Booknook Friending Meme, Take 2
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booknookHello, hello! booknook is (again) tossing its hat in the ring for 3weeks4dreamwidth in the form of a friending meme :D
This is the same meme as last year, as I do not have the brain-space to make a new one, but who knows! You're answers might have changed! You might not have seen the newest entries! You might have completely forgotten to check it out at all, even though you're the admin and you really should have. So let's do this again! <3
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booknook is (again) tossing its hat in the ring for 3weeks4dreamwidth in the form of a friending meme :D This is the same meme as last year, as I do not have the brain-space to make a new one, but who knows! You're answers might have changed! You might not have seen the newest entries! You might have completely forgotten to check it out at all, even though you're the admin and you really should have. So let's do this again! <3
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Date: 2025-04-29 08:41 pm (UTC)Pronouns: she/her/hers
Age Group: Late 30's
Dealbreaker(s): I don't think I really have any hard and fast dealbreakers. I suppose if you post a LOT I might get overwhelmed by that. A lot being multiple times every day.
I Recently Finished Reading: I'm on a rereading kick so I've recently reread Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat and Westmark by Lloyd Alexander (the inspiration for my username, btw)
A Book I Want to Reread: Well funny you should ask… :D My goal for 2025 is to let myself reread to my heart's content so I plan on rereading The Queen's Thief series at some point, finishing my reread of the Westmark Trilogy (currently on Book 2), and possibly also reread The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List:
A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: Right now just a few that have been "coming soon" for so long they might as well be done with forever:
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On:: I still need to watch The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. I'm way behind on my Hunger Games fandom!
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): The Rifter by Ginn Hale
My Favorite Book Genre(s): LGBTQ+ Fantasy/Sci-Fi
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): Other than The Rifter? It's ok, I've got tons more! Let's go with God Eaters by Jesse Hajicek
A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): First, Become Ashes by K.M. Szpara
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: Danmei for sure at some point
Link to My Latest Book Review: I haven't been writing reviews much lately, but I did write a kind of review/promo for The Rifter during the Snowflake Challenge. Check it out!
Link to My Reading Log: My kind of up to date Storygraph
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About:Fantasy, sci-fi, adult fiction, especially anything angsty! I'm writing a series of posts about my love of angst in fiction for the Fannish 50 this year.
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Date: 2025-04-30 01:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2025-04-29 09:08 pm (UTC)Pronouns: She/her
Age Group: Gen X
Dealbreaker(s):
Characters who don't have any interest in being in the story; "Book 1 in a Series" where the series length is unknownEdit: Whoops, I thought it meant book dealbreakers! DW dealbreakers: I dunno, maybe drowning my timeline in too many posts.I Recently Finished Reading: How Tyrants Fall, Tales From the "White Hart"
A Book I Want to Reread: A book I reread every few years is The Hunter's Haunt.
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: Among the books currently on on my TBR shelf: Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic, Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction, The Hallowed Hunt, Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds
A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: The CIA Book Club
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: I've always got an eye on the Hugo and Nebula finalists.
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): It's hard to pick A Favorite, but my favorite book by my favorite author is The Cyberiad.
My Favorite Book Genre(s): Science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, non-biography nonfiction, gamebooks (Choose Your Own Adventure-style works)
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): Changing Planes is one of Ursula K. Le Guin's best books and criminally underappreciated. Eversion is probably the best sf book I've read in the last couple years. The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes is a great example of what I like in nonfiction. Twas: The Krampus Night Before Christmas is a brilliant example of a modern gamebook.
A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): American Gods is easily the worst Hugo novel winner I've ever read, and I was saying that before the assault allegations against Gaiman surfaced.
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: Anything if you can convince me the specific book is interesting enough
Link to My Latest Book Review: This one for The Dawn of Everything.
Link to My Reading Log: See the RIP posts here, or my books tag for reviews and random other book-related thoughts.
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: Any mentioned above.
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Date: 2025-04-29 09:38 pm (UTC)Pronouns: she/her
Age Group: Gen X
Dealbreaker(s): Racism, homophobia, general hatred for no good reason
I Recently Finished Reading: When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi
A Book I Want to Reread: I’m not one to reread, so none at the moment.
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: James by Percival Everett, Apocalypse Cow by Michael Logan
A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree, both Michael Connelly books due to release this year.
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: (adaptations etc.) The Apple TV adaptation of the Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells looks like it’ll be fun.
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): Dracula by Bram Stoker, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
My Favorite Book Genre(s): Mystery, thriller, cozy mystery, fantasy, sci-fi, cozy fantasy, and (more specifically), hockey or cowboy romances.
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): For sci-fi, anything by John Scalzi. Man is hilarious. Starter Villain is one of my favorites. Mysteries I like Kathy Reichs’ Temperance Brennan series, for hockey romances I love Rachel Reid. I know this is vague, but I went with authors I know consistently produce quality work.
A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): Yeesh, I have no idea.
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: I don’t read as much sci-fi as I think I might enjoy, so it’s something I’d like to delve into more, along with speculative fiction.
Link to My Latest Book Review: My reviews are all on my Wordpress blog, but the last thing I reviewed (that wasn’t a cookbook) is here
Link to My Reading Log: I don’t really have one online, but you can friend me on Storygraph, if you’d like, I’m asphaltcowgrrl there as well.
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: I’ll chat about anything, even if it’s a genre I’m not generally into. Because I’m always up for a good story.
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Date: 2025-05-01 10:13 am (UTC)Also still need to read the two books Travis Baldree has already published, I hear so many good things about them.
I also love mysteries and thrillers - which one was your latest favourite from either of those?
And I would like to be friends if you're game? My own comment is here: https://booknook.dreamwidth.org/37093.html?thread=645093#cmt645093
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Date: 2025-04-29 10:47 pm (UTC)Pronouns: ey/em/eirs
Age Group: mid- to late- 30s
Dealbreaker(s): I'm a disabled genderqueer lesbian, so make your own assumptions about my dealbreakers.
I Recently Finished Reading: Sunrise on the Reaping, Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
A Book I Want to Reread: I love to reread and often say I read new books to find something worth reading 100 more times. I'm currently (already) rereading Sunrise on the Reaping. Some favorite rereads: La Belle Sauvage, In the Dream House, Redwall, How to Keep House While Drowning. I especially love rereading audiobooks.
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: The Refusal of Work: The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Work, Jewcy: Jewish Queer Lesbian Feminisms for the Twenty-First Century
A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: (I haven't been keeping up with this, oops.)
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: Netflix never actually announced that they dropped the Redwall adaptation, right? So I've still got my hopes up…
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): Redwall (series, especially Redwall, Mossflower and Martin the Warrior); His Dark Materials & The Book of Dust; The Lord of the Rings & The Silmarillion; Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing; The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia; How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures; The Dark Tower
My Favorite Book Genre(s): picture books (fiction); picture book biographies; microhistory/deep dives; contemporary romance; thriller; horror
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s):
• picture books (fiction): A Map into the World
• picture book biographies: Swimming with Sharks: The Daring Discoveries of Eugenie Clark
• microhistory/deep dive: The Secret History of Bigfoot: In Search of a North American Monster
• contemporary romance: Knit One, Girl Two
• thriller: Genuine Fraud
• horror: Misery (*with caveats)
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: I'll try almost anything once.
Link to My Latest Book Review: Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
Link to My Reading Log:
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: I'm open to anything, really, but definitely say "hi" if you love picture books!
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Date: 2025-05-01 12:32 am (UTC)How did you like La Belle Sauvage? I was thinking of reading it, since I liked His Dark Materials, but I heard mixed things regarding it so I was hesitant.
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Date: 2025-04-29 11:20 pm (UTC)Pronouns: she/her
Age Group: OLD. (okay, I'm 50)
Dealbreaker(s): the usual: racism, homophobia, transphobia
I Recently Finished Reading: "How To Keep House While Drowning" by KC Davis. I inhaled it in one sitting
A Book I Want to Reread: The entire Artemis Fowl series, but especially The Atlantis Complex
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: "Dragonflight" by Anne McCaffrey - the
A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: Um, don't know? Perhaps whatever John Scalzi is working on next... I like his books
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: MURDERBOT. I need to reread the first novel and the rest of the series. I'm seriously thinking of subscribing to the streaming service so I can watch the series.
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): I don't have one? Though Madeleine L'Engle's books were very formative for me when I was kid
My Favorite Book Genre(s): Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, manga (though it's been a while since I've read any manga)
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): for Romance, I highly recommend "The Countess Conspiracy" by Courtney Milan. It is rare that I call a book perfect but I really do think that one is.
A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): Um, nothing comes to mind
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: Well, I'm reading a non-fiction book for a book club I'm going to be joining, which is a bit unusual for me, so hey!
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Romance, but really probably anything. My goal is to just READ MORE. I used to be a really voracious reader as a kid and into early adulthood, but that has really dropped off. Anything to encourage me to read more would be good, because I do miss it, and I feel rather sheltered because I'm not exposing myself to many new things.
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Date: 2025-05-01 10:18 am (UTC)Me too.
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Date: 2025-04-29 11:52 pm (UTC)Pronouns: he/him
Age Group: mid thirties
Dealbreaker(s): Being pro purity culture on anti-kink.
I Recently Finished Reading: An ebook of 'Arabella' by anonymous, Victorian-era erotica. Not quite my thing due to some of the kinks in it, though I find vintage erotica interesting.
A Book I Want to Reread: Considering re-reading Gangsta. vols 1-5 - I just started 6 and don't remember much of what happened after a few years away from the series.
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: 'The Husbands' by Holly Gramazio
A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: Akwaeke Emezi's 'Somadina'.
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: (adaptations etc.) Mildly curious about the Murderbot show though the lead actor's race and gender are huge negatives for me.
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): I am not choosing!!
My Favorite Book Genre(s): Sequential art (comics, graphic novels, manga, etc)
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): 'Superman Smashes the Klan' by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru. Takes an old radio story that was well known for helping decrease Klan membership numbers, keeps the time it's set in and truly digs into what it means for Superman|Clark to be a child of two cultures. Also the art is adorable and Klanners are beaten up.
A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): Anything written or drawn by fascists or nazis.
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: Maybe more literary fiction?
Link to My Latest Book Review: https://dancesontrains.dreamwidth.org/249057.html
Link to My Reading Log: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5861797-a-j
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: Sequential art, SF/F, maybe romance.
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Date: 2025-05-01 10:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2025-04-30 11:54 am (UTC)Name: Inky/Lea
Pronouns: She/Her
Age Group: 40's
Dealbreaker(s): Under 18s. Bigotry. Having my feed flooded (I am highly unlikely to flood yours, even if I do manage this slow crawl back to social media). Conspiracy theorists of the Sandy Hook Denier ilk (the harmless/true ones are an area of interest, tbh). Antivaxxers.
I Recently Finished Reading: The Last Devil to Die, Richard Osman
A Book I Want to Reread: I reread Night Watch, by Terry Pratchett, every May 25th. Tanya Huff's Blood Books are a less tightly scheduled want.
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: Rubbernecker, Belinda Bauer; Strange Angel, The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons, by George Pendle; The Enheduanna, translated by Sophus Helle; Wonderbook, Jeff Vandermeer; Bury Your Gays, Chuck Tingle.
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: (adaptations etc.) The Thursday Murder Club adaptation.
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones, is my childhood comfort reread. As far as adult books, Good Omens continues to live at the top beside Dark Lord of Derkholm, despite there being a special place in hell for a certain walking wankstain (I've never really clicked with Gaiman's fiction anyway, and S2 of the show solidified my feeling of 'Oh, it's the Pratchett of it that I like,' long before the bastard was outed).
My Favorite Book Genre(s): I'm all over the place, honestly. Right now I'm veering between mystery and non-fiction (mostly historical. Adding an ice-age vampire to my urban fantasy project seemed like a fun idea, but then everyone, including me, got attached before I realised just how much history I'd have to research. Woe).
Link to My Latest Book Review: https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2848606
Link to My Reading Log: https://www.litsy.com/web/user/inkilea
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: Genuinely, I won't know until you start talking about it, or I start reading it. The ADHD brain weasels run free, no matter how much I try to corral them.
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Date: 2025-04-30 07:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2025-04-30 01:40 pm (UTC)Age Group: Steadily creeping towards middle age.
I Recently Finished Reading: Melissa Scott's Astreiant series. It's not the last one I finished, but it's one of the latest ones and notable in the sense that I inhaled all six parts of it in a row.
A Book I Want to Reread: To echo another poster upthread, the Captive Prince trilogy. I only read it for the first time last year. You know how sometimes you come across a book that's like tailor-made to scratch your id? That was Captive Prince for me.
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List:
Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault. To my shame, I've only ever read Renault's contemporary fiction.
Genjin tarina by Murasaki Shikibu. This is the first complete Finnish translation of Genji monogatari. The translation is by the legendary Kai Nieminen, expanding on an earlier one by Martti Turunen, and it was finally published a few days ago.
The Husky and His White Cat Shizun by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, vol. 6 onwards. I've been letting these ones accumulate.
A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: Queen Demon by Martha Wells. Can't wait for more of Kai!
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: (adaptations etc.) Is there life beyond books? The evidence is inconclusive.
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): Persuasion by Jane Austen.
My Favorite Book Genre(s): Right now it's danmei.
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): Stars of Chaos by priest. It's one of my favourites, and there's a completed, official translation into English available.
A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): Dawning by Ice. I managed to finish the first volume, but it made my eyes bleed.
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: Literary fiction, which has never been my kind of genre before. Also, classic scifi, which I've barely read any of.
Link to My Latest Book Review: In which I hate on J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace.
Link to My Reading Log: Have a link to my books tag on DW instead.
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: Most likely ones to engage my interest: danmei, M/M fiction in general, fantasy, historical fiction, manga. But really, I just like talking about books.
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Date: 2025-04-30 07:22 pm (UTC)Pronouns: she/her/e/er
Age Group: 20s
Dealbreaker(s): Reusing my dealbreakers from last year, I don't want to interact with anyone who holds rightwing beliefs. I also don't don't want to interact with anyone who likes to apply morals to fiction. Other than that, please don't interact with me if you're 20 years old or younger.
I Recently Finished Reading: The Tomb of Dragons by Katherine Addison and Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
A Book I Want to Reread: I'm actually planning to reread The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett soon, before I start A Drop of Corruption!
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: Inanna by Emily H. Wilson, Hearing Happiness by Jaipreet Virdi, The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett, and The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson.
A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: I don't really follow new releases, and I think most of the series I'm following have recently ended (sadly looks at Addison's Cemeteries of Amalo), just had new releases, or haven't announced their next book. I'm not that excited about Katabasis by R.F. Kuang, but it's certainly on my TBR, so I guess that's the closest? Oh, but if we're including webnovels, then I'm looking forward to Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint's official English release.
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: I got to watch the first two episodes of Murderbot at its NYC premiere, and needless to say, I'm definitely excited for more! Other than that, I'm looking forward to Guillermo Del Toro's adaptation of Frankenstein. And looking at book adaptations news, I see Project Hail Mary's movie adaptation is supposed to be coming soon, so maybe that as well, depending on how I feel about its trailer?
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): So. Many. The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir, The Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner, The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, etc.
My Favorite Book Genre(s): Fantasy and science-fiction.
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): I read The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez earlier this year, and it's definitely one of my favorite books this year. Such a fantastic story with gorgeous writing!
A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): I recently read The Ministry of Time, and didn't really enjoy it.
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: Mmhm, at this point I think I've tried out all the genres... I mostly read fiction last year, so maybe I'll try to read more non-fiction this year.
Link to My Reading Log: Here's my Storygraph, which I regularly use! Feel free to add me over there :)
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: Fantasy, science-fiction, adult fiction, manga/light novels, webnovels.
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Date: 2025-05-02 01:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2025-05-01 10:00 am (UTC)Name: Tina.
Pronouns: She/her or they/them.
Age Group: I turn 37 in nine days.
Dealbreaker(s): Just don't be an asshole and we will get along just fine ;) Also, if you're a "positive vibes only" person, my journal will probably not be for you. I am not saying I only post sad stuff, but I do have some mental health issues and want to be able to freely write about them without fearing that it's "too much" for somebody. I hope that makes sense?!?
I Recently Finished Reading: "Mexican Gothic" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
A Book I Want to Reread: I hardly ever re-read books, tbh. There are so many great ones out there left to discover!
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: "Wild Dark Shore" by Charlotte McConaghy, "Black Woods Blue Sky" by Eowyn Ivey...
A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: I have to admit that I'm not currently up-to-date on what's coming out. Need to check out some Goodreads lists, I guess!
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: (adaptations etc.) I don't really keep up with those, tbh.
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): I cannot possible choose one! A few are: "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov, "The Wrong Boy" by Willy Russell & "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides.
My Favorite Book Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Thriller, Nonfiction (biographies/memoirs, social/political topics, psychology etc.), Dystopian, Horror...these are the ones I tend to gravitate to the most. I will read almost anything as long as the book as such sounds interesting. Just not too much into most sci-fi, high fantasy, or extremely gory/gross things. I also seem to slowly "age out" of Young Adult novels, as most that I have recently read I didn't enjoy that much.
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): My favourites, of course. As for a recent read, I really loved "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver.
A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): Wow, good question! I might have to come back to you on that one.
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out:It's not exactly "new" to me, but I would like to read more graphic novels.
Link to My Latest Book Review: Most of mine tend to come out rather short, but here's a link to the one for "Mexican Gothic": https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5522990140 - and for a longer one, "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" by Ocean Vuong: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7106293261 (there are spoilers in there, just as a warning). Please don't flame me if you disagree with anything, okay? D:
Link to My Reading Log: My Goodreads profile is here: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/66008211-tina and I also do "What are you reading Wednesdays" on my journal, but those are Friends Only.
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: All of them!
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Date: 2025-05-01 08:21 pm (UTC)It makes total sense! People who have never battled with their own mental health don't know or understand what it's like. And, while I'm sure they're trying to help, it sometimes backfires, too. Besides, it's your space and you shouldn't ever feel like you need to hold back.
We have a lot of genres in common! I'm also one of those people who will read something outside their comfort zones just because it sounds interesting.
That's a bummer about Mexican Gothic! I have it on my e-reader and will get to it eventually.
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Date: 2025-05-01 08:32 pm (UTC)Pronouns: meep
Age Group: 40s
Dealbreaker(s): anyone not pro-trans/other very right leaning views
I Recently Finished Reading: Enid blyton’s famous 5 (don’t judge me - I’m in hospital
A Book I Want to Reread: I’m not sure actually. There are so many still to read
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: ‘radical wholeness’ ‘testojunkie’ ‘authoring autism’
A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: my own! It should come back to me from the publisher this month!
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: (adaptations etc.) nope, nothing
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): discworld, chalet school
My Favorite Book Genre(s): not sure
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): a long way to a small angry planet
A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): *shrug*
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: I don’t know?
Link to My Latest Book Review:
Link to My Reading Log:https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6142970-meep Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: most to be fair!
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Date: 2025-05-01 10:29 pm (UTC)Never any judgement for rereading childhood faves. (I'm a children's librarian so it would be wildly hypocritical of me.)
… also, hello, fellow Meep!
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Date: 2025-05-01 09:19 pm (UTC)Pronouns: She/her
Age Group: 25+
Dealbreaker(s): Right-wing views and reading page spam. If I have to scroll past more than three entries daily, I'm not going to be particularly encouraged to comment or engage.
I Recently Finished Reading: Babel by R.F. Kuang. It was a reread of pure joy; I love that book so, so much.
A Book I Want to Reread: I want to reread the Friday Next series from the beginning.
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: I really want to finish The Long Earth series. One day soon!
A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang.
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: It's been fun watching the Sunrise on the Reaping casting news!
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): Kushiel's Avatar by Jacqueline Carey.
My Favorite Book Genre(s): Fantasy, probably.
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo was a lot of fun.
A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): Near Witch by V.E. Schwab. How can an author I like so much write something so mind-numbingly boring?
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: I've slowly been getting into historical non-fiction, but I'm super picky about it.
Link to My Latest Book Review: n/a
Link to My Reading Log: me @ storygraph
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: See above!
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Date: 2025-05-02 02:32 pm (UTC)Your username intrigues me since I am very much into abnormal psychology/paraphilias and stuff like that (I swear I'm not a total creep lol).
I've been seeing you around Taryn (peaked)'s journal too, if I am not mistaken...
"Babel" is on my to-read-list, so I am excited to see that you liked it so much :)
Want to be friends? My comment is here: https://booknook.dreamwidth.org/37093.html?thread=645093#cmt645093
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Date: 2025-05-02 12:24 am (UTC)Deal breaker(s): In literature, Female character only exists for male character development. Romance as the sole plot impetus. Proselytizing. Sexual coersion. Body horror and gore. Cannibalism. Isekai.
In people, pruning characters and conflicts down to the point where they can fit into boiler plate AU. Modern weeaboo orientalism.
I would prefer to be assured that we both read the same book by actually engaging with the nitty gritty.
I Recently Finished Reading: The Burning Kingdoms series by Tasha Suri. The Red Palace by June Hur. A Long Road to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers.
A Book I Want to Reread: Madou soshi (MDZS/The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, JP translation) 魔道祖師 by Mo xiang tong xiu 墨香銅臭 , trans. Cheng Ying-hsin 鄭穎馨; Amatsuki あまつき by Takayama Shinobu 高山しのぶ.
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List:
A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: idk yet.
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: (adaptations etc.) mostly manga->anime stuff.
My All-Time Favorite Book(s):I don't know if I have a favorite novel. My favorite manga is Cardcaptor Sakura original run.
My Favorite Book Genre(s): Science fiction, "Schmuck with sword" type Low Fantasy. Action/Adventure. Space Opera. I'm too old for YA but "New Adult" isn't well SEO-optimized. Always on the look out for action/adventure schlock. Would love to find more space cowboys too.
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. Kuang
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: Alternative History
Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: Translation, especially JP>EN. I've been trying to read all the Chinese classics
so you don't have to,so I can get deeper in the xianxia rabbit hole.I'm open to a lot.
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Date: 2025-05-02 01:43 pm (UTC)Pronouns: he/they
Age Group: 20-30
Dealbreaker(s): all the usual stuff
I Recently Finished Reading: *Straight Boy* by Alessandra Hazard and *Poetry On Ice* by Jesse H Reign
A Book I Want to Reread: The whole *Straight Boys* series. There's just something very cathartic in the emotions for me with those books, I can't explain. I once read five of them in a single day. Totally worth the headache I got, lol.
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: Lily Mayne's *Goliaths of Wrestling* series. I've read and loved the first, and I own the rest but haven't gotten around to reading them. Definitely excited for them, tho!
A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: I try not to think about that because my poor, poor budget is hanging on by it's nails at this point. But *The Legend Next Door* by Jesse H Reign is coming out soon and I have my eye on it <3
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: I don't keep up with things like this. The Murderbot show is starting soon/has started already, right? That, whenever I can get my hands on it.
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): I have a whole list!
My Favorite Book Genre(s): Romance, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): I've been greatly enjoying Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, though I haven't really read more than a few City Watch books. For romance, anything by R. Cooper, Lily Mayne, Jesse H Reign and Eden Finley. I'm sure there's more but I'm blanking, lmao.
A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): I will gracefully sidestep this mine I planted myself.
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: more horror stuff
Link to My Latest Book Review: I don't do a lot of reviews, but I have some right here on
Link to My Reading Log: I'm on bookwyrm!
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: mm(m+) romance books in a variety of genres/settings and sci-fi/fantasy books. I prefer no spoilers. (I don't even read reviews most of the time, because I'm very impressionable and a single negative review of even a book I'm excited about will talk me out of it orz)
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Date: 2025-05-05 05:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-05-02 11:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-05-02 04:55 pm (UTC)Pronouns:she/her
Age Group:50s
Dealbreaker(s):MAGA, haters, TERFs
I Recently Finished Reading: We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
A Book I Want to Reread: Mexican Gothic
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: Off With Her Head, Winters in the World, Mercy, Messy Roots
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): House of Leaves, I am a Strange Loop. The Western Lands, Pride and Prejudice, Moby Dick
My Favorite Book Genre(s):history non-fiction, hard science fiction, horror, historical fiction, mysteries
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s):Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out:I've been toying with the idea of reading some of plethora of lesbian light romance novels. I just wouldn't know where to start since I've never read much romance.
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About:Anything from my list above.
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Date: 2025-05-02 06:38 pm (UTC)Pronouns: she/her
Age Group: 80s baby
Dealbreaker(s): Trumpists
I Recently Finished Reading: The Covenant of Water, Woman on Fire, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
A Book I Want to Reread: I really don't reread books. I pretty much read a book and then sell it or return it
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: Isaac's Song, Homeseeking, The Sun was Electric cLight, Wild Dark Shore
A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: huh. I don't really keep up until about a month before books come out. Although this month I'm getting Alive Day a memoir by a woman whose husband becomes a disabled veteran.
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: (adaptations etc.) I don't really watch TV or movies, so I don't know what to say here.
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
My Favorite Book Genre(s): I read a lot of historical fiction, and a lot of contemporary fiction, but I also read sci fi, fantasy, thrillers occasionally, a lot of nonfiction... uhm I read a lot.
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): The Women by Kristin Hannah
A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: I can't say there's any genres I'm interested in that I haven't already read from, though i keep thinking I'm going to try Discworld, and then not because there's just SO MUCH there and it is overwhelming.
Link to My Latest Book Review: I don't know how to link to it but "When the earth was green" I wrote Well this book was absolutely fascinating. I mean, okay, I admit my biology education was woefully inadequate, and what there was focused on animals with one unit on plants in which we learned the scientific name of every tree that grew on the school's campus and not much more about them. But this book taught me so much that I didn't know, and also was really well written (which can be a struggle for science written by scientists for some reason?). It's mostly a book about plants, but most chapters talks about the symbiosis between plants and animals and how they evolved to work together, the benefits and drawbacks to these evolutionary strategies and why the hell a plant evolved to make cats stoned. Really, this may be one of the strongest books I read all year.
Link to My Reading Log: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/zhelana (feel free to friend me there if you friend me on DW)
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: I write a weekly Reading Wednesday post in which I welcome anyone to tell me what they are reading, comment on anything I'm reading, or whatever else. I am currently reading 41 books (and yes I'm getting through at least a chapter of each of them every week mostly. Hi. AuDHD brain here. I can't concentrate on one book at a time, so I just keep flipping from book to book and read them over the course of months), so there's a lot to discuss!
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Date: 2025-05-02 08:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2025-05-04 06:39 pm (UTC)Pronouns: She/her
Age Group: 40s?
Dealbreaker(s): All the usual -isms.
I Recently Finished Reading: Rereading How to Become a Dark Lord and Die Trying (and not looking up the title, so I may have gotten that slightly wrong)
A Book I Want to Reread: I've mostly only been re-reading lately, what with the state of the world as it is
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): What is this, Sophie's Choice? (A book I have not read, btw.) Who can pick favorites? Just now I'm thinking of doing a nostalgic reread of all things Hilari Bell, but I wouldn't say she's my favorite.
My Favorite Book Genre(s): Generally SF/F, but I'll read almost anything except straight literary fiction for adults. (Unless it's really really good.)
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): The Knight and Rogue series by Hilari Bell
A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): Anything by Cathrynne Valente. Her style does not mesh with my reading.
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: Again, oh anything. I only occasionally post book reviews on my journal, though - I get weird anxiety about people knowing what I like. I do sometimes post negative reviews without putting titles on. (It's mean to put the titles on if all I'm going to do is bash it!)
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Date: 2025-05-04 08:02 pm (UTC)Pronouns: she/her
Age Group: 40+
Dealbreaker(s): I don't know if I have any. Continuous bashing of people who don't like the stuff you do? (disclaimer: I'm not listing stuff that should be obvious aka racism, homophobia, transphobia etc).
I Recently Finished Reading: Welcome to Night Vale audiobook.
A Book I Want to Reread: There are a lot of books I'd like to reread at some point so I'm gonna read this question as "a book I want to read again for the first time" when the answer would be: The whole Black Jewels trilogy. And MDZS.
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: Parts two and three of the Wraeththu trilogy and a ton of danmei (Chinese BL), including but not limited to Dinghai Fusheng Records, Fourteenth Year of Chenghua, Mist, and several webnovels from priest.
A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: Aubrey Gordon's Maintenance Phase: The Hidden History of the Weight Loss and Wellness Industries—and the Lies They Sold Us
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: The new danmei books 7S is publishing. I'm mostly side-eyeing them, though as I have a LOT on my reading list right now. I also should read more baihe.
My Favorite Book Genre(s): danmei, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, dark fantasy. I tend to read mostly lgbtqia+ books nowadays and try to read more from POC authors. (When someone asks me why, say, "I've spent about 30 years reading straight, White and Western fantasy. I think it's time I read something else for a change.")
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: I've never been much into comics/graphic novels. I should probably try some.
Link to My Latest Book Review
Link to My Reading Log
I'm also on GR and StoryGraph, the links are on my intro post. I read and especially listen a lot nowadays and like to do reading challenges. This year, I'm doing... *counts* 6 challenges, lol.
I post daily, usually only once but sometimes more. My book thoughts are always under a cut and I tend to put all my longer posts under cuts, too.
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Date: 2025-05-05 05:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2025-05-04 10:41 pm (UTC)Pronouns: she/her
Age Group: late 20s
Dealbreaker(s): I don't know, don't be an ass?
I Recently Finished Reading: Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane
A Book I Want to Reread: The Legend of Sun Knight series by Yu Wo, which I dropped somewhere in the middle after accidentally reading a huge spoiler online 😅
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: A Study in Brimstone by G.S. Denning, What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher, Murder Past Due by Miranda James (trying to get a good smattering here)
A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: nothing in particular
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): hmm instead of this, one of my childhood favorite books was The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
My Favorite Book Genre(s): fantasy, mystery, horror
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (haven't read part ii yet but I'm expecting it to be intense!)
A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): can't think of one
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out:
Link to My Latest Book Review: Underland, mentioned above
Link to My Reading Log: message directly for storygraph handle, I suppose
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: any genres mentioned above, manga
general disclaimer that I talk about fandom stuff and also write in all-lowercase a lot!
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Date: 2025-05-05 05:04 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2025-05-04 11:29 pm (UTC)Pronouns: it/zhe/she
Age Group: mid 20s
Dealbreaker(s): right-wing politics, transphobia, islamopohbia or antisemitism, fatphobia
I Recently Finished Reading: Lifeform by Jenny Slate
A Book I Want to Reread: The Unwind Dystology by Neal Schusterman. I loved this series in my childhood and I want to revisit it again.
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: After I finish A Long Way To A Small Angry Planet, I'll be starting House of Leaves
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): Little Weirds by Jenny Slate
My Favorite Book Genre(s): Creative non-fiction, science fiction
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H.
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: Fantasy
Link to My Latest Book Review: I don't have these, but I'm trying to read more hence why I'm posting here, so I'll have them soon!!!
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Poetry, Creative Non Fiction
So!! I had unmedicated ADHD for so long that made me unable to read. But! I have been given lovely RITALIN, and I want to start reading more, and I want to find maybe some buddies to read with? I haven't been able to dip my toes into the reading world since the age of 12, I miss it so much.
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Date: 2025-05-05 05:32 am (UTC)Pronouns: she/they
Age Group: late 30s.
