Hi y’all!

I’m looking for audiobooks/audiobook narrator recommendations!

I’ve dnf’ed 3 audiobooks because the narrator was not doing it for me. It’s not a huge deal I can always read the book but this is the first time I’ve returned THREE loans back to back. (I use Libby Libby for audiobooks)

What audiobooks do you recommend? What are your favorite narrators? Do you have narrators that you avoid completely?

Please let me know!! Thank you! 💞

Hey everyone! 🩷

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I'm just gonna go ahead anyway :)

I'm looking for any librarians, teachers, activists, you name it, from the United States (especially if your work and/or everyday life are affected by book bans) who would be willing to help me out with an interview for a project for my English class. I'm researching the recent rise in book bans (regarding causes, consequences and (of course) what can be done to fight back).

The interview wouldn't take too long, maybe 15-20 minutes at most & would take place via Teams or a similar platform, whatever works for you :)

If you're interested please comment on here or contact me on Instagram @thegoodwitch_13 & tysm in advance :D

Like I said before, idk if this even is the right place to post this, so if it's not pls lmk and I will take this post down again 🫶

Hope everyone is having a great day! ✨️🩷

who was the first shadow daddy? who started it all? is this a more recent phenomenon or is it something that’s been happening for a long time now?

these are the questions that are currently plaguing me now that i have finished reading shadow and bone. this book was published in 2012, making it one of the earliest instances of a shadow daddy i’ve encountered.

so now im on a quest to find the Original Shadow Daddy™️

i’ll put a timeline here:

Tall Dark and Brooding™️ era (the predecessors): lord byron (the guy) (1788) pride and prejudice (1813) by jane austen jane eyre (1847) by charlotte bronte batman (1939) by bill finger and bob kane divergent (2011) by veronica roth

Heathcliff™️: wuthering heights (1847) by emily bronte

Powers™️ era (with powers but not shadow powers): dracula (1897) by bram stoker elric of melnibone (1792) by michael moorcock interview with a vampire (1976) by anne rice the darkangel (1982) by meredith ann pierce the awakening (1991) by lj smith dark visions (1994) by lj smith twilight (2005) by stephanie meyer

Shadow Daddy™️ era (with the shadow powers): hades, thanatos, erebus (8th century bce) first mentioned in the iliad and the odyssey? nine princes in amber (1997) by roger zelazny daughter of the blood (1998) by anne bishop cassandra clare and her black leather pants draco (c. 2000s?) city of bones (2007) by cassandra clare princess and the frog (2009) the disney movie the hundred thousand kingdoms (2010) by nk jemisin the red pyramid (2010) by rick riordan shadow and bone (2012) by leigh bardugo acotar (2015) by sjm fourth wing (2023) by rebecca yarros

and if you know of an earlier occurrence please let me know im so curious 🙏🙏

I recently have read some books that have very few forum posts (like, 1-5 forum posts). Some of these books are so thought-provoking, it's like seeing bare ground but knowing that the most fertile garden could grow there! Normally, I like to balance between making my own forum posts and commenting on other people's posts. I feel a little self-conscious about over-posting and overwhelming the forum by myself.

When you're reading a book that has little to no forum posts on Pagebound, do you ever hold back your thoughts or do you make posts as you usually do? Do you think it's possible to overdo it and post too much when there aren't any other posts yet?

I think we should explore lots of different genres, especially so we don’t get bored and can experience something new. Moreover when it comes to fiction and non-fiction I feel like everyone should balance imagination and reasoning.

Feel free to drop ur recommendations! 📚✨

Some great lists to choose from in celebration of NASA, Artemis II, and the moon!

fly me to the moon by cowboyemoji

To Infinity and Beyond by victoria.literally

You know the drill…. What’s a complaint (big, small, dramatic, insignificant, major, minor, silly, etc) that you need to SHOUT TO THE VOID?! As always be kind, be supportive, and look out for one another🤍✨

Do you like to have bookish items/merch/STUFF? 📚

I do find myself gravitating towards bookish themed things, but try to watch my consumption unless it’s things I either: a) really want b) need and will use

If you have bookish stuff, what’s your favorite? Do you collect a certain thing like bookmarks or bookish stickers?

Right now mine is this bag! My wife got it for me this weekend while in the city, and it’s perfect for carrying my normal odds and ends, plus a book and my e-reader!

I’ve been seeing these crazy debates online about how people don’t always consider audiobooks to be real reading.

It makes me a bit sad because I think it’s amazing that stories can become more accessible through audiobooks.

It’s great that Pagebound has a feature to log audiobooks! It makes me want to try one for the first time, I just don’t know where to start.

Would you consider more comic style books or Webtoon stories to be real reading too? I’m really curious!

I recently saw a good deal on the Waterstones Exclusive Fallen Gods Trilogy and was super tempted to buy it, but I always get nervous buying a whole series in case I dont like them. Especially with how expensive a full set can be!

I feel that its common for book influencers to buy whole series in one fell swoop and I'm curious if other people also do that, or if they would rather buy the books as they work through the series.

What are your thoughts on this?

What is one book that you bought just for the pretty art, and that actually stuck with you? It rarely happened to me, but one experience stands out.

I have this huge problem of judging books by their covers + buying more expensive editions of the cover is prettier. Last summer I saw a video on tiktok about a horror book with phenomenal cover art: leaves, blood, the face of a blond boy with dark slashes. Even better, inside, the book was full of black and white drawings of monsters. Don't let the forest in by C G Drews.

At the time, I thought I didn't like horror because it was too scary. I didn't know one thing about the plot. It would've been the first ever book in English I'd read, and I had no idea whether I would understand a thing. I only knew that no matter what, it had to be in my hands.

I was on a trip in Oxford, and, since there books are waaaaay cheaper than in my country, I was thinking about buying a bunch of those either way. I immediately jumped into the first bookstore, asked if they had it, they gave it to me and I bought it. "So what if I don't like it? I still will look at the art every day, it's so beautiful." Best decision ever.

I spent every spare minute, every second I wasn't studying, or out, or calling my friend, reading. It felt like breathing. I couldn't take my eyes off of it. I had the opportunity to read it in an actual forest-like park near english private schools and colleges. It was perfect. The prose was poetic like nothing I'd ever read. It was my favourite book ever.

So I bought other 5 teen horror books. I started watching some movies. I discovered a whole new genre and got an idea for a novel myself. Don't let the forest in is still definitely my favourite book ever. C G Drews is my favourite author. All because I love pretty art. Sometimes it's worth it.