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24 books behind and counting 😍

kim wrote: "24 books behind and counting 😍"

lol you got this girlie 🙌

StellaReads wrote: "Gurl I'm dyinggg 😭

I'm hoping to catch up in the summer"

I completely understand, fingers crossed I'll have enough time to catch up lol

lol it says I'm 7 books behind schedule. College has prevented me from doing much reading haha.

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@Emma school is honestly the worst roadblock lol

MEEEEEEE!

YESSSSSS HAHA

Isabelle wrote: "YESSSSSS HAHA"

Literally anybody who's met their challenge is a robot. And I also take a lot of comfort in knowing GR isn't Duolingo for books

Life hack: set yourself absurdly low expectations, and then even if you barely pass them you still feel a sense of accomplishment.

@Ayesha no fr i feel that on a whole other level

@LizzieReads i need to do that lol, i keep gaslighting myself into thinking i'm going to read a 100 books this year 💀

Hi my name is Ms. 1655-books-behind-on-her-reading-challenge, how can I help you

Nenia ✨ I yeet my books back and forth ✨ wrote: "Hi my name is Ms. 1655-books-behind-on-her-reading-challenge, how can I help you"

ooo I think you just stole the record Nenia 😂💕

Samala (Gally’s Version) wrote: "*jumps on desk in dead poets society and raises hand* that would be me"

ahahaha I love it 🙌

MEEEEE

I'm totally burned out from Life Stuff rn but I'm STILL positive my challenge will be slayed by the end of the year. feat. lots of manga lolll xDD

I want to join this group too, I'm still behind on my reading for the same reason - burned out!

CC wrote: "MEEEEE

I'm totally burned out from Life Stuff rn but I'm STILL positive my challenge will be slayed by the end of the year. feat. lots of manga lolll xDD"

dude same, webtoons were literally the only reason I made my challenge last year 😭

Leon wrote: "I want to join this group too, I'm still behind on my reading for the same reason - burned out!"

YES, welcome to our support group haha 💕

Isabelle wrote: "CC wrote: "MEEEEE

I'm totally burned out from Life Stuff rn but I'm STILL positive my challenge will be slayed by the end of the year. feat. lots of manga lolll xDD"

dude same, webtoons were lite..."

do you have any recs in terms of webtoons or just books in general? :D I know we haven't talked in a while!

I've been (unguiltily) more or less binging cdramas and kdramas using my reading time since my brain's been So Exhausted lately. xD

CC wrote: "Isabelle wrote: "CC wrote: "MEEEEE

I'm totally burned out from Life Stuff rn but I'm STILL positive my challenge will be slayed by the end of the year. feat. lots of manga lolll xDD"

dude same, w..."

omigosh okay one book that I'm absolutely going to recommend is One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig, it was wild magic and betrayal and altogether the most enthralling take on high fantasy I've read in ages :) also we totally need to talk more ahhhh <3

yesss I 100% agree, I'm binging YouTube and the recent adaptation of Daisy Jones & the Six because I don't have the mental capacity to construct a world in my head 😂

Isabelle wrote: "CC wrote: "Isabelle wrote: "CC wrote: "MEEEEE

I'm totally burned out from Life Stuff rn but I'm STILL positive my challenge will be slayed by the end of the year. feat. lots of manga lolll xDD"

d..."

oooooh going to add One Dark Window RIGHT NOW. <#

haha gotcha gotcha; it's surprising how good the characters and plot structures (and slow burn romances!) are in these Asian dramas #isimpressed

I've also got a cdrama really high on my tbw that I feel like I might rec to you once I watch it xD (feat. Enemies to lovers and THREE timelines with the same couple and basically I was sold on the : "featuring an evil cinnamon roll as the male lead and a charge-now-ask-questions-later heroine fully ablaze with her own sense of righteous mission" part period)

@CC ooooo well now i'm intrigued!! let me know if you'd recommend because i need more content to binge hehe 👀

23 books ahead of schedule

Lyra (Cardan's tail's version) wrote: "23 books ahead of schedule"

bahahaha nooo I'm proud of you <333

ME GOD, i cant finnish the two books im reading but there is no way im lowering my reading challenge

