I can't tell if I'm getting old or hard to please, but istg p much every book that I pick up bc its super popular or has raving reviews is just SUPER lackluster? Like I can't do booktok bc most of them I wind up returning. All the Bright Places, Emergency Contact, They Both Die At The End, Shadow and Bone, etc. It gets worse when I'll check the reviews on goodreads and it got stellar reviews and I'm sat here like 🤔

The rant about rowers is so funny considering I just saw on the author bio that Bonnie Garmus is a rower. Love when people can poke fun at themselves haha

"because..... she came here with me" I love you so much Peeta, you are insanely smart and manipulative. Katniss is so oblivious here because she doesn't know and is scared to trust anything. Partly because she's had to care for her sister and mom since her dead died, so she can't have more people count on her, but also because she is deeply caring and won't risk losing another person that's close to her. It's just self-preservation. I sometimes wish we could have a Peeta pov, because I want to know the moment he truly fell for her, and when he knew it.

How do you feel about book clubs? Are you in one? I'm in a couple of clubs on Fable (online, the format is kind of like a forum) and usually manage to read some books with my best friend because there aren't any in our area that works with us (themewise mostly). How do you feel about online-videochatting ones? I'm conflicted, I don't think that format is for me.

my obsession with this series came flooding back after finishing sunrise on the reaping, so here I am again. The last time I read this book was when I was 18 for school, but before that, I used to read (and reread) the series when I was about 15. So, it's definitely been a while. I'm also wondering, if anyone read sotr first without reading the trilogy, what are your thoughts?

For me, it’s when I’m just not enjoying reading—even if the books themselves aren’t bad. I end up moving through them slowly and just don’t feel motivated or eager to pick them up. This month’s reads have actually been great, but I still feel kind of meh.

I'm really interested in learning more about the awesome folks I've connected with on pagebound so far. I've interacted with many of you, and while we usually stick to books because it's a common love we all share, but I realized I only know a little about each of you through those conversations. That is totally fine if that is how you'd like to keep things, so no pressure to answer 😊. A little more personally about me: I'm a father (mid 30s) of 2 beautiful little girls (3.5 years and 7 months), married to an amazing woman and mother, and we also have 2 French bulldogs 😊. I'm currently a software engineer and my primary focus is infrastructure (all the boring stuff that websites like pagebound runs on behind the scenes and serves it all over the world), but I also freelance in web development still since it's where I got my start. Fun random fact: I was top 500 in overwatch season 3 🤣 Super happy to have met everyone and will hopefully continue to meet as this community grows 😊 Please don't forget to practice good internet safety when answering! 🫣