I will be asking random questions over the month because I am a curious human so please bare w me :p

Anw, I really wanna hear some stories where you were reading a book (fiction only) and it made you realise something majorly and helped u. Yk coz people say reading fiction isnt educational or doesnt give u anything imp and I really need some examples to prove them wrong 🙂‍↔️💅 For example, you realised how toxic someone in your life is by relating to a character. Or maybe u were reading a murder mystery and it helped u w something?

For some years now, I have felt like I straight up am unable to learn new things. I don't know what it is? If it's the fact I am no longer in school or any form of education, if its my depression alone- or something else completely.

Anyway! I was hoping someone here could suggest to me some books on topics that I could pick up and hopefully learn something new. A weird request, maybe?

I want to "purposefully" learn again. (If that makes any sense) for lately it has felt like my brain has gone to sleep, and has no plans of waking up.

Some topics that interests me, do not feel restricted to these alone- something completely new might be best

• art (to draw, and history of)
• music (same as above)
• religion and mythology
• civilisations/history.
• sewing and historical clothing/techniques
• animals (horses specifically ig)

Please, I would love to hear your suggestions <3 and please don't be afraid of trying to expand my horizons

Curious to know what purpose you have set for your shelves. I use them as a countdown of sorts! Like I have my TBR Cart shelf and a Books I want to finish this year shelf and I love being able to remove a read from that shelf and see the number go down hahaha. And then I got wondering how other people would use theirs!!

just got this app! cool interface and all 🤩 whats everyone's current read?

just got this app! cool interface and all 🤩 whats everyone's current read?

The topic of declining literacy and anti-intellectualism has been and is still discussed a lot. Reading is a muscle we can train and I know some of you on Pagebound have just gotten into reading as a hobby recently (again) and others like me have been reading their whole life for fun (consistently). My question to you is, how has your hobby of reading helped you improve your reading comprehension? Have you noticed a difference? Or were there no changes? If it improved how did this extend to different aspects of your life (e.g. do you now have an easier time understanding contracts or other written texts you encounter in your daily life)? To the teachers, what differences and struggles in reading comprehension have you noticed with your students?

To illustrate what I'm talking about when I say reading comprehension, here is an example:

The city wants to save money. Which is why less busses will be operating starting today.

Does that mean a) that there will be more busses on the street or b) that there will be longer waiting times in between busses?

For the practiced reader finding the correct answer (b) shouldn't be too difficult. But this skill of comprehending what the text says has to be learned and practiced.

For me it's diffcult to say whether my reading skill has changed in any way, because I've always been an avid reader. My parents read aloud to me and I listened to a lot of audiobooks before I was taught how to read myself. There has always been an abundance of books available to me. And more importantly I have always loved reading. My teachers did a good job of having a mix of fun books and important classics for our mandatory reading in school. I'm incredibly privileged in that regard.

Edit: spelling