What's all of yalls' biggest opinions on books covers? Like what's the one thing that usually you see on a cover or you don't see on a cover that makes or breaks a book buy for ya?

Like I personally, I don't like seeing the male lover interest on the cover, like I'll read it but I'm not buying it. I don't particularly enjoy having that in my bookshelf. (No hate if you like it, I just most enjoy having books I can display.)

THANK GOSH ITS FRIDAY! Who is the one fictional character you would grab a beer (okay or wine or mocktail or a BEVERAGE) with?!💭✨

Has anyone from the US or other countries bought books from blackwells? And if so, how did your order go? I'm curious what the customer service, shipping time, and packaging are like. I'm interested in buying the uk covers for T. Kingfishers "Saint of Steel" series but I can't find many people talking about their experience with the company more recently. Their prices seem really really good and they dont apply tarrifs on orders to the US on top of them already having free shipping. I can't tell if this would be a to good to be true scenario or if its just a really good site for alternate covers. And if anyone has any suggestions on other places to get uk books I'm all ears!

I just have to make a post because my heart is bursting at the seams.

My son just turned six and his school has a reading program that just started where he needs to read 30 minutes a week (based on his grade and age) and he is doing so well!

It's crazy to see how much a child learns from reading and how hard it is to actually sound out words and recognize them. The English language is not easy to learn.

As an avid reader and writer myself, I hope he enjoys reading as much as I do as he grows older. No pressure on him, but he is doing great and putting in the hard work!

What's your weird/unhinge reading or bookish habits?

let me just preface that most of my friends' first impression of me are weird and a quiet one. They're wrong on the latter of course cause I was almost always reading when they'll first see me. Anyway, my weird bookish habit is when I take a break from reading a book, I'll read a book. That mostly will be reading children or novella like Roald Dahl's or RL Stine's Goosebumps books. When I'm really reading, I read up to 4 books simultaneously cause I take a break in between those books haha. And the break I mentioned is when I want to take a break from my 4 current reads

Do you all have stories from unexpected encounters and connections over books?

I just started a new job, and happened to drop by the office of a senior colleague I have only talked to once. She and I chatted for a while about work and how I'm adjusting. Then I mentioned that I had a good reading month in January, and she asked me for recommendations! We ended up having a fun discussion about two books we both really enjoyed and audiobook recommendations for long drives and runs. It was such a pleasant surprise to bond over a special interest of mine in this new environment. I hope she reads Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary so we can have a mini book club :)

I want to know if any of you have had bookish meet cutes (including platonic ones) or spontaneous conversations!

Every once and a while I see posts about high effort posts/low forum activity and I though it’d be nice to make it a regular check in to plug great reads that have low activity here on PB!

I’ve recently been reading On the Origin of Species and Other Stories by Bo-young Kim. The forum and reviews are pretty empty but it is such a fantastic short story collection, it definitely deserves more love!

What have you read recently that deserves more activity/attention?

Do you all have stories from unexpected encounters and connections over books?

I just started a new job, and happened to drop by the office of a senior colleague I have only talked to once. She and I chatted for a while about work and how I'm adjusting. Then I mentioned that I had a good reading month in January, and she asked me for recommendations! We ended up having a fun discussion about two books we both really enjoyed and audiobook recommendations for long drives and runs. It was such a pleasant surprise to bond over a special interest of mine in this new environment. I hope she reads Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary so we can have a mini book club :)

I want to know if any of you have had bookish meet cutes (including platonic ones) or spontaneous conversations!

hello fellow readers, white person here ! i’m on a mission to better educate myself on racism. i’m working through the feminism without exception and justice for all quests for books that touch on racism, but i wanted to see if anyone had any specific suggestions. i’m looking for literally any book, any genre that will help me understand what it’s like to be a poc/woc and/or how i can be a better ally—anything that will better educate me (:

I’m really trying to get into romance but I’m having so much trouble. I want something serious, not too tragic but a little tragic wouldn’t hurt! The romance doesn’t even have to be the main point of the book really, I do enjoy a slow burn. I’m okay with series and stand alones. Thanks so much in advance 🥲

I found Pagebound kind of by chance when choosing a “trying different book apps” video to have on as background noise while doing some household tasks and was really intrigued by the design of the app, as well as the forum feature, prompting me to check it out. I’ve tried countless book-related apps where I created an account, but always found something missing for me — even though I never could figure out what it was. I’m still not sure how exactly to put it into words, but whatever it is — Pagebound has it.

I have always loved reading, but the discussions that happen on some other apps about books (booktok, bookstagram, booktwitter, etc) would inevitably steer me away from being an active member of the community itself (how many times do we have to say that yes, audiobooks DO count as reading, no readers should not stalk authors and authors should not stalk readers [or respond to low rated reviews in reader-oriented spaces], yes reading is actually VERY inherently political, etc etc etc).

But the community and the overall atmosphere here on Pagebound has absolutely reignited my enthusiasm to talk about books with other readers! This app has brought me back into the book community, offering so many avenues for dialogue, a plethora of recommendations, and pretty badges that feel like a reward for doing one of my favorite things 😌

All of that to say, I am curious to know how others discovered Pagebound, and what has made you stay/become an active user!

In addition to the feeling of community, my favorite tech features in the app are the forums and the quests! What are yours?

Hello PB beauties!

I want to know your literary “hear me out”!

This is anything book related that may be an unpopular opinion or even controversial 😏 just remember to keep the comments kind!

Some examples are (but are not limited to):

• character traits
• tropes
• kinks
• author prose
• narrator POV
• where and when you read

The sky is the limit and I want to hear them all 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️