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29|| Grenada|| Trying to get back into reading as much as I used to as a teen. Enjoying the journey.

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Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)

Tahereh Mafi

I have a curse I have a gift I am a monster I'm more than human My touch is lethal My touch is power I am their weapon I will fight back Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days. The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal. As long as she doesn't hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don't fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color. The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war—and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she's exactly what they need right now. Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.

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Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)

Tahereh Mafi

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The Fall Readalong has begun! (+ some updates, 9/1/25)

The Fall Readalong has officially started! Check the Discuss page to see the book picks & badge. If this is your first Pagebound readalong, click the purple info icon next to the Fall Readalong header on Discuss for more info. A few reminders:

If you've already finished a readalong book, you can earn the badge by commenting or posting in the forum
Keep posts authentic! Please do not post "Just posting for my badge", or "This was good" (ie a post that is a review). Not sure what to post? Comment instead :)

This season, a few of the Top Contributors are hosting unofficial readalongs in their Quests. These are meant to help build community in the Quest, and encourage everyone to work towards the next badge level together! You will not get a special badge for participating in these, and the convo should still happen in the book's forum, not the quest forum. Here's a list of Quests hosting a readalong; might be a good time to join one of these Quests if something catches your eye ;)

Sapphic Vampires Quest: Carmilla
Monster Romance Quest: The Orc Prince
Games and Trials Quest: Phantasma
LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi & Fantasy Quest: A Treachery of Swans
Fantasy and Sci-Fi with a Side of Romance: Raven Scholar
Cozy Fantasy: The Spellshop (already included in the PB-wide Fall Readalong!)

As for product updates, we've made some quality of life improvements since our last check-in (example: search taking you to Books instead of Users when you press enter) but our largest improvement has been in site performance. Response times were getting pretty crazy with all the new traffic, and we're now consistently at low response times :) We also started beta testing the app! Still working through bugs so it's perfect for launch, but progress is well under way. We're hoping for a September launch but ofc will depend on how beta testing goes this month.

Lastly, we've been seeing such amazing convos in the book forums and the Pagebound Club. It's amazing to have a community this thoughtful, nuanced, and respectful. You all make Pagebound such an incredible community, so thank you!

Happy Reading, Jennifer & Lucy 💜💙

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