I think I'll stop eating meat now. Forever.

I have been seeing a lot of discourse regarding book cover preferences lately. I wonder if anyone has ever gotten the ick from a book cover? If so, did you still read the book, or was it an immediate no thank youuuu?

THEY DIDN'T JUST USE THE LUBE WITH THE CUM–

I'll use my last read as I don't have a current read at the moment. The MC kind of inspired the question as I was thinking over how much I kind of hated how "above it all" he thinks of himself. Granted, he did recognise out loud in the book that this disdain comes from his insecurity and lack of self-esteem, but it didn't make it any less annoying.

I feel like that kind of attitude shows up in a lot of contemporary novel protagonists. Their voice particularly, where they position themselves as sharper than everyone, making snarky observations about people in a way that should show their worldly insight but only comes across, to me at least, as being mean to be superior. These people are hard to please, so what kind of book would they even like? And that sort of led to asking, would Dan like the story of his own life and how it was written?

Anyway, I think the answer would be no. He would probably make fun of the MC who peaked in gifted and talented classes only to work in an admin role. And he would definitely make fun of the prose for trying too hard to sound funny, in a cool detached way.

looking for recs (preferably nonfiction but i don’t mind) about native american history (specifically Two-Spirit culture) or about hijra culture in India? just finished Before We Were Trans and i’m very interested in learning more about these cultures :))

I never thought I'd be enjoying a book with this theme so much. The way in which it is written is of such a beautiful, yet quiet, violence that somehow feels very, very big and present throughout. And it's a lot to think about as well... One thing's for sure, I'm curious about other works of the author.

Ok so basically this post is made because IM CURRENTLY SOBBING MY ASS OFF READING KEEPING 13 AND MY MUSIC IN THE BACK IS JUST GOING "When did you get hot? All the sudden, I could look you up and down all day."😭😭

LIKE EXCUSE ME NO STOP PLAYING HAPPY SONGS WHILE IM DYING THANK YOU VERY MUCH.💔

But then other times its ACTUALLY GOOOD TIMING like I was reading Keeping 13 (again) and IT STARTED PLAYING FAMILY LINE IN THE BEGINNING I STARTED SOBBING SO MUCH

I actually need this app where the music corresponds to the part of the book SO FRICKIN BAD

and dont get me started on the book playlists because SOME OF THEM ARE SO SHORT OR TOO LONG like personally Im a VERY FAST READER and the playlists are like 10h long and Im already done the book by the time the "falling in love" songs are playing.😔

"The owner of the tannery is always smiling and he feels that when this man observes him, what he's really doing is calculating how many meters of skin he can remove in one piece if he slaughters him, flays him, and removes his flesh on the spot."

He must be a hoot, then 😅

It’s giving Camus’s The Stranger.

whats your preference? i was just having a convo with a coworker about hardcovers vs paperback and our opinions differed quite a bit! personally, i’m a paperback girl.

What are your favorite spooky season reads? I need to add more to my collection. Bonus points if they are queer!!!

What are your favorite spooky season reads? I need to add more to my collection. Bonus points if they are queer!!!