What are the tropes that you have come across and it ruined your whole reading experience of the book? Or gave you an ick? Or you just really judged the author?

For me, it had always been cheating. I find that in fiction, you can build your own perfect or imperfect world, you create your own rules and your own people. You set the story on your own, you are the one who decides the fate and destinies of your character. How do you willingly put two people destined to be together who are each other's "true" loves and make them cheat whether on the main love interest or side character? I can excuse it when a mc cheats on their partner if they are shittiest person in the world, but some of these authors write such great partners of the mcs and make them cheat on them. And we are supposed to root for the new couple that got together through infidelity?

So I recently just finished one book, and it has a follow up. But I also have a bunch of books that I've bought that I haven't read yet. So how do you all decide what your going to read next? Is it on feeling? Or do you base it off of how interested you are in a certain author? Genre? Subject? Ect.

Yesterday I told someone that I like to read and she asked what kind of books I read. And I just kind of... blanked. I have no idea how to describe my reading habits.

So that made me wonder, how do you describe your reading?

Maybe I get some inspiration from all of you. Also, of course feel free to look at my profile to see what kind of books I read.

i know everyone here talks about reading slumps etc but i am in the opposite of a slump and i have a job that is being put at risk because of it. how do i get myself to stop obsessing so i can be a functioning person for a bit? how do you guys manage?

1. Classics forever or only new releases?
2. Unlimited books or unlimited time to read?
3. Amazing story but bad writing, or beautiful writing with no plot?
4. Reread your favourite book forever or never reread any book again?
5. Only read books under 200 pages or only read books over 500 pages?
6. Always sad endings or always predictable happy endings?
7. Lose the first chapter or the last chapter of every book?
8. Only read books by your favourite author or discover a new author every time?
9. Only read series or only read stand-alone novels?
10. Always have books spoiled for you or never talk about books again?

I was just curious about the other people of the community!

My main hobby is writing and drawing, I think. The Hobby i have done the longest and the most seriously (but now, I am on a break) is Cosplay/costume making. I have been singing since I was a kid, and absolutely love standing on stage.

My favourite genre is horror (any sort), and it crosses over into my other hobbies A LOT.

what was the last book that caught your eye and made you add it to your tbr?

Mine was just this morning, shoutout to @shyra for putting it on my feed - Murder: The Biography

1. What book made you fall in love with reading?
2. Do you judge a book by its cover?
3. What is your favorite genre to read?
4. If you could swap places with any character from a a book, who would you become?
5. What genre do you want to love, but you just don't?
6. Do you DNF?
7. If you were to attend a book retreat, where would you want to go?
8. What book do you wish you could read again for the first time?

Reminds me of desperate housewives atmospherically but like with way more likable characters

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?