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Writing a Good Bad Guy in Books (In Fact any media) is the “classic choice” sometimes they are really poorly made, and don’t work. Other times, they are loved so much that when the character was only added to kill the hero, they end up becoming an Icon

Loved the Embers of Illeniel series and I’m really digging where Phil Tucker’s Immortal Great Souls series is going, and I’m looking for more. I like the progression elements of a weak/underpowered MC growing into a powerhouse over the course of the story, and I REALLY like said powerhouse using that strength to pay back...

I’ve just finished Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam and was incredibly impressed. I haven’t read anything in a while that captures what it might actually be like faced with the collapse of society....

i need because Mcgraw system for reading the book sucks cheeks.

I have a lot of time to fill with audio, but audiobooks are challenging for me because I have trouble paying attention consistently enough and processing physical descriptions fast enough to keep up with the narrator. I end up losing my place or having to rewind a lot. Slowing down playback doesn’t help/introduces other...

I am reading Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined and i was wondering if there are other books that have a similar love story/development of their relationship, I don’t care if the story is about vampires, i am just interested in the romance but I prefer a fantasy background if possible

This book is definitely more enjoyable than the previous one (Fortune’s Favorites) probably because the plot is more streamlined and well paced. The focus of the narrative is more on political intrigue rather than military campaigns, making it more interesting than previous books, in my opinion. Caesar comes across as...

I’m heavily debating which of the two, I should purchase....

Preferably a structured graphic guides to initiate the habit. Fantastic if we can store the book for about 20 yrs in a bookshelf. Thank you.

I started a new campaign after many many years and the setting is so beautiful, tropical island fighting pirates who’s business is drugs and human trafficking

I’ve recently gotten a small obsession with the idea of a single African currency or a single BRICS currency forming as a fuck you to NATO and the west. As a result i’ve spent far to much time this week reading wikipedia articles on the history of currency in colonial and post colonial Africa....

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I’ve recently started a job driving a shuttle van across the city for the general public. I’ve got a wide amount of leeway, but the audiobooks I’ve been listening to have been… not hitting right. I started with “The Name of the Wind” which was extremely well reviewed. I liked it a lot for the most part, and for the...

Hello, I’m trying to find a book that I read a long time ago about a man who turned invisible because cosmic radiation hit his electric blanket while he was asleep. I’ve tried googling and chat GPT and neither of them turned up any results. Does this book sound familiar to anyone?

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I’m not sure how useful this’ll be to people, but on the off-chance that like me, you like to track your pages read daily (into something like Storygraph or Goodreads) and you happen to have an ereader, I’ve created a spreadsheet that may be useful....

I heard a lot of praise for Bulgakov’s oeuvre in the past, so I decided to give it a go....

I’m trying to read some more books (canon) set in the Metro universe. The books don’t have to be written by Dmitry Glukhovsky, I’m just looking for some recommendations to expand my knowledge of the lore. Bonus points for chronological ordering! Ty

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I do not read books as often as I watch movies, but I am willing to create a habit of reading by taking a suggestion for a book from this community, and I want to start from this genre....

I’ve been feeling really lonely lately so I’ve been trying to find any romance books to distract me....

For me, the first time this happened was with The Royal Assassin Saga from Robin Hobb, and then Metro 2033....