After years of pretty much only reading romances and nonfictions, I recently discovered I really like Sci-Fi. I'm very new to the genre though which is why I'm here seeking recommendation from you, fellow readers. I looked up quests and lists but I'll be honest, although I love them they're pretty overwhelming when you don't know where to start. I went through the queer sci-fi quest but none of the books that grabbed my attention are available on kobo plus.

What I'm looking for : Something set in space (spaceship, different planet, ...) with maybe a found family aspect. I would love it if there was a small side-romance (I'm totally fine with already established relationships) and love it even more if it's queer. Maybe different species of aliens or a sentient ship or something like that could be fun. I don't know if I feel more space opera or more hard sci-fi or war or.... like I said I'm new to the genre so I don't know what I like and what I don't like yet. I would love it if you could tell me which subgenre the book is when you recommend it. No sexual assault or dubious conscent. From closed door to super kinky as long as everyone's enjoying themselves.

I already thought about Becky Chambers books but I can't afford to buy anything right now and her books aren't available on kobo plus. I don't have access to a library either so no libby.

Thank you in advance Boundlings!

Curious to know what purpose you have set for your shelves. I use them as a countdown of sorts! Like I have my TBR Cart shelf and a Books I want to finish this year shelf and I love being able to remove a read from that shelf and see the number go down hahaha. And then I got wondering how other people would use theirs!!

I wasn’t writing book reviews when I first started my Pagebound account mostly just logging and interacting with posts here and there. Kind of out of laziness. But I have been more inspired to do so, recently after I finish each book.

First thing, though, not really an objective* question; how often do you see a book review? I only see them once in a while like Less than 10% of the posts I see on my homepage.

That leads to my second question though; do you like to read book reviews on PB? And do you seek the reviews out or read them when they come across the home page?

For my third and final question; what is your preference on review length? Or does it not particularly matter to you?

I guess most of all I want to know whether or not my reviews are me shouting into the void. Because when I’m really into a book I like to chat about it, that’s what I’m doing here after all. But if you have an opinion I’d love to hear it.

*sorry for the edit, I just realized I said subjective when I meant objective sighh