I don't know how many people will be interested in this, but I love giving recommendations even if people then don't actually go and read the book. I love playing book cupid. So if you have any random fact about yourself to share and you want to try this little game, shoot your shot.

I mostly read ya, but I do read adult as well. My top genres are fantasy, horror, thriller; I did read a bunch of romance and contemporary too though.

I don't know if anyone will answer, I'm surely not a book expert, but even if just a few people do, this is mostly so both parties have fun. Then, you might also like the same books I do and this might be useful for you to.

You can add details about the book too, like the genre or specifc things you don't want in it, stuff like that, but please keep it general so I can find a fitting match. In the end, the game is to find a match based on vibes.

Also, if anyone wants to give other recommendations to the comments under this post, you're free to do so. Maybe I'll check them out too.

Edit: Someone asked me to put a fun fact about myself so you can recommend me something too. I moved houses 8 times in my life (to 5 different cities) and in all of them lived at least a ghost (moved for ghost unrelated reasons)

What's everyone's reading pet peeves? it can be small or silly or something that makes you pull at your hair lol. I'll start, I hate the misinformation that people think Ares, in Greek mythology for some reason was the protector of women, when he was not. Another one related to Greek mythology is that medusa was cursed after she was assaulted, but that is only in the Roman version, not the any of the Greek versions where she was always a Gorgon, but so many people who talk about the Medusa myth don't differentiate between the two.

Has anyone else heard about people trying to post fanfic on Goodreads? I know the people on here would probably never go so far as to have stuff like that posted on here for rating, especially since it's not posted anywhere other than fanfic websites or even Wattpad and we're only interested in trading or indie or self published works. But I was wondering if anyone else had heard about it and what your thoughts are on it.

I don't know how many people will be interested in this, but I love giving recommendations even if people then don't actually go and read the book. I love playing book cupid. So if you have any random fact about yourself to share and you want to try this little game, shoot your shot.

I mostly read ya, but I do read adult as well. My top genres are fantasy, horror, thriller; I did read a bunch of romance and contemporary too though.

I don't know if anyone will answer, I'm surely not a book expert, but even if just a few people do, this is mostly so both parties have fun. Then, you might also like the same books I do and this might be useful for you to.

You can add details about the book too, like the genre or specifc things you don't want in it, stuff like that, but please keep it general so I can find a fitting match. In the end, the game is to find a match based on vibes.

Also, if anyone wants to give other recommendations to the comments under this post, you're free to do so. Maybe I'll check them out too.

Edit: Someone asked me to put a fun fact about myself so you can recommend me something too. I moved houses 8 times in my life (to 5 different cities) and in all of them lived at least a ghost (moved for ghost unrelated reasons)

I'm sure a lot of us have heard about Shakespeare theories, was Shakespeare really Shakespeare, or was it a name a group of people used to write under (or other similar theories like this one). I was wondering how everyone felt about these theories. I personally really dislike them. We have a lot of historical evidence on who Shakespeare was, and some of the main 'evidence' used within these theories can easily be disproven with a bit of research like Shakespeare wasn't one person because he never spelt his name the same, but with some research we can see that was normal/typical for the time period. The website Folger Shakespeare library has a section called Shakespeare Documented which has "the largest and most authoritative collection of primary-source materials documenting the life of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), bringing together all known manuscript and print references to Shakespeare, his works, and additional references to his family, in his lifetime and shortly thereafter. Nearly 500 references, found in roughly 400 print and manuscript documents". So maybe it's the history major in me that makes me dislike these theories, not that they can't be thought-provoking at times, but I feel like we have so much evidence of Shakespeare instead of trying to prove/theorize that it was someone else, we could uplift writers of the past who might not have gotten the credit they deserve maybe due to being a woman or a person of color. But what does everyone else think of these Shakespeare theories?

lol I like to say I’m an okay student not horrible but not straight As either. I’m starting college a little late and now comes the point I’m embarrassed to ask but I’m struggling how are we studying 😭. I can’t type and that’s most likely my problem as a reader I’m all physical books with highlighters and tabs but here it’s too much my notes make a limited amount of sense and even with open lecture/open tests I can’t surpass a 80-85 I’m practically cemented there it’s so frustrating how have you guys found dividing your time accurately for success? Are you a driven hungry person 😭 so alarms times of day isn’t too much or how are you able to retain it all? I am again learning to type which unfortunately means as of now my hand is faster I do have an iPad and have seen some students writing via pen and can change note structure later for studying. Maybe? Idk if you get me, send help! What’s worked for you? (It’s a dang poli sci 😭 specifically that one I want my grade beyond a mid B and I’m out here still trying to get into balance reading more than 1 book/subject😃💀)

Do you guys have authors that you absolutely despise, but you still manage to enjoy their works?

