Well, I fought it off as long as I could but I woke up with the Big Sad today. It was so sunny last week and the winter was pretty mild so I thought I had gotten away with it, but I woke up today to rain and cold and it just hit me.

And I think what triggered it was not having anyone to talk to about The Caretaker, which I just finished and absolutely loved!

I'm the only mega book reader I know (that reads the stuff that I read anyway) all the book peeps around me are romance/Romantasy readers and they have such a big community! I read horror, and I don't know anyone else that does. I helped start, what I thought, was a horror book club but it's turned into just 'weird fiction' and the last couple books haven't been horror at all so I'm feeling a little douped by it (the other person who co-found it, is steering the ship so, I can't really do anything about it)

I dunno, I just want some weird horror book nerd IRL friends who will read the books with me, go to the horror movies, go to the cons, do all the things. I guess I just feel a little lonely....

So in an attempt to cheer myself up, if you love horror, please let me know what your favorite horror books/movies/shows/anime/cons/what ever!! is and why you love it so much!!

Thanks in advance, and I'm sorry if this isn't allowed (please delete if it's not) 👻

Okay, this really helped last time, I asked a question to you all as a little reward to come back to once I’m done with study and so I’m doing it again.

If you could add any service to the public library, what would it be and why?

It could be programs, different things to lend out, the sky is the limit. Budgets? We don’t know her. Funding is unlimited.

Inspired by a conversation with a few of the lovely people here, I am curious how others feel about knowing spoilers or other information about a book when they start reading it? Do you enjoy knowing what's going to happen, or do you prefer to jump in blind?

Personally, I like going in with as little information as possible. The genre and maybe a vague plot premise is all I want, and if I know more I'm less interested in picking up a book (unless it's a reread). This is one reason I don't like the trope-ification of book marketing, I feel like knowing what tropes are present in advance spoils a bunch of things for me. It's also why I generally dislike retellings. Inspiration and allusions are fine but obvious/direct retellings don't interest me. I really enjoy the process of piecing together a story and trying to guess where it's going and knowing big twists or plot points in advance doesn't let me do that.

Is it just new app dopamine rush, or is this app so much better than so many others? I can actually talk to people about the books I'm reading here and it feels like a dream. Everyone is so nice too!

Hello! It’s been a year since i picked up reading as a daily hobby again, after like a decade of reading maybe one book a year (not counting fanfics).

And i realized that my taste changed drastically and now i dont have a favorite author 🥹

So, if you would like to, please pitch me your favorite female author! (or nb or fluid etc but i feel like i need a break from cishet men, sorry).

All i really need is an author able to do well-written female characters haha

I like Banana Yoshimoto (only read two books but planning to expand soon), i’m currently on my sencond RF Kuang book (she’s a strong candidate to become my fav), and i’m planning to check out everything from Mieko Kawakami.

Not super picky on genres, but i’m especially looking for authors in sci-fi, high fantasy, horror/thriller/mystery, dystopian/post-apo, classics ✨ and no ya if possible!

Thank you for your time <3

Hello, I'm really curious where everyone is from here on pagebound and I would love to hear some reccomendations for books from your country or state/city.

I'm from Iceland and I would reccomend reading either Sjálfstætt fólk (Independant people) or Salka Valka

just thought of asking this a few minutes ago, as it feels like i see a ton of people around here who love Hozier and Florence + the Machine, and i wanna see if there are any correlations between peoples favorite genre of books and favorite genre of music/favorite artists! for me, favorite genre is nonfiction, and my music tastes tend to lean towards rock, punk, and metal🙂‍↕️