So...how do I say this? I've been watching The Pitt recently, and I realized I am INTO it, like really into it. I think it's my current fixation tbh. That led me to wonder: does anyone have any books that give "the pitt" vibes? It doesn't have to be medical/medical-related books. For example, I started reading "A Magical Girl Retires", and I was thinking "Robby should read this book" (yeah, it's that bad lol) due to its story dealing with a burnt out, near the end of her rope protagonist who is just looking for a way out, and she's struggling with grief. So yeah, any books that give the vibes of the different characters, maybe or plot points. Thanks!!!

The nominations for this year's Hugos are in! (one of the big SFF awards, along with the Nebulas and Locus) Which have you read? Which would you recommend? https://www.lacon.org/hugofinalists/ I don't know if it's new this time, but they also include works that were nominated by withdrawn for various reasons (I know there's been a lot of controversy in the past with opaqueness around nominations).

Including the lists for some of the larger categories below, with a ✅ if I read it and ⭐ if I really enjoyed it.

Best Novel ⭐✅A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape) Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (William Morrow; Gollancz) Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US) ⭐✅The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK) ✅The Incandescent by Emily Tesh (Tor US; Orbit UK) ⭐✅The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson (Orbit US; Hodderscape)

Best Novella Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz (Tordotcom) Cinder House by Freya Marske (Tordotcom; Tor UK) ⭐✅Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite (Tordotcom) ⭐✅The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom; Arcadia UK) ✅The Summer War by Naomi Novik (Del Rey US; Del Rey UK) ⭐✅What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher (Nightfire; Titan UK)

Best Series ⭐✅Emily Wilde by Heather Fawcett (Del Rey US; Orbit UK) ✅October Daye by Seanan McGuire (Tor US; DAW) ✅Old Man’s War by John Scalzi (Tor US; Tor UK) ⭐✅The Chronicles of Osreth by Katherine Addison (Tor US; Solaris UK; Subterranean) The Craft Wars by Max Gladstone (Tor; Tordotcom) White Space by Elizabeth Bear (Saga Press; Gollancz)

Lodestar Award for Best YA Book Among Ghosts by Rachel Hartman (Random House Books for Young Readers) Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by C.B. Lee (Feiwel & Friends) ⭐✅Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen (Henry Holt; Hodderscape UK) Oathbound by Tracy Deonn (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press) ✅They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran (Bloomsbury US; Bloomsbury UK)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (sponsored by Dell Magazines) Sophie Burnham (2nd year of eligibility) ✅Kamilah Cole (2nd year of eligibility) ⭐✅Antonia Hodgson (1st year of eligibility) Molly O’Neill (1st year of eligibility) H.H. Pak (2nd year of eligibility) Jared Pechaček (2nd year of eligibility)

Hey gang 👋

Just curious how everyone uses the ‘interested’ feature on here, as it feels like a really cool difference from other book apps.

Do you mark a book as ‘interested’ if you don’t own it and ‘TBR’ if you do? Is ‘interested’ a lesser level of curiosity/urgency whereas ‘TBR’ is more about things you want to get to asap? Or is ‘interested’ a book you’ve heard about and it gets moved to ‘TBR’ once you’ve researched it?

I don’t think there’s a right answer, I’m just ‘interested’ to hear what you all think/gain some inspo about how to use this cool feature! 😊🌟