It's already august (crazy) so I feel like it's the perfect time for a reading wrap up! I absolutely love seeing monthly wrap ups and what people read during the whole month and what their favorite books were. My reads of the last month were: - The Knight and the Moth - 4★ - Love in Focus - 3★ - Enigma - 4★ (such a pleasant surprise and I'm very excited to read other books by the author) - Tusk Love - 4★ - Last Night at the Telegraph Club - 4★ - A Scatter of Light - 2.5★ - Not Safe for Work - 4★ - Dream On, Ramona Riley - 3★ - Legends & Lattes - 4★ - Empire of the Vampire - 4.5★ (my favorite read of the month and I still can't stop thinking about it)

these two are so funny 😭 they're so honest to themselves about how much mental real estate the other takes up in their brain and HATE IT they are just straight up, yeah i'm attracted to them no DUH they're hot but that's irrelevant bc i hate them with every fiber of my being 😭 lowkey scared i'm gonna get tired of this shtick from both of them but so far it's hilarious

There is one thing I do not like about this book is the love triangle.

Please ensure it is Asian-inspired and Fantasy. Please have the Title and Author on one line. Each book has its line, so it is easy for me to research. Also double check that the book you are requesting is already on our quest list. Repeat suggestions are totally fine, please comment them as I’ll upvote to keep track how many people have requested the book.

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.

So I’ve been wanting to get into reading poetry for a while, and I’ve always found it to be a hit or miss genre for me. For example, I couldn’t get into Amanda Gorman’s Call Us What We Carry but I really liked Shel Silverstein’s poems growing up and books Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse and Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, both written in verse. I’d really love some poetry recommendations that are preferably short and easier to understand/get into. I don’t think I’m ready for classical poetry yet (😅), and would also really appreciate recommendations by authors of color!

hi! i was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for books, that, as the title suggests, have good friends in them, especially friend groups. i read the raven cycle a year or two ago & i loved reading the interactions between the main characters! i mostly read fantasy/horror/mystery but i’m open to whatever! so if anyone knows of any books like that i’d love to know!

My biggest book pet peeve is when core themes of books get misunderstood, especially in adaptations Frankenstein is obviously a glaring example, I will never forgive them for what they did to my boy Another though which I don't see often mentioned is how overly romantic pride and prejudice is. I always see the TV adaptations of it get praised for how closely they follow the book, but I think they're missing the point? It's always about how they're flirting, and what they're doing and blah blah blah, while the book felt so much more character focused to me. I saw it as two ppl overcoming parts of themselves they disliked, through their realization of feelings for one another, and eventually falling into love bc they both chose to be better people. I also think it greatly diminishes Elizabeth, like all we ever talk about is Darcy but her journey was so beautiful, and she got me through so many frustrating parts of the book I can't help but sense a bit of misogyny too. Jane Austen is a /romance/ author, bc that's what women always write, if it's not 'womens fiction', and Mary Shelley's work full of grief and profoundness reduced to a crude, horror depiction. Can't women ever be praised for how impactful their stories are?