over the years i downloaded 140 books. i wanted to read them when i got them but i’m not sure i still want to read/care about all of them. how do you declutter your tbr? is reading the plot and checking out some reviews a good method?

i’m open for suggestions if you can think of something better or you’ve got some tips🤗

I think it’s safe to say that we are living in a dystopian world in the US. And I think that reading is a big part of resistance to that dystopia. The more a society reads, the more connections that are made and ideas formed. I am not surprised that literacy rates keep falling. Nor am I surprised that short reels gain more attention than short novellas. I worry for myself, my friends and my family.

This isn’t a question for the group. Just a statement that’s worth discussing. Reading is political.

I feel like I’m always the odd one out when it comes to dark romance and fantasy. I want to puke and can’t get through the book fast enough or I DNF! I was obsessed with Twilight (forever will be) but just have outgrown that I guess otherwise. Now all I want is thriller, murders and a good historical fiction! Anyone else or am I the weird one?! Any book recs that you think would change my mind?!

I already adored Le Guin, but every book I read of hers just elevates her standing in my eyes. Her prose, despite seeming simple, is packed chockful with ideas. She might often use lengthier sentences, yet they are punctuated and broken down so elegantly that I'm never lost. Her writing has a lyricism and hypnotic quality that keeps me hooked.

I am hoping for a robot revolution that forces us humans to rethink out ways and compeletly remake the world for ecological harmony and sustainability.

I do wonder what that resolution and transition was like in this world. Was it bloody or conflict-ridden at all? What of the class dynamics among humans? I know this is meant to be cozy solar punk, but one cannot help but wonder what it takes to get there.