Annie2000

Dutch, 26 y/o, she/her Doing the 52 book club challenge in 2026.

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Annie2000 commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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Multiple books at once

HEYY! Let me ask you, do you always read one book and that book only at a time, or multiple (like me)? Even if I tried, I really just can't stick to only one reading option. I tend to have a few books of different genres in my "currently reading" pile at once (3-5) and that keeps me motivated and consistent, because I can just pick up the book I'm the most in the mood for. Though I haven't met or seen that many other people like this, I've even had friends say that they cannot do that because they would lose focus, but for me it's just so natural, like doing multiple projects at once (sure it takes way longer to finish them all haha). I don't really have a problem with this habit of mine, I just wonder if there's people like me out there!

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Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt

Ben Reeves

Travis Smith is Death in the modern world. He lives with his cat in a grey English town. He offers people comfort in their final days and hours of life. He's stoic, gentle, a little naive, despite what he knows. He's handsome, he seems young, despite what he is. Each death has a meaning to him, and he never tries to change anyone's fate. He listens and never judges, and ultimately escorts each of them to rest.Travis is desperately lonely, and when he crosses paths with young single midwife called Dalia who lives across the way and her boisterous eight-year-old daughter Layla, he can't help but be drawn to them. Dalia is beautiful and overwhelmed, and Layla seems to have a never-ending trove of small treasures to show Travis, and he's never felt the importance of making every moment count so clearly. Because he knows what's to come, and he can't make himself look away. As he learns what it means to really experience death, he's torn between his nature and his newfound understanding of the important things about being alive.

Annie2000 commented on riskyreads's review of Dead Batteries: A Novel

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Aug 22, 2026

Dead Batteries: A Novel

5.0

Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 4.5

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Thank you NetGalley and Crown Publisbing for this lovely story.

Um.

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What the actual heck. I loved this.

I was not expecting this from an arc. Honestly the entire book was really good, I wanted to read it often. But I think even if the entire book was trash apart from that last chapter alone, I still would’ve given it 5 stars.

It’s pretty short, but the author did a great job in so many ways. It’s well written, beautifully written really. The characters are really raw and real. It seems incredibly realistic of what could really happen to a mom of a child on the spectrum. As a dystopian lover, I really loved a story that considers this kind of family with her son’s needs being a very real thing to work through in the worse of times. I think we don’t get to see this kind of narrative in dystopians a lot. Whether that be mental/physical disabilities, neurodivergence, or really anything considered different from a “normal” person or “normal” human.

I think individuals that have a basic understanding or experience of autism will emotionally connect with the story more, but anyone could really enjoy this beautiful story. Beautiful, emotional, raw, thoughtful, but also with plenty of action and suspense sprinkled in.

Please read the synopsis and if any bit of it sounds like something you could get into, go for it!

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Dead Batteries: A Novel

Kate Maupin

A single mom and her neurodivergent son battle for survival and stability in a post-apocalyptic world, one that is arguably no less harsh to them then the pre-pandemic one, in this gripping, one-of-a-kind debut.Ever since May’s husband decided parenthood wasn’t for him and left, it’s just been May and her autistic son with high support needs, Davis, against the world. A rather unwelcoming one that never had much patience or understanding.Then 99.9% of the population was wiped out by a virus in just a few weeks, and that world ended. May has kept herself and Davis alive only through the self-imposed isolation she got so good at in the Before. They have their routines, their cozy nest in an abandoned library, and most importantly, the old battery-powered Game Boy that offers Davis familiarity and comfort in a world that’s difficult to understand.One day May runs into a stranger while out scavenging for the precious batteries that keep Davis's Game Boy alive. This stranger calls himself Bird, he has intel—and a proposition. Supposedly there’s an entire haven of survivors nearby. Bird wants in, and he needs May and Davis to play along as wife and child in order to guarantee himself a spot. Besides, wouldn’t May want to be part of a community again?Not particularly—but the survivors have batteries. So she reluctantly agrees. And while May knows better than to trust the man who ripped her and Davis out of their routines, she can’t help but open up to him. But when Bird’s true motivations come to light, her old life collides with the new in terrifyingly dark ways, forcing May to question how far she would go to protect her son. How long can she and Davis last until the batteries run out?

Annie2000 commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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bug or changed level requirements?

edit: my level ended up changing not long after I posted this :)

yesterday I (finally!) surpassed 1,500 points but I didn’t level up? I checked the FAQ and it still says that level 5 starts at 1,500 points. I also found people who are, like me, just barely over 1,500 and they are level 5. has this happened to anyone else? it’s not that big of a deal, I was just excited to finally get there and ended up a little disappointed.

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