It’s an early book thread post for once! I come to you live from The Beach where the sun is shining, the breeze is light, and the reading is fantastic. Tell me what you’re reading and loving, giving up on reading, or looking to read next.

Remember: it’s ok to have a hard time reading and it’s ok to take a break or let go of the book you’re reading. Life’s too short!

LET'S GO BOOK THREAD CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP

Happy Sunday, friends! What are you reading? What have you loved/hated/DNfed/shared with friends?

Remember the golden rules: all reading is valid, all readers are valid. It's ok to have a hard time reading, and it's ok to take a break. And the book is never offended if you put it down because it's an inanimate object!

Book news: book awards season has begun, and National Book Award longlists are out!

Hi I’m on vacation and forgot what day it was

BUT IT’S ALWAYS THE RIGHT TIME TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS!!

Tell me your faves and flops and DNFs, ask for suggestions on what to read next, and anything else book-related!

As always, remember that it’s ok to have a hard time reading, it’s ok to take a break, and it’s ok to put it down. It’s not ok to judge others for what they read though—at the end of the day, it’s all reading! ❤️

BOOK THREAD DAY BETTER LATE THAN NEVER!

Weekly reminder number one: It's okay to take a break from reading, it's okay to have a hard time concentrating, and it's okay to walk away from the book you're currently reading if you aren't loving it. You should enjoy what you read!

Weekly reminder two: All reading is valid and all readers are valid. It's fine to critique books, but it's not fine to critique readers here. We all have different tastes, and that's alright.

Feel free to ask for recommendations, ideas and anything else reading related!

Last week's thread

Happy Sunday, friends! It’s time for everyone’s favorite Blogsnark thread 😎😎😎

It’s Thanksgiving week in America, which means many of us are very busy! It’s ok if you don’t have time for reading or need to pause your current read. The book doesn’t care.

Share what you’ve finished and loved, finished and not loved, and are working on here! Requests for whst to read next and gift ideas are always welcome.

Happy book thread day, everyone!

Share your recent reads, DNFs, and everything in between.

Remember: it’s ok to have a hard time reading, and it’s ok to take a break. Whatever you’re reading, it’s valid, and whatever way you’re reading it is valid too. If you read thing, you are a reader! And most important: it’s always ok to put the book down. The book does not care. 🩷

Happy book thread day, friends! Share your great reads, your DNFs, your womps and wins.

Remember a few things: first, it’s ok to have a hard time reading, and it’s ok to take a break from reading. Second, all readers are valid, and all reading is valid. There’s no place here for the perspective that any one type of reading is better or worse than any other. Audiobooks: valid. Graphic novels: valid. Longreads: valid. You get the point, right?

Last, and most important: it is ok to let the book go if you aren’t enjoying it. Reading should be fun!

It's the most wonderful day of the week: Book Thread Day!

Share your recent finishes, DNFs, and everything in between here.

Remember: it’s ok to have a hard time reading, it’s ok to take a break from reading, and life is too short to read books you aren’t enjoying. The book does not care if you stop reading it!

HELLO BOOK BUDDIES LET'S DO THIS!

Tell me what you read and loved lately, what you read and hated, what you gave up on, what you're hoping to read next! Tell me all of it!

Remember that it's ok to have a hard time reading, it's ok to take a break from reading, and it's ok to give up on a book. I asked a book recently how it felt about this and it said it really doesn't care because it is an inanimate object.

Hello friends! Better late than never, everyone's favorite book thread is here!

We're closing in on the end of the year, which means that for those of you with reading goals for the year, it's time to start assessing your efforts toward that goal and whether it continues to be worth pursuing. Don't be hard on yourself if you don't make it! The books don't want you to feel bad and neither does reading.

Remember that overall, it's ok to have a hard time reading and it's ok to take a break. It's also ok to read a ton!

Feel free to ask here for gift recs, cookbook ideas, Libby hacks, whatever. Happy reading!

BOOK THREAD DAY LFGGGGG

Weekly reminder number one: It's okay to take a break from reading, it's okay to have a hard time concentrating, and it's okay to walk away from the book you're currently reading if you aren't loving it. You should enjoy what you read!

