Honestly, my mind is foggy so I have no clue if I have asked this question yet 😂 This is one of my favourite questions I see, I love seeing all of the different/similar opinions for this one!

✨ What is your LEAST favourite book trope and why?

For me it definitely has to be memory loss tropes. Nope, cannot stomach them. Memory loss tropes have me stressing the whole time, I’m more stressed than the actual characters are 😩 I don’t think I have ever enjoyed a memory loss trope, I personally just do not see the appeal in them

Hello my big beautiful Boundling brains! It's that time of the week to show off what you learned through your books this week! Whether it's a quick trivia bite, personal insight, or deep dive - we wanna know!!

My tidbit this week - I learned that I might be a fan of sports romances as long as the couple is about 30+ as someone who notoriously hates sports this is a shocking revelation to me haha

What cha got this week, Boundlings??

Hey, fellow boundlings! As I was planning my TBR for the next few months, I realized there were quite a few historical books I was ecstatic to read, but couldn’t due to lack of time 😢. So it got me wondering: what genre for you (I know we all have multiple, but just pick one 😉), is like a drink of cold water in the midst of a hot summer day? (Pardon the simile/metaphor).

For me, it’s historical fiction 🥰. I haven’t been reading much lately, but am so excited to read Madeline Martin’s historical fiction books later this year, A Castaway in Cornwall by Julie Klassen, and more! Historical fiction books set during WWII (especially in Paris), or other similar books are so refreshing for me, despite the depressing era (🤫) What about you??

Bruno ignorance is both painful and annoying. Mostly painful 😔

What are your thoughts on people cutting a book slack for bad craft, storytelling, writing, etc. just because a book is YA.

I often see it in reviews (i.e. “The book is YA so I can forgive it for the choppy sentences, but…”) and it lowkey bothers me. To be transparent, I’m not the intended audience for YA (my frontal lobe is actually almost fully developed ☝️😌), but I feel like we shouldn’t forgive/accept issues in a book JUST because it’s for a younger audience?? Like, 12 to 18 year olds deserve good writing too?

I’m not saying that criticism or forgiveness about certain things because of the age range isn’t valid. Sometimes you want something to go deeper or darker but you forgive that the book doesn’t do those things because it’s YA. But when it comes to actual craft/writing and general storytelling, I feel that YA audiences should get quality books.

But maybe I just don’t understand something or am not aware of something? Idk 😅