What are your thoughts on gifting books to non-readers as birthday or holiday gifts? Do you find it pointless or are you optimistic that they will read it and love it as much as you do, maybe even get into reading as a result? If you have a story about a time that they either did or didn’t read it, I’d love to her about it.

Am I the only one who finds reading the only thing keeping me sane right now? I feel like the world is collapsing and my only refuge are books. It gives hope that we've through this and we survived.

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 😊

Love to hear if and how folks track their nontraditional books! I am big on doing puzzle books like crosswords and Murdle and I'm starting to get into cooking and cookbooks more.

Some puzzle books (like Murdle) have plots so I have no issues with counting them as read. But I also actively read my cookbooks, although not cover to cover so I don't actually know when to consider it read.

I also recognize that not tracking them is an option, but I'm too type A for that lol

I was really curious what you guys put on your TBR list on here, as in do you only put books from your physical TBR (aka books you own but haven‘t read yet) or also in general all the books you want to read even if you don‘t have them yet. Because on my old goodreads account I added any book that sounded interesting, except it got out of hand and I ended up having a TBR of over 600 books 🙈😂. Which is exactly why I DIDN‘T transfer my goodreads data on here to kinda have a fresh start and my TBR here on Pagebound is only books I actually own — and my physical TBR is already a whooping 130-something sooo yeahhhh. Oopsie tee hee 🙈🎀✨ But then I get sooo frustrated when I see a book that I REALLY want to read in the future but don‘t own yet and so I don‘t put it on my TBR to not mess up my system. Right now my solution is that I have a googledocs document where I just write the titles of books suggestions ✨for the future✨. But so yeah i was curious how y‘all do it?☺️

With the colder months coming I wonder which are the books that get you through the dark and the grey? Which books make you smile on a rainy day? I am currently reading Red White and Royal Blue and it has been magic to get my mind off the doom and gloom.

I’m in need of a good audiobook so if you have any recs you enjoyed listening to as compared to reading let me know and PLEASE don’t say project hail mary my library doesn’t have the audiobook version in right now

i was reading to my daughter tonight when something cracked open in my chest. suddenly i was six again, small under a blanket, holding a book like a secret doorway. excitement, joy, and that tiny prickle of wonder asking where the pages would take me next.

i had friends, but books were my constants. they kept my feelings safe. i could reopen a favorite and fall straight back into the exact warmth i needed.

my mother built that bridge for me. she turned bedtime into a game: “whatever you read before sleeping, be ready to travel there in your dreams.” i believed her with my whole heart. the habit she planted then is the one holding me now. when my little girl recognizes a book we love and her eyes light up, when she giggles at the same line every time, i feel that old doorway swing wide for both of us.

what is your first memory with books, or who made you fall in love with reading? a parent, a teacher, a library, a friend? tell me your origin story!! 🤩📚

I have seen it ALL, been there done that; from actual bookmarks, magnetic, paper, metallic, wooden to receipts and pills I will have to take later at night so I will also remember to read that chapter at the exact time. I have used my headbands, CDs or my actual bra

With a little imagination everything can turn into a bookmark

After everything I have ended up just remembering pages because I got exhausted What has worked for you??