Have you guys ever imagined something from a book incorrectly and then realized it too late? Like, maybe you somehow missed a descriptor while you were reading and you only realized it when it came up again later on?

My BIGGEST screw up was imagining an MMC with dark hair only to realize he was blonde… on my third or fourth reread of the series!! I have no idea how I missed the description of his hair color MULTIPLE times but, I did, and by the time I realized the truth, it was too late to change the image in my head. This happens to me on occasion with hair color, eye color, etc., but it also happens sometimes with setting. For example I’ll read “She set the remote down on the table to her left”, and I’ll be like LEFT?!? Since when is the table on the left?!? But then I go back and reread and… yeah, it’s always been on the left.

This, however, is different than when it’s the author’s fault😡. Like, sometimes authors will wait until 60% of the way into the book and randomly throw in a line like “I gathered my blonde tendrils into a loose bun” and it’s like ummmmm excuse me?? You’ve already given me NOTHING but time to imagine the characters how I want, and NOW you want to tell me something crucial about their appearance?? It’s actually one of my pet peeves while reading when authors don’t establish things early on. Obviously I don’t need every book to start with some cheesy scene where the character is looking in the mirror, unsubtly describing themself for me- but I should at least know the basics by 15% in or something.

Anyways… any thoughts lmao?

hi guys! happy Black History Month, and early Valentine's Day! i have a question for the romance readers.

i'm not a huge romance reader, but i love love! i was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for realistic romance? the kind of people who fuck up (not ASTRONOMICALLY), make up, are just like everyone else? i find a lot of romance to be far fetched (ex. i don't really enjoy what i believe is called instalove?), and i think i'd more enjoy a telling of love where it feels like i could be the protagonist just trying to figure shit out.

bonus points if it's multicultural or queer! but i'm down for anything. TIA!

I was just talking to my brother-in-law, and he told me he wrote a book. I was happy for him! That's an amazing accomplishment, and he's written books before so I knew it was something he enjoyed doing.

That is...until he told me that while his ideas were all his, he used AI to "pad out the chapters". His rationalization was that he would disclose that he used it, and that so many Amazon best-sellers are all AI-generated, and he was using it as an aide. While I think that him disclosing is the right thing, I wanted to address with him how AI use is criticized in literature today. He can still publish it, but he should understand that there is a specific type of criticism he would receive without even reading his book.

So, I would like a little input from people who are also in this bookish world. How IS AI viewed in literature?

—— whether that be universally hated, or universally liked, but you think there’s more to it than the general consensus ?

Here is mine: Mr Collins (P&P)

I used to think he was just absolutely horrid (and yes, he is insufferable) but now I kind of love what his character represents. He’s a man who has been taught by society to see women as helpless and incomplete without marriage, and yes he parrot that belief with total sincerity, but then he himself is completely pliable when it comes to women: he unquestioningly defers to Lady Catherine (admittedly because of her wealth), but he also readily becomes Charlotte’s lap-dog once she works out how to manage him. He’s not malicious so much as manufactured and force-fed a worldview he never interrogates, and which he clearly doesn’t actually believe. He’s also very readable as an autistic character which I think is super interesting in the historical context cause there aren’t many characters from that era (or in classic lit) that are so obviously neurodivergent. Basically I think Mr Collins is absolutely ridiculous but gets way too much hate. Thank you and goodnight 😌

I want to enjoy this book so bad but I’m having a hard time with it. Do I keep going?? Pausing to read a palette cleanser hopefully it will help coming back to it.

This one was heavily recommended for people who enjoyed the Game Changer series but… I’m really not sure about this one. Giving it a bit more time, but I fear this may be a rare DNF for me.

I loved her shatter me series and was wondering if her other books were as good I haven't rlly looked into this book but wanted to know if I should give it a try

so many paragraphs describing the same character? “she’s messy, vivid, radiant” would likely have sufficed, but it just keeps going. her phone is always missing, her bright red lipstick demands attention, her voice is so loud that people turn around and look, her energy presses between them when she leans forward…

Reading this while living in LA is so odd. Like, obviously lots of stories take place in LA, or have scenes there, but I can usually ignore it. This book however, keeps naming places that are practically down the street from me, and a part of me is like omg get away from me lmaoo😂😂