Hi everyone! If you don’t know me already I am Peony and the creator of this quest. Japanese crime fiction has been a love of mine for a few years now and I hope that this quest helps other people discover this wonderful genre. I have a mix of murder mysteries and thrillers in this quest so I hope there is a little bit for everyone. Will write a big break down of book genres and timelines for Japanese come writing soon.

Does it shock anybody else's parents that you're reading spicy novels even though you're an adult?

I'm 29 and today my mum discovered that Heated Rivalry (my current book obsession) is spicy. She full named me with a really dramatic gasp. Saying "I thought you were picking up clean romances, I did not realize you like spicy books."

And I'm like "And? I'm 29"

She's even bought me other spicy novels as gifts for birthdays and Christmas. Mostly Romantasy novels. Now I'm wondering if she thought those were clean romances too and did not realize they were spicy (some are very spicy).

I know for certain she'd be mortified to see my Dark Romance obsession. Some of things in there are... yeah....

I just don't get the big deal... 🤔

hey everyone!! in a few days i'm going on a little 8 hour trip (4 hours there, 4 hours back) and i have quite a bit of reading i like to do. however, i often get carsick and worry the reading will make it worse. does anyone else have this problem, and how do you deal with it? advice appreciated, thank you as always ❤️

My favorite cup is a mug that my boyfriend got me of the masterpiece mystery art that says Mystery! on it because I always thought it was funny that it has an explanation point. Or the floral mug that I took from my grandma’s house that she repurposed to hold candles and has been helpful on many a power outtage during a storm or to set the mood for a relaxing bath. Really, my most used is a banged up hydroflask that I got for free because someone left it in the gym lost in found for such a long time, that I wish wasn’t a boring grey and I should really put stickers on it like a true pnw granola girl.

i am deeply obsessed with how warner calls juliette “love”, and i’m also very much obsessed with how jacks calls evangeline “love” as well. i boiled it down to this being the reason why i love these characters so much, so i’m looking for books that have the main character calling their love interest “love”. any recs??

This may be a silly question but what exactly is a caravan/caravan park? Are they campers or more like single wide trailers or are they vans? Bella/Allison said something about sneaking out which would be hard to do in a camper and Frankie being on the porch so that makes me think they’re more like trailers ?

I am currently trying to put together a display for my college library for the 250th anniversary of the US, but I'm trying to stay away from generic war books, and instead I'm trying to include books/films/other media from more marginalized voices. I'm doing some research, but I'm also not super well-versed in historical fiction and nonfiction. I've found quite a few nonfiction books about women in the revolution, though I'm struggling to find historical fiction, books about people of color, and children's books. I also figured my research will probably leave out some hidden gems, so I was hoping some of you would have opinions. Any and all recommendations are welcome! Thank you in advance.