hiii i’m wondering if anyone has some suggestions on becoming an avid reader again, i grew up loving reading SO MUCH and this app has also helped me really get back into it. the problem is honestly just my phone. i can’t stop doomscrolling and i want to replace it with reading. i’m sure others have gone through this as well so i’m hoping to find others to relate to also😩🙏

I am a huge Barbara Comyns fan, but unfortunately, many of her works are no longer being published so I am struggling to find them in libraries or bookstores. I am located in Canada, so the likelihood of coming across one of her novels in a used bookstore / the thrift is also extremely low. Super keen to read her full bibliography but it seems impossible ahhh 🥲

Those of you who seek out obscure or out of print books, I’d love to know how you track them down! Any advice is appreciated!

Just posting here to tell anyone in the UK who is picking up results or already has for A-Levels, congrats!!!!

You should be proud, no matter what you got, because you made it through some of the toughest exams of your life!

I hope everyone got into their first choice uni or the course they wanted!

Treat yourself to a little book buying today, you deserve it! (Already had a trip to Waterstones, bought Mexican Gothic and Hazelthorn, and now I’m looking forward to reading them!)

Well done, once again! 🎉🎉

As I’m reading so many good books now because of PB and constantly peeking at others finished books, lists, and getting recommendations in quest forums it made me think! Who - dead or alive - would you like to see what they’ve been reading?

Mine? Yah Yah Scholfield. After reading their novel On Sundays She Picked Flowers and learning that they started the novel at the age of 17 makes me want to read what they’ve been reading (until they get another book released!). I’m so curious to learn the influences that helps shape a writer like that.

Yours?

Hello !

I was wondering if some of you have some bookish icks ? Not something that will make you dnf the book, but something that will still annoy you.

I feel like I'm crazy to be annoyed by such a little detail, for me it's a first ever penetrative sex (whatever the book genre) described as the best thing ever, heaven-like, full of pleasure by a cis woman. I don't think it is a global experience, and I'm just like 🙄 when I read that. Maybe I'm really crazy ? 😂

I don't mean anything detailed in the guide, but things that people who don't pick up on social cues or unspoken rules (like myself sometimes) might be missing. I've been here for over a year and there are a few things I've felt unsure about.

One is that I'm noticing people declaring when they yoinked a book from another person. I'm not sure if it's considered rude not to do this (if we're expected to give credit to where we found it), or if I can yoink without saying anything.

The next thing is that I tend to upvote whenever someone responds to me, including if I simply said "congratulations" and they said "you're welcome". This is something I carried over from Reddit, where it seems to be etiquette in many communities to give upvotes like that, but I've been wondering if I'm annoying people, if they think I'm cluttering their notifications with an unnecessary upvote. I'm not sure because other people sometimes upvote me like that, but sometimes they don't. I wonder if this is etiquette that hasn't solidified yet.

Recently I saw some people saying that reviews are not the place to express disagreement, and that it should only happen in forum discussions. I personally haven't commented anything like that on reviews, but that's one that surprised me and made me wonder if that's a generally agreed upon etiquette rule or not. If I remember correctly, the person in question was being rude in terms of their content and tone, but it made me wonder if people consider it rude to bring any discussion to a review, even if it were done as politely as possible.

Has anyone else noticed etiquette that wouldn't be found in the guide? Does anyone have etiquette questions that they're pondering? Are these unspoken rules still in the process of forming?

(Btw please mention other potential unspoken rules that I didn't mention here, if there are any. I'm curious about things that I haven't thought about)