Exactly as the title suggests, question is do y'all remove the dust jacket to your books while reading? The one on the book I'm reading was annoying the heck out of me with the sliding and I realized it never occurred to me to just...take it off. Curious if that's actually the established approach haha!

Or I suppose, alternatively, do you reread books? I've been on this book buying ban since 2020 where I only buy a book if I have read it and would want to reread it. I also had multiple "cleanouts" of my bookshelves around this time so I was left, again, only with books I am interested in rereading at some stage. I only kept minimal books I hadn't read yet that I was still interested in trying. But in saying this, I don't actually reread books I own too often. Without fact checking myself, I'd guess only around 1-5 books a year. Usually it's if I have fallen into a reading slump and want to get back into reading.

Upon starting this I realized there is hell of a lot of new information so I thought maybe some people would like a quick notes section to look at without having to flip through the book! I was going to make one for myself and decided to share it :) enjoy! Catenan Rankings: Rank - Receives Will From 1. Princeps - 40,320 people 2. Dimidius - 20,160 people 3. Tertius - 6,720 people 4. Quartus - 1,680 people 5. Quintus - 336 people 6. Sextus - 56 people 7. Septimus - 8 people 8. Octavus - none

Upon starting this I realized there is hell of a lot of new information so I thought maybe some people would like a quick notes section to look at without having to flip through the book! I was going to make one for myself and decided to share it :) enjoy! Catenan Rankings: Rank - Receives Will From 1. Princeps - 40,320 people 2. Dimidius - 20,160 people 3. Tertius - 6,720 people 4. Quartus - 1,680 people 5. Quintus - 336 people 6. Sextus - 56 people 7. Septimus - 8 people 8. Octavus - none

What got you into a reading? And also, what got you back into reading if you stopped in the middle. When I try to think about myself, I think I always been a reader, if not of books. I always enjoyed reading newspaper articles. My first language is Urdu and second is Arabic so whenever we would get newspapers of each language, I would read them out loud. At that time, I believe I was eight or nine. Then my grandmother began to subscribe to children's magazine so I could read them alongside her. I was also into comics a lot, but I mostly chose them in Arabic as I was enrolled into an Arabic school. Then I watched Twilight, and I was so intrigued by the movie. As any normal fan, I researched everything i can about the book and found out that it is actually based on books and so I went to get the second book. However, I soon discovered Wattpad and it was all I ever read for a while. After a year of no reading at all, I ended up reading The Metamorphic by Franz Kafka in 2021 and cried my eyes out. It made me rediscover my love for reading and I have not stopped since.

Might be an odd or highly personal question but I have always wondered if the urge to read romance novels disappears when one is married/dating? So for romance readers, I was wondering if it is escapist fantasy reading or is it like all other genres just a preferred taste in entertainment. Essentially, why do you think you feel an inclination for the genre and is it impacted by the phase of life that you are in?

I feel like now’s a better time than ever to support queer middle grade so I’m super happy this quest exists! Unsurprisingly, not a single one of these books are stocked at my local library anymore, which makes me really sad. I thought it’d be good to post here as a reminder for everyone to request all of these books at your library so they can see we still want them! Now off to the bookstore 🚗💨

slightly intimidated by the number of pages 😵‍💫 but i’m hoping it’s worth!