smitty reads

lord somebody said they didn’t like Yesteryear because the main character was “unlikable” as if that wasn’t the entire point. like the book is a satire about a tradwife influencer. literacy is dead

Just finished to be taught if fortunate and I think Becky Chambers holds too much power, but like, in a good way

Thank you Andy Weir for giving me a crybaby hero. Ryland Grace saves the whole world and he cries while he does it, like, all the time. I love him. Feel your emotions babe, literally everything that’s happening to you is so so traumatic.

Started using phone time to read library ebooks instead of scrolling and it’s made me back into the crazy voracious reader I was at age 12. i’ve been averaging a book a day this week. everyone delete your social media and get your ass on libby

I can behave normally around books

I can be trusted in bookstores and libraries and you should take me to those locations

"Was this book good or was I deeply 19 when I read it:" an investigative journalism series

Suzanne Collins really has the protocol down. On average twice a decade she writes a press release that's like "in one year there will be a new book and in two years there will be a movie based on said book. Here is the one philosopher I'll be referencing, and here is what upset me this time on the news enough to write another book. Enjoy!" and then she collects her millions, drops another banger, and doesn't go on twitter ever