(If you are in my bookclub, don't read!)

This week for bookclub we are each choosing 2-3 books and putting them on a wheel to spin for our next read. I need help whittling down my list of suggestions! I haven't read any of these books yet, so I would love your opinions! It's important that the books aren't just good, but fun to discuss! We enjoy anything from fun books with silly conversations or serious novels with a lot to analyze! I would love to suggest a Dark Academia or something adjacent, as we haven't read any yet. We are all fairly new to the genre, so let me know what a good entry book is!

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jaqueline Harpman Babel by R.F. Kuang (open to other book suggestions of hers as well!) The Secret History by Donna Tart The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Any other suggestions would be welcome! Bonus points if they are on Kindle Unlimited!

So many of us want screen adaptations of favourite books/ series. But I have a question for you all. If the adaptation you want made were to be made, where is it most likely to fail? Could it be improved by setting the adaptation in a different place or time?

Some ideas for me include a role impossible to cast well, a scope issue, triggering topics, or maybe you just don't trust writers not to change the iconic moment.

Personally, I'd love to see an adaptation of The Darkness Outside Us, but I don't trust creatives to hit the correct emotional tone, and maintain the hit that it needs. Also, I think casting the characters could be very difficult Loveless by Alice Oseman needs an adaptation. There is way too much risk they will mess up the aroace representation though. There is nothing that can be done about that.

I love the ambiance and aesthetic of the book. I feel like it’s heavily inspired by north African culture, which delights me. I see it in the names, the tribal culture, even the setting and mythology. Somwhere I don’t see it, unfortunately, is in the look of the characters. A lot of them are described with fair eyes and blond/ ginger hair, mostly straight hair. I would have loved to see more phenotypic characters that resemble Touaregs people and other desert nomads. I’m talking about dark olive skin, black to green eyes, curly dark hair (!!) and other characteristics. It would have been a lovely touch and heartwarming to see some representation for us (even though I know this world is fictional and isnt meant to be affiliated with a specific country).

How does getting an ARC of an audiobook work on Netgalley? Is it via the NetGalley app? Or do they give you a code to the book? The file?

I've seen some books I want to ARC read but they're on audio but I have no idea how this works

i genuinely love Sefa so much she is a sweetheart

What do you guys like to keep your Netgalley ratio at? And how do you think it affects the amount of ARCs you are approved for? I am a librarian with ALA affiliation so I feel like my ratio doesn't really affect the amount of ARCs I am approved for because I seem to be auto approved for many publishers. My ratio is at like 58% right now - is that good or bad lol

Wow, I have no words, what an ending!

so cute to see a masjid emoji for the emoji of the day! 🥹 didn’t expect to see that representation (however unintentional it may be) there are some great books and lists on there!

it’s Ramadan (our month of fasting) so if you’re looking for Muslims authors to read, some favorites are SK Ali, Sabaa Tahir and Aamna Qureshi!!