Hello everyone!! I thought it would be really interesting for everyone to share 1 or 2 list made by themselves that they're really proud of and that they find their most interesting lists! I'll put mine in the comments too! Excited to see everyone's creativity 'cause I know people here don't lack of it!! 😌

Lately I've been putting in the effort and I'm finishing books faster than I usually would. My physical TBR is always in the back of my mind so when I've finished a book, I tend to dive right in to the next one. But it's starting to feel almost disingenuous, as if I'm not taking the time to appreciate the story somehow.

So I'm wondering, do you leave some time between two books? Take a day to let the end of one story settle before diving right in to the next? Or do you love jumping right in?

Interrupting Dorian Gray to read this and balance gay drama with lesbian cuteness this is the life i chose

From the first line, this reads like a very dramatic theatre monologue. Searched YouTube out of curiosity, and I’m not wrong! Going to watch a few of them as soon as I’m done reading

I know that The Odyssey is a long journey and a big book because of that, but that's not a big deal to me. What I really want to know is how difficult the writing is to read and comprehend & does it read like a book or more like a textbook?

I don't know that I'm really describing that properly, but what I'm trying to get to is: is this going to feel really dense (sort of how I've heard the sewer section of Les Mis is) or is it going to read like an actual story?

I've read some Shakespeare plays and read some other classics like The Mysteries of Udolpho, all the Jane Austens (I'm not expecting it to be like JA don't worry), Dracula (which is SO good!) and Journey to the Center of the Earth, so I know I can handle some older language when I'm prepared for it. But, I guess I just want to know what I'm in for before I commit. Because until now all I've really read about the Greek myths has been Percy Jackson, Lore Olympus, The Song of Achilles and Piranesi, and I know while there are going to be a lot of similarities, the writing and character portrayals are probably going to be quite different.

Also, side question - for anyone who has read one or more editions - which translation is best? I've heard great things about Emily Wilson's translation, but I've also heard that Robert Fagles' version is popular too.

why are Marcellus's POV chapters so short!! they're my fav ones

starting this 10hr audiobook bcs I'm seeing this movie with my mum on Wednesday (tmrw) and I must know the differences

so Storygraph lists tw for this book as follows: Graphic Animal cruelty, Animal death, Toxic relationship Moderate Vomit, Sexual content, Mental illness Minor Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts

My question is: how graphic is animal cruelty? Can it be skipped? 🫣

man i did a huge disservice to myself for not reading this book sooner. but this is so reflective on my middle/high school life it’s a bit scary (besides being the only black kid, thankfully my school district was diverse). everything Starr is feeling is so real and the way ignorant people are portrayed in this story makes me glad i’m out of that environment 😭.

even have a similar experience with protesting at my school and just hearing ppl use that situation to simply get out of class??? the way the school would’ve been flipped every way and loose if i wasn’t so reserved when i was younger. starr would’ve been my whole personality if i read this then.

I’ve been thinking a lot about how the books I read as a child shaped my taste in books now. My childhood favorite series was The Spiderwick Chronicles, (whimsical but dark, horror/fantasy,) and I can clearly see how that’s influenced my current taste in books (Root Rot and Don’t Let the Forest In for example.) My other favorite book series was How to Train Your Dragon, and again I can directly see how that’s impacted my taste (Liveship Traders and the rest of Robin Hobb’s work.) So I was wondering if anyone else had a similar experience with the books they read as a kid shaping their current taste in books. Or I guess not even just books, it could be shows, movies or other types of media. Edit to add: another childhood favorite of mine was The Mistmantle Chronicles, which is basically Redwall. Criminally, I’ve never read Redwall, but it’s also anthropomorphic animals with swords, and it’s basically the kid equivalent of political intrigue fantasy.

Today in theaters I saw the preview for Other Mommy, an upcoming film adaptation of Incidents Around the House. Given that I don’t read much horror I was not familiar with the book, and when I found out it was adapted from a book with a much more interesting title, I grimaced. I’ve been noticing this pattern recently. Movie titles seem to be less clever than the titles of the books they are inspired by, and it’s irritating, but also interesting. Can anyone else think of any examples of this? I’m trying to decide if it’s a more recent thing, and to put my finger on why it’s happening. I suppose there’s the simple idea that movie makers are assuming more and more often that their audiences are stupid, but I don’t want to jump to any conclusions.

Editing to remove Sheep Detectives as an example because you have all successfully convinced me that it’s actually fine

Also, this conversation has been making me curious: are there any movie titles you actually feel are an improvement? I can think of a few.