I read 800+ books a year. My husband jokes that he's functionally illiterate. However I got him listening to audio books while he works in the garage.

I have become my Husband's audiobook dealer. I need help with recommending things. He's read and enjoyed Dungeon Crawler Carl Project Hail Mary Illuminae Game of Thrones

He's currently reading Codex Alera by Jim Butcher.

He strongly prefers finished series or standalones. Currently trending towards fantasy but I don't think he's read mystery or police procedural at all. I don't currently have any Monster F*cking books on audio but...... hmmmm.....

Help me with your recommendations please.

Hey folks. I’ve been seeing a lot of conversation around anti-intellectualism that exists in the booktok community. I believe it has recently come up due to this woman (with blonde hair I believe) I can’t remember her handle, making overt critiques in what can be perceived as an abrasive way.

I don’t really care about her approach. What I will say is this: her points are valid. There is an increase in anti-intellectualism that seems to be paired with a rise in conservatism and fascist ideology in this country.

Do I care about people reading shit books that’s hardcore porn on paper? No, not really. I do notice that many of the books in the Discover section here do represent a lot of these types of books. It’s neither here nor there. Just an observation that this occurs outside of the booktok realm.

But there is a lack of critical thinking and engagement with literature. And so I’m curious, what are your thoughts?

EDIT: I’m not sure I made it clear enough but I DO enjoy reading romantasy and smutty books! I can be entertained and critically engage with art. Bad art is just as important as bad art. And ultimately, art is subjective. The question is more about how we critically engage with media overall and how the literacy crisis and rise of fascism influence how we critique art.

I’m just a bi woman who loves wlw and also loves yearning but have recently realized I’ve never read both at once!

I’m talking Kaz from Six of Crows or Song of Achilles levels of yearning. Like would tear apart the world for this person kind of yearning. Hozier brand yearning.

Please help!!!

are you a cat person, or a dog person?

quite a random question, but i'm curious, and i'm wondering if it impacts your book taste?

people like to say dog people are outgoing, extroverted, go getters— and cat people? more reserved, maybe witchy, more slow paced.

i'm both! i've grown up with cats, dogs, ferrets and many other small pets, but i'm still pretty introverted and keep a small circle. i like to go out sometimes, but i'm pretty laid back to be honest. i like creepier, weirder books, preferably fast paced though!

what about you guys? do you think it says anything about your personality?

It's always so fun to me how periocular dialogue is in classic books. I don't know if it actually feels like that to everyone but even in my favorite books like Rebecca and the master and the margarita I always get convinced the two people in question have no clue how to hold a conversation. It is like peeling a banana one part opens like the conversation and the other is like the sticky part of the characters being in their own delusional world of introspect and tomfoolery

Every single conversation feels to me like this Character A: It was a strange case, Tilly Abraham, beloved, soft spoken with a fate so tragic its deeply upsetting thinking of it Character B: I attended college in Brussels, the weather was always as dull as the prospects of my broken dreams fading away Character A: The red dress, oh how beautiful she looked in it, everyone said so. Now it lives in my memories alone Character B: The horse abandoned the barn, it jumped over the fence and ran beyond the horizon while its master watched, the only precious thing he ever owned, lost to nothingness

Like I get we are going somewhere with this... But the way we get there... The road is bumpy

I know we all love collecting the beautiful badges but I was curious as to what book(s) you will recommend that is not currently part of any quest(s).

Here's two from me, one fiction and another non-fiction: Babylonia by Costanza Casati. Mythmaker, her next one stated for April 2027 is already on my TBR. Who We Are : Four Questions For a Life and a Nation by the Honourable Murray Sinclair

Looking forward to your recommendations!

Hello everyone :)

I would looooove to know what your all-time favourite book is (and maybe a little blurb about why)!

Lying, Odysseus replied: "I will tell you the truth completely."

he's so me coded

Am I going to finish this book or is this book going to finish me?

so lads i just received both versions of the hardcover for the second death of locke— the classic cover hardcover (from blackwell’s in england) and then illumicrate’s hardcover…. and i think despite how beautiful the foil on the illumicrate one is, i love the original so so much..

my lady knight shelf has a HEAVY grey and kiernan presence and i’m not mad abt it

I feel like I haven't had a "loyalty" to a single author for a very long time....mostly because there are so many greats out there existing and upcoming!

I will read anything by Laura Purcell because The Silent Companions had me freaked for weeks (didn't help I worked in an old prison museum at the time of reading).

I've read ONE T.Kingfisher but every single blurb of their other books has me immediately adding to cart. I feel like they're fast going to become a top fave!