Trying to track my asian lit reading so I made a shelf with all the asian lit books I’ve read so far but I’m starting to struggle a bit. I’m wondering how does one determine a book is asian lit? Books with plots centred around asian lore/myth, books set in asia, books with asian characters, books written by asians? Are all these considered asian lit? A bit confused on this because I’ve come across books written by asian authors with plots unrelated to asia (no asian characters/lores/myths, etc), and wondering if I should include those books in my shelf? 🤔

So far I’ve only shelved books that are translated asian works, or specifically about asian lore/myth with asian MCs. But I feel that cannot be the only criteria.

Hey folks! I was listening to music when I had an idea/question come to mind.

What is your favourite music genre? Favourite book genre? And do they have any correlation?

For example, my favourite my favourite music genre is punk. My favourite book genre is sci-fi (especially dystopian sci-fi).

Punk is very much a genre of awareness and resistance. Overcoming oppression through struggle and grit.

Not all sci-fi is like that, but the stuff I tend to gravitate towards usually has the protagonist working against the status quo in some way. It can be looser (like in Scythe, the world's status quo is still roughly the same, but the internal one is challenged) or more direct (The Hunger Games, for example).

So I'm curious if this is coincidence, or if there's a trend with this, so I figured I'd ask y'all!

I support women’s rights and wrongs, what’s your favorite story that has to do with feminine or female rage? I’ve read Hungerstone, They Never Learn, and a few others. I have Poppy War on my list to read. Anyone got book recommendations for a lady angry at the world? 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↔️

I have been seeing a lot of discourse regarding book cover preferences lately. I wonder if anyone has ever gotten the ick from a book cover? If so, did you still read the book, or was it an immediate no thank youuuu?

I've never read an autobiography/memoir, so I'm looking for recommendations. What's the autobiography you couldn't put down, that you think more people should read, and why?

So this just popped into my head when I saw some posts about Tolkien and now I'm curious. Who are the beloved characters that you just can't stand?

I'm not talking the characters we love to hate, but rather characters that everyone else seems to adore but you find to be the bane of your existence, would cross the street if you saw them coming, if they have no haters you're dead, etc. I know we like to keep things positive around here, but sometimes it's also nice to be gripey and rant about your least faves too 😉

To kick us off, mine is Tom Bombadil. I genuinely cringe every time I reread LOTR and get to his parts. I want to push him into Withywindle river mid-song or give him to the Great Willow. Literally do not understand why people like him.

truly WHAT is going OWN here 💀

i usually tandem read my books but sometimes i'd like to just put the audio on and keep myself busy. i've tried to play games while listening and it never seems to work, but maybe i'm picking the wrong games!

i like to play things like WoW but it takes way too much focus to listen to a book i've also tried "cozier" games like Stardew Valley and Fields of Mistria but i still seem to lose too much brainpower to the game to focus on the book the only one i've had success with is Powerwash Simulator lmaoooo but that one gets boring pretty quickly

any ideas? preferably something i can play on PC!!

It's so funny. I've not been reading for the past few days but I still come to PageBound because I love seeing the discussions going on. The new updates are so cute. The community is amazing. Hopefully I will get back into it when I go home. That said, I'M LEAVING LONDON. I'm so happy. The past year has been so harsh on me and I can honestly say that I'm not made for london. Yesterday I had to travel 4.5 hours for 15 KM!!! Because of the strike. But even then it usually it takes 2 hours. Which is insane because in my country or any sane country, you can travel 45 km in 2 hours. WITH TRAFFIC.

I've packed up most of my stuff. I'm leaving behind quite a few things. The others I'm giving off to charity or my roommate. And once I go home I'm adopting a kitten! The plan is already in motion. Here are the names I've brainstormed for her!

Bathsheba Aka Sheba Cleopatra or Cleo for short Buttercup or Butter for short And. Jam. Nothing else.

I'm leaning towards Jam. But my mother likes Sheba. What do you think!

Where are my comics people at?!

I'll admit, it's a newer interest for me and it only happened after I gave up trying to like superhero comics.

I tend to like niche, adventurous, darker story lines.

Some examples of what I love:

Saga by Brian k Vaughn (ongoing and I'm behind) - epic space opera. Found family. Lost love. Star crossed love. War and inequity and and and and. I couldn't recommend a story more highly but it is mature in art and theme.

Rachel Rising by Terry Moore (finished)- horror story. The MC unearths herself from a shallow grave with ligature marks on her neck. The story takes some wild slightly historical turns. Magic and murder abound.

Rat Queens by Weibe Upchurch and Sejic Fowler (finished but I'm behind)- a mixed race all woman adventuring group....goes on adventures. Very D&D.

Echo by Terry Moore (finished) - scifi tech story. A super advanced suit fails during a test and falls on two people. Two very different people. Can be violent and bloody sometimes

Bitch Planet by Deconnick DeLandro - social commentary criticism story about a future world where non compliant women are adjusted or detained. It's hard hitting and hard to read but worth it. Very short. Two trades I think.

Any recommendations?

Saga is what hooked me after many failed attempts. It's a story that's burning itself into my heart one issue at a time.

I'm going to get an NC tattoo for "non compliant" from Bitch Planet.

Do you have any graphic novels/comics like that? Any recommendations?

So this just popped into my head when I saw some posts about Tolkien and now I'm curious. Who are the beloved characters that you just can't stand?

I'm not talking the characters we love to hate, but rather characters that everyone else seems to adore but you find to be the bane of your existence, would cross the street if you saw them coming, if they have no haters you're dead, etc. I know we like to keep things positive around here, but sometimes it's also nice to be gripey and rant about your least faves too 😉

To kick us off, mine is Tom Bombadil. I genuinely cringe every time I reread LOTR and get to his parts. I want to push him into Withywindle river mid-song or give him to the Great Willow. Literally do not understand why people like him.