alexandra Christo

Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe most—a human. Robbed of her song, Lira has until the winter solstice to deliver Prince Elian’s heart to the Sea Queen or remain a human forever. The ocean is the only place Prince Elian calls home, even though he is heir to the most powerful kingdom in the world. Hunting sirens is more than an unsavory hobby—it’s his calling. When he rescues a drowning woman in the ocean, she’s more than what she appears. She promises to help him find the key to destroying all of sirenkind for good—But can he trust her? And just how many deals will Elian have to barter to eliminate mankind’s greatest enemy?

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A Face Like Glass

Frances Hardinge

In Caverna, lies are an art — and everyone's an artist... In the underground city of Caverna the world's most skilled craftsmen toil in the darkness to create delicacies beyond compare. They create wines that can remove memories, cheeses that can make you hallucinate and perfumes that convince you to trust the wearer even as they slit your throat. The people of Caverna are more ordinary, but for one thing: their faces are as blank as untouched snow. Expressions must be learned. Only the famous Facesmiths can teach a person to show (or fake) joy, despair or fear — at a price. Into this dark and distrustful world comes Neverfell, a little girl with no memory of her past and a face so terrifying to those around her that she must wear a mask at all times. For Neverfell's emotions are as obvious on her face as those of the most skilled Facesmiths, though entirely genuine. And that makes her very dangerous indeed...

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Whimsical Fantasy But Dark

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Have you ever wanted a fantasy book with whimsy, but dark? More gothic and twisted and creepy? Then you've come to the right place! Open to recs.

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House of Salt and Sorrows (Sisters of the Salt, #1)

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Collecting Quest badges but make it a theme ~ pt 2 ✨✨✨

Back in February (how has time gone by so fast?!), I had the idea of mixing and matching Quest badges together as little themed "packs" based solely on the visual look/vibes and aesthetic of the badges...and since then, it feels like a million new Quests have been added! Because today also happens to be my PBversary 🫛🐝, I thought it was about time to post a continuation :D so here's part 2 of Quest badge theme packs!

The first thread can be found here, if you are curious. All Quests listed below are hyperlinked using italic text!

Down the Rabbit Hole!

For when you're ready to journey into Wonderland, drink inadvisable concoctions, and maybe sit down for a mad tea party...

Quest badges featured: Poetic Stories, Teach Me Something New and Oddly Specific, British and Irish Classic Literature

curious and curiouser

Medieval Glam

For when you need the entire fiefdom to know that your foreboding castles are the most pointy and ominous, your leather-bound books are the most magical and mysterious, and your cathedral's stained glass looks the most cunty and grand when it has been shattered by an act of god 💅

Quest badges featured: Gothic Literature, One and Done Fantasy, Forgive Us Our Trespasses: Religious Horror

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Spring in the City

The sky is blue, the sun is high, and flower petals fall like rain over the city streets. Or, as Clarice Lispector put it: "But it was a May afternoon and with its perfume the fresh air was an open flower. So she thought it was marvelous and strange to be walking the streets—with the wind ruffling her hair. She couldn't remember when she'd last been alone, with just herself."

Quest badges featured: Quiet Novels, Japanese Crime Fiction, Love in the Big City

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Plague Doctor Chic

For when you need everyone to know that Yersinia pestis is the main character of your vibe atm

Quest badges featured: Blood Suckers, Strange Plagues, True Crime Starter Pack Vol I

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Dreams of the Future

For when you're imagining all the bright, strange realities that await us in 2500

Quest badges featured: Black Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Speculative Fiction, SciFi Starter Pack Vol II, Fever Dreams & Strange Realities

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Find Me At the Bookstore

For when you're flexing on all of us because your local bookstore employees know you by name!

Quest badges featured: Iconic Series, Cozy Fantasy, Epic Sci-Fi and Fantasy Series

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Add Me on Letterboxd?

For when you want people to know that you've got film/TV to yap about, too!

Quest badges featured: Made for the Movies, From Bookshelf to TV, Isekai Light Novels

Something Lurking in the Waves...

For when you need the group chat to know that you have set out sailing to uncover an elusive monster of watery legend - and if you don't return, please make up some cool and spooky stories about how you've been lost a sea, stranded for all these years, and nobody knows if you are dead or alive...

Quest badges featured: The Sea Was Never Meant For Us: Ocean Horror, Horrors from Beyond, Mermaids After Dark

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Afternoon Tea

For when you're out living your best life as the protagonist of a historical novel, on the way to your bestie's place for snacks and tea

Quest badges featured: Beyond the Bodice-Ripper: Historical Romance, British and Irish Crime Classics, Classic Literature From the United States

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Plants vs Zombies

For when your Sunflowers are swole and your Chompers are goated, and you want Dr. Zomboss to know that he isn't getting past your lawn defense 💪💪💪 (lmfao look it's my PBversary, I had to be a bit self-indulgent just once)

Quest badges featured: Solarpunk Futures, Southern Gothic Fiction, Botanical Horror

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