Physical TBR Tackle 2025

[tropic kelp]

such a beautiful book and collection!

[valid loom]

thank you so muchhh i do plan on rearranging all of the bottom shelves and I also have 2 other book storage places I will be sifting through. For sure already have a plan to unhaul certain books as soon as ive either read them or DNF'ed in hopes of only having books I have read and loved/liked in that bookcase
and maybe one day I will keep my physical tbr confined to my little tbr crate but that might be too ambitious

[bronze summit]

Finished I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

[tropic kelp]

How'd you like it?

[bronze summit]

I finished it in one sitting, so it was certainly engaging. But I thought maybe it could have had more depth? It was just her narrative, told linearly, but she didn't zoom out to comment on Hollywood or the systems behind the abuse.

[azure trellis]

Book #9 tackled!

[weary skiff]

#1058664529141186560 If you want to see thoughts on my current TBR reading:

[woeful thicket]

#9 and a gift from Lio! unfortunately we did not like it At least it can look nice on my shelf, considering what it went through it’s in a pretty good condition

[real dew]

[past pond]

Book 11 of the year, only second of March because the library exists

Glad to have read this, will definitely be putting it on the "to be donated" pile

[azure trellis]

Saaaame this challenge is actually helping me figure out how many library books I read vs books I own … turns out I only read 1 book I own for every 2 library books lolol

[past pond]

I'm pretty close to this too! that's partially because a lot of my BRs are books I get from the library, but in general I read quite a bit more library stuff

[azure trellis]

Ya.. and this is me consciously trying to read more of books I own I love the library

[past pond]

I'm doing the same! but most of what I own was published before 1990 haha, I'm not sure why

so if I want to read anything at all recent, I have to get it from the library haha

[past pond]

Read this today, my 12th of the year and 3rd of March

[tropic kelp]

this COVER! wow!!

[past pond]

it's so pretty! I love it

[gilded cradle]

Finished book 4!

[slim mulch]

I finished 1984! So i have read two tbr books this month :D
That would make it... 11? this year i think

[rancid spire]

Inmate #7
The Interview By C. M. Ewan
[Review here! ](#book-reviews message)
Final Rating:
Final Sentence: Donated

[elder monolith]

book 12! four plays by Aristophanes

[past pond]

Book 13 of the year and my 4th of March

I hate this cover but the book itself was 100% worth the read

[elder monolith]

book 13 finally done!

[azure trellis]

I’m excited to read this one!!! The movie is my all time favorite

[swift valve]

I’m excited to
read this one!!! The movie is
my all time favorite

- jpuzzle

[azure trellis]

Woa

[past pond]

it's honestly so good, I had a great time with it

[earnest meadow]

Book #13: The Atlas Six.
Gosh, I had a hard time getting into it. Maybe I'm being unfair, because the last books I read were awesome writing style-wise, or maybe because I'm currently learning a lot about storytelling, but I actually thought about not continuing it. Luckily the story got engaging after 150 pages or so, but infodumping the majority of your backstory notes about the characters is not a good exposition😭. Also, why are all the characters so horny all the time 🥲

[azure trellis]

Book #10 tackled 🤠

[rancid spire]

So what would you say if I said this one was the best one of the trilogy?

[earnest meadow]

Oh.... Oh no... I'm definitely reading the second part (because I have it at home), but I don't know if could get through the third. I'm more and more grateful that I got the book second hand

[olive ore]

i read Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva and it was trippy

[surreal lantern]

This is my physical TBR beginning of March

[olive ore]

i was so excited to read May You Have Delicious Meals by Junko Takase and it was kinda a let down , i mean better than dengue boy but still

I am trying to write longer reviews and writing longer reviews without spoilers is kinda hard for me. so if anyone's interested in May You Have Delicious Meals or dengue boy and wanna read my thoughts let me know and i'll whip up a spoiler free review

[halcyon leaf]

Vaude if you are counting physical books tackled in March, add one to your counter

[rancid spire]

[flint bay]

i thought id join this too cos these have been sitting still for too long

[real dew]

Started this!

Bought on Christmas 2023

[velvet stag]

About half of what I want to get through this year. Not including sequels

[rugged sequoia]

I'm absolutely drowning in buddy reads. Sunrise on the Reaping I've finished, but I'm part way through We Do Not Part and ACOTAR, and having Pride and Prejudice on pause and then I've got Hamnet to read next alongside Metamorphosis and then TBOSAS in the next few months

[past pond]

you are having the true OBC experience! are these all books that you have physical copies of? I do like when I can use BRs to prioritize books that I own

[rugged sequoia]

Yes I own all of them. I wasn't going to join the We Do Not Part buddy read as I didn't have it but I was in Waterstones and happened across the most gorgeous copy of it discarded upside down on a stock trolley while I was queuing to buy something else. The sprayed edges called to me and I dropped £18 buying it. Metamorphosis I don't own yet but have just bought the penguin clothbound from World of Books so I can join it. I have enough clothbounds already so why not? There's also every chance that April's BOTM may well be the one I suggested, which would mean adding another book to this list that would immediately take priority

Glad to know having competing buddy reads is not just me though, that it's clearly a thing here. Makes me feel a little better

[elder monolith]

guilty as charged since I joined this server!

though having said that, it's also helped me get through books which have been on my physical TBR for yonks

[rugged sequoia]

It is kind of helping me. The problem is I keep buying more books that then jump the queue 😭

[past pond]

The hardest part is definitely opting not to join BRs that look cool if it means having to buy the book. I have a personal rule that I only join BRs for books I already own or can get from the public library, because you're totally right that it's a slippery slope

Damn OBC reading so many cool books

[elder monolith]

book 14 - Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino

[olive ore]

Imma finish max 1-2 for the rest of march so here's my list
Chipped away from my tbr in March- ②⑦ ⓑⓞⓞⓚⓢ

1. The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington
2. The Mark by Fríða Ísberg
3. Blindness by José Saramago
4. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
5. On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle
6. Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa
7. Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (and Everything Else) by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
8. Life: A User's Manual by Georges Perec
9. Blob: A Love Story by Maggie Su
10. Dear Dickhead by Virginie Despentes
11. Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard
12. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber
13. The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War by Nicholas Mulder
14. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima
15. Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait of a Mysterious Continent by Gabrielle Walker
16. Women Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur
17. Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age by Donna Zuckerberg
18. Tongueless by Lau Yee-Wa
19. Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World by Kumari Jayawardena
20. Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva
21. Strange Pictures by Uketsu
22. May You Have Delicious Meals by Junko Takase
23. Money to Burn by Asta Olivia Nordenhof
24. The Burrow by Melanie Cheng
25. The Moustache by Emmanuel Carrère
26. Adam and Eve in Paradise by Eça de Queirós
27. House of Fury by Evelio Rosero
28. Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt
29. The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzburg
30. Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-mo
31. Tilt by Emma Pattee
32. Sand-Catcher by Omar Khalifah
33. Breakthrough: How to Think Like a Scientist, Learn How to Fail and Embrace the Unknown by Camilla Pang

[flint bay]

is donna zuckerberg the wife? that sounds like an interesting read.

[olive ore]

wife of mark zuckerberg ? no lol iirc zuck's wife didnt change her maiden name, Donna z is mark z's sister

the book is pretty good, i annotated a lot

[flint bay]

damn didnt know he had a sister

[olive ore]

You and me both

[valid loom]

23/100 for this year another physical copy and also a bookclub read so really 2 in 1

[median ferry]

making yet another list of my physical tbr on my private server to hopefully check some bewks off for the #1352239602450173984 !! 🌷

[sour island]

@rancid spire I have this book on my physical TBR too! #br-requests message Maybe I'll finally have one book for this challenge

[rancid spire]

Here to be an inspiration

[olive ore]

i have also finished Biased by Jennifer L. Eberhardt, the book is informative albeit a little unfinished the scientific racism in contemporary times was weak, the facial recognition among racially segregated communities gave me whiplash because it was the first chapter and it abruptly ended, the anecdotes are quite helpful and i can see it happening type but the author was so extra in some parts that it seemed ||the black police officer chasing his own reflection bit and the author burning her hand while her son talking about some anomaly he experienced while shopping||

honestly i expected more since the author is quite accomplished in her field and her interviews were really informative.

[novel sand]

i’m gonna join this in april

my physical tbr is physical tbr-ing

[olive ore]

also finished The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzburg and Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-mo

[terse bolt]

how did you like the dry heart?

[olive ore]

i liked it quite a lot esp her very "clinical" writing, i have put scattered thoughts on my sg review

also i think the og italian title was better - È stato così ("It was like that")

but the dry heart was faust reference iirc although not really related to the part of the play with this dialogue

[olive ore]

i have finished Tilt by Emma Pattee, it was very hyped in gr staff blog posts and so was I

I haven't read anything with an earthquake disaster in fiction before and this book was brutal. The fast pacing gave me so much anxiety esp with the massive earthquake in SE Asia right now and the rising death toll

on a less morbid note, this is one of the fictions that takes place over a day or just a few hours and i am finding them very lovely to read esp the attention to detail

[olive ore]

Also read sand-catcher by Omar Khalifah, it was on coffee house press's winter autumn catalogue and i liked the author's interview on chicagoreview but it turned out to be quite mid

[real dew]

Off my list (as a DNF) Added to donation pile.

[arctic oracle]

One less is one less

[earnest meadow]

Books #15 and #16: Sword of Secrets and Master of Iron.
Nice fantasy duology, simple without being too simple. I loved the MC's social awkwardness and anxiety and the character development for all of them (especially regarding communication)

Also, I didn't finish The Atlas Paradox. It was incredibly hard to enjoy a book that thought of itself as greater than it was

[flint bay]

I have defeated one more physical TBR monster. The memory police 3 stars

[olive ore]

updated no of books chipped away from my tbr in March - 33

[valid loom]

Another one downnn

[median ferry]

i added two

#shelfies message

[elder monolith]

book 15 - #1340674248573714483

[ripe sierra]

6 physical books tackled from my tbr in march.
total 14 for this year

[tepid crater]

I’m short a couple library books, but this is roughly all the physical stuff I read in March (I listened to two of these as audiobooks so I could finish Winter Bingo)

[flint bay]

did u like a deadly education?

