I want to confess that I've been downloading books since I got access to the internet for the first time. I grew up in a tiny town and we didn't have a lot of new books here even in the closest big city. And if I wanted to read something out of library stock I had to search for .txt files and read it on my mp3-player.

Now, there are so many things available to me: tons of bookshops, online shopping, huge libraries. Still I pirate some books because I don't think it's right to buy them if they aren't available in my local library. I mean mostly the books written by celebrities and rich people (or rather written by ghost writers for them): those people certainly don't need my £20 if they can afford tickets to Met Gala, for instance. I don't want to support them with my scarce money; I'd better support some indie author or charity. Also I buy physical copies of books that I pirated and loved because I want to thank the author.

So my question is: do you think it is ethical to pirate certain books? Textbooks, nonfiction, fiction, whatever?

it’s may, we’re far enough into the year that i think this is a fine question: any trends in topics/genres in your reading so far this year? rabbit holes you’ve gone down? consistent themes you’ve noticed yourself going for? was thinking about this and i’d love to hear!

Hello! so sorry I didn’t post a question yesterday, college decided to take up any spare time I had 😅 The question is..

• What is something that makes you want to DNF a book or makes you immediately DNF it? •

I’ll go first, something that makes me want to DNF a book is if it has false promises. And by that I mean when the book is promoted as a ‘perfect enemies to lovers romantasy with fiery tension!’ but then in reality they only slightly hated each other for 52 pages and then fell in love by chapter 8, and the worst thing he did was call her a bitch 🙄 For me personally a good enemies to lovers has to be dragged out over to the second book in the series. The reason why this makes me want to DNF a book is because it ruins my whole mood when I’m anticipating a trope/plot just to get the complete opposite shoved in my face 😩

Are there any upcoming books you’re particularly looking forward to? Yes, I’m going to mine the comments for recs.

I can’t wait for Kimberlé Crenshaw’s new memoir (in two days) and also for Code and Codex by Yoon Ha Lee because if you put “language” and “fantasy” in the description I’m sat.

Inspired by a few videos I’ve seen on BookTok.

I’ll go first with my pick: Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant.

This was soooo hyped everywhere I looked. Reddit, Tiktok, Instagram… The plot looked promising and I was told to expect building tension and full-blown horror! Instead I got bad prose, rushed plot, too many characters with boring backstories, and no horror. I’m still bitter tbh and although other reviews say Grant’s other works are better, I’m unsure whether to even try. I just wanted scary mermaids. 🥲

Are you reading an ARC that you are loving? Is your friend writing a book? Do you know a small writer that is trying to show their work to the world? Share them on here!! 🙂‍↕️

I am spanish and I am in a constant search for smaller english, american or just bilingual authors. Most of them have really great books, and their ePub prices are really reasonable (not like some publishing companies. Sorry but 18€ for a digital copy of a bestseller is crazy work).

This is why I wanted to create a little place to find more affordable and great options to hype up. Let us know the titles and the genre, and if you want why do you love them!