Let’s talk your physical home library for a minute. I buy a lot of books, most of them before I’ve read it. I’ve been a lot better about reading a book on Libby before I purchase it, but sometimes the book isn’t in circulation as much and if I can’t find it anywhere else I end up buying it second hand (and rarely, new).

After I’ve read the book, if I loved it, liked it, or it’s a classic, then I’ll keep it. But there are some books that don’t resonate with me, and I have limited bookshelf space in my house.

I guess my question is, What do you do with the books in your home you’ll never read again or don’t like?

And how do you know you should find a new home for a book?

Sometimes I feel like I should keep them anyway and just buy another bookshelf.

Sometimes I want to purge every book except the ones I love.

There’s second-hand stores I can donate to, I can sell them to Thriftbooks, or put them in those little libraries on the side of the road.

I have a box of books I’ve been meaning to donate or sell and it’s just been sitting there and I can’t bring myself to do it!

So please tell me how you manage your books when it might be time for them to find a new home or when your physical home library gets overwhelming!!!!

Hi everyone! I thought it would be cool to share books where the main character is/does [something], to help people (ME!) discover new books Here's a list with a few ideas I would love to see! A book where the main character...

• is a dancer;
• does a very questionable choice;
• is a wonderful friend but a "bad" person;
• is a crocheter;
• is a dragon;
• commits a big mistake and by the end of the book she still couldn't solve it.

Super not. I did okay in English. They always tried to put me in advanced English courses because I was in advanced courses in nearly every other subject, and I read a lot and I guess that helped me test well, but I always hated English. And would deny their efforts to put me in advanced English.

Anyway. The other day I watched Ilona Maher’s podcast with her sisters and I remember hearing B.K. Borison say she wrote the stories she wanted to read and I honestly kind of want to do that for myself. For fun.

No self publishing, no becoming a writer or author. Like I just wanna have fun with it, see where it goes. So today I spent time like creating a world in my head and added some key things I always love in stories. Maybe I’ll write it as YA so my kids can read it one day idk. And I’m just curious like, has anyone done this?

I actually once upon a time wrote fantasy ish stories for my neopets when I was a teen so it’s not really my first time attempting this idea, but if anyone has done this, did you lose interest? Did you absolutely love it? Did you let anyone read it 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Again not for any other reason other than fun but did you also get imposter syndrome. I’m a perfectionist and it really ruins my life sometimes like it makes me stop attempting new things often just bc I’m like oh I’m bad (bc I really am hahahahaha) and so I quit.

Oh and are there any online resources with basic story writing? Again I just want to do it for fun, but I’d like to make it semi readable normal feeling. Not just magical mystical word vomit.