idk if y'all have seen the reader who tried to shame Chelsea Curto for writing a 800 page hockey romance, saying she needs a new editor (Rude). Naturally the author bit back and they got humbled

So what are some unexpected bricks in genres that typically don't have mahoosive page counts? Let's lift them up! Like we're talking the "Oh lawd it's coming" books in unexpected genres

(No Fantasy, SciFi, or Non-Fiction because those notorious for having some "Oh lawd" books)

For me it happened 10 minutes ago. I hit up the library to get Palahniuk's Fight Club, and saw the titular book "Haunted". Now I heard a lot about that fucker, especially online, mostly about the short story "Guts". I never heard anything good about that thing, everyone said it its one of the nastiest things they have read in their lives. The back of the book said "67 people passed out in readalouds of Guts". So I obviously read it right then and there.

I really shouldn't have. Its 100% my fault that I laid my eyes on it. I already sent the synopsys to my best friend, just so he can suffer aswell.

So, what was your "I ignored all warnings and I regret it" story of yours? It doesn't have to be something disturbing, it could be just and overall very bad book.

In just 4 days, August will be over. It feels like it passed a little too quickly. With it, summer will technically be over too (actually, by date, in my country fall starts SEP 22nd usually, but it's easier to think of the end of august as the end of summer).

As a fall girlie and stressed student, this is both a joy and a demise. So, what are the best things and worst things about fall in your opinion? For me, the best things are Halloween and the leaves changing colour; worst things are having to adjust to a strict routine, sacrificing my free time and getting caught unprepared by the rain.

Reading wise, how did your summer go? It's the time when I try to read the most since I have more time and I know that's the same for lots of people. Did you have any goals for it? Did you manage to meet them? Any particular stand outs of this season?

In June I managed to get myself back up from a reading slump, in July I got back into my three books a month habit, and that led me to being a little ambitious with myself this August. I wanted to read 2 manga, 1 non fiction and 4 novels. Considering the most I'd read in a month was just 4 books and this would've made the count go up to 7, I'm still really happy I ended up reading 5.

I'm trying to squeeze into these last few days one more read, it's a very short book, so I might actually make it, but forcing myself to read while on a busy vacation put me into a slump these past few days, so I don't know if I'll be able to.

Now I'm curious to hear about how your summer was and to know if you're also trying to squeeze in some more reads like me. For anybody who was waiting for fall, we're almost there! And for all the summer lovers, hope you had so much fun<3

Hi guys! I’m feeling nostalgic today and am curious what everyone’s first experience with queer books was! What was the first queer book you read? How did it make you feel? Scared? Seen?

I personally don’t remember the first queer book I read but i would love to hear everyone’s answers!

On that note, does anyone have queer middle grade recommendations? Books that make you wish you had them when you were younger ☺️

I've seen a couple comments within posts on PB club about doing something called "Personal Updates" on our profiles. How does one do that?

I can't seem to find the thing that allows that but I want to know so I don't break any PB Club rules. And my app is up to date. Before providing any screenshots of this mystery thing, I'm in the UK so any Imgur links are banned

I mostly just stick to posting my reading updates and doing weird posts on PB Club but if I can be an uncomfy potato elsewhere in Pagebound I want to know 🤣

Just a friendly reminder!

Do be mindful of your book forum posts. If you're sharing a thought that sounds arbitrary and holds no danger of spoiling anything about the book, post away without clicking the Includes spoilers? tab.

However, if you're going to mention something specific about a character, if you're quoting a phrase or a whole paragraph, may I please request you DO click the Includes spoilers? tab?

Thank you very much!

Is there something you do on PB that’s a little quirky? Maybe you use a certain feature in a unique way or have a ritual/habit?

I’ll go first: I like going to the Discovery tab and checking the “Today’s Featured Emoji” section to see if I have none of the featured books read. I have no idea why, it just gives me little thrill to think I somehow dodged all the listed books 🤣