JadeLovesBooks
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JadeLovesBooks commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Question inspired by something @Lady_of_the_Library said in a comment on another Club forum post.
How much does a book that appeals to more people correlate to having poorer quality? Somehow, I didn't quite make this connection to a sentiment I've always had, which is that hyped-up books tend not to be as good, and I cannot stress this enough, to me.
That said, there are definitely exceptions to this, but please share what you think!
10JadeLovesBooks commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Apparently, she posted on X saying she read 120 books in 2025. Many people said those werenāt good books, even ātrashā because many of them are erotic.
As someone who loves fictions but doesnāt read erotics, I donāt think this is right. Except for the erotic parts, the books must be interesting so we could finish them.
And I hate it when people say you canāt be learning anything beneficial if you donāt read non-fictions.
50JadeLovesBooks commented on Angmara's review of A Steeping of Blood (Blood and Tea, #2)
hey siri play "torn" by natalie imbruglia. i don't know how to feel about this duology. i absolutely adore the individual characters and i love vampires, old london, and revenge stories. hell i love coconuts too. but (same with the first book) it all felt incredibly random all together. flick and jin were the only combination of anything that i enjoyed. i supposed vampires in that setting was fun too. but for example i loved arthie and matteo separately, together they felt forced and uncharacteristic of arthie (laith/arthie was much better, the enemies to lovers was right there - i was also spoiled with jin/flick so every other possible pairing would've paled in comparison). the ram and flick separately were fantastic characters, but their dynamic together not as torturous as i was hoping. in fact the ram is on my list of top villains of 2025 but i was dying for complex interactions with flick that never came. and i'm still struggling to accept that coconuts belong with vampires and merry old london (i know its not actually london but i'm just gonna call it that).
i'm also not sure i can summarize the plot in one sentence - it's pretty "red yarn corkboard of a disheveled detective" once you try to follow all the interworkings of the side quests and how all the parties (athereum, council, the ram, the many guard factions, mr/mrs siwang, laith's kingdom, etc.) all fit together. this is partly my shortcoming i know, i'm a simple girl who needs a simple plot. i appreciate faizal trying to do something fun an unique but it felt like too much and it unfortunately didn't meshing as well as perhaps the intentions were. which is a shame because the writing (although a bit heavy handed), the atmosphere, the character building are all strong. just not strong enough to make this a high scoring read for me.
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At first I thought that I was going to really hate Mollie but now I feel like if this is written right she will have such a good character arc.
Also, I really feel for Cash. He is trying to do whatās right to honor someone he loved and respected, but also honor and take care of his family. God I love men like him.
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Just popping in to say I love the Tractor Supply references in all of these cowboy romance novels. My dad managed a TSC for a lil while and I just have such a soft spot for it.
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Does anyone out there engage in beta reading for authors/publishers? How did you get into it? Asking for a friend (itās me, Iām the friend)
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When I first joined pagebound last year my profile picture was the dragon because back then it looked like a little toy stuffy, and then I think got a slight colour adjustment halfway thru the year, before being replaced entirely with the current red dragon. With the avatar updates the options also expanded and I instantly gravitated towards the little black cat since I have/had 2 of them, and now I am so attached to this little icon it's unreal š every so often I get tempted to change my icon to the fire imp thing since it fits my vibe more but then I look into the eyes of the cat and I say no... I couldn't do that to you...
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