[tepid crater]

I have nothing very negative to say but also nothing very positive. Not interested enough to pick up the sequel.

If you’ve heard someone describe it using Harry Potter, disregard that. The only similarities I noticed were “normal people can’t see magic” and “magic school”

[flint bay]

oh ive read it its one of my fav trilogies lol. i would honestly say its more the hunger games with magic than harry potter

i just wanted to hear thoughts cos a lot of pple dont like it

its just evil creatures popping up everywhere and the kids having to fight them or die

[tepid crater]

I think it popped up in the odd “If you like Dark Academia you might like…” reel but that’s about the only thing I’d heard about it. Thought it was “fine, no strong feelings either way”. Got a copy ages ago, it just happened to fit a Winter Bingo prompt (both it and The Witcher: The Last Wish had a 3.94 exactly when I started)

[novel sand]

my physical tbr for april yipee, i already have my nose buried in sunrise on the reaping

i’m going to make a graphic and sort of just cross books off as i go

[olive ore]

Speedboat by Renata Adler and now i have read 6/24 nyrb classics from my tbr

this book is like the poster child of no plot just vibes books

[azure trellis]

I might pick this up again now that you’ve read it also I love nyrb editions!! What else have you read?

[olive ore]

I'm looking forward to your feedback

I have read the door by Szabo, notes of a crocodile, the invention of morel, the hearing trumpet and memoirs of my nervous illness

[azure trellis]

Invention of morel!!! That’s also high on my next to read list

And I’ve always wanted to read Szabo! I think I own the same one (the door)

[uncut galleon]

First library book of the month. I think I just didn’t get this one and it wasn’t enjoyable for me at all. Oh well, at least the reservation only cost me 80p

[azure trellis]

March Physical TBR roundup:

• Less - Andrew Sean Greer
• To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee [kept]
• To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf [kept]

[olive ore]

i liked it a lot and the author's mentor was Borges so expect his type of magical realism

The door wasn’t my favorite but the majority of others I’ve read with loved it way more than I did. I thought it was kind of archetypical but a lot of people found some interesting mythological and theological connections with the archetypes. So yeah, I guess i haven't read between the lines

[novel sand]

finished sunrise on the reaping and i have a hardback copy so that‘s my first physical book of april

[olive ore]

First charco press book of 2025 The National Telepathy by Roque Larraquy

it was super wacky

2/9 done for clear your tbr challenge (April)
p.s- the character is kakao apeach if anyone's wondering

[earnest meadow]

Book #17: So this is ever after (by F.T. Lukens).
Light fantasy read, very good as a general distraction from stuff. Didn't have the best plotline (I hate miscommunication), but I liked the characters and the premise of "whacky DnD-party wins and has to ask themselves what comes next"

[woeful thicket]

Like in a good way or...? I have ebook included in Storytel subscription, should I read it? 👀

[median ferry]

do you mind if i take inspiration from your graphic?

[olive ore]

It was decent tbh super interesting but I would say it's an acquired taste. It has lots of microspheres and many references to Argentine architecture and legislation

it was mid for me cause i didnt know shit about them but two of my friends loved it

[olive ore]

yeah absolutely

[median ferry]

my first blank template

[novel sand]

that‘s so cute!

[rancid spire]

Y'all should be so proud because so far in 2025 OBC has tackled...

[flint bay]

i finished one of the worst books ive ever read

but at least i can give it away now

[olive ore]

Dag Solstad's Professor Anderson's Night was surprisingly enjoyable and I thought The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie was a heartwarming book but oh boy, how wrong was I. Muriel Spark’s character arcs of the protagonists in the book were my absolute favorite. I also didn’t realize I was reading Julian Barnes’ (The Sense of an Ending) essay ‘Changing My Mind' and it's kinda a memoir. I expected it to be more like Stop Being Reasonable by Eleanor Gordon-Smith, part of the reason why i added it to my tbr

[halcyon leaf]

Dag Solstad

[novel sand]

i thought he was some guy smeagy came up with & not an actual person

[azure trellis]

This should become a Carl response

[terse bolt]

lol what's the trigger

[halcyon leaf]

dag solstad

[terse bolt]

dag solstad

[young widget]

dag solstad

[valid loom]

Another one finished, after reading pride and prejudice i disliked Lydia so much, but this book made her so relatable I enjoyed this read immensely ngl

[olive ore]

Finished Universality by Natasha Brown, This book was quite a genius although not perfect

One of the best fiction i have read so far this year

[real dew]

Is she the same author who wrote "Assembly"? I didn't like that one at all

[median ferry]

the café at the edge of the woods
copied from [here](#comics-and-manga message) ,, 'i was having a difficult time with my other read (quite dark moments :')) so i decided to pick up 'the café at the edge of the woods' and it was so so wonderful! of course, it's a children's picture book, so don't go into it expecting some elaborate plot & character building it was a simple yet wonderful experience; the art is gorgeous! '

'definitely something i could see myself picking up again & again when i'm feeling overstimulated or upset'
-# finished 03/04 • picture book, childrens

oh that template isn't correct !! thats okay, can fix it next time

[olive ore]

Yeah , it's also kinda a follow up of assembly

[real dew]

I see, I won't risk it then, too many books on my tbr already.

[valid loom]

Finished this one I always absolutely devour VE Schwabs books its crazy

[olive ore]

I finished An Earthquake is A Shaking of the Surface of the Earth by Anna Moschovakis, and it felt like a fever dream full of metaphors. The whole reading experience was really pleasurable for me but it was kind of hollow.

[real dew]

Posting for both @woeful thicket and I! Taking this baby off our tbr.

[woeful thicket]

#10 I wish it was longer, still such an unexpectedly strong read 4/5

[real dew]

Nice shelf!

[olive ore]

Finished Foolproof by Sander van der Linden. I've read so many books on misinformation, disinformation, and psychological mass manipulation (through media) that the non academic ones are starting to feel a bit repetitive, which is a me problem. But I think the author's broad discussion on psychological inoculation here was really interesting

[terse salmon]

ohhh this is so cutee

[uncut galleon]

I'm gonna copy the cute graphics because I forgot to take a pic of my book before I took it back to the library (though I think I posted it in #shelfies a few weeks ago)

[valid loom]

Second book of the day

[median ferry]

did you like this? i’ve only read the first one (twice!) so far

[valid loom]

i have lovedddd all of them so far im sad im onto the last one now ngl

[rugged sequoia]

Got these three currently reading, plus buddy reads I'm yet to start for Hamnet and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and then I still have Pride and Prejudice on pause 😭😭😭 send help

I wanna get ACOTAR done so bad. I want these three, and at least Hamnet, read by the end of this month

[olive ore]

I just finished the audiobook of O Sinners! by Nicole Cuffy. The book's subject matter was right up my alley(and i wish more books are written about this). I commend the author for framing the story this way. I can imagine how much effort it must have taken to make the parallel storylines work. Although I loved how ambiguous the book was at times, I have to admit, I was super frustrated with the author playing mind games with me. I generally enjoy it when an author makes me do mental gymnastics but I'm not sure what my rating will be since I have quite a few complaints esp the lack of female characters as indispensable

[azure trellis]

Book #11 tackled!

[olive ore]

Finished The Expert of Subtle Revisions by Kirsten Menger-Anderson. Wow, this book had so much potential but kinda lost me in the last third. The romance subplot was actually one I really liked which is rare for me. Not to mention the title of the book was super fitting and clever. I'm kinda disappointed but I’d still recommend it to see how others feel about the things I'm complaining about.

[elder monolith]

finished #1346760491988418651

[olive ore]

Finished Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh and all the delicious bread descriptions in it made me bake one ! Anyway, the book was really creepy, horny and gave off this gothic 18th century England vibe (even though it’s actually set in post-WW2 France). It felt underwhelming at first, but I’d say the last third really bumped up my rating. The way it plays with memory and reality reminded me of The Invention of Morel and it was done pretty well to make the readers concoct their own theories. I also enjoyed the weird town specific genre. Not a perfect book, but definitely an intriguing one

[unique nimbus]

I am reading Hamnet next.

Finished My Brillian Friend by Elena Ferrante and Western Lane by Chetna Maroo

[woeful thicket]

Oh how did you like them, I am interested in reading both

Also respectable amount of plants, looking nice

[azure trellis]

I’ve been wanting to do the quartet from Ferrante!!!! I love her

I watched I think the first season based on My Brilliant Friend on HBO

[unique nimbus]

Both are beautifully written. I just realized that both are from a young girl's point of view 🙂 My Brilliant Friend is great— it does get a little dense and redundant in the middle, but the last few chapters flew by and I loved it. I love how Elena wrote about the friendship between two girls and the way she described the grittiness of their neighborhood—it just feels like you’re there with them.

Western Lane is from the point of view of an 11-year-old girl who is going through the loss of her mom. Chetna writes emotions into the white spaces and the mundane events of everyday life. It’s sad, but you really fall in love with the whole family. It's a short read—around 150 pages—and I finished it in one sitting. I’d definitely recommend picking up both of them.

Western Lane reminded me lot of Claire Keegen writting.

[woeful thicket]

Oof I don’t need to know more if the writing is like Keegan that’s enough to convince me. Thank you so much for such a detailed review will try to find some time for them in a few weeks/months

[olive ore]

Finished A Girl Is Lost in Her Century, Looking for Her Father , This book was published by Deep Vellum yesterday and I had no idea about the author's bibliography even though it seems like they are quite famous in their native country. The book felt like a character study with an absurdist touch. The author’s aesthetic and philosophical motifs overshadowed the postwar experience in one way, but bolstered it in another. As someone else has mentioned, I think this book would be aptly adapted into an Italian neorealist film. I haven’t read many of Deep Vellum’s backlist titles, but after reading this I think I’ll be keeping an eye on their forthcoming releases and most popular backlisted titles

[past pond]

14th book of the year and 1st of April is Brothers Karamazov

this beast felt like it should count as three boks haha

[terse bolt]

you did it!

