ashpoe commented on LifeIsItsOwnQuest's update
LifeIsItsOwnQuest completed their yearly reading goal of 45 books!







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"Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.”
Once again, giggling.
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ashpoe TBR'd a book

Goodbye to Berlin
Christopher Isherwood
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DistinguishedGhost DNF'd a book

Fairylore: A Compendium of the Fae Folk
Brittany Warman
ashpoe commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Hey all, I'm a big manga fan and would really appreciate some manga with college age and above LGBT+ people/relationships.
Would appreciate if it's about exploration of sexuality (whether it's sexual attraction, a kink, etc). I don't mind if it's mm, ff, trans focused, bi f/m, etc and I won't even be mad at straight recs (just would prefer LGBT+)
I just want it to be adults and no incest or minor/adult relationship. Please and thanks
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Look, I don't want to be that person but I'm not believing some of these stories.
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ashpoe commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
How many point of view characters do you like in a book? I think my sweet spot is 1-2. When I was younger and had more time and energy, I could read epic fantasies with half a dozen or more POVs, grumbling my way through my least-favorite characters' chapters, but I rarely want to read that sort of book anymore.
I ask because I'm reading an average-length horror novel and it started out seeming like it would have three women as its POV characters, which already felt like a bit much for the length and genre, but it's also given me a couple chapters from one woman's teenage brother's perspective, and one or two from her male friend/crush's perspective. It's too much! The book already feels like its moving too slowly without taking these little side-jaunts into what these men who aren't part of the main action think. At this rate it might as well just be third-person omniscient!
So what is your preference? And does it changed based on genre or book length?
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The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan
ashpoe commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I’m embarrassed to admit that I do enjoy a children’s book every now and then. And recently I did find a book that I adored when I was younger and I do want to give it a re-read, but does it really count? Since the wording is so simple, the story is so simple, and I’m just worried that if I count it in my yearly goal, that it’s like cheating. Is it?