I feel like a lot of what I do can be easily associated with reading, hobbies like crochet and listening to music, pair well with reading, either an audiobook and something to do with my hands, or a physical book and background noise, and writers are almost always readers, so I fit pretty well into those boxes, but what about my hobbies that stray from book adjacent and book compatible? I like to paint from time to time, and that's a nightmare to do while I read. I also like to talk to people, and I think it'd be quite rude of me to open up my newest library hold while asking about someone's day. (I consider talking to people a hobby. Yeah.)

So, my question for you all: What's the least bookish thing you like to do? Are their any hobbies that pair horribly with reading? I'd hate to be a horror book fan, and someone who explored abandoned buildings, for example.

recently, i’ve been thinking a lot about jacob wysocki’s motivational speech “You are a Regular Guy, you can enter a space; You are a regular guy, you can make that phone call, etc etc” he did for Make Some Noise on Dropout (if anyone can link it please do lmao). i feel like ben, the MC in Board to Death which i’m currently reading would really benefit from this silly speech especially because he always second guesses & scrutinizes everything he chooses to do.

what other characters do you think would benefit from this speech? it could either be characters who are naturally anxious or even characters struggling to come to a pivotal decision.

I just finished a book that had two mistakes in it (one was using the wrong tense and one was where the main character’s name was spelled incorrectly). This is something that reeeeeallly irks me so I was curious to know how others feel! Are mistakes something you’re happy to glide over or does it bother you? I feel mean because it must be so hard and exhausting to write a book haha and I’m there like “this is in the wrong tense, ma’am” 🫣😂

Having made a shelf specifically for books I think my cat would like, I'm now curious about everybody else's pets on here! Based on his tv viewing behaviors, I think my cat would love horror, true crime, and thrillers.

Also, obligatory pic for y'all (his name is Goose!):