I'll go first. They make me feel so guilty low-key. Like I feel like I always need to chug through it no matter what. Because I always have that "It might get good. You never know" feeling in the back of my mind so I'm so scared to DNF. I feel like I would rather chug through and hate it rather than DNF and be at peace. I just need to know fully. And eventually I get to like 50% and I feel like I put too much time into it to DNF. So I just keep going.

Currently watching The Summer I Turned Pretty for the first time and, having never read the books, I’m curious how my experience watching the show would be different if I had. Do you feel like how you picture the characters changes if you read the book after watching the adaptation? I usually avoid watching adaptations of a book if I read the book first because I have a clear image of the characters/setting and I don’t want to mess that up. So I’ve never seen the PJO series for example. But I happened to watch the hunger games and Harry Potter movies before I read the books and clearly pictured the actors in my head as the characters/saw the same settings in my head as the movie.

I was really intrigued by this book when it was announced for the fall readalong, but saw the content warnings and am now hesitant. I'm sensitive to gore/violence, so just wondering how much gore there is? Is it all throughout the book or only a couple of pages?

Does anyone have any comfort books they read when they're going through a rough period in their lives or whenever they need to be cheered up? For me it's the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. I've read it a handful of times throughout the years and it always transports me to when I was attending grade school and reading the series for the first time.

I haven't seen it anywhere else, so I'm adding this here: there is discussion and depiction on page of substance abuse and self-harm. for the ones who need this. ❤

I'd like to get a book as a gift for my friend's daughter who's turning 5 in August! I'd prefer a book that's more of a "classic" or something that will be really nice to add to their existing collection of books. The birthday girl's name is Ella, if that sparks anything! She likes princesses, music, fairies, ballet, and her mom is a doctoral candidate for choral conducting, so when I say she likes music, she's VERY exposed to music and chorus. I have some ideas, but would love input from others!

The show has me in a chokehold, but no one around me has been watching it so I have no one to debate Team Conrad/Jeremiah with 🥹 Have you guys been watching it too? I've been Team Jere in S1 & 2 but S3 has been a roller coaster ride 🤯 Any book recommendations for similar love triangles / character dynamics while waiting for the next episode?

I didn’t think I would enjoy this book so much. It has the perfect amount of romance (maybe), comedy and serious issues and that makes me want to read it more

I have been stuck on this book for 6 months now it's actually so boring

Do you ever feel like there are so many books you want to read that you can't start reading at all? I'm in a major reading slump and the worst part is that I have tons of time on my hands. I keep adding books to my tbr, but I can't seem to get to any of them and keep wanting to read all of them😭😭😭.

I'm excited about the app, but I've found that I'm enjoying the website even more than what I expected to! I'm not sure if it's because it kind of feels peaceful not being on my phone (since it's became an extension of work for me), or if it just reminds me of simpler times, when I didn't have a phone and life felt less fast-paced. Either way, it's amazing to have something like this when everything else is filled with AI.

I already have a feeling that not many will agree but have you ever looked at a book and thought, "Why is this so popular?" and you kinda wanna read it. You know you probably won't like it but at the same time, you're really curious and want to find out more. And if you eventually gave in and read it, did you end up liking it?

Hi everyone ✨ I'm new here and stoked to be able to connect with people with similar tastes (or different). Thought i'd put in a post asking for your ultimate romance reads and ultimate fantasy reads? I've had a terrible time of late reading unknown romance books and DNF'ing quite violently when I hit insta-love. Yearning is underrated and my Fantasy/Gothic reads come almost completely from BookTubers (my library holds a lot of older, classic fantasy when i'm more interested in the contemporary side myself), so i'm hoping you all can open my eyes to more options I may not have heard of. Tysm in advance 🤍