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Alright, hypothetical time:

If you were suddenly forced (no prep, no notes, no emotional support water bottle) to give a 30-minute speech on a bookish topic, what would you pick, and how unhinged would it get?

Are you calmly delivering a thoughtful analysis, or are you 12 minutes in yelling about morally grey characters and pacing in trilogies?

I’m deeply curious what everyone's "I could talk about this for way too long" subject is 👀

guys please gimme some recs about these topics please? i prefer semi-academic books written by women and experts in the field.

eldest daughters reading this book: 🫩🫩🫩🫩🫩🫩

Ok, I have stopped reading this book at around 75% percent through.

I have found it boring... and I'm wondering, am I missing something? Everything I've heard about the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy says it's wacky, unique and funny. Those things never got across to me in a more than vague sense. Should I finish it? Is there something at the end that will change how I view the book? I really like wacky media and sci-fi usually and I was hoping for something good. I also keep hearing all my friends reference 42. I needed to know where it came from. So, should I finish?

Also, has anyone else found have the same experience as me?

Hey guysss 👋🏽 ⭐️ For those of you with usernames that the pronunciation is not intuitive or that it’s frequently mispronounced (or for whoever would like to answer this), how do you say your username? :) Mine is literally just what you’d think it is, hahaha.

Quests, created by Top Contributors, are such a labor of love, and there's so much time and effort put into research and curation. As Pagebound grows, we have been brainstorming sustainable ways to create more Quests that the community is eager to see. We're trialing a new idea for a community-voted Quest, inspired by a List.

How this will work:

1. Royalty members can nominate a List (their own or any community List) that would make a great starting point for a Quest. Royalty members will receive a notification tomorrow + an email with a link to a form to fill out by EOD March 31st to nominate. The form will include context about what makes for a great Quest.
2. The entire Pagebound community will then vote on which nominated List will inspire a Quest. Everyone will receive a notification on April 1st with a link to vote.
3. The creator of the winning List will be able to accept/reject.
4. If they accept, we will create a Quest inspired by their List, adapting the title & book list if necessary to fit Quest guidelines (for example, if a List has 20 books, we will reduce it to 15 for a Side Quest; if a List includes all 7 books of a series, we would put book 1; all books from the Quest would come from the original List curation). In the Quest description, the List creator will be credited and their List linked. The resulting Quest could be either a Main or Side Quest, but it will not be open to book additions since there will not be anyone actively maintaining the book list (similar to when a Main Quest hits its 100 book cap and is closed to further additions).

We hope this idea will encourage quality List-making, give the entire community a voice in Quest creation in a sustainable way, acknowledge our Royalty supporters, and result in more diverse Quests. We think it can be a fun community-building activity! That said, we will see if this trial achieves those goals before deciding if and how often we'll repeat it.

Thanks for helping us trial and your open-minded participation! Jennifer & Lucy

Based on your average books read per year, how long do you think it will take to finish your current TBR list?

For me my total would be around 800 books including my TBR, Interested and tagged books on Libby. Since around 40% of my books are rereads and I can read about 100 books per year, it'll take roughly 13 years to finish all the books I want to read currently 😅

What about you guys? After your estimation, would you be looking through your TBR to see how many you can remove or add more?