What season do you typically read the most? I always think mine is going to be fall- its the perfect time to cozy up with tea or coffee and read. But every fall I end up being so busy between work, social events, and my yearly existential crisis, I barely finish one book. So I end up reading more during the summer!

Hi! My sister-in-laws birthday is coming up and she really likes thriller/mystery/suspense. This is a genre I barely ever read! Many that I have read are older books and she's already read them (eg, Silent Patient, The Woman in the Window). I believe she read God of the Woods and liked that a lot. She is currently reading Alice Feeney.

I've perused some lists for recs, but I wanted to pose a request here for folks to share which ones may be lesser known but must reads!

I made a reply to another post on here about how algorithms are a huge part in why people don’t go “crate diving” anymore when it comes to music and how similar activities for all forms of media have fallen out of popularity.

With that preamble out of the way, this is more of a temperature check than anything. Do you find yourself primarily as someone who:

A: Reads books based on word of mouth (booktubers, algorithm recommendations, etc).

B: Reads books cold, with nothing more than the cover, blurb written on the book, or vague familiarity pulling you in.

I’m sure most people sit in the middle. But I’m really curious if the modern reader skews more towards A and I’m just in the “old man yells at cloud” camp, or if there are more B enjoyers like myself!

Do you guys read multiple books at once? How do you manage that?? Do you prefer reading one book completely and then starting another one?? 😅 What do you prefer??? I guess many people do read multiple books at once.. But how do you do that? Don't you get mixed up with the plot, characters etc. Maybe its me, if i even watch any series without finishing one i have to rewatch or catch up the summary to get the story again😅😂

Does anyone else struggle to find the balance between wanting to keep up with forum posts but also wanting to like… actually read the book? 😭

One of my favourite things about pagebound is getting to engage with the forum for books I’m currently reading. However, as someone with the attention span of a goldfish, I sometimes find myself pausing mid-read to check the forum for posts on specific passages/sections and getting distracted away from the actual book… for the entirety of my allocated reading time 🫣

If you’re a regular poster/commenter, how do you manage to stay engaged with book forums while also prioritising reading?

What do you think about people like me who reads popular books? I know we should read classic books like the ones we study in literature. But, i can't understand or enjoy reading those. I have seen many people degrading readers who read popular gen-z books?? Idk what is right? 🙃