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New Year
January 4, 2026

End-of-2025 Open Thread for Readers

JanineOpen Thread / Recommended Readsanticipated / Best of 2025 / Open Thread / year in review29 Comments

Recommended Read

Happy New Year to you all! Do you have great reads from 2025 to talk about? What were your favorites? Which books were weakest or frustrated you most? And which books are you most looking forward to in 2026? As always, chatting about stuff in general is welcome too.

December 7, 2025

Open Thread for Readers for December 2025

JayneOpen ThreadOpen Thread23 Comments

Got a book you want to talk about? Frustrated with a book or series? In love with a new one? Found a buried treasure? An issue that keeps popping up in the books you are reading? Just want to chat about stuff in general? Post about it here!

November 2, 2025

Open Thread for Readers for November 2025

JayneOpen ThreadOpen Thread13 Comments

Got a book you want to talk about? Frustrated with a book or series? In love with a new one? Found a buried treasure? An issue that keeps popping up in the books you are reading? Just want to chat about stuff in general? Post about it here!

October 5, 2025

Open Thread for Readers for October 2025

JayneOpen ThreadOpen Thread36 Comments

Got a book you want to talk about? Frustrated with a book or series? In love with a new one? Found a buried treasure? An issue that keeps popping up in the books you are reading? Just want to chat about stuff in general? Post about it here!

September 7, 2025

Open Thread for Readers for September 2025

JayneOpen ThreadOpen Thread25 Comments

Got a book you want to talk about? Frustrated with a book or series? In love with a new one? Found a buried treasure? An issue that keeps popping up in the books you are reading? Just want to chat about stuff in general? Post about it here!

August 14, 2025

Cliffhangers in the books what purpose do they serve?

SiriusEssaysEssays42 Comments

Dear Readers, I wanted to talk about cliffhangers. According to the site literary devices.com/cliffhanger/ “A cliffhanger is a plot device in which a character or characters are left with a difficult dilemma or a shocking revelation at the end of a chapter or section. Authors use cliffhangers in order to ... more >

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