If you are a fantasy or sci-fi lover like me, please join me and give me some recommendations. I just joined today :) ALSO, if you are getting a PhD, join me.

Hi all! My goal for 2025 is to read more consistently, and I'm off to a good start so far! I recently found an insta reel where a guy (@stevenjreese) has devised a system to divide readers into different colours I'm mostly an orange and purple reader, and his analysis of the types of books I would like felt so accurate! It doesn't focus on genres, more ~ vibes ~ https://www.readyourcolor.com/ It was a really fun quiz, and he gives book recommendations at the end! I'm wondering if anyone else has taken the quiz - what colour(s) are you? And do you have any book recommendations that match the colours? Keen to spread my wings into other colours, but will also take recommendations in my colour zones ^_^

Hi everyone, I am so happy to be here. I saw this page on Instagram I instantly came and I was not disappointed at all! I really love the space and I’m looking forward to connecting with different people from all over the world. I am super passionate about romance books. I’m also just getting into dark Romance, I love my African literature to the end of the Earth. Yay I am also somebody who is passionate about historical fiction and literary fiction. I’m a sci-fi and African futurism girly as well. Basically I’m somebody who reads every and anything right I love diverse genres you will catch me there wherever it is that they are cooking up a collage of genres from different parts of the world so join me on this ride and let’s have fun here together. OK what I am currently reading. I am currently reading the Coven by Harper and I am also reading dark city Omega. I’m almost done with that book anyways so I’m super excited to suck myself into the coven

Sure, it's nice to find people with similar taste in books, and PageBound, due to the Favourits List on users' profiles, is amazing for that. But I fear I am a hater at heart, it's just so much fun. Also, I've found that most people (me included) find it easier to pinpoint what they dislike about a book. And sometime, things people hate about a book is exactly what I like. So I would love to hear your (preferably controversial) books you hate and why. I'll start (feel free to disagree and change my mind but please don't lynch me, though!) (Friendly reminder that you can hate a book but shouldn't shame people who enjoy them or the authors - except if it's people like J.K. Rowling, of course. Feel free to shame her) - One Dark Window because (to keep this spoiler free) the story more or less ends where it started. And it read like a first draft to me. But mostly because I wanted to bang my head against the wall because of how often I had to read how Ravyn's callused fingers caught on clothes/skin/hair. and, probably more controversially - A Little Life because (1) I'm sick of reading about tragic queer characters (2) I find it extremly over the top just how much trauma the MC went trough (3) I'm sick of books being praised as a literary masterpiece when they really are just traumatic (4) I habe a huge issue with the author's statement that she basically just tried to make her MC suffer as much as possible

I love the first book so much but then sadly things just started going downhill for me.

Hi, can we add some of Ruby Dixon's monster romances to the list? She is one of the authors that got me into monster romance and smut. Thanks!

I recently just finished "Don't Let the Forest In" by C.G. Drews (which I highly recommend) and it's more of a botanical horror theme. To give an idea, some of my favorite thriller/horror books are "What Moves The Dead" by T.Kingfisher, "The Silent Patient" by Alex Michaelides, and "The Only One Left" by Riley Sager. What's everyone favorite thriller/horror books?

Hi! I'm Alex, 20, from Miami, and loooove exploring Pagebound. I am obsessed with revisionist literature. I love Nathalie Haynes, Pat Barker, Margaret Atwood! Does anyone have any other recs?! I've read a lot of Greek/Roman mythology retellings... does anyone have any suggestions of other mythologies?

Hi, friends! Every year, I join a charity reading program called Read For Books whereby for every 10 individuals who read for at least 15mins in the month of July, books are donated to the less privileged. This year, since I have just joined Pagebound, I thought it would be nice to share this with everyone who might be interested in taking part as well. The charity event is opened to everyone from every country and it includes all forms of reading: paperbacks, audiobooks, magazines, ebooks, etc. You can join as individuals or in groups too. If you are interested, you can read more about it at this link and sign up 😊 I hope we can all give back to the community by doing what we love to do: reading! Thank you 🫶🏼 https://readingnation.nlb.gov.sg/initiatives/readforbooks/

Heyy, I am new to pagebound and I am still discovering it thou, so far I really like it!! Yesterday I finished Saving 6 and I honestly love it!! I can’t wait to read Redeeming 6, and see where does the story unfold!! Ohh, and I would love to make new friends here too, so please feel free to add me and I will add u back !! I love to talk about books!! Sending lots of hugs and love to yall 💗💗🥹

i'm glad multiple reels from the founder of pagebound were sent to my otherwise dull feed, cause here i am! hope to get in the habit of using this space, i love the visual feel of it, and hope you turn it into an app soon!! as for reading - i enjoy fiction, crime thrillers, sometimes romance/friendship storylines within a larger context, mythology, and social commentaries. i'm indian & live in the netherlands! i post on instagram (@noor_reads_here) very irregularly. happy to be here !!

Hii! I found PageBound on Tiktok this morning and have been working on setting up my account.🤗 I just KNOW this will get more use than my dusty Goodreads account lol. I live in the Netherlands, but mostly read English books. I love romance and fantasy books, and will devour anything that has a well-written plot and morally grey men. I share reviews on Substack as ReadwithLissanne. I love sharing my thoughts, even though it feels like shouting into the void. If you like romance and fantasy, perhaps you'd like my blog: https://readwithlissanne.substack.com/ Let's be friends!

Everyone has at least one favorite book from their childhood that they cherish forever, or that one book as a young reader that got you into reading into adulthood? What was yours? (I'll be adding them to my tbr, for real.) My favorite book as a young reader was A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray and her Gemma Doyle Series. PS: I am loving reading everyone’s favorite books as a kid!!! Thank you all for sharing :)

I usually go and read reviews of my completed books, sometimes to see if I missed anything themewise/plotwise, but mostly for the fun of it. Now I can't even get through some of the recent reviews without visibly CRINGING at the blatant AI. Can we just have one thing that is not touched by AI in this hobby??? I've seen it on here. I've seen it on GR. I've even seen it bookstagram captions. I mean, is it really that serious???? I get it, I find it hard to articulate everything I felt about a book in a few paragraphs. But the idea of using AI to do so just fills me with secondhand embarrassment. I would rather write a corny ahh statement like “I couldn't put this down!” rather than resort to asking chat to write a review?? The tone is always so unbearably positive, and the sentences all follow the same formulaic wording, it is nauseating. Even if all the points brought up are good, just reading those generated reviews takes away any joy I had in reading. I wish people who did use it knew how obvious it is to spot an AI post. I mean, you are posting this review to be read by people who love to read? You don't think we can recogbise wack ahh AI slop when we see it?? Embarrazzing.

There are a lot of questions about book recommendations or favorites, but what is the book(s) you absolutely feel repulsed by whenever you see it? Just want to add: i know everyone has their own tastes and that does not mean if one hated the book the other shouldn't has terrible taste, it is the matter of personal opinion. What doesn't sit well with me might be perfect for you :) this is just for fun and to know you all a lot better