My physical TBR is a little overwhelming at the moment, and i'm nearly at the end of my current book. Help me choose from my top choices! The Will of the Many (James Islington) The Girls I've Been (Tess Sharpe) Vicious (V.E. Schwab) The Midnight Library (Matt Haig) Don't Let The Forest In (C.G. Drews) I'm inclined to go with The Will of the Many, because there is so much hype around it, but someone on here mentioned that the women are few and far between, so i'm a little put off now. Vicious would be my first venture into the Schwabverse (is that a word?) and I worry if I like it too much i'll have to read everything else she's written before I can get through the rest of these.

i was a voracious reader, but until 2025, i wasn't reading regularly. part of it has been other commitments, but i realize now that i was reading books i didn't like LOL. after reading banger after banger, my itch to continue reading has become akin to how i felt as a kid discovering libraries for the first time. so: i've decided i will no longer force myself to read books i don't enjoy. i will now let myself dnf books so i can continue reading stuff i actually like 🤣 if you're looking for a sign to drop a book you're not enjoying, here u go !

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 always think back to the childhood books that got made me into the reader I am today so I wanna know what books everyone on here got them into reading! It also doesn’t have to be childhood books if you became a big reader later in life but I would still love to know what your answer was! One of the first books that I remember really loving and becoming obsessed with is the first Percy Jackson book that my mom recommended to me when I was about 7-9. So I owe my reader journey to her. I also really love the Pixie Hollow series so I’m super excited to read Wings of Starlight soon. (I’m also using this post as an opportunity to get some reading recommendations 🤭)

Hi guys!! I feel like I have really high standards for books lol! Maybe it’s just my adhd, but if a book doesn’t really interest me, I have such a hard time feeling motivated to read the whole thing. Does anyone else experience this? Also if you do, what are some of the books that held your attention all the way through? I would love some recs!✨🫶🏼

Is there an easy way to find out how someone you follow has reviewed a book? Or do you just have to search through all the reviews until you stumble across them?

Just want to start this post by saying I love this site and it's so nice to be around so many supportive book besties! So, I would love to know what everyone's 5 star books are and what made them a 5 star read for you? I think those 5 stars are so subjective and I haven't actually read any 5 star reads so far this year, so I'd love to know what everyone else's are and why!

Just finished Priory of the Orange Tree and haven't felt that euphorically satisfied at the end of a book in a long time. I have so many books on my TBR (I'm not a reading powerhouse like so many of you) and I don't know where to go from here to keep this high! How does one even deal 😭