Books that you would recommend to a person who just got a big break from their studies. A book to read right after your exams are over, with snacks. Any book that is gripping enough, I do not mind hard language. Thank you.

That's the question.

I'm currently reading the You series by Caroline Kepnes and am feeling kind of bad about "wasting time."

My thoughts are:

I read a lot of heavier and academic stuff, so I should feel just fine about taking a break and reading brain candy (like the entire Guild Codex series), which isn't going to do anything toward making me a better person or opening the world to me. But for some reason I judge myself and get little embarrassed by it... just as I would be embarrassed if I ordered pizza every day (whether people knew about it or not).

Except I should feel fine about it even if that's ALL I read! I don't judge other people for reading exclusively brain candy, so why am I not allowed to?! (and the right pizza can actually be a readonably balanced meal!)

Dang it! If I want to read John Saul's entire catalogue that is just fine!! It's familiar and comfortable! It's no different than watching all of Dexter for the sixth time!!

Do you judge yourself like this, even when your rational brain knows better? How do you get yourself out of it? Do you admit it (anyone here not track their brain candy so nobody will know?)? Is it maybe a consequence of my age and when I was educated? [sigh]

Please tell me I'm not alone.

As a haver of ADHD, I am very proud to have developed a daily habit of reading and managing my streak. I broke 100 days a couple of weeks ago, a thought that once seemed inconceivable to me.

I know streaks aren't for everyone and I totally support people turning them off for themselves. But for those of us who use them, it would be nice to have some achievements attached to them. That way if we ever need to break them, it doesn't feel like we've lost something irreclaimable. There's a record of it somewhere.

Thoughts?

I’m still relatively new to Pagebound and one of my favorite features so far that’s really surprised me is that there are separate “TBR” and “Interested” statuses. I’m still kind of working out how to use them with different intentions - it started very vibes based and now is morphing into something more concrete, though it’s still a work in progress for sure.

This makes me curious! How do other folks on here use these different classifications? What makes you choose to put something on your TBR list vs your Interested list?

oof back to back posts but… since when did published works include playlists? this has been a thing for fanfic and the like forever, but i’m seeing it pop up in like real deal, published, sitting in a giant retailer, books. forgive me when i say i don’t like this :/ maybe im tripping. ik i can just skip it yadada, that’s not the point!!!

what are your thoughts on this?

i had a kindle (yeah ick amazon ik, but it was a gift from an ex in like 2019 so waste not want not yk) and due to planned obsolescence (yayy!) it will not connect to 5g network. so it’s essentially unusable without jailbreaking or backdoor stuff which i, a technologically illiterate cave woman, have no interest in. so i have not read just about anything in MOOOONTHs. that ereader was the backbone of my reading habits. i love physical books and was still reading them in between ebooks, but i have a one year old that looooves books and is unfortunately not gently with them so it is so much easier to use an ereader. well i’ve gone back to my roots and installed libby on my phone! i devouuuured a crappy romance (i say this with love) in less that 24 hrs!!! we are so back baby. a mind in motion stays in motion.

tldr: bad reading slump bc amazon hates me and i felt guilty so broke up with PB temporarily 😭

A couple of mine:

1. Historical polar exploration horror
2. Queer botanical horror with an older protagonist