Hi friends and happy Friday! One of the greatest features on PB, in my humble opinion, are all the cool niche lists that everyone is creating! I have saved so many and after some discussions in the club about how cool some badges for lists could be I decided to make a couple for fun!

Firstly, I made a Kingfisher badge for the Wonderful works of T. Kingfisher list by @endless_tbr_list as I’ve become a great fan of Kingfisher’s work and Kingfishers are just so pretty!

Then I made one for @The_bookishBug’s Marvellous Minibeasts lists! Check it out, insects are wonderful!

And thirdly, I made a badge for @notlizlemon’s nice to meet you, I’m Death list, as I’ve recently, gotten into discworld and Death personified is such a cool concept!

I just wanted to give some appreciation to all the list creators and hope it inspires more of you to create lists about any niche topics only you know about!🫶🏻

Here is the link where you can see all badges a bit more up close if you’d like!

Edit: It was brought to my attention that the links/embedded images are not accessible from the UK - so hopefully you can see them Here (I added them to a google doc) :)

Please give me book recommendations

So far I am NOT liking the main character. Maybe that's the point and hopefully he will have a major character arc, because I'm not going to be able to stand him if he's like this the whole way through.

Also, he says this, "they’re chinos. Khakis are for white people.” Someone correct me, but isn't he half white? Isn't his mom white? Why is he saying that like a negative thing?

What sparked your curiosity to join this space? Im sure a lot of us are similar, but im still curious. Was it conversation, community, tracking, or maybe inspiration?

I started tracking my reading in 2025 on another app and found myself looking for more. People around me aren't big readers and my previous app was great for tracking/setting goals but not for engaging with their community. I first saw Pagebound advertised on TikTok as a indie, anti-ai, women created site/app and i was intrigued. I joined Pagebound because I wanted engage more with other members and have more conversations around books while still tracking my personal goals.

So im curious, tell me what you're here for or what first brought you to this app.

Tomorrow is my birthday and I need a new book. (Well don’t really NEED but want lol) Do you guys have any recommendations for a book with a birthday storyline or centered around a birthday? I think I’m looking for a Romcom but I’m open to any genre.

I'm intrigued to know what drew everyone to their selected Avatar? When I initially signed up I picked the little witch reading, as I thought she was cute. However, when I noticed the croissant reading I immediately changed it. If I could be reincarnated as a little French pastry who could read and wear very cute hats then that is the life I would choose!! Did other people select them because the Avatar spoke to a particular genre then enjoy? ... Whatever the reason I'd love to hear!!