LemonLime

30’s and being a nerd over books here on Turtle Island. jumping from mood read to mood read

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knightreader88

a book that surprised you

i’m trying to branch out in terms of my reading style, so i thought i would ask all of you guys to share a book (or multiple!) that surprised you.

it could be a book you were expecting to hate but ended up loving, or a book you just weren’t expecting to love as much as you do.

thanks guys! 😝🤠and if i had to choose a book that surprised me (i just wasn’t expecting to love it as much as i do), it would be the audiobook i’m listening to rn -i love you so mochi by sarah kuhn.

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Jul 25, 2026

What Feasts at Night

3.0

Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 3.0

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Feed Update pt 2: Choose your feed preferences

Update! We got mixed feedback about the new feed changes (removing spoiler posts & comments from people you follow if that book is not in your library), so this is now a setting in your preferences that you can turn on and off. The default shows all activity from people you follow, and if you want the more customized feed you can toggle this setting off under Settings -> Preferences (you can only find this setting on web right now, but your feed setting will apply to both web and app feeds. The toggle will be in the next app release).

Some people really love the change and feel their feed is less overwhelming and more tailored to them, while others felt they missed out on what their friends were discussing and enjoy the discoverability aspect of seeing new-to-you book posts in their feed. Hopefully this update addresses everyone's needs!

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Thoughts from 100% (page 269)

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akiki

How do you pick your next read?

I have seen almost everyone with so many books in their TBR and i always wonder how people pick their next reads. How do you guys do it? What is your process?

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hauntedxlore

Anyone heard about the “BookTok Scandal”?

So, I don’t use tiktok/booktok, but one of my really good friends does. She came last week & shared some booktok drama about the “biggest readers” in the scene & how it’s rumored that they’re not actually reading. Like, they’re pretending to read, I guess. Instead of reading the book, they’re reading the synopsis? Based off what they are saying, how they are reviewing the books, & how little they are remembering about the books- is where I believe this rumor sprang from. I’m not really sure, but I thought, if anyone would know, they’d be on this app! Has anyone else heard about this??

(The intent of this post is to yap/gossip, not to debate serious topic- pls comment w that vibe in mind!)

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LemonLime

Thoughts from 29% (page 100)

The multi-pov is works very well for this story. We have international opinions without it getting whiney or preachy. The flashbacks are actually stunning unraveling of the plot. I actually am interested in all the characters and want to know more about what happened politically - what’s bubbling underneath the surface - and how our characters will grow as a result.

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Starting the quest!

I’m enthralled with The Great Transition so happy I found this quest so I could find this book. The forum is still empty so I’m shouting out this book here. It’s a great place to start the quest!

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The Great Transition

Nick Fuller Googins

For fans of Station Eleven and The Ministry for the Future, this richly imaginative, immersive, and electrifyingly relevant climate utopia novel follows a family navigating a crisis both personal and political, illuminating humanity’s capacity for change. What happens after we save the world? In the near future, humanity hasn’t avoided the worst of climate change—wildfires, rising oceans, mass migration, and skyrocketing inequality have become the daily reality. But just when it seems that it can’t get any worse, remarkably, a movement of workers, migrants, and refugees inspires the world to band together, save the planet, and rebuild a society for all. This is The Great Transition. Teenager Emi Vargas was born post-Transition, into a utopia compared to the world known by previous generations. Her parents both suffered and sacrificed, playing pivotal roles in The Great Transition, but now their marriage is deteriorating. And when Emi’s mother goes missing amidst a shocking new political upheaval, Emi’s illusion of comfort and safety is shattered. Alternating between Emi’s suspenseful search for her mother in the present and The Great Transition when her mother and father battled climate devastation and fell in love, this astonishing debut is a remarkable story of struggle, change, and hope.

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LemonLime

Jul 24, 2026

Best Offer Wins

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Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 4.0

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Best Offer Wins

Marisa Kashino

An insanely competitive housing market. A desperate buyer on the edge. In Marisa Kashino’s darkly hilarious debut novel, Best Offer Wins, the white picket fence becomes the ultimate symbol of success—and obsession. How far would you go for the house of your dreams? Eighteen months and 11 lost bidding wars into house-hunting in the overheated Washington, DC suburbs, 37-year-old publicist Margo Miyake gets a tip about the perfect house, in the perfect neighborhood, slated to come up for sale in one month. Desperate to escape the cramped apartment she shares with her husband Ian—and in turn, get their marriage, plan to have a baby, and whole life back on track—Margo becomes obsessed with buying the house before it’s publicly listed and the masses descend (with unbeatable, all-cash offers in hand). A little stalking? Harmless. A bit of trespassing? Necessary. As Margo infiltrates the homeowners’ lives, her tactics grow increasingly unhinged—but just when she thinks she’s won them over, she hits a snag in her plan. Undeterred, Margo will prove again and again that there’s no boundary she won’t cross to seize the dream life she’s been chasing. The most unsettling part? You’ll root for her, even as you gasp in disbelief. Dark, biting, and laugh-out-loud funny, Best Offer Wins is a propulsive debut and a razor-sharp exploration of class, ambition, and the modern housing crisis.

