oh wow, sing sing prison is part of a chain? i know it from the movie sing sing (2023), which everyone should go watch cause it’s phenomenal

Felt obligated to check in on you all today. How are we doing?

Disclaimer: I haven’t finished the book OR watched the trailer yet (so no spoilers, please!), but we working on it 🫡

With the year coming to a close very soon (time is flying I can’t believe it), I have started thinking about how I’m going to track my reading next year and if I want to make any changes — yes, I am a strange person who doesn’t like making changes in the middle of the year, so I wait for new years haha.

Pagebound has been a new addition for me this year, and of course, I want to continue using it – especially because I’m so excited for the new features we’ll get soon! Since I’ve been using GR less and less for the past months, I will cut it out of my book tracking habits as much as possible.

For now, I think I’ll stick with Storygraph on the side, simply because I love being able to track my personal reading challenges there, but with PB growing I might keep a focus on here!!

My favourite way to track books though is excel or rather google sheets. I love building my tracker every year and I can just make graphs for the stats that I want to see and… yeah, I’m very nerdy about it. I’m currently still working on some finishing touches but I cannot wait to start using my tracker come January!! (feel free to take a peek at it, I don’t mind if anyone wants to use it as a template hehe) I’ve been making these trackers since 2023 I believe, originally I based it on a tracker I found online and I’ve been improving it since!

TLDR, are you going to make any changes to your book tracking next year? do you only use PB or any other apps? is anyone else a statistics freak?

I was asked to start writing out my Christmas list (even though I am past the age of needing gifts, but I won't say no 😁).

I definitely want bookish things, but not books (because I like to go to the store and get those myself as part of the fun).

I thought it would be a fun challenge to ask members of this community what bookish or book related items they would ask for in an ideal world.

Rule: Bookish, book related, but not a specific title of book.

Think more accessories, related items, merch, apparel, stuff you like to use as you read, drinks, games, etc.

The choice is yours.

FEEL FREE TO PARTICIPATE WHETHER YOU CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS OR NOT. I myself am not religious and hold no denominational association to the holiday. All are welcome to comment and it can just be a wishlist.

Do u have any reading habits you’ve picked up that u regret not doing sooner? For me it’s reading 2 books at once. I used to only read 1 book at a time and whenever I’d get bored of the book I’d just stop reading for the day. But now that I have more than one to chose from I’m spreading way more time reading (I went from reading 45 min max a day to now reading for two hours a day). Another habit is allowing myself to DNF books. I can’t count the amount of slumps I’ve been put in bc I forced myself to finish a book I hated!!

Woohoo and thank you J+L for the new public roadmap (and the PB Royalty suggestion area!)!!!! I’m curious, what’s the item on the roadmap you’re most looking forward to? 👀

I think mine is a tie between club posts being back on my home feed and the ability to tag users! 🥰