I’m so curious, and I have too many questions about everyone’s relationship to reading in English vs. reading in ur native language.

Do you pay it any mind? Is this something you actively try to balance? Can you decide to pick up a book translated from English to your native language?

Also for the people who, in addition to English and their native language, have a heritage language* they can read in. How comfortably can you read in your heritage language? Does that require A LOT of focus and effort like it does for me? In that case, how often do you make time for that focus and effort?

* = i was unfamiliar w this concept for a long time, so pasting this here from wikipedia for convenience: "A heritage language is a minority language (either immigrant or indigenous) learned by its speakers at home as children, and difficult to be fully developed because of insufficient input from the social environment."

I’m so curious, and I have too many questions about everyone’s relationship to reading in English vs. reading in ur native language.

Do you pay it any mind? Is this something you actively try to balance? Can you decide to pick up a book translated from English to your native language?

Also for the people who, in addition to English and their native language, have a heritage language* they can read in. How comfortably can you read in your heritage language? Does that require A LOT of focus and effort like it does for me? In that case, how often do you make time for that focus and effort?

* = i was unfamiliar w this concept for a long time, so pasting this here from wikipedia for convenience: "A heritage language is a minority language (either immigrant or indigenous) learned by its speakers at home as children, and difficult to be fully developed because of insufficient input from the social environment."

Context: As Pagebound grows, we have been brainstorming sustainable ways to create more Quests that the community is eager to see. We're trialing a new idea for a community-voted Quest, inspired by a List. More info in the last post I made in Founder's Announcements.

For the past week, Pagebound Royalty members have submitted nominations for Lists to inspire Quests. Jennifer and I have gone through and ensured all the Lists you'll be voting on meet our Quest guidelines. There are 86 Lists eligible for you to vote on, and you can find them in this spreadsheet.

There will be 3 winning Lists selected from different genre categories. You can vote for up to 3 lists from different genres. Submit your votes via this form through end of day April 8th. Take note of the Quest type when voting (Column C in the spreadsheet)! Many nominated Lists share a theme but vary in length. Preference for a Side vs Main Quest could help you decide which to vote for. Most Lists will be Side Quests, but Lists with many books (~60+) will be Main Quests.

The creators of the winning Lists will be able to accept/reject. If they accept, we will create a Quest inspired by their List, adapting the title & book list as necessary to fit Quest constraints. If they decline, we'll ask the runner-up! The resulting Quest will not be open to book additions since there will not be anyone actively maintaining the book list (similar to when a Main Quest hits its 100 book cap and is closed to further additions).

If this is a good experience for the community, we plan to run this List nomination + voting process quarterly. Our goals here are to encourage quality List-making, give the entire community a voice in Quest creation in a sustainable way, acknowledge our Royalty supporters, and create some exciting, diverse Quests!

Thanks for voting! Jennifer & Lucy