Saturday, January 24, 2026

January: WHAT ON EARTH (or not) ARE WE READING?

 I asked Audible for recommendations for books to add to my library, and it provided the following options: 


Look closely at the bottom one, can you see it? Let me read the title out loud to you:

THE COMMANDER'S CAPTIVE (AN ALIEN BREEDER ROMANCE)

A billion times NO, Audible. GOOD GRAVY.

I am not at all sure where the algorithm went awry. I do not read romance novels, for Reasons; I do not read books that involve slavery/capture/against-one's-will themes (consent, freely given, is the only option); and I most definitely do not read novels that include breeder themes (three pregnancies and difficult deliveries were plenty and I have no desire to romanticize them or re-live the idea, thank you very much). I don't read smut, again, for Reasons. In fact, I'll actively avoid books that include any of these themes. 

Gah. I feel like I need to go wash. I'll go back to my very dry, cerebral, and non-physical Sherlock Holmes audiobook now. 

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