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Well why not try another method of tracking books, as if I don’t use like 4 different apps and a handwritten list and a spreadsheet. 😂
2025 Reads, a thread:
2025 Reads, a thread:
Whatever vibe The Possession of Alba Diaz is, I’m obsessed. The atmosphere is so rich it almost feels like I could touch it. I’ve had Isabel Cañas on my list for a bit but never seemed to get around to her books but I know, no matter how this one turns out, I’ll be reading more.
December 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Whatever vibe The Possession of Alba Diaz is, I’m obsessed. The atmosphere is so rich it almost feels like I could touch it. I’ve had Isabel Cañas on my list for a bit but never seemed to get around to her books but I know, no matter how this one turns out, I’ll be reading more.
Not even a quarter into When the Wolf Comes Home and this is violent, in the way that is enjoyable for a werewolf horror novel. I’ve been reading a lot of horror recently but this is just hitting a different. I wasn’t over my horror binge just yet but this little shift is making it exciting all over
December 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Not even a quarter into When the Wolf Comes Home and this is violent, in the way that is enjoyable for a werewolf horror novel. I’ve been reading a lot of horror recently but this is just hitting a different. I wasn’t over my horror binge just yet but this little shift is making it exciting all over
Don’t get me wrong, I’m enjoying The Autumn Springs Retirement Home, but as someone with some minor mobility issues, thin skin, and joints like someone much older, these old people don’t read like old people. 80 yo wearing leggings? Violent deaths that don’t tear skin and leave shittons of bruising?
November 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Don’t get me wrong, I’m enjoying The Autumn Springs Retirement Home, but as someone with some minor mobility issues, thin skin, and joints like someone much older, these old people don’t read like old people. 80 yo wearing leggings? Violent deaths that don’t tear skin and leave shittons of bruising?
There is nothing worse than accidentally returning your audiobook on Libby and there is an 8 week wait to get it back. 😭
I had just finished my current and had only 1 other lined up to listen to now I have to find another available one or sit in silence. 😭
I had just finished my current and had only 1 other lined up to listen to now I have to find another available one or sit in silence. 😭
November 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
There is nothing worse than accidentally returning your audiobook on Libby and there is an 8 week wait to get it back. 😭
I had just finished my current and had only 1 other lined up to listen to now I have to find another available one or sit in silence. 😭
I had just finished my current and had only 1 other lined up to listen to now I have to find another available one or sit in silence. 😭
I don’t know how to describe how I feel about Grady Hendrix books.
I’ve read 4 now: liked 2, hated 2.
The 2 I’ve liked though… complicated feelings. I’m not a super sensitive reader but there is one topic in particular I just don’t like much in my fiction and both of them lean into it.
I’ve read 4 now: liked 2, hated 2.
The 2 I’ve liked though… complicated feelings. I’m not a super sensitive reader but there is one topic in particular I just don’t like much in my fiction and both of them lean into it.
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I don’t know how to describe how I feel about Grady Hendrix books.
I’ve read 4 now: liked 2, hated 2.
The 2 I’ve liked though… complicated feelings. I’m not a super sensitive reader but there is one topic in particular I just don’t like much in my fiction and both of them lean into it.
I’ve read 4 now: liked 2, hated 2.
The 2 I’ve liked though… complicated feelings. I’m not a super sensitive reader but there is one topic in particular I just don’t like much in my fiction and both of them lean into it.
I cannot explain what part of my brain is scratched when I happen to read books that 1000% match my exact mood, interests, attention span, etc at the time I’m reading them. Not just 1 but both books I’ve got going. Too bad I don’t have time to do nothing but read for a week to fully scratch the itch
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I cannot explain what part of my brain is scratched when I happen to read books that 1000% match my exact mood, interests, attention span, etc at the time I’m reading them. Not just 1 but both books I’ve got going. Too bad I don’t have time to do nothing but read for a week to fully scratch the itch
Without fail. If I finish an audiobook and don’t have another one checked out, my holds still says weeks, I relent and find another. But as soon as I check out that audiobook, at least one of my holds comes available. Every.single.time.
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Without fail. If I finish an audiobook and don’t have another one checked out, my holds still says weeks, I relent and find another. But as soon as I check out that audiobook, at least one of my holds comes available. Every.single.time.
