Hey everyone! So i'm currently engaging in a discussion with my girlfriend, trying to explain to her why listening to audiobooks is considered "reading" and for the life of god i am running out of ideas how to best explain it to her bc she just won't get it 🫠

So far she's running hard on the terminology and it just won't make sense to her why i would call listening to audiobooks "reading". Bc "listening" is listening and "reading" is reading. Eyes can't listen and ears can't read. Where she, technically, has a point. She has argued that if she would only listen to a movie's audio, she obviously wouldn't have watched the movie. And if a mother would read their 3y/o child a book, the child wouldn't have automatically "read" the book themselves, they would have listened to it ofc. Other examples she used were: she'd not be able to read a photo book, she'd be looking at it, since she can't read pictures. Or that drawing a picture with a pencil wouldn't make it a painting, bc drawing is drawing and painting is painting.

So, if you have any idea how i can best explain it to her, please help a girl out 😭 i am absolutely loosing my patience over here 🥲

I was an English major, and had an extended reading slump after graduation due to burnout from the sheer volume of assigned reading I'd had to do. But there were definitely some gems in there I might never have read otherwise.

What is a loved and/or hated book that you were obligated to read, whether for school, work, or whatever reason?

For me, Loved: North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell Hated: Moby Dick by Melville

To tell you the truth I am still catching up on last week's comments (😭) but time marches on... It's time to share what books you got in the last week!

• Did you check out a big stack from the library?
• Did you visit a new LFL and find something exciting?
• Did someone give you a book for your birthday?
• Did you go splurge at the bookstore?
• Did you stuff your Kindle?
• Did all your Libby holds come in at once?
• Did you find a book in the dumpster?
• ???

IT ALL COUNTS so tell me...whatcha get??? 👀

Hello everyone!

I’m trying to join women in translation month this August and I’m looking for recommendations!

I’ve read Crazy Genie by Ines Cagnati a few weeks ago (translated from French) and highly recommend it! I would also recommend The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje. Originally Dutch and a fascinating look at World War I trauma.

Also just picked up The Girl at the Door by Veronica Raimo but I’d love to get more recommendations or follow other people joining this month!

I’ve recently noticed that newer books are easier too read. The metaphors are obvious, the descriptions short and everything is laid out for you, giving the reader no need to THINK and INTROSPECT on what they are reading. Don’t get me wrong I am happy people are reading and that publishing is accessible to everyone! Despite this I feel as though books are getting dulled down at an ad nauseam. Am I the only one noticing this??

What’s a quest you’d like to see to help you explore a genre/area/niche that you’re a newbie in/haven’t explored enough?

I often see people talking about quests they’d like to see based on their interests, but I find the quests that expose me to knew-to-me authors/titles the most interesting!

I’m trying to make a point this year of reading more Black authors. Although I already read very diversely I found Black authors to be less represented in my reading last year than I’d have liked. This is my official call for a black lit fic quest so I can find some titles outside the most popular/classics!

Editing to add: if you have some niche black lit fic picks (especially LGBTQIA+, and especially sapphic, drop them in the comments please)