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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)

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The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

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Finally opening this book and the first thing I see is “Introduction by Neil Gaiman”… you know, I would actually prefer not to know what that man thinks.

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Animal Farm

George Orwell

Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here. A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned –a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible. When Animal Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was seen as its target. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell’s masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh.

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Fictional(?) Dystopian Societies

Bronze: Finished 5 Main Quest books.

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Feb 24, 2026

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

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Truly a fever dream. The beginning had me interested, the middle lost me a bit and the end had me glued to the pages.

To me this felt less like following story and more like hearing someone's thoughts about a story. Samantha was quite a frustrating main character. Not necessarily unlikeable to me because she's just devoid of any real personality. She's stuck in her edgy I'm-not-like-other-girls phase while being incredibly insecure which I can deal with but what I took issue with is her lack of action and agency in her own story. She doesn't really do anything, stuff just happens to her. The writing style was a little repetitive but there were a lot funny sentences and overall it was enjoyable to read. I'm probably gonna pick up the second book but I'm not rushing.

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Other Hobbies

We are on Pagebound so I know we all love reading. What are your other passions/hobbies besides reading.

I have two big ones.

I love buying and watching movies. In particular Criterion Editions or small boutique companies like Shout Factory or Arrow. I am particularly fond of older movies especially if the discs have lots of special features for me to watch. This weekend I watched Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes and Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity.

Board Games is my other. My wife and I play a lot of board games. Lately we have been playing Elder Scrolls.

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Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage

Rachel E. Gross

A scientific journey to the center of the new female body. The Latin term for the female genitalia, pudendum, means “parts for which you should be ashamed.” Until 1651, ovaries were called female testicles. The fallopian tubes are named for a man. Named, claimed, and shamed: Welcome to the story of the female body, as penned by men. Today, a new generation of (mostly) women scientists is finally redrawing the map. With modern tools and fresh perspectives, they’re looking at the organs traditionally bound up in reproduction—the uterus, ovaries, vagina—and seeing within them a new biology of change and resilience. Through their eyes, journalist Rachel E. Gross takes readers on an anatomical odyssey to the center of this new world—a world where the uterus regrows itself, ovaries pump out fresh eggs, and the clitoris pulses beneath the surface like a shimmering pyramid of nerves. Full of wit and wonder, Vagina Obscura is a celebratory testament to how the landscape of knowledge can be rewritten to better serve everyone.

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Author Blurbs or Endorsements on Book Covers

Do author blurbs or endorsements on the front or back cover of a book influence you to read or not to read a book? Or do you not typically look at author blurbs or endorsements?

If you do look at author blurbs or endorsements, have there been any that you felt encapsulated what a reader should expect or that were well done? Or an author whose blurb/endorsements you find to typically help you find a new favorite read?

Personally, I have stopped looking at author blurbs/endorsements on covers since going into a book with preconceived expectations set by a different author in a sentence or two typically leads to a lower rating from me. However, I do follow some authors and their longer endorsement posts have influenced me to pick up books & will likely continue to do so.

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Do you listen to music while reading? If so what kinds? And if not why?

I can't read without having backround music. It helps me focus even if I start singing along with the music at some point, I still continue reading. I found this out when I started getting into books. I found myself reading and understanding the books with more ease and with a faster pace while listening to music. I usually listen to shoegaze, indie, synthpop, electronic, metalgaze, actually any type of gaze and electronic. Maybe sometimes I sprinke in some rock and alternative rock and punk. It really depends on my playlist. Even songs with lyrics are fine for me!🎶🎶

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Lord of the Flies

William Golding

At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate; this far from civilization the boys can do anything they want. Anything. They attempt to forge their own society, failing, however, in the face of terror, sin and evil. And as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far from reality as the hope of being rescued. Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, even a vision of the apocalypse, Lord of the Flies is perhaps our most memorable novel about “the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart.”

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The Lovely Bones

Alice Sebold

"My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973." So begins the story of Susie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a place that is not at all what she expected, even as she is watching life on earth continue without her -- her friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her killer trying to cover his tracks, her grief-stricken family unraveling. Out of unspeakable tragedy and loss, The Lovely Bones succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy.

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Goddess of the River

Vaishnavi Patel

A powerful reimagining of the story of Ganga, goddess of the river, and her doomed mortal son, from Vaishnavi Patel, author of the instant New York Times bestseller Kaikeyi . A mother and a son. A goddess and a prince. A curse and an oath. A river whose course will change the fate of the world. Ganga, joyful goddess of the river, serves as caretaker to the mischievous godlings who roam her banks. But when their antics incur the wrath of a powerful sage, Ganga is cursed to become mortal, bound to her human form until she fulfills the obligations of the curse. Though she knows nothing of mortal life, Ganga weds King Shantanu and becomes a queen, determined to regain her freedom no matter the cost. But in a cruel turn of fate, just as she is freed of her binding, she is forced to leave her infant son behind. Her son, prince Devavrata, unwittingly carries the legacy of Ganga’s curse. And when he makes an oath that he will never claim his father’s throne, he sets in motion a chain of events that will end in a terrible and tragic war. As the years unfold, Ganga and Devavrata are drawn together again and again, each confluence another step on a path that has been written in the stars, in this deeply moving and masterful tale of duty, destiny, and the unwavering bond between mother and son.

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Hungerstone

Kat Dunn

The fiercest, most powerful novel of 2025. For what do you hunger . . .?Lenore is the wife of steel magnate Henry, but ten years into their marriage the relationship has soured, and no child has arrived to fill the distance growing between them. Henry's ambitions take them from London to Sheffield, and with his success hinged on a hunt, an old tradition looms over the home; the hunt is a time to settle old scores. If a bullet finds a human home, then it is only that they were foolish to become prey. In the weeks leading up to the hunt, a carriage accident near their remote home brings the mysterious Carmilla into Lenore's life. Carmilla, who is weak and pale during the day but vibrant at night, Carmilla who will not eat meals with the family, Carmilla who stirs up a hunger deep within Lenore. Soon girls from local villages begin to fall sick before being consumed by a terrible hunger . . .Set against the violent wilderness of the Peaks and the uncontrolled appetite of the industrial revolution HUNGERSTONE is a compulsive feminist reworking of CARMILLA, the book that inspired a captivating story of appetite and desire.

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Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find—her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region. Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin’s new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemí’s dreams with visions of blood and doom. Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family’s youngest son. Shy and gentle, he seems to want to help Noemí, but might also be hiding dark knowledge of his family’s past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. The family’s once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness. And Noemí, mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.

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Social Worker Book Recommendations

I'm a social work student and I would like to read more fiction and non fiction that could give me a better understanding of the world and different perspectives. Do you guys have any book recommendations you think I should read as a future social worker?

Edit: thank you everyone for the amazing recommendations, I made a list with every books you guys mentioned, it will really help me and other future social workers in our learning process.

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What is a book that you were excited to read but ended up being really disappointing?

As someone with a never-ending tbr, I know there are some books on my list that I’ve been so excited to get to and they end up being absolutely amazing, and then sometimes end up being absolute duds. What are some books that you were excited to read and then ended up being disappointed by?

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The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, the lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers—and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.

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