>Just read their books and be happily ignorant.

I mean it kind of leaks through into a lot of their books, doesn't it? I used to think I hated scifi because of how much sexism and racism was obvious in 20th century stuff (not all of it but a lot of it). Thankfully things are a lot better now!

Wait what? I love Children of Time.

If you're asking about Dark Matter, just about everything. The main character was annoying and his actions didn't make any sense, the other characters were completely flat, and the writing was really bad (enough to make me laugh at it). It's been a year since I read it, so I don't have a lot of specifics anymore.

People are suggesting Dark Matter, but I hated that book. Imo you should not expect his stuff to come anywhere close to Adrian Tchaikovsky's stuff.

Understandable. My issue with mass markets is that they're usually printed with very little gutter (if that's the right word) so I have to break the spine to read the lines fully, which is an issue I don't usually have with trade paperbacks.

Haha but also I do want to emphasize I'm not trying to judge people for it!

Mass market paperbacks are always going to get cracks in the spines, there's no avoiding it. They're not made to be durable.

On the other hand though, I don't understand how or why people crack the spines of trade paperbacks. I mean whatever, they're y'all's books, but I would have to try hard to crack them.

People can still enjoy having their ego stroked anonymously haha

I never read them. I haven't come across one that added enough that I was happy I read it instead of just starting the book.

Why 50? If you're just getting into it, that's really high. I feel like 1 a month would be much more reasonable if you really want to have a goal. Or having the goal of just reading for 10 minutes a day or something like that.

I used to be in some over the years and usually they're pretty casual. The way I've always done them, everyone gets to nominate a book and then they lead the meeting just to get the conversation flowing and people speak as they feel moved to. It wouldn't be weird at all to bring notes with you. So there is a little structure, but I've never been in one that was like a formal college class or anything.

r/Fantasy has a book bingo I've been having a ton of fun doing this year! It goes from the beginning of April to the end of March, so there are a few more months left in this year

I will buy them as I read them, not all at once

Library booksales are the best!! Mine does $1 for mass market and $2 for trade paperbacks and hardcovers

90% of my books are bought used, not from B&N or another new bookstore. Even when I buy new, I do the buy 1 get one 50% off or go to the local bookstore and get their 10% off staff picks. I don't remember the last time I spent full price on a new book.

I do check out ebooks and audiobooks from my library, but I prefer reading physical books and not having a deadline, so I prefer buying. I'm not rich or anything, I just don't go crazy and try to keep my buying in pace with what I actually read.

I DNF Circe but I really liked SoA

I am trying to finish a book every month. Not like an average of 1 per month, but actually finishing it every calendar month to try to be a little more consistent about reading.

My secondary goal is to read 50 books next year, which is kind of the high end of a reading pace I think I'll enjoy. 1 a week will be doable if I can keep consistent, even for larger books.

I know some people thing goals are stressful, but I don't think it's going to be stressful at all. For one thing, I easily read 26 books and counting this year without trying, and for another, if I don't meet it, there's no consequence. I can just say, oh well, I'll get it next year!

The anthropocene reviewed was so good! That was the only nonfiction book I read in 2022 haha

It hasn't changed at all for me, I've been reading mostly fiction with like 1 nonfiction book a year for probably... 20 years? I'm 27.

I've read Howl's Moving Castle probably 7 or 8 times, I haven't kept track.

I used to reread Harry Potter a lot, maybe 3 or 4 times, but I don't like them anymore as an adult (which is a completely separate thing from me not liking JKR btw... the nostalgia just isn't enough to overcome my issues with how the books are written anymore).

The LOTR trilogy on the other hand, has only gotten better for me as an adult and I think I've read those 3 times? I just started reading Fellowship for the 4th time yesterday.

There are some books I read when I was younger that I've reread once as an adult: Things Fall Apart, The Things We Carried, a few of Shakespeare's plays... after a decade+ I just forget them and I want to experience them again.

Yeah I have ADHD and meds have been incredibly helpful for me.... but they're no silver bullet.

Planned on going to bed at 1 am at the latest last night. Started reading and put away devices at 11 pm. Ended up going to bed at 3 am...

That's how it usually goes for me. When a book is good, I just don't want to stop