Lists are one of the best parts of Pagebound, you cannot change my mind. The amount of fun and unique lists I've seen on here is truly staggering.

That said... What's your favoured flavour of list? Show your work with examples for maximum Pagebound cred!

I mostly think of lists as a collection of books with similar themes, but I've seen and really enjoy ones that are based solely on the titles. Such as @moski's these titles are complete sentences and what IS in a name (full names in book titles).

Alas, I feel that I haven't put in enough effort to work on books in quests and lists. Neither have I made more lists as I want to. But that's a conversation for another day. Let's see them lists!

I think I've used Goodreads more in the past month to add books on here then I've used it as itself in the past 3 years. 🤣

My workplace security policy is blocking the Pagebound website, because "Category: Instant Chat". 🙃

But that's not the funniest part. Neither Reddit nor Discord is blocked. 🤣 Go figure. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Anyone else?

Some time ago I watched a video which I don't remember what it was about but there's one thing that did stick in my mind

That point being that "teenage girls can't really have role models in fantasy stories because irl we don't have magic and thus we can't relate to witches and such"

And that type of view of fantasy (while not usually said like this) seems to be a pretty common critique of fantasy in general

And it made me wonder how much relatibility factors in enjoying stories in general.

What would you all say about this?

Seeing books I've read on my main feed and getting to curate "My Taste" of books has increased my desire to really focus on reading the books I genuinely think I'll love!

I'm sure there are others like me who often battle the mentality of reading books we "think we should read" vs ones we're super curious about. It's very easy, and I think a natural human tendency, to want to read what's currently or historically popular - even if it's not something we'd naturally gravitate towards ourselves. I read almost every genre so it's easy for me to get swept along trying to keep up with all the hypothetical books I want to read lol, so I am working on practising more refinement.

Basically!! Ramble aside, I realise seeing other users' reactions to books I loved is motivating me to continue choosing books I'm most excited about and DNF more freely ones that aren't interesting me, because honestly I wouldn't care to see them on my home feed lol (I do mute books ofc). Additionally, getting to curate my taste shelf is so fun! :)

Anyone else feel a similar way?