Where are my comics people at?!

I'll admit, it's a newer interest for me and it only happened after I gave up trying to like superhero comics.

I tend to like niche, adventurous, darker story lines.

Some examples of what I love:

Saga by Brian k Vaughn (ongoing and I'm behind) - epic space opera. Found family. Lost love. Star crossed love. War and inequity and and and and. I couldn't recommend a story more highly but it is mature in art and theme.

Rachel Rising by Terry Moore (finished)- horror story. The MC unearths herself from a shallow grave with ligature marks on her neck. The story takes some wild slightly historical turns. Magic and murder abound.

Rat Queens by Weibe Upchurch and Sejic Fowler (finished but I'm behind)- a mixed race all woman adventuring group....goes on adventures. Very D&D.

Echo by Terry Moore (finished) - scifi tech story. A super advanced suit fails during a test and falls on two people. Two very different people. Can be violent and bloody sometimes

Bitch Planet by Deconnick DeLandro - social commentary criticism story about a future world where non compliant women are adjusted or detained. It's hard hitting and hard to read but worth it. Very short. Two trades I think.

Any recommendations?

Saga is what hooked me after many failed attempts. It's a story that's burning itself into my heart one issue at a time.

I'm going to get an NC tattoo for "non compliant" from Bitch Planet.

Do you have any graphic novels/comics like that? Any recommendations?

Who was your first book boyfriend and where did you find him? Did you find him in the depths of KU or did you find him on the covers of a penguins publishing co book?or If you're like me, you found him on wattapad. My first book bf was Blake Eaton from the book "i sold myself to the devil for the vinyls, pitiful i know". He was everything and more I could ask for, still one of my top book bfs of all time🥺🫶 So, who was yours?

i'm doing the current tiktok trend where you make a syllabus based on a topic you're really interested in. i want to read more about "monsters", who makes them and how they're made. does one become a monster because of their creator's intentions or because of their own monstrous action? i'm currently reading mary shelley's frankenstein (1818 text) (monster born from hubris) and just finished monstrilio (monster born from grief). i think "when the wolf comes home" also fits (monstrous actions AND creations). please rec me any book you think fits what i'm looking for!

I love going to the library! Seeing all the options and finding things I might not give a chance otherwise is one of the small joys for me. I'll have that excitement for a couple days after I get them and then it's just... I'm not sure what the right word is for the feeling. Dread? Pressure? I don't know, but knowing I have to read them and take them back, more often than not, leaves them unread. It has me telling myself that even if I didn't read them I at least helped by checking them out.

Does anyone else struggle with the library book pressure/dread/panic? How do you overcome it?

Hello, everyone! I'm currently taking a class that requires me to do a series of reviews on creative nonfiction (specifically memoirs, essay collections, anthologies, etc), and because I'm primarily a fiction reader, I need recommendations. Underrepresented voices (women and queer voices in particular) would be preferable due to the constraints of the project. If you're a nonfiction reader - or if you just have some good nonfic recs - let me know what you'd recommend! Thank you so much!

I watched a reel recently where a few librarians were shown book covers with their titles & authors removed, and had to guess which books they were. It was a lot of fun! It also got me thinking about which book covers are iconic/recognizable just from the image alone... some that stood out to me are:

Classics (maybe more memorable since they've been around for so long): The Great Gatsby Catcher in the Rye The Handmaid's Tale

More modern books: Yellowface (for sure instantly recognizable) The Memory Police (maybe just iconic to me haha) The Goldfinch

Are there any covers you find iconic (either very recognizable in your opinion, or just iconic to you personally ✨)? I do recognize that this might differ by country!

pleeasse give me suggestions for classics that make you want to close the book and wash your eyes. but in a good way. in a "im disturbed" way. in a "I need to put on something happy so I can sleep tonight" way. like Dracula, Frankenstein, and Sleepy Hollow vibes. But also taking Wuthering Heights vibes. That book truly made me want to chuck it across the room. but I think about it ALL THE TIME. I see it in my mind and Kathy is haunting me. When I hear a branch outside my window I know its her.

Just as the title suggests. For books like 1984, the memory police, and Fahrenheit 451 can we really look at them as pieces of fiction? As readers isn't it our responsibility to question the words that so openly criticise society? And if your answer is no, then who should be voicing out the layered meaning found in these books? What do you all think?

so... do you guys have a hard limit on how many books you'll read at once? what is that number determined by? i somehow keep reading like 6 books at the same time and now i'm curious what other people do and how y'all manage!

i tend to just... borrow 1 book that has like no one waiting for it, 2 books of different genres that i can pause at any time and not feel pressure about it, and then the rest on top of that are whatever holds become available and i want to read them next. especially if it's a book that has been on hold for a looong time and i've been waiting quite a few weeks, i'll just go ahead and borrow it and collect my loans like a little gremlin.

...i also want to note that someone had mentioned in a previous discussion (i forgot who - if they show up or i remember, i'll add their user here!) that once you borrow a book on libby and make sure you have the book downloaded, you can go on airplane mode, return the book on a different device, and keep the book for however long you need to read it. i only just now did it because i amassed too many delicious books this time around, whereas the last time this happened i just devoured them fast enough before my loan deadlines. so thank you to whoever that was!