Aside from liking the entire book, I also really liked the acknowledgements section. It was just very light-hearted but also lovely, and it made me think that the tradition(?) of authors writing acknowledgments at the end of their books is just so human and... sweet.

What’s a book or series that you just can’t stop thinking about. Mine is the Raven Boys and as a whole the Raven Cycle. I read it a good ten years ago and have re-read a few times and I can’t ever seem to get it out of my head. I just love it to bits

God, I could listen to Lucy's internal monologue forever. The prose in this book is simply beautiful; you can just visualise every cog turning in her head not to mention the fact that this makes her astoundingly relatable.

I've been thinking about this lately bc I'm in the habit of writing my first and last name inside the cover of the books I own. I started as a kid because a lot of my books were retired from my mom's classroom, and they had our last name written in them/on the spines so they didn't disappear at school somewhere. Naturally, I just assumed this is standard practice for book ownership, and started doing the same inside the covers. I also buy a lot of used books and I always love to find dedications, names, and annotations in a book and write mine alongside them. I think about the people who will hopefully one day pick up my copies and add their names to the list.

On the other hand, I feel a little weird about writing my name in books sometimes because it feels very, well, possessive, and I love the idea of letting books come and go from my personal library in a more free-flowing exchange between friends. Getting to pass on a book I loved to someone I love is so gratifying and fun, and receiving a well loved copy from a friend feels like a precious gift. As much as this system appeals to me, I just sometimes struggle to part with a beloved book once I've read and reread and annotated it to the point that it feels more like a memento than a mass market paperback.

Basically what I'm saying is I have way too many thoughts about this and I can't make up my mind...what do y'all think?

Some of mine: 🩷 When the title suddenly makes sense ❤️ When you gasp out loud at the events 🧡 When you are 80% through and you either intentionally slow down to savour the last moments of the read or rush through to find out what happens.

📚 What are yours? 📖

Some of mine: 🩷 When the title suddenly makes sense ❤️ When you gasp out loud at the events 🧡 When you are 80% through and you either intentionally slow down to savour the last moments of the read or rush through to find out what happens.

📚 What are yours? 📖