I have to say that listening to this while preparing a butternut soup with ingredients bought from the local market felt like a breath of fresh air

hello PB, I keep on noticing a lot of posts/comments/updates mentioning individuals upset with themselves for not being able to meet a goal related to reading in 2025.

so… to counter that: if you are reading this please comment one thing that you are proud of yourself for that occurred this past year. can be related to reading or not.

I’ll go first:

I am proud that I read a fantasy book (and to that chick in my ecology class… you were right, I was too quick to judge the genre!)

your turn 😌

Hi everybody,

I need some other perspectives on my ''issue''! Quotation marks cus it's not an actual issue..

I love reading but also gaming, knitting, crocheting, doing puzzles, coloring books, diamond painting, you name it. How do you divide the time between these? Okay knitting etc. is easy with audio books but audio books are not my fave, so I rarely listen to them.

I just got a new game that I love and want to play allll the time but then obvi I can't read and there's so many books that I have to read. Also I've been knitting a beanie for myself for like two years that I would very much like to finish but alas, something else always comes up :D It is a never ending cycle and I always end up feeling like I'm neglecting a hobby.

Edit:// Thank you everybody for the great advice and kind words! 🫶 I do realize (now especially..) that I have way too high standards for myself and am impatient as hell, not everything needs to be done immediately. 😂

What if, we do a pt II and the badge was the other eye, then we can display them on our profiles like 👁️👁️

.... :D?

(I highly recommend adding Slewfoot by Brom)

Ejaculated appears 11 times in this novel :)

I found out about this a while ago from a podcast I listen to called Books Unbound. There are also other spots online where you can find this method.

This is for anyone who wants to curb their book buying/their physical or digital TBR is out of control.

How it works:

1. Read a book
2. Convert the pages into "pennies" (eg. a 500 page book would be $5)
3. Build up your TBR credit until you are ready to use it to spend, save it, etc.

I have been using this method for a bit, though I am building up my TBR credit for later on to see how much I can get. I also thought it may be a good idea to use my TBR credit and put the money I "earn" into a savings account.

Have you used this method or something similar? Do you reward yourself for reading at all (especially in this distraction age)? Why or why not? Do you have any other methods to tackle your TBR pile? Let me know!

For some reason, my mind decided that Sibling Dex looks like Jinx Monsoon and it is making the reading experience even better

Here's my opinion on dark romance : any grown up should read whatever they want. Teenagers watch p.rn, wether we like it or not, so dark romance isn't the worst they can witness. Parents/guardians should monitor what their kids read, and that's up to them to set the limits where they think they should be. With that being said : a friend of mine has been part of our local BDSM/kinky community for several years now. She's noticed that lately, more and more young girls (always 18 at least) come to clubs and stuff, with the certitude of knowing what they want to experiment. After practicing a bit, they realize that they didn't know what were their limits at all, and tend to, at best, feel uncomfortable or confused, at worst, leave with a new trauma about their own sexuality. Of course, people that have more experience try to help them in their quest and to communicate, but they've found that a lot of these young girls references are dark romances, and not a proper self curiosity about sexuality. My friend mentioned that as long as these girls are in a club, they're safe with several experienced people to take care of them. But outside they could meet random men who take advantage of this confusion between fantasies, consent and boundaries. So here's my question : do you think more prevention should be made about dark romance, as it can be made about p*rn ? Should Tiktokers/YouTubers who promote dark romance talk about this specific subject ?