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SamsSapphicReads

26✨ she/her, A lover of queer books🤍 Booktok: SamsSapphicReads

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The Sorceror's Lament

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  • When Love Comes Around
    SamsSapphicReads
    Oct 05, 2025
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 4.0Characters: 3.0Plot: 3.5

    3.75 ⭐️ rounded up

    Anytime Radclyffe is involved I gotta get my hands on it. I really enjoyed the background information for both Maya and Nolan because it felt like I got to know the characters better to understand their decisions.

    Nolan is a recovering alcoholic who takes everything one day at a time, and Maya is a grieving widow who moves back to home to where her family is for a fresh start.

    There was a lot of hurt and healing from both sides and it was really beautiful to see the acceptance on both sides to allow the other to heal and hurt on their own timeline.

    Where it fell flat a little bit was the relationship side between the two MCs. I felt a lack of connection a bit with the two of them and the flirting came off as cheesy and kind of mediocre. They just didn’t fit like puzzle pieces for me.

    It was bothersome to see the side characters pushing both MCs from taking the chance with one another, but then would turn around and support them with their decisions. I didn’t care much for the side characters because they were confusing on what they thought was best for both Nolan and Maya.

    Overall it was a pretty moving and solid storyline and definitely put me through some sad emotions, it really hit hard at times. Maya was such a strong character to be able to do the things she got through, I couldn’t even imagine trying to move on from such a different part in life.

    Thank you Netgalley and Bold Stroked for the ARC!

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    I love you radclyffe but i’m getting bored 😭

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    As Many Souls as Stars

    As Many Souls as Stars

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    my hearttttttt😭 it hurts

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    Ugh they’re both in so much pain😭 my heart hurts for them

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  • SamsSapphicReads commented on Trishla's update

    Trishla completed their yearly reading goal of 16 books!

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    Trishla's 2025 Reading Challenge

    16 of 16 read
    Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch, #1)
    Blood Over Bright Haven
    Precious Hazard (Perfectly Imperfect, #11)
    Archer's Voice
    Flawless (Chestnut Springs, #1)
    Heartless (Chestnut Springs, #2)
    Powerless  (Chestnut Springs, #3)
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  • A Curse Bright and Breathing: A Sapphic Vampire Romantasy (Her Fangs in My Heart Book 2)
    SamsSapphicReads
    Oct 03, 2025
    2.0
    Enjoyment: 1.5Quality: 1.5Characters: 2.5Plot: 3.0
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    I tried so hard to enjoy this because of the reviews I saw, but I really had to drag myself to finish it.

    There was nothing wrong with the storyline specifically, in fact the story itself was easy to follow and had enough action. I just struggled with other parts of the book.

    Starting off I got a lot of predator and prey vibes, which did make me a bit uncomfortable but I was able to get past that.

    The problem was there was so many unnecessary words. I mean it was overly descriptive about every little thing, which made it feel super exaggerated. This book probably would’ve been a lot shorter without all of the extra added stuff.

    I might be alone in this, but this really just wasn’t for me :/

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  • SamsSapphicReads commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • Do we still lend books? 🥵

    Hey, page-turners 🤗 So, I used to lend out my physical books without even a second thought (now I only read ebooks and audiobooks, which means I don't have that problem anymore). But, man, not everyone’s in a rush to give them back, are they?

    There was this one time I bought an absolutely beautiful art book when I was at the Louvre (felt super fancy, not gonna lie), and I let a friend borrow it. He loved art as much as I did, or so I thought. Yeah, that book never made its way back to me. The worst part? I barely even got to look through it myself. Ugh, talk about regret. 🤦‍♂️

    What about you? Are you cool with lending your books out, or do you kind of feel like you’re just saying goodbye forever? 📖😊

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  • A Curse Bright and Breathing: A Sapphic Vampire Romantasy (Her Fangs in My Heart Book 2)
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    Hate to say it but it I’m ready for this to end already😭

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  • SamsSapphicReads commented on MadHoney's update

    MadHoney completed their yearly reading goal of 52 books!

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    MadHoney's 2025 Reading Challenge

    54 of 52 read
    The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
    The Spellshop
    A Dowry of Blood (A Dowry of Blood, #1)
    The World According to Cunk: An Illustrated History of All World Events Ever, Space Permitting
    The Scattered Bones: A Dark Fantasy Romance
    The Memory Police
    Blood Over Bright Haven
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    Heyy!! I'm new here!! Please teach me 🥹

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  • SamsSapphicReads commented on a post from the Founder Announcements forum

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  • The App is live!!

    I am over the moon to share that the app is officially live on both iOS and Android!!

    We've quite literally poured our blood, sweat and (lots of) tears into the app development over the past 9 months and we could not be more thrilled for everyone to experience it!

    We're still being indexed in app store search so you may have to scroll to find us, or type in Pagebound: Social Book Tracker. Here's links to iOS and Android: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pagebound-social-book-tracker/id6751526412 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.pagebound.app

    There are quite a few improvements and new features in the app, including:

    • Book Journeys (click the map icon on the book cards in your library and other user's library to see their posts, comments, and updates for a specific book)
    • Quick access to "add to plan"
    • Filtering your activity on profile
    • Save posts
    • upgraded Read Dates editing

    This is the first release, so there will be many more additions and improvements to come. (PS for Android users: we're aware of two bugs related to library imports from Goodreads/Storygraph, and issues with editing read dates - these have already been resolved and are pending Google approval for release.)

    We owe a huge thank you to our beta testers who worked diligently over the last month to report hundreds of bugs and help us get the app prepared for release. A huge round of applause to them.

    We hope you love the app as much as we do; it definitely makes engaging on PB so much more convenient and fun. If you have a great experience with the app, we'd love if you'd consider supporting us through Pagebound Royalty; Lucy and I have worked for $0 over the past year to bring the app and website to fruition, and have been covering business costs with our savings accounts. Your contribution means we can continue to work full-time on Pagebound without influence from investors or advertisers, and keep Pagebound 100% for readers by readers. Thank you so much to all the Royalty who have already contributed; it truly means the world to us and keeps Pagebound online!

    ok now go download the app and tell us what you think!

    Happy Reading, Jennifer & Lucy

    PS - leaving us a review in app stores also helps tremendously :)

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