I’m working my way through some of the more “pop” books. Sarah j maas, “beach reads”.

Honestly they’re all super easy and I finish them in 1-2 days. But I’m shocked at how “THE BEST BOOKS EVER” of this day and age are so downright terrible compared to the best books of like pre-2000s.

Has anyone else noticed that shift?

Hell yeah! The expanse is such a long series, congratulations

I think I’m more upset about doors of stone than GOT

I can’t give too much advice on sourcing (besides to make friends with the restaurant staff, concert people, or even DND folks near you), but I can speak to the hallucinogen experience for depression.

I micro (sometimes more of a macro) dose 2-4x per year, usually in the summer. I haven’t found it to change my depression at all, outside of the day I trip. That day is an 8 hour giggle fest. Other than that… the subsequent days are the same as before.

I’m sure you’ll have a good time regardless, I’d err on the side of a half or quarter dose vs a true microdose, but definitely don’t expect a magic bullet

I haven’t read ToG yet… just finished ACOTAR… and I agree, it’s terrible, but imho it’s terrible the same way that “love is blind” is, and I can’t get enough of either. It’s a whole dang pendulum swing away from Hugo award winners though that’s for sure.

This might be basic, but a cold shower before bed is seriously helpful. Heck even a cold shower if you’re too hot to sleep at 3am. Wet skin + a fan and I’ll be cold even at 90F

Sometime around midnight is literally one of my all time favorite songs

I’m shamelessly entering my romantasy / book tok era… I’m working my way through the throne of glass series now.

For the record my taste is not always such trash. My phase before this one was all the Hugo / Nebula award winners.

Thank you for sharing!!! I just hopped over there. I’ve never been on goodreads, but I’ve wanted to try it for a while. I’ll just skip to this instead. I believe I can be found at @giantpacificoctopus@bookwyrm.social

I’ve been told it is possible! But I don’t know how…

The ori series are some of my favorites. I just finished will o wisps last night and now I feel lost and unsure what to try next… I’ll look at the ones you posted here!

Amazing, thank you!

Excuse my newness - how does one go about federating Kbin with lemmy? I like both, and I’ve figured out federating within lemmy, but getting kbin looped in is stumping me

If you like Brandon Sanderson, have you tried the red rising series? They felt really similar to me

I’m depressed enough knowing what I know about JK Rowling and Orson Scott Card…

I’m putting east on my TBR list! Thank you for sharing!

Oh man. “All time” is hard because I’ve been through so many phases of my life. I count a favorite as any book I’ve bought, since I’m usually such a library person.

Tween/teen:

• The belgariad
• Harry Potter
• Anything by tamora Pierce (Alana, the circle)
• Enders game
• Name of the wind (still waiting for doors of stone, damn you Patrick)
• Wrinkle in time
• The giver

college:

• Hyperion
• Dune
• Mists of Avalon

Now:

• The housekeeper and the professor
• The house on the cerulean sea
• Stories of your life and others
• Shit Cassandra saw
• The last graduate series
• A Court of Thorns and Roses series (it’s a guilty pleasure and I’m ashamed to post it in the same thread as these classics but I’m addicted right now)