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JoanaC

Reading is my cardio đŸ§˜â€â™€ïž I run a book club: O Carte pe Lună Oradea 💖 I organize book retreats for my amazing book friends ⚡ Find me on TikTok: JoanacReads

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  • Gods of Jade and Shadow
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    “You did not rescue me,” Casiopea replied. “I opened that chest. Besides, I wasn’t a princess in a tower. I knew I’d get away one way or another, and I was not waiting for a god to liberate me. That would have been both silly and unlikely.”

    What. A. Spitfire đŸ˜»

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  • A Resistance of Witches
    JoanaC
    Sep 14, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0
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    My rating system goes as follows: If it makes me cry, it gets 5⭐. It’s pretty straightforward, really.

    I loved everything about this book and I cannot wait for historical fantasy to become a more established genre because the possibilities for stories and enjoyment are immense.

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    Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar: A Novel

    Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar: A Novel

    Katie Yee

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    Post from the A Resistance of Witches forum

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    Two witches walk into Winston Churchill's office. What could possibly go wrong? Or right? Absolutely loving this beginning. I think I'm in for a treat!

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    A Resistance of Witches

    A Resistance of Witches

    Morgan Ryan

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  • A Caribbean Heiress in Paris (Las Leonas, #1)
    JoanaC
    Sep 11, 2025
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 3.5Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.5
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    This was my comfort read after quite a few thought-provoking novellas that left my brain in shambles.

    I needed an escape, and what a pleasant surprise to discover this author - the banter, the spice, the way of the phrases was just right! I'll definitely read more from this Caribbean author.

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  • A Caribbean Heiress in Paris (Las Leonas, #1)
    Thoughts from 37% (page 124)

    'Is this what it's like to be a man? Constantly out of breath from being allowed to speak your mind without being interrupted?'

    The sass... and tragedy that in 200 years things haven't changed. 💔

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    Thoughts from 26% (page 86)

    'The peril was in the possessiveness slithering up his back and spreading into his limbs like manacles.'

    Whattttt đŸ„”

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  • Hunchback
    JoanaC
    Sep 08, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 5.0
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    I had a hard time reading this and, at the same time, I could not put it down. I am thankful for the experience and humbled because I cannot fathom the fact that we as a society shun away from disability of any kind. I need more reads like this one. It was visceral and incredible, a very brave idea from the author!

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  • The Wilderness
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    'And the past, before we set foot in the wilderness, appears so tame in my memory.' What. A. Phrase!!!

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  • The Wilderness
    JoanaC
    Sep 05, 2025
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    Very compelling. I understand everything, having gone through it myself. The wilderness is the fresh experience of having a new baby, becoming a mother.

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    Post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • Book Club list help

    Hi everyone! I'm new to Pagebound and I love it here (the community & the app itself). I run a book club in my hometown and I was thinking it was a great idea to share the books we discuss on each theme of our book club meeting into a crafted list. (side note: my book club is special, we only discuss the same book once a year, for the rest of the months we choose more general themes and people read diverse stuff in that theme) However, I created three lists for our most recent meetings and I'm getting downvotes. This makes me a bit sad and maybe I'm not getting the feature? My initial thought was: what a great way to curate the books we discuss in our monthly get-togethers and share them here - I'll be redistributing them in my book club so they can always get to them and maybe other people can draw inspiration from these lists. That's about it :)

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  • For non-English readers.

    Do you usually review/comment on Pagebound about the English version of the book or the one in your own language? So far, I have always commented on the Italian editions, but perhaps if I wrote about the English editions, I could converse with more people. It's not a big problem, but the fact that there are multiple versions to consider on different pages bothers me a little, although perhaps it's a problem only I have. What do you usually do?

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  • The Wedding People
    JoanaC
    Sep 03, 2025
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.0Plot: 4.0
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    This is just another fiction written by an American author. It did not change my life for the better, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. It had every bit of chance for it to derail into something massive, but it didn't, and that's ok.

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