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Unlearn Your Pain
Howard Schubiner
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Oh no! Your current PB username has been stolen somehow!
What would you pick as a second option (and why)? (Assume that all other potential usernames are available.)
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Are You Mad at Me?: How to Stop Focusing on What Others Think and Start Living for You
Meg Josephson
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A Spring That Did Not Blossom: Palestinian Short Stories
Nejmeh Khalil Habib
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This is based on convos that developed from @Invisiblelifeofkait’s post about where we get book recommendations. I mentioned that I let my Pagebound feed do the heavy lifting because, good or bad, the experience of reading and reacting in the forums or through buddy reads makes pretty much any book a good time.
I’ve also noticed an uptick on my feed lately around buddy reads, and it got me thinking…
We usually do buddy reads for books we love—but I need to know I’m not alone in this other category of loving a buddy read for a book we hate. 😌
Some of my favorite reading experiences have been books I didn’t even enjoy, but still had an absolute time with because I was reading them with someone else and we were collectively losing it. The updates, the reactions, the immediate “did you GET to THAT part???” energy… unmatched.
Sometimes a great book gives you feelings. Sometimes a questionable book gives you content.
So I’m curious:
What’s your most iconic buddy hate read? Was it a slow burn disaster? A “why are we still here” situation? A plot twist that made you sit in silence for 10 minutes before immediately opening the group chat?
Bonus points if it produced memes, forum spirals, or ongoing commentary that was more entertaining than the actual book itself.
Drop your chaos reads below 👇
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A Bookshop of One’s Own: How a Group of Women Set Out to Change the World
Jane Cholmeley
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Burning my Roti: Breaking Barriers as a Queer Indian Woman
Sharan Dhaliwal
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Post from the The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1) forum
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Every time Rabbit asks, “Do you understand?” and Chih is like “almost” or “I think so” I’m like “very cool, tell me next! I want to understand too!”

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