today i decided to read something that is def a hate read, for me, (ie knew i was going to hate it and choose to read it anyways.) i have never done this before but i have seen people talk about the concept for decades. i am mostly asking to make myself feel better about reading this cursed document. i am a chronic dnf-er so i don't read books i'm not liking often and when i do find myself not enjoying a text i stop... but on some level, with this particular text i just have/had to know how bad it actually was.

So, do you hate read? if so why? what's your process? is there a process? am i just morbidly masochistically curious? are we all morbidly masochistically curious? (for the record i am NOT asking which books you hate read as i do not wish for us to share actual hate i am simply asking about if/why we do this)

[before u look its not in my currently reading I'm using a placeholder cause i don't wanna disgrace my pagebound page like that]

Oh no! Your current PB username has been stolen somehow!

What would you pick as a second option (and why)? (Assume that all other potential usernames are available.)

I love manhwas (Korean graphic novels), and lately I've been wanting to try mangas. I recently read Fullmetal Alchemist, and I loved it so much that I gave it 5 stars. I want to read more mangas, but don't know where to start, as there are so many out there.

I typically read romance manhwas, but I'm open to anything. If it's helpful, here's a list of some of the animes that I enjoy:

• Fullmetal Alchemist/Brotherhood
• The Seven Deadly Sins
• Yuri on Ice
• Kiss Him, Not Me
• Ouran High School Host Club
• Attack on Titan
• A Silent Voice

Does anyone have any suggestions?

i see a johanna van veen book, i immediately join 🙂‍↕️ absolutely love both books of hers i've read so far, definitely going to be a big motivator to get this badge 😌🙂‍↕️

I’m going for completionist! Who’s with me?

didn’t get around to sharing this in my review, but there’s something at the end of this book that still makes me so mad: in the final chapter (or the epilogue, not sure rn), Leerhsen goes and stays in the same hotel room Bourdain died in (?!?), a door in the room closes partially on its own while he walks through it, and he’s all like “oh is this a coincidence… or an embrace” trying to be all poignant and shit. like dude i think if the ghost of Anthony Bourdain were there you would NOT be getting an embrace. also i’m not superstitious enough for this, it’s just an old hotel with a bad door

hi yall!! who is an author you’ve recently discovered and loved? for my it’s emily austin- i’m reading “is this a cry for help?” and i’ve also read “everyone in this room will someday be dead”. as i’m reading this current one im really in awe of how much i love her writing, and i’d love to hear who is tickling your fancy recently!! thank you in advance for sharing 🥰🫶🏻