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For those who like to do reading challenges, what’s your goal for 2025?
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I ask this out of curiosity, not out of “you must read X number of books”. I know everyone reads differently and however many they can. If you read one book, or five hundred, I’m just happy you’re reading!
There is zero judgement here—read whatever you want, however you want, whenever you want, as many as you want!
Happy reading!
Help me choose my next read
Somewhere Beyond the Sea 🌊
The Spell Shop 🪄
Mistress of Lies 🩸
Is there a particular book cover that you find absolutely stunning? Share a picture or describe it!
Hello anon! This question sent me into an existential crisis because there are definitely stunning covers of both books I own and books I wish I owned, but I struggled to come up with ideas? One of my most beloved possessions is definitely the book set of the hobbit and lotr that my brother and his ex girlfriend gifted me for my graduation. It's just beautiful it fills me with joy by just looking at it. They are tiny and very minimal but believe me they are beautiful.
As I said there's definitely books that have stunning illustrations on the cover and adter posting this I will definitely remember about some hidden jems in my bookshelves, but my brain is not braining as it should.
Send me a bookish ask!!
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for the bookish ask ✨
Thank you for the ask @luciehercndale 💛
☺️ who's your comfort character?
I have too many to list! If I had to pick just one I’d say Tessa Gray from TID - I read TID over a decade ago now, and Tessa was really the first character I ever saw myself in! She made me so much more confident in myself as I was growing up and I will always be so grateful to her for teaching me that women can be brave and smart and bookish and stay true to themselves both in and out of relationships. We’re also both Americans that live in London, so that makes me feel even more connected to her story now!
🙄 what's a popular book that you dislike, but you'll get crucified if you say it?
The ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ series by SJM 😬 I think what bothers me about them is that they would be fine is they were marketed for what they are (basically smut), but instead SJM tries to include a “plot” that makes absolutely no sense and is riddled with holes and inaccuracies. I’ve read the whole series twice now and I still couldn’t say what any of the “wars” were about, lol. And those books also have massive issues with misogyny, sexism, and representation.
😌 what's your go-to genre if you're in a reading slump or don't know what to read next?
Until recently I probably would have said YA/New Adult fantasy! Now if I’m in a reading slump I tend to try to find something that is more psychological/experimental fiction to reignite my interest - Bunny by Mona Awad just got me out of a huge reading slump! Fantasy is still my favorite, but you definitely have to be in the right mindset to learn a whole new magic system and world!
Thanks again @luciehercndale!
Send me a bookish ask!
Bookish Photo Ask
Respond to the prompts with a photo:
Oldest book you own (by publication date)
Oldest book you own (as in the one you received earliest in your life)
Currently reading
TBR stack
Bookish swag you own
Tiniest book you own
Fattest book you own
Best cover
Great book with a bad cover
Two books you love from the opposite end of the spectrum (however you want to interpret that)
Book you’ve read the most times
Weirdest book you own
A book you would recommend to everyone
A book you love but wouldn’t really recommend to others
Shabbiest book you own
some bookish ask you might not have been asked before ✨
is there a book you think everyone should read?
is there a book you wish you could delete from the collective memory?
what is your opinion on book clubs? are you part of one or would you join one?
do you have a favourite non-fiction book?
how do you get your bookish news?
if you had to choose a book club read, what book would you pick and why?
for each word, name the first book that comes to mind: home, sky, friendship, time, dream
is there a book that deserved a sequel but didn’t get one?
do you have any favourite topes in books?
do you hate any tropes in books?
did you ever read a book that changed you as a person or influenced the way you interact with the world?
are there any books that are considered terrible but you love?
is there a book or book series you only read because you felt like you had to and not because you were genuinely interested in it?
let’s be honest, do you judge a book by its cover?
do you start book series before the last book has been published?
do you marathon-read book series or do you take breathers in between instalments?
pick a book for each of the four season. why did you chose these books?
what is your favourite book with a non-western setting?
do you enjoy retellings and what is your opinion on modern retellings?
what author—dead or alive—would you want to meet and discuss (their) books with?
do you annotate your books? do you have a fixed system?
do you own/collect any bookish merch?
how many unread books do you own?
is there a book you really want to read but still haven’t read yet?
do your prefer buying used or new books or do you get all your books from the library?
have you seen any screen adaptations based on books that are better than the book? if so, which ones?
do you own multiple editions of a book? if so, which ones?
do you own any signed copies of books?
what is the scariest book you’ve ever read?
do you listen to audiobooks? if so, which are your favourite ones?
would you rather read a book with terrible writing but a good story OR a book with a terrible story but good writing?
would you rather read a book with boring characters but an interesting plot OR a book with a boring plot but interesting characters?
would you rather not be able to read any new books ever again OR reread any books ever again?
would you rather forget your favourite book(s) forever but never read a bad book again for the rest of your life OR remember your favourite book(s) but only ever read mediocre books for the rest of your life?
would you rather be able to only read the first chapter of a book OR only read the last chapter of a book?
Hii! What about n.5 and n.13 for the recent ask game? Thank you!
5. A character whose storyline you relate to. immediately Juliette Ferrars. Her anxiety resonated with me so deeply and the way Tahereh Mafi writes is just incredible because you can FEEL the anxiety in the run on sentences and the way she thinks and feels and experiences the world and people around her. I also see a lot of myself in Nesta with her depression and anxiety and her fear of commitment but her fierce love of people around her.
13. A character who would probably scare you in real life. Rowan. i love him with my ENTIRE BEING but a six four man with a tattoo from his temple to his fingertips would probably at the very least intimidate the fuck out of me lolol
send me book related asks or ask me anything else!
20 and 3 :D
Hi!!! Thank you for the ask, good to see you around 🤎
20: what are things you look for in a book? tbh lately i’ve just been picking books out of my reading list but usually the first thing I look for is an interesting blurb. sometimes i also flip to the last page and read the final sentence
3: what is your favourite genre? Does fiction count as a genre??? idk how to explain it but i read a lot of books about relationships (not romantic ones, just relationships between ppl/with oneself)
❥𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒂𝒔𝒌! (please also feel free to tell me your thoughts in replies/inbox)
