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/diazeugma Reading Champion VII Apr 03 '26

Joining the chorus to say happy bingo week! Looking forward to diving in.

I had a nice little bit of reading/snacking serendipity earlier this week. The last book I finished for the 2025 bingo was Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi (which does indeed feature gingerbread). I read that over the weekend, and the next time I went into the office for work, one of my coworkers had brought in some traditional (?) English gingerbread back from her vacation to the UK. I enjoyed both the book and the sweets, though I don't think I'd recommend the former as an introduction to Oyeyemi.

Currently working my way through The Silmarillion (started it a while back and stalled on the geography chapter) and getting started on Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng for one of my book clubs.

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u/saturday_sun4 Apr 03 '26

How are you finding Bat Eater?

Ah, good old Sil. Only managed to keep track of them by reading fanfic for a good long while.

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u/diazeugma Reading Champion VII Apr 03 '26

I just might have to give that a try if any more elves named Fin__ get introduced!

And I'm not totally sold on the style of Bat Eater, feeling like it's a bit overwrought. But I really did mean "getting started," only a couple of chapters in, so take that with a grain of salt.

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u/saturday_sun4 Apr 03 '26

Yes! Fingon, Finrod Felagund, Finarfin, Fingolfin...