Hey, wondering if anyone else has had something happen that has caused you to entirely reevaluate your ratings on certain reads? For example, the first book my now ex got me to read, I rated it a 5⭐️, but in retrospect... I don't think I actually enjoyed it that much, but got caught up in the association. I think I'd rate it 2.5⭐️, maaaaaybe 3⭐️ now. Just wondering if anyone else has dealt/is dealing with this sorta thing.

For me, if I have a choice I’m only going to read standalone books instead of series. Most series that I start I never finish because I get bored of them, or by the third book it feels dragged out or boring. What are your thoughts? Which do you prefer?

Hi everyone! Here's a quick list of recent quality of life updates + bug fixes: - The most obvious: you probably noticed your feed is flooded with "badge earned" updates. There was a bug where, when a book was added to a Main Quest, those who had previously joined the Quest did not get credit for reading the newly added book. I fixed this bug and earned out badges for everyone (hence the feed getting flooded!). If you see anything still incorrect on your profile, email me at team@pagebound.co - there was a bug where the Edit option for your Reviews did not consistently show up in the ... (three dot menu) on the review card. This has been fixed! You can now edit your review anywhere you see it. - various infrastructure updates to help with server crashes + load times as we've seen a ton of growth on Pagebound over the past few weeks :) and of course, still working hard on the app! Our plan is to release to our first round of beta testers this month and publicly release before the end of the summer. Appreciate everyone's patience on this! On the bright side, there are TONS of updates on the app that address many feedback concerns we've seen lately :) Lastly, it's been so exciting to see all the new readers join us! Huge thank you to everyone who has sent good vibes, welcoming messages, and answered questions. This community is truly the best. Happy Reading 💙💜 Jennifer & Lucy

I want to grow my tbr and find out what everyone has been enjoying lately! Mine was Mischief Acts by Zoe Gilbert.

The debate about whether Booktok (or any social media, for that matter) had a more positive or more negative influence on reading has been ongoing. There can be arguments made for both sides: On the one hand, Booktok did get many people back into reading. It helped many to find community and people to talk to about what they read. And if you follow enough different Booktokers, the recommendations you get are actually very diverse. Thanks to Tiktok, I've picked up loads of very different amazing books, books I'd never have read otherwise. On the other hand, it does sometimes feel like Booktok made the book industry into fast fashion. There is always the next over-hyped book you just HAVE to read, and often they really aren't that good (though, bad books have always existed, we just see them more now). It also bothers me that what is popular on Booktok heavily influences how current books are written and advertised. Certain tropes and stereotypes seem to appear in more and more books, and sometimes books seem to be written solely to fit those tropes. I think Tiktok also changed how most people buy books. Of course, more and more people ordered books online even before Tiktok. But I think most people stopped just strolling trough bookstores to see what might catch their intrest. Instead, many readers, me included, seem to suffer some FOMO and order what everyone else seems to be reading. The biggest issue, however, is Tiktok is still a biased algorithm that (1) favours white, male and cis/straight voices and (2) runs on money, meaning that many of the very popular books showing up on our FYP ended up there because publishers paid Booktokers to promote them. I don't think that there is one definite answer to this; booktok has both up- and downsides and I personally think that the positive outweighs the negative. But i'd love to hear other opinions on this!

I used to have the mentality to always finish a book I start. Now that I am older, I cannot waste time reading a book I am not enjoying and I hate when I am disappointed by a book that I was super pumped to read. So I'm curious, what makes you put the book down for good? For me to DNF: no beginning action, too flowery sentences that I have to re read to understand what the author meant and no character development.

i usually love dystopian media and i want to explore it more so i would love some recs beyond the most popular books of the genre!! info: i usually read more YA but adult and younger is completely fine too! also bonus points if the book has queer rep :))

I recently just finished "Don't Let the Forest In" by C.G. Drews (which I highly recommend) and it's more of a botanical horror theme. To give an idea, some of my favorite thriller/horror books are "What Moves The Dead" by T.Kingfisher, "The Silent Patient" by Alex Michaelides, and "The Only One Left" by Riley Sager. What's everyone favorite thriller/horror books?

Sure, it's nice to find people with similar taste in books, and PageBound, due to the Favourits List on users' profiles, is amazing for that. But I fear I am a hater at heart, it's just so much fun. Also, I've found that most people (me included) find it easier to pinpoint what they dislike about a book. And sometime, things people hate about a book is exactly what I like. So I would love to hear your (preferably controversial) books you hate and why. I'll start (feel free to disagree and change my mind but please don't lynch me, though!) (Friendly reminder that you can hate a book but shouldn't shame people who enjoy them or the authors - except if it's people like J.K. Rowling, of course. Feel free to shame her) - One Dark Window because (to keep this spoiler free) the story more or less ends where it started. And it read like a first draft to me. But mostly because I wanted to bang my head against the wall because of how often I had to read how Ravyn's callused fingers caught on clothes/skin/hair. and, probably more controversially - A Little Life because (1) I'm sick of reading about tragic queer characters (2) I find it extremly over the top just how much trauma the MC went trough (3) I'm sick of books being praised as a literary masterpiece when they really are just traumatic (4) I habe a huge issue with the author's statement that she basically just tried to make her MC suffer as much as possible

Heya! I'm trying to find more people to follow so sound off if you're: - 18+ * - Queer (especially trans!) - DON'T platform authors such as JKR, SJM, RY, TJK, etc. * - Read lots of indie! - Read lots of fantasy!! ( *these two are required, the others are just bonuses)

I want to grow my tbr and find out what everyone has been enjoying lately! Mine was Mischief Acts by Zoe Gilbert.