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Loved The Hot Zone! Nonfiction that reads like a thriller.

This book also didn’t scare me in a traditional way but is definitely one of the most unsettling things I’ve read.

My go-to author when I want something quick, easy to read, that’s not going to be too taxing is Stephen King. He’s so prolific that I think I’ll always have something new of his to read, and I like revisiting some of his works. Not sure how “pulpy” he is though.

I also enjoy Michael Crichton (like you mentioned), Blake Crouch, and Andy Weir for that same kind of thing.

I never read this one as a kid, but finally read it last year. Pretty enjoyable- it felt plausible enough that you could believe he was surviving out there.

For nonfiction, a good source is checking the bibliography or works cited section of the book. Sometimes there will even be a suggested reading section back there, too.

I read the His Dark Materials trilogy for the first time when I was an adult and really enjoyed it. Lots of interesting ideas and the characters have stuck with me! Pullman has also released two out of the three books of a sequel-ish trilogy and when that series is complete I plan to read that one as well!

For me, the main purpose of having books I haven’t read is that I (almost) always have something available when I want to read a new book, no matter what kind of book I’m in the mood for!

And also book shopping and collecting is fun and is a totally separate hobby than reading, ha ha!

Same here. I would love to check out the app when it releases for iOS though.

• Fiction: 348
• Nonfiction: 297

For a total of 645.

Yes! I used ILL all the time in college.

How cool, I’ve never seen one flowering before!

The Soul of an Octopus is on my list!

Some other things that my library has that your library might have as well:

• Story times for kids
• Book clubs
• Craft activities for kids, teens, and adults
• Anime club for teens
• Computer and internet access
• Computer/tech literacy classes
• Resume and job help/resources
• Genealogy resources
• Equipment to digitize analog media (scanners for photos and slides, etc.)
• Traveling exhibits (ours alternates between being for kids and adults. Right now it’s an interactive STEAM exhibit for kids, before this it was the history of the guitar.)
• Bookmobile!

Love my library!

I’ve done NaNoWriMo a few times in the past and it was so much fun! Do the camps work the same way just with a smaller word count goal?

Some of us (it’s me) had never even heard of federated sites before. Fediverse, Mastodon, Lemmy, Beehaw, what are those? I’ve been having to do some research, ha ha!

I try to pick up something that will be a quick, easy read that won’t take much brainpower or reread something I really enjoyed.

So far Beehaw seems like a chill place to chat, I’m interested to see how things go in the next few weeks!

Thanks! I figured that was it but didn’t want to start pressing buttons on a platform I’m not familiar with!

This might be a good place to ask, so how do we report something that needs a mod to look at it? Is it the little flag inside the three dots menu?