Did any of you ever have a "half" reading slump? Like, you read everyday, but only read 1 or 2% of the book and you've had enough? 😩 EVEN IF YOU ACTUALLY LIKE THE BOOK 👀

I'm experiencing it with the book I'm reading now. I enjoy it very much, but my progress is SO SLOW. 🫩

How much does a book or a saga having a welcoming and active fandom influence your reading experience? It surely does influence me a lot. I love both big and small fandoms as long as they are still pretty active. Unfortunately, aside from summer, I can't contribute much, but I like to interact with other people that liked what I read all year long.

I don't know if it's because I have niche taste (I honestly doubt), but right now I'm reading lots of books with an almost inexistent fandom. I noticed especially adult books have way less fans actively partaking in creation of fan arts and fan fiction than ya books. While it would make sense, becuase most adults have really busy lives, they are majority component of ya fandoms either way.

I find it a little sad to finish a book or read a series and it having no community behind it. No inside jokes, no character designs, no theories, no edits. It forces you to either scream in the void and attempt at building one up yourself, or to just leave the characters you loved so much behind.

Don't know if I did make sense. Maybe it's just me.

Quests, created by Top Contributors, are such a labor of love, and there's so much time and effort put into research and curation. As Pagebound grows, we have been brainstorming sustainable ways to create more Quests that the community is eager to see. We're trialing a new idea for a community-voted Quest, inspired by a List.

How this will work:

1. Royalty members can nominate a List (their own or any community List) that would make a great starting point for a Quest. Royalty members will receive a notification tomorrow + an email with a link to a form to fill out by EOD March 31st to nominate. The form will include context about what makes for a great Quest.
2. The entire Pagebound community will then vote on which nominated List will inspire a Quest. Everyone will receive a notification on April 1st with a link to vote.
3. The creator of the winning List will be able to accept/reject.
4. If they accept, we will create a Quest inspired by their List, adapting the title & book list if necessary to fit Quest guidelines (for example, if a List has 20 books, we will reduce it to 15 for a Side Quest; if a List includes all 7 books of a series, we would put book 1; all books from the Quest would come from the original List curation). In the Quest description, the List creator will be credited and their List linked. The resulting Quest could be either a Main or Side Quest, but it will not be open to book additions since there will not be anyone actively maintaining the book list (similar to when a Main Quest hits its 100 book cap and is closed to further additions).

We hope this idea will encourage quality List-making, give the entire community a voice in Quest creation in a sustainable way, acknowledge our Royalty supporters, and result in more diverse Quests. We think it can be a fun community-building activity! That said, we will see if this trial achieves those goals before deciding if and how often we'll repeat it.

Thanks for helping us trial and your open-minded participation! Jennifer & Lucy

I really like books that explore religion and isolated communities from a horror perspective (not only because of the oppressive atmosphere, but also all the underlying reflections on individuality, the questioning of the established order and superstitions). If you know a good book about cults, feel free to write it down in the comments!

My rec is "Lamb, Stag & Wolf". It has L(G)TB rep and botanical horror 🪵🩸🌒🌲.