Hello! I'm wondering if anyone could recommend Korean books that talk about the culture, traditions, festivities and such of Korea? I've been interested in the country for a while now, and in the same way I've found books in this line about Japan (another interest of mine), for Korea I've only read "The island of sea women" (excellent read!) but don't know any other reads 😭

I really love the app and the community around it, but can we get a feature that shows new releases like by genre and month/date on the discover page? Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask for features.. I'm just not in the place to join pagebound royalty.

Bit of a interior design question here, for people with many physical books: I just moved into a new flat, and need to find some creative storage ideas for my books. As I assume some of you may have encountered the problem of too many book in too small a space, but absolute unwillingness to get rid of any of them, I ask for ideas for storage with the following parameters:

• I already have a large simple book shelf on one wall (think IKEA Billy style)
• I don't have another free wall for another simular shelf or a library style wall
• I would love the backs of the books to be visible, so no closed spaces

Any ideas are welcome!!

I consider myself someone who has zero problems abandoning a book, as soon as I read something that bothers me enough I'm out. But there is one specific thing that completely takes me out of the book.

It is when a character does something no one would ever do if in their place. I once began to read a book where the main character was going to her first day at her job in a male dominated office and work field and as soon as she got there the first thing she began to do was drop a bunch of sexual jokes to people she had never seen before. Like, who does that? No woman in that same situation would risk her reputation in the first day of work like that.

One thing would have been if she had made those same jokes in informal circle with her friends or whatever, but that was not the case. For me that was equivalent of those movies where the character fallow strangers into the forest no matter how weird said stranger is.

What about you, what makes you completely drop out of a story?

Does anyone else's cat like... Nibble? On the corner of your books while you read? Lol idk she just likes to get my attention by biting my books.

I actually don't mind it, it's a like a little proof of love haha

Anyone else here in a bookish career field? I’m a librarian and I’m currently exploring PhD programs in literature, hoping to start one in the next couple years :) What other book related jobs do people have?

I’ve never tried an audiobook! Are there specific books that we think is best to engage with via audiobook?

Also, what are we doing with ourselves whilst listening to the story.. crocheting, colouring, immersive reading??

I find I need to keep my hands busy or they will naturally gravitate to my phone and mindless scrolling, hence why I enjoy reading.

What’s our thoughts on audiobooks?🤨

Am I the only one who gets an urge to go home and read every time I enter a bookstore?

So I have mixed feelings about romantasy as a label. I feel like when it started to get really popular a lot of books (the cruel prince is a really good example of this) were talked about as romantasy even though the romance was very much a side plot. I also sometimes hear people explaining poor writing with the idea that we shouldn't expect good writing from Romantasy. This argument has always annoyed me because whether you love or hate romantasy, I think we should all expect at least decent writing from any published literature.

P.S. I absolutely believe that anyone can love whatever books they want, this is not a criticism of romantasy fans or any individual book and for those loving the popularity of romantasy, I am so happy for you!!!

For me it’s:

Fuck: ACOTAR Marry: LoTR Kill: Fifty Shades of Grey

🤓

Ok, I hate half naked men on book covers and it can stop me from reading books if I’m not fully invested into the thing. So I wanted to know what is the thing that makes you cringe so much it makes the book a hard pass and you won’t even look at it ?

I’m reading the Game Changers series so I had to ask as I cringe every time I turn my kindle on and see that cover

Im sure every read has a couple books that they think are 10/10,fantastic and absolutely perfect. But what makes the difference between these books and THE book?

Ill go first.My favorite book is The Count of Monte Cristos by Alexander Dumas.Now of course the story is great,writing is actually pretty simple and easy to follow.In that aspect I read plenty of books that have better prose or a more special storyline.

The thing that makes it my favorite is the emotions I felt while reading it.Maybe it was the best moment to read it,or the weather that week was perfect but everything about that reading experience was sublime I felt like I was watching a movie,the pages dissapeard.Actually I enjoyed it so much,that the day I was almost finished with I actually cried.

So thats my experience.I really want to hear what everbody has to say😊

before i ever read a book by Lisa Kleypas, i had heard her be referred to as the "Queen of Historical Romance." now i'm curious, who do you consider to be "genre royalty?" which authors do you consider to be the creme de la creme of your favorite genre or subgenre?

They can be fiction or non-fiction. Obviously the givens are The communist manifesto and Das Kapital. But I really enjoy fiction that has an anti-capitalist edge to it.