I just updated my Bio with my age, 28, and I can’t believe how fast time flies. I still feel like I’m 24-26. I was telling my boyfriend I feel like I’m MID twenties not LATE twenties now I’m having an existential crisis 😹

But over all, I’m just so grateful for even making it to this age. Blessed and ready for more life! (Never thought I would say this)

For me, it’s definitely a gothic castle/chateau/dacha

OR

dark academia/New England forests in mid winter.

Which, I think they all blend a little. And when I have a blend in a book, it’s all over. I’m all in.

Do you try to set a realistic goal? Do you try to set something you know you'll pass? Do you go for a high goal? Do you not set a goal at all? I'm curious to hear people's logic behind their reading goals!

For me: I've set reading goals the past couple of years and pretty much managed to meet them. (Except for this year where I got pregnant and had the baby 😅) I usually try to go with something that I think I can meet, but may be a bit of a challenge.

“How do I get over a reading slump?” is probably the most common question I see on PageBound. And it got me thinking — do we see a slump as a failure? As an annoying hurdle in our reading journey that needs to be pushed through as quickly as possible? What would happen if we changed the way we looked at reading slumps altogether?

I’m not saying the way you deal with a slump is wrong. Everyone has their own way of interacting with it. I’ve definitely exhausted myself trying to find that one book during a slump — the book that will reignite my love for reading and pull me back in. But maybe a slump isn’t always something to fix. Maybe it’s a break we actually need. Reading takes intellectual and emotional labour. Sometimes, we just don’t have enough of either to give. As readers, we escape into different worlds, try to understand different dynamics, motivations, and characters. We analyse, annotate, and form opinions about world-building, themes, and authorial intent. Even when reading feels comforting, it still asks something of us. And maybe a slump is just our brain saying: hey, let’s pause for a bit. Let's take a break.

So instead of immediately trying to “get over” a reading slump, what if we sat with it? What if we stayed away from books for a while? Learned a new hobby. Redecorated our room. Created a mural. Tried our hand at digital art. Let the slump pass on its own — until one day your feet carry you into a bookshop and your hands reach for a book without pressure or guilt.

It might be worth trying, don’t you think?

What are your thoughts on this? Feel free to agree or disagree or come up with new methods on embracing or breaking a slump.

Hi so i just downloaded pagebound today, and i’m loving it so far, but i have a question: what is the difference between the “interested” shelf and the “TBR” self. Is it just personal preference? Because for me if i was interested in a book, i would want to read it. Therefore i would put the book on my TBR, which eliminates the need for an interested shelf in the first place. Please let me know how you guys use the “interested” shelf vs the “TBR” shelf. Thank you!!!

Why is everyone growling and purring and hissing and doing things «animalistically». Leave me alone 😭

Needless to say I don't care for the so-called spicy scenes at all lmao like they sure kissed up that wall in the garden ! I don't particularly like the writing style, but I don't think it's supposed to be good anyway considering the genre and everything (like I said before, first proper romance book ever ever) so I'm not complaining but at times it's kinda ....😒