I'm curious, how annoyed are you all by typos, grammatical and spelling errors? I'm somewhat tolerant towards typos if there's not many, spelling errors irk me and grammatical errors straight up enrage me. Especially in books which are otherwise good.

[This post is sponsored by the Polish edition of Sanderson's Oathbringer (part 2) in which I found 3 errors page 200 (2x grammar, 1x spelling)... Stormfather only knows how many I missed]

I just saw Cindy Pham’s video about the Asian Readathon she hosts and I thought the prompts (inspired by Kpop Demon Hunters) were really neat! I don’t think I’ve seen anyone post about it here on PageBound yet but please let me know if someone has and I’ll take down this post :)

The prompts are (link to full Google Doc here ):

1. HOW IT’S DONE: Read a book written featuring a confident, skilled, or highly capable main character OR a book that teaches you something.

2. GOLDEN: Read a book about a character chasing a dream OR a book that has gold on the cover.

3. SODA POP: Read a book that is light and fun OR a book with stylish, bold elements (this can include the cover design, story setting, fantasy magic, writing style, etc.)

4. FREE: Read a book written by an Asian author where characters balance two different identities OR fighting a hidden or internal struggle.

5. YOUR IDOL vs. WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE: Read a book written by an Asian author that has dark themes OR a book about friendship or chosen family.

Additionally, the readathon challenges you to have EACH book feature a character/author of a different Asian ethnicity.

I’d love to hear what other people are interested in reading for these prompts as well, I’m still in the process of choosing mine but will leave them in a comment once I do!

I was looking at some banned book lists earlier and I was thinking how fun it would be to have a banned book quest! What quest would you love to have?! and badge idea? I would love a childhood book quest, banned book quest and more horror quests!

I love queer stories but as a non-romance reader, I feel like I have very specific itches that aren't easily scratched. That said, I think I'm also not as exposed to the amazing variety of queer stories that may be out there and so I am coming to the wonderful Pagebound community for help.

Are there any books you would recommend that feature queer but straight-passing couples? I would especially love it if there's aro/ace representation! It would be ideal if these stories dig a little more into the experience of being perceived as heteronormative, both in queer and non-queer contexts.

Tbvh I feel like this is asking for a lot? Fingers crossed there are somw books like this out there! Thanks in advance! xo