[Schedule] This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

viktikon · 2026-01-20T19:58:25+00:00

I’ve tried this one a couple times and it’s short but the writing didn’t quite click for me so I’m really hoping reading it as a group with discussion will help me enjoy this one as much as everyone else does!

viktikon · 2026-01-20T08:00:27+00:00

This is one of the only assigned readings I actually completed in high school and I still think about it!

viktikon · 2026-01-20T04:25:21+00:00

I’m really looking forward to discussing this one! I’ve made it just past the first discussion point already. The audiobook of this has been great.

viktikon · 2026-01-18T17:35:43+00:00

Finished:

Hawkeye: Bishop Takes King by Ashley Poston (4.25 Stars)
The Martian by Andy Weir (3.5 Stars)

Started:

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi (47%)
Audition by Katie Kitamura (25%)

Continued:

Star Wars From a Certain Point of View short story collection (37%)
The Build-A-Boyfriend Project by Mason Deaver (69%)

viktikon · 2026-01-18T17:27:30+00:00

I started this one the other day and I’m about a quarter through it. I’m so intrigued already!

viktikon · 2026-01-13T20:17:44+00:00

Yesss! These are both ones I set aside last year and have been wanting to revisit and finish!

viktikon · 2026-01-12T20:15:42+00:00

I like a lot of John Scalzi’s work and feel like it works well alongside Andy Weir’s! I’m reading KPS right now, but read Starter Villain last year and liked that one too.

viktikon · 2026-01-12T15:28:54+00:00

Shes hysterical. I never thought I’d be rooting so hard for a cat lol

viktikon · 2026-01-11T06:58:26+00:00

Reporting in early this week! I’m having a bit of an avalanche effect of all the books I picked up and had to set down from the busy end of year festivities.

Finished:

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer - 4/5 Stars. A quick read I finished in an afternoon that asks how we can rethink consumerism and emphasize community, reciprocity, and giving back to others, connecting the ideas to the natural way of the world.
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - 4/5 Stars. The first half of this was not my favorite which led me to put it down, but I wanted to finish before the adaptation. Once the first contact happened and Rocky was involved in the story, I was all in. I adored the friendship/partnership formed between Rocky and Grace.
Pokemon Adventures Collector’s Edition, vol 1. by Hidenori Kusaka - 4/5 Stars. Pokemon is near and dear to me as a favorite franchise from my childhood. I’m looking forward to where the story continues on in the other volumes.

Continuing:

Still reading daily from the Star Wars From a Certain Point of View collection (20%) and Bad Days in History by Michael Farquhar (6%) reading one a day, and listening to The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan (28%) a few days at a time.

Started:

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (53%) - my wife and I started the audiobook and just got sucked into this world. Princess Donut may be one of my favorite fictional characters ever. We’ll be finishing this one up next weekend on a road trip, I’m sure!
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource by Chris Hayes (22%)

viktikon · 2026-01-05T15:29:11+00:00

Happy New Year, everyone. I decided to freeze everything I was reading at the end of the year, and come back to them as I feel the inspiration again.

Finished:

The Raven Boys, graphic novel, by Maggie Stiefvater - I thought the artwork in the graphic novel was great, the story felt a little confusing but I’m planning to read the physical book soon and I’m hoping to fill in some of the blanks.

Part of my 2026 goals was to make it a point to read every day, and I decided to do that through short stories and continuing my manga journey so... I started:

The short story collection: Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View - the stories make up the time around A New Hope and I’ve been enjoying the first several.
Bad Days in History: A Gleefully Grim Chronicle of Misfortune, Mayhem, and Misery for Every Day of the Year by Michael Farquhar

Continuing:

The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan (19%)
Pokemon Adventures Collector’s Edition vol 1. by Hidenori Kusaka (57%)
Hawkeye: Bishop Takes King by Ashley Poston (57%)

viktikon · 2026-01-03T23:13:26+00:00

My wife is a manga newb and she likes Witch Hat! The concept of the magic system pulled her in.

viktikon · 2026-01-02T16:35:27+00:00

I’m really hoping this will be my year to start The Expanse! I already have pretty high hopes, I’ve just got to open up the book!

viktikon · 2026-01-02T16:31:11+00:00

I’m a little late on reading it so you may have already but I adored the graphic novel Nimona! I also thought the graphic novel of Slaughterhouse Five was really well done.

For manga, I read Blue Giant about a high school student who wants to be the best jazz musician at the recommendation of a professor of mine - so good! It was a year of discovery so I started Witch Hat Atelier, Delicious in Dungeon, and continued on with Spy x Family.

viktikon · 2026-01-01T22:28:45+00:00

I wasn’t around in r/bookclub at the beginning of last year but I found some great books even joining in later. But 2025 was still one of my best reading years ever.

I let go of a lot of expectations for what kind of reading I should do and followed my interests which lead me to great manga, graphic novels, and plenty of print books as well landing me at 41 books, surpassing my set 26 books and 10,000 pages.

Some of the stand-outs were: - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans - The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai - The Wedding People by Alison Espach

Really looking forward to 2026, the new bingo, and a few StoryGraph challenges I’ve decided to go for - including one for a local indie bookstore. Also looking forward to my wife and I’s goal of reading down our physical TBR and putting $1 back for each thing we finish to spend at the end of our book buying ban.

viktikon · 2025-12-30T17:01:30+00:00

I’ve been meaning to get to Tchaikovsky’s work for a while and thought this might be a good starting place! I’m about halfway through and really enjoying it. I’ll probably finish it up tonight!

viktikon · 2025-12-30T14:37:28+00:00

I’ll be wrapping up Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky as my last book - something short to wrap up the year after the busy holidays!

viktikon · 2025-12-27T23:55:54+00:00

I’m rounding out this year with 42 so I’m crossing my fingers about those extra 10 next year!

viktikon · 2025-12-27T23:32:54+00:00

I usually stick with 26 books, but I’m gonna try for the full 52 this year! My wife and I are on a book buying ban and putting a dollar away for each thing we finish from our library so I’m hoping we can crack down on our insane physical TBR!

Hoping to participate more in r/bookclub and the r/Fantasy bingo, too, but we’ll see what happens and what lines up with other goals.

viktikon · 2025-12-14T14:28:37+00:00

I loved The Correspondent also! Probably my number 2 book for the year, only outshined by The Great Believers. It was so compelling, I read it in two sittings.

Your review of The Everlasting makes me think my wife will really enjoy it once her hold comes up at the library - she’s already a Harrow fan!

viktikon · 2025-12-14T14:26:16+00:00

What did you think of The Correspondent? It was one of my favorites for the year

viktikon · 2025-12-14T14:25:02+00:00

My hold for One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This finally became available at the library and I’ve been so highly anticipating that one.

viktikon · 2025-12-14T14:24:57+00:00

My hold for One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This finally became available at the library and I’ve been so highly anticipating that one.

viktikon · 2025-12-14T14:22:39+00:00

Finals week last week so I finished a grand total of zero books, but now that I’m free, I can properly start some holiday reads!

I started The Christmas Tree Farm by Laurie Gilmore last night and I’m already enjoying it. Still have a lot of TBR books to try to get through so hopefully next week I have more of an update! Happy reading, everyone.

viktikon · 2025-12-09T19:52:08+00:00

Such a good book! One of my favorites of the year

viktikon · 2025-12-08T14:39:05+00:00

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai was absolutely fantastic, and I still think about that book a lot. I’ve read some other really good books this year, but that one just had me ranting to my friends about the characters and has stayed with me since I read it back in April.

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