Did you guys read much as kids? I have personally always loved books but I have many friends who have not gotten into reading until super recently. If so what made you into a reader? As someone who has had books be apart of their life since I was a baby I’m really curious.

"Every child knows how to enter the museum of collective memory. [...] No matter how young you are, if you tap your ear and say the word right, the museum comes to you. "Comes", of course is the wrong word. The museum is always there, invisible and waiting." This is such an original way to talk about stories and magic and what it means to be able to dream. Yes, when I was a child I could access my mind as if it were a place. I could create stories out of memories and emotions. Just by being bored I became an artists, a poet. Now with books I can try and replicate that feeling. I can inhabit the hallways of this museum that gives me access of everything that everyone has ever dreamed of and helps me understand everything that I have buried really deep within me. Stories find me the way the museum does. They know how I grieve and what makes me happy. They know what I need in the moment that I need it. This book is truly reminding me why I love reading in every single word that the author has embeded to each page. I am absolutely baffled at the talent of this woman I probably would have never even heard of if she wasn't being published in Canada or the U.S.A. I need to start reading from other people around the world, I cannot even begin to fathom what I'm missing out.

I thought it would be fun to play a little game where you drop what your current read is! Is it: In a quest/readalong Yoinked from someone here Apart of a buddy read A library book or borrowed from a friend An audiobook One of several you’re currently reading Outside of your usual genre(s) A reread I think I’m going to steal the formatting from @vulpecula’s Never Have I Ever game, leave a check mark ✅ if that’s one of your current reads and x ❌ if it’s not!

My tbr has grown exponentially since going Pagebound which I’m going to consider a positive. The vast majority of those titles are books I never would have found or read without Pagebound, my top ten books has quickly become mostly Pagebound recs. So I want to know if there’s a book you absolutely loved which you probably never would have found or picked up without Pagebound! Bonus points if you remember who you yoinked it from or where you got it. ETA: this is a big part of why I love Pagebound! It’s helped me discover so many smaller titles, indie books, and honestly helped me really define my taste, while at the same time trying things outside of my comfort zone.