Hi, everyone! I’m looking for recommendations on books that are really good! My preferred genre is fantasy/romatasy but I’m open to others if the book is a really good read. I try to read low-spice books, but I’ll also read books with spice that can be skipped without missing anything (like ACOTAR, 4th Wing, and the later TOG books).

I am having a hard time with the writing style- I keep finding ways I would edit it to make it read more clearly and I am not loving the narrator’s voice. Is the story worth pushing through? I have heard such good things about the book but don’t know if I can sit through 700 pages of this!

Hi, everyone! I’m looking for recommendations on books that are really good! My preferred genre is fantasy/romatasy but I’m open to others if the book is a really good read. I try to read low-spice books, but I’ll also read books with spice that can be skipped without missing anything (like ACOTAR, 4th Wing, and the later TOG books).

I really find myself finding so much more joy and richness in my life now that I have included literature more in my life. It’s become part of my routine to just sit and relax with a book and get lost in the thoughts of others. I really want to continue to expand my world and become lost in others’ visions and stories. Storytelling is such a core part of what it means to be human and I feel closer to my own humanity when I am audience to a good book.

I'm coming to you, friends of pagebound, and I'm going to be open and vulnerable and admit that I have a bias against the way male authors write romantic relationships within fiction. I can fairly confidently say that I have never read a compelling romance written by a man. I feel like it often leans toward very quick, in and out type scenes, very physical and unemotional. My husband just read me a snippet from the book he's reading right now (World Without End by Ken Follet) and it made him laugh and me cringe. I'm so willing to be proven wrong about this, and I would love recommendations on books written by men where the romantic relationships are believable and loving. I will admit that the majority of books that I read are written by women, and I want to be able to leave this bias that I have in the past! I want evidence that this prejudice that I have is completely unfounded, and I just haven't read the right books yet.

Editing to add that I'm really hoping I'm not coming off as not being genuine in any way, I'm really hoping for recommendations for books that readers love! I love love, and I love reading about love and romance, regardless of the genre too! Some of the relationships that I have personally found the most compelling have been in historical fiction, sci-fi, or fantasy novels! I'm equal opportunity when it comes to reading about romance 💖

sooooo, i'm working on my book club's December bingo right now and there are a few slots that i'm struggling with! i enjoy reading fantasy, romance, thriller/mystery, and sci-fi books, but i'm open to anything!

the first one is "setting: castle." this doesn't have to be set in a castle for the entire book, but it does need to have at least one scene in a castle at some point to count! what books would fit? i found some after looking in different lists, but would love more recs. i'd also love to know for sure if these books i found actually fit this slot. the books are:

• Enigma by RuNyx
• Gothikana by RuNyx
• Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma
• The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling

the next one is... a difficult one. does anyone know a book with a marshmallow on the cover? 😅 this one is really stumping me lol