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Nekoshka commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I desperately need to read books in French and was wondering if you had any recommendations? Please don't recommend books with spice in, and romance isn't really a genre that I'm too fond of either... Any recs?? Ou devrais-je dire des recommandations?
Nekoshka commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Hello!
This isn't necessary a book rec request (also please let me know if this isn't the place to post and I will delete.) I've had a spur of creativity and wanted to create an IG post (I know i know i know, im sorry. I have a bookstagram but I am very lowkey on it)
Anyway, sorry what I want to ask if, what are some books that provide true "I'll burn the world for you" or "I'll start a war for you" kind of vibes? In a....literal sense xD
(this is my first in the PB Forum, im usually in book forums or commenting on other posts in the Forum, so i apologize for being all over the place)
Nekoshka commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I’ve been in a bit of a mood especially due to my GAD. I really want to read something that feels like comfort right now, but I’ve discovered the books that tend to bring me the most comfort aren’t exactly cozy books but tend to be darker. Some of my favorites that I feel like fall into this category include the Alchemical Journeys series by Seanan McGuire (book 1 is Middlegame), the Temperance Brennan series by Kathy Reichs, and the Raven Scholar. For TV comparisons, I’m wanting something that feels like Bones, Criminal Minds, and Law and Order in terms of vibes not necessarily the murder element.
Does anyone have any recommendations that might work?
Nekoshka commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I would love to know what books yall think are excellent examples of showing over telling and what books you think do an exorbatant amount of telling over showing. I want to do a compare and contrast project of my own based on these recommendations
I've seen a lot of critiques on books that seem to always come down to the whole "this author does a lot of telling, not showing" argument.
Now, I think a lot of people take this stance and run with it to an extreme a lot because any sort of telling is often seen as something negative within a story when in reality depending on what/how/why an author is writing their story, some things NEED to be told directly to the audience. There are smoother ways to go about telling an audience certain things but telling is not a sign of a poorly written book. Telling and showing are tools that can be used at the author's discretion in whatever way is best to tell their story.
So I wanted to see what others think are excellent examples of using these tools and which ones are not. This should be interesting!
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Having trouble with the prose atm 😓 I think it’s the third person, present tense that throw me off. Feels like a list being read off to me. Hoping I’ll get used to it
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Nekoshka commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Fellow bi- and multilinguals! I’m curious about your reading habits, so if you’ll please indulge me by answering these questions…
1: which languages are you able to speak and/or read? 2: which language is your preferred for reading? Bonus if you can explain why 3: do you ever read books in a language you know but is not your preferred? Which one(s)? Why/why not?
Post from the The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #2) forum
Post from the The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #2) forum
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Nekoshka commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Have you ever purchased a book solely based on the cover? Without even reading the blurb or checking reviews? If so, which one?
Mine was The Tsubaki Stationary Store by Ito Ogawa (Dutch title 'De Tsubaki-Schrijfwarenwinkel). Snatched it right up, and it ended up being a very nice read as well.
Nekoshka commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I just finished The Laws of The Skies by Grégoire Courtois and this might have been the most miserable reading experience I've had this year. Barely 150 pages but the book is so abysmally bad that it took me 15 days to "finish" it, and that is when I almost had to skim through the final chapter because I couldn't stand the writing.
Do all of you ever experience the same thing too? The book doesn't necessarily has to be bad, I was reading Less by Andrew Sean Greer last year which almost made my habit of reading go away for a good 2 months, but some books possess this power to make you hate reading.
Nekoshka commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Is it just me or does anyone else feel weird that there's some fantasy books that seem to have a set up which the author intends to be some level of critique on colonialism, imperialism, exploitative capitalism, etc etc but by the end of the book the message is murky at best?
Like there's very clear messaging in the foreground or background of the story that frames the intended target idea as bad but the narrative ends with the book not really exploring the concept with any depth and the characters doing nothing about it or they even uphold the system in place?
The most glaring recent example of this for me is 'A Dark and Drowning Tide.' And let me tell you after getting through about 70% of that book having a fine old time, that messaging just smacked me across the face. I felt like I was in the Twilight Zone afterward going through reviews because I didn't see anyone talking about this glaring U Turn of politics.
I promise I'm not taking things that were in the background and making them more important than they are. That particular book makes the fantasy politics so integral to the main plot that it simply cannot be ignored.
Have any of yall had this experience with a book? I'm dying to discuss this with someone
Nekoshka wants to read...
A Darker Shore: Letters from Ketterdam (Six of Crows #2.5)
Leigh Bardugo
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Fantasy Academia
Many of these are the beginning of series, but all of them are about academics in fantasy settings. All cross genres are welcome.
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Fantasy and organized crime
Fantasy but where the criminal underworld calls the shots. Think rival syndicates, crime lords, thieving crews and masterminds, shadowy assassin clans, criminal families/organizations, and illicit dealings.
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Nekoshka commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Happy Ace Week to all my fellow aces!! 🖤🩶🤍💜
I’ve only read a few books with Ace representation so far, but I know there are always more out there and that makes me happy.
Do you guys have any recommendations? And do you have a favorite ace book and/or character? ☺️
EDIT: I forgot to tell you my 2 faves so far 🫶🏻