i found myself to be in the biggest reading slump for a few years & maybe it’s largely due to finding other hobbies BUT i always set my goal low every year to at least 20-25. i never would reach it, this year? surpassed it 🫨 48/25!!! super proud of myself! all thanks to my trusty kindle tbh!

Calling all data nerds... I went to the book page for Mate by Ali Hazelwood today and was shocked by the amount of forum posts (350!) for a book that just came out. I was curious which books had the most forum posts and did a little digging. For curious minds...

The most popular forum on Pagebound is The Spellshop (who knew that would be our most successful readalong book!)

The most popular non-readalong book forum, and second most popular overall, is Katabasis (about 650 posts!)

Many of the other popular forums were readalong books, but here's the most popular non-readalongs:

• Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, VE Schwab
• Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins
• Alchemised, SenLinYu
• Mate, Ali Hazelwood
• The Knight and the Moth, Rachel Gillig
• Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir

thanks for nerding out w me 🤓

Shearwater is a fictional island but apparently seed vaults are a real thing! there's one in Norway and you even get a virtual tour here: https://seedvaultvirtualtour.com/

I alternate in forum posting between [pages read]/[total # pages] and just writing in the % (from my Kindle, which shows that stat). I've noticed in the forums that the % don't seem to always match. My Kindle will show that I'm at 50% for example, but when I read other discussions at that percentage, it's clear that some other readers are in a different chapter.

Is this due to different formats/editions/etc.?

I even then switched to the page count way, but the % that was calculated in the app didn't match the % my Kindle was saying. Not sure how to rectify.

I had something spoiled to me because of this discrepancy, so I'm trying to figure out how to avoid it for myself, as well as others!

Hey, beautiful people 💫 After that post I made in the forum I felt so surprised to see so many people relate to my situation, and it was overwhelming (in the best way) to feel everyone's support and understanding. So I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who took the time to give me a little uplifting, it really made a difference.

This made me think that we really are a community of dear anonymous friends, who support each other through the love of books. Which led me to this thought: There are so many beautiful and original usernames... What's the story behind each one? (except for one_crazy_eliott, I think I understand the reason behind Mr. Crazy's username 🤭🤭🤭)

So, if you feel comfortable, share the story behind it. I think it will help bring us closer and keep everyone's anonymity anyway.

I'll start: The OGs know I started PB as fantasy.betareader but decided later to change my username to Pipsy to help me feel more connected here. This is a nickname my sister gave me when I was 3 or 4 years old, and it stuck until today. My whole family calls me by it, my friends, my teachers, my bosses, etc. Even on my passport, my signature says Pipsy. So that's basically my name 😊

I'm sorry for how unknowing I am with your books, Miss Isabel Cañas 😔😔😔😔😔

I can't- the urge of dnf has been passing through my mind as I keep reading this bit by bit. I do not enjoy it, nor I found myself having fun with this. It is repulsive, and I'm having a hard time to digest everything that is going on in this book.

Life's too short for me to force myself finishing books that doesn't bring me joy and fun.

Also, I'm currently pregnant so I'm just going to blame it to the hormones 🤠🤠

All this asian submission woman culture is really triggering 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻 it's so freaking condescending and makes my blood boils.

She must fight. She must join with her son. I won't allow it if she doesn't or someone tries to stop her 🤬🤬🔪🔪