For those of you that struggle with both task paralysis (starting to read) and focus (continuing to read), do you have any tips or tricks that help you? TMI but my meds don't seem to be cutting it lately. I'm struggling to eye read but do a little better listening to an audiobook while doing other things to keep stimulated enough.

I only started eye reading again this year after a couple years of solely doing audio. I have books that aren't in audio though that I want and need to read but am struggling when I have free time to do so. It's so frustrating! The desire is there, just... execution is a tiny bit difficult.

Why do authors like to write a fucking scumbag as their mmc? Like... this piece of jerk supposed to make me moon over him or turn me on? I'm sorry, but this piece of shit called Graydon makes me want to barf all over his face with all his fucking antics and attitude.

You know what- I'm not sorry.

Does writing a brooding man also equals to the man being a jerk and acts like a piece of shit toward his supposed love interest? Because if yes, that's fucking bullshit.

I'm actually physically sick with the "grump brooding man that's actually a piece of garbage mmc" plaguing the romance genre. It's boring, and lowkey disgusting 🤢😷

just thinking about this part in the book, talking about women and feminists generalizing all men as being bad and how we need to look at it as a failure of the patriarchy and not a failure on men because men are people too, and they have been victims of a system too...

I just think that is very interesting considering my own opinions on the matter, and I wouldn't have thought to look at it this way because, like the book says, it's easier to just say that men are the issue. I think, similarly, when people say not all men, they still are not speaking to this larger issue of the patriarchy being the problem. technically, while it's not all men, because a big portion of men act or think a certain way, we have come to assign that with men in general rather than the patriarchy and the way in which men have been raised to believe this way for generations.

i'm thinking about this personally right now because I realized in this moment I have a tendency to say I "hate men" because of the way that they act or treat women. I'm realizing thinking about this book that this isnt the best way to speak to the issues that I see and it would be more constructive to describe and dismantle these issues rather than just claiming I "hate men" because that doesn't address the real root of the problem and is just following that idea that men are beyond saving or irredeemable instead of thinking about how I can change my way of thinking to combat the patriarchy...

I'm a huge fan of Aurora's songs and often when I listen to them I have this strong craving to READ them. Her imagery is so vivid and her siren voice makes them 10/10 experience. Here are some of the songs that I'm currently seeking to experience as a book:

• When The Dark Dresses Lightly
• A Soul With No King
• Blood In the Wine
• Apple Tree
• Everything Matters
• A Dangerous Thing
• Forgotten Love
• Dreams
• The Blade
• Winter Bird

But honestly, any of her songs as an inspiration would be great, I love them all. Does anyone have any recs? ☺️

I thought it would be fun to play a little game where you drop what your current read is! Is it: In a quest/readalong Yoinked from someone here Apart of a buddy read A library book or borrowed from a friend An audiobook One of several you’re currently reading Outside of your usual genre(s) A reread I think I’m going to steal the formatting from @vulpecula’s Never Have I Ever game, leave a check mark ✅ if that’s one of your current reads and x ❌ if it’s not!

Any of yall get fun bookish tattoos? I want a crow perched on a stack of books.

(If you have HP tattoos I don’t wanna hear about them as I am trans and do not want to hear about that)

title says it itself! there are a plethora of books out there and i randomly had this idea to ask while at work today and so i want to ask it to you all!

share books or book series that you think soul make a great adaptation as a movie or tv show! bonus points if you explain why!