I heard this book finale was awful but this is way too awful, i was not expecting this. This finale is literally the quote "Anything that could go wrong, will go wrong"

In honor of today being the release day for Emily Henry's new book, Great Big Beautiful Life, what is your favorite book by her and which one did you pick up first? I read Beach Read first. Absolutely loved Funny Story the most out of all her books.

I just finished the first volume and I just read the summary of this one 😒 All that for that ??????

It may be just me, but there is something that reminds me of Piranesi (by Susanne Clark).

How long do you guys wait between reading a book and writing a review? Historically, i've done so immediately, but I often find myself coming back to my review and editing it after i've sat with it for a little while, especially if I engage in forums/other content and realise that I have misunderstood something or there was a little more nuance than I picked up on.

I've read books with both longer chapters and shorter ones and depending on the book and plot I'd say they fit... but, longer chapters feel intimidating. I feel like I can read multiple shorter chapters alot faster than the longer ones, even if they total up to the same number of pages. (For example: chapters 1-5 = 30 pages as opposed to chapter 1 = 30 pages) Does anyone else feel like that? Do you prefer longer chapters or shorter ones?

I feel like I used to be able to rely on reviews and book recommendations SO much more than I can now. I joined Goodreads in 2012, and back then, when a book had a 4+ star rating, there was an almost guarantee that I would at least like the book enough to finish it. Nowadays, I feel it's a 50/50 shot at best. I don't know if BookTok or the obsession with books that primarily focus on smut rather than substance has anything to do with it (don't get me wrong, I do like my smut from time to time), but I'm curious if anyone else feels similarly. One of the main reasons I love PageBound is that the platform isn't completely saturated with the same kinds of readers, and there is an opportunity to rate books on more than one aspect. I think it's great to be able to rate how much you enjoyed a book separately from its quality (which I know quality is also going to be based on opinion, but at least there is an opportunity to separate the two a little).

In honor of today being the release day for Emily Henry's new book, Great Big Beautiful Life, what is your favorite book by her and which one did you pick up first? I read Beach Read first. Absolutely loved Funny Story the most out of all her books.

I just did this on Instagram with physical books, but I thought it might be fun to see what others can come up with! These are all books I physically own because I wanted to take a picture, but I'd say it counts digitally if a book is one you've read or is on your TBR whether you own the book or not! Here's mine, I regretted the long username a little. I didn't expect it to be so hard to find enough E's lol. (now my goal is to read them all this year, luckily I have a good start). A - Artemis by Andy Weir P - Phantasma by Kaylie Smith R - Reckless by Lauren Roberts I - IT by Stephen King L - Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien T - Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson H - the Hobbit by JRR Tolkien E - Eragon by Christopher Paolini B - the Bone Season by Samantha Shannon O - One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig O - Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven K - the Kaiju Preservatjon Society by John Scalzi Q - Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas U - Us Dark Few by Alexis Patton E - Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas E - Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett N - Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

So ana said that Vuk was morally grey but can we alll agree that he is literally just DARK That man is NOT morally grey at all hahaha

At the end of last year, my tiktok was suddenly filled with people making spreadsheets for elaborately tracking their book. So I made one too. It was FULL of info. More than you could ever need. And I was good with it at first. All through january I filled it in after finishing every book. But it just took so long. So I figured I could just write notes in my phone and fill it in later. And the list in my phone got longer and longer. Until I decided to do something about it today. After having spent ages logging, and still having sooo many books left, I just thought: "who am I doing this for?" I didn't really need all that info. I don't think I'd ever actually read it after it was filled in anyway. So I deleted the entire thing. All to say; you don't have to put a ton of effort into track your reading, if you don't want to. A lot of people love it, but if you can't be bothered, there's no pressure. You can just read the book, and have that be it.

I love that period of my reading habits where I decide to read like 10 books at a time

“I. Don’t. Share.” EXCUUUSE MEEE?!?!? Okay okay okay. I 100% get the hype around Vuk now. Like whaaaat.