What's a book that you would absolutely want to be an active participant in? Mine is either six of Crows or Nona the Ninth

If you see me adding a bunch of books to my TBR, no you didn't shhh. (There are so many interesting books😫)

Have y'all seen the recent news about "What Dan Read"? A man name Dan Pelzer recently died and his family had his 3599 (!!!) book long reading list digitized. They created a website https://what-dan-read.com/ so you could see his handwritten log and his local library (where he got most of his books) has made a spreadsheet so you could follow along too. https://www.columbuslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/What-Dan-Read-Booklist.pdf I am bad about non-fiction books so I will be using Dan's list for future inspiration.

Finished Book 8... 7 more to go. 50% through and it's only taken me 19 months.. oops!

Finished Book 8... 7 more to go. 50% through and it's only taken me 19 months.. oops!

oh, i think this book is going to break my heart.

English was certainly a subject few people framed as their favorite during high school— and still quite some time afterwards— but it's also where a lot of readers got introduced to the wider world of novels. Whether it's as part of a curriculum (or of a limited selection for a book report), there were plenty of books to be read in those handful of years, and I'm curious as to which people maintain the most connection with. For myself as a proper class-wide novel, it would have to be Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. I've read it many times since those days, and will likely continue to do so. An incredible degree of foresight and creativity for something encroaching on a hundred years old, and something that still impresses me was able to make it into and be used effectively in a high school curriculum (though in various areas it *is* also a banned book). As for a more selective book, I had chosen to do a report on Ringworld by Larry Niven a year after Brave New World. Incredibly cool science fiction novel that I absolute devoured, alongside its subsequent sequels and prequels. I'd found it a surprisingly digestible series despite its age, but it still held such an incredible degree of wonder and separation from contemporary science fiction that I would read at the time. In hindsight, it really shows how amazing my English teachers were during those years, but also proves the importance of a guiding hand through literature in your youth— hence why I'm curious as to what other peoples' experience have been.

I'm wondering if you read other books in between or if you finish a series without reading anything else (if all books or at least more than one book are available).

For months I have been trying to figure out if I should get a kindle or not. It seems convenient, especially when I am travelling to work or uni. Saves me from dragging a paperback with me which is fine because I have a book sleeve but....you know. Is a kindle worth my money?