Hi all! I’m curious to hear others’ thoughts on buying expensive special editions of books? I’ve been getting ads for Folio Society recently and I’m on the fence whether to buy one of their editions of a favourite book of mine. On one hand, the art is absolutely beautiful and I would love to have a hardback copy like this of a story I adore. On the other hand — I’m not sure how much I would read that edition, or even look at it. I’ve been partial to ebooks lately, I’m running out of shelf space, and I feel like I’d be nervous to handle such an expensive book.

So I guess my questions are: if you personally buy collector’s editions of books, are they mostly for display or do you read them? What makes it worth it for you? Or if you don’t buy editions like this, what makes you feel they’re not worth it?

[EDIT: I didn't mean "manic" literally, hence the "mini-". But I think I'm just-about-to-fall-off-the-rails loopy because I haven't eaten since this morning and my blood sugar is low. Sorry for causing misunderstandings.]

I got inspired by other people's really epic personal shelves and wanted to set mine up similarly. So what am I starting with? Wholesale copying of some quests I joined, just those entire lists becoming my shelves. Regardless of whether I have any intention to read any given book (definitely not giving Sarah J. Maas the time of day even if I were into that genre).

Probably a bad idea, since my shelves are supposed to be mine, and why should I add books I don't want to my library?

Sigh. Back to the drawing board, I guess.

I am really, really enjoying this one so far. I started tonight only intending to read a couple chapters and haven't put it down. The world itself is so interesting, the characters are so intriguing, and I'm so curious as to what's going to happen.

Just opened this app after updating and I am head over heels in love with how Midnight Mode looks. It feels so unique as far as Dark Mode concepts go, and I love how easy everything is on the eyes. I thoroughly enjoyed the default Standard Mode, but this version just takes it up several additional notches. I’m not afraid to go forth and never prefer the standard version again! Thank you endlessly, Lucy and Jennifer, for all your contributions towards this beautiful app <3

How is everyone using the individual book forums?

Are you posting just quotes? Quotes with a little commentary? Solely commentary? Pictures? GIFs?

Is there a standard list of rules I’m missing?