Hey y'all 👋🏻

I noticed that the Who's Who Wednesday posts have ended. I looked it up and saw that the user who started it originally deleted their account 😔😭 Jadelovesbooks

These were some of my favorite posts to read through so I'd like to bring it back if that's cool (or if these were ended on purpose, let me know and I'll remove this).

It’s time for Who’s Who Wednesday where every Wednesday we introduce ourselves and make new friends. This is possibly part 17.

If you participated in any of the times before, you don’t have to introduce yourself again but you can share some different facts about you, an opinion you have, or how your week is going.

If you’re new, introduce yourself!

I’ll go first.

My name is Wibbily. If I was a video game character, this is the loot I would drop after being defeated: 🎧 - over the ear headphones 🎲 - dice 🃏 - Pokemon cards 📚 - books ☕ - iced coffee 💄 - bright red lipstick

i find myself quite often going back and changing my star ratings of books (i rarely remove anything i wrote though i sometimes add updated thoughts to old reviews, clearly labeled as a edit) the main reason i find myself doing this is frankly just that putting distance between myself and the book and allowing my thoughts to fester (over weeks/months/years) allows me to form more complete thoughts (undistracted by the joy of finishing a book, and the scales [can] fall from my eyes, as Wodehouse would say.) do you do this? if so how do you normally go about? and it and what if anything causes you do want to change your ratings?

All of these books cross my mind so frequently and when I reread them I remember how much they impacted me on my first read-through. ✨

Mine would be:

• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
• Pet Sematary by Stephen King
• A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
• A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
• Eragon by Christopher Paolini

I enjoy Queen Malina’s pov best (minus the “romance”)

“I will kill anyone who harms you,” Rhysand snarled “I will kill them and take a damn long time doing it”

ID LET THE WORLD BURN FOR YOU CODED 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I know this will be controversial here but I’m looking for some advice. Im not trying to rage bait or anything like that so please don’t turn this into a moral standoff. I would also like to say that I’ve read problematic authors in the past before I knew what they did and I’m trying to be better about what I choose to read! Anyway, How do you guys go about reading problematic authors if you haven’t read them before? I’m interested in reading Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson and I’ve heard things about him so what’s the best way to read his books without supporting him or should I just skip his books altogether? What do you do about problematic authors in general? Again, this is from a point of curiosity and learning!!

Hi friends!

My life circumstances have abruptly changed recently. I am having a hard time getting enough sleep, and additional stress has significantly decreased my reading capabilities 😭 such that I'm sometimes not even able to read... everyday 🙀

Therefore, I'm looking for recommendations in the genre of romance or other book subgenres with a small rom subplot or at least guaranteed happy endings (not traumaprn plz my psyche can't handle it rn). (Also doesn't have to be contemporary romance- in fact, the more not real life the better)

I'm not looking for just cozy- those lists are out there! I like things that are fun, entertaining, shocking, random, 🥵, and yes sweet and tender- any and all of the above are welcome!!

So that when I read, I can feel good, but it also doesn't require a huge sig attn span or ability to follow an epic plot.

I already started a "playlist" to keep track and so others in a similar situation can enjoy reading/listening too- even if life makes it difficult.

Thank youuu!! ❤️ this community and how much it has helped me stay engaged/going this last few weeks.

I just finished reading the entire Throne of Glass series in a little under two months. I tried to pace myself, read a couple shorter "light" books in between some of the books so I wouldn't burn out or get tired of the story.

Just wondering if you're able to bounce back and get into another series right away or if you're like me and need to take a moment before you can dive into something else.

I usually end up taking a short break but I have a lot of ARCs I got approved for that I wasn't expecting so I need to bounce back quick!

a few weeks ago someone made a post about ruining book titles by changing one word, and this combined with my current read has inspired this post hehe so ruin a trope by only changing one word >:))) i’ll start: instead of only one bed there’s only one toilet 😔

Be honest with me for a second.

Are you actually reading books right now … or are you collecting them?

Is your TBR a carefully curated reading plan, or a beautiful tower of good intentions? Are you finishing what you buy, or are you chasing the thrill of the next preorder?

No judgment. This is a safe space for the “I own it and I’ll get to it eventually” crowd.

Tell me: 📚 How many unread books are currently staring at you? 📖 And what’s stopping you from starting them?

Confessions encouraged.

Hello. I am not really sure if this goes on here, if it doesn't, do let me know, please! And if you could direct me towards the correct area, I would appreciate it.

I have started getting more consistent with reading, instead of taking entire weeks to read 1 book, therefore I am gonna be more active on the book forums. And I have noticed for the first time yesterday, that there is a limit of posts we can make in 24 hours? I don't know if this is a new feature? If we can surpass it by contributing to the site/app, or I was just not aware of it due to not participating as much...

But it very annoying and disruptive. Especially when a book is specifically engaging, and I am trying to read it in 1 or 2 days, I am bound to make more than 5 posts... And I think it can get quite confusing for both the person sharing their thoughts and the people reading them when I have to compile opinions from different pages into 1 single post... I think that defeats the entire purpose of a feature like that?

And if I don't wanna compile everything together, because it ends up being messy and confusing, I have to basically keep my thoughts and not write at all. And I enjoy writing what I think as I read along, and I love seeing what everyone else thinks while reading along.

I am not going to lie, but that is the main feature I even use this app for. That's what makes this place unique for me. So the limit makes no sense.

I understand there can't be infinite posts for 1 book in such a short span of time, because people could spam to infinity and beyond, but 5 is just not enough?

I guess, I would to ask if there is any possibility into bringing the limit number a bit higher? Like, at least 10? 15? I think that gives us all a better chance of giving our thoughts on important bits and pieces we read without being too overwhelming. Cuz, again, 5 works maybe if you only read some pages per day, but if you read an entire book in 1 or 2 days, you can't fully express your thoughts.

I don't know if anyone agrees with me. I would love to know everyone's opinion, though. And sorry for rambling so much lol. I just feel stuck, like do I stop reading until tomorrow, or do I read and just not share what I think on here?