[past pond]

I did! I'm not sure if I enjoyed it but there was obviously a lot of value in here

[sour island]

I am contributing with my first book from my physical TBR! Finally! 😂

Just finished https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1355468132059316265 ! It's so good!

[bronze summit]

Physical TBR and BOTM! It's great when these things align.

[olive ore]

A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Chapters seemed like a great book in my first impression but the author skips over quite a few important instances of pair bonding and relies heavily on the grandmother hypothesis as a main explanation for why female humans stop menstruating which isnt a good look. There’s also a noticeable lack of discussion around angiosperms and gymnosperms in the context of plant evolution. Pairing that with a somewhat jumbled treatment of the animal evolution timeline might end up confusing readers about the actual order of evolution. It’s still a good book that I’d recommend, but with one eye open.

Far by Rosa Ribas, Charlotte Coombe (Translator) is one of pick from new to me publisher Foundry Editions (it focuses on translated literature from Mediterranean border regions) The ending left me a bit like “ wtf just happened??” I’ve been reading a lot about the housing crisis lately, and this book fits in as a recent addition although it's specifically about Spain after the housing bubble burst post-global financial crisis. I think the book could’ve been stronger with a more consistent themes. The romance subplot felt kind of mid and I think it could’ve been left out. I am looking forward to reading Samahani by Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin next from the publisher.

[spiral marten]

Another physical book finished

[past pond]

#15 of the year and second of April

[azure trellis]

i'm so glad you liked this!!!

[past pond]

I did! it was not a perfect book by any means but I connected so much with the characters, the tone of the book, and the writing

[azure trellis]

Ya I picked up this book from the library not knowing who Eldrich was but I was so entranced by this book I now wanna read more Eldrich!!

[past pond]

I highly recommend The Night Watchman if you haven't already read it, I would say it's better still than The Sentence

[azure trellis]

Book #12 tackled!!

[surreal lantern]

Fearless barley had 0 time on the TBR pile but man I loved it

I will now go back to not neglecting the TBR pile

[median ferry]

what did you think of this?

[azure trellis]

It was super funny!! But surprisingly dark at the same time… overall I enjoyed it! mc was definitely a very unique human being, in the best way possible

[valid loom]

Read 29 of this year

[olive ore]

Finished a bunch of books

1. You Must Remember This by Sean Wilson
2. Plum by Andy Anderegg
3. AI Snake Oil by Sayash Kapoor, Arvind Narayanan
4. Lovers of Franz K. by Burhan Sönmez

I liked all of them enough, but Lovers of Franz K lost so much potential by adding too much plot and trying to provide closure. The pondering moral dilemma and the author's use of subtle autofictional elements(the political commentary involving language) really lost their shine in the book by this

[median ferry]

#book-reviews message

[median ferry]

made me cry
made my face hurt from smiling too much
-# made me have a panic attack about climate change
would recommend

[valid loom]

Finished anotherrr

[valid loom]

31 of the year, and purged 2 other books

[azure trellis]

Book #13 tackled ✅

[bronze summit]

Bought this to see if it would help me get more organized. Ended up learning about air flight safety and public health interventions.

[spiral marten]

Anotha one

[earnest meadow]

Books #18 and 19. It was a bit difficult to get into them (also because of the unfamiliar names), but it was interesting to read about the power of desire, faith in yourself and just the pure will to survive

[olive ore]

Finished bunch of books

1. The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power by Joel Bakan
2. She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity by Carl Zimmer
   Both of these book are history of the respective subject rather than all rounded discussion
3. The Café with No Name by Robert Seethaler
   This book was alright not really anything grand but i think it captures the atmosphere well
4. I Am Clarence by Elaine Kraf
   This book literally warmed my frozen ass heart, it is good that penguin is reprinting some of Elaine Kraf's books. Her books need more attention.

[elder monolith]

book 17, #1355468025603555431 (a gift from an old housemate)

[round quartz]

Finished #1282968522091139082 today, my first book from this challenge and technically I lend it from SO but we don't talk about it. I can now "give it back" even tho we live in the same house

[past pond]

I've definitely been including books in this challenge that are technically my partner's haha

Whatever, they live in your house! It counts!

[earnest meadow]

Book #20. Definitely not my type of book (especially regarding the narrative style), but it was a gift and not too long. The informations about the Mara cello (a Stradivari cello with a turbulent history) were interesting though

[woeful thicket]

#11 Lapvona
Overall 11. January(1) February(4) March(4) April(2)

[gilded cradle]

Finished another one with Marianengraben by Jasmin Schreiber which brings my total physical books read this year up to 5 I think

[rancid spire]

Inmate #8
The Seven And A Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton
[Review here! Careful for Spoilers! There are no spoilers in this thread ](#1354875173857136680 message)
Final Rating:
Final Sentence: Back To The Shelf

[unique nimbus]

Finished The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
#1348241720940171407 message

[surreal lantern]

The pile looks smaller with this bad boy done

[uncut galleon]

Another book down. My friend still needs a name if anyone has any ideas

[mental tundra]

Tessa

[elder monolith]

what a beautiful friend!

[azure trellis]

Books #14 and #15 tackled!

[past pond]

How was I Have Some Questions for You? I loved her The Great Believers

[swift valve]

How was I Have Some
Questions for You? I loved her
The Great Believers

- thelastpansy 🏵

[azure trellis]

I was intrigued by it cuz the context is very much boarding school experience and I felt super nostalgic reading about it. It also has lots of true crime elements with social media commentaries that I thought was intriguing. But! There are so many issues the author is trying to cover that I feel everything was stretched pretty thin by the end. Overall I still liked it! I’ve heard great things about the Great Believers!

[past pond]

Interesting feedback! I have read that Great Believers is the strongest of her books but I liked that one enough that I would still like to read more by her

[azure trellis]

Book #16 ✅

[valid loom]

Finished this beauty

[surreal lantern]

Finished these three this week. And the next one is in the mail

[elder monolith]

book 18 - #1349130611448742001

[azure trellis]

What did u think???

[elder monolith]

i posted a LOT lol of my thoughts in the BR thread but the non-spoiler version: the whole book seemed like the literary version of Oscar bait. It just seemed like legal-medico-fine art literary fanfic abusing the hurt-comfort trope, set in the first world where everyone is either smart/rich/deeply troubled and acts accordingly.

[azure trellis]

That tracks 🤣 maybe I’ll peep in the BR channel just to see your reactions hahaha

[elder monolith]

i mainly had so many questions and rants!

[azure trellis]

I, too, had questions about the plausibility of the plot in general I mainly kept my copy of the book so I can be like… ya I’ve read that tome

[elder monolith]

it felt like an achievement getting through it and book length isn't something i find demotivating

[past pond]

My 16th of the year and 3rd of April is this lovely collection

[real dew]

Is she the known Susanna Clarke? Of Piranesi? How did you like it?

[past pond]

yeah, the very same! this story collection is set in the same universe as Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. I really liked it! it's like a fictional academic collection of fairy tales, which is cool because she writes each of the stories in slightly different styles, as though they were all collected from different places, so it's very fun and creative

[olive ore]

Books I have tackled from my tbr in April

1. Speedboat – Renata Adler
2. The National Telepathy – Roque Larraquy
3. Changing My Mind – Julian Barnes
4. Professor Andersen's Night – Dag Solstad
5. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – Muriel Spark
6. Universality – Natasha Brown
7. An Earthquake is A Shaking of the Surface of the Earth – Anna Moschovakis
8. Foolproof – Sander van der Linden
9. O Sinners! – Nicole Cuffy
10. The Expert of Subtle Revisions – Kirsten Menger-Anderson
11. Cursed Bread – Sophie Mackintosh
12. A Girl Is Lost in Her Century, Looking for Her Father – Gonçalo M. Tavares
13. A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth – Henry Gee
14. Far – Rosa Ribas
15. You Must Remember This – Sean Wilson
16. Plum – Andy Anderegg
17. AI Snake Oil – Sayash Kapoor & Arvind Narayanan
18. Lovers of Franz K – Burhan Sönmez
19. The Corporation – Joel Bakan
20. She Has Her Mother's Laugh – Carl Zimmer
21. The Café with No Name – Robert Seethaler
22. I Am Clarence – Elaine Kraf
23. In Praise of Shadows – Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
24. Rejection – Tony Tulathimutte
25. The Rest Is Memory – Lily Tuck
26. No Such Thing as a Free Gift – Linsey McGoey
27. My Death – Lisa Tuttle
28. The Book Censor's Library – Bothayna Al-Essa
29. Ice – Anna Kavan
30. Coexistence: Stories – Billy-Ray Belcourt
31. Mortal Questions - Thomas Nagel

[young widget]

dag solstad

[olive ore]

I have read lots of newly released book from my tbr in April, i will post my fav books of april in a bit

[olive ore]

hmm i think #book-talk would be more suited for this , imma delete this after forwarding

[rancid spire]

Guys... we've hit the 200 mark in 5 months You should all be SO PROUD. I'm giving you all kisses!!! Keep that momentum! Let's get these TBRs TINY.

[surreal lantern]

In April I read

The road of bones
Never lie
Small favors
He’s gone
The inheritance games
Hawthorne legacy
The final gambit
House of flame and shadow
The handmaids tale
Fearless
Knot so Lucky
Trial of the sun Queen

[unique nimbus]

Also ebook Stoner by John Williams

[bronze summit]

TBR and BR all in one

[azure trellis]

Book #17 tackled!

[uncut galleon]

thank you lesbians

[uncut galleon]

[dj khaled voice] another one

[unique nimbus]

One more for this week

[uncut galleon]

That’s such a nice cover! I just had the boring all blue one

[woeful thicket]

This book is on my TBR and I want to read it soon (also so jealous of this cover!). Did you like it? Asking both Niti and Abi 👀

[uncut galleon]

I wasn't the biggest fan but I just think it's a book that wasn't my thing

[woeful thicket]

Yeah I've heard mixed reviews, saying it was okay-ish mostly, somewhere in the middle

[olive ore]

I see yall spreading hate about the iconic blue cover of Fitzcarraldo /lh

[magic meteor]

[unique nimbus]

It’s not one of the best read but I didn’t mind, it kept me reading it. Feels very current to social media influence and this perfect life people crave, I gave 3.5 ⭐️.

