Hi everyone! I've been wanting to read more recent books for a while, but I have a lot of classics at home so I usually just end up reading one of those or rereading a favourite book (or reading fanfiction ah well). How do you find new books? Do you go to the library/check lists online/etc? I just can't seem to find the motivation to get out there and read things that may be very different from what I'm used to. Happy late new year:D

I just read a chapter of Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh where the main character fills out a questionnaire (it's more exciting than it sounds), and I got reminded of how much I enjoy books that play with formats and different ways to tell a story.

I know How to Lose the Time War also has some unusual formatting (but I haven't read it yet), but I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for me as I don't really know about any other books.

I normally read litfic, but I dabble in all genres so any and all recommendations are welcome!

Thank you!♡

I've decided not to do a personal curriculum since I know if I started falling behind with it it would bum me out HOWEVER I do want to read more nonfiction this year on topics I'm interested in, and i'm especially a fan of micro-history and things of that nature. So if anybody knows any good books on any of these topics do tell!: • The Franklin Expedition (especially if it is from/includes Inuit perspective on what happened) • food/meals throughout history • medical practice before modern medicine • torture devices around the world

(Also if you think you have an idea of the kind of topics I tend to lean towards from this list feel free to also lmk if you think there's something else I might find interesting that I didn't list 👀)

I'm currently reading my fourth Naomi Novik book and launched into the Scholomance series without realizing how different the writing style would be from her Spinning Silver and Uprooted books (and those two are different from each other too). While it can be hard to predict whether I'll like a book or not because the author's voice keeps changing, I really like seeing her demonstrate her talents this way.

Another author that does this is Silvia Moreno-Garcia. I'm always impressed with each book that I pick up.

Are there other authors who also write like this?

I know it probably wouldn’t be a popular feature but if eventually we could add scientific papers to the reading lists I’d be elated. So much of my reading doesn’t count toward my goals :( I would love to be able to see a wrapped for my papers vs books ect. I know that’s probably a huge ask but hey- closed mouths don’t eat!

hey friends! a few of us discussed doing a buddy read for the starving saints in feb but i have completely lost the post where we decided on it, so i just wanted to chuck that here in case anyone is keen to join! (and for those who are already interested - when in feb works for you?)

EDIT: yay glad so many of us are keen! let’s loosely say february (starting on the 1st) so people can read any time during the month - there are lots of other readalongs so that should hopefully allow for some wiggle room!