I have been seeing a lot of discourse regarding book cover preferences lately. I wonder if anyone has ever gotten the ick from a book cover? If so, did you still read the book, or was it an immediate no thank youuuu?

i don’t know if this is a new trend or what but I’ve been seeing new books lately that have literal tropes as their titles. For example, a book called Friends to Lovers, another called Enemies to Lovers, and yet another called Second Chance Romance (these are all real titles).

I find it kind of lazy and reductive but I’m curious what others think about it

fun little question for y’all: if you could choose one of your favorite books/book series to be adapted to the screen, which would it be and why?

follow up questions to that: would you want it to be a tv series or movie/movie series? animated or live action? and for extra fun, who would you cast for some of the main characters as actors for a live action, or voice actors for animated?

I thought it would be kind of fun to see where in the world people are, and then folks can make friends with people from the same countries/ares (if they way, not pressure obviously).

I'll go first. I'm Canadian, and more specifically I am in British Columbia (Vancouver Island if you want to get fancy).

Try to find your country and join that thread!

Everyone else?

Lately I've been trying to make a list of books from my collection back home (I moved overseas earlier this year!!) that I would like my family to ship over, and realized a lot of what I miss are my more educational based books and materials - which got me wondering:

Do you count things like recipe books that have narrative sections, home maker how to's (think Martha Stewart), educational books/materials for personal reading, and crafting/DIY books on your reading trackers? Why or why not? Also I'd love any recommendations people have for more of this type of non-fiction book!

Physical book readers - I was chatting with some bookish friends and we were talking about managing shelf space.

Are you the type of reader to keep all your books, or do you unhaul? If you unhaul, do you do it as you read or do you do it maybe once a season?

How else do you manage your space?

I absolutely LOVE doing this - it lets me see all kinds of things people have read, are reading and plan on reading. I get off work in an hour and I finished the book I was reading on shift tonight.

So. What I want to know is everyone's Last - Now - Next! I started another one right after, but I am a mood reader and have no idea what I am going to read next.. so I need ideas from you all with your answers!

Last - Fixiation of the Mind by Kira Stanely Now - Black Ties & White Lies by Kat Singleton Next - IDK lol. Maybe the 2nd in the series for my NOW book.

I love hearing people talk about what they love, and I'm always looking to expand my never-ending tbr so tell me all about your favorite book and why you love it please!!!

I am moving overseas next week for school with 2 suitcases and 2 carry-ons...not much room for books! I mostly read ebooks, but there are a few physical copies that I just had to make room for:

• If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio; this is one of my favorites and I enjoy rereading it and annotating it.
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne; I haven't read this yet, but the copy I have is TINY and I think it will be a great travel buddy.
• The Fern House by Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf; another one of my favorites, also travel-sized. A nice comfort read.
• A New Environmental Ethics: The Next Millennium for Life on Earth by Holmes Rolston III; this was the textbook for an environmental ethics class I took in 2024. I reference it frequently for my writing and studies.
• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke; you guessed it, another favorite! You can safely assume that any other fiction books I list here are also favorites. I read this in 2023 and have been wanted to reread it since. I bought a physical copy specifically to annotate.
• Tin Man by Sarah Winman; another one that I bought to reread and annotate.
• Being a Beast: Adventures Across the Species Divide by Charles Foster; I haven't read this yet but it is relevant to my studies and writing interests. The blurb is so whacky and I can't wait to get into it.
• A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold; this was also referenced a lot in my ethics classes, so I finally got my own copy.
• Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott; I've read select passages of this for a creative writing class. I found a weathered copy at an estate sale a while back and will be using it to support my writing.
• Earth in Mind by David Orr; another that I am working to annotate to expand my knowledge around environmental ethics and supplement my education.
• The End of Loneliness by Benedict Wells; yet another comfort read! I need to find other people who have read this.
• The Intersectional Environmentalist by Leah Thomas; I found this at a bookstore a few weeks ago and am SO excited to get into it.

These are all neatly lined in my suitcase, protected by my hoodies. I was very picky about what was coming with me, but I feel confident in the list I've ended up with. (If the nonfiction environmental books sound interesting to you, check out my Earth, Ethics, Environment list! I'd love suggestions for what else to add.)

If you made it this far, what do you think? What books would you bring if you were moving abroad?

the bookstore employees are scared and asking me to leave because “it’s not august 2026 yet” but i’m simply too seated.

Hi community 😛 I was just wondering what characters look like when you’re reading! Is it just a body with some hair, or do you go into the details of eyes, hair style, hair type, shoes, etc.

My friend imagines everything down the details (especially if they’re not given) to fill in the gaps, she says it makes them feel more real! I read Don’t Let The Forest In and I just imagined a curly headed male shadow for one of the characters 😭 maybe I’m lacking in creativity haha but lmk what you guys imagine down in the comments because I’m curious!!

I don't even know what to say upon finishing this read. It took me over a month to finish this because I was scared of what awaited me, but nothing could have prepared me for what happened. So much death, so much sadness, so much grief, I was honestly relieved to finish it. I thought I had words to describe this book, but it seems I am caught speechless, everything slipped out of my mind. I just wanna crawl into a hole and cry.

Hi guys! I just wanted to say how much I love finding easter eggs or cross-referencing throughout different books! When I really like an author, I tend to read all their works and finding little references to other books is so exciting!

Like, for example, the fact that Stardust by Neil Gaiman features the same poem as Castle in the Air by Dyanna Wynne Jones - or that The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett features the painting "the Fairy Feller's Master Stroke", which is also one of my favourite Queen songs! Marc-Uwe Kling, a German author I read a lot, also puts little references to his other books in newer works, and references a lot of classics (1984, Brave New World, and others) which makes it so much fun to re-read the books, because I will always find something new!

So, I'd love to know your favourite easter eggs, references, and unlikely connections between books you love!