I feel so bad for Mr Lee and the rest of the book club, feeling so proud of someone who they think is the best of them and is a fraud hiding behind her own lies.

I need to stop reading this before trying to sleep, June makes me so upset I lose how tired I am.

This narrator is so good that she’s making me hate this character so much more. I realize I keep clenching my teeth while listening to this.😂

This mf took an 1800s uber (hansom) to a trap house I’m crying.

"If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking." — Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami I've been thinking about this quote lately, and I'm curious how others feel about it. Do you think there's truth to the idea that reading mostly popular, widely discussed books can limit the range of perspectives we encounter? Or do you think great books are great books regardless of how many people are reading them? When it comes to your own reading habits, how much variety do you seek out? Do you make a conscious effort to read outside your comfort zone; different genres, countries, time periods, literary traditions, or lesser-known authors, or do you tend to gravitate toward the books everyone is talking about? I'd also be interested to hear whether you've ever felt your reading life become too narrow, and if so, what helped you break out of that. Conversely, have you found that reading popular books enriched your experience because they gave you a shared cultural conversation to participate in? In short: what are your thoughts and feelings on reading what everyone else is reading, and how important is variety in your reading life?

Hi PBC🫶

I have had a really crappy day at work so wanted to find some joy in this space as I don’t have social media anymore and PB makes me feel nice and safe🥹

Tell me one thing you’re grateful for today and what you’re currently reading!

Is it for a quest? Is it a book you found on PB? Are you re-reading a favourite? Let’s yap about our current reads📚

Grateful: My sister, she calmed me down and cheered me up!

Current read: Bro and the Beast by L. C. Davis🐺

Personally I’m arc reading rn so I’m trying to get through at least 10% of my book(Thankyou kindle) per day. I find however that it’s quite difficult to read during a busy day.

Share your thoughts below!

"If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking." — Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami I've been thinking about this quote lately, and I'm curious how others feel about it. Do you think there's truth to the idea that reading mostly popular, widely discussed books can limit the range of perspectives we encounter? Or do you think great books are great books regardless of how many people are reading them? When it comes to your own reading habits, how much variety do you seek out? Do you make a conscious effort to read outside your comfort zone; different genres, countries, time periods, literary traditions, or lesser-known authors, or do you tend to gravitate toward the books everyone is talking about? I'd also be interested to hear whether you've ever felt your reading life become too narrow, and if so, what helped you break out of that. Conversely, have you found that reading popular books enriched your experience because they gave you a shared cultural conversation to participate in? In short: what are your thoughts and feelings on reading what everyone else is reading, and how important is variety in your reading life?

For me, I used to be a hardcover, physical copy only person. Paperback if I had no other choice. Then I started reading fanfic and that you can only read via internet unless you printed it out. So, I got used to reading on the computer. (I was reading fanfic before we had internet on cellphones.)

Then when smartphones came out, I realized that I loved the convenience of reading on my phone, rather than toting a physical book around. (Especially since I'm very protective of my physical copies and don't want to damage them.) So my main method of reading nowadays is via the Kindle app or my e-readers. I still have my physical copies as well, because I am also a book collector.

I have yet to adventure into audio books because I don't believe that I would retain any of the story just by listening as I'm easily distracted. I might could do with immersive reading though. However, I have heard that not all narrators are created equal, so I'm leery about that.

So I'm curious on how you prefer to read. Physical, digital, audio? All three? Another way that I haven't mentioned?

I know some readers can be a little pretentious about physical vs digital vs audio and whether some don't count as reading, but I'm of the firm belief that it doesn't matter how, just so long as you do read. If you can't read, you can't learn. If you can't learn, then you can't grow.