How do you guys use the TBR vs Interested options to mark books? As of now, I am using them a bit interchangeably, but more often than not I just don´t use the Interested option. I was wondering if maybe someone had a good system that uses both as distinctly separated options?

tbh I'm totally new to the gothic fiction genre, have never thought of reading it ever in my life - until recently, when I read wuthering heights for the readalong. although I disliked the characters, I found myself very much enjoying the gothic aesthetics of the windy and rainy moors. it has now awakened in me an interest and I would like to explore more gothic fiction, but I much prefer reading queer novels in general compared to other novels. I know of Interview With The Vampire and Carmilla, but that's about it. so all this is to say, does anyone have queer gothic romance recs / queer gothic fiction recs? 🥹 (other than IWTV and Carmilla which I already have my eye on!)

no judgement zone here! i’m always curious about this and what made the book so bad to someone

mine is between if he had been with me and a thousand boy kisses. these books i was so excited to read but when i did, i absolutely hated them. i cringed way too hard during both of them. i know they are supposed to be heartbreaking, but it’s hard to be hurt by a book that made me want to chuck it across the room because of how bad it was

1. hardcover / paperback
2. physical books / e-books
3. standalone / series
4. single pov / multiple povs
5. dark themes / lighthearted reads
6. happy ending / open ending
7. annotating / keep pristine
8. buying books / borrowing books
9. daytime reading / nighttime reading
10. one read / multiple reads

Hey. I just wanted to ask if anyone had gothic horror recommendations. I just read both Blood On Her Tongue and My Darling Dreadful Thing, and I would just love to keep going with that subgenre that I have only now found for myself. What are your favorite books within the genre? Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read this, and respond, if you have any responses. I truly appreciate it. Have a wonderful day, all of you 😊😊❤️❤️

“But, Nelly, if I knocked him down twenty times, that wouldn’t make him less handsome or me more so.  I wish I had light hair and a fair skin, and was dressed and behaved as well, and had a chance of being as rich as he will be!”

Heathcliffe being miscast as white with brown hair in several film adaptations reminds me of the online discourse that for white people, colourism is simply blonde hair vs. brunette hair 🫠. These descriptions are extremely lost in translation. This kind of despair in your own skin is a rite of passage for young children of colour in predominantly white spaces, but somehow, several film directors have read whatever they wanted to.

I relate to Heatcliffe so much as a WOC but looking at the film posters, I’ve never wanted to read this. Emily, I’m truly sorry, I wasn’t familiar with your game!