I've been reading this morning and I have thought of something weird to ask! This is lretty much about reading physical books because ebooks sort of.. save your place already

First, how many of you use bookmarks? How many use something else (dog-earing pages, memorizing the page number (i used to do this when i was reading one book at a time))?

For those of you that use bookmarks, do you take it out when you read and then put it back in to the new spot when you're done reading? Do you move the bookmark ahead to the spot you're aiming to read to? Do you move the bookmark with every page turn? (I've done all these 😂)

The title says it all really! Do you like reading stories or consuming media in general with characters in your field of work or expertise? Or are you the opposite and avoid them because they remind you of work or you've been burned before with inaccuracies or a secret third reason? Are books with your field/profession/hobby even out there??? (Extra curious to know this last one, to see if there's untapped potential somewhere or to think about what might make yours less explored as fictional story material.)

With the start of a new week I wanted to see what books people have recently checked out from their local library! I have about 10 checked out digitally and physically, but I'm most excited to read Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher, Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones, and Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan.

I want to hear stories of others who also were touched by reading in this way. I guess I'm looking for some hopeium lol.

Reading opened my mind from a young age and made me less susceptible to manipulation, I think. I was able to leave a controlling religion and I credit that to books and the critical thinking a lot of stuff I read led to. There's a couple of family members of mine who are only now coming into their 20s and are also turning into big bookworms. I find myself comparing our tastes in reading from afar on social media (they post on booktok publicly) as they've shunned me for a few years now. It hurts to be estranged from the family I grew up with but I always hope that their love for literature will help take them away from that abusive place eventually. I like to imagine that maybe someday we can all read booktok slop together and not be kept apart due to religious differences and abusive leaders...

Please share your stories so I don't feel like I'm crazy for thinking this could be a possibility. Thank you. 💔

Hi everyone! I'm a translator, and I've just taken on a side project to translate two books in a self-published YA fantasy series. I've only read a little of it so far, but it seems like a typical hero's journey adventure, with sword fighting, magic wielding and a lot of world building and inter-world politics going on, with a small twist.

Anyway, I read a lot of fantasy, but not necessarily YA. So, I want to know from those of you who know the genre better: what are your pet peeves, or things that really bother you about the writing you see in these types of novels? Wooden dialogue? Purple prose? Is there something I should be looking out for, or take extra care to avoid?

The writing is mediocre to okay in the source language and my goal is to elevate it, if possible.

Thank you!!