WHY do romance books keep giving us “romantic” moments that are actually just full-body ICKS 😭😭 like sorry but if he’s glaring at every guy who so much as breathes near you… that’s not hot, that’s controlling I get the jealously if she or he posted a picture with others and its like a close pic but really🤨?? Your gonna kill anyone who breathes the same air as her... 🚩

like NO, I don’t want a love interest who can’t take no for an answer and keeps “persisting” until she caves. that’s not devotion, that’s harassment with extra eyeliner.

also? when they never communicate their feelings but somehow expect the other person to read their mind??? EW. imagine falling in love with someone who acts like a puzzle box with bad Wi-Fi.

don’t even get me started on the dudes who neg the girl constantly and it’s framed as flirty banter. no bestie, that’s just rude.😒

romance authors pls understand: BASIC RESPECT IS SEXY. listening?? hot. apologizing?? hotter. actually supporting their partner instead of sulking like a man-child?? scorching.😍

I want green flags, not emotional constipation dressed up as mystery. if your love interest acts like a red flag factory🚩, I’m throwing the whole book across the room.

PLEASE recomend me a good short book. I don't know what happened but this september I've made terrible choices with books, DNF like half a dozen, and the huge one I did finish took forever and was just ok. I really really need to pick a good one this time 🥹

I know some people who don’t like snacking while they’re reading, which is also what I sometimes do! But if I would like to have a snack either: chocolate bar 🍫 or chips/popcorn 🍿! For drink: coffee ☕️ or just water 💦! And if I'm at the coffee shop, I wouldn’t mind eating whatever I get while I'm reading!

I think I'm currently reading like 4 different books right now and none of them are the same and I have what feels like an infinite number of books that I absolutely need to read and I wish I could just absorb it all like a multivitamin. this is a great issue to have but I am always distracted by all the new things I want to learn and know specifically through books

I feel better now I just had to say this somewhere

• Do You Listen to Book Playlist by Authors / Made by Readers? / Your Own Playlist? Or instrumental Music? 🎹

I usually listen to my own playlist or book playlist made by Readers! But when it’s raining, i would put jazz on youtube that fits with the weather vibe 🌧️

Hey everyone!! I love reading and watching others opinions on what they read so I was wondering if anyone has any great/favorite booktubers recommendations? Also if you have any YouTuber that likes to analyze films/recommend films i'll also appreciate a rec!! 😊❤️

I recently read Animal Farm by George Orwell and it got me thinking that while reading is an escape, I also love books that make me reflect and think and question…

SO

What’re some banned books or just classics that you think everyone should read at some point ?

Okay, so just might be a controversial opinion, so let me preface this by saying that I myself have come from a special ed family and I was in special education for 16 years; I started english at 16 years (second language) and high-school level maths at 18, so I know what it means having to fight for an education. This might and is nonetheless coming from a very privileged position, but I would like different perspectives, because I cannot wrap my head around this. I simply don't understand how people / or why people say that Katabasis is very ... let's say academic. I never really struggled to understand what RF Kuang meant, because I personally think she explains herself very well and if she doesn't there are footnotes - especially in Babel. Again, I'm aware that I am in a place of privilege but I really don't understand how this happens because I don't think her books are as high stakes as people online are saying. Why are people struggling with her writing, more so than with other books, subjectively of course. Is it the references? The more flowery writing? the length of her novels? the topics? Maybe it's also because I have been reading most of my life, but other than her topics her books - for me - don't particularily stick out to be special? I would love some different opinions and input, and I am so so sorry, that I may have had a privilege that someone else hasn't, but I am so glad that we get to enjoy Kuangs writing and books in general, together 🫰

i’m craving stars hollow in print. small town vibes, fast banter, mother–daughter heartbeat, found family, lots of coffee. light romance is cool, big angst not so much.

hit me with your recs and tell me: ➡️ what vibe it nails: quirky town, autumn feels, bookish settings ➡️ spice level: closed door to mild preferred ➡️ why it scratched the gilmore itch for you

bonus: rate it on a cozy scale out of 5 mugs ☕️ and if you’re extra, tell me which season it feels like. season 3 energy? i’m in.

i’ll be collating all your recs into a list and sharing it back with the thread!

Motherhood has been beautiful and, if I’m honest, really isolating at times. Days blur into feeds and nap attempts, and my brain felt like it was on pause.

Then I found Pagebound.

Suddenly I had something small and bright to look forward to. Quests turned my 20-minute reading sprints into little wins. The forums felt like real conversation again, the kind where someone gets excited with you about a chapter or gently points you to a new author. The club threads nudged me into genres I never thought I’d try, and it felt like opening a door back to myself.

To the team, thank you for building a space that is thoughtful and kind and quietly motivating. 🥹❤️

To the community, thank you for the warmth, the spoiler tags, the recs that keep my lukewarm tea company at 2 a.m., and the feeling that I’m not reading alone. You’ve made this season softer and a lot less isolating. I’m grateful for every ping, every prompt, every page. 💛📚

I don’t know how I’m stopping on 97% but I need to sleep and I don’t want this book to end 😭😭😭😭 My heart is already broken and maybe it will heal overnight a bit (just being a bit dramatic)

while I wait for my friend to catch up on the great hunt I'll start this one bcs everyone om my main page seem to be reading it and I saw only great things about it so why not

It's my fault because I only read classics around 800 pages from Russian authors who had nothing else to do (Anna Karenina I watching you) I have always liked some classics • Wuthering heights • The picture of Dorian Gray • Emma • Crime and Punishment Those are great but they took EFFORT AND TIME

Now... I recently noticed a pattern of books that are usually way smaller in pages that genuinely magnetize me, I can't stop reading them, I can finish in two days. I am genuinely having fun with them

• Camilla, queer vampires, woman focused it started my introduction to fun classics • A moveable feast, genuinely calming, small, exploring Ernest Hemingway looking back at his time in Paris with many other writers and his mistakes during the best time of his life • Maurice, so much sass from depressed queer young men fighting their demons and hating women my god • The talented Mr Ripley, does it count? • REBECCA, couldn't do anything until I finished it, I would have sworn it wasn't a classic if it wasn't so well written, it was so easy to follow and engaging (Perhaps I should have added "the Bell" by Iris Murdoch but it's pretty recent to be considered a classic in my opinion so it just gets a honorable mention because my love for it exceeds the main point of this quest forum)

Does anyone else feel that way or felt similarly with other classic books?? I am on the hunt for more like them