Finally caved and stopped trying to force myself to read the books I had started. Mentally I’m not there & forcing myself to go back to those again & again means I haven’t finished physical book in a month. Ripping through one I just picked up bc I’m excited to read it right NOW & it fits my mood.
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Finally caved and stopped trying to force myself to read the books I had started. Mentally I’m not there & forcing myself to go back to those again & again means I haven’t finished physical book in a month. Ripping through one I just picked up bc I’m excited to read it right NOW & it fits my mood.
My daughter is now a teen and has been a very resistant reader since she was about 8. I read to her a lot, but since then she’s had 0 interest. We’ve had some luck with audiobooks, and Alyson Stoner’s memoir is the first that’s gotten her to say she’s interested in more.
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
My daughter is now a teen and has been a very resistant reader since she was about 8. I read to her a lot, but since then she’s had 0 interest. We’ve had some luck with audiobooks, and Alyson Stoner’s memoir is the first that’s gotten her to say she’s interested in more.
I don’t read a lot of memoirs, especially celebrity ones, but I put a hold on the audiobook of Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything by Alyson Stoner as soon as I could. It finally came in and it didn’t take me long to cry. 🥲
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I don’t read a lot of memoirs, especially celebrity ones, but I put a hold on the audiobook of Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything by Alyson Stoner as soon as I could. It finally came in and it didn’t take me long to cry. 🥲
Finally got around to watching Only Murders in the Building and why is it so good. I don’t watch a lot of tv or movies anymore but this is ✨stunning✨
October 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Finally got around to watching Only Murders in the Building and why is it so good. I don’t watch a lot of tv or movies anymore but this is ✨stunning✨
If only I could read books at the same time as listening to people talk about those books. A level of multitasking I unfortunately will not achieve but the idea of being able to scratch both sides of my brain at the same time will forever be a dream.
October 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If only I could read books at the same time as listening to people talk about those books. A level of multitasking I unfortunately will not achieve but the idea of being able to scratch both sides of my brain at the same time will forever be a dream.
Struggling to read, seasonally this is the time. Around August things get… stressed. PTSD, hurricane season, back to school, the HEAT. It’s like clockwork. Sometimes it shifts earlier into July, sometimes later like now bc my teenager has so much going on. So it means I pick up things and just… stop
October 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Struggling to read, seasonally this is the time. Around August things get… stressed. PTSD, hurricane season, back to school, the HEAT. It’s like clockwork. Sometimes it shifts earlier into July, sometimes later like now bc my teenager has so much going on. So it means I pick up things and just… stop
Finished Service Model and now reading Alien Clay. Why did I wait so long to read Tchaikovsky? He writes so much I’m sure I won’t love everything but the 1.5 books I’ve read from him have been so much fun.
July 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Finished Service Model and now reading Alien Clay. Why did I wait so long to read Tchaikovsky? He writes so much I’m sure I won’t love everything but the 1.5 books I’ve read from him have been so much fun.
I don’t understand the shelving at B&N. Justice of Kings in fantasy but Grave Empire in sci-fi (back cover says “new fantasy series”)? These Burning Stars once in sci-fi now in fantasy (back cover contains “space opera” and “sci-fi”)? No wonder I can’t always find what I’m looking for.
July 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I don’t understand the shelving at B&N. Justice of Kings in fantasy but Grave Empire in sci-fi (back cover says “new fantasy series”)? These Burning Stars once in sci-fi now in fantasy (back cover contains “space opera” and “sci-fi”)? No wonder I can’t always find what I’m looking for.
Not only does Adrian Tchaikovsky put out like 2 or 3 books a year easily, he narrates his own audiobooks. 😱 where can I get some of that energy and focus. Finally jumping into some of his stuff but at the rate he writes I’ll be lucky to get to half before I die.
June 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Not only does Adrian Tchaikovsky put out like 2 or 3 books a year easily, he narrates his own audiobooks. 😱 where can I get some of that energy and focus. Finally jumping into some of his stuff but at the rate he writes I’ll be lucky to get to half before I die.
Current read. I am a little obsessed with Aardvark book subscription right now. I need to read faster so I can buy more from them like this.
