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Is it weird that I get more emotionally attached to characters in audiobooks than in print? Something about hearing their voices pulls me in deeper. Genuinely curious if anyone else notices this or if I’m just wired that way.
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Is it weird that I get more emotionally attached to characters in audiobooks than in print? Something about hearing their voices pulls me in deeper. Genuinely curious if anyone else notices this or if I’m just wired that way.
Is it just me, or are dual timeline novels starting to feel like narrative overcompensation? Sometimes I just want to live fully in one time, one story, one heartbeat. Curious if others feel this or totally love the structure.
December 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Is it just me, or are dual timeline novels starting to feel like narrative overcompensation? Sometimes I just want to live fully in one time, one story, one heartbeat. Curious if others feel this or totally love the structure.
Tried organizing my TBR by vibe. Now I have piles named "Haunted Romance" and "Oh No." #TBR #BookwormProblems #BookSky
December 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Tried organizing my TBR by vibe. Now I have piles named "Haunted Romance" and "Oh No." #TBR #BookwormProblems #BookSky
Janice Mead was the quiet one at work… until she wasn’t.
People Personnel by @celiaholup.bsky.social is a darkly funny crime mystery about an HR manager with very unexpected “exit strategies.”
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People Personnel by @celiaholup.bsky.social is a darkly funny crime mystery about an HR manager with very unexpected “exit strategies.”
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December 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Janice Mead was the quiet one at work… until she wasn’t.
People Personnel by @celiaholup.bsky.social is a darkly funny crime mystery about an HR manager with very unexpected “exit strategies.”
📚 Want a free reviewer copy? DM us!
People Personnel by @celiaholup.bsky.social is a darkly funny crime mystery about an HR manager with very unexpected “exit strategies.”
📚 Want a free reviewer copy? DM us!
I love when paperbacks end up with creased spines and soft corners. It feels lived-in, like the book remembers how I read it. I never understood keeping books looking untouched.
December 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I love when paperbacks end up with creased spines and soft corners. It feels lived-in, like the book remembers how I read it. I never understood keeping books looking untouched.
I will literally open a book, read two paragraphs, feel a strong urge to pace dramatically while thinking about it, then forget to sit back down and keep reading. It's not even plot driven. I just need to process vibes.
December 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I will literally open a book, read two paragraphs, feel a strong urge to pace dramatically while thinking about it, then forget to sit back down and keep reading. It's not even plot driven. I just need to process vibes.
When a book has more than three POVs, I start to lose trust in the narrative. It begins to feel like surveillance instead of story. I want perspective, not omniscience. Any multi-POV books that completely worked for you?
December 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
When a book has more than three POVs, I start to lose trust in the narrative. It begins to feel like surveillance instead of story. I want perspective, not omniscience. Any multi-POV books that completely worked for you?
Sometimes I reread a paragraph like ten times, not because I don’t understand it, but because I’m mentally applauding the sentence like I’m in the front row of a book concert.
December 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Sometimes I reread a paragraph like ten times, not because I don’t understand it, but because I’m mentally applauding the sentence like I’m in the front row of a book concert.
Just moved one book to “currently reading” so my TBR thinks I’m making progress. #TBR #BookwormProblems #BookSky
November 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Just moved one book to “currently reading” so my TBR thinks I’m making progress. #TBR #BookwormProblems #BookSky
When I finish a book I loved, I won’t touch another for 3-5 business days. Not because I’m processing. Because I genuinely want the characters to think I’m loyal.
November 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
When I finish a book I loved, I won’t touch another for 3-5 business days. Not because I’m processing. Because I genuinely want the characters to think I’m loyal.
Maybe it’s just me, but an unreliable narrator only works if they’re lying with flair. If I find out 300 pages in that they “forgot” something crucial, I feel more cheated than intrigued. Let them deceive me artfully or not at all. Thoughts?
November 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Maybe it’s just me, but an unreliable narrator only works if they’re lying with flair. If I find out 300 pages in that they “forgot” something crucial, I feel more cheated than intrigued. Let them deceive me artfully or not at all. Thoughts?
