I feel like a stupid child reading this. Whenever I acquire new information I think:

"Oh, it works like THAT?"

"What the hell did you just describe to me? Can I look up a picture or will I have spoilers even about the books that haven't been written yet?"

"Oh yeah, you are telling me this now, but in ten seconds max I will forget it, so I do hope you explain it again later and don't think I'll remember this."

Please tell me I'm not the only one who loves going through forums of books I don't plan/intend to read. I find hilarious, because I have no context. Am I the only one? Am I sounding crazy? 😅🤣

I haven't seen many people talk about video games on this site, so I thought I'd start a conversation. Lately I've been in the mood for city builders, mainly Kingdoms Reborn.

Hii, I was wondering if any of you can help me? I am a new reader and sadly the place where I currently live doesn’t have good bookstores that have the books I like.. So now here’s a choice between shipping books from other countries or reading online. Shipping books can take a while, it can get expensive and Blablabla. So the ultimate choice is online books, but I do not like them, and I do need physical books/maybe a kindle to bring to school when needed and also I can’t easily get an amazon kindle account ‘cause I’m not in the US and now I don’t know what to do, does anyone maybe have any tips..?

I joined Pagebound two months ago thinking a 50-book goal was plenty ambitious. 🫠 Then I hit 44 and panicked, so naturally, I moved the goalposts to 75 to keep the pressure on.

Meanwhile, I’m scrolling past people casually logging book #213 like it’s nothing. Massive respect BTW! ✨🌸

Where are we all at with our 2026 targets? Smashing it, moving the bar, or pretending the challenge doesn't exist?

I used to review books right after I finished them but recently after sitting with books for a while and my thoughts have developed more I have changed my mind and gone back and changed some reviews, for better or worse. So now I'm waiting longer, a few days to a couple weeks, before I review something. This ultimately works for me better now because how I feel after sitting with the book for a while is likely how I will feel about the book long-term and will be more accurate to my true feelings.

What are other's review timelines?

Note: there is no right way, I'm just curious 🧐

If you guys don’t know, Magical Readathon is a Readathon hosted by G at Bookroast on YouTube, and it’s so much fun! It’s essentially an RPG game where you make your character, pick a subject (‘Calling’) for them to study, and the lessons dictate which reading prompts you get. There’s also livestreams and games, and other little side-quest type things if that’s your thing.

This is I believe my 5th year participating, and I’m so excited for the Autumn one next month, G has just posted the prompts. I love planning which books I’m going to read from the prompts.

Does anyone else participate? And if so what’s your calling this year? I’ve just mapped out my prompts for it.

Hi friends ~ Could u maybe comment your perfect summer read please ? I've been going through an everything slumb and I'm craving a summer read that's fast paced , not boring and would help me live the summer vibes so I can maybe drag my home loving self outside for some summer activities .

I hate it when it's too hot to read, cause wdym im trying to read and pages in my hands starting to get soaked in my sweat

Genre omnivore (coined by CirKater (me)) = someone whi reads all genres and in between and the only criteria for a book to be enjoyed is that its good

Does any of yall fit this description? If yes, do you have a favourite genre? Is there any that you have higher expectations for or just don't vibe with that much? And share your (hopefully genre-diverse) reading lists while we're at it!

For me my favourite genre has to be high fantasy, the longer and more convoluted the better! I'm in the middle of like five 3+ book series and I am having the time of my life!

Funnily enough, my least favourite genre might be romantasy, as it tends to focus less on the fantasy parts and more on the romance. So the romance has to be really dang good for me to be able to enjoy it, which lets be honest is kinda hard to do in a way that pleases me.

My current reading list is: 💥The Eye of the World - Robert Jordan. THE epic fantasy series. For now its taking quite a slow pace (160 pages in and the main plot has not started yet🥲) but I am having fun with it and the worldbuilding is wonderful! 💥Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevski. Despite enjoying it a lot, I'm moving very slowly with it, but thats fine. I started in June and am curretly around 50%. Its not that its bad, but it requires me way more "brain power" than other books. 💥 The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. LeGuin. I'm only at the very beginning, but it seems promising! I love genderweird scifi, so it will hopefully scratch that itch. 💥 False History - Otto English. A nonfiction about common misinformation about historical facts and how those correlate with modern problems. Its not bad, but some of the chapters are not as interesting as others, and the author loves to show his opinions as facts. I agree with those opinions, but still, it is kinda annoying. 💥 Two books that are only out in Hungarian. An absolute garbage fantasy I am forcing my way trough to see how bad it can get, and an essay collection about writing as a craft.

i was wondering if anyone had recommendations for books about eldest daughters? preferably with somewhat of a focus on the struggle that comes with it. i've been going through some things this year and i started wondering if it wouldn't help a bit to read something around those struggles and the isolation and so on and so forth

Hello! What is your favorite troupe?

Mine is second chance romance and i was a bit taken aback when i saw that a lot of people hate it. I just find something so beautiful with falling in love again with the person you been with before. You’re still in love with the old things and falling in love with the new things. Its like they’re each others person but they need sometime part before fully love each other. For example, i recently finished rewind it back from the mile high series by liz tomforde and she did an excellent job with that troupe.