I think I'm not going to engage in forums about fantasy and sci-fi anymore, cause I've noticed a lot of people shame authors for adding details and circumstances that break our social norms. Mind you, I'm not talking about the exaltation or justification for atrocities, or about when the representation of evil is unnecessary and dehumanizing. I'm talking about opening a book set after an apocalypse, or in a fantasy medieval world, and still expecting the characters to act like us with our same perfect moral compass. It's an implicit agreement between the author and the reader when the genre of the book is set: you're going to read about some behaviours you might disagree with in your world, to make you think about them. You'll see how desperate times make people desperate, how different settings make people different. Of course we should still dislike what does not align with our moral compass and even point it out in a reflection, but to shame the authors (when it's clear they are representing and not endorsing) is a sign of poor media literacy in my opinion.

My friends and family always tease me about how I pronounced "Calypso" one time as "Callie-puss"

And that's because I had only ever read it from Percy Jackson books.

So I was wondering, what are the funniest pronunciation mistakes you've made because you only ever saw the word/name in writing?

EDIT: these are hilarious, y'all crack me up

Took me nearly a month to crack 80 pages only to race through the next 300 in a handful of hours today. When people say this book starts slow, they are not lying 😂 but once it gets going it’s hard to put down.

I've noticed a growing number of people making a push towards physical media and note taking over the past couple of years. With that, I've started to see an increase in journal keeping. Mostly commonplace books and crafting journals. I've also seen people who journal about the books that they've read; including some people on here. I'm curious about who here journals about their books and how they go about it.

Do you write out your detailed thoughts in your journal or do you mainly jot down interesting quotes and passages? If you use your journal for your thoughts do you prefer capturing quick thoughts as you go along, or doing long written analyses? Is your journal exclusively for one topic (books in this instance), or is it more of a commonplace book? What's the draw for you when it comes to physically journaling over using online note taking resources? How'd you get started doing it?

Thank you to anyone who answers any of these questions! I am quite curious!

Anyone else here in a bookish career field? I’m a librarian and I’m currently exploring PhD programs in literature, hoping to start one in the next couple years :) What other book related jobs do people have?

What would you consider to be pausing a book? And when do you usually pause/continue?

There's a book I'm currently reading which I'm enjoying, but I'm reading it so slowly I wonder if perhaps it's not the right time for me to read it.