I NEED more cowboy romances, I've read a fair few and have several in a list on my profile. If you know of any that are outside of those, I would love to hear about them! Or anything similar! Like the 'Bourbon Boys' series.

Bonus Points if he's an ex-military/vet and a cowboy/rancher, I eat those up!

Series/ Books Included in that list:

• All of Elsie Silver
• Rebel Blue Ranch
• Silver Saddle Ranch
• The Griffith Brothers
• The Calloway Ranch

hi friends! looking for recs!

I recently realized that due to my aphantasia, I have been avoiding written fantasy novels because it is hard for me to visualize! But graphic novels like Bree Paulsen’s Garlic and the Vampire and The Firelight Apprentice, and Kay O’Neill’s Tea Dragon Society really touched my heart and work for my mind. I think having the visual aids really helped me understand world building, so I would love any fantasy or science fiction recommendations for graphic novels.

notes: -preferably queertrans/bipoc/intersectional rep! -visually simpler as opposed to traditional comics which tend to be a little overwhelming when i look at them -romance is okay, low spice preferred -can be spooky but horror isn’t the best fit for me currently

I’ve been making my way through a bunch of fantasy/slice of life manga/webtoons, here are some of my favorites! Anything related would be awesome! -high class homos: found family, queer romance, bettering society, medieval times -always human: found family, sapphic, disability rep, sci fi and cool worldbuilding! beautiful art too -crumbs: food!!! magic too -the dog knight: animals! they them pronouns! -i’ll think of more

"If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking." — Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami I've been thinking about this quote lately, and I'm curious how others feel about it. Do you think there's truth to the idea that reading mostly popular, widely discussed books can limit the range of perspectives we encounter? Or do you think great books are great books regardless of how many people are reading them? When it comes to your own reading habits, how much variety do you seek out? Do you make a conscious effort to read outside your comfort zone; different genres, countries, time periods, literary traditions, or lesser-known authors, or do you tend to gravitate toward the books everyone is talking about? I'd also be interested to hear whether you've ever felt your reading life become too narrow, and if so, what helped you break out of that. Conversely, have you found that reading popular books enriched your experience because they gave you a shared cultural conversation to participate in? In short: what are your thoughts and feelings on reading what everyone else is reading, and how important is variety in your reading life?

Hey Boundlings!

I made my first list (don’t look 😭 I’m still working on it) and I was just wondering what’s the easiest way to put the list in a certain order?

Any other tips and tricks for making lists would be greatly appreciated!

I just had the insanely jarring realization that honeymoons are a thing and I completely forgot about them when I set my username. I’ve always used “ golden moon” something as gaming usernames and just thought honey moon was a cute variation 🫠

This made me start wondering if I was similarly misreading anyone else’s usernames and what some of them meant. So while I think of a new username, I wanted to ask everyone what’s the story behind your username? 👀

Edit: The rebrand has been done 😌

She makes a good point here. We're losing empathy as humans. We see so many people online calling themselves "empaths" or getting upset over the things they see in their daily lives, but what about the things you don't see? What about factory workers (primarily women and primarily BIPOC at that) who make all your plastic shit yet are dying from either chemical poisoning or poverty? Do you have to wait and see the abuse with your own eyes before you start to care? Are the countless videos floating around and actual cold hard data not enough for you to care about others? Out of sigh, out of mind right?

The more I read, the more depressed I'm getting because at this rate, I'm not hopeful things will change at all.

Sometimes, the font and spacing of a book really affects my focus. I would be enjoying a book but the tiny words will throw me off. Does that happen to you?

I have a question for you all. I hate amazon, but I can't deny it is convenient and it has a lot of exclusive ebooks and audiobooks.

Right now, audible is "offering" a 99c/month subscription for 3 months. And I don't want to give Bezzos more money but also I want those exclusive audios I can't get anywhere else (unless I pirate them but I think it's worse and I refuse to do it). My thinking is that, surely, those offers rely on people forgetting to cancel at the end of the 3 months and that's how the company will make their money. Because, surely at 99c a month they have to lose money for that period of time, right?

So I guess my question is, ethically would it be ok for me to take the deal? I know you can't tell me what to do, and there's a lot of nuances and all that jazz, I'm just curious to know your take on it because I'm conflicted. My ethic says "stay away 'cause fuck the 'zon" but my fangirl says "but exclusive authors" and if I can help them lose money while still getting some money to the authors and get my exclusive...well...

Help a girl out. Please.

Edit I wanted to thank you for the tough love. I needed the reminder that the easy thing isn't alwyas the right thing and the right thing isn't always easy. Thanks everyone for the little push in the right direction. I needed that. Temptation was real for a moment there and that's how they get ya!