When you rate a book, do you rate it based on how you liked it, or how good you think the book actually is by literary standards? One of the things I love most about Pagebound is the ability to break down the rating into separate categories. I particularly like the 'quality' and 'enjoyment' ratings. A lot of times, I dislike a book, but can also acknowledge that the book is very well written, I just didn't click with it. I tend to give books I dislike a bog standard 3 star, as to say i didn't like it but it wasn't a bad book. tbh I feel bad rating any book low because of how much work goes into writing a book and how creative authors are. Do you do the same? Or are y'all more brutal?

I’m really hoping there’s already a quest with books written by and about Indigenous peoples. Does anyone know if this exists already?

After i joined pagebound i can't stop using forums, I use it for every books. But when I check other's comments i couldn't really figure out what they are commenting about bc for each edition of the book the percentage seems to be changing so it quite confusing! So it would be really helpful if we could add chapters along with pages/percentage as a default option.

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I have a problem with buying books lol I literally just buy so many and I end up DNFing some, or disliking others, etc. And books are just getting more expensive with all the sprayed edges and everything. I have a library card but so many of the books I wanna read are always on hold. I JUST barely started dipping my toes into audiobooks. And by just starting I mean I listened to and finished ONE audiobook haha I use Libby for this! I realized this will help me listen to books that I am interested in but not necessarily dying to read. That way I'm not spending money on them and have something to do on my walks. However, I have THE HARDEST TIME getting into audiobooks (this happens with podcasts too) if I don't like the narrator's voice. My brain will just start drowning out the voice. So I'm thinking about trying ebooks for those books that I wanna read but maybe not own just in case I don't like them or something. I really love having the physical book, but again, it's not always feasible. Is the reading experience with ebooks very different than with physical books? I also work on a computer all day, then i'm on my phone, so just the thought of being on another screen for another 2+ hours to read is my biggest gripe. Specially since I read before bed. I know Kindle is really popular for ebooks, but I really just don't wanna give any more money to Bezos. Are there more alternatives? I looked but other than libby or hoopla, I couldn't find much. And with libby/hoopla, the wait times between books is often months so if there's subscription services I'd like to know if there's Kindle alternatives too. I also don't wanna use my phone for ebooks because I will start opening other apps and doom scrolling 🥲 Please give me your opinions and or suggestions! Even if you're like "ebooks suck. just buy/rent books instead" haha

I feel like my favorite reading days are the days I can curl up with my favorite coffee and read as I sip along (though Legends and Lattes had me drinking more than a healthy amount of coffee 😅) What is your go to beverage of choice when spending a day reading?

I feel like on TikTok and Instagram this has become a sensitive topic but do you think reading is inherently political? Or do you think politics should stay out of book discussions and overall reading?

A recent forum post made me think of the topic of trigger warnings. Do you think they should exist?? I used to not think they should exist but have since changed my mind. If there is an unexpected action that could really upset people, aka rape or for me my line in the sand is animal cruelty, in a book that would not necessarily have it. Aka a romance novel. I think they should exist. If your reading a horror novel or a dark romance novel or a book about domestic violence that is marketed as such I don’t think they need them because that’s what is advertised Thoughts?

I made a post last night stating that, if you play video games that are extremely lore heavy and story-driven, it should count as reading. EDIT: I stated that they should count towards your reading goal here and I feel I should've explained what I meant better (sorry about that). I don't mean that in the sense that it should count like a physical book does (I'm not going to put the FFVII game in my Pagebound reading list), but in the sense that it should count that you have indeed read something this year. You have actively read something that forms a story and a plot. Sorry if this doesn't make sense, I'm having a hard time trying to form the words to properly explain. This got people in a tizzy, saying it's not reading because it's not an actual book, or that "if that's the case, the movie I'm watching should count as reading if I use subtitles" (which... I mean you do READ subtitles but that's not what I meant). One person even went as far to say "reading only counts if it's words unhindered by pictures or motion and allows you to have analytical thoughts." How pretentious!! That's like saying reading comics or manga isn't reading (or that children don't actually read because their books have pictures). I think lore, story heavy, READING HEAVY video games should count as reading. I read more while playing Final Fantasy and Assassin's Creed last year than I did reading physical books. There are some games that required over 45 hours of just reading (that isn't the dialogue in cutscenes or tutorials). I believe it should count as reading. What do you all think? EDIT (2): I'm not saying spaces like Pagebound or Goodreads or anything like that should have a space for people to mark these things as "read" like you would a physical book. I'm more so saying that when we discuss people reading, I think we should allow writing-heavy, story-heavy games that have you read a big chunk in them be a part of the discussion of reading. Video games are not books, I know that, but if you are actively reading in order to take in the story of the game, should it not be counted that you read something? (Some people don't like reading novels, but we shouldn't say they don't read just because it isn't the conventional way we think of reading). I don't know if this is making any sense, it made better sense in my head, but it's hard for me to properly convey it in writing this way.

I’m asking because I beta read for people semi-regularly and while I love helping people out and getting to engage with a text in that way, it really eats into my time for reading already-published books 😅 and obviously I can’t add those things to my reading history here (I guess I could if/when something ends up published…? This spring I beta read a book that will be out via self publishing next year), but they still “count” to me in my head since it takes a lot of mental effort and I *am* still reading 100k+ words of something, so I just adjust my goal on the site down haha. But I’m curious about if this is something other people have encountered or tracked in the past!

I know people are loving the idea of David Corenswet for Charlie (which I feel soooo on the ground floor for because when GBBL came out I picked him as I what I envisioned for Hayden) and Emily Henry has followed him on Insta. Anyways, who did you have in mind for the role of Charlie while reading?? I'm saying Patrick Ball for all my #pittcrew out there!