My Book Blog

german 23 y/o who reads too much

[samlickereightyone]

being 13 was crazy cuz it's like no one is coming to save you. there's only one option and it's to read about band guys having gay sex

[sprotteslaettberg]

Warum kann ich auf der Thalia Website Bücher nach Tropes sortieren warum gibt es hier "Enemies to Lovers" und "Fake Dating" als Filter Bruder ich will nen Fitzek Thriller lesen für ne Destiel Fake Dating AU geh ich auf AO3 oder gleich in meine eigenen Entwürfe aber doch nicht zu THALIA

[littlewhitemouseagain]

Thinking about the homeschooling family who frequent my library and who pulled their teen son out of public school because they wouldn't accommodate his learning disabilities. For context I am in the American South, that mythical land where the education system is so bad that it's not anyone's personal fault that they never learn anything, because they're so helpless and stupid.

Anyway, they were doing basic math and reading and writing at home and had their standard curricula for that, but their project for a year and the reason I saw them every week for a year is that he was learning about 1 country each week. They would get three books, one about the country's history, one about her food, one about language (if possible) or travel (if not). They would read select chapters from all three (he rarely cover-to-covered them, especially if I didn't have books meant for young readers about a particular country, as our collection for such matters is often 'not great buddy') and make up a worksheet of basic facts and history at the end of the week, when the family would also cook something form the cookbook together to eat for dinner.

South of the USA. Public library with books that were not ideal. He didn't even read the whole book if it was too big. They didn't even go looking for the books themselves, they went to a local building with free services, asked a worker there to find them the books, and went home.

You can learn about the world around you! It can be fun and delicious! Your local librarian will not say a word if you want easy books and no one will ever know if you don't read the whole thing! If you have been waiting for a parent or teacher or pastor to tell you what to learn, REBEL! GO LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND YOU ON YOUR OWN!

[incognitopolls]

Do you own multiple copies of the same book? What's the largest number of copies you have of any one book?

I don't own any books

I only own 1 copy of all the books I own

I own 2 copies of a book

I own 3–4 copies of a book

I own 5–7 copies of a book

I own 8–10 copies of a book

I own 11+ copies of a book

I'm not sure/it's complicated

Voting ended onAug 27, 2025

Count reprints, later editions of the same book, etc. If you have a copy that includes multiple books in one volume, you can count that, but do not count sequels/etc on their own. You can count ebooks and audiobooks if you possess the files in a permanent way (borrowed and streamed don't count).

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We ask your questions anonymously so you don’t have to! Submissions are open on the 1st and 15th of the month.

[asumireads]

I have like four books doubled. One by mistake, one deliberately cause I trashed it while reading and then theres two I have in german and enlgish

[macgyvermedical]

Took me until about halfway through college before I realized “study” means “play with the material in a variety of ways until you understand it” and not just “read the assigned chapters and do the homework” and I think that probably should have been discussed at some point prior to that.

[p0ll]

Will you reblog this and say in the tags what book you're currently reading, or which book you most recently read?

Yes

No

Not reading anything currently & don't remember the last book I read

Voting ended onAug 20, 2025

[goneahead]

Just finished Persian Fire by Holland

[denmark-street]

[irishironclad]

3rd person is the most common perspective style…

[ach-sss-no]

I want to trap the can't-read-3rd-person poster in the same room as one of those people who hates 1st person so much they want to wipe it from the universe (usually through not being widely read and only encountering 1st person ever in a particularly annoying type of YA fiction). then we'd see who wins, and if they manage to overcome their differences and fall in love. i think i could make a whole anime out of that

[misplacedlizard]

The encounter between them should be narrated in second-person. To annoy both of them.

[estel-and-agape]

You think that’s a wonderful idea.

[yeahokayillreblogthat]

Yeah okay, I'll reblog that!

[mortimermcmirestinks]

you mean yeah okay you'll reblog that

[roughentumble]

my friend just told me that there's a secret second dashboard that solely contains posts from people you've turned on post notifications for, and when i click the link in the messages it opens it within the tumblr app, so the tumblr app also has a secret second dashboard for post notification blogs, and the only way to access it is to open the link for it within the app.

i literally love tumblr

[nightpool]

i have a private pinned post that just has a link to this dashboard on it, it's great. two dashboards for life

[cyle]

wow! i was really hoping someone would organically reverse-engineer this and find that dash.

here are a few other "secret" dashboards:

Posts from your "crushes"

"What you missed" (will be empty if you already visit Tumblr every day)

"Trending"

these are all just taking existing feeds of content and putting them in a dashboard-like format... the "Stuff for you" tab/feed is the same idea.

[ruimtetijd]

[blurrymango]

I swear if the link in the original post is a virus I'll be so upset.

[ruimtetijd]

nope! i hovered over the link and this popped up on the bottom of the browser. here's all the links in order:

https://www.tumblr.com/timeline/blog_subscriptions

https://www.tumblr.com/timeline/crushes

https://www.tumblr.com/timeline/what_you_missed

https://www.tumblr.com/timeline/trending

https://www.tumblr.com/timeline/for_you

[lichtecht]

ich mag den begriff "wortschatz". das ist mein berg an wörtern und ich sitz da drauf wie so ein drache

[wonderstruck]

If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

[unscharf-an-den-raendern]

[cappuccino-milchstrasse]

Genial Daneben: Eternal mood

[wyldstallyn]

this post is for broccoli fans ONLY 🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦 broccoli i love you

[haveyoureadthispoll]

Have you read these popular science fiction books? Which one?

Dune by Frank Herbert

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Martian by Andy Weir

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury

The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

Hyperion by Dan Simmons

More Than One

None Of These

Voting ended onMay 10, 2024

[thememedaddy]

[myfairkatiecat]

This is the opposite of gossiping about someone in a language they don’t understand. This post insults only the people who can read it and I LOVE that.

[tiktoks-we-like]

[certifiedlibraryposts]

Certified Library Post

[littlewhispersmokesigns]

Paperbacks should be $1 and hardcovers should be $2