What's your favorite genre or subject? Subgenre or focus? Trope? Why? I always go back and forth between fantasy and scifi, but ultimately my favorite genre is scifi. I really like stories with clones and mind downloading/transfer, and the stuff that makes you ponder identity and what makes us human. My favorite tropes will forever be slow burn and enemies to lovers though, so I usually end up reading more romance for those ❤️

Really embarrassing to ask this but I am seeking romance recommendations which have a heavy dose of jealousy/possessiveness. Any leads would be appreciated!

I'd love to know what is everyone reading I am currently reading Vicious by VE Schwab. I've had this on my TBR for so long, but never found the motivation to pick it up until now. I am enjoying the story as well as the main character. I am also reading Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo, or more like trying to since it has taken me two years to get to page 90 XD i have soft DNFed it thrice now at this point but because i spent a good amount of money on it, I do want to read it.

I really really love Verso books. Almost all of my favourite reads were published by them. But this thought made me curious if other people also have publishers they trust enough to buy blindly from. If so which ones and what about their niche draws you in?

I'm really interested in learning more about the awesome folks I've connected with on pagebound so far. I've interacted with many of you, and while we usually stick to books because it's a common love we all share, but I realized I only know a little about each of you through those conversations. That is totally fine if that is how you'd like to keep things, so no pressure to answer 😊. A little more personally about me: I'm a father (mid 30s) of 2 beautiful little girls (3.5 years and 7 months), married to an amazing woman and mother, and we also have 2 French bulldogs 😊. I'm currently a software engineer and my primary focus is infrastructure (all the boring stuff that websites like pagebound runs on behind the scenes and serves it all over the world), but I also freelance in web development still since it's where I got my start. Fun random fact: I was top 500 in overwatch season 3 🤣 Super happy to have met everyone and will hopefully continue to meet as this community grows 😊 Please don't forget to practice good internet safety when answering! 🫣

Righteous Son v Wicked Father is my favourite motif/trend :3

What do we make of the author disavowing this in his later years? He expressed a distaste for thevleaden prose of the left seemingly implying distance from that political leaning?

I saw this question in one of my groups and thought it was so fun! Interested to read your answers 😋