Does anyone have any specific thoughts about a (cis) man writing about pregnancy in such a way? I can't quite put my finger on it because it seemed like Hendrix put a lot of thought and research into this and the book is really well written, but sometimes I felt a little uneasy about it and it felt like overstepping in a sense? Then again, in a literary landscape in which a lot of male authors seem to forget that women have thoughts at all, it's refreshing that he manages to write women so well and with complex inner lives and motivations.

Any book recommendation to get out of a reading slump? Preferably a novella or a book > 200 pages. As long as it fiction i don’t mind.

Have you ever read a meal/food description that sounded so nice you had to go look for a recipe and make it?

I love cooking/baking, and I'm always salivating when reading good food description. Most of the time, it's got ingredients I don't have on hand, but I remember coming across the yummiest description of a baked apple. It's so simple it's silly, but I'd never eaten one before. It was mid-winter, and we had plenty apples at home, so I put down my book, looked up a recipe, and baked a batch of apples immediately. Not only was it delicious (and a great winter dessert), it was so fun to get back to my chapter while eating what was described! 4D experience, highly recommend😊

I have a full wall of bookshelves now because my collection has grown to well over 500 books at this point, but I AM STRUGGLING. No matter how I organize them I feel like they're not right? I have tried color coding, and hated it because my series get mixed up, but I also feel like that is the only way the sprayed edge books look good. How have you all organized your shelves?? My only ideas are by genre, author, or "vibe" and I would love some creative ideas! Thank you in advance!!

I usually read in English but I would like to read more in French. Do you guys have any recommendations on french authors ?

If you consume literature across different mediums, what would you estimate your balance is? Obviously it can fluctuate, but I’m curious to see the community’s preferred consumption method.

Mine is roughly as follows:

Paper books: 60% eBooks: 30% Audiobooks: 10%

I was wondering the other day why fantasy was so voluntarily ignored in my school curriculum. I'm a blatant millenial from Spain, and I reckon that the only time that the genre Fantasy was ever mentioned during my school and high school years was when talking about Tolkien. A brief mention of it, to say the least, never a "The Hobbit is a required reading", of course.

Is this situation the same for other countries? Has it changed? Will it change? When will it change? (insert wigs here)

I'd love to hear about your experience and opinions.

Hey all! I feel like this is may be a strange question but how do you elevate your writing as people who read a lot? Do you remember the vocabulary you learnt from reading when you write? How? I don't mean only writing stories but also essays or anything at all really - even reviews. The reason I'm asking is that even as someone who's been reading in English since I was very young and whose English is Native-level (not native tongue) I find it hard to write. Even though I studied Eng Lit, I still struggle to write and to 'summon' my vocabulary when I'm writing. In short, my writing doesn't really reflect my knowledge of the language and it bothers me a lot🥲 If you all have any advice I'd immensely appreciate it🫶🏽