i was looking at my tabs and noticed a certain squiggle was missing!! i like the new font though :) it's very wonky nice hehe

Going into this completely blind (never saw the movie or the show either), and I gotta say, for some reason, I never expected this book to begin with some kid literally conducting an interview with a vampire 😭 like, idk what I was expecting, but it wasn’t a legitimate interview lol 😭😭 I’m actually cracking up I can’t believe this

I feel like a lot of us early users are invested in the success of this app and it would be great to maybe have the opportunity to buy logo stickers for our kindles, e-readers, water bottles, etc! This would inadvertently double as advertising for the app when we are reading out in the wild.

Bulk stickers are usually inexpensive so if the lovely creators 2-3x the price + shipping… hopefully some sort of revenue stream could be found there to help keep us add free!

Just some food for thought for Jennifer and Lucy! 🩷

Before I joined Pagebound my tbr was tiny, like 10 books MAX (I had 4 in my reading journal at the beginning of the year)! But after joining Pagebound it just keeps growing, I’m now at almost 40 books.

On one hand, I am thrilled to see how many books I wouldn’t have learned abt if I wasn’t apart of this community. I’ve learned that some books that I rlly liked and thought were stand alones, aren’t acc stand alones and I can spend more time in that universe. Plus the fact that bc of the quests and read alongs, I’m reading outside of my comfort zone and really enjoying it!!!

On the other hand, THIS IS SO OVERWHELMING OH MY GOD!! I love having this massive selection but am I gonna have enough time to read all the books I want??? Ik my tbr is only 40 but I have the feeling it’ll keep growing.

How do I keep up? Do I just embrace the chaos? How long is ur tbr?

What are some games you enjoy? (yes i am looking for recommendations duh), do those games also correlate with your reading interests? for example Hades I/II and the song of achilles/circe or is it something completely different?

Also also if you haven't you gotta check out Tiny Bookshop, it is, you guessed it, a game about running your own tiny bookshop and you have to recommend books (yes, it's books that exist) and there is also a bit of story interwoven in the gameplay. it's super casual and fun, I've been playing it while listening to an audiobook, actually :D

i keep seeing the same friendly handles in quests and threads. let’s do a quick roll call so we can match handles to readers. zero pressure, typos welcome. new folks and lurkers, jump in haha!

here’s me: i’m bookbunny96

1. reading superpower: balancing a paperback on a sleeping baby.
2. favourite genre/trope: cozy mysteries, true crime like thrillers, atmospheric whodunnits, and i’m sloooowly loving cozy fantasy (big thanks to Seema’s quest)
3. chaotic book opinion: audiobooks at 1.5x absolutely count as reading.

template:

1. reading superpower or chaotic habit
2. favourite genre or trope
3. chaotic book opinion or fun fact

your turn. go!!

I see a ton of librarians on here which is super rad but I'm curious how many people here use their local libraries and what for!

I take my daughter for the programs way more often than I take out physical books but I definitely use and abuse Libby and Hoopla for ebooks.

Everyone on pagebound has been so chill and I love these discussions and everyone's different perspectives ✨

Edit: I'm in the northeast US if you don't mind sharing your location, saw someone share their experience from Germany and thought we could all share too!

2nd Edit for visibility: infinite forehead kisses to all librarians

I read this for the first time when my fifth grade teacher recommended it to me and it was my favorite book for a long time. I've read it once again as a late teenager and am planning an adult reread very soon.

Anyone have any words of wisdom, thoughts, anything to share for a grownup rereading The Giver after 20 years?

Hey all, Pagebound newbie here! I'm curious about how everyone set up their library, I'm guessing most of you imported finished books from somewhere else, but then do you use the shelves or some other system, or do you just leave your library be?

This is my first time using a site for cataloguing my reading and personally I'm having the time of my life adding books to my finished list. At first I though I'd just add some things I've read recently, but then while exploring the site I kept finding books I'd read at some point and now I'm just adding anything and everything that I've ever read, and it's been such a fun journey down memory lane!

Thanks to it my library is now a huge mess though, because I'm adding books I read last week simultaneously with books I read 10 years ago.. I'm still considering if I wanna add books I read as a young kid, and I decided not to add mangas/comics although I've seen them around, all in all exciting times for me haha

Is anyone else doing anything similar?

PS. I'm so glad I found this site, love you all!

Hey all. Lately, I have been struggling a bit with my mental health and have been spending my afternoons and evenings rotting in bed reading. 🛏️ I don't have as much mental energy as I did a couple of weeks ago, when I'd be super proactive and interacting with everyone.

To be honest, I'm not sure if this is particularly healthy, but having notifications on the app makes that moment a bit better. However, I get a little bummed out if I open the app and see I have no new notifications.

Does anyone else feel like this?

But I just want to note that PB community has been helping me a lot. Seeimg so many wonderful people here makes things feel brighter. ✨