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Silver Elite
Dani Francis
ebhook commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Ever since I got into reading this year, books have become one of my favorite hobbies. I genuinely want to read.
But with this second half of the year, I can already feel the responsibilities piling up—deadlines, goals, and everything I want to accomplish before each month or season ends.
It's just that every time I look at my bookshelf, instead of excitement, I feel... guilt(?) Like I should be doing something "more productive," even though reading is something I genuinely enjoy and value.
Has anyone else gone through this? How did you balance having a busy life while still making time for books without feeling like you were neglecting your responsibilities? 🥲
ebhook commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
As the title says - please share if you have any tips to how to maintain a book buying ban 🙏 I want to focus on reducing my current tbr rather than increasing it, but I am a weak willed creature 😭
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The Lies that Summon the Night (Songs for the Sinless #1)
Tessonja Odette
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Some of the alternative names are really nice and thought provoking.
Whatever editor let “skin suit” through needs to go to jail. Straight to jail.
This may also be me being old because Silence of the Lambs came out in 1992 or so
ebhook commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I haven't recovered from what Roots by Alex Haley did to me. I very rarely cry at books, and that one got me HARD.
It got me thinking about the other books that have really had that emotional pull on me because of the season of life I was in when I read them. The Amber Spyglass got me bad as a teenager because of the character losses and separations that happen. Little Women (IYKYK) got me so badly that I don't remember anything else that happens in that book, except for the IYKYK. And the legend of Icarus! I read it in grade school and cried in the middle of class. It just really got me.
What books have made you cry? Were there any that were really formative to you as a reader?
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Destiny's Edge
M.L. Wang
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Little Thieves
Margaret Owen
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Kissed by the Gods
Caty Rogan
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Between (The Chronicles of Between, #1)
L.L. Starling
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Priestess
Kara Voorhees Reynolds
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When the Moon Hatched
Sarah A. Parker
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For those of you who thought the plot twist in the Metal Slinger was well done, this is actually how it’s done.
A sneaky, light hearted heist book with some fun characters.