The blurb describes this as dream like, and I’m absolutely feeling that. The writing is so abstract, with so few scenes that flow easily - even though I feel slightly lost the majority of the time, I’m not bored or disinterested. Almost like reading a classic where the language is slightly past your reach, but the beauty of the story pulls you along.

The most difficult part has been the rotating POVs; often I’m midway through a scene before I know whose head I’m in. I believe this is intentional and not a result of bad reading comprehension. This definitely adds to the dream-like atmosphere, floating between minds and fragments of memories, piecing together what happened to each of these characters and rounding out their identities which, both through the war and through murky POV shifts, are intertwined and mirrored.

morning friends! firstly i promise this comes from a place of curiosity and i’m not intending to farm points or attempt to become a PB celeb 🤡🤡

i was just wondering what personally makes you follow someone? or once followed, what really influences the way you view a user?

for instance i’m a sucker for an insightful, original & creatively written review or comment that captures something about a book that i’ve never been able to put to words.

i also appreciate when users have a clear niche or ‘special interest’ that they’re so passionate & knowledgeable about that it triggers an immediate ✨friend crush✨

i don’t have many IRL friends that read, so i’m sending all my love to the community (and L+J) for making this such a wonderful place to discuss books and learn from each other.

Now that I'm in university, I've started tracking textbooks on book tracking apps, too. It seems a bit like cheating to me, but considering that they take up a large part of my reading time and that they are very discursive essays so... What do you think? For those who are studying, do you take them into account too or am I the crazy one?

It is very easy to max out one's library holds. What do you end up reading while waiting for it to be your turn with those sweet, sweet TBRs? I've found myself scrolling through the "available now" filter on Libby to scrounge up things that sound interesting, so far to mixed results.

so one of my absolute favourite lore is the great tomato war, where one user posted in a forum that they read a book where one character ate a tomato like an apple, and they felt disgusted by that. it set off a massive “war” and it was hilarious to read. jennifer from pagebound even did a list based on that.

one lore i have just discovered today is there is an “user” called deleted. i was so confused. i saw that they got a level up badge today. i swore i saw one like 5 days ago. how the hell are they leveling up when i don’t see any activities or any books in their library? is it a user called deleted? or it was deleted but a glitch meant it kept gathering points? turns out that that is where all the points from deleted posts/comments goes to, into this one user called “deleted”. (unless i am mistaken???)

is there anything i missed? i only know those two!

eta: oh my god i was working and came back to so many comments! i will go through them and reply but oh my god so many entertaining lores! thank you ☺️