hello pb friends! i’m hoping to know who is your favourite fictional duo? iconic pairings in which one can’t be talked about without mentioning the other.

i’m thinking of creating a list and wanted to get some input from the community. i’ll be focusing on fantasy so i’m most curious about that, but i think it would be great to hear about all the iconic duos out there in general! feel free to include what book/series they’re from and what it is about them that makes them a fave.

Have you lent a book and never gotten it back? Did you forget to ask? Did they just love it so much you gave it away? Did you have to fight for it back? Were you the guilty party who kept the book?

So many possibilities. I have only once gotten back a book I've lent.

In highschool, when twilight came out, I was all about it. I was the nerd who took it to school and was reading it inbetween classes. A friend of mine (or so I thought (Joanna)) asked to borrow it, I said of course! I was excited to share something I loved. A couple of weeks go by and she hasnt mentioned if she was team Ed or Jacob (team Ed myself) and so I asked "did you like twilight?" She acted confused "what do you mean, I've never read it". Well okay then Jo, I was a little upset but whatever, I asked for it back since she didnt want to read it but she insisted I never lent it to her!

So like any completely emotionally stable 13yr old... I went crying to my mummy that I wanted my book back. My mummy took me to her house and talked to her mum, who made Jo give it back. Take that!!! She had even written her name in the front page, the gotdam audacity of this girl. Anyway I got my book back and she didnt speak to me anymore, win/win.

Now I only lend books that I'm happy possibly not getting back. What's your story?

What are some books you guys have read multiple times? And why? I would say that I've probably only reread about 5-10 books in my entire life, I usually never feel like it because I'd rather spend that time reading a new book. Even though almost every reread would be pretty beneficial since I usually forget most of a book if it wasn't life changing 😂😂

How do you all like to read a series?

Do you binge it all, finishing one book and moving onto the next in the series? Or do you read one book then have a few palette cleansers before progressing with the series?

I find sometimes when I binge a series I can get a bit fed up of the world or characters and feel like I then slow down my reading due to getting a bit bored of the same thing🫩 However, when I take a break in between, I can struggle to remember details from the previous books🤦🏼‍♀️

How do you tackle a series, or do you just avoid them? Any tips and tricks, I am curious✨