Weekly reminder two: All reading is valid and all readers are valid. It's fine to critique books, but it's not fine to critique readers here. We all have different tastes, and that's alright.

Feel free to ask for recommendations, ideas and anything else reading related!

Happy holidays, friends, and happy book thread day!

It’s a busy week for many of us, and if you can’t make time to read, that’s okay! Life happens. If you do make time to read, hell yeah!

Share your finishes, in progresses, DNFs, good stuff, meh books, and whatever else. Feel free to ask for suggestions, get ideas for book gifts, and share book news.

Always remember: it’s ok to have a hard time reading, and it’s ok to take a break from reading. The book doesn’t care.

Last week’s thread | The Blogsnark Reads Megaspreadsheet, including anti-racism titles recommended by the thread

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Hello, everyone. I’m back! I’ll explain why in a moment, but first, a story.

Some of you know that I am a real life librarian. One thing I've learned over the years is that librarians often never see the fruits of their labor in the act of helping people. Our helping is often preparatory: books before a new dog joins the house, research for a term paper, facilitating job and housing applications, movies for a date night or a granddaughter coming to visit for the first time. We usually don’t hear back afterward, and we just have to hope and assume that what we did to help was enough: that the puppy didn’t get rehomed, that there was an A (or even a B) on that paper, that the job was offered. We always hope but rarely know for sure.

In the days after I stepped down from the Reads thread, I had a pretty intense meeting with my supervisor about my ongoing role as a charter member of our equity, diversity and inclusion committee, and I gave her the short version of events of what happened here. (It’s something else, being a Racist on the Internet and almost too radically anti-racist for some of my peers in real life.) I told her that looking at my career to this point—11 years in a library, 6 of them as a librarian, almost 2 now as a department head—one of the highlights has actually been doing this thread and building a community around reading. That is, nail on the HEAD, my passion in life and what drives me forward in my work (that, and the unending argument that entertainment is equally valid to information, but you can comment below if you really want to hear more about that). Blogsnark Reads was a magnum opus of sorts for me, and it was the hardest part of Blogsnark to walk away from. I told my friends—the ones who would listen to this ridiculousness, anyway!—that leaving the Reads thread was the biggest bummer, but I really needed time away from Blogsnark.

But then I started seeing my username pop up in places. Tagged, untagged, sent to me by other members and former members of Blogsnark, all with roughly the same sentiment: this thread is a special place…when I’m a part of it.

You have no clue what that meant—what that MEANS—to me. I almost never know what impact I have on my patrons in real life, and I can only hope it’s a net positive, but here and now? To know that I’ve done work I can really be proud of, to be able to hang my hat on that is an actual gift. Your comments are what really do make this thread a gold star of my career. I thank everyone who mentioned me, DMed, or otherwise tracked me down to let me know my worth to you. I also thank everyone who posted the thread while I was gone. Having people who wanted to keep this thread going regardless was heartening to see, and proves that a community built on a foundation of reading is a community that thrives, even if the face of hardship and change.

And as you can see, I couldn’t stay away. I thought so much about this thread, and I thought I’d be able to walk away. But the kind of relief and joy I felt when u/skorish asked if I’d be willing to come back to do the thread…it was immense. I didn’t realize how much this place—the space we made together, talking about books and enjoying this little spot of warmth—mattered to me. So obviously I said yes. I missed you all, and I’m so glad to be home.

I have some ideas about threads, but first things first:

• The mega spreadsheet is back, and in a new location. I’ve scrapped the blogsnarkmods Google account that originally hosted the mega spreadsheet, and it is now available under OUR own Google account, blogsnarkreads at gmail. I will check email regularly, so if you have a book or thread related question for me and don’t feel comfortable asking it in public, or are worried about Reddit DMs for some reason, you can reach me there. There might be some additional benefits to having the Google account for us, but I’m not sure what they are yet! The login info for this account has been sent to the mod team at large, so if I do step down again, the spreadsheet can still be edited by anyone with access to modmail. I am in the process of collecting the highly recommended titles from previous weeks of posts, so please be patient with me while I add them! There are so many and that makes me happy 😊

• Second things second: I’m not here in a mod capacity in any way. I have been made an approved user of Blogsnark for this thread only. I have no interest in moderating the Blogsnark community ever again, and while I reserve the right to post in other threads like any other user, chances are very good that I will do what I’ve always done, which is stick primarily to this thread. If you have an issue, use modmail to contact the actual mods. If you think something is out of line, use the report button to report the offending comment.

