This thought occurred to me as I've currently got some kind of heavy cold/flu thing going on. Whenever I'm under the weather, I can never bring myself to read! It doesn't matter how hooked by a book I am, if I'm ill all interest in reading goes right out the window. Instead I turn to a strict diet of media content, or gaming. Is anyone else like this? Or are you the opposite? Or is there some other random outlet that you use?

hey pagebound! i was wondering... who here has recipes inspired by books or recipes that came directly from books/their authors? i'm so curious if anyone's done that. what drew you to that recipe or inspired its creation? did you conjure it up yourself? i'd love to know and how the food turned out :D i want all you chefs and bakers to reveal yourselves! 🫵😋

or have you read about food in a book and thought, "man, i wish i could devour that right now!"? (ehm, i might be a bit hungry at the moment...)

Thank you Sciona and Thomil for accompanying me as I sat in the unmoving lift of my apartment, waiting for the technician to come rescue me.

He arrived just as I was reading about Sciona successfully opening a clear window.

This might be an unpopular opinion, but it is just my opinion. I think I need to stop reading reviews on Goodreads and in general.

I think it's one thing to say you don't like a book, and say things like 'the pacing wasn't for me' 'didn't like the writing style' or whatever else. It's even valid to say you personally hated the book.

But I find it upsetting when people are just intentionally... cruel? Like insulting anyone else who likes the book. Wondering what people are 'on' to enjoy it.

Opinions are personal, not facts. What feels boring, clunky, or frustrating to you might feel moving, brilliant, or comforting to someone else. I don't think criticism has to be mean to be valid, but it feels like people are really just trying to see how snarky and mean they can be.

People have a right to their opinions and how they word things. I'm not saying they don't. I'm not even saying people shouldn't post those reviews. That's their right. I'm just venting personally, and I think I will probably just avoid reading reviews because that's how I can curate my own space. I just wanted to vent a little because I'm having big feelings about it.

(I will say, it really does not feel valid when people go out of their way to post on someone's positive review/post about how they liked the book to insult the book. I think opinions are valid, but it feels so unnecessary to try to bring someone else down.)

Hi ! I'm French and I live in Iceland. Obviously, there are no books in French in the bookshops, but there are lots of original versions in English. I'm comfortable with this language in my everyday life, but I have to admit that it's very difficult to immerse myself in novels that aren't written or translated in my mother tongue... 😅 Have you encountered this situation? And do you have any tips? The last thing I found was to listen to the audiobook while reading the book.