I just wanted to ask, how do y'all end up with 100+ physical books? 😭 I can understand if you're an adult, your money is your money, you earned it, you can do what you want with it, but why would you get more books if there are ones yet to be read at home?

I've seen one girl my age (I can't say it exactly, for privacy reason, but between 13-17) online have 300 BOOKS for her physical TBR, which was insane to me, because how did her parents not complain or stop her once? Is it just me because my dad would never get me more books unless the ones I have are finished? Or is this overconsumption?

I get buying a book or two you've been really wanting and/or haven't been available or something, while you still have books at home. BUT WHYY would you buy 10+ books at once when you have 100+ unread books anyway 😭

Well hello, it hasn't been long since I found out about pagebound and let me tell you I got ADDICTED Comparing to other apps and sites I have used the community, the variety and if I may say the "fashion" is wayyy more prominent and I have been enjoying it more than I could ever have anticipated

I had been a "Goodreads" user for five years now and I was pretty faithful to it, I lived for the annual voting round, the monthly lists and recently I was getting very into the monthly challenges It was a good start but this year I also had my ✨awakening ✨ let's say in terms of world issues and personal ethics So when someone mentioned that "Goodreads" belonged in Amazon and funded/fueled a billion dollar company that is starting to gain monopoly in books and not alone I tried to find something to replace it and that something was "Fable" I liked that it felt more personal, I joined many bookclubs, I preferred the reviews and rating system compared to GR and was very satisfied overall UNTIL the app really enforced AI into its functions and I could no longer support it

No I found "Pagebound" through Instagram as an alternative to be both and I have been very happy here 🪷💕 I guess what I want to say is I have been trying to find the best version of an ethical book space and has taken a bit of a toll on me, getting used to new functions and all

The community has been great, a big thank you to all of you 🩷🩷🩷

I really need a romantasy book with Ridoc’s energy. He is the it girl 🤩

No way they’re all 17. Def going to follow the recommendations of some other comments here to just mentally age them all up to at least their mid-twenties. They all have such rich, complicated back stories, even just meeting them, I can’t imagine them as teenagers.

Are there any Swifties here? 🥹 What are we reading to prepare for the new album? (I know Hamlet is on lock, but what else?) Hit me with your TLOAS/general TS recs!!

I was in one of my local bookstores today, and I discovered that the area which used to be for new releases or staff favs has now become four shelving units and a table labelled "Genre: Booktok".

This store is normally divided up by genre, think "Sci-fi & Fantasy", "Crime", "Romance", "Sports" etc. Having a whole section for Booktok and treating it like a genre was crazy to me. It clearly just consisted of popular and talked about books on Booktok but it made no sense - how do you have Jenny Hans TSITP series in the same area as ACOTAR and The Housemaid ? It was such a hodgepodge mixing of genres and audience ages. There were many books there that I would Not want my teen sister to read, and others that were totally age appropriate. But how would a teen or parent know that a book isn't age appropriate when its right beside ones that are?! Also I get that some teens will read books that are "too old for them" - heck thats what I did...... But having what are genuinely adult books and adult romance books on the same table as teen romances is mind boggling

Is this a normal thing for bookstores to do? I've seen singular Booktok shelves or "Booktok reccommends" within genre areas before - but never this. Am I crazy for being concerned? Maybe it's because I'm chronically offline, and have never had Tiktok - so I've no clue what Booktok is actually like outside of the crazy controversies that get big engagement. Has anyone else seen this before? What are your thoughts and opinions?

Hi all,

I find that my evening shifts working the reference desk at the library are the prime time for me to be engaging on PageBound. Otherwise, I will pop on when something crazy happens in my book and I need to share or check for other reactions.

I find myself spending the evenings looking at these discussion prompts or really diving into the forums for books I am reading or have just finished.

When do you all find yourselves most active on the site/app?

Mine i would say:

• private chat
• reading buddies club
• more emojis (not sure if someone noticed that some emojis we add under the book not all of them available)
• same colors theme but dark mode (i would love to see this)
• sharing our thoughts on feed about books in general - not just in book post forum
• more quests in different genre (halloween themed books quest 👻, dark romance quest 💀 or stalker themed books quest 👀)

It’s Your Turn to Share Your Opinion ☕️

What is your opinion about spicy scenes in books? I personally do not really like it. I don't mind allusions to intimacy between two characters but explicit scenes make me cringe a little bit .. especially because the description are so vulgar??? I happened to read few books that had sexual scenes in it and MAN I skipped the part after reading few lines because the descriptions were TERRIBLE 😭

For example, I always search a books forum up to my percentage to make sure I am not creating a duplicate post if someone else has already wanted to talk about the same thing. It’s a few extra steps but it makes things less messy

Searching up a list before saving it to make sure it isn’t a dupe is a new one I learned about!

Upvoting the main thread if I liked it enough to add a comment

Trying to read through all the comments of a thread before I add my 2 cents just cuz I don’t want people to feel lost in the sauce

I don’t know! Have y’all made up little rules for yourself too? I’d like to hear them and maybe adopt them too 🤸‍♀️

Do you have any go-to users/profiles here when you're looking for recs? When you're looking for new books to read in a genre, they're the first ones you're headed to? (I just realized this sounds like stalking 😭 I mean more of when I see them on my feed or any of their posts, it's mostly an auto tbr for me).

Here's mine:

-Devin for fantasy -notbillnye for non-fiction -SamsSapphicReads and ThatSapphicLady for sapphic romance

What is something that turns you away from a book? Like when you read the synopsis, and you just know the book is not the one for you. Example: When I read that a book features "political intrigue" I just know I am going to get bored. Also, I don't like vampires, so I try to avoid them in any media when I can.

I've been watching some YT creators who say some Audiobooks are a fun and enjoyable listen and even make reading the book a better experience. I go through a lot of Audiobooks because I drive a lot in my day to day.

So, in your experiences, what Audiobooks did you enjoy listening to and made the book that much more enjoyable and why?