June 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Current read. I am a little obsessed with Aardvark book subscription right now. I need to read faster so I can buy more from them like this.
On to The Subtle Knife, and my thoughts are: I love these children so much. SO SO much. I had considered naming my child Lyra but there is always a risk using a name tied to books and media, but coming back to this series I don’t think I’d have regretted it for a single second.
May 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
On to The Subtle Knife, and my thoughts are: I love these children so much. SO SO much. I had considered naming my child Lyra but there is always a risk using a name tied to books and media, but coming back to this series I don’t think I’d have regretted it for a single second.
This is a “I’m rereading His Dark Materials” thread bc I have a lot of feelings.
I’ve probably read this series 5x now, but haven’t read it in over a decade.
I first discovered it at the target age of 11. I was in Catholic school, raised Catholic in a very Catholic area bordering the Bible Belt.
I’ve probably read this series 5x now, but haven’t read it in over a decade.
I first discovered it at the target age of 11. I was in Catholic school, raised Catholic in a very Catholic area bordering the Bible Belt.
May 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This is a “I’m rereading His Dark Materials” thread bc I have a lot of feelings.
I’ve probably read this series 5x now, but haven’t read it in over a decade.
I first discovered it at the target age of 11. I was in Catholic school, raised Catholic in a very Catholic area bordering the Bible Belt.
I’ve probably read this series 5x now, but haven’t read it in over a decade.
I first discovered it at the target age of 11. I was in Catholic school, raised Catholic in a very Catholic area bordering the Bible Belt.
Rereading His Dark Materials for the first time in a long while. Listening to the audiobook for the first time. I’m instantly and increasingly excited. This series is so spectacular even without the nostalgia. I wish I could experience the little reveals for the first time again. 💛💛💛 to be 11 again
May 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Rereading His Dark Materials for the first time in a long while. Listening to the audiobook for the first time. I’m instantly and increasingly excited. This series is so spectacular even without the nostalgia. I wish I could experience the little reveals for the first time again. 💛💛💛 to be 11 again
My Independent Bookstore Day haul. 💚
April 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
My Independent Bookstore Day haul. 💚
I’m never preordering books from Barnes & Noble ever again.
STILL waiting on my copy of Sunrise on the Reaping and it’s been “delayed.” I try to save some money by preordering a few books from them a year, but I am over it now. Tempted to go buy copies of the books and return these when they come. 😒
STILL waiting on my copy of Sunrise on the Reaping and it’s been “delayed.” I try to save some money by preordering a few books from them a year, but I am over it now. Tempted to go buy copies of the books and return these when they come. 😒
March 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I’m never preordering books from Barnes & Noble ever again.
STILL waiting on my copy of Sunrise on the Reaping and it’s been “delayed.” I try to save some money by preordering a few books from them a year, but I am over it now. Tempted to go buy copies of the books and return these when they come. 😒
STILL waiting on my copy of Sunrise on the Reaping and it’s been “delayed.” I try to save some money by preordering a few books from them a year, but I am over it now. Tempted to go buy copies of the books and return these when they come. 😒
Where is Talenti located? When are we organizing?
This company and who runs it deserves jail time and maybe a spanking. Istg it’s on sight 😤
This company and who runs it deserves jail time and maybe a spanking. Istg it’s on sight 😤
March 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Where is Talenti located? When are we organizing?
This company and who runs it deserves jail time and maybe a spanking. Istg it’s on sight 😤
This company and who runs it deserves jail time and maybe a spanking. Istg it’s on sight 😤
Started When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill and I’m already in love. Stunning. Obsessed. Kicking myself for not picking it up sooner. I really don’t think it will disappoint because I am onboard for whatever happens, just enjoying the ride.
January 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Started When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill and I’m already in love. Stunning. Obsessed. Kicking myself for not picking it up sooner. I really don’t think it will disappoint because I am onboard for whatever happens, just enjoying the ride.
Well why not try another method of tracking books, as if I don’t use like 4 different apps and a handwritten list and a spreadsheet. 😂
2025 Reads, a thread:
2025 Reads, a thread:
January 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Well why not try another method of tracking books, as if I don’t use like 4 different apps and a handwritten list and a spreadsheet. 😂
2025 Reads, a thread:
2025 Reads, a thread: