tigirl-and-co: oh, but I could write odes to the way the paper of old cheap novels catches the sun! The way the golden light hits rough yellow pages in a facsimile of foil, making some claim to add three dimensionality[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Anne of Green Gables is so charming! You have very good taste! I think choosing one favorite book would be like choosing a favorite child– I simply cannot! So here are a few of my favorites: Children’s lit: The Doctor[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I started reading very you and grew up largely reading books written from 1890-1920 and from 1960-1985. And that’s still the time period of literature that I’m most satisfied reading in. 🤷
rokurodokuro: Any other old coots on this website miss the days when books had hooks on their back covers instead of just reviews and gibberish that sounds like a fanfic summary? I basically avoid this problem by not feeling compelled[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
jakeperalta: when reading fiction, is it important to you that the characters are likeable? yes, I want the characters to be likeable only occasionally (e.g. in certain genres) no, not important to me other/see results See Results I’m curious given[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
rowandriftwood: In honor of 2023 being the 40th anniversary of Tamora Pierce’s Song of the Lioness quartet, these are the beloved and much-read paperbacks I bought with my allowance money in 1992, when I was 13.