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Athena7

Reader, writer, mother, techie, and gamer

238 points

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Reading...Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
My Taste
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Firekeeper’s Daughter
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
The Magicians (The Magicians, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

Athena7 finished reading and wrote a review...

17w
  • The Wedding People
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0

    Whoaaaa!! I wasn't expecting to enjoy this one so much or FEEL so much whilst reading it, but boy did it hit hard. The only deductions I have are for the ending, but also acknowledge there's really no other way to have done it, it just somehow seemed to detract a bit from the whole journey overall for me. This was such a relatable story, which, again, really seems odd if you read only the plot intro, but it was!

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  • Post from the Pagebound Club forum

    20w
  • Forum <-> Book pages

    I clicked a book page from my feed (someone wants to read it, etc). I wrote a review (I HAVE read it). I wanted to discuss it! So I clicked Forum. I saw there are no matches, and it prompts me to start a post -- I clicked that ... but I'm not sure where that post would go (it'd be great to offer me the option of where I could post to -- one of my clubs? just into the wild? etc). So I haven't posted yet b/c I'm not sure, but I would love to be able to easily start a convo if one doesn't already exist :)

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  • Athena7 wrote a review...

    20w
  • All Fours
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0

    This book was a wild ride -- I wasn't ready for it. Just as I was about to write it off (but still finish it b/c I cannot with unfinished things) b/c it seemed way out there and unrelatable, it suddenly became relatable in a not-the-circumstances-but-the-feelings way. Whoa! And then where it ended/wrapped up -- yep. As a 40 something year old woman who's been married, divorced, long-term situationshipped, and also recently had a hysterectomy (TMI much?), this was a sudden whoa into feeling seen (in non-obvious ways). Now I'm convincing my friends to read it b/c I feel like we have so much to discuss!

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  • Post from the Pagebound Club forum

    20w
  • Starting a club feedback

    Apologies if I've missed something and I should already know this, but here's some feedback from my experience trying to start a club today ** No one I invited (by sharing a link to my club) was able to join the club (or even join pagebound) -- One (android mweb) said that no button worked/was clickable for her, another (iphone link through fb messenger) got a warning "Access blocked: Pagebound's request does not comply with Google's policies" (happy to email exact screenshot if you'd like) -- looks like she tried to maybe create an account using google ** UI was confusing -- my usually very tech savvy friend said she 'thinks' she was able to see a list of books for the club, but wasn't sure ** when I clicked share from the club page, I missed the pmessage at first (shows up in bottom right of browser (desktop - chrome) and just says something like link copied) b/c I was expecting a popup that gave me suggested text and option to share to social etc ** I'd have liked to be able to start a discussion/post in the club directly from the book list/recs somehow (but not exactly writing on the book itself as a review, if that makes sense?) ** It'd be great to have options for posts like polls, etc ** Still waiting for someone to be able to join/signup so they can join my club, despite multiple people trying :( but will definitely try again when this is resolved (one told me she'll try to do this via browser on a laptop tomorrow, so will update after she tries that!)

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