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Martyr! Felt like it should have been a hero's journey to me
Martyr! Felt like it should have been a hero's journey to me
I know that probably sounds very middle-school english class of me, but I feel like the story would have been more satisfying if Cyrus returns home and has a bit of wrap-up with his new found perspectives. Does he reconcile with his sponsor? Does he speak to his uncle again after these crazy revelations? How does his relationship with his roomate progress? We also see snippets of his book, does he complete it to some degree? Does he end up having any kind of relationship with what is technically his widowed stepmother? Just some things I would have liked to learn more about.
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Are Your Senses Activated When Reading?
I'm currently reading Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James and if you're familiar with the book you know there are *lots* of smell descriptions. This has got me wondering, does anyone smell, hear, feel, or taste when reading?
I have aphantasia and when explaining what it's like to my husband I compared it to reading about smells. Your brain registers the information but you don't actually smell it. But maybe some people do? I didn't know people actually saw movies in their head until I saw people talking about it here.
Are there people who, when reading description of physical sensation actually feel it? I've heard of people saying their mouth watered when reading scenes with food and assumed they were being figurative but maybe not? I know some people "hear" dialog but is it in different voices or your own?
I understand that when people say they see or feel hear something when reading, they're not hallucinating but does your body react the same way as if you have? Does your mouth actually water? Do bad smell description makes you want to gag? Do descriptions of abrasive sounds make you physically cringe?
Thank you for your input!
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About Public Libraries
So, I live in a small town in the countryside, and one of my favourite pastimes, is to visit the local public library. It isn’t very large, and its collection hasn’t been updated in a few decades, but I love it. I love how can I go into a building full of books, pick a few, read and take them home with me at any time.
I recently started visiting my local library more frequently since I have more time. I’ve managed to find several little treasures among its shelves, books that are too old or too obscure to be found in a conventional bookstore or online (at least for a reasonable price). Just today I borrowed the novel The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson. I had read about it online, but I was never able to find a copy – and lo and behold, my library has an old, mass market paperback translated copy among its shelves! I also noticed the short novella Lady Into Fox by David Garnett, again translated by some small indie publishing house, and I plan on taking it next.
Although the library collection doesn’t have more recent titles of the more popular authors like Maas or Yarros, I’m pleased to have found many other, obscure titles among its shelves, that I don’t think I’d be able to read otherwise. The place is usually also filled with people, mostly uni students doing work, but it is nice to see that the space is respected and used, even If you won’t find the latest bestsellers stocked among its shelves.
I had no other reason to write all this, other than to yap about how much I love public libraries. I suppose I’d like to know, about surprising/obscure titles you’ve discovered in public libraries, maybe a book you’d heard about online but couldn’t find it in a bookstore, and your library just happened to have a 30-year-old copy of it – or really, anything you want to say about public libraries you think doesn’t need its own post.
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The Bee Sting (Paul Murray, Plot Discussion)
Jesus H. Christ. I’ve just finished this book and I’m
In awe over the roller coaster of emotions I’ve had while reading it.
For starters, I did think it suited the tragic comedy it was described as with Cassandra’s first pov. Like look at this teen with the parents that are insufferable and she couldn’t possibly understand. Yet remembering myself just how much I pushed boundaries, lured into being an adult before my time with her POV with the drinking, flirting with older men etc.
Then PJ. Gosh PJ. The whole grooming storyline made me sick. So obvious as adults to see what it is, but as a pre-teen boy, of course he isn’t. “Ethan” as a villain was terrifying as hell. I genuinely did imagine him as Voldemort. I had a violent reaction to when we finally saw him, but so relieved PJ was saved by Cassie who pulled through.
Which brings us to the adults. I wasn’t interested at all initially, yet Imelda’s backstory. The whole thing with Frank, and her awful father whom Frank was actually scared of. Dickie!! Dickie himself who lets his sexuality drag him down to this awful place of paranoia. As a gay man myself who was in the closet, I felt every level of it. But then He goes to shoot his blackmailer, and it’s actually his daughter caught in the crossfire.
