I am in a reading slump right now so can I please get some book recommendations? I'm looking for fantasy books but in a reality realm? Like an adult version of twilight, and vampire diaries.. and it doesn't have to be vampires, those are just the ones I could think of. Please and thank you!

Hi, everyone! Like the title says, I'm looking for some YA contemporary book recs where the main character is helping to create a film. Any filmmaking-related job/responsibilities are fine!

I'm writing a book where the main character is helping create a horror webseries, so I'm just looking for some inspiration. Thank you so much!

Getting back into this! Unfortunately, it's been a busy few weeks so had to put it on hold but I'll try to chip away at it slowly. The intervals between chapters are quite interesting. Very atmospheric and Steinbeck has the setting down to a T. Don't think I'll enjoy it more than east of Eden but it's definitely looking to be a lovely read.

When you guys read a series from an omnibus (multiple works in one book) how do you typically log that reading? Right now I am reading a duology, but I own the omnibus version so it’s both (full length) books in one book, but I am logging it as the two separate books. Last year I read a trilogy that was in the form of an omnibus and I also logged it as three seperate books.

I ask because I told someone this last year, that I was reading an omnibus but logging it separately, and they told me that it was disingenuous. Since I was technically reading it as one book, I should log it as one book. I felt this was ridiculous but want to know how common of an opinion that was (will not attack you if it IS your opinion btw! I’m genuinely asking to see if it’s more common of an attitude than I thought)

Also, does your opinion change if it’s shorter works? If it was a collection of short stories or even poems and each individual work had it’s own listing as well as the omnibus, would you go through and log/rate them individually or would you do it all together as a collection?

What perspective is this book supposed to be in, cause there is constant references to things the characters don’t know? So are we Tolkien or…

Also Gollum is so scary

When rereading a book that you have an ARC of, is it considered unethical to reread the ARC copy? I'm asking because I have a physical ARC of a book I plan to reread soon, and I was curious if authors prefer readers not to reread ARCs since they're not technically the published copy. If it's frowned upon, I'll happily borrow the book from my library/Libby. Also, I'm curious if the answer varies from physical ARCs to e-ARCs. Thanks in advance (and apologies if this has been asked before here)!

It is a nice hot day here in my part of the UK and this lines up perfectly with my recent hyper-fixation - Italy and, more niche, the Mafia! I am itching to finish a current read so I can read The Godfather by Mario Puzo but it got me thinking - does anyone have any Mafia-related (or adjacent) books which are not a smutty romance? I have looked at the lists and can only find romances which aren’t the vibe I’m going for…

I have nothing against Mafia romance but I’m looking for a gritty thriller or a non-fiction, does anyone have any recommendations?