Hey guys. I've not been reading these past few days but a question has been nagging my mind. Because I watch a lot of youtube videos and bookstagram and I see people owning like 5-6 editions of the same book and I'm like... Why? Is one not enough? (Sounds rude but it's a genuine question 😭) I personally do think that owning 5-6 editions of the same book is over consumption because it's a marketing tactic to increase sales and we're falling right into it. Kind of like musicians releasing 12 different versions of the same album. Like I get it. You want to support the author but you can do that buying their book once too. But I'm sure people disagree and I'm genuinely curious to know why. Why would one have multiple editions of the same book? Do let me know! I'd like to broaden my perspective on this.

Where do you guys listen to your audiobooks or purchase them?

Library Indie Bookstore through Libro FM Audible Spotify

Curious to hear. I'm looking for options!

Happy Wednesday!!!!!! It’s time for Who’s Who Wednesday where every Wednesday we introduce ourselves and make new friends. This is part 10.

If you participated any of the times before, you don’t have to introduce yourself again but you can share some different facts about you, an opinion you have, or how your week is going.

If you’re new, introduce yourself!

I’ll go first.

My name is JadeLovesBooks.

I hate parallel parking and I simply will not do it. I can do it when no one’s around. But when people are WAITING on me I can’t do it. My brain glitches out.

I’m really good at essays. One time, in college, I wrote a whole 10 page paper the day before it was due and got an A+. But MATH? Absolutely not.

I buy chapstick and lose it precisely one hour later. It’s so annoying. My brain is chaotic. I have a huge ass bright pink fuzzy keychain so I don’t lose my keys.

This year's Spotify Wrapped is out and I thought it would be a good time to start a little recommendation game based on your most streamed album(/artist/song) this year! I recently saw a post doing a similar thing with the Letterboxd Four and thought it was a super cute idea.

Just post your personal album of the year in the comments and other users will do their best to find a book with similar vibes. (Of course you don't have to use Spotify to participate.)

Guys, I just wrote the last pages of my very first book journal 🥹 I wanted to share this news with pagebound community!!!

I started doing this book-journaling thing exactly a year ago, in December 2024, to help myself digest the books I was reading at the time. In the past few years, my reading had skyrocketed, and I’d begun to feel like I was consuming books rather than truly enjoying or understanding them. I also wanted a place to return to whenever I wanted to remember what I’d read and how I’d felt about it.

So, I decided to use a 15-year-old notebook with the ugliest colors and a few pages already filled with random quotes (one from Game of Thrones -the “chaos is a ladder” monologue because I was edgy-, one from Eragon, and one from Fairy Tail -the anime??? because, I guess why not) plus a list of books I wanted to buy.

Choosing this ugly notebook was intentional. I know myself, if I cared about making it look pretty, I would have abandoned the whole endeavor for sure. I aimed for consistency rather than perfection. It was a good decision, because my handwriting is abominable, so keeping a pretty journal was never going to be attainable. And happy to say, it truly worked! I stayed up to date with the books I was reading, writing down my thoughts and feelings. Now I have a nice new notebook, and I’m planning to put some effort into making it look a bit prettier with stickers 🙂‍↕️

Do you keep a book journal? If so, what do you like best about it, and how did you start journaling? If not, do you plan on starting one with the new year?

Where do you guys listen to your audiobooks or purchase them?

Library Indie Bookstore through Libro FM Audible Spotify

Curious to hear. I'm looking for options!