does anyone know where (does it exist?) people get arabic translations of books? the options i see is very limited. i’ve only seen a harry potter translation on amazon. ive been learning arabic and think this would help me learn more.

Definitely not just reading to get the sparkly snowman badge 👀⛄️

In your opinion, The Book that is so beautiful that it needs to be read line by line and savoured. For the past two months I’ve been rushing to try to meet my yearly goal (plus get some last minute readalong badges) but now that that’s done, I want a book that will genuinely take me weeks because I’m immersed in each sentence. My friend was telling me that Piranesi was this book for her because the prose is so unique and dreamy, so that’s on my list already!

It’s been interesting to see the parallels between Christian stories from the Bible and Muslim stories from the Quran. I must confess I am not very familiar with Islam, so seeing how similar the two religions are has been enlightening.

Unfortunately, the guilt and hardship that comes with reconciling your faith with your queerness and the difficulty of finding a faith-based community that is accepting of your queerness also seems to be a parallel between the two religions 🥲

Help a girl out! 🥹 I put a hold on this through Libby but it's still at 12 weeks which will be too late. It's not available in Hoopla through my library 😑 I asked so many bookstores in my area but didn't come across any that had it 😢 where else will I be able to read or listen to this before the readalong comes to an end? I really want Mr.Sparkly Snowman ⛄️

Edit*** thanks everyone for the recommendations and ideas! I just finished the cookies so I don't need anymore but I'll leave this post up in case anyone gets inspired to do something similar for all the ongoing holiday parties and potlucks !

i need ideas for a game i'm bringing to a work-christmas party!

i'm making fortune cookies for a christmas potluck. the fortunes will be a part of a Secret-Missions style game where people have to do something a little silly or weird without getting caught (ex. steal an ornament, give everyone a high-5, etc...). the other side of the paper will have a book recommendation so people who don't want to play the game still get a fortune!

i need suggestions! the Missions have to be appropriate for a work party, but i work at a theatre so it's not necessarily an office environment. the book recommendations also have to be appropriate, so nothing with smut or excessive body horror please! (no Chuck Tingle lol) fiction or non-fiction is welcome!

Hey all! We were asked at work to gift each other a gift with a message - without spending a lot of money (max $10). I'm thinking of annotating my copy of Men in the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani, so I wanted to ask, how would you annotate such books? Especially when it's as a gift to someone else.. (Also if you could give me alternative ideas it'd be greatly appreciated cuz I have zero other ideas lmao)