Hey all! I'm working on a list and need a little help 😅 what's a book you've read with a really good/shocking/iconic plot twist?

Edit: thank you so much everyone!! 🥹

Check off the things you have and haven't done and give us your total score!

1. Read a book in one sitting
2. Owned multiple copies of one book
3. Spent hours in a bookshop
4. Gone to a book signing
5. Cried over a book
6. Pre-ordered a book
7. Skipped ahead to the ending
8. Hated a book everyone else loved
9. Bought a book for its cover
10. Stayed up all night reading
11. Met a friend in a book club
12. Had a book hangover
13. Read an entire book series
14. Damaged a library book
15. Thrown a book across the room
16. Binged on reading all day
17. Fallen asleep reading a book
18. Ruined a book in a bath

I'm curious, what is a topic in media (novels, comics, films, etc) that you absolutely refuse to consume? Any surprising icks/hard nos you've run into?

For example, I recently realised that AI for me is like covid, I never want to see it in my novels or films. I think it's something about them being an unpleasant reality I have to live with in my daily life, and I just do not need to explore that in media, like give me a break! I still refuse to watch films set in lock-down times, and recently came across a comic where the protagonist keeps consulting chatgpt and it was such an ick. I think it's interesting because I like to explore realistic, darker topics like abuse and trauma, but AI and covid are such hard nos even though it could be interesting to explore how they affect the psyche and what not. I thought I love realism but apparently there's a limit!

I hope all of you have an amazing weekend!! We're in the middle of a heat wave here in Germany and I hate it so so much. I feel like the only good thing about it is that I can stay inside all day and read (but at what cost?) Do you guys have any plans for the weekend? Which books are you excited to read? I recently finished The housemaid by Freida McFadden (after accidentally reading the book by Sarah A. Denzil, which I am not mad about, it was good) and I really liked it! So I got copies of the second and third part of the series and I can't wait to read those!

Hello everyone!! Just popping in here to remind everyone, but especially my fellow european boundlings to take extra care of yourself during this very extreme heat wave rn and the next days ‼️

And i don't mean drinking enough water, and sitting in the shade of a tree. I mean stay inside during the day, don't take the temperatures lightly and push yourself to work out or go for a run, try to reschedule them to the early morning hours or later in the evening if necessary. Cancel appointments or dates if you don't feel well. Try to minimise your daily activity to the bare minimum and only things necessary! Heatwave's should get treated like s snowstorm, bc it's nothing else than an extreme of the other end of the scale.

The temperatures we're currently experiencing are seriously no joke, people DIE bc of heatstrokes every day. People in central europe are not used to this conditions, our daily life is designed for colder temperatures, our buildings don't have integrated cooling systems and most private households don't have AC. These temperatures in central europe feel different from the same temperatures in other usual warm countries and regions.

Take care everyone!! 🫂☀️

Europe is currently getting hit by an extreme weather situation, scientists call "the omega situation". Warm air masses are getting firmly trapped between two cold air masses on each side, which leads to a very stable and long holding heat over central europe atm. These week the temperatures are rising over 40°C (104°F), which is a new heat record documented for these time of the year.