Hello everybody! I hope you all have a good day! I was wondering if you preferred to read with or without music and if you read with music, what kind of music do you listen while reading? Is the music you listen while reading different from what you usually listen? Personally, most of the time I don’t listen to music while reading but I do enjoy in different circumstances reading with music! I can’t wait to hear from your experiences!

I'm getting more into annotating my books [books I own. Not library books] while I read. I don't need any tips but I am looking for like recommendations for good pens that write smooth and won't bleed through or smudge, highlighters that don't bleed or run out fast, sticky notes [or good pens for the transparent sticky notes because so many smudge], etc.

My current pen is the Sharpie S-Gel 0.7 I love them but they can bleed through a little and sometimes they do skip.

I have so many different highlighters and the main issue I have is that they run out so fast, but the ones that don't fade fast usually bleed through. I need a good balance.

The only pens I've found that work on the transparent sticky notes are BIC intensity ultra fine point but the dry time for them can be so finicky.

Any other recs for annotating are welcome too.

Heyy!! I am just curious, what is your least favorite hype book? Mine is powerless.

I imagine there are some fellow introverts here 🤗. I am turning 40 this summer 😅 and have been thinking on how I want to mark the occasion. I’ll do something fun with my partner and kid but am thinking on what else could feel meaningful and help with the feelings of isolation I’ve been dealing with for the last 3ish years due in large part to long covid (mine and my kid’s).

Previously I’ve asked people to send me postcards, and I’ve done online fundraising in honor of my bday (for people in Gaza the last two years). I may do either or both of those but am wondering if folks here have done things that felt nice and included a wider circle of friends that weren’t a party or a gathering (asynchronous things are more accessible for me/my fam right now). TIA!!

Just a bit of fun! I sometimes forget to select the user tab on phone, and on web sometimes I search for people to go and see what cool things they've been reading but I get a bit lazy

Because of this, I've accidentally landed on Jimmy Kimmels's The Serious Goose way too many times to count when going to check out what @SeriousGoose is up to. Or I decide to go see @daydreamday and end up staring at Daydream (Maple Hills, #3) by Hannah Grace wondering why I clicked on it without thinking 😆 There are other people like @yourartistfriend where I have never been lost though!

SO when you search your name (or username) under the book search, does a book come up? What is it?

Mine is Avalon by Anya Seton - which is one of many books with 'Avalon' in the title. But I still haven't read it.

P.S. If you haven't checked out @ayzrules's Pagebound User Book Cameo list, its fun and semi-related to this.