If you can remember whats your first ever book you read or just something you remember impacted you into reading or just you in general?

Let me go first. I think the first book I picked up was The Vampire Academy. I mean, obviously we read books in school, but this was the first book I actually chose to read on my own, and I legit think it changed my life. More in the way of like, “wow… books are actually GOOD and damn I want to consume more" I'd legit go to the library like weekly lmao ”

But also in a way is that I used to have a really bad learning disability as a child I ( still have it but is like low maintenance now ) and would act out a lot growing up, and I genuinely think picking up books and reading helped shape me into who I am today. I like to say it was almost like a switch went off in my brain. Like suddenly I wanted to try in school and the disability that held me back felt like it didnt impact me as much.

So yeah, Vampire Academy legit paved the way for my love of reading 🥹 Sorry, I rambled a lot lmao.

I just wanna know people orgin stories on discovering books lmao.

Dw, no one will judge cuz I’ve DNFed books or stayed away from books for the dumbest reasons sometimes. So I’ll go first. I think the pettiest reason I’ve ever DNFed a book was cuz there weren’t enough paragraph breaks. Most pages would just be one big paragraph, and I just couldn’t handle it, I would just randomly get lost between sentences.

1. Have every book you want, its a one time thing, and only the books you want now, not the future ones. but never being able to use the library again, this also means not being able to have others get a library book for you, as a strong force doesn’t let you come near the book. So you will have to buy the book if you ever come across something new that’s interesting.

Or

2. Never being able to read/listen to a book without everybody within a 100 meter radius hearing, everyone in that radius can hear the book, hear your thoughts, you will not hear their thoughts, nothing is changed for you. but they will hear it as if you’re reading out loud.

I tried to make this as terrible as possible by using people’s favorite bookish habits, audiobooks and libraries, my own included. 😌

im going with number 2 🫪 i live in the countryside with 1 neighbour who’s home maybe once every 2 weeks, so I’d avoid reading knowing other people are around

Soooo, every time I finish a book, I have this rule that I can’t start another book that same day. I need to let the book sink in for a little while first. I have no idea when I started doing this, but it got me wondering: what are some of the weird or oddly specific rules you have for yourself when it comes to reading? 👀

Good evening Bookaholics!!

How is everyone doing?

Today my day is consisting of rest and relaxation (a.k.a reading with a mega ton of snacks 😎) after finishing my summer placement!!!

I'm planning to maybe pick up one of my fantasy books that are sitting on my shelf, so my question pertains to the imaginative genre.

Which book do you think would be made better if a dragon had been included? See if you can think of both a fantasy book and a book from another genre 🤔

curious if anyone here has managed to turn a love of books or reading into a job/career and if so, what do you do (if you don’t mind sharing)? what do you enjoy about it? are there any major drawbacks for you? 💕

Well i just screamed (loudly) because a centipede was hiding in my BEDROOM curtains and now he is loose somewhere in the house. I don't mind spiders so much but really... do you need that many legs? (I love having a cat who prefers to stare, rather than take action. Smh. Freeloader)

Now i'm scared about bugs in my apartment, leading me to ask this book related question... has anyone ever actually had/seen bookworms? Like the actual bugs (bugs?) that chew through books? I get a lot of vintage/antique/secondhand books, and the thought has crossed my mind but I don't actively check them for bugs. THANKFULLY i have never had an encounter, because i truly think i would screech and throw a precious book across the room

A few years ago, my eye doctor suggested I read large print books when I can to help with eye strain. It was only for a few months as we figured out what kind of glasses worked based for my extremely poor vision (4 years between visits isn't recommended anymore, lol). However, I found that I liked the format better, especially since the font is usually standard across all books. I'm grateful that my library and the overall state system buys large print versions of new releases. The patrons at the library I manage don't mind reading large print, either, which frees up money for other books since we don't need two different copies!