I know we all have different opinions on what makes for a good review, and there have been a few club posts about writing good reviews, but I want to know what makes a review useful to you as a potential reader. What elements in a review do you pay most attention to? What can sway you one way or the other with a book? What do you wish more reviews included - or excluded?

If I'm writing a review for other people to read and judge the book on, I want to make sure I've included what people actually care about!

Basically, I watched the fan made film of 'The Cruel Prince' a couple of days ago and it got me thinking that I should really reread the series soon because I did not remember half the events in the film... so I do. As I'm reading through, I start to realise how insane and crazy the characters are in the book; like I mean obviously they are hence the title... but still! Me at the age of 13 just didn't clock that they're all seriously deranged and frankly I'm just sat there rereading like wtf.

Anyways kind of a pointless rant but is there anyone else who realised that they must've had brain fog the first time whilst rereading a book?

It's nonbinary week! Suggest your favorite nonbinary authors or nonbinary characters for everyone please

Mine are red white and royal blue , Casey is nonbinary and I think that's sadly the only one I may know .

Reminder they might not be out as nonbinary but some people are out

Also reminder: Pronouns ≠ gender and visa versa 🩵💙

The infamous "JUST ONE MORE CHAPTER", as we tell ourselves...😂

For me it's pretty much any book that I started late in the evening and got absorbed into. Worse if it's a series because then I try to binge the whole series.

Most recently, it was Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archives, either Words of Radiance or Oathbringer (I read these over the weekend and completely lost track of time lol).

I liked "A River Enchanted" 's vibe and I'm reading book two but I was wondering if anyone had some more Scottish folklore/fae-type romantasy recs?

Hey folks, does anyone have any tried and true methods for getting price tag glue off of books?

Some of the ones I picked up recently just had like a three or four layer of price tags on the back and left behind that lovely sticky residue that then just starts to stick to everything.

Any tips on getting rid of it would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT: THE CRISIS WAS SOLVED! A little canola oil went a long way!

hi everyone! :) i recently saw that many people dislike third person and much rather read first person. i read both of them but i definitely prefer third person because i think that pov switches work better that way and it hits more home for me idk. the “i” in first person makes me sometimes feel weird and i find it harder in moments to successfully escape into the story because of it. (no hate!) so i’m wondering, what do you guys prefer and why?

ps: i left second person out bc i haven’t read many books with it though feel free to share your thoughts!

edit: thanks for all of your takes!! so interesting to read your thoughts ✨

I've noticed the forum is mostly recommendations to add to the quest. So thought I'd throw a question out to spark some conversation. Which of the books on the list has had your favourite movie adaptation? And what do you think made it a good adaptation?