knew this book would be heartbreaking but im just 60 pages in and oh damn <///3

One of my favorite end-of-year activities with students is a passion speech. They choose something they love and spend time convincing the rest of us to love it too. But before that, I have them do a “rant” activity.

No grammar rules. No structure. Just pure chaos. They can complain about anything they can’t stand.

This year’s rants thus far have included some great topics: Caillou, Wapol from One Piece, and, one of my personal favorites to bring here, Hatchet.

The student said, “If I had to read another line about that dude staring at the lake or eating berries, I was going to buy a hatchet just to throw it at the book.”

I always end up in tears by the time I finish reading all of their pieces. But, now I need to know, what book would you stand on a hill and scream about at the top of your lungs?? Or if you just want to rant about something, what would it be??

4 pages in and I’m already fascinated by the world. This degree of dystopia should feel so over the top but unfortunately, it really doesn’t

Hello Boundlings! Happy Monday 🤭

Let’s kick off this week with a little positivity once again - what was your bookish highlight of the past week?

Can be anything from simply starting/finishing a book to meeting your fav author (I know many of you probably attended book con this weekend) 😍

As always, new people welcome & no achievement is too small 🩷🩷

This might just be me and my algorithms, but I've been seeing a lot of people (not just here!) DNFing or complaining in their reviews about "info dumping", specifically in fantasy books.

For those that aren't familiar: "Info dumping is when the author gives out excessive information to the reader all at once, leaving the story stagnant." This often leaves the readers bored, especially if the author goes off on a tangent and it's not relevant to what's happening right now.

I feel like I've noticed a trend (again this could just be me lol) where people are throwing the term around when they aren't entertained at all times. The author's job is to try and explain their fantasy world so that you can understand the story! Often that doesn't include action scenes, but lots of explaining (done in different ways). Maybe it's the MC explaining a situation to someone or some extra descriptions added to each chapter. Whatever it may be, those parts are important! I, as a reader, want to know about the world I was just thrown into. Tell me more even!

It could be the result of reading so many trendy romantasy books, where something is happening all the time, or maybe it's just people who are new to fantasy. Or something else entirely!

I'm curious to know what you guys are seeing! Are you noticing authors actually info dumping more or are people just not used to fantasy worlds? Or are we still just throwing terminology around without understanding it?