Oh I saw this at Barnes and noble so had to get it lol

[swift valve]

Oh I saw this at
Barnes and noble so had to
get it lol

- niki_58066

[past pond]

I am just getting caught up, but The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka was my first physical book of May, and my 17th of the year

[tropic kelp]

this cover appeals to me in a way I can't explain

[unique nimbus]

It does and kind of sums up the book too

[unique nimbus]

Another down. This was short and sad but beautifully written.

[woeful thicket]

Omg I have this one on my shelf unread, can't wait for the new book coming soon! Also Niti I feel like you read so many books I want to read

[elder monolith]

book 19 #1340673659827912704 (translated by Robert Fagles)

[unique nimbus]

I have On Earth We’re Gorgeous and after reading I can’t wait to dive in to it. And yes can’t wait for his new book!

[gilded cradle]

Have read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins, adding to a total of 6

[past pond]

Book 18 of the year and the 2nd of May is Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

[olive ore]

May hasn't been a great reading month for me
Read books-

1. The Hearing Test by Eliza Barry Callahan
2. The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century by Olga Ravn
3. Bad Houses by John Elizabeth Stintzi
   Dnfed-
   The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource by Chris Hayes

[past pond]

it is only the 6th! you are crushing imo

[olive ore]

Finished Elegy, Southwest by Madeleine Watts.
I love it when i rate a book ≥ 4 stars

[real dew]

Great! I have an ebook on storytel, time to increase my tbr even more ( @woeful thicket )I'm still trying to recover from the tbr lists you posted in #878210664626266132 recently

[olive ore]

You add to my TBR and I add to yours, seems like a fair deal to me

Also this book may seem the usual heterosexual couple shenanigans at first sight but dont judge (like me) it too early

[unique nimbus]

Hamnet by Maggie O'farrell
This one was hard to put it down, finished it in 2 days. BR and TBR 🙂

[unique nimbus]

I am planning to start on The Iliad and then The Odyssey soon.

[surreal lantern]

Same! Just the Odyssey though

Done!

[elder monolith]

join us in #1340673659827912704? i thought there was a recent one for the Iliad but can't find one

[halcyon leaf]

It ended a month ago, but feel free to drop in #1102327612392624128 !

[elder monolith]

thank you for linking that, i was beginning to think i'd made up seeing it

[rancid spire]

Inmate #9
Bunny by Mona Awad
[Review here! ](#1359423760502882486 message)
Final Rating:
Final Sentence: Donated

OH NO I DELETED THE REACT

[past pond]

Best of luck out there Bunny, may your next owner treat you with care

[rancid spire]

Sorry

Absolutely

[past pond]

It's okay I put it back!

[terse bolt]

censorship!

[rancid spire]

I always imagine that my books go to a better place

I also got a lil update from my charity and apparently my books have raised over £300 for heart research

So Bunny will eventually aid in combating cardiovascular disease

[past pond]

[azure trellis]

What a noble cause!! Whereas I just use the money I get from selling books to buy more books

[elder monolith]

book 20 - Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

[woeful thicket]

#12 Yolk
January(1) February(4) March(4) April(2) May(1)

[median ferry]

the pretty book

[woeful thicket]

This is satisfying

[real dew]

Beautiful cover!

[azure trellis]

Book #18

[real dew]

I saw your rating on TSG and I was thrilled! I gave it 5 stars as well

[azure trellis]

Yesssss!!! My first 5 star of the year!! I was skeptical at first but by the end I LOVED it

Sleeper hit for real

[uncut galleon]

Read this one yesterday

Also please see just one pile of physical books that I want to get through

[terse salmon]

While I have not finished a book, i did an unhaul and now I am at 29 books🙂‍↔️

[uncut galleon]

I've just finished this one as well

[spiral marten]

Another one finished

[round quartz]

Finished #1295778279201968212 . Another one I lend from SO and I can give back now

[valid loom]

2 more done

[weary skiff]

For the first one, is that apart of a series?

I know that series

But is Manslaughter Park another installment?

[weary skiff]

Nice, I liked that one, even though I never finished

General Spoilers: ||I heard from some reviewers that The Cruel Prince had steamier romance. ||

||Now if that is true, I don't know. ||

[spiral marten]

I really really liked it!

[weary skiff]

Nice.

[valid loom]

yess i mean you can read it seperate ngl the only reference to pride and premeditation is that Lizzie Bennet comes back but other than that its not really connected and its only for a small part really

i havent read sense and second degree murder yet which is supposed to be the second

[past pond]

I forgot to update! Here are my third and fourth books of May. They are my 19th and 20th books of the year!

[unique nimbus]

Orbital has been on my tbr for so long and finally finished it. My 49th and 50th books for the year! This is the first time in years I am reading this much. Getting e-reader and finding audiobooks def helped me.

[valid loom]

ooh I loved before the coffee gets cold, hoped you enjoyed your reads

[woeful thicket]

#13 The Safekeep
January(1) February(4) March(4) April(2) May(2)

[unique nimbus]

It was perfect cozy book I needed

[azure trellis]

Book #19 tackled!

[median ferry]

i’ve actually read a few physical books, will update here soon

[gilded cradle]

Finished Queen‘s Shadow by EK Johnston as a physical book

[median ferry]

i want to send the whole stack ive read so far this year but i dont want to mess up vaudes stats

actually i can just specify which ones havent been sent here before

[uncut galleon]

I almost forgot but I read these and took them back earlier today

[past pond]

I added this to my physical tbr and then read it right away, so hopefully that counts! 5th of May, 21st of the year.

[past pond]

6th of May and 22 of the year! Going on hiatus for a bit to read library books but I will be back

[unique nimbus]

Finished Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

[past pond]

that is a serious tome, nice job!

going to keep going with the trilogy?

[unique nimbus]

Yes doing slow read for a year with trilogy.

[past pond]

that's awesome, I hope you enjoy the other two

[tropic kelp]

How did you like it? I put the Portuguese translation down after a couple of reads and I ended up selling it

[valid loom]

38 of the year

[median ferry]

AH i forgot to post my stack

i'll wait until the start of next month so it can be a half-way-through-the-year stack

[unique nimbus]

It’s hard to get in but I actually loved it. I am doing slow read with group and we do only 30-60 pages a week.

[tropic kelp]

That sounds great actually!

[elder monolith]

if you get the chance, the Wolf Hall adaptation of the books is also amazing to watch

[elder monolith]

book 21 - Don Carpenter’s Hard Rain Falling. i got this for free knowing nothing about it a few years ago at a philosophy course and am so glad i kept it and read it!

[unique nimbus]

It’s on Substack. I can DM you link if you are interested. It’s paid but I think I have trial link.

[unique nimbus]

Yeah I am going to watch once I finish first 2 books.

[terse salmon]

Really had to look for my last message here.

Current update is 0/31 book and i am doing a weekend readathon with myself and my bed so I'm hopefully to finish 5 books that i am in the middle of

[earnest meadow]

Books 21-26: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
I read the first part ages ago and didn't continue, because my library didn't have the rest. It's a really interesting fantasy series, lots of magic, lots of plot and characters, but I think I would've liked it more when I was 13/14. Still a nice read though

[spiral marten]

Another unit done

[bronze summit]

TBR and BR 😊

[earnest meadow]

Book #27: Sunrise on the Reaping
Holy moly. Another Suzanne Collins book I practically inhaled and where I hoped for a different outcome, despite already knowing how it would end

[woeful thicket]

#14 The Emperor of Gladness
January(1) February(4) March(4) April(2) May(3)

[valid loom]

Another one done

[uncut galleon]

I don’t think I posted these but another two down

[azure trellis]

How did you like this one??

[woeful thicket]

It was a bit different than his other books more like… going into historical fiction or just contemporary fiction but I liked it a lot was emotional for me 4.5/5

[valid loom]

Another one done

[weary skiff]

Waiting for Fun Home on Libby is not fun

I just wanna read my book bro...

[rancid spire]

I ACTUALLY GOT A LOT OF PHYSICAL BOOKS DONE LAST MONTH BUT I WAS TOO BUSY TO UPDATE

I'MMA DO THAT NOW AND COUNT

Inmate #10
**Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito **
[Review here! ](#1355641645885948054 message)
Final Rating:
Final Sentence: Returned To The Shelf

Inmate #11
**Strange Pictures by Uketsu **
[Review here! ](#1351097510650839040 message)
Final Rating:
Final Sentence: Returned To The Shelf

Inmate #12
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
[Review here! ](#1355468132059316265 message)
Final Rating:
Final Sentence: Donated

https://tenor.com/view/cleaning-white-board-regus-patoff-the-consultant-using-white-board-writing-on-white-board-gif-27339251

As of May, we tacklers have ALMOST hit the 300 mark! Let's keep going! We're doing so good! I wonder if we can hit 350 in six months?

[uncut galleon]

Sounds like a challenge

[elder monolith]

book 22 - #1374686306189443142

[woeful thicket]

#15 Piranesi (reread)
January(1) February(4) March(4) April(2) May(3) June (1)

[past pond]

I love Piranesi so much, my partner is actually also rereading it right now!

[past pond]

My 23rd of the year and 1st of June!

[willow fern]

I need to start reading my physical books! I keep on buying new lmao

[woeful thicket]

#16 Cursed Bunny
January(1) February(4) March(4) April(2) May(3) June (2)

[static tide]

I finally organised my books and I have 106 books which is a lot for someone who hasn't read more than 20 books year for two years now
I guess I will make it a goal to read 20 of them this year

[elder monolith]

book 23 - Three Guineas by Virginia Woolf

[unique nimbus]

I need to stop reading books about grief 😭

[azure trellis]

How did you like either of them?? I’ve read the White Book a while ago and I’ve read Coco Mellers first book but not this one

[unique nimbus]

I liked both and gave 4.5 stars. The white is more abstract and poetic. It’s very short book but took me few pages to get around her language. Pages are very sparse and she took “white” color literally and makes you think how color can emote some emotions. This was my first from Coco Mellors and I cried few times lol. I am adding her first book to my long tbr list.

