I’m glad we also get Hester’s POV (with some wit and lightness, almost like a comic relief) as a little break because being stuck in poor Cordelia’s head is rough 😢

Who else reading this to prep for the new Frankenstein movie coming out??👀

Heeello everyone,

What's one book for you that was an unbelievable letdown? I'm talking soul-crushing, frustrating, want-to-throw-the-book-across-the-room vibe.

Also, absolutely no judgement here!

Also also, spoilers (just in case)

I'll go first ~ The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

I love mystery and I love maps (I even make maps for fun) and this book combined the two, with magic, and it had such a promising start as well. Until....for 80% of it, there was nothing but all exposition and treating the main character as if she were ten years old. And the 'love interest' was a d*** 😒. And there was no plot to speak of. I've never felt so drained after reading a book and so so so very disappointed.

So here I am at midnight getting on this nifty little T Kingfisher wagon because my brain was craving novelty, it is currently raining outside and T. Kingfisher is always a great idea. This was on my Tbr for a while and today I saw a few posts about it on here so that's all it took 😌

I'm trying to upload my Goodreads library here, it's a CSV file as mentioned there. Still it's not accepting 🥲. What could be the reason? What am I doing wrong?

When I downloaded Pagebound (really love it so far!) I clicked through the guideline on how and what to post but having used the app for a few days now I'm wondering what people actually write in the book forums themself and what they like to read when they click on them? And especially: how much do you share?

For example, the guide says that good posts spark a discussion and are not personal in the sense of "I just got the book, excited for the read!" or to be mindful that a review belongs in a separate section. I think that these are good rules to go by but I always question myself, when I want to post something to the forum. Is it too personal? Too unfit for a discussion? My motivator for a post is in most cases an emotional reaction to a part of the book or a powerful quote. Sometimes I write a longer text about the feeling the book creates but sometimes I just want to share a quick thought which is not necessarily deep or highly reflected. I realised that sometimes, the internal want for an intellectual post made me hold back on sharing something.

So, my question is: what do you mostly share in the forums? What is your motivation for a post? Do you feel the need to be intellectual or do you like to share quick thoughts without a deep question behind it?

And on the other hand: when you open forums, what kind of posts do you like the most? While I do enjoy the deep, long posts that touch on different topics, reading the silly little lines about a particular scene makes me excited for the book and feel more like the forum is a friend group where not every thought has to be deep and completely formed. But is that the goal here? And on this note: how much sharing is too much? Some books make me want to post every other page (overdramatized for dramatic effect), but if I did that, I feel like I'm cluttering the forums.

Maybe I'm overthinking the whole thing? I just want to follow the guide and not disrespect the rules 😅

So one of my fave book retailers is having a 20% off sale till midnight (Berlin time) so I need recs! I need some recs for queer romance, from traditional publishers (they don’t carry small press and indie)!!! Thanks in advance guys!

I just saw that Pagebound is #31 under books in the App Store! (iOS). Yesterday it was around #23. I wanted to encourage those that haven’t written a review to do so! And also I was wondering what other actions can help pagebound get up there in ranking. ♥️

This book has me giggling out loud in brand new ways and I really really like it!