I was wondering if any of you guys have books that remind you of/give the same vibes as video games you have played?

I feel like a lot of the RPGs, cozy games, and visual novels I play have a lot in common with the books I read, so I was wondering if anyone else felt the same.

I am so excited that T. Kingfisher is writing the Astarion prequel novel. I am a huge fan of Kingfisher, and I am a huge player of D&D and BG3, so I am the exact target audience. I have also made comments in the past that a lot of her books, especially the Paladin series and Nettle and Bone, give off D&D campaign vibes, and I would love to play a campaign set in one of her worlds. I love a good questing party. So I think she is the perfect author.

I recently read Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous by Autumn K England, which was marketed as Stardew Valley vibes, and I heavily agree.

I also read The Sword of Kaigen a while back, and it reminded me so, so, so much of Fire Emblem: Three Houses (if anyone is a fan of FE3H pls say so, it's my favorite game of all time!). Obviously, there are the military and school aspects, but the clans and their inherited powers reminded me so much of the Crest system and the pressures that came with it. And Mamoru and Hiroshi remind me a lot of Glenn and Felix :(

I’m curious when you guys count a book for your 2026 reading goal and when you don’t. Because there’s an option on page bound to not count it and I’m curious to know how everyone uses it :)

I only ever fill out the overall rating on my reviews, and I’m now worried that I’m accidentally dinging books by not filling out the other categories. For example, if I leave the character star rating blank is that counted as a zero that then gets averaged into the book’s ratings? Or is it ignored as a score unless I put like a 0.5 ?