i don't really understand the message of this book, especially on girls reading books. ppl keep telling anne that she shouldn't read novels because whatever but anne of green gables is a book so what was the author trying to say ? that ppl should let girls read or not ?

It was at this point that I IMMEDIATELY knew what happened to that couple. Not Agatha Christie’s most subtle ending. I may not know the details but I know the general gist.

I found the similarities among the previous book I've read with same author, India being mentioned and the main character is an orphan girl. I'm not wondering about the latter but why should India? Could it be possibly related to the author's background or something, I'm just wondering myself hehe

I am struggling with this book. So far characters are one dimensional only and it’s already 20% of the book. I can’t shake off the feeling that this is cheap Netflix “funny” movie disguised as a book… I really push myself to read it and I am contemplating abandoning it. Does it get better?

Library read -

Flicked through 30+ pages to find a chapter and there isnt a single one, split into parts instead of chapters.... ok!

This will be a confusing one i can tell but i have 1 week left before its due so i need to dig in!!

My first pratchett book and i am excited!!!

I’ve been thinking a lot about how the books I read as a child shaped my taste in books now. My childhood favorite series was The Spiderwick Chronicles, (whimsical but dark, horror/fantasy,) and I can clearly see how that’s influenced my current taste in books (Root Rot and Don’t Let the Forest In for example.) My other favorite book series was How to Train Your Dragon, and again I can directly see how that’s impacted my taste (Liveship Traders and the rest of Robin Hobb’s work.) So I was wondering if anyone else had a similar experience with the books they read as a kid shaping their current taste in books. Or I guess not even just books, it could be shows, movies or other types of media. Edit to add: another childhood favorite of mine was The Mistmantle Chronicles, which is basically Redwall. Criminally, I’ve never read Redwall, but it’s also anthropomorphic animals with swords, and it’s basically the kid equivalent of political intrigue fantasy.