a few weeks ago someone made a post about ruining book titles by changing one word, and this combined with my current read has inspired this post hehe so ruin a trope by only changing one word >:))) i’ll start: instead of only one bed there’s only one toilet 😔

Hey, could you guys recommend me any books with some kind of time travel: past lives, loops, parallel timelines, memories or changes of destiny?

I have already read; The Midnight Library, See You Yesterday and I’m currently reading The Seven Year Slip.

Our next Special Event will celebrate Japanese literature, culture and its influence on the world. Like the sakura (cherry blossom) trees Japan gifts other nations to promote cross-cultural exchange, we hope reading these books together will connect the global Pagebound community. We've intentionally selected a broad range of genres and authors to spotlight, so everyone can find a book they're interested in. This event will run from March 15 to April 15.

Check out the Special Events page (in the More tab on the app, or click the pink banner on the Discuss page on web).

The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop by Takuya Asakura: a translated Japanese magical realism novel about a mysterious bookshop that appears during cherry blossom season (vibes: cozy, poignant)

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki: a metafictional novel about belonging & home, identity & immigration. Ozeki is the first practicing Zen Buddhist priest to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize (vibes: literary, meditative) - check triggers

The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji: a 1987 translated Japanese murder mystery novel (vibes: a classic "whodunit")

Geisha, A Life by Mineko Iwasaki: a memoir from Japan's most celebrated geisha in Kyoto's Gion district during the 1960s & 70s (the UK title is Geisha of Gion). Iwasaki was one of the geisha's interviewed by Arthur Golden for his book Memoirs of a Geisha that fictionalized her story. It included many inaccuracies, and here, Iwasaki sets the record straight.

What's a Special Event? Each quarter, we run a short 1 month readalong showcasing diverse voices in literature. Read one of the selections and comment or post in the forum during the Readalong to earn a special badge. Unlike Seasonal Readalongs, you do not earn a special badge for reading all the selections.

Excited to see the discussions for this event!

Happy Reading, Jennifer & Lucy

I couldn't find any posts about this, just curious if anybody else uses the zettelkasten method or something similar for taking notes?

Zettelkasten is a note-taking system sometimes referred to as being a "second brain" that remembers things your first brain forgets, "develops sentience", and can hold conversations with you. It works REALLY WELL for me (adhd w/hoarder tendencies) because in this system, you do not have to be perfectly organized, and in fact it's actually better if you are not: chaos is a feature not a bug. There is no "right" way to organize anything (and certainly no "wrong" way), and the more unconnected notes you keep near each other, the better. It uses a tagging system that allows you to follow a trail to any note you want no matter where you've filed it, and also to develop ideas connecting concepts that may not initially seem to be connected.

Here’s the post that hooked me: — https://www.eadeverell.com/zettelkasten/ There's quite a bit of other information about it online (and in books, now), although a considerable amount skews to digital versions that use apps like Notion. There's something that works really well for me about keeping things low-tech/analog, so I use index cards!

From a friend (who also happens to have adhd with hoarding tendencies): "i'm drawn to the intuitive aspect of it, the sense in which it's both an analog computing system and a physical manifestation of the unconscious, and also the fact that it can potentially operate as kind of occult device for guidance and introspection. i like the idea of externalizing internal processes of connectivity, and it makes a lot of sense that it would appeal to you and me as people who have fraught/complex relationships with stuff."

More resources I found helpful: — http://luhmann.surge.sh/communicating-with-slip-boxes — https://sociologica.unibo.it/article/view/8350/8270
— https://zettelkasten.de/posts/collectors-fallacy/ (LOLOLOLOL, hoarders read this) — https://writingcooperative.com/zettelkasten-how-one-german-scholar-was-so-freakishly-productive-997e4e0ca125
— https://zettelkasten.de/posts/no-categories/
— https://www.reddit.com/r/Zettelkasten/ (a few posts in here) — https://fortelabs.co/blog/how-to-take-smart-notes/
— https://www.zettlr.com/post/what-is-a-zettelkasten ("In fact, the more you read on how to do a Zettelkasten, the less you'll actually know, because a lot of it depends on intuition and self-observation")

Here is Niklas Luhmann's zettelkasten archive: — https://niklas-luhmann-archiv.de/bestand/zettelkasten/inhaltsuebersicht — http://ds.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/viewer/ppnresolver?id=ZKLuhm

I started reading man booker winners but have been underwhelmed. I've moved onto women's fiction winners. Does anyone have a recommendation of a good prize winners list? I have too many on my TBR pile and need some place to start. Many thanks