2:14am 》 HOLLERINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ohhhh Master Jiang is so funny I CAN'T- 😭😭😭 2:18am 》 TO FUTURE👏🏾 ME👏🏾 this shit was hilarious so FOR THE FUCKING LOVE, make sure this is your top priority for buying the physicals once you get paycheck.

Saw someone with gender critical (code for TERF if you didn't know, now you do) in their bio which immediately made me feel immensely uncomfortable SOOOO lets flood this thread with your fave trans books and why you love them!! 🏳️‍⚧️🫶

I have so many faves that it's hard to pick, but one of my top faves is definitely Heir to the Autumn Court by Elle Porter! It features a fae princeling putting together their court, which happens to be a bunch of beautiful (mostly trans) guys.

Editing to add that if you think a book counts as trans, it probably does!! Any genres are encouraged 🫶🫶 (also have been LOVING how much of a range y'all have been recommending! It's cool to see y'all talk about books I haven't heard of yet!!)

Hey everyone! 🥰 I keep seeing the upvotes vs. downvotes questions/doubts come up. Multiple people have asked me about it just in the past couple days, and I’ve seen other Top Contributors jump into similar questions too. So I figured it’s about time we talk about it all in one spot.

Let’s break down what these little buttons actually do, and why they matter. Let's chat about their impacts in a super gentle way, because we're all here sharing our love for stories. 📖❤️ (I'd be more than grateful if other TCs would help clarify something that I might have missed 🫶)

First up, upvotes. They’re like little sunbeams, honestly. 😎 When you upvote a post or comment, you’re not just giving someone a virtual high-five. You’re actually helping that content get seen by more people. More upvotes mean more eyes on great discussions, amazing book reviews, or those wild recommendations that get everyone excited to read something new. Plus, getting upvoted just feels good. 💗 It encourages people to keep sharing, keeps the energy high, and makes the whole PB feel warmer and friendlier. There’s nothing better than seeing a thread light up with hearts and happy comments, right? ✨

Now, downvotes. This one’s a little more sensitive, but let’s be real. 🥺Sometimes a post just doesn’t fit, or it’s off-topic, and yeah, downvoting is there for a reason and should be used. No judgment here, I swear. Everyone uses PB in their own way. But here’s the deal: downvotes actually drop a comment's visibility fast. PB pushes the comment down, so fewer people see it or join in. And for the person who posted (OP), especially if they’re new or excited to join, it honestly can sting and stir them away from the app. 😔 I get why some people see it as just the opposite of an Instagram like, sort of quiet and invisible. But on Pagebound, it does more than that. It shifts conversations and can affect people more than you might expect. I’m not saying never use it!!! Please understand this!! Sometimes it’s the gentlest way to move past something that doesn’t belong, and if the alternative to that would be leaving a mean or rude comment on that thread instead of giving a contrary opinion or explaining why that other person's contributions doesn't belong there, please be my guest and simply downvote! But it’s worth taking a moment before you click that little down arrow. 🔽 I’ve seen a few threads get a little heated lately, and honestly, if a post bugs you, of course a downvote is way softer than saying something harsh. So I'd say, maybe put yourself in the OP's shoes and think if their question is valid and if it opens a discussion that would in fact benefit everyone that comes across it, even if your contribution is to wholeheartedly disagree (in a kind and respectful manner).

In the end, we’re all here because we love books and see potential in what Jen and Lucy are creating, and this whole place works better when we lift each other up. So use PB in whatever way you feel like (following guidelines, of course), but please try to be nice at all times.

Big hugs to everyone 💗Please be kind to one another. 📚 Pagebound is not another social media, it is a forum to share love for books and respectful discussions. And remember, freedom of speech is crucial, and we should not make others feel afraid to share their opinions on books they love, even if we hate those same books or opinions.

Now it's late, I'm going to bed, and hope to wake up tomorrow to a thoughtful, rich and respectful discussion here 😬 🫶💫

ETA: PB does not have an algorithm. It rearranges the order of the comments from most upvotes to least.

2:14am 》 HOLLERINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ohhhh Master Jiang is so funny I CAN'T- 😭😭😭 2:18am 》 TO FUTURE👏🏾 ME👏🏾 this shit was hilarious so FOR THE FUCKING LOVE, make sure this is your top priority for buying the physicals once you get paycheck.

I read a lot this year, and in August I kind of started slumping but I was able to keep going by reading weird books I would normally never read, but eventually that wore off as well. I was fine with not reading for the rest of the year, but I know that if I don’t push myself out of the funk it might carry on for years (like it has before) SO:

If you have any fun, short, interesting books PLEASE let me know. I like romcoms to get out of my slump, but a fantasy will do as well! 🧡

Okay so, I need book recs for books that left you HOLLOW for at least a week. I'm talking stuff like If We Were Villains or They Both Die At The End, anything that ripped your heart out - don't ask me why. I just need to feel the pain sometimes!!!

He calls his mom "mommy". I do think he does call her mom, as an adult. But in chapters where he talks about his childhood, he will say mommy. And I don't know, but I find it weird because I know we are supposed to think it's the child him but it feels more like the adult him talking about his past.

Do y'all call your parents mommy/daddy if you are teen or adult(I am especially talking to the adults)? Because I can clearly remember being told I was too old to call him daddy...I remember wondering why as I was still a child but whatever.

I'm currently reading the southern x trilogy (via a recommendation from my dad) and I have a big fat book that has all 3 books from the series inside. If I read the big book, does it count as reading 3 books or just 1?!? I'm having a dilemma 😭

And if it does count, do I have the right to rate & review each individual book? I really don't know💔

hey hi fellow pagebounders (do we users have a collective name yet??)!!

i'm in desperate need of well written, suuuuuper literary thriller books (think The Secret History, Rebecca, etc). i've tried getting into contemporary thrillers but am just incredibly picky with writing style and references so no Frieda McFadden/Alex Michaeldies/Lucy Foley really scratch the itch for me :(

i plan on reading Misery & Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead over winter because of the vibes but will take literally any other recommendation you folks have!!! okay that's all, hope you're all having a good start to your weekends x love u

hello everyone! i've been on a binge of rewatching the saw movies recently, and with the hype around the long walk and running man movies as well, it's had me wondering about death game books. but it seems like most of the books i end up stumbling across are romantasy. i don't have anything against romance but at the same time a lot of these books seem overwhelmingly cishet and i'm not interested in that, so i was wondering if anyone has recs for death games that either DON'T have romance at all or are some flavor of lgbt. thanks 🫶

is anyone else still using their storygraph account? i feel funny going back and forth between the two but i love the charts and data that storygraph presents you (guess i'm a nerd)

if you're not still using it, what are you using instead?

i’ve seen people handle their TBRs in so many different ways. i've seen some people only add the first book in a series, some add every single one, and some only add their next reads. soo i'm curious... how do y'all handle your TBRs? 👀

i've always added every book in a series to my TBR, but since i only tag the first book in my series tags, i’m kinda thinking about only keeping that one on my TBR instead