Possibly. Depends. It’s all ambiguous.
This was a riveting read and I’m grateful I picked up this book. It was brilliant from start to finish. There were light hearted comic moments, but overall I feel it was a story to rival a tragedy of Shakespeare proportions.
Just interested if anybody has any thoughts on it?
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What’s a book quote that hit you so hard it stayed with you for years?
I came across a quote last night that stopped me completely. You know those lines you read once… and then you just sit there staring at the page like you need a minute to breathe?
This one did exactly that.
“Some people come into your life like a warning, not a wonder.”
I don’t know why, but it felt like it punched straight through my chest. Maybe because it reminded me of all the people I held onto for too long, the ones who were never meant to stay but somehow shaped me more than the ones who did.
It made me think:
Books don’t just tell stories — sometimes they hold up a mirror. And a single sentence can expose a truth you didn’t even know you were avoiding.
So now I’m curious…
What’s a quote from a book that pulled something out of you?
Not necessarily a sad one — just something that made you feel seen, or changed how you look at something in your life.
Drop your quotes. I want to read the ones that stayed with you. Maybe they’ll stay with me too.👀
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Essex library charges will penalise book lovers, says campaign
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My thoughts on Cormac McCarthy's The Road
I feel conflicted about this 2007 Pulitzer Prize winning book, which I read in a single sitting in one evening. I'm somewhat sympathetic to the critics who found it frustrating, bleak, and depressing. There's not a lot of plot. It gets dark at times, exceedingly and painfully dark. The author has stripped down the punctuation to remove all quotation marks and most references to who is speaking, and this just makes it harder to read, and at times even to identify the person being described.
But the further I read, this grew on me. The sparse style captures something of the devastated landscape. And yes, it is bleak, but that's partly the point of the apocalyptic setting. We have two characters who have even lost their names, and all that really matters is their relationship: father and son. But they haven't lost their humanity. It's a horrible world in which they find themselves, and at times it makes for painful reading. We see humanity at its worst and most depraved, as desperate survivors are prepared to kill and eat each other. Horrific scenes with captives being kept for food in a basement, and the charred body of an infant being roasted over a fire are not easily forgotten.
Yet there is a sense of hope. On multiple occasions where the man and the boy are on the verge of death, they stumble across supplies and food. And even though the boy is filled with a constant sense of terror, the man constantly works to keep his son's hopes up, even in the worst case scenario. He divides surviving humanity into two types: “the bad guys” and “the good guys”. They embody the good, because despite how desperate they are, he insists they will never resort to cannibalism, or even to killing a dog. “We would never eat anybody… even if we’re starving… no matter what… because we’re the good guys.”
And when coming across other unfortunates, the boy wants to share their resources and help others, even if they can't afford to. Perhaps this is what the author means by the "fire they are carrying". Even in a hopeless world filled with depravity, there is still a flame within humanity that shows that human compassion and hope is never entirely lost. The boy embodies this spirit, and is committed to ethics like honesty and kindness even in impossible circumstances. A little boy he sees, whether real or imagined, becomes a device to show his compassion for others: “I’m afraid for him ... we could take him with us, we could take the dog too … I’d give that little boy half of my food.”
The ending is somewhat ambiguous and haunting, and left me with a lot of questions. Some interpret it pessimistically, concluding that the man offering to adopt the boy into his family is just a liar and a cannibal; or that this whole episode is just an imagined dream in the mind of the boy or his father. But there is internal evidence that supports a more positive explanation. For instance, the presence of other children with the boy's new protector seems to be evidence that they are part of the "good" who share the values of his father. There is a real sense in which the torch is being passed from father to son. So despite an overwhelming sense of loss, there's also a new note of hope. McCarthy was raised as an Irish Catholic, and although he describes himself as not particularly religious, after lapsing from the faith following his high school years, it’s plausible to ascribe this redemptive note to the influence of his Catholic upbringing and his familiarity with religious themes of Christianity.
