I just realized this year is almost half over! I’m thinking about all the books I’ve read so far & wondering which ones I will read next!

What’s been your favorite read of 2026?

I think mine was Sula by Toni Morrison or Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell !!!

Alright, Boundling fam, am I a fake reader if I've never cried while reading a book?

For legal reasons, this post is a joke.

Fellow readers! What are your preferred physical book format preferences?

I've recently come across too many deckle edges for my liking, I absolutely despise them. With the explosion of sprayed edges and the downfall of the mass market paperback I'm wondering if my opinions are unique or are manufacturers absolutely dropping the ball.

✅ Mass market paperback: she is perfect. If every single book I read was a mass market paperback I would be such a happy reader. No matter the length of the book, honestly I prefer it for super chunky books over a huge hard cover that is super heavy.

☑️ Paperback over Hardcover As a Canadian where hardcovers have become $40, base price, it's not worth it. Dust jackets piss me off and if it's too large of a book it becomes too heavy and I can't hold it! Unless it's a library book, then I will choose a hard cover over paperback. I do enjoy the plastic wrapping, maybe I need to just do that for the hardcover books in my collection.

☑️ Trade Paperbacks Preferred over hardcovers but they feel so huge

❎ Sprayed edges Pure market oversaturation. They started off as special and beautiful but now it seems like manufacturers are just doing everything and anything, and every book needs to have sprayed edges.

❌ Manufactured Deckle Edges These piss me off! I've read at least four books this month that have had deckle edges and I can't stand them. We want uneven pages and an obviously fake "rustic" look? No. Not for me