[azure trellis]

Ya I love Coco Mellors writing! Her first book was written from multiple POVs and I thought she did a good job of crafting a range of characters

[unique nimbus]

Blue sisters is multiple POVs as well and she did wonderul job. Her writing feels so personal.

[woeful thicket]

Blue Sisters is better than Cleopatra and Frankenstein imo, and like noticeably 👀

[azure trellis]

Wow now I have to bump up Blue Sisters on my TBR queue

[olive ore]

ive read blue sisters

want to read cleopatra and frankenstein

[valid loom]

Finisheddd

[unique nimbus]

Yeah me too

[valid loom]

does it count here when you read a book in epub and then bought the physical copy?

[azure trellis]

Wow it’s been a while but I’m back to conquering my physical books! Book #20

[elder monolith]

book #24 - Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

[woeful thicket]

#17 The Fate of Mary Rose
January(1) February(4) March(4) April(2) May(3) June (3)

[uncut galleon]

A little graphic novel before bedtime

[median ferry]

waah this is on my tbr, did you like it?

[uncut galleon]

I think it should've been 50 pages longer but I liked it

[past pond]

I'm back! Book 24 of the year and 2nd of June is Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

Featuring my sad, barren bookshelves and my multiple thumb bandaids haha

[uncut galleon]

this was such a disappointment

[azure trellis]

Book #21 ✅

[gilded cradle]

This was pretty good

[thin wasp]

Ok I’m normally strictly a kindle girlie but I have some physical books I wanna read to reduce some of my screen time

[past pond]

https://tenor.com/view/ağla-elvan-gif-20062102

[unique nimbus]

one more - very weird and fascinating book!

[past pond]

been seeing this book everywhere, really interested in reading it

[unique nimbus]

It’s short but took me about 60 pages to understand what’s going on lol. If you like weird, sci-fi, surrealism you will love it. I ended up loving it.

[azure trellis]

I’ve been wanting to read this!!!! I think bastiat read it recently

[median ferry]

@flint bay

[flint bay]

lmao yk me kauli

[uncut galleon]

just read this in one sitting at the park

[median ferry]

vimto

[woeful thicket]

#18 Monstrum
January(1) February(4) March(4) April(2) May(3) June (4)

[uncut galleon]

and another one today

[valid loom]

And another one done

[elder monolith]

kitty!

[valid loom]

Yesss he is also my propic hehe

[unique nimbus]

One more

[thin wasp]

Started this yesterday!

[past pond]

Love this cover!

[gilded cradle]

Another one read

[earnest meadow]

Books #28-30: The Poppy Wars trilogy
No need to rip my heart out again. I love it when you can see that an author knows what they talk about, even if it's "just" a fantasy book. Loved all the references to real life history and problems and also the power of non-romantic love

[past pond]

Book 25 of the year and 3rd of June is The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

[real dew]

Saw your rating, glad you liked it!

[past pond]

I did! I would maybe say that it's one of those books I appreciated more than enjoyed? Like it moved very slowly and I kept waiting to see what the pay off would be, and then at the end I felt like everything had come together in a really satisfying way that I appreciated

though I'm not sure I would say I enjoyed the process haha

[real dew]

Yes, I think I agree! For me it was a book more focused on ||technique rather than character development or even storyline. I think Atwood had a specific concept in mind of a story within a story within a story and all the parallels of that, so she focused more on the concept itself rather than the story. S yes, I totally agree with the "appreciated ore than enjoyed"!||

[past pond]

yeah! I can ||absolutely admire the execution of the book, the writing was very self-assured and I agree that she was kind of flexing her technique||

[azure trellis]

Book 22

[median ferry]

book #16 [ ]
six of crows by leigh bardugo

[valid loom]

2 more done will write a review later today as well for the readoff

[real dew]

I saw your rating and added to my tbr!!

[woeful thicket]

You forgot to mention that you added it to my TBR too

[azure trellis]

Omg!!! Amazing. Ya I didn’t know what I expected from this collection but I really liked it! The stories are very whimsical but captures how modern China is like very well imo. The last story even has a Kafka flair to it

[analog bay]

Current Library books, the rest of my physical TBR is on pause until these 2 are read & returned

On chapter 6 of Candy Cane Murder, haven't started Maiden, Mother, Crone yet, I give it a singular day

[woeful thicket]

#19 The Vet's Daughter
January(1) February(4) March(4) April(2) May(3) June (5)

[azure trellis]

Book #23 ✅

[real dew]

We seem to have a similar taste 😆

[elder monolith]

book #25 - #1381608749340430348

[earnest meadow]

Book #31: The invisible life of Addie LaRue
Loved it. I liked the concept of the story and the narrative style fits it perfectly

[azure trellis]

Ya I saw ur rating on SG and I was like phew it’s not just me

[unique nimbus]

https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1374686306189443142

[elder monolith]

book 26: France Since 1870: Culture, Politics and Society by Charles Sowerwine

[past pond]

Book 26 of the year, 4th of June

[willow fern]

Book 1 of 25

[willow fern]

Book 2 of 25

[azure trellis]

Book #24 ✔️

[gilded cradle]

#1351293685098086400

[spiral marten]

#1280803973716115477

[elder monolith]

book 27 - Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

[tepid crater]

All the Physical books I finished in June

[sweet gust]

My June pile as well! I don’t think I’ve ever tackled as many physical tbrs in a month so I’m quite happy

[past pond]

The Hunger Games was my 27th of the year and 5th of June!

[swift valve]

The Hunger Games was
my 27th of the
year and 5th of June!

- thelastpoolparty ⛱

[past pond]

One more week of sad empty shelves

[unique nimbus]

https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1189956711096791112

Piranesi is probably my best read so far for this year.

[woeful thicket]

So happy you liked it. I was rereading it during this BR and even tho for obvious reasons it doesn’t hit the same on the reread I still loved it

[unique nimbus]

It's been sittiong on my shelf for like a year but when everybody talks about a book it kind of puts me off - I know I am weird lol. But BR forced me to pick it up and I am so glad I did.

[woeful thicket]

Oh you are totally not weird. Or you are but you are not weird alone I have it too and a few people from this server I know would probably agree when the book is too popular and people are talking it feels like it can’t be good and is just a mass book and… meh. Glad this one was good!

[past pond]

It's one of my favorites but I also resisted reading it for a while. My partner kept telling me I would love it and that made me not want to read it haha. Glad you got to it and enjoyed it!

[earnest meadow]

#32: The Phantom of the Opera
Not a big fan, tbh. The plot and storytelling are kinda all over the place and I get that it's an older book, but the way women and their relationships are described gives me the ick. Definitely not one of my favourite classics

[analog bay]

This is my collection ATM, books laying on their side are mine & haven't been read yet, books standing up are library books

[earnest meadow]

Ooooh, those are some pretty books 😍

[earnest meadow]

Book #33: Cinder and Sparrows
Nice little story, but I think by now I'm too used to reading huge fantasy books to properly get into smaller worldbuilding😅

[spiral marten]

Finished this novella!

[unique nimbus]

Finished

[rancid spire]

Hi guys! I haven't forgotten about this! I'll be doing a double-count at the start of next month because I wasn't around at the start of July! I forgot to post an update but let's keep this energy up! I'm so proud of everyone for getting through these LITERAL STACKS of books!!!

[elder monolith]

book 28 - #1372199578308317256

[past pond]

28th of the year and my first of July!

[unique nimbus]

I’m A Fan by Sheena Patel

[valid loom]

So far my worst rated read of the year

[azure trellis]

Book #25 tackled !

[azure trellis]

Book #26

[earnest meadow]

Book #34
Definitely not my favourite Sanderson book, although I enjoyed it. Loved the worldbuilding (as always) and the thoughts about art

[past pond]

29th of the year, second of July!

[rancid spire]

I forgot to update here!

Inmate #13
The Exhibitionist By Charlotte Mendleson
Final Rating:
Final Sentence: Donated

Inmate #14
**The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuj **
[Review here! ](#book-reviews message)
Final Rating:
Final Sentence: Returned To The Shelf

[gilded cradle]

Another one finished. Faserland by Christian Kracht

[spiral marten]

Loved this series so much

[elder monolith]

book 29: #1108046492989653013

[unique nimbus]

Done and on to the last book of Cromwell Trilogy

[spiral marten]

The Folk of the Air series

[earnest meadow]

Book #35: The Weaver and the Witch Queen (and I still don't understand why they changed the title to another English one in the German version when the original title is already pretty cool)
I really liked reading a mythology retelling that is not about greek stuff

[unique nimbus]

Small Boat

[gilded cradle]

Forgot about these two

[elder monolith]

book 30 - Paradise Lost by John Milton

[earnest meadow]

You have my deepest respect 🫡

[azure trellis]

I have the same version from my high school English class!

[elder monolith]

mine was from an undergrad lit class! we only had to read/study 2 books out of it which looking back on it, is absolute sacrilege

[elder monolith]

it's a fantastic edition, absolutely worth it!

[earnest meadow]

That's good to know, thanks!

[elder monolith]

there's a newer version of that edition too, so you might want to go with that if you happen to come across it

[past pond]

3rd of July and 30th of the year!

[uncut galleon]

I just checked and I forgot to post in here but I read this

[spiral marten]

Really liked this one!

[terse salmon]

1/28
I think.. i decluttered and also bought some new ones.. Either way its still a big number

This book i got from a free library while I was in Malta and i was positively surprised how much i enjoyed the end of it. An unsure 3.5 to a 4 stars but has anyone read the other books?
Thinking of picking another up

[valid loom]

Finished this one

And also this one

[terse salmon]

2/28

This book took forever, shame its an unfinished series.

[past pond]

31st of the year, 4th of July

I bought this book for 25 cents like 12 years ago and finally got around to reading it, and I'm glad I did!

