#stargazing.

9 BOOKS I WANT TO READ IN 2026

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rules: describe which scented candles would be your original characters' favourites

notes: for main cast of unofficial <3

hyacinth:

water hyacinth: i think that hyacinth would be pleased to see a candle named after her, first of all. the smell also seems very...clean like most flowers smell, and i thunk hyacinth would really like that about it!!

arnesh:

snickerdoodle: arnesh would probably like something that smells like a bakery because he's sweet like that <3

imay:

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tagging @oikqwas @parrishh & anybody else who wants to do it i actually don't know who my mutuals who like reading are help

how many books have you read so far this year?

42 so far! i'm lowkey entering a slump tho so it's probably gonna plateau around 50 this year </3

best book you've read so far this year?

probably red rising by pierce brown! i'm back into dystopians this year #bringback2016

most disappointing book you've read so far?

the lion, the witch and the wardrobe by c.s. lewis :(( i think i probably shouldve read these books when i was younger i had an okay time with this one but i was expecting More

what book was the most surprising?

i don't think any book was really like surprising to me but i enjoyed how to kill a guy in ten dates by shailee thompson wayy more than i thought i would!

favourite new character you met this year?

i dunnoooooo probably darrow or cassius from red rising!

most hated character you met this year?

hmm yeah probably one of the new order scythe's from arc of a scythe god they pissed me tf off

most beautiful book cover(s)?

from this year's read it's def these two for me!!

a book cover that you would redesign?

literally any of the erotica i read first of all and i'm also not a big fan of the cover for bloodmarked by tracy deonn or katabasis by r.f. kuang so probably those!

most read author this year (or author you enjoyed the most)?

it was rina kent. IM SORRY PLEASEEE IT WAS FOR A TIKTOK PLEASE YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME but the author i enjoyed the most is vaishnavi patel i really enjoy the way she writes :)

what book do you want to read most in the next half of the year?

i wanna read ship of magic by robin hobb i've heard great things about it!

overall, are you enjoying this year of books better, worse, or about the same as last year?

i feel like i'm like going back to a lot of the authors/genres/tropes that really got me into reading this year so i'm enjoying the books more :)

do you use any book tracking platforms?

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the last book i read: all this twisted glory by tahereh mafi (it was ok......i feel like they really just be talking so much in this book like im sorry but can we do things instead of telling character 1 information then oh we gotta tell character 2 too and like bro everyone has to be saying something it was driving me nuts but i did enjoy it i swear HAHAHAHA)

a book i'd recommend: the phoenix king by aparna verna (i love the character dynamics in this!!!)

a book i couldn't put down: how to kill a guy in ten dates by shailee thompson (literally such a fun book i read this in one sitting and it did exactly what i needed it to do)

a book i've read twice or more: the right move by liz tomforde (one of my fave sports romances one of my comfort books ugh i've read her like five times already i fear........)

a book on my tbr: ten incarnations of rebellion by vaishnavi patel (i've really enjoyed all her other books so i'm really excited for this oen!)

a book i've put down: city of souls and sinners by kayla edwards (tbh this is what i get for trusting tiktok with book recs the first book was alright this one was just so booooooooooring i cldnt get thru more than a few chapters)

a book on my wish list: prolly the aftg trilogy? i've already read them its odd that i don't own the books

a non-fiction book i own: oh so nothing.....i'm sorry i read maybe one non-fiction book a year and i never like the books enough to want to own them soo

what i'm currently reading: golden son by pierce brown (oh cause who was gonna tell me that the red rising saga was peak??? i'm like ten chapters in rn and i love the book! mostly audiobooking it rn while i'm doing menial tasks but i'm probably gonna switch back to book form soon but yah i'm really enjoying it rn!)

this has been in drafts for so long idk who tagged me and idk who to tag :(

slaughterhouse-five by kurt vonnegut (subway’s been reccing this book and this author for AGES..maybe this years the time i listen)

phantoms in the brain by v.s. ramachandran (been wanting to read sum non fiction maybe psychological shit will be fun??)

atalanta by jennifer saint (wanna read more greek myths outside of rick riordan and this was on a website i looked at!)

house of hollow by krystal sutherland (idk why i havent read this already tbh)

rest of TPW series (probably after i reread the first book i know ill like it but i didnt commit last time and ended up forgetting most of it)

these violent delights by micah nemerever

rest of alice oseman’s books (i love everything ive read of hers so why havent i read more??)

the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon (its time for me to get back into my lesbian era PLSSS)