To the hateful anons out there:

The next time you write something hateful to someone, think about this: what did they ever do to you? How have they altered your existence in such a way that you feel compelled to send them hate messages? What do you have to gain by making someone doubt themselves? What sort of perverse satisfaction do you get by belittling them, by making them feel worthless, sad, awful, useless? To make yourself feel bigger and better? If this is what you have to resort to, in order to feel that way, you are a pathetic excuse for a human being. YOU are the worthless one. The sad and awful. Not them. No the people who have hurt no one, who just expressed themselves in a way that did not harm anyone. 

So do yourself a favor and seek help. Because something is not right with you, if you find satisfaction in other people’s sadness and misery. And if you still have the urge to “express” yourself this way, at least have the balls and don’t press that anon box.

Things people should take out of this whole situation - Don’t be rude/jerks to the book community. We’re a small little community, but we’re very protective of our own. Probably because we’re mostly made up of Hufflepuff/Ravenclaws. 

Wow. Just wow, this is enough for me to unfollow a book blog, because they obviously have wildly varying (bad imho) taste in lit compared to my own. Really?! Who the hell doesn’t like Gaiman!? *smfh*

good take your shitty attitude somewhere else.

Seriously. How can people even say things like this? You are under no obligation to follow a blog - but to be rude in this manner? Each person is different and everybody has different tastes. That doesn’t make things bad or good. If you don’t like it, unfollow. You have the right to have whatever you want on your dash. But don’t you think variety is a good thing? Who wants everybody to like the same things as they do? I have so much fun learning about all the different books people like. And even if I don’t like them when I read them, I am so happy that someone else enjoyed them. 

So maybe, you should learn to enjoy everyone else’s opinions too, especially with books. We don’t need this kind of hate in the book community. Books are for everyone.

-eternal-books, Bookvenger

Honestly? You can’t expect everyone to like the same things as yourself. For example I may like one food and you might hate it. Am I better than you? Not at all! It means you are human and each human is different. You aren’t a supreme authority on book tastes. -Another Bookvenger

Amen.

We are here friends!

Who?

We are a group of book bloggers who are tired of seeing people bullied and harassed for reading and loving certain books, for liking to read e-books, or for stating their opinion on certain topics.

The Bookvengers blog is run primarily by books-cupcakes, bookphile,  booksturnmugglesintowizzards, and about-books-and-dreams. But everyone on the blog roll is part of the Bookvengers and every single one of them will come to a fellow book-lover’s aid when needed.

We’re still trying to iron out all the details so please give us time.

What?

We created this group so that people can refer to us, a help line if you will, when they feel upset, harassed, bullied, or even threatened over reading certain books, preferred reading formats, or for expressing certain views* about books, etc.  Whether you need someone to listen, someone to come to your defense, moderate an argument, or cheer you up.

We are not out to get people or hunt down offenders, we are first and foremost a support group!

If we can’t protect the bloggers,  you can be damn sure we’ll avenge them.

Why?

Because everyone has the right to read what they want, however they want, and no one should ever be afraid of expressing their opinion on their own blog. 

We don’t care if you love Fifty Shades of Grey or if you only prefer to read e-books. No one has the right to tell you that you shouldn’t like something because they don’t, or that your way of reading is wrong.

How?

You can either message us directly on bookvengers or pick any person from the blogroll and speak to them. 

Tag the post as: bookvengers,  or refer to us in a post.

We will respond in one of two ways: if one of the bookvengers sees a post that stinks of bullying or harassment we will answer it.

Or if the bookvengers get a request for assistance, depending on what kind of help you want, that is what we shall try to give you. Whether it’s answering a post in a constructive manner, cheering you up, telling a person to back off, or simply trying to provide you with an answer the Bookvengers shall assemble and come to aid you in any manner that you need.

