I’m currently listening to a book that has me thinking about where the line is for YA content. So I’m curious to hear all of your opinions.

Is it solely age of the characters that makes a book YA? At what point is it New Adult instead?

[edit 2: for the sake of it all, I’m not saying it has to be labeled New Adult. I mainly want to know when you think it’s no longer YA. Whether it’s labeled NA or simply adult makes no difference to me :) ]

My reading was never censored growing up and I do believe in education through reading so having diverse and difficult topics in books is very important, but I know not everyone agrees. Especially parents.

The book I’m listening to now includes cussing, post-alcoholism, marriage and quite a few make out sessions that while never becoming sex certainly don’t hide the arousal. The age of the characters is never explicitly said but it seems the FMC is 18 and MMC is 20. Generally, imo, it reads more like a new adult book than ya too. [edit: literally just reached a sex scene after writing this…]

All this to say I want your opinions. I’m sure they are diverse and across the board, but I still want to know. Where is the line between YA and New Adult/Adult fiction?

We are on Pagebound so I know we all love reading. What are your other passions/hobbies besides reading.

I have two big ones.

I love buying and watching movies. In particular Criterion Editions or small boutique companies like Shout Factory or Arrow. I am particularly fond of older movies especially if the discs have lots of special features for me to watch. This weekend I watched Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes and Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity.

Board Games is my other. My wife and I play a lot of board games. Lately we have been playing Elder Scrolls.

I really enjoy opening up PB and liking all my friends' updates! Even if I haven't even heard of that book before, I'll still like their post to show that I support them and they're doing a great job 🫡 and then I'll comment if I want to know more, or to congratulate them on badges. Often I'll do this with non-mutuals too!

Do others do the same? Do you mostly engage with books you've read / are interested in reading? Or do you have a "likes are free, give them away freely" mentality? Also, do you engage with posts from people who you aren't currently following?

Paperback or Hardcover? Why?

Hi everyone! I've been seeing posts lately about people reading specific series. I've only come out of a major reading slump about 3 months ago, and have only read one series - The Good Girl's Guide to Murder. I enjoyed it back then.

What are some series recommendations that are fictional, fantasy-based, not very heavy for a somewhat beginner, and won't put me back into a reading slump again?

(I'm not into romance series but I'm open to it if it's something amazing; please don't suggest Harry Potter)

Thank you in advance!!

I think I prefer physical books, but they’re pretty expensive, so I’m thinking of getting an e-reader. What do you use?

I'm not entirely sure what the point is of having a book labeled as "Interested". Because, if you're interested in a book, doesn't that make it part of your TBR? That's how I've always functioned. If I'm interested in a book, I want to read it, if I want to read it, it's on my To Be Read list, even when I don't physically have the book. Does labeling them differently change how they might appear in my feed?

Before you come at me, I know this isn’t exactly the best place to ask this but I really don’t know where else to. I know that a lot of readers are also writers/authors. I’ve been wanting to actually get back into writing for a while now but I don’t want to use Google Docs. I’ve seen too many posts saying that they use the data to train ai so I’d rather be safe than sorry. So if there’s any writers reading this: what website/app do you use? (Preferably only free sites/apps)

Edit: Thank you so much for all the suggestions 🙏