Straight into the topic of discussion for those who like to remain on task, bonus backstory at the end for those who are a fan of a yap sesh.

When it comes to books in a series, how do you all navigate planning your reading? There seems to be a growing pattern as of late wherein I add a book to my TBR only to discover that it's the first (or worse, a subsequent installment) in a series 🫣 I already have so many books on my TBR so to repeatedly discover that yet another one of them belongs to a series, is daunting.

Do you read one series at a time, finishing the entire thing before you drop into a new series, but interspersed with other reading? Do you only read books from that one series before you allow yourself to start another series, or any other books? Do you intentionally space the series out and read one book from it per month for example?

I'm well aware that this really does not need to be this deep but I also just enjoy the chatter and various opinions and perspectives!

Bonus background for those who enjoy ✨story time✨ One of my best friends introduced me to Samantha Shannon last summer while we were camping and the following month I dove into The Roots of Chaos series since it was only 2 massive books. Their all time favorite book series is The Bone Season, so much so that they were in the middle of yet another reread when we saw them for camping this summer, and their partner was just about to start the series. Coincidentally I had also brought with me the first book in the series, so it was a little bit like an unintentional book club.

Suddenly there are fantasy books coming out of the woodwork and they ALL seem to be a part of a series. When it comes to the bigger, grander books full of world building and character development, especially when so many of them are fantasy, I struggle between one at a time to keep things straight and I want to read everything all at once

I'm generally a "start what you finish" type of person, I rarely DNF books simply because I think I would continue to think about it even if I wasn't enjoying, so a series feels like a massive undertaking without knowing if I'm going to love it or not. I also worry that loving one series is going to make another feel less worth it, and thus will I end up regretting time spent on sampling a new series when I could've been reading a standalone or another installment in a series I already have underway. I listened to the first installment of Dune and didn't feel compelled to keep going (maybe one day?) with the sheer volume of my TBR.

Recently I decided to dive into rereads of books I read (or first time reads of YA books that I wish I had read) in middle and high school. I was surprised to find out that Anne of Green Gables, The Giver, and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy are all the first books in their own respective series.

i have tried everything. well not everything, but quite a few different things. i’ve been reading 1-10 pages a day just to keep my streak. how do i fix this?

things i’ve tried: ❤️ random number generators/wheels ❤️ “just read for ten minutes, you’ll want to read more after the ten minutes are over” ❤️ one page for every like ❤️ can’t buy/ do a specific thing until i reach my reading goal

id be willing to try these strategies again if any of them are good and worked for you !!!

What are everyones favorite pieces of media beyond books? I made a template below but feel free to add to it/delete from it as you see fit.

Movies: TV Shows: Music Artist/Songs: Podcasts: Youtube: Visual Artisit/Art Piece:

I can't wait to see and steal everyones tastes

What is your reading toxic trait?

Mine: If I paid for the book, I'm finishing it. Even if I'm hate-reading by chapter five. 💀 & I judge a book by its cover 👀

This is a tiny crashout.

Ive been trying to dip my toes in audio books, for no particular reason. I figured libby would be the best option for free audio books, because i heard so many good things about it from pagebound. So i looked up a few books that I wanted to read. Even though my library has a physical copy libby doesn't seem to have the audio version.

No harm no faul. Today, I went there and decided im going to see if I can listen to a non fiction gasp. Really new for me because I tend to avoid those books like the plague.

I found out that libby has this feature where you can pick topics and it'll give you a book. I was really intrigued because the options there sounded so good! I also figured that since libby doesn't have the books I want to read, why not let libby choose for me.

TELL ME WHYYY, LIBBY IS RECOMMENDING ME BOOKS IT DOESNT HAVE?!? THESE BOOKS HAVE IGNITED AN URGE IN ME TO READ NON FICTION AND LIBBY DOESNT HAVE THOSE?!?! LIBBY DOESNT HAVE SHIT! AND THAT STOOPID "Notify me 🛎" BUTTON KEEPS SHOWING UP IN EVERY BOOK I CLICK ON

deep breath AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Sorry guys, I really had to let that out.

with how many incredible quests have been releasing lately, i have a question for the badge gremlins/strategists: how do you do it? spreadsheets?? multiple tbr lists??? INCREDIBLY BUFF PIGEONS WHO YOU SEND OUT UNTO THE EARTH TO BRING BACK THE BOOKS YOU PLAN TO READ FOR QUESTS???? i gotta know!!!