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"So much universe, and so little time." - Sir Terry
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Annabel.111 completed their yearly reading goal of 18 books!
Annabel.111's 2026 Reading Challenge
21periwinkle commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Hello, I just spent 2 hours doing 'admin' tasks on PB (yes I am currently unemployed 🥲)
What tasks are on your PB to do list?
I've listed some examples below, feel free to add more 🙃 ✅Add all books that I've ever read (that I remember) ✅Add read dates to all books (I read eBooks so I have receipts but I did cheat and put 1 Jan 2011 for all my paperbacks) ✅Go back and add books to Reading History so they count towards my streak ✅Add all books I'm interested in from my online library app to a PB shelf ✅Find cool Lists and add all interesting books to my shelves ✅Curate TBR shelf ✅Add a rating to all finished books 🟩Curate Interested shelf 🟩Review all finished books 🟩Change all books to correct edition/cover (this is what I've spent the last 2 hours working on. So far I've finished my TBR) 🟩Make shelves for all sub-categories (e.g. genres, vibes, trope, author, similar book covers etc.) 🟩Number shelves so they are neatly ordered 🟩Make shelves pretty with decorations (e.g. ✨ Fantasy ✨ (but better obvs.)) 🟩Collect points and earn all the badges!!!!
... OK I'm off to go and actually read now 😅
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The Long Walk
Richard Bachman
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Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books
Hwang Bo-Reum
0periwinkle commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Check the book you’re reading right now. If you were transported there for 24 hours, are you having a lovely spring vacation or are you absolutely doomed?
I'm reading Papyrus, so I’ve been dropped right into Alexander the Great’s path through Thebes. If being 'absolutely doomed' counts as a vacation, then I’m having a blast. 🙄 My current survival strategy is to find a reed pen, and pray my handwriting is good enough to earn me 'Scribe' status instead of 'Casualty' status. But, honestly, I give myself maybe only a 10% survival chance. And that’s being generous.
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How do you decide when to stop reading for that day or particular sitting? Do you set a reading goal for the day? Do you do this by setting a timer, establishing a number of pages to get through, determining an appropriate stopping point in the book based on chapter/part lengths?
Do you go purely based off of vibes and when you can no longer continue you get up and walk away?
My husband and I were debating this the other day. Personal Context: If I sit down to read, I will stick my bookmark ahead in the book as a benchmark for myself. If I get to that point and still feel like continuing to read for that sitting, I’ll move it ahead once more and continue on. If I can’t make it to that predetermined pause point, I may readjust based on time and energy. My one rule though, I refuse to stop in the middle of a chapter if at all possible. My husband on the other hand will simply close the book (sometimes with a bookmark of some sort in place, other times not which is a whole separate debate!) and go onto the next thing whenever he feels necessary. I know of other people who set a reading goal for themselves in terms of number of minutes reading or pages read, regardless of where that would land them in the book. When they hit that benchmark, unless they’re really engrossed in the book, they’ll be done for that sitting/day.
Curious to know how others feel about this, one way or another!
60periwinkle commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Is anyone else completely bothered by their books not being the same height?
Most of my paperbacks (with the exception of like 2 books) are all the same height, but my hardcovers are all over the place! There are some that are a taller height and some that are closer to the paperback size but just a bit taller. Even the ones in the same height group are all very slightly different!
And don't even get me started on graphic novels! I love my graphic novels so much but I only have two that are the same height and width!
Do you prefer your books to all be the same height or do you like the variety? And do you prefer shorter or taller books?
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20periwinkle commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Hello hoomans! Here's a question for you.
If there's ONE word in the english language that you would have the ability to delete forever what would it be and why?
JUST ONE. 😁 a word you don't wanna speak or read no more!
For me it would be... moist. 😂 ugh.
Edit: Hey guys thanks so much for answering. You guys made me smile. It also gives me a chance to find new people to follow/connect with. Hope your weekend is amaaazing
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I'm not much of a non-fiction reader, but I do have a weakness for people going on real life adventures. It is a blend of the actual journey and a lot of facts about the state of the forest and its declining flora and fauna, along with stories about people and places important and/or interesting along the trail historically and what was currently in the 90's.
I found myself struggling a little with Bryson himself and his choice of anecdotes and the way he viewed others. There's some fat-shaming that I think was meant to be funny, which.. things were a lot less politically correct back then, I reckon. There was actually very little of the book that I found funny, and I had the impression that it was going to be pretty funny - but I didn't feel particularly disappointed on that front. Also, lots of people do find it very funny, so maybe that's just me!
I LOVED the way that he described the actual journey and nature and how enthralled he was by it. I could feel his passionate anger about the mishandling of the forest and that he was venting at times. But I liked the story itself and also the bits about the people and places. I found myself going on google-tangents to look up some of the things he was talking about to read and see pictures.
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