Hi Boundlings!

Just curious whether you guys take notes while reading and what kind of things you write, whether they’re for yourself or for a review. Do you use a journal? Do you go back and refer to these notes? How detailed do you go?

For those who do write reviews (seriously or not), how soon do you start crafting your review? How do you make sure you have everything you want to add to it?

Over the years, I’ve found that reviews are my way of note-taking and recalling how I felt about a book. Unfortunately, I’ve only done it more consistently in the past year or so. It’s not that I take it very seriously but sometimes I find myself already writing up my review in my head and well, I might as well just write it down.

This doesn’t mean point-form headers and vague scribbles. I have everything mostly there, all written out, and structured the way I want it. Obviously I might be missing details since I haven’t finished the book, but I find I rarely change too much after I’m done. This gives me lowkey anxiety because what if I end up changing my mind about the book completely because of its ending?

Anyway, very curious about your experience. I am also ready to take notes if you have tips! 😉

🔪 Horror trope edition 🔪

Time to step into the shadows, where nothing is quite what it seems this week ...

You know the rules! Pick your side, defend your choice, and tell me why in the comments 👇

Would you rather ...

🌑 Be hunted by something you can’t see OR 👁️ Be watched by something that never leaves?

🏚️ Spend a night in an abandoned asylum OR 🌲 Get lost in a forest that won’t let you out?

📖 Read a cursed book that knows your future OR 📼 Watch a tape you can’t stop once it starts?

🪞 See something move in the mirror behind you OR 🚪 Hear something breathing on the other side of a locked door?

🕯️ Be alone in a house where lights turn on by themselves OR 🔦 Be in total darkness with something moving nearby?

👻 Be haunted by a spirit that wants to talk OR 😈 Be followed by something that never makes a sound?

⏳ Relive the same terrifying night over and over OR 🩸 Experience a new nightmare every time you sleep?

🚗 Be stranded on a deserted road at night OR 🏨 Check into a hotel where no one else seems to leave?

🧠 Slowly realize you’re losing your mind OR 👀 Know something supernatural is real, but no one believes you?

🪦 Explore a graveyard at midnight OR 🕳️ Discover something buried beneath your house?

🎭 Trust someone who might not be human OR 🔪 Be completely alone ... with something hunting you?

🧬 Uncover a horrifying secret about yourself OR 📡 Discover something out there is watching humanity?

Choose carefully, some decisions follow you home! 😈

Hey! So thought I’d ask and answer a few general questions just so we can get to know each other!

1. Where are you from? - Wales, UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
2. Favourite book genre? - Thriller. 😨
3. If you had to recommend a boon to someone who have never read a book in your favourite genre? - any Claire Douglas or Lisa Jewell, they’re good and easy reads! 🤩
4. What’s your favourite reading setting? - I love to read once I’ve put baby to bed, the house is clean and quiet and I can peacefully read with a cup of tea and some biscuits 😋
5. What’s something you’d like to tell us about yourself? - I have a 3 year old golden retriever, a 3 month old baby girl and getting married in June! 🥰

We are only two days away from the release for Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream for Switch 1 & 2! Are any of you getting it on release?

For those who are unfamiliar, Tomodachi Life was originally a Nintendo DS/3DS game that, iirc, did not do well in Japan but gained a cult following in the US (and I'm sure elsewhere). You create Mii islanders and take care of them and help them form relationships and interact with each other!

If you are getting Tomodachi Life, do you plan to put your favorite book characters in there?

On my list, I have: Bianca and Aric from Behooved; Sir Cameron, Merulo, and Hydna from Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die; Ryland Grace from Project Hail Mary (Rocky will be his pet); and pretty much the entire Assistant to the Villain cast. 😂 Plus many more video games characters + OCs!

Another week kicks off, and somehow the TBR pile didn’t just survive, it multiplied. Again. Absolutely no explanation for this phenomenon.

One minute it’s Sunday night, the next it’s Monday morning and you’re deep in a "just one more chapter" situation that somehow lasted half the night.

At this point, let’s not pretend it’s about organization. The TBR isn’t a list anymore: it’s a lifestyle.

✨ What are you currently reading? 📖 What’s next on your list (intentionally or otherwise)? 🔥 And real talk: how many new books quietly joined your collection over the weekend?

Drop your current reads, surprise additions, or the book you can’t stop thinking about. Let’s start the week a little unhinged and very well-read.