The final paragraph, on the other hand, caught me off-guard and seems enigmatic. Beginning with the sentence “Once there were brook trouts in the streams in the mountains”, perhaps it is just a lament for what has been lost and won’t return, and is a cautionary warning against the impact and consequences of human involvement in the world, especially on nature.
Besides a film, a graphic novel version of the book has been produced. At times the graphic novel can be a bit hard to follow - at least
Plot twist: Rare books worth $3 million stolen decades ago resurface in Manhattan
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Dreading the ending ….
Does anybody else start to dread the ending of a book that you love because you know something bad is going to happen and rip your heart out…
So you’re upset before the book even ends…
Before you even know what’s coming… You’ve already got the apprehension and can cry at the drop of a hat and everything is giving you angst
Almost like the emotional premenstrual time period when you’re just weeping …like I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but it has something to do with this book and I can’t stop getting the teary eyes…. 🥹
Why do I do this to myself?
😂
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Physical > Digital
A few years back I decided to begin consuming my news and information in physical form, so for the first time in 30 years I got a subscription to the newspaper. The actual newsPAPER.
Not long after, I (mostly) made the transition from digital to physical books. And it's been a game-changer. No more notifications or temptations to drift away and check out social media, email, news, etc.
I'm curious how many people here have done the same?
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Weekly Calendar - April 20, 2026
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Every Monday, we will post a calendar with the date and topic of that week's threads and we will update it to include links as those threads go live. All times are Eastern US.
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^Thursday|^(April 23)||^(Favorite Books)
^Friday|^(April 24)||^(Weekly Recommendation Thread)
^Sunday|^(April 26)||^(Weekly FAQ: What are some non-English classics?)
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What Books did You Start or Finish Reading this Week?: April 20, 2026
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Article: Is reading your favourite hobby? A new era of book clubs is reshaping how we read
https://theconversation.com/is-reading-your-favourite-hobby-a-new-era-of-book-clubs-is-reshaping-how-we-read-274406
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Reaching a milestone with the 750th Very Short Introduction. Very Short Introductions are designed to be used by students and general readers, and are mainly commissioned based on the ubiquity of a topic on undergraduate courses around the world
https://corp.oup.com/news/reaching-a-milestone-with-the-750th-very-short-introduction/
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What childhood book scared the crap out of you? I mean- can't go to sleep- staring at shadows waiting for them to jump at you, absolutely terrified?
I don't mean upset, or distressed- not like Good Night Mr Tom, I mean genuinely scared. For the same reason I disqualify The Amazing Mr Blunden\- I was scared by it, but also very much upset, confused, and weirded out.
For me, it was The Whispering Knights.
I actually had to google the title because I had forgotten most things about it- except the scene when one of the kids wakes up, and sees the shadow on her wall. I'll never forget that.
That did it for me. I was- still am- a nervous sleeper, prone to nightmares. My childhood bedroom at the time had a built-in wardrobe which for some reason opened in the back to a large cemented storage cave kind of thing, where my parents used to store piles of spare bedding- ugh. In the best of times, that cave and wardrobe was an weird, unpleasant place (childhood hide and seek with a motley crew of cousins ftw). Post-reading "The Whispering Knights" was not the best of times.
Tell me about your book-caused scaries.
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Review: Bound to be Re-Read? ‘Bound to Violence’
https://africainwords.com/2024/10/25/review-bound-to-be-re-read-bound-to-violence-a-penguin-modern-classic-for-2024/
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Soapbox/rant time. Tell me what highly-recommended book you absolutely HATED and why. Gimme your angry hot takes.
I'll start.
I HATED Contact by Carl Sagan. I felt like it dragged on endlessly and homeboy cannot write a female protagonist and should have just not even tried. I hated the pointless tangents and the completely unnecessary love story. The glowing reviews are bewildering to me and I say that as a bonafide sci-fi neeeeerd
Also, I loathed The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde. I love me a good faustian bargain story but god damn was this one a let down. How was this book only 254 pages? I swear it felt endless. This book takes such a cool concept and executes it in the most dull and lifeless way possible. It's like reading wannabe edgelord tweets from a brooding 14 year old. Armchair philosophy and half-baked shower thoughts. Insufferably pretentious with no right to be.
