I just noticed the name of the first chapter as I literally finished it. A field of flowers?? Really? 😭 This definitely adds to the deep sadness and heartbreak of this chapter. Who knew one could be this attached to characters they barely even knew? I know I didn't... sighs Damn...

Technically not even on page 1, but the book sent me to the back for the trigger warning list. Either this is going to be some deep, dark emotional shit or we're in snowflake country.

Hey everyone! Right now I'm reading "Replaceable You" by Mary Roach. Each chapter is exploring different medical marvels and ways that we as humans have done sometimes cool and sometimes kooky things to our bodies. I love sharing quotes and details and I would love to get some discussion going, but I'm curious- do you guys think its worth tagging spoilers on nonfiction? Like, if I want to discuss Gaspare Tagliacozzi who is mentioned in Ch1, would you guys consider that a spoiler?

I lean towards not tagging them as spoilers, but I still want to be respectful of others.

WTF 😱 Need a literal and figurative palate cleanser now.

how long until this is adapted into a film that takes me 4 months to get through

Look. Do I want to read this book? NO. Have I decided, based on absolutely nothing but a wish and a dream, that I want the sporkle sporkle badge of halloweeny coolness? Yes.

I just noticed the name of the first chapter as I literally finished it. A field of flowers?? Really? 😭 This definitely adds to the deep sadness and heartbreak of this chapter. Who knew one could be this attached to characters they barely even knew? I know I didn't... sighs Damn...

What do you mean I am a few pages in and already want to put a bunch of quotes here?? I saw a lot of posts with quotes and people saying the beginning had emotion enough but like... not like this! Wow...

Another quality of life update! You can now select which edition of a book you are reading, which will update the book info in your library. This is most relevant for changing which book cover shows up in your library, or changing the language edition. We get asked all the time about changing book covers, so I'm happy to report this is finally an option! The edition page will also show you additional data like publisher and page count.

This does require an app update if you are on the iOS/Android app.

We've been working with a few volunteer librarians to combine language editions on Pagebound and are making steady progress "deduping" popular authors. This is a necessary process to make sure we have one forum per book, and also ensures if you read a book in say Spanish, the English version is also marked "finished" and you get credit towards any Quests, Readalongs etc. Deduping will also make Search and navigating the author pages easier.

To change the language/edition of a book, click "View All Languages & Editions" on the book page (next to publish year above the book description). You'll see a list of all available editions, and can swap from that page. Your chosen edition will reflect in your Library.

Combining language editions is a monumental task, so we appreciate your patience as me, Lucy, and our volunteers work through it all!

Another fun update: we brought the "Featured Emoji" to the Discover Lists page!

We're still working on home feed updates and will be back soon with more updates :)

Happy Reading, Jennifer & Lucy

PS: if you're curious how deduping works: When language editions are combined, it just means that there is one Book/forum per listing, but the "deduped" editions are still available on the editions page. All reviews and forum posts that were on the deduped book will now show up on the main Book page.