Storytel is a no-go. Cancelled my subscription not long ago due to their AI usage (ai author + some more) In my eyes, an app that allows such on it is a no.

Anyone have any other suggestions? 🙈

Very curious to see who some authors are that you will read anything they publish, no matter what.

The only author I can think of for me that's an instant read is Andy Weir. I've loved each of his books- although Artemis isn't quite as good as Project Hail Mary or The Martian.

i just scroll through the forums or reviews of my favorite books (especially the underrated ones, most especially the ones with little to no posts yet ) and like the posts i agree with, or even when i don't agree with it but they make a very good point/critique 😭

lowkey it still falls under doomscrolling to me (because i'm still, unfortunately, scrolling through my phone) but at least it's not doomscrolling through short form videos 😩 plus i get good insight from well-thought out posts and a bit of fangirling and freaking out from very excited posts 🙂‍↕️

When I was a kid, my absolute favorite books were the Moorchild, Island of the Blue Dolphins, and A Little Princess. I haven't read them as an adult, except last year I listened to the audio book version of the Moorchild, which of course gave me a whole new perspective on it but which I still loved.

This made me want to reread my other two favorites, and then I got to thinking, how fun would it be to have a kind of forum or read along or challenge where we revisit books from our childhoods 🥹

So I wanted to ask what books everyone enjoyed as a kid and if anyone would be interested in rereading their favorites 🤗

Hi friends! I love hearing what everyone loves about Pagebound. Even though there are features I'm looking forward to having in the future, I would continue to use Pagebound if nothing ever changed and the site/app stayed the way they are right now, forever. I love it here, and there are already so many delightful features. Which features make PB feel special for you? What feature did you not know you needed until you had it? Is there a UI/UX thing that makes your life easy in a way that you love?

For me, the "pause" reading status was part of what led me to be able to finally start committing to DNF books. I used to force myself through every book I picked up, but when I realized I could put books on pause instead of committing to DNFing, I allowed myself to put them down without feeling bad. Now, I'll DNF anything I know I don't like as soon as I realize all I'm focusing on is what I don't like about the book lol

A recent feature I love is the progress bar on shelves in our library. I've immediately started using my shelves more, and it's overall increasing the usability of the shelves. Love love love 🙂‍↕️ Also, just a cute thing, I love that every different card in our feed is color-coded according to its type (e.g., comments are orange, posts are blue, etc.). It makes identifying what I'm looking at easy, and ofc it's adorable.

What about you?

I had a discussion with my friend about how many books most people could read comfortably without making books their main hobby. To me i feel like 24 books or around 7000 pages is the max people can do without going overboard with it and anything above that i feel like reading is a serious hobby. My friend on the other hand thinks 12 books is the limit so like 3500 pages. Curious what you guys think is the range and what amount you comfortably manage to read?