i am currently reading “this is how you lose the time war” by amal el-mohtar and max gladstone. and i am really liking it so far.

i was curious on the fact that there was two writers and i wanted to see how that worked so i did some googling and i came across this on wikipedia:

“Red's letters were written entirely by Gladstone, and Blue's by El-Mohtar. Although they wrote a general outline beforehand, "the reactions of each character were developed with a genuine element of surprise on receiving each letter, and the scenes accompanying [the letters] were written using that emotional response".”

i absolutely loved this! so do you know of any other books that are written with an “unconventional” process if that makes sense? or even written in an “unconventional” way?

I find the concept of evil fascinating. I love evil characters. One thing I’ve noticed about literature, specifically western literature (because I don’t want to speak on literature I’m unfamiliar with) is that evil-ness is often associated with Satan or The Devil. And I think many of these villainous characters embody who Satan is supposed to be. And it doesn’t have to surround Christianity, either. Many religions and belief systems have an evil entity that is opposed to the “almighty God.” I’m speaking to monotheism in particular here.

All this to ask: which books do you enjoy that identifies evil as one of its themes?

I am a very indecisive mood reader. Now with the “TBR” and “Interested” options I am constantly flip flopping between “I want to read this now” and “I’m interested, just not right now”. I’ve changed my “Reading” books several times within one day 🫠

How do ya’ll decide what you’re going to read? Do you have a rigid plan, like you have a list you stick to, or do you try a few books until one sticks? I tend to read the first few chapters of a book and if I don’t click with it I try another until I find one I can’t put down; but lately I’ve been getting 50% or more into a book and then out of nowhere i am no longer in the mood for it.

I recently read Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid and it was such a good book but now I have choice paralysis because the books I’ve tried to pick up after it just aren’t hitting as hard and I’m stressing about falling into a reading slump.

Hi!!! Second forum of the year :) I want to know, do you guys review books you DNF? Do you assign star ratings? I’ve seen a few people say they don’t and a few say they do, and I’d like to open a conversation about it!

I’ll start! I usually do review my DNFs and leave star ratings because I want to share the REASON I DNFed. For me, it’s not a review of the entire book, but rather a review of my experience up until the part where I stopped. I can understand the perspective that it doesn’t make logical sense to review something you didn’t finish. I personally think it’s okay to leave a review/star rating based on the experience you had that CAUSED the DNF.

Looking forward to reading some responses! ⭐️

hey all! i have an assignment for an english class i'm taking this year where we have to read a fiction book about a social issue. it should be over 150-200 pages and a solid enough quality to be analyzed over a few months, i was wondering if any of you would have some suggestions of ones you've personally enjoyed? i'm fine with any topics just preferably not george orwell ❤️

No seriously, she’s a nut. I’m currently watching her favorite horror reads and when I tell you I am having a TIME 😂😂😂. She’s hilarious and I’ve read a few of her recs and she’s on to something.

How about y’all? Any faves you want to shout out or recommend?

Okay fellow Pagebound users I have a question for you! When you are reading a book what do you see? This sounds crazy but I had a conversation with my sister and we both agree we visualize the characters and everything that happens pretty vividly like we are there with the characters or maybe like a movie, sometimes even smells or feelings based on what we’re reading. however I asked another friend and they said they just see words on a page??? 🤔🤔I have done some googling and it appears there is a gradient of what people see when they picture an image or read a book? This is news to me as I thought the appeal of reading is to vividly hallucinate to, if you think about it….ink shapes on dead trees? Anyways wondering if anyone has anything to add to this lol - I may delete this as it might not make any sense but I hope it does🤔