I tend to only gift books to people I know well; that way, I know for sure I'll be giving them something they'll enjoy. I only make an exception to this when the person in question has explicitly mentioned wanting a specific work.

Might seem too fussy of me, but I mostly do this because I've received way too many books I have no interest in; several people I know have the bad habit of gifting random/popular books to their bookworm friends, because people who like reading will consume anything, right?

I've received so many Dan Brown books as gifts. So... many...

I LOVE THIS SERIES!!! I randomly found it on Kindle years ago and couldn't put it down either.

"Well it's funny because my mate Paul see, he got himself locked in a library one night while on a bender. Try as he might he couldn't get out and had nought but the books to keep him company till someone finally let him out in the morning. When he got back he said he never wanted to see another book again."

Interviewee blinks. "I see."

"Do you think it could be something like that?"

When did the world turn nuts?

I just finished the Earthseed series and Scythe series, I thoroughly enjoyed both. Then I bought Red Rising, it was a disappointment....thinking I won't waste money on another trilogy which I'm not sure yet.

Hence I borrowed Wool using Libby, so far so good.

It absolutely depends on the person and the book.

I gave one of my best friends a beautifully illustrated copy of The Hobbit, because we're both big Tolkien fans and I know he re-reads The Hobbit every few years, and an illustrated copy is perfect for him and his daughter. If I know someone is interested in a particular topic, then a history book or biography could be a great gift. I gave my brother A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by GRRM because I know he loved ASOIAF. Books take a time investment, so I'm only going to give someone a book that I'm very confident that they'll enjoy.

Right-wing terrorism, motivated by the hate stoked by the Republican Party.

ooo thank you!!

or relatives/family friends, clergy/church staff, and coaches

Not everyone. I thought it was bad.

I found the plot riddled with inconsistent nonsensical holes, and found the writing pretty poor, and the characters cartoonish and uncompelling and I stopped reading after like 100 pages. (I also didn't feel like waiting around for volume 2, which other folks told me explained all the nonsense in volume 1.)

This is a bit dramatic

NYTBS are still multiple genres though, there is plenty of diversity. Some are actual quality books and some not.

Idk about the oprah club thing, because I've not seen it.

ter·ror·ist /ˈterərəst/ (noun) a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

I went on a Hugh Howey BINGE after I picked up Wool. It still sticks with me, the entire series.

Remove the gay books or I’ll threaten to bomb schools, what a lovely world they want us to live in.

Here’s hoping they find this scumbag and let them have nothing but LGBTQ books in the cell.

> Anyone who violates that has forfeit their right to life, we will end you and purify our land of you degenerates and make our country great

Can't imagine where this person falls politically.

My best friend and I share books all the time. If I finish something I know she'll like, I'll bring it with me next time we hangout. If I have something in my shelves she's interested in, even if I haven't read it yet, I'll give it to her and same goes the other way around. There's no timeline we expect them returned, just whenever we finish (could be weeks, could be years).

Well that’s been a thing for a long time too. TikTok is just the newest platform of an age old marketing strategy. Use to be ‘New York Times Best Sellers’ tables and ‘Oprah Winfrey Bookclub Recommendation’ stands. And it would literally be the same old same old trendy book that month.

ofc not, but it's becoming more widespread. bookstores now have "booktok rec" tables, and when i tell you that it's just rows and rows of the SAME FUCKING BOOK, they all just look the same, it makes me want to cry

There is a bunch of books. One of the first time I’ve been kept interested for that many books

This has been a thing for books nearly forever. It’s not new because of TikTok.

I hope the judge throws the book at them. And the book they were threatening kids over. Throw that book too.

commodification of books-churning out books that are basically carbon copy repeats, rinse repeat

I hope whoever made those calls spends decades in prison for them.

they'd use purposeful mistakes out of character to mask their writing style.. I assume these people are practicing good opsec.. you notice you rarely hear of arrests. But they get their end goals met; use terror and bobs your uncle institutions roll over to terrorists when its the right terror.