Hi everyone!

I know there have been several posts in the past about recs for autistic characters. However, I’ve not had much luck finding autistic coded characters who show traits other than them being socially awkward (the Emily Wilde series was kinda okay because she had a huge special interest, even though it harped on her being socially inept even though everyone doted on her). Like… I want to see books where the characters show other sides of the spectrum.

SO, does anyone have any suggestions for that? Thanks in advance!

I just joined Pagebound, and this is already one of my favorite features! As someone who tends to add almost every book that sounds interesting or is recommended to me to my TBR list, being able to put them in “interested” instead has made it so much easier to look at what books I actually plan to or want to get to soon!

There have been so many books that sound good but when I start listening (I do audiobooks), I just can't get into them. I push myself not to throw in the towel too soon but I never know what too soon is. I often hear "stick with it" or "it'll make sense in the end" and lately I have found that I've pushed through and not enjoyed the book at all. Do you have a hard and fast rule about when you DNF? Or how do you make that call? On the one hand, I don't want to spend my time with something I don't enjoy and on the other, I hate to think I wasted the time that I did spend with it if I don't finish it. (I'm very bad with all or nothing mentality sometimes.)

Going a bit through a tough time rn and I desperately need a sweet, simple, cozy read without (or little) romance. Anything nice that could distract me from life's problems🫶🏻🫶🏻

I recently came across this list by @rosebelle and it's got me feeling incredibly nostalgic. So...it's time for the Scholastic book fair, your mom's given you $10, what are you getting?

For me, I always got one small chapter book (think I Survived or Magic Treehouse) and a bunch of little plastic toys I didn't need (scented highlighters, fun erasers, the animal head pens whose eyes would pop out...I could go on). I don't think I'd still be a reader if my school didn't have book fairs! Getting the catalogue and circling everything I wanted to get was always so fun.

If you're from somewhere that didn't have Scholastic book fairs, or your family couldn't afford it, what would your 10-year-old self's dream haul have been? Do you think your reading journey would look different now if you'd had access to something like that as a child?

(Note: I could not find a scholastic book fair post but if one does exist please point me there and I will remove this one!)

For me, I’ve been wanting to read The Count of Monte Cristo since I visited Marseille and Château d’If but the page count intimidates me…it’s much longer than what I typically read, it feels daunting to take on such a huge book.