is there anyone who actually likes the movie better then the book? The only one i liked better was the summer i turned pretty. Otherwise i feel they always screw it up so muchhhh. Either poor casting or they take out key details or really hilarious parts. I still need to watch where the crawdads sing, the boy in the stripped pajamas, daisy jones and the six, and probably a lot more but i dont know if its worth my time.

The nominations for this year's Hugos are in! (one of the big SFF awards, along with the Nebulas and Locus) Which have you read? Which would you recommend? https://www.lacon.org/hugofinalists/ I don't know if it's new this time, but they also include works that were nominated by withdrawn for various reasons (I know there's been a lot of controversy in the past with opaqueness around nominations).

Including the lists for some of the larger categories below, with a ✅ if I read it and ⭐ if I really enjoyed it.

Best Novel ⭐✅A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape) Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (William Morrow; Gollancz) Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US) ⭐✅The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK) ✅The Incandescent by Emily Tesh (Tor US; Orbit UK) ⭐✅The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson (Orbit US; Hodderscape)

Best Novella Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz (Tordotcom) Cinder House by Freya Marske (Tordotcom; Tor UK) ⭐✅Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite (Tordotcom) ⭐✅The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom; Arcadia UK) ✅The Summer War by Naomi Novik (Del Rey US; Del Rey UK) ⭐✅What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher (Nightfire; Titan UK)

Best Series ⭐✅Emily Wilde by Heather Fawcett (Del Rey US; Orbit UK) ✅October Daye by Seanan McGuire (Tor US; DAW) ✅Old Man’s War by John Scalzi (Tor US; Tor UK) ⭐✅The Chronicles of Osreth by Katherine Addison (Tor US; Solaris UK; Subterranean) The Craft Wars by Max Gladstone (Tor; Tordotcom) White Space by Elizabeth Bear (Saga Press; Gollancz)

Lodestar Award for Best YA Book Among Ghosts by Rachel Hartman (Random House Books for Young Readers) Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by C.B. Lee (Feiwel & Friends) ⭐✅Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen (Henry Holt; Hodderscape UK) Oathbound by Tracy Deonn (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press) ✅They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran (Bloomsbury US; Bloomsbury UK)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (sponsored by Dell Magazines) Sophie Burnham (2nd year of eligibility) ✅Kamilah Cole (2nd year of eligibility) ⭐✅Antonia Hodgson (1st year of eligibility) Molly O’Neill (1st year of eligibility) H.H. Pak (2nd year of eligibility) Jared Pechaček (2nd year of eligibility)

This might be a slightly hot take I’m not sure. But I personally almost never like a movie adaptation of books I read, and it’s even worse when I loved the book. The adaptation completely ruins the book for me and it’s devastating. (Even though I know this about myself, I always watch the movie, I like to create my own suffering.)

So my theory, or resolution, to this problem is that people should only make movie adaptations for books that are generally reviewed as less than 4 stars. An EH book is the perfect book to take and build into a better movie. If the book is 4 stars or above, maybe don’t touch it. 🥸🫣🫣🫣

Thoughts?

This book started slow and was hard for me to get into, but at 14% I was hooked! So glad I gave it more than my usual 10% before deciding to DNF

I want badass females who would make a shadow daddy's balls wither with just a disapproving glance. (They don't have to have shadow powers, just shadow attitude)

Manon Blackbeak from Throne of Glass series - Sarah J Maas is the only example I can think of which is shocking (but maybe my brain just isn't in gear 🫠) They can be a side character but I'd be interested to see some MCs.

Thanks 😊

I've always been frustrated with open endings in books or movies and my parents always suggested that if I wanted to know how the story ended, I should just make up an ending for myself and that appalled me 💀 I can't just DECIDE for myself that they lived happily ever after, I don't have authority over this story! I don't even want alternative ending fanfics or theories, I want the person who came up with the story to tell me how everything concludes! 🤓 even if all they're doing is making something up on the spot😅 anyone else feel the same?

Already felt this from the anime, but I don't like Agott at all. She gives me snooty Draco Malfoy x Pick Me vibes in terms of magic and how she's superior to everyone. Anyone else get those vibes while reading?