Hey guys. I've not been reading these past few days but a question has been nagging my mind. Because I watch a lot of youtube videos and bookstagram and I see people owning like 5-6 editions of the same book and I'm like... Why? Is one not enough? (Sounds rude but it's a genuine question 😭) I personally do think that owning 5-6 editions of the same book is over consumption because it's a marketing tactic to increase sales and we're falling right into it. Kind of like musicians releasing 12 different versions of the same album. Like I get it. You want to support the author but you can do that buying their book once too. But I'm sure people disagree and I'm genuinely curious to know why. Why would one have multiple editions of the same book? Do let me know! I'd like to broaden my perspective on this.

So...I need quite a bit of help. I have 6 books I need to read by the end of the year to meet my goal. Currently I'm reading two books, but time and a heavy workload of just life and school and everything else means I haven't had the time to read. Disregarding the 2 I'm currently reading since they have not been interesting enough for me to push my work away just to finish them, I want some good recs that will send me to the end of the year fully captivated. If anyone has some good recs that shook their worldview and changed their lives, I desperately need them for this next month. I don't care if they are long or what genre they are.

My bookish hot take is that people informing you authors are terfs, Zionist, racist, etc. is not policing what you are reading. People are actively pointing out the harm these authors cause so you have that information and if you chose to continue to support the authors after receiving this information then you don’t get to say people are bullying you/being toxic when they are just pointing out the harm your favorite authors are causing. If you’re uncomfortable maybe do some self reflection and drop the problematic authors.