I love wrapups on Storygraph. Recently I saw that Pagebound wants to implement them as well in the nearest future. So I am curious how do you envision this? I hope it includes read books and my favorite emojis for the month. 😊

I am so excited to see what wrapups will look like in pagebound visial style. Also hope we'll be able to generate them for previous months. 🤞🏻

You get to bonk someone involved in producing your current read in the head. The author, editor, cover designer, whoever lays out the book, the marketing team, whoever. Who are you bonking? Why? What weapon do you choose to use?

My current read is a nonfiction book about climate change. I would like to address my complaint to the genius who decided to use this tiny ass font size. With a baseball bat. A toy one, maybe. I can be nice.

For all my fellow Windy City series lovers, did you guys see how they’re making a a tv adaption on prime video??? Idk how long this has been known but I just saw the news today and ran to share the news here!!

I have mixed feelings about it, just like every book turned series/movie. Obvi I’m excited but I’m nervous to see how much they stay true to the books. I hope they hire Heated Rivalry’s director cause they did an amazing job! 😭

🔸Definition: A sensitivity reader is a publishing professional or consultant who reviews manuscripts for offensive content, stereotypes, bias, and inaccuracies regarding marginalized groups, culture, or trauma. Often called authenticity readers or sensitivity consultants, they help authors ensure respectful, accurate representation.

Now, i know a lot of books that can fall in the "grey" area. They arent problematic, but they are not openly awareness raisers. Those books that just let the reader draw their own conclusions.

Obviously, I know this position (the sensitivity reader) will be for good, and thanks to it, much more solid and authentic books will be created. But i am also a little bit worried about creating "too obvious narratives", or even the infantilization of the reader. Sometimes complex or harsh books can get too close to the "this is offensive or confusing", and I am a little bit scared of this ending up being a way of...creative censorship? (Of course If you're writing completely unrealistic and absurd things about the BIPOC community without even forming part of it, that's not censorship lol 🗣️). And yes, of course i know it forms part of the editorial process, it's not like they deleted 5 pages from the book and then published it out of the blue.

What i want to convey here is that sometimes all those sensitive topics can be confusing, full of contradictions. I mean, that's why we are still today having to defend them. But I like seeking this future of books with representation and diversity that coexists with these strange, layered, and slightly off books (again, no problematic ones, just not crystal clear ones that were maybe written a few decades ago).

💬 What do you know about Sensitivity readers? What do you think about this topic or reflexion? Feel free to debate on here, all perspectives are welcomed, and we will undoubtedly have a broader and more valuable picture!

"the delusion at the heart of capitalism, the existence of some essential, infinite wellspring of innovation and efficiency such as to make the prospect of equally infinite growth possible."

I really like the use of the word delusion here. I wonder how many capitalists are actually delusional. I am far too cynical and think they all know exactly what they are doing. Infinite growth, in any context, is not feasible. We are all subject to the law of conservation of mass.

In light of the recent newsletter, I’m curious to know where everyone stands in the streak length percentage? In my case my streak is m on 60+, closer to 70, days, so that files me within the 6 percent!