What I mean is that: 1. Once I was reading the ending of a book called "White Dolphin" in which the main character discovers an injured albino dolphin that she vows to protect because it reminds her of her mother who disappeared at sea. The book was assigned to us from school and I was studying it for my end of year exams. While studying, I had randomly put on the soundtrack from a movie I'd watched at the time called "Interstellar" in which a father leaves his daughter behind to venture into space and save humanity. So, when I was going through the book's ending, I forgot to turn off the music, and even though the ending wasn't overly emotional, I found myself tearing up; I think its because I was subconsciously affected by the music and mixing up the two similar storylines. 2. I watched a movie called "Warrior" which had a very bittersweet ending. The next day, I finished a book "Ink and Bone" which also had an emotional ending. I remained moody and upset for the whole of the coming week. My question is: has a book ever moved you greatly due to other events in your life, that if they hadn't happened, the book wouldn't have caused such a reaction from you as it did? And what I've written are superficial things that I remember. Talk about heavier events like somebody's loss, or moving to a new house or anything along those lines.

so i read almost all digitally because i have a limited budget and limited shelf space, so i only buy books i know i'm going to reread. i've recently decided to slowly start buying one of my fav series to have on hand to reread, but this is a bit of a special case in regards to this question. normally you would think "yes obviously you should buy all the books or you're going to miss out on the story when you reread in the future and forget what happens" but the series i'm talking about is interconnected but standalone romances. there is a wider connecting plot, but they all focus on one couple and their story with crumbs of the overarching plot weaved in. this series (or this part of the series, it's part of a larger universe) has 9 books currently out and there is definitely one, if not maybe a few more, that didn't grip me as much. i don't hate them, but i can't think of rereading them for the couple since that's the main part of the book. would it be weird to just buy the books i know i'm going to want to reread and just leave gaps for books i didn't like as much? or should i just get all of the books to have a complete set?

I know people are loving the idea of David Corenswet for Charlie (which I feel soooo on the ground floor for because when GBBL came out I picked him as I what I envisioned for Hayden) and Emily Henry has followed him on Insta. Anyways, who did you have in mind for the role of Charlie while reading?? I'm saying Patrick Ball for all my #pittcrew out there!

Because I 100% think it is. I'm of the opinion that any good plot twist will have details along the way that are just subtle enough to miss if you're not looking for them but make you think, "oh my god that makes so much sense" when you realize. When someone tells me there is plot twist nine times out of ten I guess it correctly because I am LOOKING for those hints/details when I otherwise wouldn't be. However, this seems to be a hot take because I see so many reviews and recommendations that mention the plot twist in books?? I guess a review is one thing but mentioning there's a plot twist when recommending a book is actually wild to me. What's everyone's opinion on this? I'm so curious!

As someone who loves stats I'm always fascinated by numbers 👁️‍🗨️ What's your average rating for books? What kind of "book-rater" do you consider yourself to be, and does it match that average? And if you don't know your average, what do you feel like is the most common rating you tend to give books? I consider myself to not be a very harsh rater and my average sits at 3.91/5 stars, which is somewhat inconsistent with my impression of mostly giving out 3.5 stars 😂 I guess I've been handing more 4+ stars lately (or I just came across a bunch of books I really loved, which is also great 💖) What do your numbers look like? 👀

I have always been a reader of physical books and take frequent trips to bookstores and libraries. However its been hard to find time to read, so I was hoping to get into ebooks. Does anyone have any recommendations or preferences between reading on a kindle or on a phone or tablet??

I know there's a saying 'never judge a book by it's cover', but are there book covers that instantly make you want to read or stay away from the book itself?

I feel like I'm losing my mind. I use Libby for almost all my reading and I rarely have a hard time finding a book on my TBR there. Sometimes I wait a long time but that's okay. But now I have an entire LIST of books not available there! And most of them were published about 5 or more years ago!! I'm sad. I have no book money right now (well, lol I have no money) so Libby is my only real source. Here's the books I can't find. If anyone has read these and can recommend something that might be close, let me know!!! "The God of Lost Words" by AJ Hackwith (book 3 of a trilogy where the other 2 were available!) "Thief of Night" by Holly Black (they have the first book but not the second!) "Tarnished City" by Vic James "Bright Ruin" by Vic James (They have book 1 but not 2 and 3?!) "The Plastic Magician" by Charlie N Holmberg (again they have the first 2 or 3 but not the last one?!) And don't even get me started on new books by authors they already carry. They don't have "Overgrowth" by Mira Grant. Don't have "Strange New World" by Vivian Shaw T. Kingfisher has a new one that I can't remember the name of and again, nope! I love libraries but it's HARD to read current/new authors exclusively through the library. :(

Personally l perfer series that have 5 books!I feel like if a series have more than 5 books they do it because they want more money especially when the series is popular!👀 ->What do you think about this?🪼