[gilded cradle]

Two more read: Moon Knight Vol. 3: Halfway to Sanity by Jed MacKay and Moon Knight, Vol. 4: Road to Ruin by Jed MacKay

[terse salmon]

3/28

Not the first time reading this book, but i never read it in english and finally got a copy a few months ago🥳🥳

Gave it 5 stars eventho i dont think it needs any stars.. like its a book i want to reread in the next years but it doesnt fit in my typical ranking system.. A fake 5 star i guess, its that special to me

[elder monolith]

book 31 - George R. R. Martin’s A Clash of Kings

[spiral marten]

🍯

Been reading a few cosy fantasy books, excited to start reading something different now

[unique nimbus]

Evenings and Weekends by Oisín McKenna

[real dew]

How did you like it? I think I saw it mentioned on a recommendations video.

[woeful thicket]

Do you have GR or Storygraph account? I swear you are reading everything I want, which makes me wanna stalk your book ratings 👀

#20 Mina's Matchbox
January(1) February(4) March(4) April(2) May(3) June(5) July(1)

[unique nimbus]

It is good I just finished on my holidays with bunch of people so didn't get to enjoy as much as I should've but its def must read. The way he writes different POV is so different than anything I have read, also about relationships, friendship. I want to go back and read some pages.

[unique nimbus]

yes I am on SG - neetireads

[real dew]

Because we needed more recommendations to grow our tbr

[swift valve]

Because we needed
more recommendations to
grow our tbr

- The eye of the lioness 🌌

[real dew]

Thank you Haiku

[unique nimbus]

haha its always growing tbr for me

[terse salmon]

there will probably be a Physical TBR tackle for 2026 too lol

I keep adding books from everyones photos, but I havent bought a book since May soo

baby steps

|| im saving it for a big haul ||

[olive ore]

I have the exact same print! I like the aesthetic

[elder monolith]

book 32 - Press Release by Lisa Gorton

[rancid spire]

https://tenor.com/view/पोंछना-utkarsh-mr-magician-ससफकरना-क्लीनकरना-gif-19740451

LET'S GO!!! OVER JUNE AND JULY WE OFFICIALLY MADE IT PAST THE 300 MARK!

[elder monolith]

book 33 - The Kindly Ones by Susan Hampton

[elder monolith]

book 34 - Getting By Not Fitting In by Les Wicks

[terse salmon]

4/28

A horror with Nazi Zombies someone said and that's about right. But maybe a very light, slightly creepy horror. I'd like something more horror esq, I need to feel fear, this was really intriguing but missed on a wow factor.

Still a solid fun read. On to the next

[gilded cradle]

Finished another one: Moon Knight Vol 5 - The Last Days of Moon Knight by Jed MacKay

[elder monolith]

book 35 - Lunar Inheritance by Lachlan Brown

[tepid crater]

Didn’t have my July Stack back until today, with two missing

[thin wasp]

Physical book #2

[elder monolith]

book 36 - pick up half under by Geraldine Burrows

[gilded cradle]

Finished Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid 🥳

[terse salmon]

5/28 but my first DNF

I'd look away for a second, come back and realized I have no clue what i read last.. nothing.

[terse bolt]

it's my understanding that this isn't really a proper "book" so to speak, it's more like unrelated snippets

im not sure why it's popular

[terse salmon]

Thats true. I was struggling a few days ago when i first started it. This copy has like 4 introductions so it preps you on the background of the author and how the story came about

That said.. even in small chunks, read a little here and there.. I couldnt

[swift valve]

That said.. even in
small chunks, read a little here
and there.. I couldnt

- Maca

[terse salmon]

that is also why i was intrigued, its got stellar reviews so i wanted to give it a try

[elder monolith]

book 37 - Ashes in the Air by Ali Alizadeh

[earnest meadow]

Books #36-38:
Last Violent Call
Foul Lady Fortune
Foul Heart Huntsman
It was nice to revisit the "These Violent Delights" gang and their younger siblings and cousins

[past pond]

Book 32 of the year and my first of August!

I love BRing books I own, it's so satisfying

[uncut galleon]

another library book read

[elder monolith]

book 38 - Attn: Solitude by Mez Breeze

[terse salmon]

just dnfed number 6/28.. im struggling to finish this challange ah. Its like i havent picked these books up for a reason.

[woeful thicket]

#21 The Lincoln Highway
January(1) February(4) March(4) April(2) May(3) June(5) July(1) August (1)

[celest lichen]

think i have maybe 200? not entirely sure…

this sort of size is more my speed so far i have rabbit hutch and little fires everywhere on my own tbr

[rancid spire]

Little Fires was good!!!

[celest lichen]

i saw an interview with him on tv a decade or so ago and he was so horrible about christopher that i decided to not read his work again /also autistic

[celest lichen]

classic work

[terse salmon]

7/28🥳🥳🥳

[elder monolith]

book 40 - The Thin Bridge by Andy Jackson

[valid loom]

oooh i didnt know that well I guess good i bought it at a charity shop and didnt directly support the author then

[celest lichen]

❤️ it happens

[azure trellis]

Book #27

[celest lichen]

ooh that’s in my physical TBR as well

[terse salmon]

samee, i am so intrigued by the writer

[elder monolith]

the BR for it is still on! https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1376827696776216640

[celest lichen]

ty!

[elder monolith]

you can join us for the following books too, BR for the second book started recently https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1401250612762640416 (the BRs here are addictive )

[azure trellis]

i love Elena Ferrante!! Highly recommend

[elder monolith]

book 41 - #1393145403276267530

[elder monolith]

book 42 - Interferon Psalms by Luke Davies

[uncut galleon]

I’ve finished all ten Sailor Moon volumes

[elder monolith]

book 43 - Silence & Its Tongues by Robyn Rowland

[elder monolith]

book 44 - Viva the Real by Jill Jones

[past pond]

pix you are crushing this challenge, I'm impressed

[elder monolith]

i'm reading poetry collections for the Sealey challenge but after this month it'll slow back down again 😅

[elder monolith]

book 45 - Word Migrants by Hazel Smith

[thin wasp]

yo that cover slaps

[elder monolith]

yeah, sadly the work contained within not so much 😭

[elder monolith]

book 46 - White On White by Anne Elvey

[elder monolith]

book 47 - Sorting Facts: or, Nineteen Ways of Looking at Marker

[unique nimbus]

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie

[elder monolith]

book 48 - An Attitude of Cups ed. Sue Stanford

[elder monolith]

book 49 - Hidden Treasure: Multicultural Voices of Melbourne

[elder monolith]

book 50 - A Thousand Crimson Blooms Eileen Chong

[willow fern]

Book #3

[elder monolith]

book 51 - The Open by Lucy Van

[valid loom]

Managed to finish this one finally

[elder monolith]

book 53 - The Albertine Workout by Anne Carson

[thin wasp]

LOVE Anne Carson

[elder monolith]

this book makes me want to read the complete In Search of Lost Time, and Beckett's novels. I love-hate poets who do that to me 🤣

[thin wasp]

I’m a huge fan of autobiography of red

[elder monolith]

book 54 - Revolutionary Sonnets and other poems by Anthony Burgess (seriously, Burgess was so much more than A Clockwork Orange)

[celest lichen]

love your nail polish

[elder monolith]

aww thank you!

[gilded cradle]

Finished two more! Invisible Woman: Partners in Crime by Mark Waid & Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace by Iman Vellani

[earnest meadow]

Book #39: The Odyssey
Tough read, but worth it. My favourite thing about it is that everyone knows about Odysseus's adventures, but the story doesn't start with him. The first few chapters are about the people he left behind, how they feel and talk about him and how his absence influences everything

[willow fern]

Book #4 and #5

[azure trellis]

Book #28

[elder monolith]

book 55 - Mama Amazonica by Pascale Petit

[celest lichen]

that’s a fascinating cover

[elder monolith]

i was so excited for it as a whole but alas, it was...okay

[celest lichen]

aw, that’s a shame

[elder monolith]

book 56 - #1401250612762640416

[elder monolith]

book 57 - Head Girl by Freya Daly Sadgrove

book 58 - ed. Robert Nye A Choice of Sir Walter Ralegh’s Verse

[swift valve]

book 58 - ed.
Robert Nye A Choice of Sir
Walter Ralegh’s Verse

- mxpixieears

[elder monolith]

go Haikubot!

[azure trellis]

Woaaa you are on a roll !!!

[elder monolith]

it's very much largely due to the Sealey challenge (read a poetry collection everyday for all of August)

[elder monolith]

book 59 - Love Poems by Rumi

book 60 - Selected Poems by Thomas Chatterton

[elder monolith]

book 61 - bone by Yrsa Daley-Ward

[elder monolith]

book 62 - Run by Tim Sinclair

book 63 - 100 Chinese Silences by Timothy Yu

book 64 - Gravidity and Parity by Eleanor Jackson

[uncut galleon]

nooo I forgot to take pictures before I returned my books to the library but I read The Needfire by MK Hardy and The Staircase In The Woods by Chuck Wendig

[earnest meadow]

Book #40: Red Hood's Revenge, by Jim C. Hines

[willow fern]

Book #6

[tepid crater]

Only two physical books for August (accidentally sent it in #shelfies message)

[earnest meadow]

Finally finished book #41. It's part of my "reading something in Spanish to improv my vocabulary"- project and it took me eternities, because my reading speed in Spanish is soooo slow

[rancid spire]

There's no stopping us now! Let's keep the pace going! Can we get to 1000 by the end of the year?!

[gilded cradle]

I also finished Astonishing Iceman by Steve Orlando and Fantastic Four: First Steps #1 by Matt Fraction a little while ago but forgot to add them here

[rancid spire]

I'll add them now!!!

