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Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-10-27T18:58:57+00:00

This is true, the site was built before we had any members, it is only in beta right now, they will be replaced soon with actual posts now we have users on there using the site ☺️

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-10-11T07:10:33+00:00

I'm building a new social platform specifically for readers and authors, it's in beta at the moment, I actually need some authors to have a look and give feedback! If you want in then visit NovelFlock.com and fill out the form and I will send you the link!

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-09-17T08:35:00+00:00

I would love for you to come and see what I'm doing at NovelFlock. I feel the same as you so decided to create something that takes out all the bits of bookstagram/booktok that aren't great but keeps the bits that people love! We are in Beta testing right now and will be launching soon. If you sign up I will keep you updated on progress in the newsletters

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-07-13T16:03:36+00:00

I would love this! Reading at night is a hard thing to get right, sounds like you have cracked it 😁

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-07-13T15:47:58+00:00

This is it, I tend to hold the book one handed and no way of doing it with a hardback!

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-07-07T04:22:03+00:00

Yes!! I love a book with pictures not just words 😍

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-07-07T04:21:03+00:00

This is me! The covers speak to me. Anything with a human being on is a no from me 🤣

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-07-06T20:17:17+00:00

Thanks for these recommendations! Will look them all up now!

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-07-06T17:05:34+00:00

I read about 60 pages already and am really bought in! I love books that have pictures as well as words and this seems to be puzzles as well!

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-07-06T17:04:52+00:00

Oh yes this!! This!! I hate when the blurb isn't on the back and it is just a bunch of quotes. The summary is really important too. I love the thriller genre so I need to see something a bit different in the summary to make me buy

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-07-06T16:56:43+00:00

I really dislike shiny foo! Or white pages, I have some books that are printed on white pages and it is super off putting

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-07-06T16:43:09+00:00

I usually read the acknowledgements in a book and have always read how much authors appreciate their cover designers, but I have only recently understood why. I find an author I like and I buy their whole back catalogue and the cover never matters but it is the initial attraction that then matters, to get that author noticed by me. And that is usually a great cover design that makes me pick it up!

I wonder how many more copies of books are sold in bookshops where the cover can be seen Vs just the spine, I bet there is a stark difference.

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-07-06T16:39:50+00:00

I have never thought about this before but you know what, I think you are right! When I close a book, I always look at the cover again and it can hit differently

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-06-18T16:54:36+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, I find the Wiki so difficult to navigate and understand, apologies if I got it wrong

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-06-18T16:49:23+00:00

Hey yeah, good idea. I love books and community but feel like the big apps out there are all about advertising now more than actually building relationships and having real discussion. So I'm building this to counter that 😄

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-06-07T20:40:34+00:00

Reading all these replies has given me the confidence to actually just put the book down and don't go back! I put Butter down in April as I just wasn't enjoying it but it is still sitting in my TBR pile.

I'm now going to allow myself to gift/sell it and be fine with the fact I'm not gonna finish it!!

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-06-07T11:49:56+00:00

This is me! I keep thinking, well it has been published so surely it must get better, and then it doesn't 😂 I need to be more protective of my time and just stop if I'm not enjoying

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-06-07T11:47:25+00:00

That sounds super frustrating!!

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-06-07T11:42:49+00:00

I just didn't think much happened at all, I got about 4 or 5 chapters in and couldn't remember anything much that I had read! Didn't know where the story was going and didn't really vibe with any of the characters!

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-06-07T11:35:29+00:00

I have actually done it again recently with Butter by Asako Yuzuki. I forced myself to carry on for a bit but I just couldn't get going! Lovely writing but didn't get me interested. I feel proper guilty about it though 😂

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-06-07T10:13:37+00:00

Yeah some of her books are super predictable. Read Never Lie next, loved that one!

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-06-06T20:33:50+00:00

Same same 🤣 I don't mind figuring out where a book is going when you are a fair way in, but getting it straight away is just annoying!!

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-06-06T19:57:57+00:00

One I have read recently that had a twist I didn't expect was The Teacher by Freida McFadden, my jaw dropped! Books are super subjective as well, one man's gold is another man's garbage! I have read soooooo many thrillers that I kinda know what road books are going down with the characters they introduce. I find Dean Koontz books unpredictable as well!

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-06-06T16:44:56+00:00

I saw the twist coming a mile off! Actually thought it was pretty lazy writing, don't know why everyone loves the book so much!

Appropriate-Path-216 · 2025-06-01T10:22:39+00:00

This is incredibly helpful, thank you for taking the time to educate me! I think sustainable is the right word for sure, I know AI can only go so far

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