The plot thickened.

Has a Twist in the end.

So I head down to the library to see if they had a copy for my 10 year old daughter. The librarian said that my description rang a bell but she wasn’t sure if it was there or not

OK guys, got way bigger of a response than I typically did a long time ago. Unexpected and keep posting. I am closing the giveaway at this time so I can get to bed. Feel free to leave comments and possibly still get tipped. I just can't stay awake any longer LoL It's been a long week.

We'll Do another one soon,

Regards,

Cow_Bell

P.S. Edit: Thank you all for commenting! You've really shown how much the Dogecoin community has grown over the years and how big of a force it is to be reckoned with. I've had tip threads that would only garner 10's to a hundred people in the past. This outpouring of comments shows just what's happening. Sorry to anyone that didn't receive a tip beyond last night. I was CTRL+V mashing for about 1.5 hours last night. It about makes you delirious looking at usernames after a while, trying to remember if they've already left a top-level comment. It's crazy, I've not even had time to read through all the comments yet, especially with a busy holiday weekend and all. Needless to say, 99% of the energy in this thread was positive. Even the people that didn't get tipped. Thank you all for joining and keep an eye out for another tip thread. I wish you all a happy holiday season and new year!!!

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As title says. I am sick to death of the use of rape within novels simply as a plot device. In my opinion it is probably one of the most heinous acts that any person could commit yet there's a really disturbing trend of it just being thrown in to show how dark or mature a novel is. It's actually becoming cliche, which is something I shouldn't say but it's true.

The Outlander series is one of the worst examples of this.

This is not to say it can't be used ever but it is really getting overused by female and male writers alike. It makes me roll my eyes at how childish and immature these writers are, because 9/10 they're thinking that, "wow this is shocking" rather than actually considering the act itself in a respectful manner to real life victims.

Just had to get this off my chest. Is anybody noticing this trend and sick of it?

EDIT:

Thanks for rewards but assuming they're like Gold/Silver awards and you have to pay for them, you'd be better off supporting a sexual assault charity instead in your local area or country. Searching off Google here's one in my home country of the UK and one in the United States:

UK

https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/get-involved/donate/

USA:

https://www.rainn.org/

Never. My school and my father absolutely drilled the dog ear method out of me at a young age. I could invest in a bookmark or something to use as one, but it never occurs and I never really see the point. When I am done reading I will simply put the book down. Sometimes I will glance at the page number, sometimes not.

When I pick a book back up I simply skim until I reach a sentence I recognize as one of the last things I read, and pick up there. This does have drawbacks. I try to read every day but don't always succeed. Many times have I read for an hour on Tuesday, then Thursday I re read two chapters by accident, thinking I'm where I left off until I reach a section I know for sure I have seen before, often the start of a new chapter I've already read. I have ADHD so it's very easy to get so invested in what's happening I forget I've already read it.

The caveat to this is I do try and stop on chapters when I can, so it's easier to know where to pick up, but usually I just put it down and let the Gods decide.

Edit: to address everyone telling me I don't need to invest in a bookmark and can use anything else, I'm totally aware, in fact, I even said in the second half of that literal same sentence such a thing never occurs and I don't see the point. It's not really a problem to fix for me, to me thats just extra free entertainment out of the book! I know you guys all have at least one movie you'd like to see again for the first time! I'm actually out here living that dream why would I wanna change that??🤷‍♂️🤣

Edit: spelling

Edit: Thank you guys for so many suggestions!

I’m talking like all-consuming binge, ignore your family, friends, responsibilities and sleep, lasting for as long as it takes for you finish or continues far beyond (doesn’t have to be as exaggerated or extreme as this really). Also can be sci-fi as well.

Something bad is about to happen. I can feel it.

Any book that satisfies the following conditions:
- a seriously why has nobody even heard of this kind of book
- you'd die before you finished raving about how mind-blowing the book is

Bonus points for POC authors, translated works, LGBTQIA+, etc.

I have a solid friendship group of 5 including me (16-17f's), with this instance mainly including two others in the group - Jen and Sam. Jen is hard of hearing. She has a cochlear implant but knows how to lip read and ASL. I am the only one in our group who knows ASL at a high level.

Sam has been writing a Fantasy book and recently finished her first draft. We all like reading so we were super excited when she said we could read some of it. She also said that because we were her best friends and had been super supportive during this, she made us all characters in her novel. When I began reading the novel, I could tell which characters we were each inspired by, except Jen. I was confused because I read everything she gave us, and none of the characters were hard of hearing.

