I'd love to hear what bookish gifts you all got!

My friend got me two books that were on our bookclub's TBR, White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky and a french book about forgotten female authors called Actrices: ces grandes oubliées qui ont fait la littérature. I can't wait to read them both.

Please share with the class 🥰

Happy holidays to everyone celebrating 🎄🎁🫶🏻

What was everyone's favorite Book from this year? I would love recs, but also just really interested. So far, mine has been a tie between Swordheart by T. Kingfisher, The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow and When the Wolf Comes home by Nat Cassidy.

Merry Christmas, I hope everyone's having an amazing day! Did anyone get any books?? I was able to get 13 books (woot woot), I'm super excited for Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie Mare and Zom rom-com by Olivia Dade.

Did anyone get any books?? If you did which one(s) are you super excited to read?

Does anyone have recommendations for books with enemies to lover with an extensive amount of yearning? Not the kind where they hate each other for two seconds and then fall in love but the Pride & Prejudice kind where there is this undeniable attraction and affection but they cannot or will not act on it because of their differences?

I am in need. Thank you in advance.

…what do u guys do with ur bookmarks while reading? Do u hold them? Stick them in a random page? Sit them down somewhere near u? I feel so awkward when I go to read a book but don’t know what to do with my bookmark… I usually just leave it at the page I’m starting off with then move it when I’m done.

The title says it all. I'm looking for books that will make me cry at 3am.

My job leaves little time for reading usually, especially until the morning hours which is my favorite time to read.

During the few days off I have during Christmas I wanna really go through it in the fictional worlds. For this specific goal, romance is the way to go for me. Second chance is great. The ex-vows and Love and Other Words did the trick.

What other books can you recommend? (Non-romance or non-second chance is amazing too, I just wanna cry) 🫶🏼🎄✨️

Growing up, I would read spoilers, because I didn't like the suspense of not knowing. It also helped me spot character development, foreshadowing, and the basic pieces of how the story is shaped. But as an adult, I try not to read spoilers! I like to figure it out for myself. What about you all? How do you guys read? :)

Do you guys only do a physical book or e reader or both? i used to be against e readers until i got one and love it. i still love physical books but noticed i read slower when reading a physical one, its like my brain got rewired.

I don't know why i easily get influenced by people's reviews about a book i'm reading or interested to read. Specifically negative reviews, they get to me. Even after i finish the book and say gave it 4-5 stars, come across a critical review after and my brain is like....ah well, that makes a lot of sense, let me change my rating. Or if i see a negative review about a book before reading it; i'd look for those points that made the person give it a lower rating.

Anyone else like that?

Y’all ever finish a PERSONAL five-star months ago, and while you’re adding in stuff for the yearly recap, you see a good bit of 1-2 star reviews? I’m always standing there like so🧍‍♂️it feels a little awkward because it sort of makes me feel like I should’ve read it as deep as the reviewer, I guess? One thing this app has taught me, though, is that taste is very, very, very, very, very, very, VERYYYYYY subjective.

Quick reminder: Your 2025 Wrapped will be available midday on Jan 1 - make sure you've logged all your reads from 2025, and left ratings (with subratings and emojis 😉) before then to have the most robust Wrapped!

I curious were people like to buy books from. Physical stores? Online? E-books?

Hi all. I wanted to ask what your sign is and which book you would say exemplifies that sign?

For me: I am a Pisces ♓️ and I would say that The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath reflects my sign the most.

The end of 2025 is near and I lack 4 books to complete my yearly reading goal 😔 do you guys have books with thin pages to kickstart my reading tempo again? Thank you!

Does anyone else keep track of how much money you save when using the library instead of buying books? I have already saved about CAD$400 this year, and I'm so glad I stopped impulse buying books whenever I felt like starting something new.

The checkout receipts at my library even say how much you saved on each visit, so it's just a matter of finding the prices of audiobooks and ebooks to tack on. If your library doesn't do that, I absolutely recommend suggesting they add this feature.