I've seen a few posts about pet peeves regarding phrases, or trends, etc etc, and thought they were really fun. Seeing how different, or similar people think and feel. So, I'm taking inspiration again. What are you most ridiculous, irrational, maybe unfair, bookish pet peeves? As ridiculous as you can get!

To start the thread, I'll say an unfair, ridiculous pet peeve of mine is when someone won't read a book only because it has a high page count. Is that affecting me at all? No, no it isn't. Ultimately, I don't care what people read, I'm not sitting up at night in agony because someone won't read that 800-page novel; seeing it being said though, for some reason, irks me. Crazy-ness I know. I'm ashamed.

Remember: We're all friends here, and this is in lighthearted good fun! So, if someone comments a pet peeve that you might do, don't take it to heart, read how you enjoy reading. If someone does a pet peeve you may have, don't make them feel bad, they're reading how they enjoy reading and so are you. Either way reading should be celebrated!

Stay creepy lovies, Crow

Do you like to have bookish items/merch/STUFF? 📚

I do find myself gravitating towards bookish themed things, but try to watch my consumption unless it’s things I either: a) really want b) need and will use

If you have bookish stuff, what’s your favorite? Do you collect a certain thing like bookmarks or bookish stickers?

Right now mine is this bag! My wife got it for me this weekend while in the city, and it’s perfect for carrying my normal odds and ends, plus a book and my e-reader!

A couple of weeks ago, I put up a friending meme to meet new people on PB. This week, I want to put up a thread where people can shout out the people who have made their experience on PB great. It can be people you’ve talked to, people whose updates make your day, or people whose reviews are fascinating/hilarious/informative/etc.

Obviously this thread is not meant as a slight to anyone, but to celebrate the many people we have met on PB!

(I will do mine in the comments.)

I searched for similar posts before writing this & found one kinda like this but not exactly but if it annoys anyone I can delete it.

I need to vent. So I went to the book store today, as you do, mostly because I had a free paperback book to claim. The "catch" was that it had to be a book in swedish. My original plan was to get a book by a Swedish author but my local store didn't have any of the books I was looking for so I decided to get a book that has been translated into Swedish. Fortunately I had seen someone mention that the Danish and Norwegian translations of Heated Rivalry have been translated using AI. (No hate to any authors plz from my understanding most of them have little to no say in what their publishers do once they have purchased the rights to the work) This made me realize that we unfortunately have gotten the AI Slop in publishing problem here in the nordic too, so I decided to check the "credit" page of every one of the books I was interested in to make sure they were translated by a Human. I was lucky and only 1 of the books I was considering had been translated by AI. The thing here is that I've had this particular book’s audiobook saved on Bookbeat for a good while as the translation came out a while ago and that made me realize, as someone who reads a lot of audio books that there is no easily accessible way for me to check the "credits" page of an audiobook to check who translated it. So while I was able to pick a book I wanted today at the store that didn't have any AI involvement there are just so many problems created from this. So now I'm just so frustrated with the publishing industry because I really don't want to buy or read any books with AI and yes at least I can always check who the translator is on the publishers website it's just so maddening that I have to at all, that there will be people who don't know this and will unknowingly buy a book with AI whether they want to or not. I'm just so tired and fed up with this world rn.

If you stayed until the end of this barely coherent rant, then thank you. You, unlike the people who decided to let AI into our books, deserve the world.

Hi all! I’ve just arrived here after seeing Pagebound on Substack. I am in the midst of my own personal challenge to read literature from each country and I would love some recommendations!

I’m only about 10 countries in, and looking for texts in English. Trying to read outside the Anglo-centric canon I studied in school. Thanks!

Do you like to have bookish items/merch/STUFF? 📚

I do find myself gravitating towards bookish themed things, but try to watch my consumption unless it’s things I either: a) really want b) need and will use

If you have bookish stuff, what’s your favorite? Do you collect a certain thing like bookmarks or bookish stickers?

Right now mine is this bag! My wife got it for me this weekend while in the city, and it’s perfect for carrying my normal odds and ends, plus a book and my e-reader!

I have had quite a few songs in my head lately that I just keep singing so that has inspired this question!

Songs I've had in my head lately and the genre I think they fall under.

Seven by Jungkook featuring Latto- Romance specifically steamy reads

Skyscraper by NCT 127 - Sci Fi

Faster & 2 Baddies by NCT 127- Adventure since these songs are about cars specifically (they are from the same album. So is Skyscraper)

No Longer by NCT 127- This song would be under Romance, but one with a bunch of heartbreak. The boys sing as if they are heartbroken.

Fact Check by NCT 127- Nonfiction (They are telling you to check facts 😭😂)

I know most of them are NCT songs...they are currently my favorite to listen to...though I will be taking a massive break after the news of Mark Lee leaving them.

So what are some of the songs that have been in your head?