Happy Lunar New Year for asian folks, and everyone else who celebrates! In the chinese zodiac, 2026 is the year of the fire horse, so …:
Theme: fire & horse
Read and review anything that’s a book – novels, comics, mangas, graphic novels, poem collections, scripts, short stories, zines, et cetera. (Audiobooks count too, of course!).
How to take part
- Write a review of a/multiple book/s that contain/s fire and a horse.
- Post the review here on Pending Plays. (New here? Check out this page: https://pendingplays.co.uk/register-to-review/)
- Add the tag BookGuildFebruary2026 to your post
Rules
- Read the book in February (it can be a volume from a series you’re currently reading, but shouldn’t be a re-read).
- Feel free to interpret the theme as you like.
- The fire can be in any form – elemental power, a flame on a candle, a bonfire while camping, …
- As for the horse, it can be on a picture hanging in the living room, too, doesn’t have to be a living one!
- Bonus points if they do appear together – ie, a phoenix horse with fire elemental magic 😉
- Timeframe to read and review: 1st to 28th February 2026
- (If you happen to be busy in February, don’t worry about posting your review after the timeframe! We’re not that strict here!)
Make sure to join our Discord and get the Book Guild role, to not miss out on any announcements or other info! You can also add your read book to our reading challenge on StoryGraph.
Looking forward to your reviews!
~A. S.
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