[past pond]

I also didn't add The Outsiders when I finished it because my copy is in absolute tatters haha

[unique nimbus]

August was slowwww but let's hope I get to put a dent in my physical tbr this month

[surreal lantern]

Finally decided to finish the series

[earnest meadow]

Book #42
I thought about joining the BR, but I didn't know if I had the time to read it and now I devoured it in two days
Definitely an interesting read (lots of philosophical and logical questions), but I liked Babel more (maybe also because I'm a language nerd)

[willow fern]

Book #7

[surreal lantern]

Book #2! Going to take a break before starting the 4th one in the series

[earnest meadow]

Book #43
It's nice to read something for younger people now and then and I liked this one

[past pond]

My first of September and 34th of the year!

[gilded cradle]

Finished the first Mr. Terrific by Al Letson

[earnest meadow]

Book #44, original title: The Singing School
I really liked it, despite having a hard time in the beginning. But the style made sense as the story progressed (the writing gets more complex grammatically, spelling-wise and lexically as the narrator gains more education and experience) and I found it a great way to use the language to tell a story

[unique nimbus]

Finished this tome of a book

[celest lichen]

a Brick

[unique nimbus]

One more, this has been on shelf forever.

[past pond]

Book 35 of the year and my second of September was The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer

[elder monolith]

book 65 - Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

[rancid spire]

Inmate #15
**The Doomsday Mother by John Glatt **
[Review here! ](#1317677264560848896 message)
Final Rating:
Final Sentence: Returned To The Shelf

[azure trellis]

Book #29 ✔️

[woeful thicket]

#22 Milkman
January(1) February(4) March(4) April(2) May(3) June(5) July(1) August (1) September (1)

[past pond]

Oh cool, how did you like this??

[unique nimbus]

book #43 – The stranger

[woeful thicket]

Overall I liked it, rated it 3.75/5 so yeah I had a few issues with it. It was really hard to read stream of consciousness style that somehow felt harder to get through than Woolf's books But it had some great and important takes and themes on society/women etc. Worth to read but only when you brain is ready and capable, mine was not

[past pond]

Book 36 of the year, my 3rd of September, is The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

[past pond]

Book 37, 4th of September is A Clockwork Orange

Nice to read a couple of my own books back to back before going back to library holds

[azure trellis]

I know that feeling!!!

[elder monolith]

book 66 - #1413229089459802165

[woeful thicket]

#23 The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park
January(1) February(4) March(4) April(2) May(3) June(5) July(1) August (1) September (2)

[azure trellis]

Book #30

[elder monolith]

book 67 - A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin

[valid loom]

2 more down been in a slump recently

Oh no wait 3 i forgot one

Sold this one on vinted as it was not my vibe but still finished ittt

[past pond]

Book 38 of the year, 5th of the month

[dreamy tulip]

Book #7

[unique nimbus]

book #44

[azure trellis]

Book #31

[terse salmon]

8/28
this was great. Also i have so much to still read, its like my books multiply over night.
I read and yet im not even a little under

[elder monolith]

book 68 - Lobster Is The Best Medicine by Liz Climo (this was so cute!)

[tepid crater]

And with that, I have finished the 13-book set of Miss Marple books

[swift valve]

And with that, I have
finished the 13-book set
of Miss Marple books

- Comfy-altmer-del

[tepid crater]

Thanks HaikuBot

They’re the only physical books I read this month ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (and Kaiju Preservation Society)

[gilded cradle]

Read The Belle of Belgrave Square by Mimi Matthews, Fantastic Four: Whatever Happened to the Fantastic Four by Ryan North and Devil in Disguise by Lisa Kleypas in the last few weeks

[spiral marten]

Another chonker done! Also decided halfway in to annotate for the first time

[past pond]

Book 39 of the year, 1st of October:

[dreamy tulip]

Book 8, Norwegian Wood by Murakami Haruki

[gilded cradle]

Finished Aquaman: The Trench by Geoff Johns

[vital dirge]

October is off to a good start—I’ve finished two books, both of which I liked

1. Tantrum – Rachel Eve Moulton
2. History. A Mess. – Sigrún Pálsdóttir, translated by Lytton Smith
   Tantrum is divided into three parts and honestly the first part felt like an entirely different book compared to the rest. It was more psychologically charged, almost like a more chaotic but less elegant version of Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy (which btw was insanely good). But then Tantrum shifted heavily into supernatural horror in the latter two parts. While I don’t think the author failed in their intention, I was really craving more psychological horror without the over-the-top supernatural elements.

History. A Mess., on the other hand was just I immediately reread it after finishing, to make sure I didn’t miss the details cause the narrative was like reads simple enough but has so many hidden stuff to discover. The time skips, the gradual unraveling of the protagonist, it’s all so intense and detailed. I think anyone who's in, was in, or is planning to enter higher academia can really feel the dread and implications firsthand. That said I didn’t find it perfect, gave it a 4/5 but it still left a strong impression

[vital dirge]

@dark trench @real dew @woeful thicket i think you three might find any of these two intersting

[woeful thicket]

OMG ACID

[real dew]

ACID! I'll no longer stalk you on TSG only I'm so glad to see you around!!

[vital dirge]

same not just stalking on TSG anymore

[real dew]

I wished I could reach you so many times (hope it doesn't sound creepy)! So many books I'd like to be able to ping you about. If you feel comfortable enough, feel free to add me as a friend on discord or DM me any time (no need to answer yes or no! do whatever you feel okay with). Happy readings!!

[vital dirge]

Nah, it doesn’t sound creepy at all! I was actually planning on coming back soon since I’ve missed you all. Also, feel free to ping me anytime about the books you’ve been meaning to share. And I’ve been meaning to add you as a discord friend for so long, I was just overthinking it and worried I might come off as weird

[dark trench]

Acid’s Back!!!

[tepid crater]

The physical books I’ve finished in October so far (most due today)

[azure trellis]

Book #32 ✔️

[vital dirge]

Book 3 of October- Generator by Rinny Gremaud, translated from French by Holly James
I got the ARC back in January but started reading it the day before yesterday. For the most part, it’s a fictionalized biography and it’s not something experimental like Benjamín Labatut’s books. But that conventionality actually works in its favour here. The content feels deeply personal, raw, and completely without pretension, which fits perfectly since the biographical thread centers on the author’s own father. It also shows 1960-70s almost naïve optimism about nuclear power in a way that feels intimate rather than purely historical

[valid loom]

Another one doneerr

[elder monolith]

book 69 - R L Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and Other Stories

[elder monolith]

book 70 - Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde

[tepid crater]

I’m returning it to the library as soon as I get home but my https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1400397662607511592 was a hardback 💪

[past pond]

Book 40 of the year

[vital dirge]

Book 4 and Book 5 of October
Autumn - Ali Smith
The Child - Kjersti A. Skomsvold
I loved both of them and they have been in my tbr for so many years. I'll write long reviews for both of them soon hopefully

[past pond]

cool to see that you enjoyed Autumn! the reviews I've been seeing for that one have been mixed

[vital dirge]

Yeah, I was kind of spooked about it too since I saw that lioness and pauline rated it really low, and jpuzzle gave it a 3.5

i have Ali smith's how to be both in my tbr too

[azure trellis]

Honestly don’t remember this book anymore

[valid loom]

Another one bites the dust

Do wish i had this in english cause i did quite enjoy this book

[unique nimbus]

book #45

[valid loom]

Finished and also going to unhaul cause it was not my cup of tea

[surreal lantern]

Bam done

[earnest meadow]

Books #45-48: The Bird that drinks Tears (all four parts)
It took me a while to get into (especially because I'm not familiar with Korean mythology and a lot of stuff wasn't explained, and because it's been a while since I read classic adventure fantasy), but in the end it grew on me, really liked the worldbuilding

[past pond]

Books 41 and 42

I've been having fun digging into my partner's horror collection

[earnest meadow]

Book #49. Definitely interesting, could've been longer and deeper

[gilded cradle]

One more down on the physical tbr!

[willow fern]

Book #8

[azure trellis]

Book #33

[earnest meadow]

Book #50: Boy Queen
Lovely book, just the queer coming of age story I needed right now

[unique nimbus]

book #46

[valid loom]

Doneee

[vital dirge]

Book 6 & 7 of October from my TBR
● The Vet’s Daughter by Barbara Comyns
Looking at the ratings, I think I’m more on the same page as @woeful thicket than @real dew with this one

● The Bone People by Keri Hulme
This book wrecked me - I was not prepared I knew shit's is about to go down, but wow… not like that. I think I need to reread it because right now I’ve got such a love-hate relationship with it. The structure is so unique and kind of poetic at times (though not really prose poetry), but it does wander a bit in the middle, especially after Part 2

[vital dirge]

The Bone People’s one of my top booker prize winners tbh. not the very top though. The Remains of the Day is still dominating that and Orbital’s up there too

[dark trench]

The Vet's Daughter was so disappointing for me. I was hyped for that book and then just ... meh. I had originally planning on reading her other more notorious one that was banned for so long in a lot of countries, (Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead) but after finishing I just decided to move on completely.

[dark trench]

I would add Banville's The Sea for the prose alone and Murdoch's The Sea, The Sea for just being overall great. (Name similarities purely coincidental).
I did like The Sense of an Ending but I wouldnt rank it up in the top.
I am curious about The Narrow Road to the Deep North but I have been saying that for years and still haven't read it, so maybe I am less curious than I think I am.

[real dew]

Saw you started We are Light!!!!! I'll be waiting for your thoughts!

[thin wasp]

Oh I liked this one did you enjoy it?

[vital dirge]

I'll let you know obviously, been meaning to read it so long esp since Bastiat and you rated it really high

[vital dirge]

I have the sea,the sea on hold for so many weeks

Although your text reminds me that I also been meaning to read the sense of an ending

[valid loom]

Yessss I really did!! Excited to read the rest of the story but also trying to finish the bingos i started and havent made them fit yet so gonna have to wait a little

[elder monolith]

book 71 - A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin

book 72 - Invisible Horses by Patricia Goedicke

[swift valve]

book 72 -
Invisible Horses by
Patricia Goedicke

- mx vampire fangs

[earnest meadow]

Book #51
Was kinda all over the place and could've been deeper with less words

[wispy aurora]

I'm working on reading down my physical tbr right now! I have a TBjaR

I'm gonna try and not get any more books until it's empty

[thin wasp]

That’s so cute!!!

