I’ve been thinking a lot about my own mortality and how no day is guaranteed a lot lately and it has made my heart more thankful for the mundane things. I wanted to open it up to the group to ask: what are you grateful for today, this week, this month, this year, in general?

I’ll go first:

• Today I’m grateful for the cozy bed I woke up in, hearing the soft patter of rain on the window, despite a night of exhaustion with my littles.
• This week I’m grateful for the warmer weather that has allowed me to be outside and move my body.
• This month I’m grateful for mine and my family’s health and being able to overcome sickness.
• This year I’m grateful for the constants in my life, like a home to do life in and a personal faith in God to lean on and my family to love and nourish.
• In general I’m grateful that there’s still hope to be found in a world that can feel so dark and a place to escape to through books and Pagebound.

I would love to hear yours as well! Take a moment of thankfulness in this space and remember you are so loved. 🫶🏻 🫂 ♥️

I feel like every reader I talk to has a different definition of “cozy”! 😂 I think about the discussion of The Spellshop and how some people got stressed out because the stakes went up… or how since it included political and societal collapse it’s NOT cozy at all. I’ve even heard it to describe books like The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi and others I would NOT define as cozy at all.

I wonder if some people mean “whimsical,” or others mean “low-stakes,” and still others mean “fun.”

At this point I’m not sure how I would define “cozy” 😂 Help me out here! What is “cozy?”

in my head pattern looks like Plankton from Spongebob Squarepants with a cloak

Lately I’ve been lamenting the fact that part of growing up means your books don’t have as many beautiful pictures. Not that I need them to understand the story, but I genuinely love looking at them. 👩🏽‍🎨

What are some adult books you know of that have really stunning covers and/or interior illustrations? Special editions absolutely count, but I’m also curious about standard editions. I just want something that feels visually beautiful as well as readable. ✨