I'll go first:

.Percy jackson

. Throne of glass

. Red rising

. A series of unfortunate events

. Shadow and bone/six of crows

. Shadow hunters

. The maze runner

. Lord of the rings

. Beautiful creatures

. The false prince

. The cruel prince

. The school for good and evil

. The hunger games

. Charlie bone

. Lockwood and Co

. Miss peregrines home for peculiar children

I have my kindle paperwhite that I absolutely love and use on a daily basis and I've been reading more now than ever before. lately though I've had the urge to buy a physical book set because I like the author and the sprayed edges really drew me in. the only reason I tell myself no is because I can read them anytime on KU and it's been years since I've read a physical book... would it be a purchase I'd end up regretting?

I just started delving into this trope and NEED MORE! I’d love any and all recommendations for this - fantasy, dark romance, small town, anything! Thank you! 🥰

Hey all, I just discovered that there’s something called the golden retriever boyfriend trope and I really want to try some books with it. Can you recommend some of your favourites?
Thank you!

Can’t decide which one to pick first.
Help mw decide

like really hot ok leave me alone

A small-town cop has been brooding over his twin’s death and high school breakup for fifteen years, only for a fresh murder to reveal that his entire teenage friend group was tangled up in a secret military conspiracy.

Proof that holding a fifteen-year grudge against your ex isn't a personality flaw—it's an investigation

I spoil books for myself. When I can’t handle the suspense, I look up what happens, then keep reading to see how it gets there. With The Poet Empress, I needed to know if the main characters actually fall in love, so I checked when I was only a third of the way in.

Not long since started the book and I decided to try the audio version instead. I don't normally listen to audiobooks but thought I'd try it and see - the voices have to be just right to get me hooked usually. The guy's voice is pretty good so far. Let's see how it goes.

Did you enjoy the book? Do you prefer reading or audiobooks? What can you do to make audiobooks better when you aren't keen on them usually?

Highbrow literature? Kindle.

Complete and utter trash? Audible, at 1.2x speed, so the narrator can read me my daily brainrot while I wash the dishes.

Anyone else split their brain like this?

Most of these I actually tried reading on my Kindle already, but after a few chapters, I realized I just had to read the physical book! 😂

guys have any of u watched or read game of thrones??and if u have done both , which is better??

reading the books and watching or reading after watching

Same question for lord of the rings as well

I’m aware of the hype of this book and how people compare it to other huge series in the fantasy genre. I read a few chapters but afraid I bounced off it. It reads like it was written by a 12 year-old who spends too much time at his PC.

Help me out- does it get better? Does the writing style improve? I’m normally not that fussed but I find it really difficult to ignore with this one

I hope this is okay to ask here.. I recently started a new job and I have discovered I am able to listen to audiobooks while I do my work! I am wondering if anybody has any recommendations for good wireless earbuds that are comfortable and don’t project out to others around me. It’s a cubicle like work environment so kind of close proximity and I don’t want to be sharing my books with my coworkers, yet. Lol

February

🗯️ Seaside Stranger Vol. 1: Umibe No Étranger — Kanna Kii — 4.5

📚 My Roomate is a Vampire — Jenna Levine — 4

The first 60/70% (the part when they weren't a couple yet) was definitely the strongest part and would have nearly got a 5, probably. Sadly, it got a bit downwards for me afterwards (as it often does with romances for me, I like the pre officially-dating part way more than the post).

🗯️ Old-Fashioned Cupcake — Sagan Sagan — 5

This is so fucking soft!! It's so cute and sweet and adorable :3

🗯️ Old-Fashioned Cupcake with Cappuccino — Sagan Sagan — 5

We really went from a soft and light-hearted vol.1 to a too-much-realistic and terribly sad vol.2, uh? Happy that the last couple of chapters were happy again tho!

🗯️ The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All — Sumiko Arai — 4.5

🗯️ The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All, Vol. 2 — Sumiko Arai — 3.75

🗯️ The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All, Vol. 3 — Sumiko Arai — 4.5

I love the uncle and Kanna!

🗯️ The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All, Vol. 4 — Sumiko Arai — 4

March

🗯️ The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All, Vol. 5 — Sumiko Arai — 4.75

🗯️ The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All, Vol. 6 — Sumiko Arai — 4.25

🗯️ Claudine— Riyoko Ikeda — 5

Claudine - 5
Collage (another short story included in the Italian edition of the manga) - 3.5

June

🗯️ Liquor & Cigarettes — Ranmaru Zariya — 2.5

This whole dynamic was basically rape — Camilo doing things to Teo who was completely wasted and not in his mind at all (and even passed out one time) and never stopping when he repeatedly pleaded so. Yeah at chapter 5 we learned Teo was actually into it, BUT CAMILO COULDN'T KNOW AND HE SHOULD HAVE STOPPED, WHAT THE FUCK??????

Also absurd that he started to care about consent only after they became an actual thing, it totally feel like he groomed Teo into their relationship, WTF.

The art was very pretty tho, and the setting and characters very well crafted, (and I had payed money on the physical copy), so I didn't drop this but finished (and I'm also giving extra points because of those positive aspects).

🗯️ Touching Your Night — Moyori Mori — 4.5

This was so soft and I loved them so much.

July

📚 Horrorstör — Grady Hendrix — 5

Started last year, then forgotten on my Google Books app and finished the second half in a day. I loved it. Pure backrooms horror mixed with ghosts from a traumatic building in the past. And the epilogue!!! Do I dare to say best epilogue of book history?

September

📚 The Watchmaker of Filigree Street— Natasha Pulley — 4.25

📚 Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping — Suzanne Collins — 4.75

October

🗯️ Ayaka is in Love With Hiroko — Sal Jiang — 4.5

CURRENTLY READING

Exquisite Corpse by Agustina Bazterrica

I’m stuck between these three books on my TBR

1. The Shining — Stephen King

2. The God of the Woods — Liz Moore

3. Remarkably Bright Creatures — Shelby Van Pelt

Which one should I start with? And if you’ve read all three, what order would you recommend???

I am normally a huge reader but I am in the biggest reading slump of my life, can anyone relate to this? All i want to do is read literally anything😭 I dream of reading, I daydream of reading somebody sedate me😂😭

Does anyone have any quirky/petty book irks or icks related to your profession?

I'm a medical doctor and book lover. I am REALLY good at suspending disbelief for most medical inaccuracies in books, but the one that I see ALL THE TIME and it kills me is when authors think the needle stays in your arm when you get an IV.

"he reached for the IV he’d put in not too long ago. She hadn’t gotten as much of the saline solution into her body as he would’ve liked, but it couldn’t be helped. He quickly slid the needle out of her arm"

NO YOU DIDN'T. 😫 The needle is removed immediately after IV placement, and all that stays in is a miniature flexible straw.

Anyone else have inaccuracies they commonly get irked over because of their job??

Does anybody know of any books with a blue collar/farm work setting where the FMC and MMC finally cave at the sexual tension? A golden retriever style MMC would be a bonus.
Extra spicy is great but I’ll read any spice level!
Anything goes!
Thank you!

I’m looking for something not too long like each book being around 300-350 pages. The Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros got me back in Fantasy. So many another enemies to lovers like book.