Despite this being just an okay book for me, I find myself still thinking of Rachel flowers and the book series she wrote. I ADORED the small town vibes, the plots that were described, etc. Which really stuck with me, because I'm not usually a small town contemp rom reader. Does anyone have any recs for a series like that?? I prefer not any cowboys, unless its an extremely good read that will change my mind. Please help! I want to fall in love with a small town series like I did with the fictional one in this book. I cant stop thinking about it!

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).

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 have heard some of you guys are mood readers, I was wondering how you explain mood reading is? Is it ambiance, the genre, intensity, plot or character focus? I’m so curious how many of you categorize the books! I think I also might be a mood readers, I think😂 but I don’t know what my moods are like. What mood are you guys currently reading?

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.

Okay I just had to go back and reread half of chapter one because I was not paying near enough attention T-T I missed so many things. This author really sneaks some details into small paragraphs and crucial things into like one sentence. I got halfway done before I was like wait the woman at the door wasn't the first woman?? what? what happened? and yeah note to self READ SLOWER for this one lmao I usually don't have a problem with gleaning details from what I read but I guess this book just requires me to slow down and savor it. I'm not used to reading that way so this'll be fun