Evander, every 5 seconds: I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning, I break my legs and every afternoon I break my arms. At night I

Let’s talk about overused words…

The Oxford English Dictionary has over half a million words and yet the council of fantasy authors seem to have dedicated their lives to using approximately 37 of them... and it feels like that number drops to about 21 when we get to romantasy specifically. 😂😭

So, readers, what words need to go to Vocabulary Jail 🔒 for a little cooldown period? 😅

I know I mentioned fantasy authors (because I read a lot of fantasy), but I’m sure other genres are guilty of overusing perfectly good words until we can no longer hear them without rolling our eyes. 😆

Let's hear 'em! 📢

I’ll start: WHORL

Once upon a time, whorl felt whimsical. Magical. Atmospheric. Now, everything has whorls: light, paintings, floor tiles, evening gowns, back tattoos, mysterious artefacts... It's enough now. 😂

It's not an inherently bad word, but I yearn for some more creativity.

EDIT: Y'all are getting the most millennial response out of me for this post. 😆

The atmosphere is so good I got jump scared when Laurie pulled out a phone lmao I assumed this was set in the early 1900s the way this got me feeling like Shirley Jackson

I love that every metaphor is plant related so far, we’ll see if that drags on me though

Joining this list because I really need to read more Black authors!

Only discovered recently that I have not read many at all. Before Pagebound, I mostly just browsed libraries and though I will never speak out against libraries, which are possibly the greatest ammenity modern society offers, I don't think Irish libraries are very diverse, though I see them getting better.

Does anyone have any recs for starting off, as this list is so long? I have TBRd a few already, but are there any must read/contemp. Classic authors or books here I should know about?💕