What a good idea

[wispy aurora]

He's my little reading buddy! Lol

The slips of paper are color coded so I have some ability to still mood read

[celest lichen]

delightful

[woeful thicket]

#24 House of Leaves
January(1) February(4) March(4) April(2) May(3) June(5) July(1) August (1) September (2) October (1)

[elder monolith]

book 73 - Rules for the Dance by Mary Oliver

[valid loom]

67 of the year

[unique nimbus]

book #47

[elder monolith]

book 74 - His Last Bow & The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

[azure trellis]

Book #34

[thin wasp]

Oh I LOVED I’ll be gone in the dark

[azure trellis]

It really spoooooked me!! Probably more so cuz it’s nonfiction. Glad that the killer is caught finally but sad that Michelle didn’t get to see the ending of her investigations

[unique nimbus]

book #48

[valid loom]

Another one doneee

[azure trellis]

Book #35

[tepid crater]

Final Physical Count for October: 13 (others here #1322543858944577657 message and one unpictured)

[celest lichen]

Witch Hat

[earnest meadow]

Book #52
I liked it. And I was pleasantly surprised that it was an easy/captivating read, despite being so old

[azure trellis]

Book #36

[valid loom]

Another one doneeee

[woeful thicket]

#25 Ghosts
January(1) February(4) March(4) April(2) May(3) June(5) July(1) August (1) September (2) October (1) November (1)

[gilded cradle]

Another one finished!

[azure trellis]

Book #37

[elder monolith]

book 75 - Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd

[past pond]

Book 43 of the year

I think it should count for 2, maybe even 3 /jk

[past pond]

And book 44!

Excuse the pink, we're doing cozy lighting tonight

[azure trellis]

This is a feat!!! I’m so impressed

[past pond]

It definitely was a bit of an undertaking! Thanks jpuzz

[valid loom]

Another one downnnn

[earnest meadow]

Books #53+54
Nice revenge story, I especially liked the differences of the ways the main characters saw themselves and each other

[earnest meadow]

Book #55: I wish you all the best
Cute, good to read in between bigger and more difficult books

[unique nimbus]

What did you think of this? I saw NYRW has sale this week and was planning to order this one.

book #49

[woeful thicket]

I enjoyed it, it feels pretty “old”, and a different kind of spooky, more takes on society vibe, but overall only one short story I disliked. Rest was ranging from okay to enjoyable. Would recommend not reading them all at once because they are a bit too similar in theme and stories and can get boring/exhausting pretty fast

Also nybr discounts 👀

[woeful thicket]

#26 Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
January(1) February(4) March(4) April(2) May(3) June(5) July(1) August (1) September (2) October (1) November (2)

[vale iris]

ough I gotta read Moby Dick

though probably won't be thisyear

[dark trench]

Random? Is something prompting this?

[vale iris]

oh, fuck, I forgot to respond!

[vale iris]

this is what reminded me

there was a cute li'l Wordsword Ed. copy at a nearby bookstore a bit back, but they seem to be all out now

[past pond]

you might get a lot out of it FP, but I won't say it's necessarily a fun read

[vale iris]

oh, no, I know it's not an adventure novel, though its popularity will often have you think it is, but a more philosophical one

I'm still really eager

Melville's an amazing stylist

his prose's often just plain pleasant to read

[past pond]

True! The prose is a real treat

[uncut galleon]

just finished this!

[past pond]

Numbers 45, 46, and 47 of the year

Not necessarily in order

[celest lichen]

i love their tea dragon society gns!

[vale iris]

oh, how did you like the summer book!

[earnest meadow]

Book #56
Beautiful. Threw me right back into my childhood space phase

[elder monolith]

book 76 - Prince by Ib Michael

[past pond]

Book 48

My goal was to get to 50 this year and it seems like I'm right on track

[uncut galleon]

I got through all my library books ft my current candle: gingerbread

[swift valve]

I got through all my
library books ft my current
candle: gingerbread

- abi🐝

[elder monolith]

book 77 #1430290720379375728

[earnest meadow]

Book #57
Was okay, I expected more about Elektra, it was more about the women around Agamemnon in general. I liked the change of ||Cassandra's end|| though, less misogynistic than the original myth

[halcyon leaf]

That is SO PRETTY

[azure trellis]

Book #38

[elder monolith]

book 78 - 10:04 by Ben Lerner

[earnest meadow]

Yesss! A lot of mythological retellings have really pretty covers (at least in German)

[past pond]

Book 49!

[azure trellis]

Book #39

[past pond]

And book 50!

Goal met, everything else after this is just a bonus

[azure trellis]

Book #40

[dark trench]

Tomorrow, I’m going to the bookstore she owns in Nashville.

I’ll post pics in Travel channel.

[past pond]

oooh a rare Bastiat book haul

[dark trench]

lol. No, I’m not buying anything. But I’m like 10 mins from it so we gotta check it out.

[azure trellis]

Book #42

[vale iris]

(oh, is this the Dalkey Archive edition of it? I have it, but it's one of the blue Fitzcarraldos)

(wait, no, I'd borrowed it from a friend, the one I own's Melancholy)

[swift valve]

(wait, no, I'd borrowed
it from a friend, the one I
own's Melancholy)

- FoldingPetals (#1 1984 Hater)

[real dew]

Love the cover!

[azure trellis]

Ya it also comes in the fitzcarraldo blue!

[vale iris]

yeah!
I quite like Dalkey Archive's stuff, fun surprise to see Fosse's stuff of theirs

[unique nimbus]

Book #50

[azure trellis]

Book #43

[thin wasp]

Omg I love bel canto

[past pond]

Forgot to update here, but these are books 51 and 52:

That Perkins Gilman collection took me months to get through for some reason

[uncut galleon]

more library books for me

[elder monolith]

prob because Herland was so boring

[elder monolith]

book 79 - #1442833228762451998

[past pond]

Book 53

[unique nimbus]

Book #51

[azure trellis]

#44

[rancid spire]

Just over a week left in 2025!!! I love you guys, let's keep going!!!

[dark trench]

Is there going to be an OBC Grand Total published on Jan 1???
Its gotta be so high.

[past pond]

Book 54

This cover is so ugly

But I got it free so beggars can't be choosers

[dark trench]

Whoa…. That is bad. Lol.

[past pond]

Right? I'm not sure who was like "yep, let's send it" to this eyesore haha

[rancid spire]

Absolutely there is!

[azure trellis]

will there be a similar thread for next year?? i'm already missing dis

[rancid spire]

If there's interest, I can definitely sort it out!!! I might do tri monthly checks instead as the only difference, maybe work on a leader board

[azure trellis]

that sounds like a great idea!! even if it's just a dedicated thread i'd much appreciate it! i just love seeing everyone's reads, especially the physical copies with their different covers

[past pond]

Agreed, scoping everyone's reads and updating mine has been really fun

[azure trellis]

Book #45

[azure trellis]

Book #46

[unique nimbus]

Book #52

[spiral marten]

December physical reads

[unique nimbus]

Book #53 last physical book for the year

[past pond]

That's a serious tome to end the year on, nice job

[unique nimbus]

Thank you and I am proud of myself for finishing this one 🙂

[azure trellis]

That reminds me … that I have to finish it in the new year

[unique nimbus]

You can do it!! I slow read this one throughout the whole year. I did one chapter a day with a group on Substack

[azure trellis]

Oh ya! There’s a similar group on Reddit that I followed too. Then dropped off some time in the summer so I think I’m somewhat halfway through

[woeful thicket]

#27 Martyr!
I think this is the last one this year unfortunately
January(1) February(4) March(4) April(2) May(3) June(5) July(1) August (1) September (2) October (1) November (2) December (1)

[azure trellis]

Book #47

There’s a sliiight chance I might push through two more physical books by the end of this year

[past pond]

I may get one more in, but it'll be tight!

[earnest meadow]

Books #58-66: Naomi Novik's Temeraire series
Loved it. Already missing my favourite hell spawns. Great world building, it's clear how much time the author put in researching the different cultures. But I'm a big fan in general of the genre "history, but there are dragons"

With the two books I borrowed from work my reading count for 2025 is 68 books

[tepid crater]

My physical books for November/December 2025 [didn’t read the entire Abhorsen Trilogy but I had to return two library books so it’s even]

[elder monolith]

i got a total of 79 books off my physical TBR for 2025! (31 of those were poetry books and so were much thinner).

aiming for 26 for 2026!

[terse salmon]

Do we have a new one for 2026

I finally finished a book ahahhahaha

[azure trellis]

I finished 49 physical books! Aiming for about the same for the coming year if possible!!

[celest lichen]

I want to join in here next year 😄

[rancid spire]

The Final Count Is IN

I want to give everyone in this thread a massive pat on the back - we officially tackled SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN BOOKS. THAT'S NUTS.
For those that are interested I am going to be setting up a role in the week to thank anyone that contributed to 2025's success in the TBR Tackle.
...
Are we up for another battle?

Although this battle is wrapped, please feel free to name some of your favourite conquered quarries this year.
To add to someone else's TBR

[tropic kelp]

Well done!! I totally stopped counting this one this year but will definitely be joining 2026's!

[rancid spire]

The wild part is that I was very much carrying on with the tackle but failing to post

2026 is not going to escape me

[tropic kelp]

we got thiiiiiis

[past pond]

well done friends! that's a huge reading year

I tackled both Moby-Dick and The Brothers Karamazov this year which is cool because it means I won't have to read them next year

looking forward to seeing you all in the next one

[elder monolith]

that's over 1.5 books per day (not taking into account any semblance of an average book length!)

[spiral marten]

I’m definitely most proud of reading books 1-4 from the stormlight archives giving me a physical workout while tackling the physical tbr

I’ll bring book 5 with me to the 2026 thread ❤️

[earnest meadow]

I'm also planning to read book 5 this year👀. It's divided into two books in German though because it's huuuuuge

[spiral marten]

We still have a BR until March 1st if you’re interested in joining! https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1329932012819185767

[earnest meadow]

I'll definitely check it out, thanks!