Guys I need help. A while ago, around December or so, I decided to cut my screen time in half, I was spending way too much time on my phone, it was taking time off my hobbies, and I wasn't even having fun, spending that much time on the internet was more stressful than anything. I was successful with it, in less than 2 weeks I went from 10 hour screen time (no judgment please) to around 4 hours or less.

But then things went south, I had problems with health in my family, problem with work, travelled and got my lost in the chaos of things and now my screen time is atrocious again and my attention span us shorter than never. Any tips to fix it again?

hey how does she know they’re impala horns? she’s never left the village and she knows the guys horns are like an impalas? is knowledge about impalas just normal? no one wants to talk to her so how would she know they’re impala horns? why do we need to know that the chief has good leadership skills? why are you saying darren is a dick when he’s one of the few who will give you food in secret? why are you calling his eyes orbs? or at least i’m assuming they’re his eyes because there’s no indication where these orbs are supposed to be! was this even edited 😭😭😭😭😭

It reminds me of being on the internet in the early 2000s. It's earnest, it works (even if some things are a lil clunky) and it's free of ads and garbage. Yesterday, I spent hours avoiding all the bullshit of the world by just entering the last two years of my read list into this site. Then, I started making lists.... I went a bit crazy. But holy, the news is so intense, it felt nice to get some dopamine in a light way.

Inspired by my dad, who loves first/last lines of books and has memorized many, and csdaley, whose favorite book quote is a first line, what's a first line that has stuck with you over time? Maybe it hooked you in to the rest of the book, maybe it set the tone, maybe it's just incredibly quoteable! I've got a couple:

In the myriadic year of our Lord—the ten thousandth year of the King Undying, the kindly Prince of Death!— Gideon Nav packed her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and she escaped from the House of the Ninth. Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderly again. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier

Szeth-son-son-Vallano, Truthless of Shinovar, wore white on the day he was to kill a king. The Way of Kings, Brandon Sanderson

We all know Lists are for the community and Shelves are for personal use.

As a nosy amateur anthropologist of readers, however, I love looking through shelves folks have curated for themselves.

(1) Do you have shelves that you want to share? Which shelf really represents you as a reader, or the direction of your reading evolution? Perhaps you have a really niche interest or a shelf for a particular mood. Maybe they are very personal, like books recommended to you by your friends or your favorite romance trope. I am curious about all of it.

(2) Also, are there shelves you are actively curating that you want comments or recommendations for?

I'll go first:

(1) My "📚 neverending series tbr" shelf represents both my love of SFF and my struggle to read sequels. Please don't give me any more recommendations. 🙅🏻🙅🏻🙅🏻

(2) I would love your input on two of my shelves: "🗺 global majority literature" & "🪐 criticism and writing"

Is there a book on these shelves that you really love or dislike? Do you have recommendations for what to add?

I am looking for some Zombie Apocalypse romance books. I do like my books with some spice. 🌶️🧟‍♂️

I set a goal of reading 15 non-fiction books this year, which is the amount of non-fiction books I read in 2025.

AND FRIENDS GUESS WHAT? I’M ALREADY AT 5!!! I’m totally slaying this😌✋🏻 (Three of them are poetry collections but still)

My in-person book club decided yesterday that for our February meeting we can all read whatever book we want as long as it’s pink. We’ve thought of a few titles but I’m sure there are tons we haven’t thought of. Pink book recs?

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Y’all I have been speed reading lately cause the story keeps getting interesting, but it’s also kind of boring book two was the same plot as book one basically like same word different font. And I need a more satisfying ending.