HELLO It’s time for Who’s Who Wednesday where every Wednesday we introduce ourselves and make new friends. This is part 3.

If you participated in any of the times before, you don’t have to introduce yourself again but you can share some different facts about you, an opinion you have, or how your week is going.

If you’re new, introduce yourself!

I’ll go first.

My name is JadeLovesBooks.

I am very very very very type B personality yet for the most part everything seems to work out. I’ve never read Harry Potter or seen the movies and have zero interest in doing so I am 8 years sober I don’t care about Taylor swift (I’m sorry)

Happy Monday, Pagebound!! 🎀

Hope you all had an amazing week last week!! 🤍🌸💌

Sorry I missed the usual 'Happy Sunday'! As some of you may know from my profile or talks we've had, I'm a competitive baton twirler 🏆 This weekend we had a competition, however I was unable to compete due to sustaining a lot of soft tissue damage, a bruised bone and an abnormality in my left ankle and foot, as found out from a trip to the pharmacy, a call to the doctors, and then 2 trips to the hospital (with a 111 call in between) and 5 x-rays across Wednesday and Thursday, so instead I've been busy doing my practice judging and supporting my team that I coach in as well as usually compete with! 🤍 Although I have to say, a massive boot and crutches are not the most fun to now be dealing with and it's certainly been a tricky week 😂

On the topic of injuries though,

🏥QOTW🏥: When you are injured or ill, what changes happen with your reading?

For me, shorter reading sessions tend to occur due to being unable to focus! Because of that, I like being cosied up in bed as opposed to anywhere else with PJs on, a fizzy drink to hand (usually Pepsi Max) and a bowl of fruit 🍓🍉🍏 Something about shorter sessions makes me feel a little under achieved, but its good to keep in mind that health and recovery is important! 🏥

~Bunni🌸💌🤍

She just...cut up and ate a tomato? Absolutely villain behavior

Can someone fill me in on the lore behind the tomato book? It’s all over my feed all of a sudden, including a lot of jokes about notbillnye but I can’t find the beginning and I’m so curious👀 Yes I have already requested the book from my library and am waiting for them to add it so I can listen 😂🍅

Calling all data nerds... I went to the book page for Mate by Ali Hazelwood today and was shocked by the amount of forum posts (350!) for a book that just came out. I was curious which books had the most forum posts and did a little digging. For curious minds...

The most popular forum on Pagebound is The Spellshop (who knew that would be our most successful readalong book!)

The most popular non-readalong book forum, and second most popular overall, is Katabasis (about 650 posts!)

Many of the other popular forums were readalong books, but here's the most popular non-readalongs:

• Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, VE Schwab
• Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins
• Alchemised, SenLinYu
• Mate, Ali Hazelwood
• The Knight and the Moth, Rachel Gillig
• Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir

thanks for nerding out w me 🤓

A book has never made me throw up before, but this one is really pushing that limit. I feel physically sick.

Am I about to adopt a vegan diet

Fuck sake. Slaughter process tour. Shouldn’t have read any of this book before lunch. 😂

Thought this was such an interesting listen

Oh, this... is gonna be a challenging read. I'm intrigued to see where it goes beyond the shock factor.

ok I loved that ending. I'm not sure why it was just so quick and different and I don't even know cause oh my gosh. tbh I need to know more and for his sister to just get shat on by a bird. that sounds perfect.

i found myself to be in the biggest reading slump for a few years & maybe it’s largely due to finding other hobbies BUT i always set my goal low every year to at least 20-25. i never would reach it, this year? surpassed it 🫨 48/25!!! super proud of myself! all thanks to my trusty kindle tbh!

Heeey everyone on Pagebound! I've just got to share this cool find with you all – Steven Reese and his newsletter called Read Your Colour. It's all about getting book recs that really fit how you like to read. 😂📚

So, the idea is super simple: you take a quick quiz to find out your "reading colour" – like, what kind of stories light you up inside. Are you into deep thoughts, wild adventures, or something totally offbeat? He sorts readers into colours and then shares recommendations that match each one. I tried it and apparently I'm an orange reader. I have been getting his newsletter for a couple of months now, and it nailed my love for big fantasy worlds without any mushy stuff.

If you're keen to try, hop over to the quiz here, it's super fast! Then you can subscribe (free option) to his Substack for weekly book ideas tailored just for your colour.

Just to be clear, I've got zero affiliations with him or anything, no sneaky promo here. I just think it's a great way to discover new, unexpected reads. Happy reading! 🌈✨