Okay so I just saw Bunny's post abou what everyone here does for work and it is so lovely to see how diverse this community is in terms of jobs. And a new question occurred to me: do you see your job represented in books often? Have you ever seen it? What did you think, was it done well, or did it annoy you? How could it be done better? I'm curious!

(This question brought to you by my grandparents who were doctors, and watched medical dramas with loud and angry commentary :D )

Anyone else feel like going to work is getting in the way of their reading?! It's such an inconvenience!

Hello, new and happy to be here 🧡

Does anyone else feel as though the horror genre is more respected than fantasy?

How do I explain this, I've seen a lot of people who are into horror books but not fantasy ones rather than the other way around

Horror media get more serious discussions than fantasy media in platforms like yt and tumblr

And you don't see people hyping up fantasy icons the way they do horror icons (except for like the super popular stuff like lotr)

Maybe it's just me being biased, but I don't understand why horror is more popular than fantasy considering they both count as speculative fiction and a really intervined in their craftmanship

What do you all think?

Usually when I hear “cozy” in terms of books, I usually associate it to romance, fantasy, or contemporary. Are there any horror/mystery/scifi books out there that would be considered “cozy”? I know the first two seem contradicting to feeling cozy, but maybe they’re out there!!

Hi cuties! I'm so excited, because today I made a new recipe that I read about in a book. A couple months ago I read The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden, and in the book the main character describes a type of bread, and it just sounded so good I knew I had to try it. I baked it today, and not to toot my own horn 😗📯 but it turned out soooo good. I used the King Arthur Baking Company Recipe for Russian black bread, and it was so unique and interesting. Another book that had me baking recently was Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree, and I think a lot of other readers have been drooling over the descriptions of coffee and cinnamon rolls in that one!

All this to say, I'm a person who is heavily influenced when reading about food in books. I love when authors really describe food and drinks, I feel like it adds so much to the environment in a story. I think sometimes it can be the thing I most remember about a book!

So friends, have any of you been inspired to cook after reading, and if yes, what have you made? If not, what books have you read that have left you salivating after vivid food descriptions?

Side note: the "Love, but Also Food" quest pairs nicely with this post ☺️

Which genre would you pick?