Dear friends, whose first language is not English, I have a question for you. Do you remember the first book you read in English? Was it easy for you in the beginning to read something which is not your native language?

My first book was Alice in Wonderland, I read it when I was about 10 I guess, that sparked reading more in English for me. I used to have a dictionary handy and look up for words, phrases , the usage. As we had limited access in our public libraries/ bookstores, I read whatever was available to me. Random science facts, Wonders of the world, Biographies of world's greatest leaders/ kings, these are the few things that comes to my mind now.

I am just curious about hearing your reading journey. Thanks for reading till the end! -sindhujaw👻✨

I recently saw a good deal on the Waterstones Exclusive Fallen Gods Trilogy and was super tempted to buy it, but I always get nervous buying a whole series in case I dont like them. Especially with how expensive a full set can be!

I feel that its common for book influencers to buy whole series in one fell swoop and I'm curious if other people also do that, or if they would rather buy the books as they work through the series.

What are your thoughts on this?

Do you ever see an opinion in a book's forum or review that makes you so mad you have to close the app? I find that being on Pagebound makes me a LOT less angry than other social media apps (mostly thanks to how sweet everyone here is!), but sometimes it's tricky to see criticism of a book you love--or love for a book you despise. Do you see yourself as a book debater, or are you more likely to step away from a disagreement?

heya boundlings! two posts within an hour because i finally have time to catch up and doom scroll here for abit 🤪

anyway, what are some books that immediately caught your attention because of its first sentence?

did you end up enjoying or disliking it? why?

My inner feminist is shaking her head in disgust at me. I’m shaking my head in disgust at me. But like… 🫡🫢😶

Interesting… it’s not a zombie kind of apocalypse/dystopian world so this is lowkey new to me (as someone who was mostly a series and movie watcher more than a reader. This is my first dystopian book ever, plus it’s a why choose so that’s even more interesting…

I like lucky so far too. I just ignore that he has beard 😭