'Underneath'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
I tried to read Jade City and it was just too violent for me. Also that other one, The Poppy War? Just... I couldn't.
We read The Tenant of Wildfell Hall for book club, which I mostly enjoyed, because it's so full of irony. ALL the men are tools. I'm not sure even the writer understood that...
Unnatural Magic by C M Waggoner is on sale for $1.99 per BookBub. I liked this bok a lot though I cannot recommend it quite as highly as the second book, The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry which is just immensely fun but not on sale right now
Eta: yeah, the whole Green Bone saga is pretty darn violent. I can totally understand not wanting to immerse one's self in that.
There are too many books, you guys.
I finished The Last Graduate yesterday (which I liked well enough to rec to my family), and I've got 6 ebooks out from the library, and 1 physical book (Because they had the first two in the trilogy in e-book, but not the third because...reasons?) And I was looking at them this morning to check how many of them have sequels, because then finishing that book just adds another book to the pile.
2 of the e-books are the final in a trilogy (Last Emperox and Empire of Gold). The physical book is (Acceptance). And one of the e-books is a stand-alone collection of short stories.
I'm also on 9 waitlists (one is ready to borrow, but I'm putting it off till tomorrow to buy me an extra day). At least 7 of them are part of a series.
There are too many books, you guys.
And more keep being written! It's a problem.
There are too many books, you guys.
I am sad to admit that not only do I have no hope of ever making it through my "to be read" pile, lately I have been noticing books on my shelves and realizing, "I know I've read that, but I don't remember it at all."
Being an adult reader sucks. I miss my younger days when I could just spend the weekend devouring a book or two without worrying about all the stuff I should be doing instead. My to be read pile is getting ridiculous, both with fiction and with RPG sourcebooks.
So many books.
There are too many books, you guys.
I weeded out the bookshelves after Christmas because there was no room for the new books I got for Christmas (and got myself before Christmas). And the thing is, I ended up with 3 Trader Joe's bags full of books (well, like 2/3 full, because a full bag of books is fucking heavy), and there's no open space on my shelves. They're full. The only difference is that the shelves aren't double-stacked any more. For now.
Teppy, same - the only reason I have space on my shelves is down to having lent multiple books to people (for example, Ken has all of my Murderbot); if they ever give them back, I'm screwed.
I've resorted to dropping books I know I'm not going to reread in my building's laundry room, which is kind of an ad hoc freecycle spot. Otherwise ... well, I could use another bookshelf.