Everyone on here always recommends the most amazing books. The ones they loved, the ones that changed them.

But give me a fantasy book or series that you wanted to rip apart- that you only finished out of SPITE

I very much enjoy reading 1-star reviews of books to see if I would hate the book too, or if it would actually be for me. People are more honest about a book if they hated it 😆 (in my opinion)

So give me a fantasy book you hated, and why?!

I'm in the middle of reading the Naturals series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, but then I realised that after I finish them, I won't have the criminal minds vibe anymore 😭 or like a book about profilers.

It doesn't necessarily have to be about profilers, I can be a crime book about detectives.

So does anyone have any recommendations for me? ( It can ya or adult,I'm not bothered)

For the horror books, I usually follow people on insta that recommend books. But before that, I used to go to bookstores and takes pictures for my TBR. Do you get a feeling that it’s “the right book” without even knowing reviews or do u need reviews to be persuaded?

For members of any and all marginalized groups, what books have made you feel seen and/or are books you consider "the most" accurate representation? I've come across a lot of books that, while touted as representation, feel a little flat or stereotypical. Not all members of marginalized groups are going to be the best spokespeople through the written word, and everyone has a different experience, so not every book is going to be great representation for every person.

So which books really resonated with you and your experience, fiction or nonfiction, hopeful or devastating, overtly about marginalization or not?

I do love how Hearthstone‘s storyline back home gets wrapped up 😭 He deserves the world and more!

At the moment, I'm using Storygraph just for the stats, but I won't lie, having to remember to keep up with multiple bookish platforms is annoying as hell. So, in 2026, I'm really hoping to tackle Google Sheets and be able to form a reading tracker over there... I just have no clue where to start. So, if anyone has any Google Sheets info or advice, I would really appreciate it! Or, if you use a different platform to track your stats, I'd be interested to hear that too, as an alternative if I end up disliking Sheets.

is anyone else still using their storygraph account? i feel funny going back and forth between the two but i love the charts and data that storygraph presents you (guess i'm a nerd)

if you're not still using it, what are you using instead?

I've got a question for you all: Why you show the badges you currently have? (I mean the three on your profile) Like why then and not the others?

I’m not talking problematic, I’m talking PETTY. Like, “I know it’s stupid, but I’m dying on this hill anyway,” level of petty. I’ll go first…

Typically I’m all for an author getting their bag for their intellectual property. But in this case, I won’t read 'The Witcher' series, and it’s because the author pretty much dissed gaming as an art form, then got the Polish government involved to force CD Projekt Red (game devs of The Witcher series) to renegotiate his contract because he chose to sell his IP in the gaming sector for an immediate payout over taking a royalties check. He didn’t believe the game series would come to anything, didn’t believe that gaming was a serious art form, then cried when he noticed how much money the devs made (as well as the exposure it created for his book series) and threatened litigation for $16 million.

So I refuse to read his books or watch the show. In fact, I think it’s kinda hilarious that the Netflix writers don’t respect his material in the same way he didn’t respect gaming. I consider it karmic payback.

You can find out the full scope if you look up YongYea on YouTube. The videos span from 5-6 years ago. And yeah… that’s my Petty Betty book moment. What's yours?

Ever since I read this book for the first time a few years ago, I fell absolutely in love with Magnus as a character and as a narrator. I’ve seen people criticise that his personality is a carbon copy of Percy just put into a different life. I do think there’s some similarities but I don’t see that as a bad thing. Rick has found his niche and he uses it to his advantage. Over the rest of the series I think Magnus becomes even more of his own person. One of the reasons why I loved this series instantly was because it was familiar and new at the same time. Magnus will forever be one of my favourite main characters in the riordanverse and also outside it.

Just like the title says. A few other people on other apps got mad I asked this question because ' it's rude' to them.

I'd like any queer book written by aqueer author because I'm queer