can this man talk about anything but how he's so upset because katniss doesn't love him back like they haven't had a conversation about ANYTHING ELSE since probably the first book. GIVE MY GIRL A BREAK AND MAYBE FORM A PROPER CONNECTION WITH HER AND *THEN* SHE MIGHT START TO LIKE YOU??????

Not sure if this is the place for it but I'm so excited about the books I received for my birthday this year and really wanted to share my love for books with other people who love books, so here I am! And here you are! Any books you guys have read that I should bump to the top of my TBR?? • Human Acts - Han Kang (historical literary fiction, based on the Gwangju Uprising in South Korea) • Open Water - Caleb Azumah Nelson (literary fiction/romance, discussions of race and masculinity as I understand it) • A Wild Sheep Chase - Haruki Murakami (magical realism, this was pitched to me as a weird dream which I looove) • My Sister, the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite (mystery/thriller with a dark comedic twist??) Three translated short story collections: • Night Train to the Stars - Kenji Miyazawa (japanese fairy-tale inspired) • Murder in the Age of Enlightenment - Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (japanese classics) • The Dangers of Smoking in Bed - Mariana Enríquez (argentinian, horror) And a box set of the first three books in The Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson :) I'm planning on finishing Misborn era I & II before diving into Stormlight though Birthdays make me mushy so don't mind me but I'm so grateful for Pagebound for giving me a space to yap about books. I genuinely feel like this is the sort of space that's been missing in my life and I love interacting with all of you!!! Thank you :)) and I hope to yap about books for many many more years

I'm usually reading a book while listening to a different book for times when I'm doing mundane adult shit or hobbies where I can't have a book in my hand but want my mind engaged in a story. Anyone else think it would be cool to have a "listening" status or do you consider listening to audiobooks and reading physical books the same thing?

Romance readers, I simply must know: what is your favorite sub-genre within the sub-genre? If you like historical romance is your go to time travel or road trip or mystery? For my science fiction romance lovers, do you prefer space travel or mars-needs-women? Personally I want my historical to be rom-com with all other tropes and plot points up for consideration.

I thought it would be kind of fun to see where in the world people are, and then folks can make friends with people from the same countries/ares (if they way, not pressure obviously). I'll go first. I'm Canadian, and more specifically I am in British Columbia (Vancouver Island if you want to get fancy). Try to find your country and join that thread! Everyone else?