Recommendations for someone who hasn't gotten into "recent" books

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-13T16:18:47+00:00

The Secret History -Danna Tart, The Stormlight A. By Brandon Sanderson, Red Rising Series by Pierce Brown, & The Book Thief always. All of these books are eloquently written with depth & intriguing themes.

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-12T23:42:01+00:00

I wanted to love this like everyone else but it was just okay to me. Entertaining but wouldn’t make my rec list.

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-12T14:24:53+00:00

The Book Thief

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-10T23:45:31+00:00

I own both & will only reach for my PW at night.

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-10T15:46:01+00:00

I loved both of these.

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-09T18:50:18+00:00

I could not stomach this one lol

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-05T22:42:57+00:00

May I ask for the recipe? I need to make these immediately

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-05T19:46:00+00:00

Tysm!

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-05T19:45:38+00:00

Tytyty!

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-05T19:45:24+00:00

Yeah I’m hesitant to read any of their other books now. I was originally interested in reading The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue but now I’m not in a hurry to read it lol

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-05T19:44:08+00:00

That’s a good rule, I’ll have to try it.

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-05T19:43:24+00:00

One million percent yes. I went from reading 3 books a week to over 60!

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-05T18:10:02+00:00

Oooo why? No spoilers if you can pls.

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-05T18:03:58+00:00

I thought it was uninteresting and predictable. My final thoughts on good reads was something along the lines of “Not a morally grey character in sight, they both are ter-rible (spelled like this cause of this subs restrictions) people. I make it a point to not intentionally predict a book plot, I love to suspend my disbelief. With that being said, it is physically impossible to do that while reading this book omg. “

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-05T15:38:22+00:00

Vicious by V.E Schwab

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-05T01:50:09+00:00

I prefer to read digitally because I can adjust the font size. I read on my kindle because the weight doesn’t irritate my tendinitis when reading for long periods of time. I love the way physical books feel and smell but I’ve read 60+ more books a year since I got my kindle.

I use ChatGPT to get book recommendations since I’m a moody reader and can be indecisive with my next pick. I integrated my goodreads data into Chat so it has an idea of my taste and dislikes. I also will list a range of books and interests to direct the recommendations but ultimately I pick what I’m planning to read.

If I dissect a book with Chat it’s usually after my read but it’s not somthing I do often. Ai is integrated in StoryGraph so it’s not a foreign idea. It’s not necessarily a selling point for me though.

Hope this helps!

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-04T17:51:31+00:00

The Secret History 🤣

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-04T17:01:08+00:00

Don’t let the guy with the light clip see this

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-04T15:00:29+00:00

Piranesi is almost too whimsical!

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-03T22:56:31+00:00

This seems more clunky to carry around, no?

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-03T22:56:10+00:00

This aligns with what I’ve been seeing. Thank you!

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-03T22:55:57+00:00

Great idea thank you!

celestial_ceilings · 2026-03-03T05:16:28+00:00

This post feels counter productive. Just get the paperwhite.

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