What are some books and/or book series you are interested but can't get yourself to read?

I've been meaning to read Les Misérables for years now, but it's so long. I did start, and loved what I read, but dropped it, and never had the courage to pick it up again. 🥲 Babel and Poppy War are very daunting for me. I keep seeing people talking about PW here, and so I get reminded that I'm curious about it. I also want to read Malazan, but I'm convincing myself that I'll wait a few years until starting it, but I definitely will! 🤣

Tomorrow, September 6th is National Read A Book Day! Do y'all celebrate in any way?

My family does blind date with a book for everyone. We just started making a day of it last year and it was a hit. We have cookies, coffee, and our blind date books and read for the day together.

I'm finishing up wrapping their books now and am nervous to see everyone's reaction tomorrow bc I went off list when choosing books this year.

Okay, so we all have that one book or series that we aaaabsolutely LOVE that no one we know has read it or even heard of it! I wanna know what it is, and who knows, maybe someone here has read it and you can make a new friend!?

Mine is The Banned And The Banished series by James Clemens. All time favorite series, no doubt about it or questions asked. It's. So. Good! It has everything you could possibly want in a book and the twists and turns and there's things that happen in the first book that don't get resolved till the last book. The books are so intricately woven its a masterpiece....AND NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD OF IT!!!!

i think i'm approaching a point where i'm starting to heedlessly add books to my tbr. not a big deal but i originally intended to be more thoughtful about the books i was adding (i.e., am i realistically going to read this?) but then i came across a bunch of books (mostly historical fantasy, retellings, and nature non-fiction) that skyrocketed my tbr to nearly 100 books in the span of a few days lol. so in an effort to actually make progress on my tbr, i'm setting my limit to 100 books.

does anyone else place limits on their tbr? or are you the type to just add whatever remotely catches your interest?

Hi everyone, a quick announcement about Seasonal + Special Event Readalongs:

For those of you that have been around since the summer, you may have participated in our first Special Event Readalong for Pride. This was a huge hit and fostered PB-wide discussion on queer characters and stories (and bonus: the badge was rad). To continue fostering discussions on more niche and diverse books & voices, we'll be hosting a Special Event readalong once a season.

Our second Special Event will run from October 15 - November 15 and will be (drumroll please...) Dia de los Muertos 2025! Head to the Discuss tab and click on the box above the feeds to check out the selections and see the new badge (and if you're new, click the purple info icon next to the Fall Readalong header on Discuss to learn more about readalongs on Pagebound).

Since we're committing to one Special Event a season, we don't want to overwhelm folks with too many Readalong books. While you only need to read 1 book in a Special Event to earn the badge (and there is no "completionist" sparkly badge), we will limit Special Event picks to 3 books. Starting with the Winter 2025 Readalong, Seasonal Readalongs will only include 4 books. This way, you still only have to read a max total of 5 books per season to earn all Readalong badges available.

As for product updates, looks like most of you have already noticed some of the bigger changes on the site but for those that missed it, the following has been updated over the past 2 weeks:

• Discover Books got a little makeover: every day, we feature a new emoji and show you books whose ratings most frequently feature that emoji. Some of the emojis in rotation will be seasonally themed :) we also show you books that were the most discussed/finished/TBR'd yesterday, so the featured books will change daily and will showcase less mega popular titles.
• the Similar Users list got an update. Before, we were showing any user with over 30 points in that list; now, we prioritize active accounts, so you can find people you're more likely to actually engage with. I'll be making further tweaks to this in the coming weeks.
• No more HTML tags in posts/comments, please use markdown instead! See the Pagebound Club post on this for more info.
• We will save your total page count and pre-populate it when you post using Pages to calculate progress.

We're still beta testing the app but are on track for and end of month release!

Happy Reading, Jennifer & Lucy

Hi friends! I just got my first big boy job since graduating college in May and it’s really cutting into my reading time. I literally can’t stay awake long enough to read a chapter anymore. Any tips on how to stay locked in and awake (that isn’t caffeine) while reading after a long day.

I used to like going places to read because I thought it would give main character energy and help me meet a cute boy 🤦‍♂️

Now I like to go out to read because the change of scenery enhances my reading experience. I always like to take short breaks to process what I'm reading and it's just more pleasant for me to do it at a park or my favorite cafe.

Do you have a favorite spot? Why is it your favorite?