I know it's not even the end of January but I am so damn excited about the Trans Rights readathon. I'm not even like, an ambassador or anything, I've just participated the last 2 years and it's been the highlight of my year both times.

I realised I was trans shortly after the first time I participated, so the event holds a special place in my heart.

Anyone else participating? It's going to be from the 17th of March to the 31st of March (which is the Trans Day of Visability) this year. I managed to read 10 books in 10 days last year (I am a feral but biobliophilic animal) so I might go 14 for 14 this year.

There's more info here: https://transrightsreadathon.carrd.co/

How is there not a quest about werewolves? We have vampires, but no werewolves. I’m requesting a Howling at the Moon quest.

A few months ago I watched a recent Anne of the Green Gables adaptation called Anne Shirley which was an anime

I really enjoyed it! And it made me wonder what other books could work well in an anime format

I thought about asking for classics first but I think modern books should get the anime treatment too

Imagine a gideon the ninth adaptation by studio trigger for example!

What western novel (or multiple novels) would you all like to be turned into an anime adaptation?

So I've been updating my Pagebound shelves to reflect my old reads saved in my Notion library, and I've noticed that I have several books with very high ratings, since I really enjoyed them when I read them.

However, in the last couple of weeks, I've been reading posts here about the authors of some of those books, people who have done some nasty things or have views on the world I don't agree with. Since then, I've been thinking of changing the ratings I initially gave to these reads, since I feel like I don't want to give my support to these readers by making their works more known.

What do y'all think?

What's everyone's favourite activity to keep their hands/eyes occupied while listening to audiobooks? I often end up listening while doing chores but obviously chores suck. I thoroughly enjoy sitting down to Eurotruck simulator 2 with an audiobook in my ears though. Fully engages all my senses without being overwhelming, it's actually so relaxing for me!

Okay, I have a question for anyone who reads both YA and adult books. How do you categorise a book into YA or Adult??? Interestingly enough, I don't have this problem with caegorising Middlegrade v YA, but I keep having this issue with older characters in books. If the characters are teens and in high school, I always say it's YA no matter what the subject matter is about because I honestly have never encountered a book dark or triggering enough that I wouldn't have been happy to figuratively pass it along to younger me. But, here's my issue: why is the line between YA (possibly being called older YA, but I'm really not sure) and new adult so god damn blurry? Like, for example, are there people out there categorising the Off-Campus series by Elle Kennedy as YA? Because the main characters are 20, and as far as I'm aware, that means that they're no longer children. Unless in the US, you see anyone under 21 as a child?? I've been having this issue for years now, so of course, now that I'm bringing it up, I can't think of any other examples, but I swear, whenever I read a book that I would personally categorise as New Adult (age 18ish - 25), it's in the YA section. A big one that I know I used to see A LOT (and it's always with female writers and a lot of the time in Fantasy) was the ACOTAR series by SJM. It's 100% for adults but was marketed to teenagers for YEARS. I'm honestly just baffled by the whole thing and wondering if I've gotten my wires crossed at some point and have been going about this all the wrong way. I'd be really curious to know anyone's thoughts!

some context for how I categorise age ranges: The Raven Boys - YA (teenagers) The Sun and the Starmaker - New Adult (18 yr old mc, chosen one kind of deal) ACOTAR series - Adult (Feyre is 19 in book 1, and there is a lot of smut throughout the series) The House in the Cerulean Sea - Adult (adult mcs even though I know some people like to automatically say that anything cozy is ya) Wayward Children series - YA (I could absolutely be persuaded to change this to NA in the future if the characters get older, but most of these are about teens atm so... YA) Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries - Adult (Emily is 30) Assistant to the Villain - New Adult (Evie is 23)

I love being sad LETS GO (Also if u saw my post with a busted ass link no you didn't, I'm just bad at markdowns)

I'm in adoration of my lovely new silver badge. What have folks read so far from this quest, and which particularly would you recommend?