sooooo what are some of your controversial book opinions? don’t be shy, tell meeee !!! this is a safe space 🧐

for me: i hate when the cover of a book is a man/ person, when the playlist of a book has taylor swift, & when a book is extremely long for no good reason. ( I will dnf or skip a book if I see these )

even though my tbr is literally 340+ books, here i am, looking for some more because apparently all 300+ books don’t fit the criteria of my moon right now. i want something that gives the vibe of babel (academia, subtle bl but not necessary, long and thick to keep me entertained for hours, etc). something that from the beginning hold you down like the feeling you get when you open the third book in a really good series. characters seem familiar (eg, mistborn, stormlight archive, etc), you know the world and its system, there’s tragedy, there’s some yearning (not specifically romantic yearning) and something that’s suitable for audiobooks. i usually only read YAs as audiobooks and im not particular about who narrated it or how the quality is, as long as i can understand the words, im not picky.

is this too big of an ask? im a heavy mood reader and hate rereads. so i can’t even reopen a familiar book while i wait out my decision fatigue. 😭😭

long story short: i’ve been reading so much Kindle Unlimited stuff (edit: cozy fantasy novels) that i really think that it’s affected my ability to read other genres of novels. i hope to change this tide but thinking about approaching it by reading shortlist books for awards.

do you? do you feel like “correcting” any reading habits?