The next night, Jen texts me asking if I'd read what Sam had sent us. I said I did and brought up what I'd noticed and asked if she had too. She had and was upset about it, but wasn't sure if she had misunderstood it or was being too dramatic. I told her she wasn't and that it made me upset as well. I asked if she was going to say anything or try and clarify, but Jen hates confrontation and said maybe she got it wrong. I asked if I could casually ask about it the next time we got together, and she said that would make her feel better.

We got together and when Sam asked what we all thought about it, I asked which characters matched with each of us. Sam listed them and confirmed that the character we thought was inspired by Jen was correct. I asked why she wasn't hard of hearing as the other character inspirations were pretty similar to how each of us were, and Sam said that it was a small detail that she changed but it didn't go with her story and was still similar to Jen. I asked how being hard of hearing or having a cochlear implant didn't work in her story, and she said the technology didn't exist in her world and that she didn't know how to write deaf people. I told her that she made up the world and could've added it and that she could've asked Jen, but that claiming that you inspired a character after someone while taking away a major part of who they were is wrong. Sam and the other girls asked why I cared so much and asked Jen if she was upset, but Jen just told everyone to drop it and we changed the conversation.

That night though, Sam sent me a lengthy message saying she was disappointed with me for making it all about me and making Jen uncomfortable and upset, and a

Background

In early 2014, author Kathleen Hale published "No One Else Can Have You", a young adult murder mystery described as a combination of Pretty Little Liars and Fargo. It received positive reviews from critics, and while not exactly taking the book world by storm, was decently successful. (As a side note, it was published by Full Fathom Five, the sketchy publishing company discussed in this post.)

The Drama

However, not everyone online liked the book. Some Goodreads reviewers criticized it for its dark content, specifically two scenes. The plot involves a teenager trying to solve her friend's murder with the help of the dead friend's brother. One scene features them sneaking into a therapy support group by pretending that he is her physically abusive boyfriend, which is played for laughs. Later, the protagonist is institutionalized against her will, and her new roommate is a woman who believes herself to be a middle-aged police officer, which is again used as comedy. There were other aspects of the book Goodreads reviewers mentioned, but it's a bit hard to find specific information when most of the reviews online are just about the stalking (don't worry, I'll get to that).

Now, having not read the book, I can't comment on whether the "problematic" aspects are really that bad, but Hale strongly disagreed with these reviews. Specifically, she disagreed with one particular review (which has since been deleted for reasons that will become obvious) by a woman named Blythe Harris. Hale went to a website (which has since been deleted for reasons that should be really obvious) called stopthegrbullies.com, which had a habit of doxxing Goodreads reviewers the creator's didn't like. There, she found some more information about Harris.

Hale became convinced that Harris's review, specifically, was hurting sales of her book. She began looking through Harris's social media and other book reviews in an attempt to find out more about her. Eventually, Hale drunkenly replied to one of Harris's Tweets; the Tweet is now deleted, but was apparently a passive-aggressive comment about the quality of Harris's own in-progress manuscript.

After the inevitable accusations of stalking, Hale

This is a repost. The original post by u/ThrowRAPurplePeach is here and the update is here

SPOLIER for mood: >!disappointing and inconclusive!<

My husband (37M) and I (35F) got married about two years ago, shortly before the pandemic hit. We've both had a very rough time during those couple years, due to losing multiple family members to Covid and both having jobs that got more stressful/demanding. Despite all these stresses, we have managed to maintain a really high quality sex life (about 4-5 times a week or sometimes more, with sex that is fun, creative and highly satisfying to both of us). Our marriage has also otherwise been great with excellent communication, lots of non-sexual affection, and support for each other through the stresses. At least until about a week ago.

My husband and I both like to read quite a bit. However, we tend to read during our commutes or lunch breaks and not so much at home, so that we can spend more interactive quality time together when we both have free time. We don't usually spend a lot of time discussing what we are reading - I know he likes books about history and spy novels, but at any given time I probably couldn't tell you what he is reading (we both read on Kindle and have separate accounts from before we were married) unless there is an especially interesting book he brings up.