Dealbreaker(s): I'm indigenous, queer and nonbinary, so like...look, if you read and roll your eyes about why that might be listed in "dealbreakers", we're probably not going to get on :)
I Recently Finished Reading: Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher.
A Book I Want to Reread: The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. LeGuin.
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Translation State, Ann Leckie.
A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: Naomi Novik's sort-of-announced upcoming book.
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: The Murderbot adaptation on Apple TV! :)
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): The Left Hand of Darkness, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Magic For Beginners, Braiding Sweetgrass.
My Favorite Book Genre(s): Speculative fiction (so, SFF), creative nonfiction, romance.
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): I'm going to cheat and say that a lot of Tanith Lee is weird and very good. Check out what the synopsis is, and give it a shot. :D
A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): I have tried and failed to understand the hype around Sarah J. Maas. Not for me, I guess? :)
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: Pretty much anything, honestly? I run a books Discord where one of my friends is setting up a low-key summer reading "program", so if that's your jam, drop me a line ♥
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Date: 2025-05-05 05:07 pm (UTC)Oh and I tried to read "House Of Earth And Blood" by Sarah J. Maas earlier this year and failed to understand the hype, too.
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Date: 2025-05-06 02:09 pm (UTC)Pronouns: she/her
Age Group: in my 40s
Dealbreaker(s): I'm not here for racism, sexism, homophobia etc.
I Recently Finished Reading:Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (reread) Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop, Lost Places by Sarah Pinsker, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris
A Book I Want to Reread: White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams, Elphie by Gregory Maguire, The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: Overgrowth by Mira Grant (coming out today but I'm still counting it!)
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: Interested in watching the Murderbot tv adaptation.
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire, Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, The Others series by Anne Bishop, Babel by R.F. Kuang...
My Favorite Book Genre(s): Science Fiction, dystopias, fiction, fantasy, Y/A, mysteries... I generally like a bit of everything.
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer, The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman, Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin, The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera, The Woman Who Fell Through Time by J.M. Frey
A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): Dark Origins by Anthony E. Zuiker, Duane Swierczynski
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: I mean... all of them? I'm not sure I have a genre I've not read something from yet.
Link to My Latest Book Review: N/A
Link to My Reading Log: my Goodreads account
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: I just like when people are excited about books. Even if it's not my genre I'm happy to hear that people are enthusiastic about what they are reading.
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Date: 2025-05-07 07:51 am (UTC)Pronouns: She/her
Age Group: In my 50s.
Dealbreaker(s): Though I very rarely discuss politics, I would probably not get along with you if you are very rightwing.
I Recently Finished Reading: The Tainted Cup and A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett
A Book I Want to Reread: I recently made this list on influential books, and now I want to re-read several of them. But Towards Zero by Agatha Christie is probably next.
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: The Insatiable Volt sister by Rachel Eve Moulton, His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik and Det ockulta sekelskiftet (The Occult turn of the Century) by Per Faxeld.
A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: None that springs to mind.
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: (adaptations etc.) Thursday Murder Club coming on Netflix seems promising.
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers, Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones, Possession by A. S. Byatt, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.
My Favorite Book Genre(s): Fantasy
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): All the ones I mentioned above.
A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): None, really.
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: I read from a variety of genres, and I can’t say there are any I’m interested in trying.
Link to My Latest Book Review: here.
Link to My Reading Log: here.
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: Anything I read.
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Date: 2025-05-07 08:07 pm (UTC)Pronouns: they/them
Age Group: 30s
Dealbreaker(s): Just don't be a dick, idk.
I Recently Finished Reading: Just about to finish Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson! Happened to come across the film adaption (pretty charming) last week so I thought it was time.
A Book I Want to Reread: Actually in the middle of re-reading The Vampire Lestat right now and then I'll probably do the next one in the series as well. Not usually a big rereader, maybe I should be though.
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany and Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez are next on my list!
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: Did check out The Vampire Chronicles because of the show so I'm curious to see how they'll adapt the next book I suppose. Not something I usually pay a lot of attention to though.
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): Hm. Let's see. Fair Play by Tove Jansson and The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender come to mind. Just tracked down a copy of an out-of-print book I loved when I was very young which is Me and You by Margaret Diehl. No idea how it will hold up for me yet though!
My Favorite Book Genre(s): I tend to skip around but queer scifi is usually a safe bet for me.
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): The Masquerade series by Seth Dickinson is fun. Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon is a nice one. Been making my way though Octavia Butler's stuff lately as well.
A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): Many of them bad! But I'm not holding any specific grudges right this second I don't think lmao.
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: Don't know that there are many genres I haven't tried out at all. Always aspiring to work in a little more non-fiction though.
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: Always happy to chat about whatever people are reading honestly!