What are some books and/or book series you are interested but can't get yourself to read? I've been meaning to read Les Misérables for years now, but it's so long. I did start, and loved what I read, but dropped it, and never had the courage to pick it up again. 🥲 Babel and Poppy War are very daunting for me. I keep seeing people talking about PW here, and so I get reminded that I'm curious about it. I also want to read Malazan, but I'm convincing myself that I'll wait a few years until starting it, but I definitely will! 🤣

do you use custom shelves on pagebound? if you do, how do you organize them? i'm very curious, as i haven't been using ANY this entire time and i kind of think i should... just because i think i want to categorize books better before i amass a ton and it becomes too daunting to sort. right now, i'm sort of thinking i conjure up a "TBR - high priority", then a "TBR- low priority", then "Finished - would recommend/reread", and a "Finished - wouldn't recommend/reread"? i dunno! just looking for ideas from the community :) of course it's all personal preference, but what do you guys do? do you include genres or anything?

This may be a no brainer to some people, but I've always had the habit of buying books when they come out, if it's a book that I've been really looking forward to, or even later when my bookstore has a sale. And I've since realized how common it is for people to pre-order books, sometimes months in advance, and also how important it is to support the author, but also for the author and bookstores to get a sense of how many people are interested in the book. Do you tend to pre-order books or just buy it when it comes out?

Im new to the dark academia genre and am looking for a good book to start! I love dark fantasy and heists (my favorite book ever is six of crows) so any recs for a beginner in this genre?