Hello. I hope it's okay if I ask for non-fiction reccs for myself here. I don't normally read it. I've read revolting prostitutes, gender queer, bad Indians book club, disfigured, the invisible women, care work, enemy feminists, against technoableism, hood feminism, The Spanish Inquisition: A Historical Revision by Henry Kamen, future is disables, white tears/brown scars, you look like a thing and I love you. I normally don't like memoirs because they're written by people who aren't authors and editing is expensive I guess.

I recently realised that I really like when a physical book includes information about the font face it was typeset in. Bonus points for when they include a history of the font or their logic for having selected it (eg: it historically has a tie to the setting, or aesthetically has a connection to a character, or something similar to that). I feel like it's a sort of little perk of physical books.

Is there a similar piece of information or particular type of detail that you like to see when you read a book? Are there digital details you likewise love? Do those kinds of details influence whether you choose physical or digital?

Other possible examples that came to mind:

• Drop caps for the first line of a chapter
• Extra-luxurious limited edition releases (gold foiling or sprayed edges and what have you)
• Illustrated chapter headers, dividers or line breaks, even if they're just fancy curlicues
• Maps with details about characters' journeys, even if it's not strictly necessary to the narrative
• Deckled edges vs. cut edges on the paper
• Fold-outs on paperback covers or centrefold illustrations, maps, or the like

Basically what the title says. What are some books you automatically recommend anybody who asks you for recommendations? I'll go first:

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf Animal Farm by George Orwell The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

I'm starting a little reading project.

I'm looking for books featuring characters named Bianca.

I'm curious to discover how different authors imagine a character who shares my name.

If you've read one, I'd love your recommendations.

Wouldn't it be fun if there were forum threads where you could look for characters who share your name?

Hey folks, does anyone have any tried and true methods for getting price tag glue off of books?

Some of the ones I picked up recently just had like a three or four layer of price tags on the back and left behind that lovely sticky residue that then just starts to stick to everything.

Any tips on getting rid of it would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT: THE CRISIS WAS SOLVED! A little canola oil went a long way!

Good evening Bookaholics!!

I have a good question for you all today!

If you could only read 2 genres for the rest of your life, what would they be? 🤔

Personally, it would be Romance and Classics for me. I feel like romance itself can have so many subgenres within the book, and classics itself is such a huge range with so many different genres that all fit into 'classical literature'!

Hello! Random question that popped on my mind as I was browsing the site - when do you mute a book, or, what type of books do you mute? For me, thus far, I've basically muted popular books that I don't intend to read because they don't interest me when they show up on my feed. But, oddly enough, I don't mute books I hated...

What is your reading toxic trait?

Mine: If I paid for the book, I'm finishing it. Even if I'm hate-reading by chapter five. 💀 & I judge a book by its cover 👀

Lately I’ve been seeing more and more forum posts talking about characters or the narration repeating details throughout the book and how it feels like the author doesn’t trust readers to remember them.

Unless it’s egregious (stated multiple times on a page or every few pages) it’s not something I’ve ever noticed or cared about much since I know readers miss or forget important details. Or maybe even brushed a statement off as something unimportant only for it to be a big deal later.

So out of curiosity, when does this repetition go from being something important to the character that they’re constantly thinking about to “this author thinks I’m incapable of remembering anything” and how likely are you to notice it?

This is such a vague question, but I want to know what everyone loves about reading. Whether you read classics, cowboy romances, or non fiction. Feel free to get as deep and as personal as you want. For me, it’s being able to get lost in a world for a few hours. I love the art of just becoming someone new, even if it isn’t for very long, and exploring worlds I’ll never know to exist.

I feel like quests have become just like lists and there is no real difference between the two except for who can make them and the rewards. The quests have become so long that they are overwhelming and discouraging. It is more of a 'if I need a recommendation list,' but I thought that was what lists were for. I thought lists were basically a place to go for recommendations and to list what you wanted to get through. Quests to me were something to work towards, but they are so long now that I have no hope in finishing any of them. Or I was close, and then they updated and now I'm at 17 percent. Quests was one of the things that drew me to PageBound and I still love it, but I have avoided that part of it because it is so discouraging and overwhelming to look at. Even Side Quests are a little daunting. If I compared this to an RPG, the quests would be more like achievements, and side quests would equal main quests. I'd love to hear thoughts.

Edit: Thank you for all the thoughts and comments. First of all, I didn't realize that main quest badges were given based on number of books read and the final badge was not based on reading 100 percent of the books. This makes me feel more like I can reach some of the higher badges. (Maybe 😅)

Second: I am a completionist and am focusing more on the percentage than the badges. I just want something to be completed! It lowers my anxiety. 🙃