If you loved The Night Circus, try The Gracekeepers. Floating circuses, melancholy magic, and salt-kissed longing. #Fantasy #LiteraryFiction
November 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
If you loved The Night Circus, try The Gracekeepers. Floating circuses, melancholy magic, and salt-kissed longing. #Fantasy #LiteraryFiction
I told myself I’d power through a classic this month but somehow I’m rereading the same 312-page fantasy from 2011 because I missed the part where they held hands in chapter 19.
November 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I told myself I’d power through a classic this month but somehow I’m rereading the same 312-page fantasy from 2011 because I missed the part where they held hands in chapter 19.
DNFing a book because “it might get better later” feels like staying at a bad dinner party in case dessert saves it. Life’s too short for hypothetical plot twists.
November 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
DNFing a book because “it might get better later” feels like staying at a bad dinner party in case dessert saves it. Life’s too short for hypothetical plot twists.
Every time I finish a book I loved, I spend ten minutes staring at the cover like it might wink at me or whisper a secret epilogue if I’m quiet enough.
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Every time I finish a book I loved, I spend ten minutes staring at the cover like it might wink at me or whisper a secret epilogue if I’m quiet enough.
Every time I organize my TBR, I find three books I forgot I already bought. #TBR #BookwormProblems #BookSky
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Every time I organize my TBR, I find three books I forgot I already bought. #TBR #BookwormProblems #BookSky
Tried rearranging my TBR by vibe. Now it's just a chaotic horoscope reading. #TBR #BookwormProblems #BookSky
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Tried rearranging my TBR by vibe. Now it's just a chaotic horoscope reading. #TBR #BookwormProblems #BookSky
Sometimes I reread a paragraph three times, not because I didn’t understand it, but because I was mentally casting the movie and got distracted deciding who plays the brooding side character.
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Sometimes I reread a paragraph three times, not because I didn’t understand it, but because I was mentally casting the movie and got distracted deciding who plays the brooding side character.
Sometimes I pause mid-book to mentally draft the email I would send the author about this one devastating paragraph. I never send it. I just have a whole folder of imaginary book feelings.
November 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Sometimes I pause mid-book to mentally draft the email I would send the author about this one devastating paragraph. I never send it. I just have a whole folder of imaginary book feelings.
Maybe it’s an unpopular take, but flowery prose loses me fast. If it takes a paragraph to say someone is sad, I stop feeling anything at all. Give me clean sentences that cut. Curious if others feel drained by “beautiful” writing too?
November 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Maybe it’s an unpopular take, but flowery prose loses me fast. If it takes a paragraph to say someone is sad, I stop feeling anything at all. Give me clean sentences that cut. Curious if others feel drained by “beautiful” writing too?
I know it’s sacred to some, but I’ve never felt bad about stopping a book halfway. Life’s too short to read something you’re slogging through out of guilt. Genuinely curious, do you always finish, even if you’re not into it?
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November 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I know it’s sacred to some, but I’ve never felt bad about stopping a book halfway. Life’s too short to read something you’re slogging through out of guilt. Genuinely curious, do you always finish, even if you’re not into it?
#Booksky
#Booksky
I keep dog-earing pages for quotes I want to remember, then finish the book and completely forget why any of them mattered. Now it just looks like I got really emotional every ten pages.
November 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I keep dog-earing pages for quotes I want to remember, then finish the book and completely forget why any of them mattered. Now it just looks like I got really emotional every ten pages.
Sometimes I flip to the end of a book, not to spoil it, but to *feel* what kind of emotional damage I'm signing up for. It's like checking the weather before going outside, just emotionally.
November 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Sometimes I flip to the end of a book, not to spoil it, but to *feel* what kind of emotional damage I'm signing up for. It's like checking the weather before going outside, just emotionally.
Just added book 83 to my TBR. I finished one last week. Do the math. #TBR #BookwormProblems #BookSky
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Just added book 83 to my TBR. I finished one last week. Do the math. #TBR #BookwormProblems #BookSky
Accidentally read a major spoiler, gasped like it was happening to *me*, then continued reading while pretending I didn’t know. I deserve an Oscar for the shocked face I made at my own imagination.
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Accidentally read a major spoiler, gasped like it was happening to *me*, then continued reading while pretending I didn’t know. I deserve an Oscar for the shocked face I made at my own imagination.