I just watched the third avatar movie and I love it!! How they respect animals and the way they’re so grateful towards nature 💕🌿 I’m now looking for a book like avatar, I would love it to be with an Indigenous tribe , focused on their way of living and the history of their culture :)

*Please nothing that is mainly romance xo <3

I found out some people use AI to 'read' hard books. Basically what they do is make Chatgpt summarize and analyze the story so they can talk about it as though they've read the entire thing. My question is why?? All the fun in reading is analyzing the story yourself. I genuinely feel superior to these sort of people who proudly declare to the world that they cannot think by themselves. I also hate how using correct punctuation has become synonymous with AI. You can't have em dashes or semicolons or god forbid, a writing style similar to Chatgpt or you'll get accused of using AI. I know the AI bubble will pop some day but I'm scared of how much damage it will do before it's finally gone

I know this will be controversial here but I’m looking for some advice. Im not trying to rage bait or anything like that so please don’t turn this into a moral standoff. I would also like to say that I’ve read problematic authors in the past before I knew what they did and I’m trying to be better about what I choose to read! Anyway, How do you guys go about reading problematic authors if you haven’t read them before? I’m interested in reading Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson and I’ve heard things about him so what’s the best way to read his books without supporting him or should I just skip his books altogether? What do you do about problematic authors in general? Again, this is from a point of curiosity and learning!!

So my dad is a major 🍊 and 🧊 supporter so naturally he says some (a lot) of racist and homophobic things. If he's not talking about politics he's talking about Mexican, Arabic, or gay people. I've started to keep count of every time he says something messed up or out of pocket and the next time I go with him to a store that has books, I use his money to add another lgbtq book or a book about or written by a non white person to my collection. It's like my own little rebellion or revenge and I love being petty. It also just gives me the chance to specifically get more diverse books because i do need more of them. He never checks the books I get because he knows nothing about them other then the fact that I read all the time. Is this something that other people do to or am I just creatively spiteful?? The reason this is on my mind is because I just did this with him today lol I would ask if this is wrong of me but I feel like it's not. He's also fully aware that he's the one paying for the books. He just doesn't pay attention to them.

Edit: I changed some wording and I also want to add that I am completely safe in doing this which is why I'm doing it. Everyone in this community is so sweet ily all❤️

We've all had the JKR/Neil Gaiman conversation to death.

Who are the authors who don't get enough hate, especially as they continue to be assigned reading for school?

I'll go first!

Charles Dickens was a brute to his wife. So was Oscar Wilde. Both of them left the mothers of their children penniless in societies that treated poverty as a moral failure out of pure selfishness. To say nothing of the syphilis Constance Wilde contacted from her husband.

Do you like F. Scott Fitzgerald? No you don't. You like his wife Zelda. He plagiarized her so heavily, her name should be on those books right beside his. And speaking of coattailing it, Percy Shelley is only famous because of his wife, Mary Shelley. Without her, no one would care who he is. So riddle me why I studied his work in school and not hers.

Richard Eberhard may have been a US poet laureate who taught at universities all over the country. He was also a pedophile who sexually abused his own daughter.

Don't be shy! Drop more names in the comments. Who did you have to read in school who should've been cancelled a long time ago?

I have some poetry collections that I’m not sure how to get through. I usually end up flipping to a random page and let fate decide what to read. But I know at that rate, it will likely be very difficult to finish unless I start intentionally going back to the ones I missed. But then it feels weird reading a poem that I found instead of it finding me. And reading straight through also feels strange to me? At least, multiple poems a day feels strange. I don’t read a whole lot of poetry so that may just be me getting in my own way right there.

Anyway! I’m curious how everyone reads poetry collections because I have a feeling my approach may be unconventional.

I know I’ve seen posts occasionally about books people absolutely hate not just not like but I was thinking wouldn’t it be interesting if along with the Your Taste books there was Your Hate books category you could easily see if someone matches you there.

I’m not saying it should be a feature exactly I’m saying that I have definitely decided to follow someone if they hate a book I hate but it takes a little digging AND I know some people have started their shelves here from scratch so maybe the books you hated wouldn’t even be on your reviews or DNF shelf! Tragic

This came about because I was randomly talking about Divergent with someone and I remembered how much I despised the ending but like most super popular books it has tons of fans of course so I rarely have a conversation with someone who also was not a fan.

Like most I have many factors to following someone not just exact matching books tastes so this is just another criteria to consider.

If you’re a book lover you are also a book hater at some point!

Looking for some more adult high fantasy book recs (with or without romance)! I love complex plots, unique magic systems/world-building and interesting characters.

Some of my favourites:

• The Tairen Soul Series by CL Wilson
• Silvercloak by LK Steven
• The Mortal Fates Series by J Bree
• The Poet Empress by Shen Tao