I can see it happening fairly easily with kids' series that are already basically ghost-written (is it ghost writing if they're transparent about "Erin Hunter" being 6 people?)

But my favorite books explore the human experience in a way I don't believe AI can master anytime soon. Maybe that's wishful thinking.

I'll flag a few pages with post-its and maybe a brief note if I really want to remember or find it again, but it's a rare thing - only one or two books a year. Most I plan to forget all but the gist.

The best non-fiction books (for citing later) have an index anyway.

Brings back a memory of waiting outside a pizza place with a "back in 5" sign on the door and seeing a rat fall from the ceiling onto one of the dining chairs. Never ate there.

I won't buy a whole series unless I've read them all and loved them. I've been disappointed too many times.

I have had good experiences ordering from both of these.

I saw so many suggestions here to read the Binti trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor that I was really surprised not to love it. If they hadn't all been in one volume, I probably wouldn't have read past the first novella. They weren't bad, just felt overhyped.

Excluding a self-published book by an acquaintance with 6 5-star ratings, most probably out of guilt...

Highest is The Nature of Remains by Ginger Eager with a 4.74 average. It only has 38 ratings and 14 reviews, but won a legit award. Fantastic book.

Next is I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy with 4.59 average.

Lowest is A Conspiracy of Tall Men by Noah Hawley at 3.07 avg. I didn't rate it and don't remember it but now I'm feeling a little bad for all the 3s I've given to books that were just ok.

The Righteous Mind by Haidt explains our tendency toward groupishness and corollary distaste for difference. I assume it comes down to that.

Do you mean "magical" literally? If no, my first thought was Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.

Adorbs. Time between pics?