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Faernestitch

She/They. Queer. Editor and arts administrator. Knitting, kitchen witching, and ADHDing. Possibly chittering at crows. Definitely misplacing my books.

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Grape, Olive, Pig: Deep Travels Through Spain's Food Culture
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
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The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

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  • The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
    seema
    Jan 17, 2026
    The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
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    The concept of reciprocal gift economy is heartening and this book does a nice job in drawing the reader to really expand their view of the various relationships and associated undercurrents of energy surrounding us, and to consider how we can more consciously invest our time and energy into those paths instead of the capitalist model we exist in. I particularly liked the repeated emphasis on indirect gifting and reciprocity and action that nudged away from the direct/immediate/transactional status quo.

    I ended up reading this twice - once on audiobook (really struggled retaining with this, which is absolutely a personal difficulty with audiobooks and not a reflection on the book or narration itself), and then again with an eye read. My biggest qualm is honestly that despite two reads I come away understanding the concept and remembering several anecdotes, but feeling like even as short as it is, it could have been significantly shorter still and deliver the same points. I couldn't really differentiate one chapter from another. I believe this originated as an essay, maybe for me personally and my prior familiarity with the central idea of this book that would have been more suitable.

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  • What you wish you knew in your 30s (+book recs with older female protags!)

    Today’s my 30th birthday and while I feel like I know a lot more than I did at 20, I fear I still don’t much at all.

    I’ve seen lots of posts on Instagram about what people wish they knew in their 20s but have never seen anything like that for 30s and would love if our older and wiser boundlings could share their wisdom with us and tell us what they wish they knew in their 30s 🥹

    I’d also love book recs with older female protagonists! Some of the people in my life are making me feel like I’m now too old for fun and I really need some older ladies to remind me that adventures can be had at any age 😩 I loved Miss Marple, Nettle and Bone, and am currently reading Miss Percy’s guide to dragons series so anything in that vein. I’m planning to check out the older women in SFF list as well (really hope it becomes a quest 🥹) but would love everyone’s personal recs 🫶🏽

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  • New App Version + Product Updates (6/25/2026)

    The new app version, 1.1.92, is available on iOS and Android! This includes a host of bug fixes and improvements, which I will list for curious minds at the end of the post, but we have 4 major new product updates:

    Audiobook rating: For any book for which you marked the format as "audiobook" or "tandem", there is a new Audiobook sub-rating, which also appears on the Book page. This is your rating for the audiobook experience, and can help you decide which books to read on audio! As we gather more audiobook rating data, we can do interesting things like suggest top audiobooks.

    Add a book to the Pagebound database: The process for adding a new book to the PB database has changed due to some unexpected restrictions from Goodreads. We used to be able to add books simply by dropping in the book's Goodreads URL, but now we have a manual entry form. We always intended to have a manual entry option, as often Goodreads data isn't great and we now have the flexibility to add books that are not on Goodreads. When adding a new book, please take care to read the instructions!! This is very important to keep the integrity of our database.

    Genre Tags: With this new "add book" process, we have also introduced a Tag system for books. Right now, we are collecting Main Type (fiction, non fiction), Book type (novella, novel, essay collection, etc), Audience (adult, ya, etc) and Main Genre (Fantasy, Biography, etc). These tags are already available on the book page, however we only have data for newly added books at the moment! We will be collecting this data and adding more robust tags for subgenre and themes in the coming weeks. Really excited about this!! We can do a lot of cool things once we have genre data, like show pages dedicated to each subgenre and have genre stats.

    Librarian Program: With the new manual book entry system and our new ability to tag genres (and soon: series!!), we are rolling out a Librarian Program. Librarians will verify user-entered book data, help us collect genre and series data for existing books, clean up existing book entries, and help deduping efforts (where we have more than 1 listing for a single book). Soon, we will have a way for users to flag missing or incorrect book info, which Librarians will also respond to. This is a volunteer program and an integral part of building Pagebound -- if you are interested in becoming a volunteer, you can check out the application here!

    Thank you for you patience and understanding as we roll out these new processes!

    As for additional updates in this release:

    • new image system that delivers & loads book cover images quicker
    • more reliable comment posting / liking / upvoting when internet connection is weak on app
    • new sorting options for follower/following lists
    • Discuss page shows a review feed instead of the All Book Posts feed
    • you can use markdown in List descriptions
    • quite a few other small quality of life improvements, check out the Roadmap "released" section if you're curious!

    Thanks everyone and happy reading, Jennifer + Lucy 💜💙

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  • Her Majesty's Royal Coven (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #1)
    Faernestitch
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    Her Majesty's Royal Coven (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #1)
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  • Her Majesty's Royal Coven (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #1)
    GrannyWeatherwax
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    Her Majesty's Royal Coven (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #1)
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    I'm a fan of modern day witches and the power of friendship and this book had both of those things but was far from perfect. It starts with some urgency because of a dire prophecy but that energy drains away and the book just sort of meanders until the climax. Although I understood what the author was doing with Helena as a character, her heel turn was cartoonish and the resolution of her story was underwhelming. I think my real complaint is that the trans character at the heart of the story has hardly any agency and is just something for the cis characters to fight over. Hopefully this is something that the author corrects in the second installment.

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  • A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
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    A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
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  • This Princess Kills Monsters: The Misadventures of a Fairy-Tale Stepsister
    Faernestitch
    Jun 21, 2026
    This Princess Kills Monsters: The Misadventures of a Fairy-Tale Stepsister
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    One of my favourite reads this year and I can't wait for the authors next book. Queer rep, a trans character where their being trans is just part of who they are and not some tragic plot point, and references to all sorts of uncommon fairytales. Also poisonous plants. Reading this felt like playing d&d with my friends.

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  • Age vs Spice

    Hello beautiful people ! I recently realised that my younger sister read books that, in my eyes, are wayyyy too explicit for a 13 years old (ie Not in love by Ali Hazelwood). I have no control over what she reads but do you have romance recommendations that are more teen friendly ? I am also curious about when people encounter spicy books because for for me 16 to 18 would be a better age to start.

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