Okay listen purple prose isn’t terrible, I like it sometimes but there are times that she uses a word that I go “literally NO ONE uses this word” (and this is coming from a somewhat pretentious sounding guy who is into old niche things but like have you really used Numinosity and I think, effluvium just now?) and especially when it’s said by our main character - her trying to write it off by having the plague doctor say oh you’re surprisingly verbose and her essentially saying that when you don’t have conversation you teach yourself instead essentially - are you telling me that your shit ass husband gave you dictionaries to read or what? Were you reading books in the ocean before your capture? Like what do you MEAN GIRLY YOU CAN’T JUST SAY THAT. Did I misunderstand the implication of that statement or???

I have been noticing how so many fantasy/romantasy books now days are all almost a copy and paste of each other and it makes me so sad because I want new stories!! 🫠 Do you notice this kind of thing too?? Or is it just me? Am I being too picky?

So I’m not sure if this is weird or not but let me cook lol. I recently went to the library in my town for the first time since moving here. The location I went to was the big, downtown one. The fiction section on the second floor…it wasn’t separated by genres. It was just fiction a to z. I thought it was super weird and really inefficient to find books as a patron but also probably for the librarians too. Fast forward to today and I went to a different location. It was the same. No genres just non-fiction and fiction a to z. Every library I went to growing up, throughout college and in other cities have had clearly labelled sections for individual genres. It’s frustrating as a reader that chooses things based on the genre and not a specific title or author. Do you have a library like this near you? Is this normal elsewhere?

I saw this article and just had to bring it here 🙀😫😰 - AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale

So, I have nearly completely lost my faith, trust and hope in the male sex. I get irritated by every single thing they do, I sometimes disregard male-made media altogether because of the sheer pretentiousness and privilege they possess. But, now, I want to get some of the whimsy back in my life and I would really appreciate some romance book recommendations! I generally don't like romance books and don't read them at all. Preferably written by a man, with a male's perspective with minimal or no sexual interactions. Just pure yearning and love, a book that will remind me that some men are human and can love even if most don't want to!

I'm curious to know all of your thoughts on the Haunting Adeline movie adaptation, especially with the controversy online

Just a warning that there may be sensitive topics below, including mentions of non-con.

For those of you who don't know Haunting Adeline, it's a popular dark romance novel on booktok. Now, why is this a controversy, you ask? Personally, I haven't read the book, nor will I ever, but based on the evidence in the book and the snippets shared online, the MMC, Zade Meadows, raped the FMC, Adeline. When readers messaged the author about this, the author replied by saying that "she provoked him first," "she enjoyed it," and "it's just fiction." Not to mention the author herself confirmed it was rape. In the book, the FMC literally said in her inner monologue and I quote, "Is this what trauma does? Knowing you’ve been violated but your body chooses to go numb instead?"

You cannot convince me the FMC wanted it. Some readers still defend MMC's actions, saying "she wanted it," which I think is extremely harmful for SA survivors, and encourages victim blaming. I understand that some survivors use this book to cope, but it doesn't mean that it's a healthy way to cope or that the author has the right to romanticize SA and non-con. That's also an argument they often give, but what about those who AREN'T SA survivors? What's your excuse?

Imagine this getting turned into a movie. A book that glorifies SA. It would be a disaster and completely dangerous. Having this on screens WILL desensitize viewers from this. I am not saying to ban this book by any means, all I'm saying is that an adaptation would be harmful, and that it should be kept as a book. This is only MY OPINION btw. Curious to hear all your thoughts on this!