I've seen a few headlines and read a few articles about mass market paperbacks going extinct, and frankly i'm sad! I feel like there's an ideal size for a book, and a lot of the hardcovers are too big in my opinion (plus i'm not a huge fan of hardcovers in general), and trade paperbacks are sort of a hit or miss. Plus, they've always been more affordable. Apparently ebooks have taken over the market that was previously held by the mass market paperbacks. Anyways.. does anyone else care about this? I don't really know that much about publishing but I feel a bit 😦 about the news..!

For me, I’ve been wanting to read The Count of Monte Cristo since I visited Marseille and Château d’If but the page count intimidates me…it’s much longer than what I typically read, it feels daunting to take on such a huge book.

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I am looking for a recommendation of a great book that also has a solid movie adaptation. I love to read a book, watch the movie and compare the two. Any ideas???

hi friends! i hope you’re all finding and spreading whatever joy you can in life at the moment.

i’m here with a (slightly late) reminder that, throughout the month of february, we’ll be doing an unofficial readalong for the starving saints. if you’d like, you can check out the original post here. feel free to read at your own pace any time throughout the month - i’ll probably pop back to this forum to ask some questions and check in on how we’re going a couple of times during the reading period.

for now: how are we feeling? those who have started the book already - without spoilers, how are you liking it? is it a step out of your comfort zone, or the sort of thing you’d usually pick up?

for those who have not yet started the book - are you keen to pick it up? what are you expecting/hoping for from this book?

really looking forward to seeing you all in the forum! all love <3 🫀🏰🐝

I'm curious about how many people on here use NetGalley too and for how long/ their feedback ratios/how often they get declined/luck with authors. If you get ARCs elsewhere, drop that in too!

I'll go first. I've been a user since 2021 with 583 titles approved till date and 138 declined. My feedback ratio stands at 95% and I'm proud of it 💪. For some reason lately I haven't been getting emails when I get declined a title, so I have to go into the website and check. I've never been auto approved by a publisher, but I do get emails from agents sometimes offering me "Read It" of e-ARCS. Aaand the only publisher that's never approved a single request of mine is Berkely. At this point I'm convinced they have me on a blacklist (though I wouldn't know why) and I've long since given up sending them requests.

hey friends! a few of us discussed doing a buddy read for the starving saints in feb but i have completely lost the post where we decided on it, so i just wanted to chuck that here in case anyone is keen to join! (and for those who are already interested - when in feb works for you?)

EDIT: yay glad so many of us are keen! let’s loosely say february (starting on the 1st) so people can read any time during the month - there are lots of other readalongs so that should hopefully allow for some wiggle room!

I cannot for the life of me find the post about reading this book in february! Someone please help! 😂😂 When do we start?