When you read a series, do you read straight from book one to the end with no other books in between? Or do you break up the series and read different books between installments?

For me, I usually read other book in between.

I've been seeing discourse online that listening to audio books doesn't count as reading I count audio books

What are you guys thoughts on that?

With the Día de los Muertos Readalong coming soon, I've decided to tackle my goal of reading one spanish book this year! I've been wanting to read Dióses de Jade y Sombra (Gods of Jade and Shadow) for some time and that seems a good incentive! However, it's soo difficult to read in a language I'm not used to - Spanish is my 3rd language (4th if you count Latin haha) and I feel incredibly slow and often would rather pick up a book where I don't have to look up every 5th word. For context, I'm technically B2 but haven't used Spanish in years ... So, I've got my hands on the ebook version and hope to gather some tips and ideas for staying motivated and making it easier or at least more engaging, so I last past 5 pages 🫣

I was wondering if you guys log books that you read a long time ago? And if yes, how far back in time do you guys go when retroactively adding books?

For context, I only added books to my finished-list that I read this year, kind of to also mark the fresh start of my reading journey of when i started to read more again.

But I noticed that multiple quests that I am in contain books which I read a couple years ago as a teenager, but that I don‘t necessarily want to reread now just for the quest. And I am debating wether or not to mark them as finished. Because on one hand, I mean I did read them at one point in my life. On the other hand I don‘t know where to draw the line then, because I can‘t possibly add EVERY book I ever read as a kid or teen either. (And that was a time before I had a goodreads account, so it‘s not in any data I can transfer). Also as stupid as it sounds adding them now feels kind of like cheating in a way, since I read them so long ago… I don‘t know if that makes sense, maybe I am overthinking it 😂

English isn't my first language and when I started to fill my "finished"-list and my custom shelfs, I saw myself at a crossroads: should I add the English version/original version of the book or the translated one that I read? Translated works do differ from the source in a lot of ways (tone, wordflow, impact of some words - but that's a discussion for another time) but most of the time the original version has a bigger community and a lot more people writing reviews. I've decided for now, that I'm going to add the original version of a book (so if it was written in English, I'll add the English one, if it was originally in Spanish, the Spanish one and so on) - even though I didn't technically read that version. But I am curious, what do you do?

which e- reader do you guys have and what do you like about it?

It cracks me up the fact that DNF stands for a very polite "Did Not Finish" when in my head it meant "Dead n Forgotten" because (for me) those book are literally forgotten and I will never finish them 🤣

I've started reading in the language I'm learning and I understand it pretty well, but would like to be able to read a little faster by not needing to think about what every word is in English. 😅

When do you go from reading and mentally translating into your native language to reading and understanding IN the language?

Do you have any tips for intermediate learners starting to read novels in the language they're studying?

I've started to take the approach of a sci-fi novel that starts out with a bunch of conlang and you figure out the words you don't know as you go, but I'd be curious to hear how others go about it!!

I think for the most part people are pretty good at understanding overconsumption = bad. But when it comes to books and book related things, that mentality seems to go out the door. I’ve seen a lot of readers get super heated over having a vast collection of books, ereaders, accessories etc, and I just wonder-why? Booktok has seemingly turned reading and being a reader into an aesthetic, and I think a lot of people like the idea of it but more like the look or aesthetic of it (eg: book hauls).

I’ve done my best to cut down on purchasing books, I try to buy them second-hand, and I try to not buy anything when I have a ton to read…what do y’all think about this? *Not calling out anyone on this platform or any users or creators! *

Are you one of those people who only reads one book at a time or do you have a bunch on the go at once?

I think of myself as a polyreader (and I blame it on my ADHD). I have 14 on the go at the moment, although one of those is a reread. If you do read more than one book at a time - do you ever have problems picking up from where you left off?

I'm a minimalist of sorts, so I choose to mainly stick to ebooks and audiobooks. My goal is to only buy physical books that I know I will reread. If I realize I won't, I'll resell or donate them. But see, there are sooo many pretty books. I almost bought several pretty special editions this month. But I had to reel it back in 😅

Do you find yourself tempted to buy books based on how nice the cover is? Do you give in, or do you resist? Do you have a personal set of rules to keep yourself in check?

So I'm middle-aged. I grew up reading in the 90s and early 00s, basically at a time before YA had completely solidified as a genre. I can recall being in my mid or late teens and seeing the shelf for teens expand to a small wall in my local library. While I occasionally picked from that section and found some gems, I still mostly read from the adult section because I'd already been reading "adult" books for a few years by then. Not sure what it was like for other folks, but I consistently tested as being at a college "reading level" around the age of twelve or so and I was given pretty free reign to read what I liked with the caveat from my mother (a teacher) that I ask questions about anything that bothered/disturbed me. I can think of only a few times I read something that super went over my head or super upset me, and those moments made me curious as a reader (and writer) and stuck with me.

To this day YA tends to be a hard sell for me - I first really heard about the genre around the time Twilight and The Hunger Games came out, and I was like "young adult? psht I'm twenty-four and I've been reading books for adults for a decade."* I'm a lot less arrogant now and I can appreciate that there are great stories being told in YA, especially for LGBTQIA+ readers - a subject that was very much considered "only for adults" when I was growing up, with the exception of a couple of books that were the equivalent of Very Special Episodes. TBH, I do wonder if some of my rush to read grown-up books was just because that's where I could read about people like me.

*(Please forgive me, I do intend to read The Hunger Games someday... probably. Twilight is a no for me, thanks.)

But when I've tried to read YA books, especially ones friends and family recommend me, and pretty frequently, I just... find them to feel a bit childish and hand-holding. Like the writer doesn't trust me to come to my own conclusions or understand what's happening. Am I just reading the wrong books? Is the simpler storytelling a conceit of YA?

I'm also deeply curious: if you were once advanced reader who's older now, do you read a lot of YA now that it's more widely available? What about younger readers, did you transition out of reading YA eventually, or do you read more contemporary fiction, new adult, etc? Would love to hear more.

How many unfinished series do you guys have?

So far, these are mine:

• The Housemaid (are the rest really worth it? I feel like it should've stayed a standalone 😭)
• One of us is Lying (read the first one)
• the mortal instruments (read the first one and I'm CR city of ashes)
• the hunger games (I have yet to read tbosas)
• Truly Devious (I've read the first 3 books only, I still have to read the other 2, but I think there's another book to be released?)
• powerless (I hope this offends no one, but the only reason I'm finishing the series is so I can hate it properly lmao, I don't know why I torture myself)

I am aiming to finish these this year, but I'm not really sure if I can do it. 😭😭 I didn't include series that still have books to be published though (ex: shatter me the new republic and the grandest game trilogy)

Hi friends! I'm doing some shelf reorganizing, and with that always comes reassessing what gets to stay and what gets given away! My metric so far this year has been keeping what I will most likely reread, and that's worked well for a lot of the newer books I have impulse bought. But how do you determine when it's time to let a childhood book go? I know sentimental value kind of factors into it, but part of me is also like...while I cherish the memories some of these books have given me, I'm pretty certain I won't want to reread them. Is there something more that I should consider before adding them to my give-away pile?

Edit: thank you all for your insightful comments! Today i did end up putting most of them in a box that was already holding some other childhood books. I dont think any of them went in my giveaway pile, so i'll hold onto them for now!

i'm wondering about how everyone documents their tbr lists.

i personally use the stickie notes app on my mac and have a list of all of the books (in order of release) + the authors + as well as their release date.

(edit!) i do want to mention that i am currently living abroad and only have access to my kindle for books. and therefore don't have any "physical books"