Starting act 2 rn and i think i might end up liking rowan, whoa

I'm so glad I read assassin's blade, having the extra context about the healer, and having it come full circle really made that super long chapter 4 enjoyable. So far I'm actually really enjoying the ToD story!

I am really trying to switch from Audible to Libro.fm for audiobooks, however I am finding a ton of books I want to read are Audible exclusives and I cannot even borrow them from my library sometimes 🤨 Has anyone found audible exclusives ANYWHERE else? I'm planning out finishing The Six of Crows duology and the Shadow and Bone trilogy... All 5 books audible exclusives 😭

wanted to continue listening on spotify when im biking in between physical reading but the dutch version is somehow not included in (an expensive) subscription while the english one is? 😭 do we think it would be worth to switch between languages or should i stick with the physical read?

I am having such a hard time following this book, and I don’t understand most of what has happened because I’m having a hard time figuring out which characters belong to which storyline because I’m so terrible with names and there are just so many. Has anyone else felt this way and still been able to enjoy and finish this book? I’m feeling very discouraged from reading this. And is there any sort of guide to the characters that is spoiler free?

I can't make up my mind about if this is boring or entertaining

For those who collect a lot of physical books, how do you display them and would you buy your shelves again? I have two Billy bookshelves from IKEA but will need more soon. They’re fine but I’m interested in something sturdier if there is a better option that isn’t super expensive 😅

I am really torn on DNFing this, I'm not really enjoying it, but oddly enough I am finding the audiobook very easy to follow? I am listening while I am working and I am able to follow what is happening pretty easily, that never happens for me. If I am not reading along with a copy of the book I will ALWAYS tune an audiobook out haha.

I'm really interested in learning more about the awesome folks I've connected with on pagebound so far. I've interacted with many of you, and while we usually stick to books because it's a common love we all share, but I realized I only know a little about each of you through those conversations. That is totally fine if that is how you'd like to keep things, so no pressure to answer 😊. A little more personally about me: I'm a father (mid 30s) of 2 beautiful little girls (3.5 years and 7 months), married to an amazing woman and mother, and we also have 2 French bulldogs 😊. I'm currently a software engineer and my primary focus is infrastructure (all the boring stuff that websites like pagebound runs on behind the scenes and serves it all over the world), but I also freelance in web development still since it's where I got my start. Fun random fact: I was top 500 in overwatch season 3 🤣 Super happy to have met everyone and will hopefully continue to meet as this community grows 😊 Please don't forget to practice good internet safety when answering! 🫣

I think things are going to get worse before it gets better. Which comes to no surprise but oh, how I'm dreading it.