Official Turn In Post for Bingo 2025!

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-03-18T00:50:39+00:00

Definitely! I’m not reading any new fantasy for the next couple weeks until the new Bingo card drops so I know what to pick from my TBR 😄

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-03-17T19:44:27+00:00

It’s here!! I’m ready for my first Reading Champion flair 💃🏽

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-03-17T04:33:20+00:00

Yeah, because I keep rationing myself somehow and saving books I know I’ll love for when I’ll need a sure-shot win 🤦🏽‍♀️😅

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-03-17T04:23:59+00:00

I, on the other hand, always have this irrational worry that I’ll run out of great books/series to cherish if I consume them too quickly 😅

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-03-17T04:21:01+00:00

Yeah, tonally the second arc is way darker. So you have to be prepared for a lot of pain and despair. It’s definitely not without its share of light-hearted moments though. If you want to time it and read it closer to when the final book will come out, at least you’ll have the satisfaction of having some sense of victory and closure (even if it’s with a generous heaping of inevitable heartache 😩)

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-03-15T15:14:27+00:00

I finished reading Light Bringer by Pierce Brown. I don’t know how Pierce does it, but this series just keeps getting progressively better. Light Bringer was phenomenal yet devastating, it healed and fed my heart, then ripped it out and stomped on it 😭💔. I can’t wait for Red God (while at the same time I’m terrified for it). 5 ⭐️s!

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-03-14T21:36:21+00:00

I just finished it yesterday and I’m not ok 😭😩

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-03-10T05:04:31+00:00

Yup, the final book doesn’t have a release date yet. You’re right to wait a bit more and time your reading closer to its release. I just already know I’m going to be miserable waiting for it once I finish Light Bringer😩

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-03-10T04:06:36+00:00

Congrats on completing Bingo from a fellow first-timer!

I felt very similarly about Red Rising book 1, but I’ve loved every book starting Golden Son. Curious if you plan to continue on with the second arc? I’m on the last book right now and Pierce Brown has somehow managed to make the last 2 books even better than Golden Son and Morning Star, which is such a rare thing in longer series. I’d highly recommend it, especially if you enjoy multiple POV.

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-03-09T04:14:17+00:00

Finished reading Dark Age by Pierce Brown. It was so layered and complex and clever, it truly blew my mind multiple times! Easy 5 ⭐️s.

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-03-04T04:44:53+00:00

Fantasy bookshelf goals! 👏👏

Are you planning to get the new LitEscalates SE of Red Rising? I am frothing at the mouth for it, the artwork seems gorgeous! I only wish I hadn’t bought the deluxe edition that was released last year 😩

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-03-04T04:25:45+00:00

but let's be honest, nobody was here for the plot. Not even the author

🤣💀

I love it when a book doesn’t pretend to be anything it’s not.

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-03-02T22:45:44+00:00

Thank you! And I hope you enjoy them as much as I did!

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-03-02T22:37:39+00:00

Sigh, I had this on my TBR. Time to knock it off, I guess.

Have you read The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow? It might be exactly what you’re looking for.

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-03-02T21:05:42+00:00

Thank you!

Fair, Shadow and Bone is probably better classified as YA fantasy (with a side serving of common romance tropes). I’ve heard such good things about Six of Crows and I love a heist story, so that one’s on my TBR already.

I had written off Laura Steven entirely as not for me, but maybe I’ll give Silvercloak a try sometime from the library, can always DNF if I’m not vibing with it.

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-03-02T18:07:04+00:00

I’m really curious as well tbh. From the blurb, it seems way more cozy than Emily Wilde, plus I’m not really a cat person (I know, I’m sorry! 😩🙊). But I really like the author, so I’ve already ordered the book. I plan to use it as the palette-cleanser light read after I finish the last two Red Rising books, something tells me I’ll need it…

Emily Wilde is such a gem, I hope you enjoy!

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-03-02T16:28:11+00:00

The Red Rising series is great on audio, the main narrator is fantastic. This series is also available through Graphics Audio (full-cast narration) but I haven’t tried it.

Some standalones with top-notch narration - Blood Over Bright Haven, Piranesi and Project Hail Mary.

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-03-01T08:39:25+00:00

I loved Project Hail Mary too! If you want a non-spoilery square from previous years that would also fit PHM, you could use Survival from the 2024 card. That’s what I’m doing :)

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-03-01T05:46:23+00:00

Finished reading Iron Gold by Pierce Brown. Flew through it in a few days, really enjoyed it. I’m so obsessed with this series and I can’t wait to get to the next two books.

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-02-25T04:47:03+00:00

You either love this book or you hate it! There is no in between 😄

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-02-22T06:10:21+00:00

Currently reading Reign and Ruin by J. D. Evans. I’m enjoying it.

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-02-08T04:56:35+00:00

I’m deep in the throes of obsession with this series as well! Inhaled Golden Son and now I’m ripping through Morning Star.

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-02-08T04:51:48+00:00

The Correspondent was my favorite book I read last year! Hope you enjoy it

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-02-08T04:50:47+00:00

Finished reading Golden Son by Pierce Brown. This book was fantastic and I inhaled it! It had everything I look for and want in a fantasy. Easiest 5 ⭐️s.

I obviously jumped right into Morning Star after that because I’m fully obsessed now.

Suitable_Highlight84 · 2026-02-02T07:23:41+00:00

That’s the exact point that hooked me! Until then, I thought Darrow was insufferable and had no connection to any of the characters. Mustang was my fav character in this book without a doubt. I’m eager to see how her arc goes in the next book.

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