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Books for Baby and Beyond
This might not be the right subreddit but I'll ask anyways. I have a deep love for books and am the proud dad to a 6 month old baby girl. Does anyone have tips for fostering a love for reading with their children at different stages in their life (she's not the biggest fan of story time right now) and how do you decide what books to read to them and make available as they grow older? Thank you!!
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Piper at the Gates of Dusk by Patrick Ness
This is not a book review, just a spoiler-free rant-like outpouring of my thoughts and emotions about this book:
Who else has been waiting for this book for as long as I have? It’s been over a decade since I first picked up the Chaos Walking trilogy during my younger years, so to finally have this book in my hands is so surreal. It’s like seeing an old friend again—someone you thought had left forever or even died, and then out of nowhere they bust down your living room door and walk in like nothing has happened.
I’ve reread the Chaos Walking trilogy like 7 times (and for sure I will keep rereading forever). Not only is the book series my favorite book series of all time, but Patrick is by far also my favorite author. I’ve treated these works like my treasure. I love them the way they are, and I’d never want any changes to them. The way the story ended was perfect. It was enough.
So my first thought going into this book was: “Okay, how can the author possibly continue this story without dragging it? Will he ruin the spark? Or will he even somehow top it or bring a new conversation into the story that’s every bit as unique and heart wrenching as the original?”
I finished the book in an afternoon and a morning. It was relatively short, and much, much faster-paced than the original.
But I can say this for sure.
That feeling that hit me over 10 years ago when I started this series hit me again this time. With the same force and the same emotion. Every characteristic of this book, from the incredibly familiar-feeling, tender and fragile first-person prose to the fantastical, psychedelic premise that marries a nitty gritty reality that’s familiar to us with an alien world so unlike our own… everything is there. Seeing the characters I’ve grown up with grow up themselves, it’s just magical! I kicked my feet and I giggled and I stared deadpan at the pages and my eyes got wet very often and I wanted to chew on the paper in anticipation and anxiety, and in the end Patrick does all these things so he can leave me on a cliffhanger just like he did with The Knife of Never Letting Go… man, I feel like a kid again.
I love the direction he’s taken with this new story. It has every bit of that love and comfort and uplift that he imbues into his writing for the young people of this world, especially the marginalised. He lets the reader know that the feelings and complexities of the thoughts of young people are every bit as important as grown-ups, and how their struggles become our struggles even if the grown-ups don’t take them seriously. From A Monster Calls, to Release, to The Rest of Us Just Live Here, to More Than This, all of the stories Patrick has written just have so much love in them that it’s sometimes hard to bear, but that’s why I love them so much.
And man, it’s just so nice to see Todd and Viola again. They’re like my babies… grown up babies…
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Wrath of an exil by Monty jay
I don’t think it’s just me who feels this way, but I find myself sympathizing with Jude far more than with Phi. There’s something about his character that feels profoundly pure-hearted, almost painfully so, in a way that makes his suffering linger longer in my mind.
Jude’s loneliness isn’t something he chose—it’s something that was forced upon him by circumstances far beyond his control. From the very beginning, he’s been burdened by the consequences of his father’s actions, judged and condemned for a legacy he never asked to inherit. People project their anger and resentment onto him as if he were responsible, stripping him of the chance to simply exist as himself. That kind of injustice creates a very specific kind of isolation—one where you’re surrounded by others, yet completely unseen for who you truly are.
What makes his situation even more heartbreaking is the environment he grew up in. He didn’t just suffer socially; he endured real, personal harm within his own home. Living with abuse, addiction, and instability leaves deep emotional scars, especially when it comes from someone who was supposed to provide safety and care. Jude wasn’t given the foundation most people rely on—love, security, or even basic emotional validation. And despite all that, he doesn’t seem to lose his fundamental kindness. If anything, it makes his quiet resilience even more striking.
