Let’s Talk Bookish: The Rise of Climate Fiction

April 24, 2026 Dini @ dinipandareads2 Comments

✨ Welcome back to another week of LTB! ✨

Apologies in advance, friends, as it’s been a week so I didn’t have time to prepare the pos early, and as I’m feeling unwell and exhausted right now, I’ll be sharing my own answers over the weekend. For now, I’ll be sharing the links to everyone’s posts. As always, thank you so much for participating in LTB this week! 💜

Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme created by Rukky @Eternity Books and co-hosted by Aria @Book Nook Bits and myself! In this discussion meme, participants get to talk about certain topics, share opinions, and spread the love by visiting each other’s posts! Learn more about LTB, past topics and future topics HERE.

This week’s topic is:

The Increasing Popularity of Climate Fiction

Prompts: Climate fiction is an increasingly popular genre, and has grown from being seen as a sci-fi subgenre to a broader category of its own — its own literary prize even being established in 2025. Have you read climate fiction (‘cli-fi’) or books centred around environmental issues? Do stories about the climate or the environment make you feel hopeful, anxious, or something else? Do you think cli-fi can influence how people think about the environment?

Let’s Talk Bookish: Poetry in the Age of Social Media

April 17, 2026April 20, 2026 Dini @ dinipandareads9 Comments

✨ Welcome back to another week of LTB! ✨

This week’s topic is:

Poetry in the Age of Social Media

Prompts: A few years ago, poetry saw a surge of popularity on social media thanks to “Instagram Poetry” or “instapoetry” by authors like Rupi Kaur, Amanda Lovelace, and Atticus. Do you think social media platforms have changed how people discover poetry? Do you think “instapoetry” makes poetry seem more approachable, or do you agree with critics who say that it’s not “real poetry”? Have you read any instapoetry, and if so, what are your favourite authors/poems/collections?

Let’s Talk Bookish: Casting in Adaptations

April 10, 2026April 12, 2026 Dini @ dinipandareads7 Comments

✨ Welcome back to another week of LTB! ✨

This week’s topic is:

Casting in Adaptations

Prompts: Casting in book-to-film adaptations is always a big topic, and recently, the Wuthering Heights movie starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi has been the source of a lot of controversy. Other 2026 high-profile adaptations include Project Hail Mary, out March 20th, and the new Hunger Games movie, set to release in the fall, both for which the casting has been received more positively. What is most important to you with casting for book-to-film adaptations? Is the perfect hair colour, or right height or eyes always a must, or is personality more important? When are book-accurate looks in casting most important? What are your favourite—and least favourite—book-to-film adaptations when it comes to casting?

Let’s Talk Bookish: Novels in Verse

April 3, 2026April 5, 2026 Dini @ dinipandareads24 Comments

✨ Welcome back to another week of LTB! ✨

This week’s topic is:

Novels in Verse

Prompts: Have you read any novels in verse? Do you think novels in verse can be more emotionally powerful compared to regular prose, or do you think novels in verse are more difficult to connect with? What kind of stories do you think work best in verse (i.e. coming-of-age, grief, romance, historical fiction, etc.)? What are your favourite novels in verse?

Let’s Talk Bookish: Right Book, Right Time?

March 27, 2026March 29, 2026 Dini @ dinipandareads10 Comments

✨ Welcome back to another week of LTB! ✨

This week’s topic is:

Right Book, Right Time? Reading for the Season You’re In

Suggested by: Alli @ Alli the Book Giraffe
Prompts: Do you prefer reading about characters who are in a similar life stage as you (age, career, relationships, etc.)? Has your preference changed as you’ve gotten older? Have you ever re-read a book and experienced it completely differently because you were in a different stage of life? Do you think books come into our lives at the ‘right time’ and are there any books you think you’d feel differently about if you were younger or older?

Let’s Talk Bookish: Portrayals of Women in Books

March 20, 2026April 2, 2026 Dini @ dinipandareads8 Comments

✨ Welcome back to another week of LTB! ✨

This week’s topic is:

Portrayals of Women in Books

Prompts: We’ve previously talked about underrepresented women and women in STEM in books, but let’s take a look at portrayals of women in books. Do you think portrayals of women have changed over time? Are ambitious women portrayed differently than ambitious men? Are “unlikable” female characters judged more harshly? Are girls and women written more complexly in books today? Share some of your favourite books featuring complex empowered women being unapologetically themselves!

Let’s Talk Bookish: Yea, Immersive Reading!

March 13, 2026March 13, 2026 Dini @ dinipandareads9 Comments

✨ Welcome back to another week of LTB! ✨

This week’s topic is:

Immersive Reading

Suggested by: Leslie @ Books Are the New Black
Prompts: Immersive reading is when you simultaneously listen to an audiobook while reading the physical or digital book. Do you do any immersive reading? Do you prefer it or is it not for you? Do you think it’s a good way to get everything from a book? Is there a genre that is better to do this with? What are your recommendations for immersive reading?