I read The Spellshop for the fall readalong and it really just didn't hit right for me. But now I keep seeing posts from it on my home feed. Is there a way to unfollow posts for a specific book without removing it from your tracking?

From everything I've heard about this while scrolling, I'm a little nervous about how intense it seems to be. But it sounds like the perfect book to start off Spooky Month. Lets see how long I'm gonna be sleeping with the lights on and how many tissues I'm gonna need!

Okay so I’m having a bit of a moral conundrum and I would like to hear how others deal with this kind of thing. Let’s preface this by saying I do not want this turning into a big argument, but I think the Pagebound community is a safe space to respectfully discuss this.

TL;DR: IMO Rowling is a twat. Do you separate art from artist and read HP, or stop consuming their work altogether?

So, as many others, I have a soft spot in my heart for Harry Potter. I grew up with the movies, read all the books multiple times, played the games (those ps2 games were the shit). It’s just one of those comfort franchises.

But now.. in the big year of 2025.. I have just rearranged my bookshelves. And my Harry Potter series has been demoted to some dusty old corner in the back where I can’t see them anymore. All because J.K Rowling has become an absolute twat. I understand that we can’t all have the same values. (Or I don’t understand, when it comes to basic human rights but well) It is another thing altogether to use your big voice and money to demonize and actively go against a harmless group of minorities. A group whole already gets enough shit without someone like her piling it on.

I do not want to support such an hateful individual with my money. I will not buy any new versions of the books, I will not watch the new HBO show, I will not rewatch the movies on a place where she gets revenue from them. (🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️)

But.. Now the weather is getting colder, I’m feeling that itch to reread the books. To get swept away again in the magical world I loved as a kid. I wouldn’t be giving her any money, since I still own my old copies. But if I reread.. do I log them in the app? 7 whole books not counting to my reading goal is a lot. Read, log, but don’t engage in forms and reviews? I also don’t necessarily want her to be among my top authors lol.

How do you deal with situations like this? Do you just don’t care about authors opinions? Separate the art from the artist? Do you stop reading it all together? Do you reread it quietly?

Whether it be with works from She Who Must Not Be Named, or another author whose views you don’t agree with.

Any book recommendation to get out of a reading slump? Preferably a novella or a book > 200 pages. As long as it fiction i don’t mind.

okay judgement free zone right…? I crack spines, fold corners, and throw books in my bag like they belong there. Bookmarks? Page folds. Dust jackets? Optional. I read with the book folded in half. No spine is safe with me. Imo my books are meant to be loved, not preserved.

Shoutout to fellow chaotic readers… and props to those who keep their books immaculate. I genuinely don’t know how you read a book and keep it pristine, not even a crack in the spine. I see you, I admire you, but I’ll never be you.

Any other Type B readers out there, living that gloriously messy, well-loved book life? 🩵😈

I absolutely LOVE doing this - it lets me see all kinds of things people have read, are reading and plan on reading. I get off work in an hour and I finished the book I was reading on shift tonight.

So. What I want to know is everyone's Last - Now - Next! I started another one right after, but I am a mood reader and have no idea what I am going to read next.. so I need ideas from you all with your answers!

Last - Fixiation of the Mind by Kira Stanely Now - Black Ties & White Lies by Kat Singleton Next - IDK lol. Maybe the 2nd in the series for my NOW book.

whats your preference? i was just having a convo with a coworker about hardcovers vs paperback and our opinions differed quite a bit! personally, i’m a paperback girl.

Now that im rereading the red queen series, im wondering if I also should reread the selection. Any thoughts?

Y'all is this a love triangle with the brothers?! Little 15 year old Pyx is screaming for joy deep in my heart

Anyone have any books you reliably reread when you're sick? Something that feels the same as the chicken soup, tea, and mound of blankets comprising the only things keeping you together? I always go back to Legends and Lattes when I'm too sick to focus on something new or just need the comfort of familiarity.