so it goes

Hi there! I'm Lizzie, 32, ace, a teacher, reader, fan and equestrian. What you'll find here: book photography, weekly bookish questions and other book-related posts. [This is a sideblog, I follow from inexplicablyfandom-ish]

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Frog.

[ironedorchid]

Kelly Link, 21st April 2026

[lizziethereader]

Weekly Bookish Question #493 (May 24th - May 30th, 2026)

When does a book have too many characters?

[themelodyofspring]

When it makes me take out a pen and paper and start making a character list.

[lizziethereader]

whoa :D I love picture answers, that's awesome (even though it means that there were too many characters in this book, haha)

[lizziethereader]

Weekly Bookish Question #493 (May 24th - May 30th, 2026)

When does a book have too many characters?

[aliteraryprincess]

When even the author can't remember the details about all their characters (looking at you, George R. R. Martin).

[lizziethereader]

yup, that sounds reasonable!

[lizziethereader]

Weekly Bookish Question #494 (May 31st - June 6th, 2026)

If you could have a special edition of one of your favorite books made, what would definitely have to be part of its design?

[sailforvalinor]

The question hidden within enemies-to-lovers is “who will love me at my worst?”, the question hidden within friends-to-lovers is “who will love me at my most mundane?”, hope this helps

[lizziethereader]

Weekly Bookish Question #493 (May 24th - May 30th, 2026)

When does a book have too many characters?

[lizziethereader]

Weekly Bookish Question #492 (May 17th - May 23rd, 2026)

Do you think you’d have any withdrawal symptoms if you suddenly had to stop reading books? What might they be?

[the-forest-library]

I read before bed every night. It helps calm my brain. My sleep would be majorly impacted if I had to stop.

[lizziethereader]

oof, that's a tough one! nobody wants their sleep impacted (negatively)!

[lizziethereader]

Weekly Bookish Question #492 (May 17th - May 23rd, 2026)

Do you think you’d have any withdrawal symptoms if you suddenly had to stop reading books? What might they be?

[duckprintspress]

I suspect I'd be jittery and bored, since when brain goes "crap I have nothing to do, how should I spend the next (x amount of time)" the answer is: read a book.

[lizziethereader]

tricky! but at some point you'd probably find a different activity to replace reading with...

[lizziethereader]

I last read...

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

what I wanted: to check this out because a student recommended it to me

what I got: an intriguing start but some annoyances as the book went on

what I thought: That certainly was a wild ride. What I liked about this book is that it sometimes surprised me by not going where I thought it would go. At the same time, I was sometimes quite frustrated with the main character  (to be fair - she is quite young, but still) and the writing style (if it draws negative attention to itself, that's never a good sign). Overall, I'm feeling too conflicted about it to pick up the next book in the series and I rate this 3 out of 5 daggers carefully hidden on the main character's body.

[lizziethereader]

Weekly Bookish Question #492 (May 17th - May 23rd, 2026)

Do you think you’d have any withdrawal symptoms if you suddenly had to stop reading books? What might they be?

[writingfanficsfan]

Being pissed off 24/7.

[lizziethereader]

that would really suck! (for both you and the people around you)

[lizziethereader]

Weekly Bookish Question #491 (May 10th - May 16th, 2026)

What is your most common reason for DNF-ing a book?

the writing style

the characters

the plot / content

a combination of factors

just not vibing with it, without a specific reason

something about the layout

other

see results

Voting ended onMay 17

[missimbalance]

Voting "other" though it could also count as a character issue: when it's clear right from the start that we're dealing with an unreliable narrator here in a way that feels overdone.

Option one: everything is too whimsical, making it impossible for me to build any clear picture of what is happening and why.

Option two: too many scenes within the first few chapters already make me stop, mutter "wait, what?", reread the sentence thrice, still not really sure if it's meant to tell me the narrator holds some really weird views or that there are two different versions of the main character: the one on paper and the one in the author's mind. I need to establish at least a little bit of trust between myself and the narrator first, or there's a high chance we'll go our separate ways sooner or later.

And that comes from someone who enjoys most of magical realism.

[lizziethereader]

both of those options sounds really annoying and like they'd make reading much too tedious for it to be really enjoyable...

[lizziethereader]

Weekly Bookish Question #490 (May 3rd - May 9th, 2026)

If your current read was a weather phenomenon, what would it be?

[booksandrandomfandoms]

Probably like a slow drizzly rain … I’ve been reading over a week and just barely hit 200 pages 😅

Like it should be an exciting, action-y, fantasy but it’s just not working for me 😂

[lizziethereader]

haha oh nooo

[lizziethereader]

Weekly Bookish Question #490 (May 3rd - May 9th, 2026)

If your current read was a weather phenomenon, what would it be?

[readingaway]

I've got an easy one here. Shatterglass would be an electric storm.

[lizziethereader]

sounds like an exciting read!

[lizziethereader]

Weekly Bookish Question #492 (May 17th - May 23rd, 2026)

Do you think you’d have any withdrawal symptoms if you suddenly had to stop reading books? What might they be?

[lizziethereader]

Weekly Bookish Question #490 (May 3rd - May 9th, 2026)

If your current read was a weather phenomenon, what would it be?

[stefito0o]

Oh my, that's actually a perfect timing with what I'm reading. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte Mcconaghy is about an island that risks being lost to rising sea levels. So I'm saying the global warming and sea storms 🌊

[lizziethereader]

works perfectly!

[lizziethereader]

Weekly Bookish Question #490 (May 3rd - May 9th, 2026)

If your current read was a weather phenomenon, what would it be?

[bookcub]

im rereading long live evil which i think is a rain storm with a rainbow at the end

[lizziethereader]

sounds like a good read!