What are your thoughts on chapter titles? Personally, I love them, especially when they're clever and hint at what may happen in the chapter. But I feel like so many books don't have them! Perhaps they're just more common/popular with YA and middle grade books, so publishers don't want to include them in adult books.

Every now and then I’ll get an upvote on one of my lists and it always makes me wonder how people stumbled across them. Do you search for something specific? Are you browsing by emoji? Do you check out lists with a book you enjoyed? Personally, I just look at the new lists but I’m curious!

My bookclube does a seasonal bingo and I just planned my reads, and I am wondering what others would do? I am doing one box per book, but we allow three boxes a book if it fits. What would you choose?

Set in big city, Blonde MMC, Ft. a beach, Morally grey MC, Fruit on cover, Genre hybrid, LGBTQIA+ Author, Portal Fantasy, Book you got for free, Southern Gothic, Author shares your zodiac, Middle grade, Dragon on cover, Sci-fi, Includes Fae in title, Includes a Flame in title, Anthology, Recommended by friend, Caribbean author, and Dream vacation.

(note: the book club is called Fae & Flame society, thus the 'fae' & 'Flame' themes)

This is what I am going to be doing: Set in big city: Jade City Fonda Lee Blonde MMC: Once Upon a Broken Heart Stephanie Garber Ft. a beach: The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea Axie Oh Morally grey MC: Lady Macbeth Ava Reid Fruit on cover: Woman, Eating Claire Kohda Genre hybrid: Even Though I Knew the End C. L. Polk LGBTQIA+ Author: The Empress of Salt and Fortune Nghi Vo Portal Fantasy: Bound to the Battle God Ruby Dixon Book I got for free: A Knight and the Moth Rachel Gillig Southern Gothic: The River Has Teeth Erica Waters Author shares zodiac: Stepsister Jennifer Donnelly Middle grade: First Test Tamora Pierce Dragon on cover: Fireborne Blade Charlotte Bond Sci-fi: The Mimicking of Known Successes Malka Older Includes Fae in title: Faebound Saara El-Arifi Includes Flame in title: These Feathered Flames Alexandra Overy Anthology: The Grimoire of Grave Fates Hanna Alkaf & Margaret Owen, editors Recommended by friend: The Binding Bridget Collins Caribbean author: Infinity Alchemist Kacen Callender Dream vacation: Meeting Millie Clare Ashton

I just moved so I’m currently unpacking which means rearranging my bookshelves. It makes me wonder about other organization systems.

How do you organize your books? Do you double-stack your books? Do you stack your books up on the shelf sideways or just put them like normal? Do you organize by author? genre? color? Do you separate out annotated books from pristine books?

I've started using my shelves like I make playlists; one for every very specific mood.

That way every time I'm in a specific mood again, I have a list of possibilities to pick from without having to keep spending an hour+ hunting down the exact thing I'm looking for.

But that made me curious about how everyone else uses their shelves. Do you use it to organize your tbr? Or to organize the ones you've already read? Or do you do crazy things like me?

What achievements do you choose to show and why did you choose them?

I have Gothic Literature, Fairy Tale Retellings, Romantasy Starter Pack Vol I, Sapphic Across Genres, and Sci-Fi and Sci-Fi with a Side of Romance along with my level badge.

I picked these five because together they show the range of what I actually read: dark atmosphere, fairytale/fantasy roots, romance-heavy genre fiction, queer stories, and speculative worlds.

Gothic Literature I chose this one because gothic atmosphere is one of the clearest through-lines in my taste. I love stories with old houses, secrets, dread, obsession, complicated emotions, and a little bit of beautiful decay.

Fairy Tale Retellings This is for the whimsical, folklore-loving side of my reading. I’m drawn to stories that feel rooted in myth, fables, curses, old magic, and familiar tales being reshaped into something new.

Romantasy Starter Pack Vol I Even when I’m picky about romantasy, it’s still a major part of my reading life. I like fantasy with romance woven into the emotional stakes, especially when the world, tension, and character arcs are doing as much work as the relationship.

Sapphic Across Genres This one matters because I don’t just read sapphic stories in one category. I love seeing sapphic characters and relationships across fantasy, sci-fi, gothic, romance, literary fiction, and everything in between.

Sci-Fi and Sci-Fi with a Side of Romance I picked this because it shows that my taste is not only fantasy/fairytale based. I also love speculative stories with strange futures, technology, social questions, space, dystopia, and romance or emotional tension mixed in.

I wanted my badges to show my actual reader palette of gothic atmosphere, fairytale roots, romantasy feelings, sapphic and queer stories across genres, and a love for speculative worlds beyond just fantasy. It’s dark, romantic, whimsical, queer, and a little bit futuristic, which feels pretty accurate to who I am.

Hello readers! I can feel a bit of a slump coming up because it’s starting to feel like a routine of picking a book up, rather than actually WANTING to 🥲

As by the caption of this post, I’m looking for fantasy / romantasy recommendations 💕 (I also like sapphic stories!)

I don’t like overly smutty / spicy books such as fourth wing and acotar. I’ll read a book where it has a small amount of spice I can easily skip over.

I love ✨ :

royal / medieval fantasy Fae / folk fantasy Themes of war Kingdoms Books that have elements of romance, but where it isn’t the main focus. Redhead mmc’s 🤞🏻

My favourite reads for a look at my taste😋 :

The folk of the air series (The cruel prince) once upon a broken heart caraval Red queen Shadow and bone trilogy throne of glass The shepherd king duology (one dark window)