Omg i’m so obsessed with this already…i can see this becoming one of my top reads

A friend bought this reading journal with a "book bingo" section. To complete a bingo she needs to still "cry while reading", amongst other rather easy prompts.

The 'problem' is that she's not really a cryer when it comes to books or even movies.

Any suggestions on books that will even make her shed a tear? What were the books that made you cry?

What are some crazy book publishing scandals you have heard of?

We're talking things like:

The author who faked her way onto the New York Times besteller list

Or the author who tried to copyright sun powers

Hi friends and happy Friday! One of the greatest features on PB, in my humble opinion, are all the cool niche lists that everyone is creating! I have saved so many and after some discussions in the club about how cool some badges for lists could be I decided to make a couple for fun!

Firstly, I made a Kingfisher badge for the Wonderful works of T. Kingfisher list by @endless_tbr_list as I’ve become a great fan of Kingfisher’s work and Kingfishers are just so pretty!

Then I made one for @The_bookishBug’s Marvellous Minibeasts lists! Check it out, insects are wonderful!

And thirdly, I made a badge for @notlizlemon’s nice to meet you, I’m Death list, as I’ve recently, gotten into discworld and Death personified is such a cool concept!

I just wanted to give some appreciation to all the list creators and hope it inspires more of you to create lists about any niche topics only you know about!🫶🏻

Here is the link where you can see all badges a bit more up close if you’d like!

Edit: It was brought to my attention that the links/embedded images are not accessible from the UK - so hopefully you can see them Here (I added them to a google doc) :)

obsessed with how spooky and foreboding this is becoming

I’m currently reading a book that has chapter titles (The Swan’s Daughter by Roshani Chokshi) and it’s making me realize how much I miss chapter titles! I feel like they used to be way more popular than they are now and it makes me so sad because they can really enhance the reading experience and they’re also just so fun.

How do you feel about chapter titles? Do you have any favorite books with chapter titles?

Examples of books with chapter titles:

The Villains and Virtues series by A. K. Caggiano

Blood over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang

The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan

The Lord of the Rings trilogy + The Hobbit

I requested a book in september that was 22 weeks of wait. I'm still waiting. It's still an estimated 22 weeks. I requested a book in november that was 10 weeks of wait, I got it mid-december. While I was reading a book I got the last week of december, I requested Ther Deep Sky and The Devils, respectively 7 and 10 weeks of wait. They both just came in.

I feel like my reading plan is thrown out the window, I'm just a pawn at the mercy of the library Gods and right now I think they hate me. So please, put me out of my misery: what's the longest, most unhinged wait time you had to deal with ? Doesn't even have to be a library hold, just tell me I'm not the only one.

I love this app and all it represents, so My Thorns For Your Roses (and book 2 in the trilogy, though this book can stand alone) will have a PageBound giveaway for 12 printed Advanced Reader Copies (ARCs) and a (number TBD) batch of finalized ebooks.

I’ve already got things sorted out with Lucy, so now I just need work out some details and logistics with my publisher.

There will be physical copies for users located in the USA and epub copies for international users.

I can’t wait! Thank you again for making this wonderful app, Lucy and Jennifer! ❤️