When is this book set?

I genuinly can't figure it out. There's Instagram references, so it can't be that old, but the text speak like "2moro" and "U", the Sonic the Hedgehog references, drinking in the shed in the woods, the way the teen girls act, the recession etc. all seem very early 2000s coded to me? And then there's the word "twink", which I'm pretty sure is quite new to slang??? But then the school still has nuns and they ban a girl from wearing a rainbow badge, which surely places it at least 5 year ago, and there's been no mentions of Covid? Yet the younger kid has his own phone so it has to be newish...🤦‍♀️

Heyy guyss! So I've got a question. Ive read the keeper of the lost cities books already multiple times and sometimes when i want to reread i just read the 'interesting' parts like i kind of skim through it. I was wondering if when i do that should I put it as if îve read the whole book or should i say that i didn’t read anything that day? Cause i want to do that and i don’t know what i should put cause i don’t wanna feel like its cheating.

I'm trying to find a better way to keep track of when books are being published. Right now I'm using tags/shelves and end up forgetting about it until months later. My memory isn't the best and looking for other ideas.

How do you keep track? Do you have a different set up depending on TBR priority?

Thank you in advance!!

What it says on the tin: What is the worst book you have ever read and finished? What about the worst book you ever read and DNFed?

(Remember this is all in fun, to meet people with similar tastes, and because I'm curious, not to shame anyone for liking or disliking books you liked or disliked!!)

You ever read a book and go am I dumb?

I know audiobooks are one of the fastest way of reading but i always struggled with it. When i tried it for the first time, i couldn't really remember what happened after finishing it. And it was so hard to concentrate 😬 So i just kept reading ebooks.

But now that i have college, I don't think I can really read regularly and I'm already a slow reader 🫩 So please recommend your favourite audiobooks (especially duet narration).

My favourite genres are fantasy, horror and romance. ✨ Thank you so much 🫶

Hej Bookaholics!!

How has everyone's September started off?

Both me and my partner are currently back to work/getting ready for the new uni year, so my question is...

Do you find there is a certain time of year that you read less? I am currently in that point (I read over summer a lot less and then have to try and get back into it for the new school year), so was wondering if anyone else had this happen to them 😂

A few days ago, I wanted to make a list for kids' sci-fi books, but could only think of three: Eva by Peter Dickinson, Phoenix by S.F. Said, and Animorphs. The latter is a huge series, so I only wanted to include the first book. Problem is, that's not enough to make a list, so do you have any suggestions for what I could add?

Edit: I made the list! Thanks for all your suggestions.

I'm pmsing and I keep seeing a stupid joke so have a rant

Book rant: WHYYYYYY is it so common for hardcover books to only have fancy covers on their dust jacket and not their actual covers 😭😭😭

Non book rant: If I see one more "joke" about how atlus should keep Yosuke from Persona 4 homophobic I will, I dunno, force these people to read queer theory??? At least that would make them smart