It baffles me that they are talking about Mary Katherine as she's not standing right next to them 💀 There were surreal situations like these in The Haunting of Hill House, and I don't know if I find them weird because maybe I don't fully get the sentences (English is not my first language) or if this is just meant to be weird lol

I feel like I’m the only one on earth who didn’t enjoy this book🫣 From what I can remember I felt like the author over explained everything; like she expected the reader to not understand any concept within the book, which was my main issue with it. I looooved the magic system but wished it was more involved with the story as it’s a brilliant concept.

Hello all! As the year winds down, I have started to think about setting reading goals for next year. I found that I was able to read a good number of books this year (for me), and a lot of them were shorter, lighter novels. This was a lot of fun for me! However, I found that I do have a few longer, denser works (both non fiction and novels) that I've put off, knowing that it will take me awhile to get through them.

I'm considering setting my primary reading goal for next year to focus on pages read vs books read, in order to allow me to delve into these longer texts without feeling like I'm losing time by doing so. Has anyone had success with this approach? I think it would be helpful, but I do also consume a non-zero percentage of books via audiobook (about 20% of my books this year have been audio), so I know those wouldn't count towards a page goal. Any other pitfalls towards counting in this way?

Finally, does anyone know if there's a way to set a Page Number goal in Pagebound? I know there is in Storygraph (I use both platforms because I love them both for different things), but I haven't seen a way to do so in Pagebound yet, and not sure if I'm missing it or if it doesn't exist.

Anyway, I'd love to hear peoples' thoughts! Tell me if you think this is a disaster, or how you'd approach it, or anything else. Thank you!