Was there ever a time, when you were reading a book, that made you do a double take? As in the weirdest scene, sentence or moment you've read in what you thought was meant to be a normal book. Or something a character did that left you so mad because it didn't make any sense?

Who else is DYING to know when it will be released? I'm so fucking excited!!! I think I've listened to the audiobook 25x. And I've read the ebook at least 3x. CANNOT WAIT! I've been an avid MM reader for over a decade and I'm so hype to see a genuinely good MM get a screen adaptation.

I have been reading the Nightrunners series by Lynn Flewelling and it's been scratching such a specific itch for sword & sorcery/adventure fantasy with queer mmcs, and I'd love more recs for stories of a similar vein. Any fellow Nightrunners have some faves to recommend? Huge bonus points if there's any with trans characters, but not required, and the romance does not have to be a central plot point as long as it still involves the mcs! I love a good subplot! Editing this to say I'm more interested in adult recs than YA! I haven't been in a huge YA mood recently! Also please do not recommend me anything by TJ Klune or anything even tangentially related to HP.

Hey everyone! 😊 I’ve been wondering… how do you all manage to get everything done and still find time to read so many books? 📚✨ Do you have routines, tricks, or any tips to share? Would love to hear how you fit reading into your days!

Ok so. I really, REALLY, hated Romeo and Juliet. HATED it. And even though I'm trying really hard not to let that hatred overshadow this book, the names are just so close that I have a knee jerk reaction of "ew 🤢"

I just opened a book that I got from a used book sale last year and it had a leaflet about some weird medicine in it? So random, why would someone use that as a bookmark? And to then give the book away too?? I'm baffled. One library book I read a few years back had a sticky note message on the back cover and whoever wrote it seemed to have left the rest of the sticky note pad in the book as well. I've also seen my fair share of random bookmarks. A few weeks ago I found one that was covered in Olivia Roderigo stickers lol 😂 I'd love to hear from y'all tho. What's the weirdest thing you've ever found in a book?

I've been looking to follow more people, so curious about how everyone else does it! Do you have friends irl that you've invited here? Do you use the "% overlap"? Do you find folks you vibe with in the discussions and just add them? I've tried the "readers with similar taste" list in the Discover page, but because it suggests people based on them having at least one book similar to mine in the "My Taste" section, I think it works better for people who have fairly uniform taste in books (e.g. typically reading from one or two genres, which I don't) and also leans towards matching based on books that have been widely read by the Pagebound community.

I want to talk about popular/well-liked books that YOU personally hate (and why if you want)! I'm also curious to hear what books you refuse to pick up, no matter how popular/well-liked they are! Popular books I hate are: The Secret History by Donna Tartt (literally the most boring book I've read that I truly believe people only like because it makes them feel smart) Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo (I can't even begin to explain how much I hated every moment reading this book -- everything from racism being a plot point despite it being about white people??? to the way grief is handled pisses me off) My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix (cishet white men need to stop writing stories about young girls and especially should not use a weird school-slave-roleplay plot point) The Troop by Nick Cutter (I refuse to believe that all young boys are perverted little creeps) House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (This book made me realize anyone could write and get published 700+ pages of trash) Some popular books I will never pick up: ACOTAR/Any SJM book (I have not forgotten about using Breonna Taylor's death in a promo post) Fourth Wing/Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow 🍉 Anything by Nick Cutter but especially The Deep because I hated The Troop THAT much Anything Colleen Hoover because it has not and will never appeal to me personally The Love Hypothesis because I don't like Reylo nor romance Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo because it sounds overly edgy (lmao) No hate to anyone whose favorite book is listed above! Just because I don't like the book doesn't mean I don't like you!