ChaosReader
✨29— Meagan — She/Her —Chaotically making it through my TBR, multiple books at a time— ✨
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September 2026
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
Ernest Cline
James Halliday and the whole contest is giving me Willy Wonka energy, and I kind of love it 😂
Yesteryear
Caro Claire Burke
I didn't know Sassafras was a nickname/slang term for sassy/overly talkative so I was really confused when I saw she named her cow after a carcinogenic plant 😅. But even now that I know the slang I can't stop thinking about the plant and how it could tie into this books tradwife conversation.
So, Sassafras bark and root was a big ingredient in root beer, a drink that the temperance movement pushed as a healthy alternative to alcohol and one that I personally associate with old fashioned America (I am Canadian so that could be a weird misconception I formed so please tell me if I am wrong lol). But Sassafras has safrole in the roots and the bark, something that studies found to be a carcinogenic and has been banned in Canada and The USA since about the 60's-70's, causing the recipes for root beer to be adjusted to safer alternatives.
And considering the blurb and what it tells us about the book, I think the use of this as the cows name, could be an interesting little call to this selective re-envisioning of the past, and the pushing of this idea of traditional, that the book focuses on. And I will 100% admit that I might be overthinking the cows name but knowing this, I just keep thinking it might be a bit of a tongue in cheek call to this idea of a modern tradwives preaching for this traditional way, all while they are actively benefitting from the protections and freedoms fought for them, and even just the lack of recognizing the ease of modern life and invention that makes their role easier than it would have been for women in the past. Much like root beer, originally made at home in small batches and only lasting a few days, all while being (unknowingly) harmful, and now we have taken away the cancer risk, made it more shelf stable, and it is accessible to buy in many places. Like, time and the way the world has developed made ones options to drink root beer easier and safer, if they choose to drink it. And idk, if that additional tie to the themes here is accidental, but if it was I think it was a great accident 🤷♀️😂
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
Suzanne Collins
ChaosReader commented...
I 100% read Half His Age because I saw @Crybabybea and @Seema talking about it. And I'm so happy I did, I loved that book
So many of the read-along books have been big hits for me that I wouldn't have read otherwise, though Blood Over Bright Haven and Tender is the Flesh are my top wouldn't have read otherwise.
I'm curious about what some of the favorite books you all have found due to Pagebound have been! I just think it’s so fun and lovely that our feed works by showing what people we follow are posting and also commenting on; it’s such a refreshing and organic way of replacing a traditional algorithm, and i adore how the experience of it all centers the friends and connections you have (plus how it encourages new ones to be made!)
Mine are Don't Let the Forest In by CG Drews (fall 2025 readalong) and Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta (@crybabybea advertising, and numerous glowing reviews from other people)
The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes is my most-anticipated read in terms of all the Pagebound finds I have saved; I found it by randomly clicking around on the site one night at like 3 AM, and then @bbyoozi happened to be reading it at the time and their posts/our chats convinced me to TBR it. Real excited to get to it soon!
ChaosReader commented...
My username is mostly a shout out to my friends and family for the fact they perceive my reading as very chaotic. Though many users on here have also told me the username is fitting which I always love to see 😂
For the most part the amount I read at once, and in a year is why they call it chaotic. Partially the way in which I approach all the different books at once, and how they know if they ask me what I am reading at the moment it will be a 10 minute breakdown of the different books, what they are about, what I am liking about them, and how I am reading them (what format). Though the way I flip through genres throughout a day, speed of my audiobooks, how I annotate books, my bookmark alternatives, and my love of well used looking books is also apart of this.
One friend notes that my habit to read 'bad' independently published books with quite "out there" story lines, just to see what someone can do with their imagination given a blank canvas, to be one of my more chaotic habits... they may have heard too many descriptions of books while I had a Kindle Unlimited subscription 😂
Hey, beautiful people 💫 After that post I made in the forum I felt so surprised to see so many people relate to my situation, and it was overwhelming (in the best way) to feel everyone's support and understanding. So I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who took the time to give me a little uplifting, it really made a difference.
This made me think that we really are a community of dear anonymous friends, who support each other through the love of books. Which led me to this thought: There are so many beautiful and original usernames... What's the story behind each one? (except for one_crazy_eliott, I think I understand the reason behind Mr. Crazy's username 🤭🤭🤭)
So, if you feel comfortable, share the story behind it. I think it will help bring us closer and keep everyone's anonymity anyway.
I'll start: The OGs know I started PB as fantasy.betareader but decided later to change my username to Pipsy to help me feel more connected here. This is a nickname my sister gave me when I was 3 or 4 years old, and it stuck until today. My whole family calls me by it, my friends, my teachers, my bosses, etc. Even on my passport, my signature says Pipsy. So that's basically my name 😊
