Let’s talk your physical home library for a minute. I buy a lot of books, most of them before I’ve read it. I’ve been a lot better about reading a book on Libby before I purchase it, but sometimes the book isn’t in circulation as much and if I can’t find it anywhere else I end up buying it second hand (and rarely, new).

After I’ve read the book, if I loved it, liked it, or it’s a classic, then I’ll keep it. But there are some books that don’t resonate with me, and I have limited bookshelf space in my house.

I guess my question is, What do you do with the books in your home you’ll never read again or don’t like?

And how do you know you should find a new home for a book?

Sometimes I feel like I should keep them anyway and just buy another bookshelf.

Sometimes I want to purge every book except the ones I love.

There’s second-hand stores I can donate to, I can sell them to Thriftbooks, or put them in those little libraries on the side of the road.

I have a box of books I’ve been meaning to donate or sell and it’s just been sitting there and I can’t bring myself to do it!

So please tell me how you manage your books when it might be time for them to find a new home or when your physical home library gets overwhelming!!!!

This isn't my genre of choice, but a buddy of mine recently confided in me that he's had a hard time finding joy in reading since he was a teenager. He reads a lot of nonfiction for work and ~kind of for pleasure, but he said he's chasing that high he got in middle school of reading Fablehaven for the first time. Part of it, he attributes to his interests having changed (history, philosophy), but it feels to me like he has an idea of what adults are meant to read and that's holding him back from something he'd really love.

So I'm looking for recommendations for fiction books for adults that hit on history or philosophy, and maybe a tiny bit of magic? My first instinct was to suggest Blood Over Bright Haven by ML Wang for the ethical questions in it, but I'm sure there are more books that are more firmly based in history that he might like, too. Maybe some dystopian alternate histories? Something in the vein of the Lady Astronaut series by Mary Robinette Kowal?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions! I told him I'd bring him a list of recs on Tuesday when we meet again 💛

Hi everyone! I’m Sasha (@sashareads). Putting this quest together has felt a bit like tending to a tiny book‑baby, and I’m so excited to finally share it with you. I hope you’ll adore it as much as I do.🥰

About the quest The Kaleidoscope of Time dives into worlds where time doesn’t behave the way we expect - loops, pockets, displacement, and intentional travel across eras. Because it stretches across so many genres, some books will feel instantly like your thing and others might not - and that’s completely okay. You’ll find a mix of YA and adult titles across historical fiction, speculative fiction, literary fiction, romance, dystopian, fantasy, mystery, thrillers, and plenty of genre‑blending, all threaded with a touch of sci‑fi.

If you’d like to read some of the books that helped make the subgenre what it is today, then you should go for The Time Ship: A Chrononautical Journey by Enrique Gaspar, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain, Kindred by Octavia E. Butler and Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.

Personally I’ve especially enjoyed Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (Historical Fiction), Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (Fantasy), Love Lethal, Death Divine by Jelena Dunato (Fantasy Romance), The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell (Historical Romance), The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (Fantasy Romance), and On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle (Literary Fiction)

Quest recommendations I’ll be taking suggestions through this post: Quest Recommendations. Please give it a read before sharing your recs.

We’re all passionate about our favorite time travel stories, and I’d truly love to hear yours. However, recommending a book doesn’t guarantee it’ll be added, even if it’s popular and/or fits the criteria.

Let’s get questing! 🕰️

LOVE paperbacks but travel a lot and want to bring my ✨ pretties ✨ with me in e-reader form - looking at KOBO at the moment, does anyone own one or recommend another e-reader?

Hi everyone!💖

I’ve just started university (yay for going back to school), and now I’m in dire need of help. You see... I’ve never been good at taking notes when I read books or articles for class - It's a huge struggle for me to figure out what’s actually important and I end up underlining practically the entire page (see pic). It also means I spend an absurd amount of time on note‑taking, which really isn’t sustainable when there are 50–100 pages to read between each class.

Do any of you have tips or tricks that have worked for you? Luckily I find the material genuinely interesting, so the issue isn’t getting myself to read - it’s figuring out how to process it effectively and how to take notes without drowning in them.

EDIT: What I've been doing until now is reading a section, going back to underline what seems important, dictating my notes into Word in bulletpoint form, editing the dictation so it's completely correct, then reading the next section and starting over.

Forever grateful for any and all help🙂‍↕️

Pic for reference

I enjoy fantasy books, but I've always struggled with the world-building because it's hard for me to wrap my brain around systems (magical, biological, etc.) that we don't experience in our reality. That led me to wondering, if our lives took place in a fantasy world, what aspects would the readers find weird or unrealistic? For me, it's gotta be toilets. Like, wdym we have special rooms with a bowl to dump our waste in? I think I'd find that crazy if it wasn't a normal part of our lives haha