This week’s question was “What are some overused book tropes”, (suggested by Aria @ Book Nook Bits). As so often happens here at Maison 52, we are putting a spin on this topic, flipping it upside down. I think that I must just successfully avoid books featuring tropes I don’t like, or think are overplayed.… Continue reading LTB—Favorite Tropes

This week’s topic comes to us from Dani, who asks: Are there any characters you feel like you’re seeing over and over again recently? The same love interest in multiple romances? The same protagonist over and over? I’ve seen a lot of complaints about Rhysand-like characters recently so I’d love to hear what characters you’ve… Continue reading LTB: Character Archetypes

This week’s topic comes to us from M.T. Wilson @ Last Book on the Left) who asks— Do you prefer standalones or series? When you read a standalone, do you wish there was more, or are you content that the story has finished? Are series sometimes too long? Do you feel like some genres work… Continue reading Let’s Talk Bookish: Series vs Standalones

It’s a free week, so I dove into the LTB wayback machine for this topic from the before-times, or January 2020. We were all so innocent then. Anyway, this topic comes to us from Aria @ Book Nook Bits who asks: Do you consider listening to audio-books as reading? How do you feel about audio-books?… Continue reading Let’s Talk Bookish—Listening vs Reading

This week’s topic was supposed to be about triggers, and how you react to them, and what you do to avoid them. I am not someone who is easily triggered, so I didn’t think that I would have a lot to bring to the table on this one, so I once again hit the LTB… Continue reading Let’s Talk Bookish—Putting off books that you want to read

So, this week’s topic was supposed to be “Do your animals ever destroy your books?” which is a topic that I can’t contribute much to, since I’ve been exclusively Kindle since before any of my animals were born, and I protected my books in cloth book covers for the entirety of the previous animals’ tenure… Continue reading Let’s Talk Bookish: Content Ratings

This question comes to us from Mahita @ Amateur Teen Writer, who asks: Do you prefer male or female protagonists? When it comes to books, do you prefer male or female protagonists and why? Do you not have a preference? Have you ever not read a book because the protagonist was male/female? Do you think… Continue reading Let’s Talk Bookish: Male or Female protagonists?

This week’s topic comes to us from Mikaela @MIKAELA READS who asks: What is the one book that you recommend to everyone? There are some books that are just required…or at least you personally think they are! Maybe it’s a book that changed your view on everything, or maybe it’s just the BEST vampire book… Continue reading Let’s Talk Bookish—One Must-Read Book

This week’s Let’s Talk Bookish question comes from Dani at Literary Lion who asks: Can Books Be Effective Horror? I don’t really like horror. I have seen fewer than a dozen horror movies in my life and I don’t read horror, really, at all. However, I do read mystery/thrillers and if the icy dread I… Continue reading Let’s Talk Bookish: Horror

The sheer number of memes in this corner of the blog space is staggering. Every time I go to my Reader, someone that I am following is answering a new question, from a new corner of the bookverse. I was not in the market for more things to talk about, but this one spoke to… Continue reading Let’s Talk Bookish: Blog Posting Style