find a book you’ve read for each letter of your name/nickname/username!

i’ll start : S - Spells by Aprilynne Pike A - A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee R - Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare A - Acide Sulfurique by Amélie Nothomb H - Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid (the only one I could think of 😙)

the list is a bit of mess but… your turn 🫵

edit: i’m happy you guys liked the game! i think i read them all, even though i couldn’t comment on all 😅 thank you for participating 🫶

Hello!!

I seem to be really enjoying dystopian sci-fi books at the moment, having read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, 1984 by George Orwell, The Last Midwife by Karen Lawrence, I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman and Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica. Currently reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxle and I have Never Let Me Go, Animal Farm and The Windup Girl on my list to read next. I also have a bunch of books in my Amazon wishlist (kindle user) that I have my eye on.

Are there any books that you would really recommend? Im not fussed at when it was written, I have just sort of found my type of book and im enjoying the stories in this category. Where there any that literally shocked you? Maybe had a twist? Throw me ideas!!! X

I've had bosses try to be my friend before and it never goes well. It's hard to have authority when I know you want me to like you and see you as a "cool person I want to be friends with". Personally my friends don't tell me what to do and then get upset when I want to have a discussion about whether or not I should have to do the task. Boundaries exist in work relationships for a reason. I know other people can have a boss/employee friendships but for me I need to not be friends with a boss. I like to roast my friends too much and love when they roast me back. Why do you think some bosses feel the need to be friends with employees? Is it validation? Or is it maybe their opinion on what a good boss should do? Would love to hear thoughts.

4% in and we’re already being misogynistic… why???

Random thought: This book as an anime would be so cool

I’ve been listening to the audiobook narrated by Donada Peters, which is my favourite way to consume Austen novels, as I feel like I understand more of the story when the pace is slowed by someone reading, and with a narrator doing voices for the characters. I have previously watched the 2023(?) adaptation of Emma, so that is quite present in my mind when reading. But of course the book is better, there’s much more nuance, the jokes make sense because they’re allowed the time to develop on the page. What I didn’t realize before reading Pride and Prejudice is just how funny Jane Austen is. As a younger reader, I viewed classics as a “serious” genre, and would not have expected Austen’s style. Needless to say, I’ve been loving the book so far— Emma is an interesting character with obvious flaws (and she is unconscious of them of course). Delightful to read.