Inspired by a few videos I’ve seen on BookTok.

I’ll go first with my pick: Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant.

This was soooo hyped everywhere I looked. Reddit, Tiktok, Instagram… The plot looked promising and I was told to expect building tension and full-blown horror! Instead I got bad prose, rushed plot, too many characters with boring backstories, and no horror. I’m still bitter tbh and although other reviews say Grant’s other works are better, I’m unsure whether to even try. I just wanted scary mermaids. 🥲

(yes, i realise that last one isn’t a word. i was trying to be smart/funny 🤣)

This is less a survey about reading speed than one on… how you feel about how much you read and how quickly you finish a book? Let me explain.

I know some people can finish a book in a single sitting, however long that sitting is. Others spend a lot of time reading continuously. I simply can’t relate. It’s not that I don’t want a book to end or that I want to savour it for longer, but it just feels like too much to keep going sometimes?

Honestly, I don’t understand it myself. So! This is the question I’m putting out to you, Boundling friends. What’s your ideal number of sittings to finish a book, and how long do you like your sittings?

I prefer maybe 10-30 minutes of reading in one go, depending on how engaged I am. Multiple sittings throughout a day is best. Maybe 25%-30% would constitute a lot for me for one day? Ideally I’d be finishing a book in less than a week, but 2-3 days is rare and would need to be a short or fast-paced book.

Bonus question! How often are you actually sitting during your sittings? I like lying on my tummy, which I realise is not the best posture.

Happy Friday, fellow fiction fans!

Drop the first line or two of the book you're currently reading, and let fellow Boundlings try to guess the title and author. If no one gets it by the end of the day, come back and reveal the answer!

A few friendly guidelines: • Keep it to the first line or two only (no spoilers!) • Don’t include the title or author right away • Feel free to add a hint later if people get stuck

What are your favourite film or TV adaptions of books? I’m currently reading Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne, and I can’t help but compare it to the 2008 film starring Brendan Fraser & Josh Hutcherson. The general plot is the same, although the film provided some much needed modernisation (changing the male guide to a woman was a good call. There’s literally 2 women in this book and they disappear by page 40!). I think I prefer the film.

This month I've decided to take on the challenge of reading 15. Well, I mean, getting the 15 sticker gold badge?

Are you reading an ARC that you are loving? Is your friend writing a book? Do you know a small writer that is trying to show their work to the world? Share them on here!! 🙂‍↕️

I am spanish and I am in a constant search for smaller english, american or just bilingual authors. Most of them have really great books, and their ePub prices are really reasonable (not like some publishing companies. Sorry but 18€ for a digital copy of a bestseller is crazy work).

This is why I wanted to create a little place to find more affordable and great options to hype up. Let us know the titles and the genre, and if you want why do you love them!