I want to be a more mindful reader and for me this means engaging more with the text, I kinda know how to do it with physical books but right now I can only read on a kindle basic, do you know of a system that might work on digital books? I was thinking maybe something like a commonplace or perhaps some index cards?

Hi all :) I am considering doing another round of "reading around the world", because I really enjoyed the first one. Last time I did it with all folktale collections. This time, I am considering either

1. Women's memoirs and (auto)biographies or
2. Travel diaries /travelogues Since the PB community seems to have a lot of people from various countries, I wanted to see if anyone has suggestions for books that they think would represent their country especially well? Either for option 1 or 2, or both :)

So I wanna get into immersive reading with audiobooks, but most of the recommendations here are for Libby and Hoopla, and that's absolutely fine! But those platforms are not available where I live (the south of France), so I was wondering if my fellow European readers use platforms or apps to listen to audiobooks?

My goal for 2026 is to read at least one book a month from Irish authors. I'm currently brainstorming that tbr, what culturally relevant or famous books would I like to read/reread etc

But it got me thinking, slightly inspired by challenges like "reading around the world" - what are some famous/cultural classics from other countries? And who better to ask than PB users!

So,

• What is a famous classic/older book from your country?
• What is a culturally relevant book from your country?
• Maybe a book/author that is well-known in your country, but not internationally known?
• What's a book you had to study in school from your country?
• What's a "modern" famous book?

It can either be by an author from there, set in the country, or both! Or even just one of your favs

And if you're from somewhere #Big like the United States I've a bigger challenge - answer these but for your state/region!

• feel free to answer based on your identity/ethnicity too :)

I'll be adding an international read each month to my 2026 tbr, so choose well ;)

Are you a completionist and have to read a series straight through before you can pick up anything else, or do you like to pick up other books in between? Or perhaps a secret third option?

I have a bad habit of "taking a break" in between books that somehow turns into 6 months and a new series started... at this point I am in the middle of like 6 series lol. I ended up setting a goal for myself for the rest of the year to lock in and finish out as many series as possible, including some that will need full rereads because I have forgotten too much of the beginning books (looking at you Poppy War).

I need to know if I am alone in my struggles

1/3 of my 2025 total books read have to be non-fiction (or so I challenged myself) and I am severely behind on that goal.

Please save a girl and recommend me short non-fiction recs! Poetry is welcome!

How do y'all feel about users who post only quotes from the book in the forum, without adding any of their own thoughts? I find it kind of irritating, but I'm very willing to be in the minority about that. (To be clear, I post quotes from books all the time, but it's to show exactly where I'm at in the book, and then to talk about whatever the quote is.) My initial reaction is to upvote it, because it's usually a great quote, but then I realize that it's not really adding anything to the conversation about the book. So then I think about down voting it, but that makes me feel like kind of a jerk. Thoughts? Like I said, I'm willing to be wrong about this, so I'm open to why anyone feels like it's great.

hi all, hope you’re all having a good day!! <3

for a reading challenge with my friends, i have to read a book with a snake on the cover. i was thinking of reading the courting of bristol keats or demon copperhead but am very much open and interested for other recommendations!! all genres welcome, and preferably books under 300 pages! thanks

hi all, hope you’re all having a good day!! <3

for a reading challenge with my friends, i have to read a book with a snake on the cover. i was thinking of reading the courting of bristol keats or demon copperhead but am very much open and interested for other recommendations!! all genres welcome, and preferably books under 300 pages! thanks