Perhaps the most devastating aspect of his story is how little he truly asked for. He didn’t long for revenge or recognition—he simply wanted an apology. A sincere acknowledgment from his father, even if it came too late. The fact that he held onto that hope, waiting for something so small yet so meaningful, and never received it… that’s what makes his pain feel so raw and unresolved. It’s not just about what he went through, but about what he never got—the closure, the validation, the simple human decency he deserved.
Phi, on the other hand, is undeniably a tragic character as well. What she experienced is deeply disturbing and unfair, and it’s impossible not to feel compassion for her. Her trauma is real, and the emotional damage it caused is significant. Anyone in her position would struggle to trust others or feel safe in the world again.
However, what complicates my feelings toward her is the way she responds to that pain. At some point, her isolation begins to feel less like something imposed on her and more like something she actively maintains. It becomes a defense mechanism—a way to protect herself from being hurt again—but it also creates distance between her and the people who genuinely care about her. There’s a subtle but important difference between being alone because the world rejects you, and choosing to push the world away.
This doesn’t make her suffering any less valid, but it does make it more layered. Her loneliness is intertwined not only with what was done to her, but with the walls she builds afterward. In a way, she has agency in her isolation, even if that agency is shaped by trauma. That complexity can make it harder to connect with her emotionally in the same instinctive way.
Jude’s pain feels more straightforward, more undeserved in a way that hits immediately. He is someone who, despite everything, still seems open to connection, still quietly hoping for kindness, still carrying a sense of emotional sincerity that was never fully nurtured. His loneliness feels like a wound inflicted on him by others.
Phi’s, by contrast, feels like both a wound and a shield.
And maybe that’s why Jude’s story feels more tragic to me—it’s the tragedy of someone who never had a real chance, yet never stopped yearning for something simple and human.
If any of you read it, what do you think?
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on its own – and you really need to have read the full novel first to make sense of it. But it really captures the stark bleak world in black and white quite well. It also follows the text of the novel closely, and I found it helpful to read after reading the novel first.
I admire what McCarthy has achieved with The Road, even if I didn't always enjoy it, and didn't always understand his methods. This could have been a gripping adventure story where a lot more happened, and maybe then I would have enjoyed it more - but then it probably would have been just one of so many other good apocalyptic stories, and wouldn't have won the Pulitzer Prize.
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Simple Questions: April 21, 2026
Welcome readers,
Have you ever wanted to ask something but you didn't feel like it deserved its own post but it isn't covered by one of our other scheduled posts? Allow us to introduce you to our new Simple Questions thread! Twice a week, every Tuesday and Saturday, a new Simple Questions thread will be posted for you to ask anything you'd like. And please look for other questions in this thread that you could also answer! A reminder that this is not the thread to ask for book recommendations. All book recommendations should be asked in /r/suggestmeabook or our Weekly Recommendation Thread.
Thank you and enjoy!
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I liked the Poppy War trilogy but there are many things wrong with it’ Overall Conclusion, final part.
Spoilers for the entire trilogy.
Honestly, Rin is not a like able protagonist at all. I know that was the point but there wasn’t anyone else to like.
I feel sorry for Nezha but I can’t root for Nikara becoming a Hesperian colony. Kitay tried to get through to Rin but ended up becoming abused by her (I think this point needed developing more) Venka was alright but was then killed off.
The new Shamans were introduced too late. The Trifecta meeting was rushed. (Riga had no reaction to Rin genociding the Muganese).
Also, did Su Daji not have any heirs? What was her plan for Nikara when she died?
Was it well known among the public that Su Daji was the Vipress and Riga The Dragon Emperor? I couldn’t tell.
I also find it weird that a huge part of the magic system was consuming opium.
I did not find any of the Gods interesting. The Phoenix likely wanted the entire planet to burn. What were they going to do after?
