I’m looking for a book with found family of a group (i.e. Six of Crows, Heroes of Olympus) where there’s some sort of quest or journey they need to go on or at least a goal they need to achieve. Any recs?

I prefer to read in the morning as the first thing after waking up, abut very curious to hear people’s answers!

What are 6 goals you would like to achieve in 2026 (basically New Year’s resolution bookish edition lol)

           Here are mine ☺️

1. At least 2 literary fics a month
2. 1 nonfiction a month
3. 1 classic for the year
4. Diverse reads every month
5. Get out of my comfort zone & go to cafes to read or outside somewhere to read
6. Annotate books I’ve been meaning to get to.

I had a few reading slumps this year and occurred to me half way through that short stories may be the way to keep me reading when for whatever reason can’t/won’t! So anything between 0-180 pages is the limit I set and it led me to some incredible stories - especially those that packed a punch 30>

Although the second person writing threw me slightly, the Six Deaths of A Saint by Alix E Harrow really was jaw dropping for me. Considering fantasy is so over saturated now, I thought Alix did an insanely talented job of cramming this whole world that just seemed so vast and full of possibilities (and tragedies) in just 30 pages Wow!

Anyway I read the rest of the anthology (Into Shadows) it was apart of which all again were pretty great reads, as well as some other collections of short stories! So my ask is for recommendations of any short stories I can note down for my reading slumps as it really is my tried and tested hack for ticking me over to still read or drawing me back in to the thicker stories!

My friend gifted me this book when she came over to stay for a week ! Cannot wait to read it, did peek into the «kink» chapter 🤭

Mine is alienshe.

It’s one of my favorite songs from the punk band Bikini Kill but also I feel like an alien who was planted on this hell called earth. 👽🛸👾