To Join:

Send us an Ask with the oath:

"I, [insert your username], solemnly swear that I will come to a book-blogger’s aid when I see that they’re in trouble, or if they ask, even if I don’t necessarily agree with their opinion. I shall defend their right to read what they want, and how they want to, as well as their right to have their own opinion on their own blog."

Or we shall send you an invite. Please give us time to add everyone before resending a request.

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* Just to make it clear: constructive criticism is not bullying nor is giving an opinion.

We're so sorry that happened to you. Don't let malicious people get to you and keep loving what you love.

Who?

We are a group of book bloggers who are tired of seeing people bullied and harassed for reading and loving certain books, for liking to read e-books, or for stating their opinion on certain topics.

The Bookvengers blog is run primarily by books-cupcakes, bookphile,  booksturnmugglesintowizzards, and about-books-and-dreams. But everyone on the blog roll is part of the Bookvengers and every single one of them will come to a fellow book-lover’s aid when needed.

We’re still trying to iron out all the details so please give us time.

What?

We created this group so that people can refer to us, a help line if you will, when they feel upset, harassed, bullied, or even threatened over reading certain books, preferred reading formats, or for expressing certain views* about books, etc.  Whether you need someone to listen, someone to come to your defense, moderate an argument, or cheer you up.

We are not out to get people or hunt down offenders, we are first and foremost a support group!

If we can’t protect the bloggers,  you can be damn sure we’ll avenge them.

Why?

Because everyone has the right to read what they want, however they want, and no one should ever be afraid of expressing their opinion on their own blog. 

We don’t care if you love Fifty Shades of Grey or if you only prefer to read e-books. No one has the right to tell you that you shouldn’t like something because they don’t, or that your way of reading is wrong.

How?

You can either message us directly on bookvengers or pick any person from the blogroll and speak to them. 

Tag the post as: bookvengers,  or refer to us in a post.

We will respond in one of two ways: if one of the bookvengers sees a post that stinks of bullying or harassment we will answer it.

Or if the bookvengers get a request for assistance, depending on what kind of help you want, that is what we shall try to give you. Whether it’s answering a post in a constructive manner, cheering you up, telling a person to back off, or simply trying to provide you with an answer the Bookvengers shall assemble and come to aid you in any manner that you need.

To Join:

Send us an Ask with the oath:

"I, [insert your username], solemnly swear that I will come to a book-blogger’s aid when I see that they’re in trouble, or if they ask, even if I don’t necessarily agree with their opinion. I shall defend their right to read what they want, and how they want to, as well as their right to have their own opinion on their own blog."

Or we shall send you an invite. Please give us time to add everyone before resending a request.

——

* Just to make it clear: constructive criticism is not bullying nor is giving an opinion.

This has happened to me a few times, especially when I was younger and what helped me is I branched out into what I was reading. Before I would usually read just YA fiction or just Scifi Fantasy, and that got a bit tiresome. So I started reading other genre’s like mystery, historical fiction or just non-fiction like biographies and biology. 

Another thing I like to do is when I go to the library I choose a book at random, I just walk up and down the aisle put my hand out and choose a book without looking at it. It can be hit and miss but I think it’s kind of exciting to read a book without knowing what it’s about right away because you don’t know what to expect. 

Also bookclubs are great because others enthusiasm for the books you’re reading will rub off on you and you’ll look forward to talking with you group. 

Thank you so much for everyone’s help! I was the original anon and I’ve just started re-reading Harry Potter to hopefully get out of my reading slump :)

You can't really go wrong with Harry Potter :) glad we could help!

see this?

see how funny and cute that is? and how it’s making a statement about seeing the movie before reading the book, without being condescending or disrespectful?

now see this?

shaming people for seeing the movie first is not okay. i said it earlier, and i’ll say it again: some people don’t like to read. some people can’t read. and some people might not be aware of the book-version before they go to see the movie. and it really isn’t okay to spoil the ending for those people, as if you have a bigger right to the story than they do.

okay?

okay.