The Book Recommendations Thread # 1

Heylo everyone!

Welcome to the Book Recommendations thread!

Feel free to recommend any book that you've read.

It could be something you recently finished or something that you read a while ago but that's stayed with you.

Do share

Book Title and Author:

Genre:

Why you liked it & why you're recommending it:

Share quotes from the book if you have any:

Your personal Star rating out of 5 (if you wish to):

Trigger warnings (if any):

Some things to keep in mind:

• You can tag specific people that you think will like and appreciate the book you're recommending.
• Please keep it restricted to one book recommendation per post
• Follow IF CoC and forum rules at all times.
• Keep chatting to the minimum, however you can ask specific Qs about the book that's been recommended if you need more clarity.

Go on and share your Book recs and get everyone hooked on to your favorites!

Book Title and Author: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F-ck - Mark Manson (currently reading)

Genre: Self-help book

Why you liked it & why you're recommending it:

The book is written in a straightforward and impactful manner, and one of the main reasons I have been enjoying reading it is its blatant honesty. Mason's approach is candid and unapologetic. He has incorporated practical insights into life and has relentlessly emphasized acceptance. The book outlines life's imperfections and limitations and how we need to reanalyze the aspects we tend to give more attention to. There's an interesting take on affirmations as well that I found both, hilarious and thought-provoking. Overall, I am enjoying this book, and recommend it to anyone who enjoys questioning life as it is.

Share quotes from the book if you have any:

"You can’t be an important and life-changing presence for some people without also being a joke and an embarrassment to others."

"Who you are is defined by what you’re willing to struggle for."

"We suffer for the simple reason that suffering is biologically useful. It is nature’s preferred agent for inspiring change."

(I will add more after I finish the book)

Your personal Star rating out of 5 (if you wish to): So far it is a good 4.5/5.

Trigger warnings (if any): You may get put off by the extensive use of the "F" word, but once you get past it, the book is pretty good for self-reflection.

Book Title and Author: Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young

Genre: M/F Contemporary Romance

Why you liked it & why you're recommending it: I'd read this a while ago but I remember really enjoying it. Wonderful disability rep! Win is short limbed and Bo is a cancer survivor. I usually dislike the pregnancy trope but this one is so well-written and Bo is such a wonderfully supportive MMC plus an all-round wonderful human. And so is Win. You can't help but root for them to be together and that is what I look for in a Romance.

Star Rating: I think I'd given it a 5. No notes. One of the best books I read last year.

Book Title and Author: The Atlas Six (The Atlas #1) by Olivie Blake

Genre: fantasy (in a dark academia setting)

Why you liked it & why you're recommending it:

I will never get over the fact that it took me four months to read this. I loved this book so much, it’s easily an all-time favourite, but this is a pretty dense fantasy and I didn’t anticipate needing to read this book bit by bit instead of in one sitting. Academia in fantasy is definitely my new favourite, weirdly specific, sub-genre and I can’t tell if I’m excited or nervous to read more of it because I don’t know if I can handle another four-month-long read.

One of my first observations about this book was literally that it was written in a textbook font made for ants. On a more serious note, the way that science and magic were combined in this world is so interesting. We’ll be discussing scientific or philosophical concepts and then every 50 pages or so - mermaids. It’s so deeply unserious and yet the writing is just so fantastic, Olivie Blake deserves a lot more praise for her work.

How would I describe this book? An unhinged, traumatized and horny-as-shit found family/cult does science magic and tries to justify murder. (we should have a letterboxd for books where I can just post that and go)

Share quotes from the book if you have...

“Knowledge is carnage.”

“they were binary stars, trapped in each other’s gravitational field and easily diminished without the other’s opposing force” - pg. 147 (Libby and Nico are the greatest academic rivals-to-lovers who are also twin flames!)

“But he could feel the triumph radiating from her; it was sickening and putrid, rancid and rotting. She was overripe with it, devolving to decay. She was deadness taking root in fertile soil, resurrecting in the abundance of his loss.” - pg. 236 (oh you have no idea what I would give to be able to write like this)

“Yes, Tristan could see things other people could not, but the trouble was that he didn’t believe his own eyes when he saw them. The child told routinely of his worthlessness was now a man bereft of fantasy, lacking the inventiveness to give him a broader scope. Ironically, it was his own nature that crippled him most.” - pg. 250

“Trust, once dead, cannot be resurrected.” - pg. 270

“You need me to hurt you so that you can finally learn the difference between torture and love.” - pg. 307 (that entire scene was just so f*cked up)

“You’re a fire hazard, Rhodes. So stop apologizing for the damage and just let the f*cker burn.” - pg. 315

“because he was perpetually safe and she was eternally not” - pg. 354 (the most heartbreaking line from the book, and there were a lot of those)

Your personal Star rating out of 5 (if you wish to): 5.25

Trigger warnings (if any): I personally can't think of any, but definitely search them up to be on the safe side!

Book Title and Author: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Genre: Young Adult / Contemporary Fiction

Why you liked it & why you're recommending it:
I loved The Fault in Our Stars for its raw, honest portrayal of love and life in the face of illness. John Green’s writing is both heartbreaking and beautiful, capturing the essence of teenage emotions and the struggles of living with cancer. The characters, Hazel and Augustus, are so relatable and their journey is profoundly moving. I recommend it to anyone looking for a heartfelt story that explores love, loss, and the importance of living fully.

Share quotes from the book if you have:

“I’m in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable.”

“The world is not a wish-granting factory.”

Your personal Star rating out of 5 (if you wish to):
5/5

Trigger warnings (if any):
Themes of illness, death, and grief.