I know there's been a lot of feelings going around over the past few days, so in the spirit of building community (and because I'm at home today!), I wanted to offer a thread just to chat and vibe because I love the community here and I want it to be a place where people can just feel free to be themselves. SO!

Send me a heart and you will get:

❤️ A compliment/shoutout/affirmation 🧡 A completely random question 💛 A completely random fact 💚 An encouragement or virtual hug (feel free to specific what you want encouragement for!) 💙 A book recommendation (let me know your preferred genre) 💜 A book-related discussion (will try and go off your currently reading or My Taste but if I don't know those books, may just be more of a general book-related topic)

Im so excited to start this series !! I was a bit nervous to start a big fantasy saga in English because I know some can be tricky to understand when not reading in your native language BUT Im pleasantly surprised !! I only read the first chapter but the writing is very fluid and easier to understand than expected !! Im already immersed in this story😋

I am curious because I am doing this a lot lately. So how many books are you really reading right now? Lately, I will find myself scrolling through Instagram or Facebook and I will see either Kindle Unlimited ads for romance novels, AI slop (usually can tell by the cover art AND the publication date because the series was published one right after the other) OR web novels. If the KU novels look interesting, I might find a speed read to fill an afternoon of disgruntled amusement.

On the other hand, I am also reading through my monthly plan. At the money, I have three books up to bat and alternate between the three fitting my mood. Usually one to fill the silence on the ride to and from work, doing household chores or errands, or to fill the dull silence at work. So, how many books are you all actuallyreading right now, at once?

Current Reads: Blood Moon by Britney S. Lewis Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Stephen Grahame-Smith Deserts, Driving and Derelicts by Tonya Kappes Just finished The Illusion by Elizabeth Watson.

I went to read discussions of one of my favorite series (Rook & Rose by M. A. Carrick, highly recommend!!), only to realize I actually don’t know how anybody’s name or title or locations are written because I listened to this series as an audiobook 💀

These books have stellar narration, so I wouldn’t change anything, but it got me thinking of how many times this has happened after listening to an amazing audiobook—too many times, to be clear 😭

Does anyone have any funny misheard names of words from audiobooks? I can’t be the only one! Or I hope so? 😂😂

Inspired by @Lixxie222's earlier post: What was the last book you bought, and why did you buy it?*

*(for example - a pretty cover, the plot sounded cool, it was recommended, you loved it and wanted your own copy, you were treating yourself, etc etc.)

The last book I bought was The Names by Florence Knapp because it was a 5 star book that I couldn't stop thinking about and I wanted my own copy. I was at a bookstore where I had store credit so I figured why not (and I was able to get a used copy too so it was a bit cheaper!)