I have promised myself I would finish this for years. I have been listening and really enjoying the audiobook! Although it was funny listening to it while cooking a few days ago and my fiancé asked if I was listening to the bible 😂

primera historia terminada, me dan ganas de investigar más sobre la cultura peero se que me voy a poner intensa, no les pasa? entonces mejor luego hago mi investigación. Me está gustando mucho. // I just finished the first story, I want to do some research on the culture but I know I'm going to be sucked in a wormhole of awesome information, does that happen to anyone else? anyway I'm going to leave the research for later. I'm liking it a lot

I want to read books by Dr. Seuss. For some reason, I never got around to reading his books. Can y’all suggest me books?

I opened a Little Free Library in my townhome complex last week! I joined the HOA board a few months ago, and cleared the way to make it happen. A few fun/tender things I’ve seen so far:

-A retired gentlemen donated a new copy of Howls Moving Castle. He told me his deceased mother discovered the book later in life, loved it, and often gifted copies to people. He was excited to put a copy in the library to honor his mom’s love of sharing that story.

-My next door neighbor is a retired librarian, who obviously reads a lot. She donated a big stack of mysteries, one of her favorite genres.

-Someone put in a collection of Madonna CDs, which was very random and made me giggle.

What memorable books/items have you found from a Little Free Library before?

One of the books I'm currently reading has a silly but useful author's note at the beginning. In the forum some people are mentioning how helpful that was and others are like "what note" or "that would've been helpful had I not seen it after finishing".

Out of curiosity, what is your reading experience? Do you read cover to cover and pass through every page? Or do you jump straight into chapter one?

In my country (Sweden) we celebrate Midsommar, or summer solstice, this weekend. It's a celebration of the longest day of the year and in my country the earliest time the sun goes down is all the way in the south, and that is still only about 5h without sunshine. Up north we have the midnight sun! It's celebrated with family, friends and community, and we have a lot of fun silly rituals and things we do (no we don't sacrifice people in general) and we have this fun video explaining it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yx0IiIvgK5Q&pp=ygUVbWlkc3VtbWVyIGZvciBkdW1taWVz

EDIT: pinned comment has a functioning link! If you wanna search on youtube, look for: midsommar for dummies, by embassy of sweden

It's silly but it does cover most of what we really do, the weird dances, the food, the music and the pole😂 It's my favorite celebration of the year and I wanted to share a bit of my culture with everyone here in the PB community🥰 I'm spending my day outside mostly and waiting for rain, because it always rains on midsommar, it's the start of our summer rainy season.

What is your favorite celebration of the year? What books do you love that take place during your favorite time? We don't have many translated to english so I'm sorry I have no recs🫣

Glad midsommar! 🌞

How do some people here or on the internet in general are able to read so much? I am not talking about those who read 100+ books a year. Those are some different league people I guess, or they read for a living. I am talking about the general mass, those who read between 30 to 100 books a year. How do you people get the time to? Many people between the ages of 15 to 60 are busy with either studying, working so how do they make time to read? It's a genuine question, I do not want to offend anyone. Here in my country highschool studies get so demanding that finishing one book per week seems like a miracle then after highschool, entrance exams and university takes up every bit of life left. Then comes the professional life. People who get off work, do you guys read books as a means of relaxation? Like no TV, no shows, just books? I personally can't go without watching my favourite cartoon even at the age of 20. When I return tired, I do not have the energy to read, I just plop on the couch and watch TV. How is it different for other people? Have they been building this habit of reading since years? I hope I can too read many many books cause there is just so much to read and limited time.