I know the whole 'don't judge a book by its cover' thingy but whoaaa the illustrations in this book, including the cover, is beautiful! I feel like a child again

Hello Questers! I hope all of you have been having so many lovely botanical adventures this spring! It once again is time to vote for our next unofficial readalong, and I'm so excited to see what gets picked!

As always, this will coincide with the official Summer Readalong (June 1st-August 31st), and while you won't get a badge (unless you're close to the next level of BH badge), you'll hopefully find some other botanical-horror lovers in the forums!

The three novels I've selected to vote on this round are:

Sorrowland by Rivers Soloman Predatory Natures by Amy Goldsmith The Willows by Algernon Blackwood

I've put each book as a comment below this post with their blurb. Vote for your favorite(s), please don't downvote any of the comments so we can have the most accurate counts, and I'll close voting in a week from today (5/13/26) at 10PM EST on 5/20/26!

I’m traveling to Ireland in October (my first trip overseas) and would love to find some historical fiction reads focusing around Ireland 🇮🇪 history. Any recommendations? I read Angela’s Ashes years ago and have considered rereading but would love more recommendations!

I just saw Cindy Pham’s video about the Asian Readathon she hosts and I thought the prompts (inspired by Kpop Demon Hunters) were really neat! I don’t think I’ve seen anyone post about it here on PageBound yet but please let me know if someone has and I’ll take down this post :)

The prompts are (link to full Google Doc here ):

1. HOW IT’S DONE: Read a book written featuring a confident, skilled, or highly capable main character OR a book that teaches you something.

2. GOLDEN: Read a book about a character chasing a dream OR a book that has gold on the cover.

3. SODA POP: Read a book that is light and fun OR a book with stylish, bold elements (this can include the cover design, story setting, fantasy magic, writing style, etc.)

4. FREE: Read a book written by an Asian author where characters balance two different identities OR fighting a hidden or internal struggle.

5. YOUR IDOL vs. WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE: Read a book written by an Asian author that has dark themes OR a book about friendship or chosen family.

Additionally, the readathon challenges you to have EACH book feature a character/author of a different Asian ethnicity.

I’d love to hear what other people are interested in reading for these prompts as well, I’m still in the process of choosing mine but will leave them in a comment once I do!

over the past few months I've been a little obsessed with collecting awful book covers because i find them infinitely amusing. the main culprits tend to be older classics (the public domain is a wild lawless place, apparently), but i've definitely encountered some questionable design choices in the contemporary world as well. so, if you've got any terrible candidates to share, i'd love to add them to my collection! 😌

to start, here are 3 of my personal favourites out of everything I've come across so far:

(the wordsworth classics master and margarita also deserves a shoutout!)