I recently finished my first entire Hugos 2026 nominating slate with the Short Story category, and wanted to share my rankings and thoughts on the stories. Overall I thought the category was well done, with a diverse range of stories in all senses of the word. The concepts were intriguing, thought-provoking, and worth the time… Continue reading Hugo Short Story Nominees
Category: Bookish Things
r/Fantasy 2026 Bingo Board & Recommendations
Every April 1st, r/Fantasy releases their bingo board for the year, and this year has some really fun prompts! The challenge runs through March 31st of next year, which I LOVE because my March is typically less chaotic then December (when a yearlong reading challenge would typically end). Here's a quick look into this year's… Continue reading r/Fantasy 2026 Bingo Board & Recommendations
2024 Reading Challenges: Results
This year, instead of choosing a straight TBR for 2024, I decided to pick a few reading challenges and do those instead! One of them I made up for myself (the Quest Challenge), two I found through Storygraph's Reading Challenge feature, and one I found through the book side of YouTube. Quest Challenge Status: Not… Continue reading 2024 Reading Challenges: Results
2024 TBR…(Kind of)
For 2024, I've decided I'm doing a TBR without picking out specific books to read. I've noticed that my reading tastes can change over the course of a year, and so I'm testing out a different kind of TBR. A quest, if you will, complete with some side quests I'd like to achieve. Main Quest:… Continue reading 2024 TBR…(Kind of)
BOTY Predictions – 9 Month Mark
So far, we've had 9 months of picks that qualify for the 2023 BOTY awards! There's been a few shake-ups, but we've also got some clear stand-outs. As far as the top 20 goes, if you remove all the books that have less than a 50% "love" rating, we're left with 25 books so far… Continue reading BOTY Predictions – 9 Month Mark
BOTY Predictions – 6 Month Mark
For these predictions, I broke it down by category, since my theory depends on how books compare in their respective genre. As in my previous predictions, I'm basing these off of the numbers: the more ratings/reviews a book gets, and the higher the "love" rating, the more likely it is to be in the Top… Continue reading BOTY Predictions – 6 Month Mark
Books on my 2023 TBR
Now that the new year has started, it is time to talk about the books I’m most looking forward to reading! This year, these books fall in a few different categories, so I’ve broken them up accordingly. Will I get to all of them? History says probably not. That doesn’t stop me from trying though!… Continue reading Books on my 2023 TBR
Favorite Books of 2022
Overall, my 2022 reading year was really successful! I accomplished my goal of reading 50 books over the course of the year, after missing the mark by 2 books last year. I listened to about half of the books I completed, including all but one on this list. At some point over the course of… Continue reading Favorite Books of 2022
BOTY Finalist Predictions
Update: The Finalist nominations came out on October 11th, 2022. The correct ones are listed at the bottom! After analyzing the data, I posted last week taking my guesses at who the top 20 BOTY nominees would be. I didn't so well, correctly guessing only 14/20 (16 of the 20 if you count my Honorable… Continue reading BOTY Finalist Predictions
BOTY Nominee Predictions
Since I'm a part of some Book of the Month Facebook groups, I've seen lots of speculation recently that the first round of voting for the 2022 Book of the Year might be upon us. Last year, BOTM released 20 titles in that first round of voting, which then got narrowed down to 5 Finalists,… Continue reading BOTY Nominee Predictions
Storylines & Sunshine 