Jua wrote: "ME GOD, i cant finnish the two books im reading but there is no way im lowering my reading challenge"

DUDE SAME I have two books that I can't finish but refuse to dnf out of stubbornness, so one of them I've been currently reading since August 2022 and the other since October 2021 😭

I'm starting to wonder if it was a good idea to put SOO many thick classics on this year's tbr 🤔 I REFUSE to back down, though 😤

Casey wrote: "I'm starting to wonder if it was a good idea to put SOO many thick classics on this year's tbr 🤔 I REFUSE to back down, though 😤"

YES we don't question our bookish decisions, I believe you can MAKE IT 💪

StellaReads wrote: "Welp, it's finally summer. Finishing my tedious Phantom of the Opera retelling (it's so boring HELP ME) because I can't not finish it. Then the summer begins! (hopefully I catch up...)"

Slogging through those retellings can be an absolute pain: I SEND HELP <3
and I believe in you, we both need to catch up 😅

Isabelle wrote: "@CC ooooo well now i'm intrigued!! let me know if you'd recommend because i need more content to binge hehe 👀"

Just wanted to fyi to you that I'm over halfway through Till The End of the Moon on Ep 25/40 and it's BLOWING MY MIND AWESOME.

Literally fulfilling Every Enemies to Lovers promise of all my favorite ships ONSCREEN, ever. xDD

also - the main male lead is the embodiment of: "✨black-haired cold arrogant misunderstood villains with tragic backstories" (cuz you know I'm 100% with you on that ;);)

It's been forever since I've seen such a complicated yet well-written show and Enjoy it. Oh and the Characters: it just feels so good like a brilliantly epic book. ^-^ I def. rec it~~ ;)

CC wrote: "Isabelle wrote: "@CC ooooo well now i'm intrigued!! let me know if you'd recommend because i need more content to binge hehe 👀"

Just wanted to fyi to you that I'm over halfway through Till The End..."

oooo thank you sm for the recommendation, girlie!! you know how obsessed I am with all those tropes haha. I'll check it out and and lyk when I start it!! <3

Isabelle wrote: "CC wrote: "Isabelle wrote: "@CC ooooo well now i'm intrigued!! let me know if you'd recommend because i need more content to binge hehe 👀"

Just wanted to fyi to you that I'm over halfway through T..."

You're very welcome! ;) I just DMed you. ^-^ (Oh, I recommend that you don't read the full description of the Episode video because it has some Major Spoilers lol - I'm not sure why they did that. xD)

I hope your summer is going well so far! Any special book recs you want to highlight for me?

CC wrote: "Isabelle wrote: "CC wrote: "Isabelle wrote: "@CC ooooo well now i'm intrigued!! let me know if you'd recommend because i need more content to binge hehe 👀"

Just wanted to fyi to you that I'm over ..."

okay that's perfect, I won't read that full description haha!

my summer is going excellently!! Honestly I only have two true standouts, most of my books have been averaging around three stars lol. The two standouts are This Time It's Real by Ann Liang and Seeking Persephone by Sarah Eden, both were amazing and I totally recommend looking into them!! <33

Isabelle wrote: "CC wrote: "Isabelle wrote: "CC wrote: "Isabelle wrote: "@CC ooooo well now i'm intrigued!! let me know if you'd recommend because i need more content to binge hehe 👀"

Just wanted to fyi to you tha..."

Ahh noted!! (Eden's name sounds familiar - I already have her Lady and the Highwayman on my tbw :D) Thank you so much for the recs~~ just added to my tbr, and also under "rec by isabelle" tag ;)

CC wrote: "Isabelle wrote: "CC wrote: "Isabelle wrote: "CC wrote: "Isabelle wrote: "@CC ooooo well now i'm intrigued!! let me know if you'd recommend because i need more content to binge hehe 👀"

Just wanted ..."

awwwwww I have my own tag that makes me happy 😭 yayyy I hope you enjoy reading!! <333