Winston is an unlikeable MC: he’s misogynistic and self centered (especially his thought process about Julia*). I’m trying to decide if that’s Orwell trying to make him a gritty character for a gritty world, or if it’s more intentional: like it’s a symptom of the morally corrupt society 1984 takes place in. (Or maybe Orwell was just a misogynist and that’s how he thought but it was hard to find anything definitive about his personality and views on sexim and racism.)

*and on that rape fantasy during the 2 minutes hate at the beginning: was it supposed to show how the two minutes hate is how the govt misdirects the citizens hate at any one but it? Or is it supposed to show that everyone is morally corrupt (including Winston)?

I’m looking for more perspectives on this does any one else have any different takes?

When I first started reading (around age 12), I mostly read whatever my mom could get for me. Later on, when I learned how to navigate the internet and use a computer, I started discovering books through blogs and reading forums. I slowly curated which blogs to follow, usually readers whose tastes matched mine, and I trusted that if they liked a book, I probably would too. Then I moved to Libby… and honestly? I’m not entirely sure how I kept finding things to read 😅 I don’t know if I just picked whatever showed up there or how I always had something lined up. That period feels like a weird blank in my memory. Content creators, Bookstagrammers, or BookTubers were never really my way of choosing books. I think I only follow one, and that’s because my mom recommended her to me after noticing the creator also loved Laura Gallego García (and I was like, okay, fair point). It was very much a “a book recommending a person” kind of thing. Still, I didn’t really read what she recommended… until last year, when I finally read the trilogy she wrote. I loved it and thought, okay, maybe I should actually listen to you. Yesterday I ended up binge-watching her YouTube videos and adding several of the books she mentioned that caught my attention to my tbr. But she’s really the only one.

Now with Pagebound, I’m loving the “emoji of the day” feature, it somehow keeps growing my Interested and my TBR status/shelves nonstop.

Another way, I think, was simply going to bookstores (there were only two in my city, with one only having the type of books i actually liked). So, I think that’s also how I started discovering books once I began using Libby 🤔

What about you? How has the way you discover new books changed over the years?

Inspired by some posts I've seen on here over the past few days- what books (or series) do you think should be made into a TV show? Specifically TV show instead of a movie because I feel like some would work better in the TV format vs movie format. Animated or live action?

we’ve all used a variety things to mark our place in books, right? like a receipt, a ponytail, or a wrapper—but what’s something really weird you’ve used before? i’d say my most random bookmark was an orange peel…it’s a long story, but let’s just say desperate times, desperate measures 😭😭

Hello everyone! I’ve been seeing so many lists lately about problematic authors/authors to avoid. While I think that’s so useful, I’d also like to create a list of authors who we should be supporting/who have been outspoken in support of human rights and other causes.

The only one I know off the top of my head is Sally Rooney, who was (is still)? donating her royalties to Palestine Action in the UK. Please add other suggestions in the comments and I’ll make a list!

Quick note: thank you so much for everyone’s input so far! I’d love for some recs of authors who have been supporting trans rights if anyone knows of any ❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️ (I research gender discrimination so it’s a cause close to my heart)

Here is the list so far!

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me in bed with a migraine last night: well the silm is too challenging time to pick up fotr again