MagPiper's avatar

MagPiper

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

1476 points

0% overlap
Spring 2025 Readalong
Top Contributor
LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Reading...The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery
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

Post from the LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi & Fantasy forum

4h
  • 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!

    9
    comments 2
    Reply
  • MagPiper commented on a post

    5h
  • Oh my GOD this badge design is incredible

    That's it that's the post

    20
    comments 2
    Reply
  • MagPiper commented on MagPiper's update

    MagPiper commented on a post

    2d
  • 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

    9
    comments 9
    Reply
  • MagPiper commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

    3d
  • 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.

    9
    comments 16
    Reply
  • MagPiper commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

    3d
  • 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?

    8
    comments 11
    Reply
  • MagPiper commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

    1w
  • 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?

    3
    comments 16
    Reply
  • MagPiper commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

    1w
  • When to DNF?

    How long do you give a book before DNFing? I usually give it 100 pages, and only go further if it has enough potential that it *might* get better. If the book is especially poorly written or I really don’t like it, it might be a lot less 😂

    10
    comments 30
    Reply
  • MagPiper commented on a post from the Founder Announcements forum

    1w
  • Pride Readalong + Product & Dev Update (5/20/25)

    Hi everyone! We have some product updates to share: 1. We're launching the first Special Event readalong on June 1st with a Pride Month Readalong! You'll get a special Pride 2025 badge for reading 1 of the 5 books in the readalong and posting or commenting in the forum. There's a link to the selections on the Discuss page; all selected books were written by LGBTQ+ authors. We're excited to celebrate Pride and the community with this special event :) 2. You can now search in the forums! Shoutout to Devin for this feature. We recommend sticking to keywords rather than full sentences for search 3. You will now see a warning message when posting about a book you're currently reading without entering the progress % or page #. This info is required for forum sorting by progress; we allow and encourage title editing (ie adding a chapter or quip to the title) 😊 + various bug fixes Happy reading, Jennifer + Lucy 💜💙

    118
    comments 39
    Reply
  • MagPiper finished reading and wrote a review...

    1w
  • Luminous
    MagPiper
    May 20, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: Quality: Characters: Plot:

    Speechless. I'll be back to write a proper review later, but wow. What an intense celebration of grief, memory, and what it means to be human.

    3
    comments 0
    Reply
  • Post from the Luminous forum

    2w
  • Luminous
    Thoughts from 85% (page 329)

    It's been a long time since I loved a book so much I genuinely didn't want to reach the end and have it all be over.

    1
    comments 0
    Reply
  • MagPiper commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

    2w
  • Would you rather...

    Inspired by blush's post, would you rather not see the cover of the book or not see the blurb on the back? So either the cover or the back of the book will be blank.

    13
    comments 31
    Reply
  • MagPiper commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

    2w
  • Cinderella retelling recs

    Just saw the recent Bridgerton S4 preview and oh my gosh, that got me so excited again but I don't think I can wait for 2026 and I already finished and re-read AOFAG. Does anyone have any cinderella retelling recs? Doesn't have to be just historical romance.

    6
    comments 23
    Reply
  • MagPiper commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

    2w
  • Is It Harder to Trust Book Reviews? Thoughts?

    I feel like I used to be able to rely on reviews and book recommendations SO much more than I can now. I joined Goodreads in 2012, and back then, when a book had a 4+ star rating, there was an almost guarantee that I would at least like the book enough to finish it. Nowadays, I feel it's a 50/50 shot at best. I don't know if BookTok or the obsession with books that primarily focus on smut rather than substance has anything to do with it (don't get me wrong, I do like my smut from time to time), but I'm curious if anyone else feels similarly. One of the main reasons I love PageBound is that the platform isn't completely saturated with the same kinds of readers, and there is an opportunity to rate books on more than one aspect. I think it's great to be able to rate how much you enjoyed a book separately from its quality (which I know quality is also going to be based on opinion, but at least there is an opportunity to separate the two a little).

    18
    comments 53
    Reply
  • Post from the Luminous forum

    3w
  • Luminous
    Thoughts from 29% (page 112)

    Is this going to be my new favorite book? It's making a strong bid for the spot. I think this one has absolutely flown under the radar — it's so beautifully written and has incredibly complex characters but I haven't really seen anyone talking about it

    2
    comments 1
    Reply