Curious what everyone's listening to while they're reading? This is my current favorite from Spotify and figured I'd share the ambiance with everyone. Fantasy Book Ambiance

I replied to a comment in "The Will of the Many" by James Islington's book forum about how I made an exception to read this book because I had heard only excellent things about it (it's all true! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐) and that I was diversifying my bookshelf this year. And @seema asked me if I had any structure to my journey. I started to reply then I didn't want to clog up the OP's post so I thought it would be nice to open up the discussion to the whole community. 🩷What do I mean when I say I want to diversify my bookshelf?🩷 I was inspired by my local bookshop in Melbourne, Australia called "Amplify Bookstore" who only stock books by BIPOC authors to help people diversify and/or decolonise their bookshelves. "Over the last 20 years, the number of ‘diverse’ books published in a year has not exceeded an average of 10%." I grew up reading a lot of classics, fantasy and sci-fi (1% female - Ursula K Le Guin and 99% male and White - e.g. Douglas Adams, Robert Jordan, Terry Pratchett, JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Frank Herbert, Arthur C Clarke, Isaac Asimov, etc. you get it...) All of which I loved and obsessed over so much that it practically became my personality. In recently years I did start to notice that my most loved books are by mostly (amazing and talented) male authors and I thought it was time for me to see the world (or other worlds ✨) through the eyes of women, queer people, POC and more. I just use a spreadsheet to check in once a month on my authors. I don't know any book tracking apps that gives you stats on an author's gender, race and 🏳️‍🌈LGBTQIA+ friendly (themselves and/or their characters), so I keep track of it myself. I google the authors, check their socials and their website and read some interviews etc. It's not perfect but it works for me. At the moment, 70% of my 2025 read list are by authors who identify as women, 57% are White, 37% are Asian, 4% are Black or African, 2% are Hispanic / Latinx. I have work to do for my Black / African / Hispanic / Latinx authors! If you are also doing the same, do you have any tips? Or share your thoughts on what you think of this? 🤔

So am I the only one who try to plan what I’m gonna read next To empty my irl or digital tbr… But then he is gonna end up reading something completely different and never even touched the one that I was planning to do?? If anyone is able to stick to the next book, they were supposed to read could you give us some tips?

In fairness, now that I’m a bit further in, this DOES feel thematically YA. Definitely the character age and the current direction of his story arc are firmly YA.

Got any book/e-reader accessories you absolutely love? What I currently use almost daily (for my ereader) - off brand magnetic stand/pop socket hybrid - gooseneck magnetic clamp to hold my ereader so I can basically be hands free - 3 switch Bluetooth keyboard to click through pages. I am VERY tempted to buy one of those rolling book stand holders for my physical books hahahaha (I swear I am getting tendinitis from holding the books) Also maybe one of those ergonomic pillow to prop me up better when sitting in bed. However I guess I’ll keep using random things as bookmarked: receipts, tissues, mail and etc 😂

the magic system in this is *CHEFS KISS*! Big women-in-stem vibes ✨ why do I feel like I can’t trust most of the characters that are being introduced to me in these past 3-4 chapters 🫠

I'm almost at the end, but I'm afraid to read it....

Hey y'all, I did some research since a lot of users (mostly iPhone with Safari but some others as well) are being logged out of pagebound often and having to log in all the time. Based on what I've found, it seems that this is a bit of an intentional move with Safari if you have prevent cross site tracking enabled, while this in theory is great, at times it can cause saved log in data (like what is used with Google) to be removed. I can't test this directly since I don't have an iPhone, but wanted to share how to disable it in case it helps someone out! To disable this, go to Safari > Preferences > Privacy and uncheck the box next to "Prevent cross-site tracking" Hope this helps, and a lot of phones and browsers have this on my default now, please let me know if this fixes the issues for you, or if you still get logged out and I'll try to look into this further.

I love the quests feature. Just wish there were more of them to pick from and that we could have a greater variety for non fiction quests and its various sub genres.

I can't express how grateful I am for the existence of this space for book lovers like me. The idea of creating this site is simply wonderful and impressive. 📚✨ For the first time in my life, I feel the need to talk about the books I read and express my thoughts on them. Through this site, I found the courage to start posting my reviews, something I’ve always kept to myself. Here, I can share my impressions and discuss my favorite books with others. 💭📖 The fact that I can actively participate in discussions and draw knowledge and inspiration from other members of the community is something unique for me. The way everyone on the site expresses their enthusiasm for books and their stories makes me feel like I’m part of a wonderful group! 🤗📚💬