I recently saw the social media that a lot of people only read dialogues instead of the entire text from prologue to epilogue just to hit a reading goal. And that absolutely baffles me because I cannot imagine reading without knowing any plot lines or character descriptions, et cetera.

So I’d like to ask the Pagebound community how do you all read ? Do you read every single word, imagine the scenes, and analyse ?

Hi friends! 💞 In the US, May is Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. With May coming to an end, I thought it would be fun to ask: who are some of your favorite Pasifika and Asian authors? Any favorite books? Or any books that you’re excited to read in the future?

Here are some of my favorites/most anticipated! (I am trying to intentionally read more diversely, so I am going to use categories. These categories may be colonial terms, so please let me know if there are better terms to use!)

Melanesia 🩷 Book I loved: “Sista, Stanap Strong : A Vanuatu Women's Anthology” Book on my tbr: “True Tracks”by Terri Janke

Micronesia ❤️ Book I loved: “No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies”by Julian Aguon Book on my tbr: “Turtle Under Ice”by Juleah del Rosario

Polynesia 🧡 Book I loved: “Weird Fishes” by Rae Mariz Book on my tbr: “The Killing Spell” by Shay Kauwe

West Asia 💛 Book I loved: “The Book of Disappearance” by Ibtisam Azem Book on my tbr: “The Bruising of Qilwa” by Naseem Jamnia

Central Asia 💚 Book I loved: I haven’t read any yet 😔 Book on my tbr: “Amanat: Women's Writing from Kazakhstan”

South Asia 🩵 Book I loved: “The Namesake” by Jhumpa Lahiri Book on my tbr: “The Dos and Donuts of Love” by Adiba Jaigirdar

Southeast Asia 💙 Book I loved: “The Mountains Sing” by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai Book on my tbr: “Afterparties”by Anthony Veasna So

East Asia 💜 Book I loved: “They Called Us Enemy” by George Takei Book on my tbr: “Exhalation and Stories of Your Life and Others” by Ted Chiang

It was so difficult to pick just a few books from so many different countries and cultures. 😅 I’m excited to add all your favorites to my neverending tbr 💗

It's the time of the week where you can humble brag away about anything you learned this week through your reading. Whether it's a non-fiction piece of trivia, a tidbit you learned about yourselves or others, or a deep dive - we wanna hear it all!!

I have been in a bit of a reading slump, (looks at her currently reading shelf in shame) so no good trivia from me but I have re-learned I can't really do billionaire romances. I get too angry at the displays of wealth to enjoy the romance. But I'm learning that I think it extends to all escapist romance for me.

This is a little odd because I would call myself an escapist reader for pretty much my entire life, but I'm noticing with romance I need it to be grounded for the best chance of me loving it. Romances where one more of the leads are too extraordinary (outside of being fantasy/paranormal entities) or too perfect (including being unfathomably attractive) brings down my enjoyment. Idk if anyone else is like that. I 110% see the market for escapist romance, don't get me wrong, it just doesn't seem to work for me!