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Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

Mason Currey

More than 150 inspired—and inspiring—novelists, poets, playwrights, painters, philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians on how they subtly maneuver the many (self-inflicted) obstacles and (self-imposed) daily rituals to get done the work they love to do. Franz Kafka, frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote in a letter to Felice Bauer in 1912, “time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle maneuvers.” Kafka is one of 161 minds who describe their daily rituals to get their work done, whether by waking early or staying up late; whether by self-medicating with doughnuts or bathing, drinking vast quantities of coffee, or taking long daily walks. Thomas Wolfe wrote standing up in the kitchen, the top of the refrigerator as his desk, dreamily fondling his “male configurations”.... Jean-Paul Sartre chewed on Corydrane tablets (a mix of amphetamine and aspirin), ingesting ten times the recommended dose each day ... Descartes liked to linger in bed, his mind wandering in sleep through woods, gardens, and enchanted palaces where he experienced “every pleasure imaginable.” Here are: Anthony Trollope, who demanded of himself that each morning he write three thousand words (250 words every fifteen minutes for three hours) before going off to his job at the postal service, which he kept for thirty-three years during the writing of more than two dozen books ... Karl Marx ... Woody Allen ... Agatha Christie ... George Balanchine, who did most of his work while ironing ... Leo Tolstoy ... Charles Dickens ... Pablo Picasso ... George Gershwin, who, said his brother Ira, worked for twelve hours a day from late morning to midnight, composing at the piano in pajamas, bathrobe, and slippers.... Here also are the daily rituals of Charles Darwin, Andy Warhol, John Updike, Twyla Tharp, Benjamin Franklin, William Faulkner, Jane Austen, Anne Rice, and Igor Stravinsky (he was never able to compose unless he was sure no one could hear him and, when blocked, stood on his head to “clear the brain”).

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Within These County Lines

Brian Zepka

Eighteen-year-old Stetson Delancey never thought breaking up with his boyfriend would turn him invisible. In Penango County, Pennsylvania, high school couples carve their names into the legendary Ardor Tree, a rite of passage said to grant love that lasts. Stetson and his boyfriend were no exception. But a bitter breakup just before college splinters their future, and in a moment of anger, Stetson does the unthinkable: he hacks their names from the tree. That’s when everything in his rural hometown goes from boring to bizarre. Shadows flicker where they shouldn’t. Strangers pass by like he’s not even there. And some people stop seeing him altogether. With just two months left in Penango and his college dream slipping away, Stetson races to uncover the tree’s secrets before he vanishes for good. But when he meets a boy only he can see—a boy who may have secrets of his own—Stetson begins to wonder if breaking free from his hometown means letting go of everything or learning to hold on to what matters. WITHIN THESE COUNTY LINES is a queer coming-of-age novel about the unraveling of first love, hometown magic, and how sometimes we can’t uncover the truth about others without confronting the truth about ourselves.

ebook • 100 copies • US & Canada

LemonLime commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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This or That PB and reading version! 📖

I thought it would be funny for everyone to play this little game that came to my mind, but with a PB and reading theme.

Reading at night OR reading in the morning
Book forums OR PB club
E-books OR physical books
Funny posts OR analytical posts
Audiobooks OR e-books
Reading while traveling OR reading at home
Most discussed books OR least discussed books
Writing reviews OR posting on forums
Annotations OR no annotations
DNF reviews OR read all 100% reviews
PB app version OR PB web version

Edited to add one more. 🙃 The one I'm most curious to see your answers is the last one. HAVE FUN! Hope you enjoy. 😄

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100% only spoilers and I didn’t like the book.

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100% only spoilers and I didn’t like the book.

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LemonLime

Jul 22, 2026

The Women

2.0

Enjoyment: 1.5Quality: 1.5Characters: 0.5Plot: 2.0Audiobook: 2.0

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The authors voice and opinions come through the MC so strongly that the main character her friends and her loves never develop any depth. Clearly this is a complex topic and women’s stories need to be told. Unfortunately this is a historical fiction whose plot is only forwarded by the MC characters interactions with men. She’s always needing to be “saved” she’s always naive and she always trying to find selfowrth from others.

POC characters are walking stereotypes :(

It makes sense why people are loving it. Cinematic writing. High stakes (pain, danger, heroism ideology, women can do anything, savour romance). The ideas are only introduced though simple repeatable sentences. There’s no depth. The book even starts reflection on itself at the 90% in a self awareness of the book coming to a close way. It’s just a bit too superficial while pouring the trauma porn on thick.

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