Anyone here who feels like they're missing out a lot when they see people reading the books they badly want to read?

Don't get me wrong, I am really happy, amazed, and proud that you guys can read those books, and you read fast. But I'm also jealous because why do I read too slowly??? I can only read a maximum of 5 books in a month if they are less than 400 pages. So yeah, it's a me problem: "Too many books to read, but too little time to read."😞😞😞

I recently DNF’d a book at 85% because I just wasn’t enjoying it and didn’t feel like powering through the ending. I left a written review but I felt kinda weird leaving a star rating since I didn’t finish it. I do feel like I got through enough of it to give it an informed rating, but I’m curious if others have a personal policy about rating books you DNF. Personally I think that if you’ve read more than half of the book you probably have enough info to rate it, but sometimes you don’t have to get that far in to tell that a book isn’t very good. I just wasn’t sure what the etiquette is surrounding DNFs so I opted not to rate it, but I want to know what others think!

Hi everyone, we're excited to share the 4 selections for the Fall Readalong, running September - November! We announce Readalong titles a month in advance to give everyone time to place library holds. The Seasonal Readalong page will be updated soon with the books below, but in the meantime, feel free to add them to your TBR!

How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann: A darkly funny horror novel featuring group therapy, fairytale retellings, and feminism.

The Incandescent by Emily Tesh: A sapphic dark academia fantasy set at an elite boarding school, where our heroine is a powerful demonology teacher on a mission.

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor: A genre-bending sci-fi novel that interweaves the story of Zelu, a disabled Nigerian-American writer, with chapters from the novel she's writing, blurring the boundary between the real world and the created world.

The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton: A cozy and whimsical Victorian era romcom with 2 rival ornithologists, travel via parasol, and a lot of scheming and flirting.

Excited to read with everyone in the coming months!

Happy reading, Jennifer & Lucy

Currently I've been reading Pride and Prejudice, right? So today I decided to watch a movie on YouTube to kill some time as a break and I decided to watch Northanger Abbey.

AND LET ME TELL YOU. It was so adorable 🥺 like first 15 minutes and Mr Tinley had me blushing like crazy lol plus catherine is just also so relatable and honest. Those two were just very wholesome along with Eleanor. It was also very funny so there's that!

Anyways for all you Jane Austen lovers, what's your favorite book or adaptation of hers? I really enjoy Persuasion but I think Northanger Abbey is also up there now and I can't wait to read it

trying to understand the absolute name dump via audiobook while at my desk job

Hi all! When you’re inserting a page count, do you use the number at the exact end of the book or do you use the number that the story itself ends on (ie not including acknowledgements, bibliography, author bio, future books etc)? I put in the page number of where the story ends because I don’t read the after sections, and even if I do for whatever reason (sometimes I’m nosy about the acknowledgements!) I wouldn’t personally count it as “reading”. But I’ve realized that this might be messing with the percentage of how far I’ve gotten, and now I’m worried it could accidentally mess up other people’s reading experiences when looking at the forum.

Am I thinking too deeply? Am I the only one who thinks about this? What are your thoughts?

EDIT: thank you for all the responses, this has been very reassuring!! I’ve gotten a bit overwhelmed and don’t think I can respond to them all but know I’ve read everything hahah and I love the varying opinions ✍️✍️

Hello! I’m Cammi and I’m getting back into reading after getting disinterested during college. (Hard to read for leisure when you’re constantly reading for courses!)

I’m getting to go to the Book Warehouse Outlet sale (70% off cover price of books!) next month. I’m still getting back into reading, so I don’t know 100% what I want to grab, so I was hoping to ask for some ideas of what I should look out for while at the sale and maybe some tips from others who’ve gone!

For ideas of what I like to read I lean fantasy, sci-fi, and biographical. I’m not a big romance reader and try to steer away from it if I can. Let me know if you have any recommendations or tips!