Do any of you folk listen to music while reading 📖 or is just to distracting. For me my brain just focuses on the book and groves to the music 🪩🙃 Do you guys have any albums suggestions or playlists that are calm and catchy, I like pop music but I’m up for anything. Sincerely CEO 👩‍💼

Ive been reading my way through ACOTAR this year and Ive come the the end of book 3 with the feeling like the series has naturally come to an end. Is it worth reading book 4 and 5? Will it still feel like part of the story? Im struggling to motivate myself to look past all the strings being tied up in neat little bows already. Thoughts?

I had a very successful January. I read 5 books, the most I’ve read in a month for some time, and enjoyed every one of them!

How was everyone else’s January?

It's maybe a bit cliché, the story and writing, but it's not too fast paced or badly written and makes me giggle and kick my foot often, so I like it so far ☺️

i'm intrigued - does anyone else have a classic (or just super popular) book that they think is sort of underrated? like a book that is well-known and well-respected, but isn't getting its due for the right reasons? or a book with a reputation that makes people less likely to read it?

for me, i think the handmaid's tale gets the right amount of credit for worldbuilding/speculative work, but i've never seen much appreciation for atwood's narration itself, especially her depiction of re-living trauma. also, i was taught othello in school as important for its discussion of gender and race. all true, but i've seen lots of people go in thinking it's quite serious, and totally missing all of the jokes (which is half the point)

would love to hear new perspectives on old favourites!

1. hardcover / paperback
2. physical books / e-books
3. standalone / series
4. single pov / multiple povs
5. dark themes / lighthearted reads
6. happy ending / open ending
7. annotating / keep pristine
8. buying books / borrowing books
9. daytime reading / nighttime reading
10. one read / multiple reads

Hi folks !!! I was wondering if you had reading goals for 2026 that were not linked to the numbers of books you read? I see a bunch of people talking about following a course/ a specific theme, getting educated in niche subjects, is there a goal for you this year that you'd like to set? I'm curious !!!

This year I decided that I was going to keep reading the series I started in 2024 or 2025 and that I haven't continued since :) I feel like I tend to be attracted by novelty and fresh out of the press books and it's been a while since I took time to immerse myself in one universe.

Its the start of the week for me here in Australia and I'm wondering what are we all reading? 🫶📚

Im smashing through Alchemy of Secrets by Stephamie Garber and Im loving it, will definitely be finished by Friday so I'll need more recs. Haha