Don't know if this is just a me thing or not, or even if the suggested changes would be possible to do, but anyway.

I think it would be fun/useful if in the plan section it could show your "to be read" books on the search instead of the same books it shows on the normal search. Or that there would be a toggle or something to switch to look up only your library shelves/specific shelf.

To me at least it would streamline planning a bit better, because I won't plan to read books I don't have on my tbr shelf. Right now I find myself not using the planning section much because it feels janky.

Searching books on the plan section is something I don't use, because I don't remember the exact name of the book/don't remember all the books I have on my tbr. So if I use it I just put them to the plan from my tbr library, but I feel like seeing the plan while/after putting books from your library there would be more useful.

Also, for someone whose reading plans change all the time depending on which library books i get and when, rearranging books in your plan (different months) is currently very tedious. Again, I don't know how easy/hard/impossible my suggestions are, but a drag and drop rearrangement system etc. would be so useful at least to me.

why is it that the urge to read only hits when i absolutely cannot read. like i’ll be busy all day, zero interest, and then suddenly it’s 1:17am on a school night and my brain is like “this is the perfect time to start a new book.” be serious. i’ll tell myself one chapter. ONE. next thing i know the sky is getting lighter and i’m emotionally unwell and sleep deprived. but if i try to read earlier in the day? nothing. my brain refuses to cooperate. reading has no respect for schedules or responsibilities. it just shows up when it wants and expects me to drop everything. anyway if i’m tired at school just know it wasn’t my fault. the book chose the time, not me.

we’ve all used a variety things to mark our place in books, right? like a receipt, a ponytail, or a wrapper—but what’s something really weird you’ve used before? i’d say my most random bookmark was an orange peel…it’s a long story, but let’s just say desperate times, desperate measures 😭😭

Howdy hi, Shindiggers!

My neurodivergent self was curious if any other music lovers out there ever get fixated on the idea of relating their reading to their love of music.

I don't mean listening to music while you read. I actually can't do that. I get way too distracted by the music. I mean, do you ever just love a song or album or so much that you want to find a book that matches? Not thematically or anything, I mean sonically.

My latest music fixation is the Foals album Antidotes, especially the track "Cassius" (I can't stop playing that one, it's soooo good). It's just banger after banger. Sound-wise, it reminds me of another of my all-time favourite no-skips albums, Entertainment! by Gang of Four. The sound is just so. . . angular and sharp and propulsive, to scratch the surface. I find myself thinking it'd be so cool to find a book where the reading experience feels exactly how this music sounds.

So, anybody else ever feel like that, or am I just odd? LOL

Have you ever read a book that made you feel that way? I wanna know about it! o.o