Do you prefer books to have one timeline throughout the book or are you okay with the time jumping.

I personally enjoy a linear timeline. I would much rather read about a characters life as they grow up. I’m also fine if it’s a flash forward where it starts off in the past then jumps to the present.

It was always an annoyance when the timelines go back and forward for me. Because stories like that always end chapters that make me want to keep reading in one timeline and then I have to wait or go through chapters before I get back to it. 😩

I’m growing to like them as I read more, some of the best books I’ve read do not have linear timelines.

What do you guys prefer?

So, I know that a lot of readers hate to be told to read a book. Even if they already have it on their TBR, when someone tells them that "they'd love it" or "you NEED to read this next" it makes them less likely to read it.

What are y'all's thoughts on this? Do you care? Do you listen? Does it depend?

I used to have (and am planning to again) spring for an out of town library card at a library that offers e-lending for a fee. I think having an expanded offering and supporting another library is great!

Anyone else?

hey everyone! how do you all decide what to add to your tbr list? do you have a limit? or do you just wing it and add books you may like? or do we finish books first before adding? do you remove books as well? I’d love some input PLS 💃🏻

I am currently re doing my tbr list (YES ITS CRAZY LONG,,YES MY HEAD HURTS)

i noticed I’ve lost interest in many the books on my list so I decided it was time to give it a makeover!! over the past year my taste has changed drastically so I’m trying to make a much more specific and well thought out list that clearly represents my taste in reading or books I am genuinely willing to read even if they’re outside my taste.

As someone who ventures from my hermit hole often to read in the wild I'm curious to see how often others read in public!

What's your favorite kind of haunt? How often do you try to change your scenery? Do you have a designated "going out" book? Does the book change depending on where you're going?

I read everywhere I go if I have down time, most often drinking coffee at a cafe or at a bar. My book choice is usually whatever I'm currently reading but occasionally I do pick a, shall we say, flaggable cover. I'm curious to hear how you break up your hermit/homebody reading time!

Nothing peeves me more when people make spoiler comments like

"Just wait until you get to ___ chapter" Or if you like a character and then people will be like "who's gonna tell her"

Vague spoilers that are still spoilers. Like omg shut up, I don't want it hinted at that a character is gonna be a piece of shit later. Makes me feel like that "rat clenches fist of rage" video. 😭

How do y'all feel about reading seasonal books? As we get further into fall do you find yourself turning to fall vibes (withcy romances, anyone?). Or with winter approaching, do you start adding winter themed books to your libby holds?? I never used to read books in line with the season, but I've been trying to do it more.

Okay, let's start a game! The rules are pretty simple:

1. Pick a PB user from the comments (or you can use me to make a fresh comment) and check their profile.
2. Look at their "my taste" books on their profile and choose one or more books.
3. Come back and reply back to that comment and tell them which book from their "my taste" you would steal (or read). You can also give a reason.
4. It would be common courtesy for you to tell the person who comments on your comment which book you would steal from them.
5. Make sure you're interacting with other's comments and not just making your own -- that would defeat the purpose of us all playing together!

EXAMPLE: ((User crypt-glitch comments on this post)) Oh! I would steal The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw from you because I LOVE mermaids!! ((User UltraVi replies to crypt-glitch's comment)) I would absolutely steal Earthlings by Sayaka Murata bc I think the hedgehog on the front is a cutie. ((User crypt-glitch then responds to UltraVi)) That's such a good book! I would steal Malice by Heather Walter from you because what's better than a sapphic fairytale retelling???

Okay, cool. Let me know if you have any questions and I will try to respond to every single comment so absolutely no one is left out (but feel free to respond to everyone on the thread!)

For example, I'm a sucker for a story that unfolds in snowy mountains. I've never been to Vermont, but there is an unsettling number of my favourite books that happen there during winter.