As the title asks what is a series you never finished and why? I remember reading book 1 of Red Queen and being so disappointed with the ending that I promised myself I wouldn't read the rest of the series. So I went and searched about my favorite character's (Maven) ending and well it wasn't what I expected. 😭 This feels like such a bad reason but I just can't get myself to do it. 🤷‍♀️ Does anybody else have stupid reasons? Edit: I wrote title wrong. 🥲

So next week I'm going to be seeing my best friend for the second time ever irl, the last time I saw him will be exactly 3 years ago by next weekend. During the time frame that he will be visiting I'll be turning 21, and I have a bookish plan. My friend is the reason I started reading, if I hadn't visited him 3 years ago he never would have been able to drag me to the nearest BAM and get me addicted to these silly little words on paper. Because of this, my plan is during his visit I want to get 21 books before he leaves. I think it would be something fun to do since I have no interest in drinking, and I think 21 books for turning 21 is just so me and I want to be able to remember what I did to celebrate. I know it'll be expensive but I never really go out or spend money on myself so I might as well just go for it.

The only problem is that 21 books is a lot of books, so I need help adding books to a list of ones to look for. I already have a list started with books that have already been on my tbr, but I'm curious to know what you all would recommend. What's your favorite book? Is there a book that you keep thinking about? Is there a book you always recommend to people? Do you know a book that's criminally underrated? What's the last book that made you feel something? I want to know it all. I'm mainly wanting to know the less popular stuff, your personal taste, the hidden gems, but I'll still gladly take popular book recs. All genres, fiction or not. I'll be making another post after my friend leaves on August 12th with all the books I ended up getting.✨️📚

Good morning Bookaholics!

I have a 5 hour road trip today so I won't be able to see any answers until my final stop 😭

Because of this, I just want to know:

What is everyone reading right now? And so far, what are your thoughts?

I've been on PB for about 6 months now and am noticing that I'm reading SO MUCH MORE and am also much more likely to be critically engaging with texts.

As someone who has been in university for 9 years (with one year break), I used to treat fiction as even more of a brain break. I was reading a lot of the same types of books - i.e. endless amounts of books about lady spies mixed with every available popular linguistics book. I'd also read every single Tudor historical fiction book available when I was in high school. Before joining PB I was just starting to dip my toes into fantasy (shoutout to R.F. Kuang for converting me).

Now, I find myself constantly exercising my literary analysis muscles and also reading a much wider variety of books. I've learned that I absolutely love found family in fantasy (because duh) and definitely don't mind it when authors get a little experimental (please drop recs for this btw!).

I'm curious, how has PB changed the way you approach books or the types of books you read?

What are some books you would recommend to someone no matter what their current mood is? A book which one can read in any given circumstances and still enjoy it. I personally would recommend seven husbands of evelyn hugo by Taylor jenkins ried.