I will admit I like to read romances that have an erotic component...at least within certain parameters. I don't read any books that glorify adultery or other cheating and most of what I read involves hot monogamy and committed relationships. That being said, there are a lot of explicit scenes. I will also admit that I do use the books to keep my personal "spark" alive and bring that back to my husband. I don't fantasize about being with other men, but often do get ideas for positions, role-play scenarios, lingerie I could wear, etc. With all the family deaths and work/pandemic stress, it would have been really easy to let my libido get smothered but the books have helped remind me to prioritize intimacy with my husband and have provided some ideas for how to do that, when I ha

Does anyone else feel this way?

I am writing a YA with a lesbian protagonist. I'm a lesbian too, but I resent the pressure to be super-forward about this everywhere--in querying, on Twitter, in marketing--in order for the book to be seen as genuine.

I know that "OwnVoices" has fallen out of favor, but nothing has really changed. Agents say they don't require a book to be OV and won't ask you to disclose... but then say they prefer if a story about LGBT characters has a "genuine" perspective, and that they don't want straight people writing LGBT characters. Publishers are still forcing writers out of the closet. Saying "I won't ask you to disclose, but I don't want straight people writing LGBT characters" is still demanding a disclosure. Nothing has changed but the word "OwnVoices".

I'm technically "out" anyway, but I resent the pressure to broadcast this everywhere. Who cares?

Honestly? I don't care if straight people write LGBT characters. And agents and publishers shouldn't either, if they want to make publishing safe for LGBT folks who can't come out of the closet.

Link to the ig post and a screenshot

Thought this was pretty exciting reveal to get just before Christmas! Miller is definitely one of my recent favourites, both Song and Circe being absolutely beautiful, touching stories which really scratch that mythology itch.

We can presume this will be the story of Persephone's kidnapping and subsequent events from her perspective. What kind of events or slant do you predict will feature in the book?

I'm not the biggest Stephen King fan, but I have read quite a few of his books. So I've had time to notice that quite a few of his most overlooked books are actually quite good, and may be as good as his most popular ones.

What do you think that Stephen King's most underrated book is?

Edit: Thanks for so many responses! I gotta lot to read lol

I was just thinking tonight about all the crazy, shitty Christian novels I read over the years and I’d love to hear what train wrecks y’all have encountered. Bonus points for including a brief synopsis.

I'm curious to see what people will propose as their favourites, as I know a lot of people have a favourite trilogy or series but what about stand-alone novels? They don't seem to get as much love it seems as series books.

Oh and those standalones that are part of a larger universe count as stand-alones, so feel free to post them.

Just wanted to add that my favourite stand-alone fantasy novel is the Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle, and that it is one of the most superb reading experiences imaginable.

This one has a lot of classical Stephen King elements but it may be an adaptation that only his true fanatics are going to enjoy. Are you a true fanatic? I'd like to hear what you like most about this film.

For me it follows the classic "Derry 4" model for which he's so well known: a small group of friends (from/in Derry) who take on some dark force, while at the same time adopting someone with challenges of their own, in this case a kid named Duddits, with a high level of developmental disability but - surprise, surprise he also possesses supernatural powers, which he gifts to the group of friends when they are kids. Is there more to meets the eye with Duddits? For the answer to that, you'll have to watch at least to the midpoint of the film. The movie tracks the kids over time, and for most of the movie, follows them on a hunting trip in the wilderness, as adults.

Perhaps another factor that will influence your desire to see this film would be the actors. Thomas Jane in particular does a great job allowing that teenage persona to continue shining even as the story begins to examine adulthood.

Stephen King elements I think the movie has:

• weird idiomatic expressions, eg.:"Jesus-Christ-bananas, some fuckarow this is turning into."
• Friends who protect each other/Friends who protect the disadvantaged.
• cute dogs/cats that play a role
• characters with singular hobbies, characteristics such as poetry/theater guy, etc.
• Someone has an alcohol problem (Beavers)
• Someone has special abilities/intuition
• Has bullies

Anyways, for those who enjoyed it, what got you? And for those who didn't, why not?

So I headed down to the library to see if they had a copy. The librarian said that my description rang a bell but she wasn’t sure if it was there or not.

I recently heard about this young adult novel in which Schrodinger's cat and Pavlov's dog team up for a cross county adventure... So I headed on down to the library to see if they had a copy for my 10 year old daughter. The librarian said that my description rang a bell but she wasn't sure if it was there or not.