When discussing Gogol and his work - is he considered a Ukrainian or a Russian writer? My understanding is that he was from Ukraine (which at the time was under the Russian Empire) but I think his works were written in the Russian language (correct that if I'm wrong) and mainly intended for an audience in St Petersburg. But, especially considering Russia's war on Ukraine at the moment, it's not something I want to be misunderstanding. Though, perhaps I'm overthinking this and there isn't a need to push either modern nationality onto a 19th century author. I'm really not sure.

(Reposted from a completely inactive book forum, because I figured I'd be more likely to get and answer here.)

I love the quests available but there are loads more that could appear! So, what quests would you love to see the most? For me, it would be

• Disability rep in Fantasy
• Swords and Boards Fantasy
• Queer Romance
• BIPOC stories

Those are a few I think would be great additions- what are your thoughts?

There was a post like this going around tumblr a couple months back and it was really cool and interesting, so I thought the PB-community might enjoy it too - What are your favorite stilistic/rhetorical devices or even executions of literary themes? Do you have any specific examples of them being really well implemented? My favorite specific stylistic device by far is the hyperbaton, specifically in Latin and Ancient Greek, not in the simple sense of "inversion of word order" but rather of the separation of two gramatically connected words, e.g. "word [...] descriptive non-predicative adjective", because it (and any other use of a abnormal sentence structure) can be used to visually represent relations between the concepts behind the words or the characters and their feelings. I have some specific examples, but they would mostly be in Latin, but if someone is interested in knowing what they are, you're welcome to ask me, so then I can nerd out :) Otherwise, as I said, I simply enjoy interesting sentence structures, especially if they are meant to convey or visualise a message. Your turn :)

I was hesitating to read this, but I'm so glad I started. It is completely outside of what I normally read, but it truly is a beautiful reflection on how we interact with and consume the world around us. I also adore the illustrations. I have it in hardcover, and the book just exudes this calm, reflective, and natural energy. Pleasantly surprised, to say the least. Can't wait to continue.

First of all, I found the author's voice really sweet so listening to the audiobook was a pleasure.

Secondly, this book made me want to actually build a community with my neighbors, which, being an introvert, isn't something I want to do on a regular basis.

And I want to eat strawberries now.