That one quote that’s stuck with you. Whether because it was tuff, because it was profound, because it gave you an epiphany, because it was that funny, etc. What’s that one book quote that’s stuck with you? Recently or way back in the past. I’m kinda asking this out of boredom, and maybe looking for new books. Or I can put them on some bookmarks.

(I’m very bad at remembering exact quotes lol. I remember that one line in Remarkably Bright Creatures where Marcellus goes like “Day insert number here, oh let’s just cut the crap”. See? Very bad at remembering. One I kinda remember is from Lies My Teacher Told Me, “If this country is so great, then why must we lie?”. So I guess I’m not that bad at remembering).

How do eyes bow, and why do hers do it so much? I get what she's going for, but bulge, widen, dilated, those are all more apt for what she's saying.

Hi.

I’m the DNFing goober.

I’ve read 6 books so far this year, and I’ve DNF’d 25. This has been the worst reading year of my entire life. For context, I’ve ALWAYS been a big DNFer. Last year I read 27 books and DNF’d 59. The year before that, I read 32 books and DNF’d 57. I guess it’s just never been as bad as it is currently, and it’s never been sooooooooooo many DNFs in a row. I’m a pretty tough cookie, but it’s getting a little disheartening lol. I also feel super awkward logging my DNFs on here now because anyone that follows me can see that I’m CONSTANTLY DNFing books and I feel like it’s gonna start looking like I’m doing it on purpose? Like, “wtff, this chick just hates everything huh?”. I mean, I don’t care enough to stop 🤪🤪🤪, but it’d be cool if I didn’t seem like some overly critical crazy person lmao. I’ve been on a horror kick lately, and I finished off last year reading some books I really enjoyed, and I think I’ve just been chasing that high and getting disappointed left and right ever since. I think I’m gonna try another genre switch up and see if that does anything, and if not I’m probably gonna switch to some other hobby for a while or something.

Welp, that’s the end of my post. Also I might delete this later. Okay, bye.

What would you rather find in your attic, a person or a thousand cockroaches?

If you're seeing this, this is a question for you! I've been using this as an ice-breaker for years since I read it here and I owe many friendships to it 🙂‍↕️ That said, I'm Team Roaches sorry 🙂‍↕️

I’m curious to hear about why you may or may not block a user? Do you use this feature? I’ve never been on a platform like this where it shows you comment unavailable to indicate that you are blocked.

I was recently chatting with another reader about the vibes of a book and they didn’t agree, but instead of engaging in further discussion (to which I would have loved to have heard what vibes they thought the book had) they blocked me. I’m kinda bummed and have never had that happen before.

I wanted to open the floor up to maybe understand better. I don’t think I would block a reader in that fashion. Maybe I would use the feature if someone was sharing triggering content related, but not to end a conversation. I’m just surprised and a bit hurt.

Edit: WOW. Thank you all for sharing your experiences, opinions, perspectives, thoughts. This has really helped me see this feature in a different light and was very helpful for me to read. I appreciate you all. 🫶🏻