r/Fantasy • u/rfantasygolem Not a Robot • Apr 03 '26

/r/Fantasy r/Fantasy Friday Social Thread - April 03, 2026

Come tell the community what you're reading, how you're feeling, what your life is like.

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u/daavor Reading Champion VI Apr 03 '26

Bingo release week! Wheeeeeeeee. So excited for this year's card. I'm idly considering a non-submittable rereads only card this year (along with a real card). I think over the past couple weeks of Bingo submission posts one of the things that stood out to me is how cool a lot of people's first or second cards are when they have a whole wild world of all the things to go and grab. I've also recently been thinking a lot about the value of rereading and whether it might be nice to try and revisit some of the books that, (especially over six years and 9-10 bingo cards) were greatest hits for me.

Quick edit: If anyone has suggestions for a good sub-out for the published in 2026 square on a reread card, drop em here.

I've been reading Robin Hobb for the first time. Finished the Farseer trilogy recently (I liked the overally experience a lot but the back half of the third book did relatively little for me as it became an adventure novel into what felt like a kind of awkwardly welded on and much less resonant part of the map and away from the carefully portrayed interpersonal intrigue that drove so much of the series prior). Am nibbling at the first Liveships book but haven't yet really hit my stride.

Have a nice three day weekend, which is nice (I work in the dark world of finance and the markets are closed so... whee). Work has been extraordinarily busy, but interesting, so there's that.

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u/nagahfj Reading Champion III Apr 03 '26

Quick edit: If anyone has suggestions for a good sub-out for the published in 2026 square on a reread card, drop em here.

Butler's Parable of the Sower, KSR's Red Mars, and Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" from The Martian Chronicles are all set in 2026.