Firstly, IM SO EXCITED THE APP LAUNCHED!!!

Honestly I’m not used to thinking deeply about the plots in media that I consume, but I want to get better with media literacy. When you’re reading, how do you think through things and put your reactions into words, and are there methods to organizing your thoughts?

I’m not sure how or when to post on forums other than the moments that I have strong emotional reactions, and then the posts I make just sound immature 😅

It’s interesting and a little intimidating to see reviews that have multiple paragraphs with analysis and plot description, does anyone else get a little self conscious about posting?

I've always been a big reader but in college I barely read because I felt I didn't have the mental capacity for it, and started to watch a lot of K-dramas instead. Summer of last year I fell in love with reading again, and I would still watch K-dramas occasionally but it was when I wasn't reading a book.

Now I'm out of college, but still struggling to balance reading with my other hobbies. I'm very all-or-nothing, and I find that if I'm reading I keep wanting to watch my show, and when I'm watching the show, I want to read. It's frustrating because I can't balance both hobbies at the same time and enjoy them without feeling like I should be doing the other.

Anyone else struggle with this issue and have tips for how they allocate time for reading and other hobbies?

Ticket queue yesterday felt like going to war lol but I somehow snagged two weekend tickets, so excited! And of course gearing up to preach the Pagebound gospel to fellow readers 💖

Any advice on how to get into audiobooks/podcasts? I can never seem to concentrate long enough and then I tune back in and have no clue what just happened 🫣

Edit: Wow! Thank you for all the advice it’s been so lovely reading through them all! I hope other people are finding this as helpful as I am! Please free to keep commenting tips and tricks!! ❤️📚

i usually tandem read my books but sometimes i'd like to just put the audio on and keep myself busy. i've tried to play games while listening and it never seems to work, but maybe i'm picking the wrong games!

i like to play things like WoW but it takes way too much focus to listen to a book i've also tried "cozier" games like Stardew Valley and Fields of Mistria but i still seem to lose too much brainpower to the game to focus on the book the only one i've had success with is Powerwash Simulator lmaoooo but that one gets boring pretty quickly

any ideas? preferably something i can play on PC!!