Has anyone else had issue following along with the audiobook? I love Bob the Drag Queen but the way he reads makes it nearly impossible for me to lock in to the story. First he reads too fast so I slowed it down but then he still reads as if it’s one long continuous word. Might have to pause this until I can get my hands on an ebook or something.

Levar Burton has an episode of his podcast where he reads this! Thought other people might want to know this before starting.

When I first joined Pagebound, I kept my shelves to a minimum. Initially, I was just using them to sort only mysteries from other countries. Then someone asked me about Space Operas, so I thought, "All right, I will make a Space Opera shelf." Then I thought, "I really need a shelf for my unread non-fiction."

As time went on, I started getting an itch to create more shelves. When I was on the platform that shall not be named, my shelves were numerous and specific. When I came to Pagebound, I thought I would just chill and go the easy route. I am apparently not a chill person.

Last week, I said screw it and started adding shelves wholesale. Historical fiction, fantasy, epic fantasy, etc, etc. I am now starting to regret this and wish I had stayed the course, because when I added the shelves, my plan was only to add new books as I read them. As we have established, I am not chill, and my brain does not work that way.

So now I am slowly going through a few books every day, adding them to the appropriate shelves, and, of course, creating new shelves when there isn't one. I have a lot of books to shelve. It is going to take forever.

My brain is not my friend. Always getting me into stuff I probably should have avoided. How about you? Is there any Pagebound project or book project you kind of regret starting after you realized how much work it was going to take?

I just finished Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray which is historical fiction about the author Jessie Redmon Fauset! I didn’t know about her before finding this book but after reading the author’s note in the back I decided I’m going to read one of Fausets books next. The one discussed in Harlem Rhapsody is There is Confusion but for now I’m going with Plum Bun. Has anyone else had this journey or a similar one with another book/author? Particularly with historical fiction?