Happy Friday Everyone!

I forgot to post last week. A lot of drama has happened to me last week that has bled to this week, so it has been really shitty. I hope everyone is doing well :)

What was everyone's Freaky Feral and/or Funny reads? For me it's currently Brimstone (I have an hour left before I finish gasp)

I just did a huge book haul for my birthday and found myself automatically filtering out anything tagged as YA as I was searching online; it got me thinking though, some of my favourite books (or books I've heard very good things about) have been YA and I didn't get the sense that they were juvenile at all. Some examples of books/series that I think fit the criteria: Don't Let the Forest In Scythe A Deadly Education A Tempest of Tea The Gilded Wolves Six of Crows We Hunt the Flame

Don't get me wrong, some YA books definitely fit in the genre, but I feel like there's a whole treasure trove of books with mature writing that are hidden in the YA genre. If I wasn't directly recommended these books, I would likely have never read them due to filtering out anything YA.

What are your recommendations for books published as YA that could/should be classified as Adult?

(Better yet, maybe there's already a list out there that I am not finding!)

Hi all!

I was wondering if PB has changed the way you read in any way - changing your goals, the genres you read, and/or the way you think about books in general.

For me, I definitely read way more nonfiction now since people have put together some truly excellent lists on NF topics I enjoy. Also, I think it's caused me to think more critically, especially about nonfiction books, as I think about what would make for a decent forum post (even if I'm too shy to post it haha).

I'd be curious to hear about people's experiences in this regard! 💚

This last line made me cackle 🤣

𝘓𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘺’𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘸. “𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺. 𝘔𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘸 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯.” 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘣𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. “𝘕𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥.” 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘓𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘺’𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘸 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘶𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴.

Don't you hate when you have a million books on hold, and they all come in at once, so you have x amount of days to read them before they are due?

Because I just had 4 books come in today. 😭

It's okay. I still love you Libby

I used to read VORACIOUSLY as a child, but—like so many others—I just kind of... stopped. I finally got back into reading last year thanks to a reading challenge at my local library, and I'm so glad I did! It's been such a joy rediscovering my love for reading as an adult, and I'm so glad to see how big the reading community really is. I've found little pockets of readers here and there, mainly through social media, but nothing that fit the particular, laser-focused type of community interaction I was seeking. Thank goodness instagram threw this wonderful app into my algorithm because it's exactly what I've been looking for! It's like one giant book club made up of a bunch of tiny book clubs, but without the pressure of an actual book club!

Thank you Jennifer and Lucy for your incredible work on Pagebound. I'm so grateful and excited to be here 🥰

More women-created everything, please!