As I start to get through some of the limited time quests (specifically the Leigh Bardugo one), my completionist mindset is really wondering if it's possible to complete all the quests available. As of now, there are 108 quests all with a range of about 8-80 (maybe more) books each with some overlap between. I am wondering if it would be worth it/possible to finish every book from every list. I don't know, has anyone gotten close? Anyone have any recommendations on where to start? I'm open to all genres and styles. I'm willing to read anything from children's books to classical novels.

Last quarter, we trialed a new way to create Quests. Lists were nominated by Pagebound Royalty, the entire community voted, and 3 Quests inspired by 3 winning Lists were created.

It’s time to do it again 🎉 How this will work:

1. Royalty members can nominate a List (their own or any community List) that would make a great starting point for a Quest. Royalty members will receive a notification today with a link to a form to fill out by EOD June 23rd to nominate. The form will include context about what makes for a great Quest. Folks who join Royalty through June 23rd will receive an email with a link to the form.
2. The entire Pagebound community will then vote on which nominated Lists will inspire Quests. Everyone will receive a notification on June 24th with a link to vote.
3. The creators of 3 winning Lists will be emailed and can accept/reject.
4. If they accept, we will create a Quest inspired by their List, adapting the title & book list if necessary to fit Quest guidelines (for example, if a List has 20 books, we will reduce it to 15 for a Side Quest; if a List includes all 7 books of a series, we would put book 1).

We will be introducing another avenue to Quest creation in the fall: community-voted User of the Month (exact language TBD). The entire PB community can nominate a user they believe embodies PB values. The user with the most nominations will be awarded a badge and the ability to create 1 Quest.

The community-voted List winners and future Users of the Month will be listed as the Quest creator, and for Main Quests, this means they’ll be able to add new releases over time (capped at 100 books). The evergreen nature of Main Quests ensures their relevancy for many years to come, but of course, that’s a big commitment to ask of a Quest creator, so Jennifer & I are always available to take over curation if the original creator becomes inactive.

Looking forward to seeing the wonderful Lists that get nominated!

Jennifer & Lucy

i've been using this platform for many many months now and have participated in many a readalong, and so i want to ask everyone else. what is your favourite book that you've read thanks to the readalong choices of the past and present?

i've participated in winter 2026, spring 2026 and summer 2026. out of all of the books i've read for it, my favourite of them all so far is when we lost our heads by heather o'neil. i can't wait to see your choices!

I'm a public librarian and soooo much of my life outside of libraries is being surprised and disappointed with how bad libraries are at promoting themselves to both non-users and even regular patrons! I thought it could be fun to have a little post where I could try to answer any questions you've had about public libraries or librarianship (other librarians please pipe in! I don't know everything!)

Ask away! No stupid questions!

How is everyone organizing their physical books? I am having such crisis over this haha. I currently have it mostly organized by genre, but there is sooo much overlap in genre for each book that it's starting not to make sense.

I have genre & author grouped together, but it still feels chaotic because of all the overlap in genre. As someone who has a lot of lit fic books and a tinge of the perfectionism around organization, I am struggling. 😬😬

hieee <3 when was the last time a book had you so hooked you stayed up late into the night even though you knew you had to get up on time the next day? and what book was it? it’s honestly been a looong time since i’ve been so into a book that that has happened, but last night i was up until midnight reading the harriet tubman live in concert book! (that’s late for me!)

Spent the weekend playing Stardew Valley and tending to my irl garden, what are your other hobbies outside of reading?

Well my friends at this time next week I will be in London enjoying my first retirement trip. I will then be heading to Edinburgh, Dublin, and Galway. I would love to hear a shout out to the bookstores I should visit. I am also interested in any book or reading adjacent things you think my wife and I should check out. I will be putting g together a list and mapping it out so that I don’t drive my wife to crazy.

so many of these have been on my tbr for sooooo long, maybe a quest will motivate me to actually read them!

I enjoyed the Divine Rivals duology by this author but I definitely wanted more world building in that.

I’m hoping for: ✅ rivals to lovers ✅ a propulsive fantasy story ✅ detailed world building that I can escape into

Also the map having the straightest line made me laugh