MoDos_thrill

she/her Based in Germany Mostly reading Thriller/Horror (light ones 😬) and sapphic romance. Trying to leave my comfort zone more often.

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Best of the list

Even tho I read many thriller I only finished 3 of this list. Just curious… which one would be everyone’s first pick out of this 10?

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melbdx

Book recos to learn English

Hi guys 🤗 my boyfriend is in the process of learning English. Do you have any recommendations for easy (teen) books to learn English in the fantasy/medieval genre? That would be very appreciated! P.S: he’s not so much into reading, so something pretty straightforward and fun to read 😅

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Hijab Butch Blues

Lamya H.

A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from stories in the Quran in this daring, provocative, and radically hopeful memoir. When fourteen-year-old Lamya H realizes she has a crush on her teacher--her female teacher--she covers up her attraction, an attraction she can't yet name, by playing up her roles as overachiever and class clown. Born in South Asia, she moved to the Middle East at a young age and has spent years feeling out of place, like her own desires and dreams don't matter, and it's easier to hide in plain sight. To disappear. But one day in Quran class, she reads a passage about Maryam that changes everything: when Maryam learned that she was pregnant, she insisted no man had touched her. Could Maryam, uninterested in men, be . . . like Lamya? From that moment on, Lamya makes sense of her struggles and triumphs by comparing her experiences with some of the most famous stories in the Quran. She juxtaposes her coming out with Musa liberating his people from the pharoah; asks if Allah, who is neither male nor female, might instead be nonbinary; and, drawing on the faith and hope Nuh needed to construct his ark, begins to build a life of her own--ultimately finding that the answer to her lifelong quest for community and belonging lies in owning her identity as a queer, devout Muslim immigrant. This searingly intimate memoir in essays, spanning Lamya's childhood to her arrival in the United States for college through early-adult life in New York City, tells a universal story of courage, trust, and love, celebrating what it means to be a seeker and an architect of one's own life.

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melbdx

Book recos to learn English

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Loving Outside the Lines

Abigail Taylor

Janie is recently divorced from her husband of twenty-plus years and realizes she has no idea who she is. She always defined herself by her titles of wife and mother, but now she's finally free from living for other people.As she tries to put the pieces of her life back together, she has to navigate the uncharted waters of newfound independence, which is scary because she is so used to being the caregiver for everyone else. When she encounters Brooke, a free-spirited and vivacious younger woman, Janie realizes she has a lot to learn about herself and her desires.Brooke is an artist who wants to help others live up to their potential but fails to follow her own advice. She's scarred by the rejection from her parents, but she's not broken.As she and Janie cross paths, an unexpected and undeniable connection blossoms. Together, they unravel the layers of their pasts, confronting the demons that have held them captive.In Loving Outside the Lines, Janie and Brooke learn that true liberation lies in accepting and embracing themselves. But can they break through the complexities of their pasts and build a future together, or will the weight of societal judgment and personal insecurities threaten to pull them apart? Find out in this heartwarming tale of love, resilience, and the transformative power of self-discovery.

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makiki

A little rant about translations

One thing i can never understand when things are translated is when titles are changed!! This goes for books and movies... why is this necessary?! I always feel like i'm fighting to find the original title.

For example, I really try to read in Korean, but I also like to see if it's been translated into English. Typically the English translations have way more ratings/reviews so i feel like it gives me a better idea of what i'm getting into. Recently I read Hunger by Choi Jin Young... but the Korean title is literally translated as "Gu's Proof." I was looking at books by Seo Mi Ae last night (thanks to a lovely user here who told me where I can find online Korean ebooks), and i'm trying to figure out which books of hers are on Goodreads (so I can add them here). WELL TURNS OUT she's the author of The Only Child, which I wanted to read! So then I had to go on a hunt to figure out what the Korean title was.. which FINALLY I figured out (it literally translates to "Goodnight Mom").

Anyways why do they do this 🥲 is there any real reason they need to change the titles?

