Is your love 💕 for books something unexplainable and always, persistently there (despite some reading slumps) or is it something you had to grow 🌱 into over time?

For me, it's like reading is in my genes 🧬. I've loved it and can't imagine a future without it. For those who feel like they had to grow into their love for books, what caused that? A teacher 👩‍🏫, a friend 👯‍♀️, or an unexpected event👀?

what’s one book that you would not have normally picked up but did (book club/family & friend rec/popular/mixing it up) and end up loving?

I find that a setting can really make a book sing. I just started listening to John Green's Looking for Alaska, and remembered how much I like a boarding school setting. I also enjoyed Tracy Wolff's Crave series. What boarding school books are your favorites?

I want to start a challenge where I read at least one persons favorite book a month for this whole year! So I’m looking for book recommendations based off your guys favorites. I’m open to really anything but if you want to look at my profile there are more specific genres I’m into. Thanks guys!

I am so sick of books masquerading as enemies-to-lovers just because it sells. I know these tropes are just a marketing tactic at this point, but are there books out there that actually keep it alive? For reference, I mean something like The Cruel Prince or even something as lighthearted as You Deserve Each Other. Please try to avoid books that are overtly spicy in nature. Thanks!

It's getting better. Fitzgerald's prose is a little hard to understand sometimes, causing me to reread portions

I'm going abroad for a while and I am looking for cozy/interesting/absorbing books to read for comfort when I feel out of place. I mainly want something that isn't too scary or sad but that still has a story that fully pulls you into the pages. I love romance but I cannot deal well with books where one character is only there to serve as a love interest, so I mostly end up reading queer stories, but if anyone has good het recommendations for page-turner romances I'm open to that as well. Page-turner non-fiction book recs would also be much appreciated!!

hey all! i have an assignment for an english class i'm taking this year where we have to read a fiction book about a social issue. it should be over 150-200 pages and a solid enough quality to be analyzed over a few months, i was wondering if any of you would have some suggestions of ones you've personally enjoyed? i'm fine with any topics just preferably not george orwell ❤️

i am currently reading “this is how you lose the time war” by amal el-mohtar and max gladstone. and i am really liking it so far.

i was curious on the fact that there was two writers and i wanted to see how that worked so i did some googling and i came across this on wikipedia:

“Red's letters were written entirely by Gladstone, and Blue's by El-Mohtar. Although they wrote a general outline beforehand, "the reactions of each character were developed with a genuine element of surprise on receiving each letter, and the scenes accompanying [the letters] were written using that emotional response".”

i absolutely loved this! so do you know of any other books that are written with an “unconventional” process if that makes sense? or even written in an “unconventional” way?

I find the concept of evil fascinating. I love evil characters. One thing I’ve noticed about literature, specifically western literature (because I don’t want to speak on literature I’m unfamiliar with) is that evil-ness is often associated with Satan or The Devil. And I think many of these villainous characters embody who Satan is supposed to be. And it doesn’t have to surround Christianity, either. Many religions and belief systems have an evil entity that is opposed to the “almighty God.” I’m speaking to monotheism in particular here.

All this to ask: which books do you enjoy that identifies evil as one of its themes?