What book do you want to read? I'm not talking about a book that has been written already. I'm talking about a book you want written. A dream book. An ideal book. The book you want to reaf before you die.

Do you have any idea of the themes, the characters, the plot? Is it a mirror of your own experiences or a window to a wholly different world?

Mine has always been a (non biographical) mirror to my own experiences. Aside from anything else it's to have another aspec experience so questioning people can see another angle.

Everyone has their own niche expertise and interests. What are some things you've seen in books that you were like 👀 'well that's not correct at all'.

This is inspired by the one post for healthcare workers to describe medical inaccuracies. But I'm also thinking of when actors don't know how to play an instrument and they pretend sooo poorly.

A few examples to start~ I didn't think the linguistics of Project Hail Mary checked out at all. Especially the part where he was able to get Rocky to approximate his name Grace with their limited understanding of each other's languages.

I recently read Wild Dark Shore and there was a part where a character was wearing a wet suit for arctic water temps and I was like mmm.... maybe a dry suit would be more appropriate?

What elseeee, oh my goodness. People often get international politics (especially Chinese politics!!!) so wrong. In The End of Men the author tried to say that Beijing declared independence, when Beijing is the capital??? The book as a whole is soo inaccurate and wrong in so many ways and fields lol. I have to stop myself from venting about this book.

I love seeing people talk about things they are passionate about and their expertise! Please share with the class your most egregious or funny examples ❤️🤓🧠