![]() MG: Middle Grade (typically geared toward ages 8-12). Unreliable Narrator: A narrator whose POV is not trustworthy (could be due to lying, misinformation on the part of the MC, mental health or memory issues, etc.). A book is generally said to have “passed” if the book has at least two female characters who talk to each other about something other than men. Info-Dump: When the author gives you lots of background information all at once via narration or dialogue.īechdel Test: Refers to the way that women are represented in a book. Twist: An unexpected event in a book-typically one that changes the direction of the plot or characters dramatically. Manic Pixie Dream Girl: A type of female character depicted as vivacious and appealingly quirky, whose main purpose within the narrative is to inspire a greater appreciation for life in a male protagonist. Mary Sue: A character who is too perfect and/or too good (which, strangely, originated from a Star Trek parody story). POC/BIPOC: People of color/Black, Indigenous, and people of colorĭaphne: A female character who has to be rescued all the time (in reference to Daphne from Scooby Doo) ![]() POV: Point of view (the perspective that the book is told from). MC: Main character (book is told from their POV). (When the book ends in the middle of a dramatic moment and you have to wait till the next book to find out what happens.) Character/Plot Terms: TSTL: (Too stupid to live) A hero or heroine who keeps making really bad decisions, almost gets killed, and doesn’t learn from their mistakes.Ĭliffie: A cliffhanger. Spoiler: Anything in your review/discussion that reveals important details from a book. (A book you started to read but couldn’t get through.)īinge-Read: Reading all (or many) of the books in a series in a row. Often refers to the shelf on GoodreadsĭNF: Did not finish. The books that you plan to read, sometimes imminently (or sometimes just all of the random books you’ve ever wanted to read). In contrast, many bloggers have reading schedules (either based on ARCs to review or challenges). Mood Reader/Free-Range Reader: Someone who typically picks up a book based on their current mood or just picks up whatever they feel like in the moment. ![]() Or sometimes just a slump where you read a string of underwhelming books or post a bunch of unimaginative posts. Reading Slump/Blogging Slump: Feeling uninspired to read and/or blog. Often this leads to the reader not being able to jump right into another book and sometimes leads to a … It’s high praise to say that a book gave you all the feels!īook Hangover: When a book leaves you emotionally drained. The Feels: This means that you were overwhelmed with emotion when reading the book often meaning that lots of different emotions were involved. OMYM/OWYM: Older man, younger woman/Older woman, younger man Other Reading Emotion Terms: Sometimes slash can just refer to the imagined pairing of two same-sex characters (not necessarily within fan fiction). ![]() Slash Fiction: A type of fan fiction where two same-sex characters are paired together (often guys). Love Triangle: When the main character can’t decide between two romantic partners-most frustrating when this is drawn out for multiple books in a series. Insta-love/Insta-lust: The phenomenon that happens all too often in books when the couple meets and instantly falls in love (or, sometimes, lust). Ship: If you ship a couple, it means that you want them to get together (comes from the word “relationship”).īook Boyfriend/Girlfriend: The fictional boy (or girl) you only wish could be your real-life love. You do not want this couple together!īROTP/Bromance: A friendship (between guys) that you adore! NOTP: (Pronounced No-TP) Basically the opposite of an OTP. OTP: One True Pairing (that couple that you will root for till the end of time) I thought it might be fun to try to gather together as many of these as I could and explain them … for those of us just starting out or anyone who’s not sure what some of these mean! Bookish Relationship Terms: Heck, even nowadays I still run across terms I’m not sure about. When I first started out as a blogger, I often stared in puzzlement at words or acronyms that meant nothing to me. It occurred to me that there are LOTS of book blogging terms that aren’t particularly obvious. Last week I posted about OTPs and several people said that they didn’t know the acronym.
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