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MagPiper

I'm Mags 📚🌈 queer autistic book reviewer, grad student, + publishing intern

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Spring 2025 Readalong
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LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Reading...Red Rabbit Ghost
My Taste
These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1)
Hell Followed With Us
Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)
The Spear Cuts Through Water
Luminous

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  • Let's grow this collection!

    I'm so delighted this quest is live and populated! My goal is to curate a reading list of all various speculative worlds filled with queer characters and gender-diverse cultures. So to that end, I've got a few questions for you: 1) What's your favorite LGBTQ+ book in a fantasy/sci-fi/speculative genre? 2) Which upcoming book of the same sort are you most excited for? And, if you're a long-time reader: 3) Which book would you recommend a first-time reader of the genre? 4) Which hidden gem would you recommend for a fellow seasoned reader? Thanks for joining, and I can't wait to read and discuss books with you all!

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  • Asian Lit Quest?

    Hi everyone! I’m new to pagebound and loving it so far 💛 wondering if there are any quests catered to asian literature? I couldn’t find any and thought it would be a good inclusion. Been meaning to read more asian lit books and having a quest would definitely help with that. Otherwise, does anyone have any good recs for asian lit? :) ps; looking for new friends here too!!

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  • Let's grow this collection!

    I'm so delighted this quest is live and populated! My goal is to curate a reading list of all various speculative worlds filled with queer characters and gender-diverse cultures. So to that end, I've got a few questions for you: 1) What's your favorite LGBTQ+ book in a fantasy/sci-fi/speculative genre? 2) Which upcoming book of the same sort are you most excited for? And, if you're a long-time reader: 3) Which book would you recommend a first-time reader of the genre? 4) Which hidden gem would you recommend for a fellow seasoned reader? Thanks for joining, and I can't wait to read and discuss books with you all!

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  • Favorite read of June so far?

    How has everyone's June been? Read anything good? My favorite so far is my reread of the Outsiders since it has been my favorite book since 8th grade when I had to read it!

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    Red Rabbit Ghost

    Red Rabbit Ghost

    Jen Julian

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  • Let's grow this collection!

    I'm so delighted this quest is live and populated! My goal is to curate a reading list of all various speculative worlds filled with queer characters and gender-diverse cultures. So to that end, I've got a few questions for you: 1) What's your favorite LGBTQ+ book in a fantasy/sci-fi/speculative genre? 2) Which upcoming book of the same sort are you most excited for? And, if you're a long-time reader: 3) Which book would you recommend a first-time reader of the genre? 4) Which hidden gem would you recommend for a fellow seasoned reader? Thanks for joining, and I can't wait to read and discuss books with you all!

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  • The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery
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    Jun 02, 2025
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    Enjoyment: Quality: Characters: Plot:

    The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery is a campy horror-fantasy that is in turns ridiculous and horrifying. Thing start to go wrong for Gwendolyn, a high-powered publicist, when her star-studded events are sabotaged by mysterious means. At the same time, Fonsi, a queer psychic shopkeeper in a forbidden relationship with a ghost, discovers that the line between the human world and the place beyond is becoming dangerously thin, and Gwendolyn might be the only one who can save New York from an incoming horde of ghosts. I really loved the premise, and Gwendolyn and Fonsi were both sympathetic and likable characters to follow; the sabotaging of Gwendolyn's events and Fonsi's ghost affair were great starts that pulled me in. Unfortunately, though, the story suffered from an overload of flashbacks and memory scenes that really dragged down the pacing, so I sort of lost interest by the time I got into the second half and things started coming together. Still, if a ghostly romp through NYC sounds like a good time, this one might be for you! —— Is it queer? Yes! Is it diverse? Yes! How long did it take? Totally forgot to time this one, my bad.

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  • Let's grow this collection!

    I'm so delighted this quest is live and populated! My goal is to curate a reading list of all various speculative worlds filled with queer characters and gender-diverse cultures. So to that end, I've got a few questions for you: 1) What's your favorite LGBTQ+ book in a fantasy/sci-fi/speculative genre? 2) Which upcoming book of the same sort are you most excited for? And, if you're a long-time reader: 3) Which book would you recommend a first-time reader of the genre? 4) Which hidden gem would you recommend for a fellow seasoned reader? Thanks for joining, and I can't wait to read and discuss books with you all!

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  • Let's grow this collection!

    I'm so delighted this quest is live and populated! My goal is to curate a reading list of all various speculative worlds filled with queer characters and gender-diverse cultures. So to that end, I've got a few questions for you: 1) What's your favorite LGBTQ+ book in a fantasy/sci-fi/speculative genre? 2) Which upcoming book of the same sort are you most excited for? And, if you're a long-time reader: 3) Which book would you recommend a first-time reader of the genre? 4) Which hidden gem would you recommend for a fellow seasoned reader? Thanks for joining, and I can't wait to read and discuss books with you all!

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  • The Song of Achilles
    Thoughts from 55%

    I love love love this story. I HATE the audiobook narration. Why does Achilles sound like a middle aged man when he's literally a child

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  • Help (book rec pls)

    Hey guys. This might be a bit too deep. But I’ve been feeling really shit lately. I’m autistic, but for a long while I’ve been pushing through. I’ve been focused on working out, eating good, spending time with my family. I can feel my autism pulling me into isolation. I am so tired all the time. I’m dreading a future filled with this awful feeling. There isn’t really anything to be done that would help enough. I need a book that will both distract me, and devastate me at the same time. I need to fall into someone else’s despair. Do you know what I mean? If anyone has something that might help with that, please tell me. Much love.

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  • Queerness x reading observation

    I'm queer and have mostly queer friends apart from friends from work or sport, and I've noticed that friends who are part of the LGBTQ+ community, especially those who identify as queer, read a lot more than my straight cis friends. Part of me thinks it's escapism and seeking representation and then also being informed (mostly from nonfiction or fiction which touches on reality). Any thoughts? Are other friendship circles similar or is this just a coincidence?

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  • Book buying ban tips

    I've been buying so many books lately, either because they've just come out and I want to read it right away or I've just been finding really good deals that I know I won't find again, and while I always buy books with a conscience mind and at the best price I can find, I also don't want to keep buying books knowing I already have so many on my shelves. I want to try going on a buying ban, but at the same time there's so many new releases and cheap deals that it gets hard to not fall into the temptation. If you are/have been on a book buying ban, what's your secret? Do you set goals for yourself or have any way to motivate yourself to not spend money on books? Or is it really just a self control kind of thing?

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