i want to get into more classics this year but i’m not quite sure where to start. i’ve read a couple in the past but those were for school so im not sure where to start on my own

if you are someone who likes reading classics, i’d love recommendations of where i should start

How do you feel about posting in empty book forums?

How would you feel if a forum have many posts but from the same person? Is it annoying?

I'm reading a book with so little posts in the forum and I feel restricted on -in?- the amount of posts I should make. I don't think it's that much of a problem tbh, I can just do whatever I wanna do as long as its not really too many posts. But I wanna know someone else's opinion on this too.

Hi! 👋🏼

I saw this post from lepper (that's their username) stating that people are also doing this kind of thing/post stating from what country they live in (usually from USA/CANADA) and now from Euroupe. I just want to join in for the funsies and meet other asians like me! Or anyone really who currently live or stayed at an Asian country at some point. 😅

I'm from the Philippines 🇵🇭. How about you guys?

Hi friends! 😊

My preteen niece has been noticing my sister (her mom) and I reading romance, and now she wants in! We’re hoping to do some family buddy-reading of age-appropriate romances.. sweet, fun, and safe for her age.

Any recs for clean romances perfect for preteens? Thanks!! 💖📚

How do yall deal with words you don’t know when you’re reading? Typically I’ll stop and look them up, but I’m realizing that I don’t retain them! I think I need a vocabulary notebook or something to have with me while I read. I’m curious about how others handle new vocabulary.

what status do you set for them if you’ve only read one chapter or a few parts? or would it just not count at all if that’s the case?

(potential trigger warning) Whilst in uni we spoke a lot about 'separating the artist from the art' as many of the authors we studied are very problematic. In recent years there's been lots of discourse around authors like JK Rowling and now Neil Gaiman. As a member of the LGBTQ community and a victim of SA I struggle with the appreciation/love of the art but loathing the people that created it. I'm wondering what people's opinions are about still consuming content from problematic authors.

When listening to audiobooks, do you prefer the app you're using to show each individual track or do you prefer full audiobook length?

Currently testing out Book Beat and I don't like how it's the full book length. I think I personally prefer individual tracks like Spotify does, it gives me a natural stopping point.

Have you guys ever imagined something from a book incorrectly and then realized it too late? Like, maybe you somehow missed a descriptor while you were reading and you only realized it when it came up again later on?

My BIGGEST screw up was imagining an MMC with dark hair only to realize he was blonde… on my third or fourth reread of the series!! I have no idea how I missed the description of his hair color MULTIPLE times but, I did, and by the time I realized the truth, it was too late to change the image in my head. This happens to me on occasion with hair color, eye color, etc., but it also happens sometimes with setting. For example I’ll read “She set the remote down on the table to her left”, and I’ll be like LEFT?!? Since when is the table on the left?!? But then I go back and reread and… yeah, it’s always been on the left.

This, however, is different than when it’s the author’s fault😡. Like, sometimes authors will wait until 60% of the way into the book and randomly throw in a line like “I gathered my blonde tendrils into a loose bun” and it’s like ummmmm excuse me?? You’ve already given me NOTHING but time to imagine the characters how I want, and NOW you want to tell me something crucial about their appearance?? It’s actually one of my pet peeves while reading when authors don’t establish things early on. Obviously I don’t need every book to start with some cheesy scene where the character is looking in the mirror, unsubtly describing themself for me- but I should at least know the basics by 15% in or something.

Anyways… any thoughts lmao?

When I finish a book, I usually give it a star rating immediately and then I let the book "sit" before I come back to post a written review. However, I've noticed that editing my review to add the written part to it after I've already submitted a rating means that I don't get points for posting a written review.

Is this by design? Have I encountered a bug? Or is this a new feature (getting points when adding a written review through "edit") that I should post about in feature requests?

P.S. Please let me know if this isn't the right place to post about this and I'll move it to the correct channel!

What’s one book you DNFed OR wish you would have?! Gimme ALL the hot takes!!!