The first book stuck too close to history but I think the third book strayed too far. Why was Chiang’s side (Nezha) portrayed as the pro colonial force and Mao’s (Rin’s) portrayed as the anti colonial force when both sides in real life had foreign backing. It would have been better if neither Rin nor Nezha had foreign backing or both had.
And speaking of foreign countries, did not one single country in the world try to help Nikara? Not even Hesperian’s enemies?
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Flesh by David Szalay. Thoughts?
I just finished Flesh by David Szalay and idk how to feel about it? The beginning was a bit...disturbing. I dont like to read about kids being abused like that and put the book down for a week and read other stuff, but it just sat in the back of my head. I fully intended to DNF it but it just sat there nagging at me. And the dialogue was so annoying. Example:
"What did you do today?"
"What did I do today?"
"Yes, what did you do today?"
"Where did you go to school?"
"Where did I go to School?"
Its so repetitive. Or it would be one word answers like "Okay". A lot of "okays".
I do think it was an interesting way to write because it left the reader open to interpreting how things were said and, but it also left me feeling not very emotionally attached. Was that the point though? Since the MC seemed to also be emotionally unattached, forcing readers to "feel" how he felt throughout life?
So, genius book or terrible book? Im really not sure. I usually like to rate my books on goodreads after I read them but I genuinely do not know how I feel about this one.
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The financial reality of book publishing no one talks about
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/04/19/book-deals-authors-income/89604598007/
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Baudolino, Umberto Eco
I recently found The Name of the Rose and Baudolino in a preloved book collection. Didn't know anything about Umberto Eco or his work, but the synopsis of both the books were interesting enough. I just finished Baudolino, and was disappointed to find that there wasn't much discussion on the book anywhere really. Now, I am not the smartest guy in any room I enter, so I am quite sure I have missed much of the details he has put into this one, but god is this book dense.
As I went on, I thought much of it was fiction considering the titular character is a self-proclaimed liar, but was surprised to find that a lot of the events I found too incredulous were actually real. Loved what he did with relics and symbols. Also the fact that the story goes through so many genres; at one point it's a fantasy adventure and towards the end it becomes a murder mystery and through it all he has sprinkled so much real history.
Baudolino being a pathological liar works so well. A few google searches will tell you that a lot of what he tells you did happen, but then again he tells them from the first point view with him being the one that usually drives those things to happen AND you know he is lying out of his ass. Then, he literally starts adding pygmies, ponces, skiapods and whatever else to his story.
Maybe all of it was a lie, maybe he didn't have anything he wanted to figure out by telling the story, maybe some of it was true. At the end, I thought that most of what he said did happen, but in a very different and grounded way maybe.
All in all, it was very a very fun experience tho some parts were a bit slow but it has got me very excited for The Name of The Rose. If you have read this before and know some things that I might have missed, let me know.
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Queen Elizabeth's biography to be written by a historian
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/royal-family/article/royals-choose-historian-to-write-queen-elizabeths-biography/
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Independent bookstores make quiet comeback as big chains dominate retail
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/19/independent-bookstores-comeback?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=fb_us&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwdGRzaARSJ01jbGNrBFInSWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHlbO_H3rLrMw8EYTr6bPeQBxOE9_eOzom-F-qJvhkQwWBQMAGH3XNIuxxQLB_aem_6NWEoygoWiLTtFC_irwqEg&sfnsn=mo
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Stoner and his daughter
I just finished Stoner and found it absolutely devastating, especially as a father with a toddler-aged daughter.
At the end, when he tries to reminisce with her about playing in his study, it absolutely broke me when she shut him down. She was either saying something akin to “you had your chance and failed me” or truly didn’t even remember the only time they were ever allowed to be close. I’m not sure which is worse.
Anyway, I never make posts like this but had to get that out because it wrecked me.
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Weekly FAQ Thread April 19, 2026: How do you get over a book hangover?
Hello readers and welcome to our Weekly FAQ thread! Our topic this week is: How do you get over a book hangover? Please use this thread to discuss whether you do after you've read a great book and don't want to start another one.
You can view previous FAQ threads here in our wiki.
Thank you and enjoy!
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