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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

Steve Brusatte

The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today they remain one of our planet’s great mysteries. Now The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs reveals their extraordinary, 200-million-year-long story as never before. In this captivating narrative (enlivened with more than seventy original illustrations and photographs), Steve Brusatte, a young American paleontologist who has emerged as one of the foremost stars of the field—naming fifteen new species and leading groundbreaking scientific studies and fieldwork—masterfully tells the complete, surprising, and new history of the dinosaurs, drawing on cutting-edge science to dramatically bring to life their lost world and illuminate their enigmatic origins, spectacular flourishing, astonishing diversity, cataclysmic extinction, and startling living legacy. Captivating and revelatory, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is a book for the ages. Brusatte traces the evolution of dinosaurs from their inauspicious start as small shadow dwellers—themselves the beneficiaries of a mass extinction caused by volcanic eruptions at the beginning of the Triassic period—into the dominant array of species every wide-eyed child memorizes today, T. rex, Triceratops, Brontosaurus, and more. This gifted scientist and writer re-creates the dinosaurs’ peak during the Jurassic and Cretaceous, when thousands of species thrived, and winged and feathered dinosaurs, the prehistoric ancestors of modern birds, emerged. The story continues to the end of the Cretaceous period, when a giant asteroid or comet struck the planet and nearly every dinosaur species (but not all) died out, in the most extraordinary extinction event in earth’s history, one full of lessons for today as we confront a “sixth extinction.” Brusatte also recalls compelling stories from his globe-trotting expeditions during one of the most exciting eras in dinosaur research—which he calls “a new golden age of discovery”—and offers thrilling accounts of some of the remarkable findings he and his colleagues have made, including primitive human-sized tyrannosaurs; monstrous carnivores even larger than T. rex; and paradigm-shifting feathered raptors from China. An electrifying scientific history that unearths the dinosaurs’ epic saga, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs will be a definitive and treasured account for decades to come.

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The Decagon House Murders (House Murders, #1)

Yukito Ayatsuji

The lonely, rockbound island of Tsunojima is notorious as the site of a series of bloody unsolved murders. Some even say it’s haunted. One thing’s for sure: it’s the perfect destination for the K-University Mystery Club’s annual trip. But when the first club member turns up dead, the remaining amateur sleuths realise they will need all of their murder-mystery expertise to get off the island alive. As the party are picked off one by one, the survivors grow desperate and paranoid, turning on each other. Will anyone be able to untangle the murderer’s fiendish plan before it’s too late?

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MoDos_thrill

Mar 07, 2026

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

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I really enjoyed this book. As I am not a big fan of fantasy I didn’t know what to expect but it does not have a ton of fantasy elements. A great new telling of a well known fairytale.

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Cinderella Is Dead

Kalynn Bayron

It’s 200 years after Cinderella found her prince, but the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball, where the men of the kingdom select wives based on a girl’s display of finery. If a suitable match is not found, the girls not chosen are never heard from again. Sixteen-year-old Sophia would much rather marry Erin, her childhood best friend, than parade in front of suitors. At the ball, Sophia makes the desperate decision to flee, and finds herself hiding in Cinderella’s mausoleum. There, she meets Constance, the last known descendant of Cinderella and her step sisters. Together they vow to bring down the king once and for all–and in the process, they learn that there’s more to Cinderella’s story than they ever knew . . . This fresh take on a classic story will make readers question the tales they’ve been told, and root for girls to break down the constructs of the world around them.

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MoDos_thrill commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

perrestone

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Gayest book Recs?

Spicy gay book recs please! (With tons of cussing!)

You know why I’m asking 😂

Editing this for the people who don’t know the lore there was a post about wanting “clean” , “low lgbt” books with little to no cussing and I had too post this to combat that. Anyone who saw my comment on the og post knows I don’t actually like spice in my lit (fan fic and 🌽 fill that particular void) but some of these recommendations sound wildly interesting (I somehow haven’t seen any chuck tingle yet?! But I’m still working though the comments)

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Best of the list

Even tho I read many thriller I only finished 3 of this list. Just curious… which one would be everyone’s first pick out of this 10?

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vulpecula

Weekly Bookworm Question (Week 5)

I can't believe it's been over a month since I started doing this. I feel like it was just January. I hope the week has been kind to everyone here!

Today's Bookworm Question is: It's Women's History Month! What are your favorite books about women (memoirs or in history). Alternatively, if you're not a big nonfiction/history reader, who are your favorite female characters?

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Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn

This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780307588371 Who are you? What have we done to each other? These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they weren't made by him. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?

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Best of the list

Even tho I read many thriller I only finished 3 of this list. Just curious… which one would be everyone’s first pick out of this 10?

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arananas

Sapphic romance with spring vibes?

Hi everyone! I read a lot of dark, heavy books and I was thinking that a nice romance with spring vibes (either taking place in the spring or something sweet and heartwearming) could be a great way to break up my reading a bit and celebrate the season.

I was looking through this quests' picks, but I don't read much romance and there are so many options here that I have no idea where to start! Would someone have a recommendation for me?

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