DistinguishedGhost
25 [she/they] I'm just trying to get by and books with beautiful worlds and hopeful messages help me get through the days.
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Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir
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The High King's Tomb (Green Rider, #3)
Kristen Britain
0DistinguishedGhost commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
hype up a hidden gem of a book (a book you’ve loved that you never see people discussing on your feed, a book with very few forum posts, etc.) that you’d love to see more people read/discuss!
I’ll go first:
If you have ever listened to Wouldn’t It Be Nice by The Beach Boys through the lens of closeted transness (or even queerness), I think you’d love Summer Fun by Jeanne Thornton ☀️
55DistinguishedGhost commented on x_Abi's review of Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes, #1)
I thought this one would have more of a wow factor than it did to be honest. I got a little bored in places and I couldn't connect with the main character.
Hopefully the sequel is better.
6DistinguishedGhost commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
What's one thing you learned this week from your reading? It can be a fact, a random curiosity, a beautiful line, or even something you realized about yourself! My Tidbit: Intentional slow reading is changing how I approach other books too. I started a fantasy novel I hated and wanted to DNF, but I slowed down to the point that I actually reread the opening chapters and found little flakes of gold under the mess. Still up in the air if I'll actually like the book, but I'm glad I looked again.
As for some Pagebound related trivia: I'm reading Algospeak by Adam Aleksic and I learned about Sociolect, a form of language used by a particular social group (pg 31/247), so for us Boundlings it would be like our use of the word 'Yoink'! For those of you who have been on Pagebound longer than I have, I would love to hear some of the other popular sociolects that have been used!
59DistinguishedGhost commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Happy Lunar New Year!
In honour of that. What is your favourite book from a country that celebrates Lunar New Year? Alternately who is your favourite fictional horse?
62DistinguishedGhost commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
If you could pack one suitcase and move into any fictional home immediately - where are you going?
Drafty castles absolutely count. So do crooked cottages, dramatic cliffside mansions, hobbit holes, chaotic city apartments, enchanted libraries, and suspiciously affordable small-town farmhouses.
Are you:
🌧️ Living your best moody life in a crumbling estate?
🌿 Baking bread in a cozy woodland cottage?
📚 Secretly hoping your house comes with hidden passageways and a mildly concerning attic?
🕯️ Choosing vibes over structural integrity?
Drop the book + the home + one reason you’d survive (or absolutely wouldn’t).
Bonus: what’s the first thing you’re decorating or rearranging when you move in?
Let’s see where PageBound is relocating.
59DistinguishedGhost wrote a review...
This was a very lovely fairytale story with beautiful worldbuilding. You truly felt transported to a magical realm. I also absolutely loved the cover art of the book; I mean just look at it, it's stunning. I do wish the main romance couple could have been developed a little more. It felt like we had to be told they were in love not discover it for ourselves. I also wasn't a huge fan of the end. It was cute and happy so yay, but it wraps up a little too quickly and brings up a lot of questions you just have to accept. As someone who really likes Elizabeth Lim's stories and is quite familiar with her writing, I have to say, she continues to have a pacing issue. It has gotten better over time, but there will large periods of the book where nothing of any significance happens. Thankfully, her character writing is enough to salvage it. I don't mean to be too critical of the book because I did enjoy it. Overall, I cute read that I can't help but want more from. Also, is it just me or was Lim possible teasing more books set in this universe? My guess is that the 8 Immortals are going to have some significance in the future.
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A Forgery of Fate
Elizabeth Lim
6DistinguishedGhost commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Hi friends! I'm glad y'all were interested/enjoyed the weekly bookworm question from last week, so here's the new one for this week!
If you suddenly woke up tomorrow in the world of the last book you read or finished, what would you do/how would you get on? Would you try and find the main characters of the book or would you avoid them?
Happy Friday!
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The High King's Tomb (Green Rider, #3)
Kristen Britain
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A Forgery of Fate
Elizabeth Lim
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A man who is turned away from a woman who knows how to swordfight is WEAK.
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The High King's Tomb (Green Rider, #3)
Kristen Britain
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Even aliens evolve to be anti-authoritarianism.
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Alien Clay
Adrian Tchaikovsky
0DistinguishedGhost commented on a post from the Founder Announcements forum
Our next Special Event will celebrate Japanese literature, culture and its influence on the world. Like the sakura (cherry blossom) trees Japan gifts other nations to promote cross-cultural exchange, we hope reading these books together will connect the global Pagebound community. We've intentionally selected a broad range of genres and authors to spotlight, so everyone can find a book they're interested in. This event will run from March 15 to April 15.
Check out the Special Events page (in the More tab on the app, or click the pink banner on the Discuss page on web).
The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop by Takuya Asakura: a translated Japanese magical realism novel about a mysterious bookshop that appears during cherry blossom season (vibes: cozy, poignant)
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki: a metafictional novel about belonging & home, identity & immigration. Ozeki is the first practicing Zen Buddhist priest to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize (vibes: literary, meditative) - check triggers
The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji: a 1987 translated Japanese murder mystery novel (vibes: a classic "whodunit")
Geisha, A Life by Mineko Iwasaki: a memoir from Japan's most celebrated geisha in Kyoto's Gion district during the 1960s & 70s (the UK title is Geisha of Gion). Iwasaki was one of the geisha's interviewed by Arthur Golden for his book Memoirs of a Geisha that fictionalized her story. It included many inaccuracies, and here, Iwasaki sets the record straight.
What's a Special Event? Each quarter, we run a short 1 month readalong showcasing diverse voices in literature. Read one of the selections and comment or post in the forum during the Readalong to earn a special badge. Unlike Seasonal Readalongs, you do not earn a special badge for reading all the selections.
Excited to see the discussions for this event!
Happy Reading, Jennifer & Lucy
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