Hi Boundlings!

I know there are lots of olders like me here who won’t need this explained, but for the youths, back in the days of dial-up internet, we would sit on our desktop computer in the living room on AOL Instant Messenger. If you needed to get up for any reason, you could just sign off (cue door slam sound effect), or, if you really wanted attention like moi, you could leave a super angsty away message that tells everyone how you really feel while also being vague AF (the precursor to the already historical phenomenon known as “vaguebooking”). Usually this away message was song lyrics and/or quotes from cultural touchpoints such as The Office and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but I think quotes from books could work, too.

I was thinking… maybe we could leave away messages here, and recommend books to each other based on tHe ViBeZ?

Mine’s in the comments 😘

I got to sing (scream) along to this song with Ms. Hayley Williams back in May and it was the best night ever, but… that 37th bday is fast approaching so I was thinking to myself, my opportunities to use these lyrics are dwindling 😂

Trying to figure out how to word this title was interesting, lmao. I realize it sounds clickbait-y, but it's an actual thing!

So I was already in a bit of a novel reading slump. I did get back into reading One Piece, though! (I don't track manga here, so it's been quiet for me here, lol. I'm at the Egghead Island arc, if you're curious).

But then, on 24 June, I went to the ER because my ankle was in severe, 9/10 pain. After a shorter-than-expected wait, I had a fluid sample drawn from my ankle, and it turned out that I had an infection in my ankle that caused Septic Arthritis (basically a temporary arthritis caused by infection in a joint, that can lead to permanent and severe arthritis if left untreated). So I ended up getting emergency surgery to flush the infection from the ankle.

I was hospitalized for a week, and I had my copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with me the whole time, and I just... didn't touch it. It's the perfect time to read, and my brain was like "Nah, you've got zero motivation to read right now. Enjoy boredom!"

Anyone else get that feeling? You're in a position where reading would be perfect, but you just... can't? (I'm hoping to shirk this slump soon)

But men are shortsighted. Especially when a heavy crown is blocking their eyes.

I propose we stop putting men in positions of power, as they are quite emotional and susceptible to temptation. Just a thought...

I'm about to start rereading and finally finishing the Lore Olympus series with my book club, and then I'm hoping to try and do a full review and discussion on my blog. I did make a post for vol 1 and vol 11, but those forums don't seem to get much attention, so I thought I'd try here too, but if that's annoying, I totally understand.

I know people have some really strong feelings about this series, and almost nobody is ever just meh about it - you'll either hate it or love it. I know some people have thoughts on the characters, retelling style, and the writing, so I'd really love to hear what you all think of it, especially because I know there will have been things that I've missed in the past, and I'd really like to try and analyse or at least pay more attention to them when I do a full series reread.

When I did a post recently about the series we were voting on for my book club, I saw that a lot of people have opinions about the series, so I'm really curious to hear what everyone has to say - whether it's positive or negative!