getting frustrated by the influx of posts and comments in this forum about not understanding joseph, and how his dialogue is 'gibberish' and how you can just skip all his dialogue because it's not 'relevant'. firstly, you're not reading it properly if you're skipping great chunks of dialogue. secondly, he's not from the moon, he's from yorkshire; this whole book is set in yorkshire. I know it's hard to read, especially if english isn't your first language or you're unfamiliar with the yorkshire accent, but I wish people would at least try, rather than trying to skip his bits or laughing at them. one google gives you a webpage that 'translates' every bit of joseph's dialogue, it's very easy to find. (https://wuthering-heights.co.uk/josephs-speech). and at least try and think a bit about why bronte might have chosen to put down his dialogue (and ONLY his dialogue, by and large) this way.

wuthering heights is a narrative which is about class and privilege to a huge degree. accent and dialect is a massive class indicator in the UK and making fun of someone's accent or dialect (especially / largely the northern or rural accents, or irish/scottish/welsh accents) is a very common classist sentiment to this day. I know people don't mean badly but it rubs me the wrong way to see people laughing and acting as if it's totally unintelligible. lots of people still use those words and those pronunciations; the yorkshire dialect has modernised and become less common but it does still exist! yorkshire people still exist! please google some context when you're reading classics and try to engage thoughtfully. it's fun to have a laugh while reading and make little jokes but just think about what the jokes are based on maybe?

What are your bookish beige flags?

~ I keep the stickers on when it's a special edition 😅

Edit to Add: Beige flag means they aren't bookish red flags and they aren't bookish green flags, but somewhere in the middle

Hi everyone, first time making a club post here on Pagebound (I usually just lurk 😅) so hi! I recently just began watching the show Westworld, and I’m loving it so far! I’m only on season 1 a couple episodes in so no spoilers please, but I was wondering if anyone had any book recs that are similar to the show in terms of vibes- sci-fi, maybe a little cowboy action vibes? Any and all recs welcome and thank you in advance! :)

It is Wednesday my dudes👋🏻

It’s time for Who’s Who Wednesday where every Wednesday we introduce ourselves and make new friends. This is possibly part 16.

Jadelovesbooks originally started this. These were some of my favorite posts to read through so I'd like to bring it back if that's cool (or if these were ended on purpose, let me know and I'll remove this).

If you participated in any of the times before, you don’t have to introduce yourself again but you can share some different facts about you, an opinion you have, or how your week is going.

If you’re new, introduce yourself!

I’ll go first.

My name is Wibbily. I have a 25-year-old scar on my left arm from when the family cat scratched me as a kid (not her fault, she got spooked while sitting in my lap and scratched me by accident).

Memory is a wicked thing that warps and twists. But paper and ink receive the truth without emotion, and they read it back without partiality. That, I believe, is why so few women are taught to read and write. God only knows what they would do with the power of pen and ink at their disposal. P39