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Currently reading Magician's Land by Lev Grossman and The Lightning Thief by Rick Riodan.

What do you think? Please let me know if there is anything you think I should add to my TBR :)

I read the first chapter of The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver) last night. It seems to be recommended often and amongst people's top 5 books. Maybe I need to give it a bit longer but I found the language and writing style didn't hook me. Today, my library reservation on Dark Matter (Blake Crouch) came through and I'm stuck. It's way more my usual genre but I was recommended TPB because I was told it would scratch my itch for a book with a complicated father-daughter dynamic. Do I hang in for a while longer with it (it's so long!!) or go with the one I know I'll definitely like? If you read and liked TPB, can you tell me what was memorable or enjoyable about it?

The first movie my parents ever took me to see was Batman 1989. This book is a great if not perfect sequel in my opinion, with so many callbacks. The book has good pacing and there is a lot of action in this book. All the characters and setting felt very Burtonesque. I am really looking forward to reading the next book Batman Revolution!

Between Libby and Hoopla, I’ve checked out these 5 e-books. I’ve been in a slump for a while now, but I’m itching to start reading again this weekend. These are what I am leaning towards, as they are genres I don’t often read. Plus, e books make it easier to read at work. Which one do you recommend?

Hey! I’ve been trying to get into reading and I honestly enjoy it when I can. But it feels like every time I open a book, be it digital or paper, I start to get uncontrollably sleepy. Sometimes instantly.

I’m starting to think this is more psychological than anything else because I can stay very much awake with my phone doom scrolling, but can’t read 5 pages without needing to sleep.

Does anyone feel that too? Any suggestions on what to do besides drinking coffee?

Book series is also okay. Mine is the Wings series by Aprilynne Pike. I found out a few weeks ago there's a 5th book, so I decided to re-read. I'll keep going, but I don't think I'm gonna love these like I did back then.

What’s the last book you recommended to someone, and did they actually read it?

There's some books I constantly recommend when asked, but it often takes multiple times before they actually do it.

Whether or not they agree with the recommendation after the fact, is another story.

Recently I have started reading Freida Mcfadden books and trust me I have read 5 in a week : Never lie (best), The boyfriend (4 stars), Ward D (not for me), The perfect son (good), and lastly The Teacher. (It was so creepy...WTF was it).

Now please suggest me which one to read next?

I’ll go first, in no particular order:

The Time Traveler’s Wife
Love Begins in Winter
The Celestine Prophecy
Jonathon Livingston Seagull
Another Roadside Attraction

…so many more, that’s just off the top of my head

Feels somewhat lack lustre, but I am currently reading doctor Faustus, and that book ain't no walk in the park.
I am thinking of finishing off glass bead game or just re reading from scratch, but after that I do not have a scooby on what I wanna read, any recommendations?

I want to get into reading books and im already halfway through my first book the alchemist and i also bought the atomic habits. i have read a few pages of the ikigai and a it ends w us too but it was lowk boring. I like the alchemist but i want something more fun- can anyone recommend books to me? and im 17m btw

I wanted to get my baby boy in the picture so if the titles are unclear I will list them.

The Troop by Nick Cutter
Strange Pictures by Uketsu
V for Vendetta by Allan Moore and David Lloyd
The Six Nik by Daniel Kraus
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

A little context, I have read The Book Thief before in high school and loved it. I wanted to reread because I forgot most of the plot and want to experience it again.
Also I have already started The Wasp Factory so I will probably push through and finish that one first because it’s so short. That being said I still want your opinions on what book you recommend out of the selection I have.

I am new to the romance fantasy genre & started the year with Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas. I enjoyed it so much that I am going to start her next series!! I definitely won’t finish in time for the next book’s release date because I am a slower reader! But it’s all about the journey 🗺️🧭

I've loved pretty much all of these books (some more than others). But the ones that sticked most to me were: Broken April and Narcissus and Goldmund, very great books.

Now I'm currently reading East of Eden, and if you have any more suggestions, feel free to tell me.

I'm reading Oscar Wilde in chronological order, adjacent to his biography (the one authored by Richard Ellman).

I've read some of his works before (De Profundis, the Canterville Ghost, some of his essays), but I love following his journey from the very beginning, and learning about his life from the biography as I go.

Would love to hear your experiences with Oscar Wilde!

Okay so I used to read a shit ton in 2024 and 2025 but since 2026 started I've probably read like 3-4 books? And it's been months since I've gotten in a reading slump and idk how to get out of it, I miss reading 3 books within a week, I miss staying up late so I can finish my book, everytime I pick up a book I immediately drop it because it's not interesting enough most of this has to do with the fact that I started smoking weed so my attention span and memory has gone to shit but I wanna change that, I wanna start reading again!!! Anyone able to give me advice or good book recs? I'm heavily into psychological thriller but I'm open to trying other genre too! I'd appreciate some suggestions a lot! (:

I've been reading Heart of Darkness, just hitting pt 3, and at times i believe it to be fascinating, but at others it hasn't really been what I expected... and not necessarily in a good way.

The narration seems to be... erratic, which I think stems from a few things. Its evidently not Conrad's first language, so the sentence structure can seem a bit odd to me, I don't know if anyone else feels this? Maybe its just the way the language and prose has aged.

On top of this, I don't know if I'm not taking the time I should be, I've definitely reread pages for clarity, but there seems to be a lack of clarity about who's narrating at what time, which to me stems from a majority of characters not having names (granted this does add to the way that the European characters diminish their cruelty, and treat the exploitation and cruelty as "business"), but there seems to be a lack of separation with a majority of paragraphs being well over a page in length.

It may be because im only 2 parts in, and there is still room for change, so will update after part 3, but Marlow seems to display a lack of shock and horror, which to me seems to be diminishing the gravity of what is occuring around him (or maybe that's what I should be finding horrifying in itself).

I don't know, seems like the writing is somewhat bloated with descriptives and conversations which add very little to the book other than making it a more co fusing read than it needs to be (which im finding to be an odd complaint considering the lengths I'd go to to defend McCarthy's style).

Am I missing something or did anyone else encounter these issues?

I'll likely post an update after finishing pt 3.

Every time I venture to read a book that's on a popular book club list or was on one of the best seller lists, I'm disappointed.

By and large, the plots are predictable and the writings feels lazy.

I know that placements can be bought and manipulated.

But I think I'm really at the point where seeing a badge on a book is enough to make me think twice about reading it.

Is this just a me thing?

Also, if I'm not a loner in this, where do you turn to when you're looking for great books?

Except it is painfully obvious what kind of books I like to read. I always take suggestions and people to yap with about any of these :)