Today I needed a boost of serotonin because life's just been punching left and right and so i picked BL again to re-read some bits. The witty punchlines and the brilliant heartwarming ending in this book are, to this day, one of my favourite things in the whole world. What an art piece Book Lovers is.

I usually read contemporary romances and YA romances, but sometimes a few in a row gets Too Much. So I like to take "genre breaks" to kinda reset and freshen up the palate. I've been really enjoying picking up a horror fiction to bring me out of the romance sphere recently. I really liked Uketsu's Strange Pictures and although I didn't enjoy Strange Houses as much, it was still a good break from romance. I read C.G. Drews' Don't Let the Forest In on one of my breaks too and I'm looking forward to her next books! Aside from those recent ones though, some of my favourites are actually YA fantasies and YA contemporary sports!

I've mostly used percentages instead of page numbers in forum posts because I wasn’t sure if ebook pages match the physical book. Now I’m confused because even the percentages don’t line up. I spoiled myself by reading a post from a chapter I hadn’t reached, even though we were at the same percentage. I’m wondering what most people use when posting in the forum. Do you go by what your ereader/physical book says, or do you figure it out another way? It also seems helpful to say whether you’re using a physical book, ebook, or audiobook.

I usually read contemporary romances and YA romances, but sometimes a few in a row gets Too Much. So I like to take "genre breaks" to kinda reset and freshen up the palate. I've been really enjoying picking up a horror fiction to bring me out of the romance sphere recently. I really liked Uketsu's Strange Pictures and although I didn't enjoy Strange Houses as much, it was still a good break from romance. I read C.G. Drews' Don't Let the Forest In on one of my breaks too and I'm looking forward to her next books! Aside from those recent ones though, some of my favourites are actually YA fantasies and YA contemporary sports!

My biggest book pet peeve is when core themes of books get misunderstood, especially in adaptations Frankenstein is obviously a glaring example, I will never forgive them for what they did to my boy Another though which I don't see often mentioned is how overly romantic pride and prejudice is. I always see the TV adaptations of it get praised for how closely they follow the book, but I think they're missing the point? It's always about how they're flirting, and what they're doing and blah blah blah, while the book felt so much more character focused to me. I saw it as two ppl overcoming parts of themselves they disliked, through their realization of feelings for one another, and eventually falling into love bc they both chose to be better people. I also think it greatly diminishes Elizabeth, like all we ever talk about is Darcy but her journey was so beautiful, and she got me through so many frustrating parts of the book I can't help but sense a bit of misogyny too. Jane Austen is a /romance/ author, bc that's what women always write, if it's not 'womens fiction', and Mary Shelley's work full of grief and profoundness reduced to a crude, horror depiction. Can't women ever be praised for how impactful their stories are?

My biggest book pet peeve is when core themes of books get misunderstood, especially in adaptations Frankenstein is obviously a glaring example, I will never forgive them for what they did to my boy Another though which I don't see often mentioned is how overly romantic pride and prejudice is. I always see the TV adaptations of it get praised for how closely they follow the book, but I think they're missing the point? It's always about how they're flirting, and what they're doing and blah blah blah, while the book felt so much more character focused to me. I saw it as two ppl overcoming parts of themselves they disliked, through their realization of feelings for one another, and eventually falling into love bc they both chose to be better people. I also think it greatly diminishes Elizabeth, like all we ever talk about is Darcy but her journey was so beautiful, and she got me through so many frustrating parts of the book I can't help but sense a bit of misogyny too. Jane Austen is a /romance/ author, bc that's what women always write, if it's not 'womens fiction', and Mary Shelley's work full of grief and profoundness reduced to a crude, horror depiction. Can't women ever be praised for how impactful their stories are?

Okay let me start this by saying I KNOW not everyone audio book is narrated by both male and female. BUT... is it just me or does it give you the ick hearing a guy using a high pitch voice to read the females part and vice versa? Like I love audios.. but sometimes it just *shutters* ugh when I listen to them reading opposite roles!

I have so many theories my brain is about to explode. The ending of this story could really make my jaw hit the floor if some of them are true (but maybe I just feel like coming up with unhinged scenarios)