Help! I feel like I'm in a constant cycle of battling a reading slump. What's your tried and true method to get out of a reading slump?

What have your books taught you about yourself, others, or the world??? Share anything at all!!

This week, I already knew that Henry Ford was a garbage human BUT I learned about all of the horrors of his failed "Fordlandia" project in the Amazon in the late 1920's and how people barely talk about the human cost of his failure in 🔗 Jungle of Ashes 🔗

Instead of examples, I'll share part of the author's note about some of the horrors, "These tragedies, which are such pivotal plot points in my story, only take up two paragraphs in Grandin's 372 page book [Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City]. The biggest difference between the true story of Fordlandia and a classic myth is that Fordlandia's protagonist was sheltered from the negative repercussions for his hubris by being the richest man in the world. Mountains of money make for a soft landing. Jungle of Ashes is my attempt to humanize the cost of Ford's grand vision and remind us that even when we don't have the power to change the world for the better, we can change ourselves. That's a good place to start.

I do it a lot but I want to ehar other people's opinion on it. Are you guys okay with a post being: [long text of general not spoilery thoughts, such as "I am liking the narration and the concept of the book is very interesting"] [line break] [SPOILERS!!!! and spoilery thoughts] ?? I do it a lot as a way to get people that have not read the book to get a glimpse of what it is about and a general feeling of reading it, so that they might think to give it a go, because if I see that someone I follow has posted a post about a book I haven't read and it's fully blurred as spoilers, I usually don't unblur it as I assume I won't understand what they are talking about.

Hot take: Books should have a Netflix-style model, uk one subscription and unlimited access to ebooks. No paying per book, no credit systems like audible, just read whatever you want, whenever you want. So why isn’t this the norm already? And would it actually make reading better—or quietly ruin it?

This is a light hearted question, i just want to hear everyone's opinion

p.s. thank u everyone for replying and sharing their views. Now that u guys pointed it out, i do see why things are the way they are, It's really nice to hear other opinions and increase my knowledge as an 18 yr old in a 3rd world country. I love the ideas of the Library but unfortunately in my country there are rarely any Libraries which actually have a decent book collection of the modern books hence, it is really surprising and amazing to hear that u yall have access to anything u want (mostly) and local bookstores are also rare. The main thought process behind this post was around the idea tht there are many people who want to read books but cant afford them in this economy so why cant we make it more accessible to people and also tht production cost of a movie is way more than a book but like i see everyones point.

"I want to be the only one who knows how to love you. I want you to think that if you didn't have me to love, then you will be all alone in the world."

The toxicity dripping in this little girl's interactions with her stuffed animals is delicious foreshadowing...

Personally, I love to see how books are adapted into TV shows and movies. More often than not, we enjoy the books more, but I'm curious, have you ever come across an adaptation you enjoyed more than the book? 🤔

What's everyone's reading pet peeves? it can be small or silly or something that makes you pull at your hair lol. I'll start, I hate the misinformation that people think Ares, in Greek mythology for some reason was the protector of women, when he was not. Another one related to Greek mythology is that medusa was cursed after she was assaulted, but that is only in the Roman version, not the any of the Greek versions where she was always a Gorgon, but so many people who talk about the Medusa myth don't differentiate between the two.

Personally, I love to see how books are adapted into TV shows and movies. More often than not, we enjoy the books more, but I'm curious, have you ever come across an adaptation you enjoyed more than the book? 🤔

Hi everyone! I was recommended this app by two of my friends because I wanted to try something different from Goodreads. So hi, my name is Kat and my favourite book is the invisible life of Addie LaRue. I hope I can use this app to make friends with people and get book recommendations🤍✨

I’m listening to this and I am loving the dual narration.