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I read any character-driven story that also has beautiful prose. My soul is made of gorgeous words!
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hello fellow pageboundlings! (bounders? boundians?)
I see a lot of posts mentioning being a mood reader, but tbh I don't actually know what that means. I add books to my tbr that sound good and interesting, and then I set a variety of library holds, and out of the options I have available when I finish a book I pick up the next thing that sounds good.
Is that not what everyone does? and what other types of readers are there, besides the mythical mood reader? what does being a mood reader mean to you, if that's how you identify?
if there is a type of reader that means I prefer to pick up something very different from what I just finished, that's what I'd be. I am not obsessed with labels but I do love a personality test.
genuinely asking! xoxo gossip girl
edit: follow up! how can you tell that a book will fit your mood??? also how do you identify what that mood specifically calls for? is this question revealing that i need therapy lol
80NicholeReadsBooks commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I’m not sure if this is the best place to post this (let me know if it isn’t) but would love help with some book recommendations. I’ve had some health issues the past few months and am hoping for some books that don’t require a low of brainpower or thinking (ex: remembering minor details for a mystery is a no go right now, high fantasy has been too much).
I’m open to any genre. I tend to read a lot of romance, fantasy (need easy world building right now though), and general contemporary fiction, but I read a wide variety of genres and am open to any suggestions.
Thanks in advance!!
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You know those things where you're like... Wait do people actually do that?
Here is a non-exhaustive list that I am curious about;
- let out a breath you didn't know you were holding
- felt the gaze of someone on your back
- saw someone's eyes darken
- melted
- kissed someone and genuinely described it as "crashing your lips together"
- slammed a door and slid down with your back against it
Maybe these things happen to people and I am just not living life to it's most romantic but please tell me your stories! It could also be my autistic ass has trouble understanding which ones are more metaphorical and which ones the author is using genuinely 🤭
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“Maybe if I could cry, my tears would dissolve this knot at the center of my chest.”
Omg!!! This is so relatable. And soooo sad. Poor girl! I’m heartbroken with her. I’m only 1% in, and these characters are already winning me over. Brava, author!!!
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Sweet Temptation
Danika Rose Lynn
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Synopsis: Kathy H recounts her childhood growing up in Hailsham, a school for… unusual students. Her most meaningful childhood interactions happen between herself and Tommy, a boy who is getting bullied for not being good at art, and Ruth, a deceitful but ultimately “cool girl” in whose clique everyone wants to be included. The reader discovers the quiet horrors of Kathy’s life through her innocent ramblings about school, friendship, sex, and death.
Review: There is a quiet brilliance to this story. Kathy explains her childhood to an audience who apparently knows the world in which she lives. The horrors run deep, even though the tone is matter-of-fact. She tosses in darkness while seeming not to recognize it as darkness. In fact, that is a great description of Kathy overall: surrounded by and even sometimes involved in darkness, but flowing with it as if she is being carried down a river on a raft with no oars.
Never Let Me Go, despite its yearning title, is not about holding on tightly to those you love. It is about deeply misunderstanding everything, including the meaning of one’s own life. It is about accepting a fate you never questioned, celebrating empty achievements, and never coming home to yourself. Kathy is the perfect embodiment of indoctrination and the inevitability it creates. She is deeply human, even if the wider world around her chooses not to see her that way. She chooses not to see them, too, honestly. And that, as I say, is what makes this book so dangerously clever.
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Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
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