In the spirit of the mortification chapter, what are the moments that haunt you? Ours probably don’t involve the Rock and other celebrities, so they can’t be that bad. I‘ll go first:

It was freshmen orientation at college—I was trying to introduce myself and make small talk, even though it is very against my nature. I was talking to a girl and asked where she was from and she says “Kent, Ohio.” I say, in a moment of apparent amnesia, “Oh that rings a bell, where do I know that from? ☺️” 🫥🫠🫣 And that’s one that will haunt me to my dying days! Your turn!

I should have known to grab tissues when I read the title of the chapter “Auld Lang Syne” so you know what, that’s on me 😭

I’m not sure if anyone has posted about this yet. I searched and couldn’t find anything on it. I’m wondering if anyone has any tips to tell if a book was AI-generated. I wish it was disclosed.

Okay lovely people of Pagebound, I come to you with a specific request, trusting that this is a forum that will truly understand me and hopefully get some good recs 😂 I’m very specifically looking for books that are outside the romance genre, but heavily feature a romance as the subplot to the point that it’s a main feature of the story. Like, there’s still other stuff going on, the characters have other unrelated struggles— but also I get some good yearning and cute giggling-kicking-my-feet scenes.

Preferably in one of my top genres: Horror, Sci-Fi, or Literary fiction. But I’m open?

Some examples I’ve really loved:

• Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
• The Spirit Bares it’s Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
• The River has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
• This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
• Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

No spice preferred, but if it’s low level I can tolerate it lol. I’m mostly here for the yearning! 😂 Bonus points if queer

Hi all!

I was wondering if PB has changed the way you read in any way - changing your goals, the genres you read, and/or the way you think about books in general.

For me, I definitely read way more nonfiction now since people have put together some truly excellent lists on NF topics I enjoy. Also, I think it's caused me to think more critically, especially about nonfiction books, as I think about what would make for a decent forum post (even if I'm too shy to post it haha).

I'd be curious to hear about people's experiences in this regard! 💚

I'm a big fan of fantasy and sci-fi and I love complex world-building with tons of new to me concepts and words and things. And, obviously, I'm always happy if there's a glossary, or something like it, at the end of the book. Same for maps and other supplemental materials, I absolutely love them. Makes it a lot easier to understand things, keep track of who is who or what's where.

But I've read several books in the past where those materials held important clues or outright spoiled central twists of the story, which has made me overly cautious about actually using them while reading

So, I was wondering: Do you use glossaries and co if a book has them? Do you avoid them/only look at them if you're further along in the story? Have you ever had a book or plot point spoilt by something like this?