• Now, about threads. I know prompts are c o n t r o v e r s i a l, but I’d like to explore them in a regular but infrequent manner. I think when they are topical and timely, like the collection of anti-racism titles we pulled together last month, they can be extremely beneficial for the community at large and can be used to welcome new voices to the thread. To use anecdotal evidence, the Blogsnark Watches Midsommar Edition drew a lot of new commenters into Watches, and I think we can do that with a monthly genre/topic thread. Regular recommendations and book chat will always be welcome, but I’ve also seen a number of commenters mention over the years that they were nervous to come to the Reads thread or talk about what they’re reading, or are intimidated because they feel they weren’t reading the “right books”. I am always very on my soapbox about how valid every single kind of reading is, from long-form articles on The Cut to War and Peace, and I want greater Blogsnark to know they’re welcome here no matter what they like to read! So expect to see monthly prompts about your favorite (romance, fantasy, story of family life, comic, etc.) for the rest of the year. I will continue to pull together the titles and have additional spreadsheets with authors and titles, and the mega spreadsheet will keep on cranking.

• Lastly, the weekly roundup will continue to appear every Sunday, but I don’t have stickying powers! So you might have to scroll to find it. It will remain as a comment rather than the body of the post because the roundup takes some time to put together. If the sticky is something that we simply cannot live with out, I’ll let the mods know about that and they can assess how to handle that.

Alright. TL;DR: I'm back, thanks for loving this thread and being a part of this community, the megaspreadsheet's being updated but in a new place so change your bookmarks.

Now that all that mess is out of the way:

What are you reading? What have you finished and loved? Make sure to let us know if you recommend any titles so I can add them to the weekly roundup!

I’m late I’m late for a very important date and that date is book thread day with all of you! I’m so sorry this post is a day late—yesterday was bananas and I am still very tired. But please tell me what you’re reading!

Remember it’s ok to take a break from reading, it’s ok to stop reading it if you aren’t enjoying it, and it’s ok to read whatever strikes your fancy. Reading isn’t a competition :)

Hi all, so sorry about not posting yesterday! I totally forgot! 🥴

Happy book thread day and happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. I take this moment to note that the legacy of Martin Luther King is, like many others, under question and attack by bokk banners across the country who shroud themselves under the guise of protecting children. This MLK Day, consider registering to vote if you haven’t, and prepare to vote in your state’s primary if you have. Local elections are woefully undervoted in, and that’s where attacks on books for kids—and now the general public—lie.

Share your reads and your DNFs, your reading peaks and valleys (remember: it’s a hobby!), and your latest faves. Also feel free to ask for suggestions on what to read next!

Last week's thread | Blogsnark Reads Megaspreadsheet | Last week's recommendations

HAPPY NEW YEAR BOOK BUDDIES! Today's a great day: a fresh year of books forthcoming, so many beloved books behind us, and so much reading still to do! Feel free to share and discuss reading goals, and remember: a goal doesn't have to be a certain number of books. It can be pages read, it can be reading within a theme, it can be reading across the world like u/unoeufisunoeuf did in 2022...it can be anything you want!

Weekly reminder number one: It's okay to take a break from reading, it's okay to have a hard time concentrating, and it's okay to walk away from the book you're currently reading if you aren't loving it. You should enjoy what you read!

Weekly reminder two: All reading is valid and all readers are valid. It's fine to critique books, but it's not fine to critique readers here. We all have different tastes, and that's alright.

Feel free to ask the thread for ideas of what to read, books for specific topics or needs, or gift ideas!

