Have y'all seen the recent news about "What Dan Read"? A man name Dan Pelzer recently died and his family had his 3599 (!!!) book long reading list digitized. They created a website https://what-dan-read.com/ so you could see his handwritten log and his local library (where he got most of his books) has made a spreadsheet so you could follow along too. https://www.columbuslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/What-Dan-Read-Booklist.pdf I am bad about non-fiction books so I will be using Dan's list for future inspiration.

it’s a new month, what are some books you’re hoping to read this August?

A couple things I saw today really got me wondering whether there's an implicit obligation for movie adaptations to remain authentic to the book and authors intentions, and if so - to what degree of closeness, and who is responsible for it? I am sure there are a variety of thoughts on the matter, and I'd love to hear them!! The two things inspiring this line of thought: 1. It Ends with Us drama continuing to swirl, and noticing included within it an allegation that a lead actor who also substantially contributed to both the scripts and overall production had actually not read the book, which I found shocking. Whether or not the allegation is true (don't want to make this post about that particular situation, go to the books page for a thread for that haha) the idea itself made me realize I absolutely carry a belief that someone in that kind of a position has an obligation to have read the book being adapted. 2. I finished watching Killing Eve and upon some googling discovered that it was actually based on a book series, and (trying to avoid spoilers here) included some MAJOR changes which the writer in interviews being very proud of taking the creative liberty to make those changes that fundamentally impacted the story, while many viewers seem to be really upset by it. While I haven't read it, I was pretty frustrated to see what was changed and think the reasons for folks being upset are entirely justified (will probably start my own thread on that books page to get other thoughts); again, apparently being someone who values sticking to the book.