I just saw someone do this on instagram and thought it would be so much fun for PB!

Share with us your 7 Deadly Sin book choices:

1. Lust (or books you picked up just because of the cover)
2. Pride (or difficult book you’ve read)
3. Gluttony (or books you’ve read more than once)
4. Sloth (or the book that’s been on your TBR the longest)
5. Greed (or books you’ve read own multiple copies of)
6. Wrath (or books that you despise)
7. Envy (or books you want to live in)

I’ll go first. Mine are:

1. Lust - sadly, I do this a lot 🫣 I love to judge a book by its cover…Heart the Lover, When I Open the Shop, Tom Lake, How to Loiter in a Turf War to name just a few
2. Pride - The Beguilled was a tough read. So was The Tin Drum. I also loved One Hundred Years of Solitude but found it a challenging read.
3. Gluttony - haven’t done much rereading since I was a child so probably Alanna: The First Adventure would be my most reread
4. Sloth - The Count of Monte Cristo has been on the list since forever
5. Greed - I don’t have more than one copy of any book! I just don’t know why you’d need/want that 😂😂
6. Wrath - I thought Rodham was such a creepy book to have written about real and still alive people. Especially, putting words and thoughts into Hilary’s mouth about such sexualised moments and passing the whole thing off as supportive of her and feminist in general? I felt yucky reading it.
7. Envy - probably any cosy magical place…Emily Wilde’s academic magic adventures seem like a bit of me 😊

Im not usually a massive fan of books that are turned into tv shows/movies but has anyone got a book that they actually want to be turned into one? Im currently reading Thats not my name and I feel like it would be so good as a series if it was done right!

me, fighting through to the bitter end of a hate read just so i can write a thoroughly scathing review:

For me it's, "I immediately like them." I have never liked someone after they said two sentences to me, and this is almost always used on an extremely minor and/or annoying character.

Another is "But (this person/the government/the cult I've been indoctrinated into since birth) wouldn't (lie to me/be wrong) ... right?" ESPECIALLY if it is early in the book or the character is still supposed to be deep in their denial or indoctrination. It feels so lazy, like the author doesn't know how to actually write that transition.

Can we get gifs in the forums sometimes i need a gif to show how im feeling

I have been so confused with these letters I started reading Frankenstein without actually knowing anything about it and the start just made me have a look whether I did not accidentally pick up a copy of Moby dick (of which I also know nothing about except that there is a whale) But anyway I love the description of emotions so much!

If you had to pick one book to rate six out of six stars, what book would you choose? 👀

Bonus question: if all of Pagebound had to collectively decide on a singular book to rate six stars, what book do you think would have the best chance of collective agreement?