r/Fantasy does indeed have the challenge you seem to be looking for. Check the Book Bingo card in the sidebar. If that’s not your genre, I’m sure you can adapt this to feature the type of books you read.

I did indeed just get some “Black Friday” mugs in a furniture store because they were super cheap, really big and have a timeless design … but I’m not a mug collector and all the mugs we have with something cute or special on it were presents.

Try it. You’ll be surprised at how many details you have forgotten or you didn’t catch the first time round.

Also, with stories that depend heavily on a plot twist or something like that it’s a very different experience to go into it knowing the plot twist. At least if it’s a well written story you’ll find all these little hints that you didn’t pay much attention to but now they all make sense since you know where the story is leading.

Sure, you might not be able to re-create the same emotions, but what’s wrong with having new ones?

I just met one and the funny thing is, the conversation wasn’t even about books, it was about DIYing something to my co-workers bookcases to close the gap between the bookcase and the ceiling … still, some guy thought that his declaration of “not reading” was totally relevant for our conversation.

Yes, but these books aren’t top priority. They are on the list of books I will buy if I find a nice used edition. I might get tempted by a special edition though. Like, I got my own copies of Six of Crows etc. when the collectors editions were released.

I don’t believe in “don’t judge a book by its cover”. The cover is the marketing for the book and it’s the first impression you get of the book. And we do judge based on first impressions all the time, it used to be essential for our survival.

Of course first impressions get corrected later on all the time and also, what is considered a good or a bad book cover depends a lot on current trends. But yeah, if judging books by covers wouldn’t be a thing the industry wouldn’t spend money on cover design.

I don’t believe in “don’t judge a book by its cover”. The cover is the marketing for the book and it’s the first impression you get of the book. And we do judge based on first impressions all the time, it used to be essential for our survival.

Of course first impressions get corrected later on all the time and also, what is considered a good or a bad book cover depends a lot on current trends. But yeah, if judging books by covers wouldn’t be a thing the industry wouldn’t spend money on cover design.

Check the terms and conditions of the event. Some require you to buy the book there if you want to get it signed. Some allow a bought book plus X additional items. Some will allow you get whatever you bring signed as long as it’s not getting out of hand … it really depends on the event. And it’s usually not the author who’s making the rules.

I think Netgalley is the English site for ARC requests.

I am not interested in one more teenage girl with dead parents going to magic school, faerie court or dragon training.

You forgot to mention that despite the dead parents and other disadvantages she turns out to be super special and powerful and of course she gets the hot guy.

Romantasy is supposed to be more new adult leaning (that’s what I heard, I’m not a romance reader) with more explicit scenes. But I think the problem is, that it’s currently a very hyped trend in the genre, so everything that sort of fits the bill gets that label.

If the library sees the demand for a certain author it is more likely to buy their other books.

It doesn’t look good. I just checked genialokal.de and I could only find preorder options, with no guaranteed date.

It’s not the cheapest place for English books, but it does link to local bookshops and sometimes one still has a book in stock that is sold out elsewhere … but no luck this time, sorry.

will they ever grow out of it? Do you think they’ll come to their senses and see how bad the books actually are?

As someone who has lived through the Twilight era I can tell you with authority - yes, there is hope. Don’t give up. 😉

I find social media activism laughable. So many people suddenly feel qualified to have an “opinion” on a conflict that requires a lot of research to even get close to understanding the different positions and the different interests that are at play here.

I mean, what does “pro-Palestine” even mean? I’m sure you don’t support terrorist, do you? Or Antisemites?

What is the context in which you are making that claim? Because in a conversation you could just explain it in the same way you did here and with a lot of book tracking tools you can remove it from the books you’re currently reading and just leave it at 50%.

Whoever listed this probably thought of the dust jacket as some type of packaging that isn’t important, because it doesn’t look like your typical dust jacket?

My experience with buying used books online is pretty good, a lot of them are in better condition than expected, but the condition can vary a bit. I guess when you’re buying from a big seller there are a lot of different people judging the conditions of books and their opinions might differ. Even when there are official guidelines.

I guess in your case, it would depend on the price whether I complain or not. Like today, I got a book that was more than 50% cheaper than new. It actually looks brand new, but for that price I would have accepted some damage.

I find your text hard to read with that freestyle punctuation, so explain to me quickly - what books are you reading and for what purpose? Do you have to read for class or is this a free time activity?