I’m about 40% of the way through now, and i’m also a British Born Indian. For anyone reading, i recommend looking up some Bhajans (our equivalent of hyms) whilst reading; as it has elevated the experience for me (and they’re also quite calming)

What's your ideal book length?

OR

If you don't care about the above, what is your ideal chapter length?

For me, I think around 400 pages is my sweet spot, and chapters between 10 and 15 pages let's you get into a nice flow without feeling like you cant take a break.

Edit: I forgot to include: what is your ideal audiobook length?

I love asking this question as a party trick. Imagine the 🌋apocalypse🌋 has befallen us and all the Boundlings are living in a commune together. What skills, talents, and tomfoolery are you offering to the collective?

Are you: 🤔 a healer collecting herbs and making medicine for our booboos? 🤔 an archivist hoarding ephemera of our fallen civilization (“kids…this is an iPhone 17…”)? 🤔 the grumpy person who always votes no at the town halls?

I’m most definitely the community jester. Ring a bell and I’ll come running with levity, giggles, and something stupid to say. 🤡

Share your Pagebound Apocalypse Commune™️ role (silly, serious, or somewhere in between) in the comments! ⬇️

I was thinking about books I read in middle and high school and also wondering what other schools read across the country and world. I went to a weird hippie all-girls’ Catholic school, so while we had some normal reads (e.g. Macbeth, 1984, The Scarlet Letter), we also had some reads that I don’t think are typically assigned (e.g. The Hot Zone, Mountains Beyond Mountains, The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down).

What were your favorite books you read in school? (Mine were In the Time of the Butterflies, 1984, and Hatchet.) Or alternatively, what books do you think your school assigned that aren’t typically assigned?