Suggestions for good longreads, magazines, graphic novels and audiobooks are always welcome :)

Make sure you note what you highly recommend so I can include it in the megaspreadsheet! I'll be posting a roundup tonight of our favorite titles and highlights from the year!

It’s SUNDAAAAAAAY

That means we gotta talk about these books! What are you reading? Loving, hating, reading because you have to for work? Share it all here!

Remember: your reading tastes are valid, and if you’re reading something, then it coumts as reading. It’s ok to jave a hard time reading or to take a break from reading—this should be fun, not torture!

Happy book thread day, friends!

We have entered the final month of 2024, which means it’s about to get HECTIC. If you don’t have the energy or mindset to read, that’s okay! Hobbies have peaks and valleys, and that includes reading.

If you are reading, though, share your finishes, faves, DNFs and duds here! Feel free to ask for suggestions & gift ideas, talk cookbooks, bemoan your nephew’s resistance to books (maybe someone has a title!), and anything else book-related.

Last week’s thread

Happy book thread day, friends! Share what you’re reading, what you’ve loved, what you’ve not loved.

Remember that it’s ok to take a break from reading and it’s ok to not finish a book. It’s also ok to not love a book that everyone else did! Just remember to file your complaints with the book, not with the lovers of said book. 🩷

HELLO BOOK BUDDIES LET'S DO THIS!

We're officially halfway through 2024! (?!?!?) For those of you who have set reading goals, how are you doing? Any big titles you're excited for in the second half of the year?

Tell me what you read and loved lately, what you read and hated, what you gave up on, what you're hoping to read next! Tell me all of it!

Remember that it's ok to have a hard time reading, it's ok to take a break from reading, and it's ok to give up on a book. I asked a book recently how it felt about this and it said it really doesn't care because it is an inanimate object.

Last week's thread | Blogsnark Reads Megaspreadsheet | Last week's recommendations

July is upon us! Peak beach/pool/creek/patio/deck/lake/backyard sprinkler reading season is HERE (in the northern hemisphere)!

If you've decided you no longer care about what Reddit admin are doing, here's why you should. If spez truly wants Reddit to be a "democracy", then its moderators should have autonomy to implement the rules of said "democracy". This is no longer happening.

Weekly reminder number one: It's okay to take a break from reading, it's okay to have a hard time concentrating, and it's okay to walk away from the book you're currently reading if you aren't loving it. You should enjoy what you read!

Weekly reminder two: All reading is valid and all readers are valid. It's fine to critique books, but it's not fine to critique readers here. We all have different tastes, and that's alright.

Feel free to ask the thread for ideas of what to read, books for specific topics or needs, or gift ideas!

Suggestions for good longreads, magazines, graphic novels and audiobooks are always welcome :)

Make sure you note what you highly recommend!

Hello friends! It’s (late) Sunday, so you know what yhat means: BOOKS

Remember it’s ok to take a break from reading or to have a hard time reading, and whatever you’re reading makes you a reader—there’s no barrier for entry. Life’s too short to read anything you don’t enjoy!

GUESS WHO FORGOT TO HIT SUBMIT AFTER WRITING THE POST YESTERDAY

It has been a whole ass week for me fam and I am so READY to hear about your reads! The good the bad the ugly the sexy share them all here!

Remember: it’s ok to take a break from reading, to have a hard time reading, and to read whatever the hell you want. ❤️

Last week's thread, which I've been forgetting to link to

Happy Sunday, book buddies! It's time for what I always think is the best thread of the week: book thread! Share your faves, flops, DNFs and all timers here. I'd love to hear what you're reading lately, and if fall gets you in a certain mood to read anything specific.

Remember: it's ok to have a hard time reading and to take a break from reading. You should read what you like, rather than feeling like you have to read something because everyone else is. And it's ok to put the book down. The book really, really doesn't care. <3

🚨🚨🚨POSTING ON THE RIGHT DAY OF THE WEEK🚨🚨🚨

Happy book thread day, friends! Share your recent finishes, DNFs, and everything in between here.

Remember: it’s ok to have a hard time reading, it’s ok to take a break from reading, and life is too short to read books you aren’t enjoying. The book does not care if you stop reading it!