Hey everyone! 😊 I’ve been wondering… how do you all manage to get everything done and still find time to read so many books? 📚✨ Do you have routines, tricks, or any tips to share? Would love to hear how you fit reading into your days!

I finally went to my local library again yesterday for the first time in a few years and it was so much fun. I live in a small town, so there isn't a massive selection, but there's nothing quite like just perusing titles and being able to pick up something I've never heard of. I felt like a little kid again, getting excited about all of the books I could check out. Honestly? It was pretty much just as magical as it was when I was young. I also know the library director personally and I think she was excited to see me again—she was showing me all of the resources available through the library and telling me to ask for any books I don't see and it was so cute. Excuse me while I become my library's unofficial marketer just so she can see a bunch of new faces. Anyway, I just wanted to share this with my fellow book lovers on here, as I know y'all understand the feeling of being inside a library. Go to your local library, folks! It feels like home fr.

Curious to know what the first book of the month is for everyone! For me, it's Winterlight by Kristen Britain. The end of my reread is nigh!

Should I start with Shadow And Bone or Six Of Crows?

I find that I like asian folklore based books a lot, so does anyone have any recomendation for those type of books? My favourites are The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh, Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan and Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim. Would love for recs with the same vibes :)

I've been looking to follow more people, so curious about how everyone else does it! Do you have friends irl that you've invited here? Do you use the "% overlap"? Do you find folks you vibe with in the discussions and just add them? I've tried the "readers with similar taste" list in the Discover page, but because it suggests people based on them having at least one book similar to mine in the "My Taste" section, I think it works better for people who have fairly uniform taste in books (e.g. typically reading from one or two genres, which I don't) and also leans towards matching based on books that have been widely read by the Pagebound community.

Its one of the reasons I hesitate reading in public because I'm afraid someone might report me to the nearest asylum, but I do so many monologues while reading. Be it commentating on a characters actions, on the authors brilliance, or forming a connection with the previous books, I will say it to myself and out loud, almost as if, if I don't vocalize it then the thought will be gone, like sand slipping through my fingers. Even random stuff like face palming and going, "why on the planet would you do that?" Like I'm physically disappointed with this fictional character and need to voice my misery. It also might be due to my habit of yelling at the TV screen while watching sports. or its vice versa. ig we'll never know 😅

So, I just finished The Rose Bargain and I am not sure what book I want to read next so I'll be glad if you help me pick from these options :) -The Serpent and the Wing of Night by Carissa Broadbent -Iron Gold by Pierce Brown -Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

CANNOT WAIT FOR BOOK 2

does anyone else pre-holiday try to pick out books to take that are going to suit the vibes of where they’re going? heading to Copenhagen soon and desperately trying to think of Copenhagen-vibed books to take with me 😅

I used to only focus on one book at a time but lately I feel like I'm always reading 2/3 books at the same time and depending on the mood it's the book I'll read that day. But then once I'm half-way down one book, I usually just focus on that one until I finish it. Right now I'm reading The Hunting Wives, Trunk Music and Bitten. I got about 1/3 on each but now I'll full focused on The Hunting Wives, probably gonna continue with the others once I finish this one.

I usually read contemporary romances and YA romances, but sometimes a few in a row gets Too Much. So I like to take "genre breaks" to kinda reset and freshen up the palate. I've been really enjoying picking up a horror fiction to bring me out of the romance sphere recently. I really liked Uketsu's Strange Pictures and although I didn't enjoy Strange Houses as much, it was still a good break from romance. I read C.G. Drews' Don't Let the Forest In on one of my breaks too and I'm looking forward to her next books! Aside from those recent ones though, some of my favourites are actually YA fantasies and YA contemporary sports!

Maybe I’m over thinking it because I’ve bounced around books so much lately but sometimes I find this book hard to read. I enjoy it a lot I love the world but sometimes I go “wait how did they get in this situation again?” And have to turn the page back and reread. Maybe it’s just me zoning out.