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hello fellow pageboundlings! (bounders? boundians?)

I see a lot of posts mentioning being a mood reader, but tbh I don't actually know what that means. I add books to my tbr that sound good and interesting, and then I set a variety of library holds, and out of the options I have available when I finish a book I pick up the next thing that sounds good.

Is that not what everyone does? and what other types of readers are there, besides the mythical mood reader? what does being a mood reader mean to you, if that's how you identify?

if there is a type of reader that means I prefer to pick up something very different from what I just finished, that's what I'd be. I am not obsessed with labels but I do love a personality test.

genuinely asking! xoxo gossip girl

edit: follow up! how can you tell that a book will fit your mood??? also how do you identify what that mood specifically calls for? is this question revealing that i need therapy lol

A bit of a rant because I have seen it multiple times this week used to describe books.

Firstly this is not about wanting to read books without sex in them. That is valid and absolutely encouraged. This word choice implies that there are clean books and dirty books and that just creates this false sense of shame and division. This is coming from a grown adult lifelong reader.

Its not an accident that it is particularly used to describe the romance genre (its largest reader demographic being those who identify as women and written by the same. Largest not only). Do we talk about horror or westerns or non-fiction or mysteries or fantasy (even though recently fantasy has begun qualifying out as a sub genre, Romantasy, which is often used to label fantasy written by women) with that kind of clarifier? I sure don't see it as prevalent if ever.

Why can't we just say I don't want to read a book with sex in it. Its has many biological meanings including sexual intercourse which is a normal biological function.

So do we use other cute euphemisms that at least don't imply one is inherently better or worse like "Fade to Black" or "Closed Door" At least with these the opposite doesn't make an automatic negative judgment though I personally think they are still a little silly to avoid using the word sex.

I can't be the only one that is bothered by this type of wording and what it really implies. Or maybe I am! Either way let me know what your thoughts are.

*Again note I am not coming for anyone who prefers or wants to read books without sex or with less sexual forward plots.

1. I’ve called Gandalf a queen this whole time but this cements it. He’s such an instigator.

2. I had never read this book or watched this movie and it’s been ages since reading the series - I hadn’t realized that Bilbo was also a Took. And that Gandalf had a history of whisking Tooks away on adventures. This explains so much of why Gandalf wasn’t surprised that Pippin was randomly joining their quest and why he calls him a “fool of a took” lol he loves this family but they vex him too.

3. This writing is SO delightful and I have been grinning this entire time, my face already hurts.

I just really want to put it out there this app has been amazing! It’s really shifted my relationship with my phone and what I subscribe to!

It’s pushed me to walk away from the big corporations and be a lot more conscious with what I’m using. This has been from like week 2 of using this app but it’s the only book app I have now. It’s made me take the leap I’ve been debating and now cancelled my audible and replaced by my local library (and BookBeat), I’m now testing out alternatives for Spotify (I think I’ve found at least 2 real contenders) and it’s just exciting and relief that we can trust “lesser” known apps for quality!

PageBound has really made reading so much more fun, the community is so nice! I just didn’t think it’d shift other things as well (cheesy I know) but i really just wanted to say well done to the team and thank you! 👏🏻

Update: please see pinned comment but to add I have 0 judgement to people who use whatever apps and I’ve no judgement on how people can/want to access content they want too (not everywhere has everything and not everyone has the resources, me included!), this is purely more of a thank you

I am leaning towards "We Used to Live Here" or "Mexican Gothic". Anyone have a recommendation between the two?