I honestly don’t mind this style of dialogue. It is so natural for my brain to follow. What does that say about me?

I love Romantasy but I'm not a spice person and I feel weird reading only Romantasy about high schoolers. Does anyone have good Adult Clean Romantasy books? I know they are out there.

Hello everyone! I just finished reading beartown 2 and i cannot get over it (it was just too good). Because of that, i need some more sport-based books like Beartown or All For The Game series. Im looking for a book that is higly sport based, with lots of rivalry, stress, deep problems, interesting characters (with impressive backstories) and great writing. Any recommendations?

Today there will be an event where R.F. Kuang will be chatting about Katabasis and other things. The event can be viewed online, which is what I am planning to do! This online watching is based on donation and all you have to do is to sign up. Couple of weeks ago someone had mentioned this book festival here in the forum (the original post), and last week I watched V.E. Schwab's event. So, here I am doing a community service for anyone who would be interested. The link to the book festival's website is here.

Lately I’ve been thinking about how different it feels to read fanfiction compared to physical books. With fanfiction, certain tropes (enemies to lovers, hurt/comfort, coffee shop AUs, etc.) are almost expected and even comforting, like you know exactly what you’re signing up for. In published books, the same tropes sometimes feel more judged, as if they need to be subverted or made more original. For me, fanfiction can also be more comforting because you already know the world and the characters, so it feels easier to dive in and just enjoy the story. Physical books, on the other hand, often feel more polished and permanent, which changes the reading experience. How is it for you? Do you experience fanfiction and published books differently? And what do you think about tropes in both worlds: comforting or cliché? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

I just read a review of a book I'm so excited about and the person actually DNFd it bc its in 3rd person... There's this one line review that said "third person dnf" 😬 And I've seen a lot of reels and threads about how 3rd pov is difficult to understand for some readers. Which is totally valid bc if it's difficult then it ok to avoid or dnf it but saying one is superior than the other is not ok though!!! And then there's someone on threads who has posted this stats about how 86% of all the books that's sold last month are all in 1st person!!!! 😵 Please tell me about your preferences and recommend some of your favourite fantasy/romance books in 3rd person POV

I'm usually reading a book while listening to a different book for times when I'm doing mundane adult shit or hobbies where I can't have a book in my hand but want my mind engaged in a story. Anyone else think it would be cool to have a "listening" status or do you consider listening to audiobooks and reading physical books the same thing?

but I couldn't wait! Let's do this. I hope I enjoy it 🙏 have seen lots of mixed opinions on it 😬 but I gotta see it for myself 🙂‍↕️

I think miscommunication is overhated. There is an actual distinction between unnecessary, dragged out miscommunication to pull the reader for another 20 chapters without resolve of the issue, and understandable, character supported miscommunication that is to be expected in human relationships Communication is key but humans are complex and often don't like being open about their feelings in arguments. And I get that. There's also a story to be evolved, and if they deal with their issues two pages in thats not a book to write I also quite enjoy comedic stories with a main miscommunication plot. It can make for some rly funny scenarios, yk the stupid miscommunication kind I have three archetypes: Evil miscommunication; annoying, wattpad like, the author needed to make more money so they wrote another 100 pages Helpful miscommunication; character consistency, good pacing, when opportunity to resolve it arises they do Stupid miscommunication; it's the dumbest, most juvenile, this character genuinely has no brain shit and can make for some wonderful comedic elements For reference I'll use Ali Hazelwood's love hypothesis (this will contain spoilers moving forward so, heads up). Olive not figuring out the guy in the bathroom was Adam was evil. Any conflict with Adam and him being a dick or afraid to approach her romantically, helpful (or the matter with Tom and Olive's hesitancy). Olive's friend not dating her ex until she kissed Adam in front of her? The dumbest fucking shit on the planet (I will admit the stupid can fall under the evil and helpful categories at the same time, if the comedic elements aren't consistent and actually yk funny, it's evil)

Why did everything have to be so hard? Why did he have to try and try and try all the time and get nowhere? Yeah I know the feeling 🤧

this has been on my mind for the past day, but i was wondering-what is the difference to you between enemies-to-lovers and rivals-to-lovers in a romance, does it matter to you the difference between them, and does it bother you when you see it misclassified? i’ve been reading Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross (loving it so much!!) and while the summary on libby says calls it an enemies-to-lovers, i think it definitely is more of a rivals-to-lovers (hence the title “Divine Rivals”). it doesn’t really bother me when this happens since i’m usually not a person that sees a specific trope and is like “yes i need that NOW”. so that got me thinking further, what are your thoughts on the heavy use of tropes, sometimes the misuse, to market books? do you thinks it’s good, bad, neutral but you still have thoughts? is this even a problem or something you notice going on right now? really curious to see what you all think!

the first sentence is: Meredith Wren, a fucking asshole, not that it matters at this stage of the narrative but it’s worth pointing out. So I’ll love this

Sometimes I'm in the mood for a good cry. I think the last book that made me cry was A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, which I was not expecting. I'm currently reading Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, and I already know there will be tears.