When I was a kid I brought a book to a party once and some lady was like "who reads at a party?" She meant it as a joke but little kid me was definitely feeling her first "shut up, bitch" moment. I'm petty and I still hold a grudge against her to this very day. 😂😂 And now I'm one of those "my ereader is my child" people. LOL

What is better and why? Online reading or physical books?

I want to know as someone who loves both 🐕

Showcase how you share books!

• From where do you most borrow books from?
• Do you lend your books often; and to who?
• What book would you read again?
• What book do you recommend?

Note: Feel free to answer just one, all of the above or any combination of your choice of questions; you are welcome to include as many answers as you would like to into each response, as well.

Hey there! I just realized I have been reading a LOT of books around various authors' takes on dragon lore - mainly because I think dragons are neat. It made me wonder what sorts of mythical creatures others liked and what books they might be reading to get their "fix".

So far I've read the first in the Temeraire and Lady Trent series and am always open to reading more!

Recently I've been gifted several collections of short stories, and some weeks prior to that I have bought an ebook of one. I've went and started reading some of them in turns when I'm not reading one of my on-going novels or series and it seems I'm having trouble getting through any of the collections. I know you're not supposed to get through them in one sitting (tbh I don't intend to and want to give myself the time I need for each story) but how do I stop adding more collections on my plate? I'm afraid I'll just keep adding and never actually finish anything. Any advice? How do you approach/treat short story collections? (This is also my first time reading in this format).

I've seen the "personal curriculum" trend going around and was curious how folks were approaching it. I have lots of books I want to read but have a hard time prioritizing, so I thought this might help. Are you grouping books by theme? Are you including other mediums (e.g., podcast episodes, long-form essays, blog posts, etc.)? Tell me about your strategy!

Do you have a particular book that you thought you would love, or that was widely popular and recommended. And when you got your hands on it you just couldn't get into it? Post a book below, and maybe a short reason why you DNF'd (Couldn't get into the characters, the plot or magic system was too hard to understand etc) The trick is only posting a book title you would consider letting back onto your TBR. If a book and it was an immediate DNF for you, we don't need to try to resuscitate those!

Let's keep it respectful, not everyone needs to like every book! In this particular thread I'm hoping only for the book's advocates to be singing the praises.

If you love a title posted, tell us why, tell us what season or headspace you were in that made the book click for you. If it's a particular author, should we try starting with a different work first?

I'm not sure if this thread will have any legs, but I hope it does! Let's try to keep to one book per comment, and do a bit of a scroll to see if your book has already been mentioned!

Let's show some local authors love, those who have a one or a few books, published by small or large presses, but generally haven't reached a big stage yet.

We have a lot of awesome ones in Oklahoma, but here are a few: For poetry - Kristen Grace (The Skull Tree) Paul Juhaesz (The Fires of Heraclitus)

For fiction - Rob Roench (In the Morning, the City is the Prairie) James Cooper (Moonlit Massacre) Rilla Askew (Fire in Beulah)

Happy Ace Week to all my fellow aces!! 🖤🩶🤍💜

I’ve only read a few books with Ace representation so far, but I know there are always more out there and that makes me happy.

Do you guys have any recommendations? And do you have a favorite ace book and/or character? ☺️

EDIT: I forgot to tell you my 2 faves so far 🫶🏻

• Perfect Rhythm by Jae
• Loveless by Alice Oseman