I’ve seen so many people asking for book recommendations based on their favourite TV shows or films, and it made me realise that, for me, those tastes don’t overlap at all.

Take Gilmore Girls, for example. I adore it, and I constantly see people looking for books with the same cosy, comforting vibe (but honestly, that would bore me to tears in book form). What I love about Gilmore Girls, and about most of the shows I watch, is that they don’t demand my full attention. I can have them playing in the background while I snack, play with the cat, scroll on my phone, or drift in and out of the story without losing much.

Books are the complete opposite for me. I need them to be consuming. I want to feel like my face is being physically pulled into the pages by some invisible force. If a book feels too low-stakes or “easy watching,” I lose interest immediately.

The same applies to Studio Ghibli films. I’m a massive Ghibli nerd, but for me the magic comes from the animation, atmosphere, and music more than the narratives themselves. Those stories work because of how they feel audiovisually.

Ironically, my taste in books makes for terrible TV viewing. I love bleak, grim, hopeless-as-hell narratives when I read, but I struggle to watch stories like that on screen. Reading feels more controllable somehow; I can slow down, skim, pause, imagine things differently, soften or intensify scenes in my head. It feels like I get to co-direct the experience. With TV, I don’t have that distance, and I often end up disengaging or literally just looking away.

So my TBR and my TBW (to-be-watched) are wildly different worlds, and what works for me in one medium almost never works in the other.

Does anyone else feel this way? Or are your book and TV tastes more transferable?

Tell me your bookish disasters!

For me, a couple months ago my electric dehumidifier decided to unload all of its water (no it wasn't full) and it flooded 2 of my book cases. And now they're wonky like a banana and make expensive sounding creaking/popping/cracking noises sometimes despite being thoroughly dried out... And I'm scared of my books being in the bookcases but I'm 🌠broke🌠 and can't afford to buy new shelves

Do you have a strong bookish opinion about something?

I want to hear them all! I especially want to hear some hot takes that are quirky/niche/diabolical/outlandish

Let’s go!

Hi! I was just now seeing other people accounts to follow and realised that most of the time I follow them because they have one of my favorite books in the My Taste part of their profile! Another thing is if I have over 10% of overlap. And now I am curious to know how do you decide who you follow! Do you just follow someone you interact with? Do you consider following people with less than a specific number of overlap??

P.S.: I'm loving your replies and yes I also do a lot of things you do!! 👀

Do you have any reading specific goals this week? 📖 📚

Examples: Finishing 3 chapters Cleaning up my Libby holds Going to my local bookstore Spending [insert time) reading

Hi folks, I'm a bit confused about page counts and hope you can advise. When I change a book status to reading, pb asks me for the page count - is there a way I can get it to use the default count? Unless I am reading the print copy and have it right in front of me at that exact moment, I don't know the page count so I just look up the default. Or, usually I am lazy and I just leave it blank. Secondly, is there a way I can update the page count once I've started reading? It seems that if I don't enter a specific page count, it doesn't count my pages read in my stats.