I’d love to hear more perspectives on:

1. why you follow someone else on PB and
2. what types of interactions you typically have

I tend to follow people who have similar taste in books and/or a library that I can yoink from! I also pretty much 100% follow back anyone who follows me. I absolutely love following others that reciprocate likes/upvotes/comments.

For interactions, I ♥️ most of my friends’ updates and tend to comment on bigger milestones (leveling up, badges, etc.) unless they do not interact with me in that way. I don’t want to be a bother if someone else doesn’t find value in likes or upvotes, or doesn’t comment on others’ posts.

But then I sometimes get sad when I see users who follow me interacting a lot with others, but not me. If not friend, why friend-shaped?

So, what about you? Are you more of a yapper and not a liker? Does it hurt your feelings if someone follows you and doesn’t interact? And then what do you do - nothing, block them, or unfollow?

Anyway, I realized hearing perspectives and experiences from others could help give me insight into how we each utilize the “friend” portion of PB. As of right now, I’m only limited to my personal experience! Thanks for your thoughts. 💗✨

before i do anything, i have to preface this by saying that i am not north american, i do not live in north america, and i did not learn north american history in school. i know enough to have certain opinions about the continent as a whole, especially in light of recent events, but i'm not nearly as informed as someone who studied the subject or, say, an actual north american. i understand that a lot of discourse surrounding this book was about the erasure of native americans in order to drive the plot forward and that the author had said once in an interview that she had done it because she didn't believe herself qualified to write them without over-glorification or stereotyping—this is not something i feel i'm educated enough to speak on, but i do plan on doing the necessary research after i finish this book.

i picked this up based solely on a recommendation from someone who read the book ten years ago and liked its magic system. most of my posts going forward will be made on that basis.

that said...the writing style is atrocious. we're a third of the way through, and it's the first time something of note has happened, EVER. most of it is she-woke-up-then-got-off-the-bed-then-showered type of writing, and i really, really wanna smash my face into a wall whenever i see a block of text. i'm sad i'm the only one on this forum, because i need to know how some people finished this. still not dnf'ing though cause mama raised a whiner, not a quitter.

I want this one and bookshops & bonedust to be made into movies 🎬

Hello! This is my first quest and excited to read some of these books. I have already read a lot of the books that are listed here but never heard of the others.