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acloudofbats commented on a feature request
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Library data export
It's not a priority but would be nice if we could download our current book shelves info (such as title, author, corresponding shelf name) from Pagebound as a file, such as a csv or excel table.
Rationale:
- useful in cases when we want to migrate to another book tracker;
- within the gdpr laws such as in the eu, usually the ability to get own data is required for any website (so it may be easier to deal with these requests in the future if it is already partially automated);
- personal use: i like to make own databases with my book data and analyze it using software, and it's very convenient when I can get the info about hundreds of books with a couple clicks.
I am not sure how technically complex it is to organize, so I understand if it is currently impossible.
acloudofbats commented on a feature request
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DNF Reason Notes
I'd love to be able to note why I DNF a book when I do. Whether it's public or private doesn't matter to me. But when revisiting a book, its helpful for me to know why I DNFed the book the first time. Did I dislike the book or was I just not in the mood?
acloudofbats commented on a List
Romancing the Stone
Did you (like me) have some kind of awakening watching Gargoyles after school in the 1990s? Were their features more pleasing than terrifying, especially with Keith David voicing Goliath? Ever wish you could switch places with Elisa and have a whole brood of rock hard honeys? Get your fix in this list of romance and erotica with all numbers of gargoyle lovers, from one or two to three or more.
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acloudofbats commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
As I’m rereading Starling House, I have realised I’ve read a lot of sentient house stories and I need more recommendations so please comment any you can think of that are like “there’s something wrong with us and this house” or “the house knows something we don’t” even if it’s a cozy book. Please I need recommendations. Love y’all.
37acloudofbats commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Had some questions regarding quests. Can anyone create a quest? Also I noticed some quests say sidequest while others say main, so what's the difference?
89acloudofbats commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I didn't know what else to call this. But does anyone else check the receipt that you get when checking out library books and see the total $$ for what you saved? I don't know why, but I always like seeing how much I save each time I check books out from the library.
Right now I have saved $499.72 just by visiting the library.
49acloudofbats commented on chanberryjuice's update
acloudofbats commented on a List
Romancing the Stone
Did you (like me) have some kind of awakening watching Gargoyles after school in the 1990s? Were their features more pleasing than terrifying, especially with Keith David voicing Goliath? Ever wish you could switch places with Elisa and have a whole brood of rock hard honeys? Get your fix in this list of romance and erotica with all numbers of gargoyle lovers, from one or two to three or more.
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acloudofbats commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
As I’m rereading Starling House, I have realised I’ve read a lot of sentient house stories and I need more recommendations so please comment any you can think of that are like “there’s something wrong with us and this house” or “the house knows something we don’t” even if it’s a cozy book. Please I need recommendations. Love y’all.
37acloudofbats made progress on...
Party Summer (Fear Street Super Chiller, #1)
R.L. Stine
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Party Summer (Fear Street Super Chiller, #1)
R.L. Stine
0acloudofbats commented on a feature request
5Addition of "add book" categories for non-fiction
I noticed just now while adding a book that Nature is missing from the non-fiction main genres and Picture Book is missing from the non-fiction sub-types. Nature has been a top-level non-fiction category separate from Science & Technology since the 1990s so it seems weird and inaccurate to stuff all those books under science & tech, and there are lots of picture books used as non-fiction learning tools.
acloudofbats submitted a feature request
5Addition of "add book" categories for non-fiction
I noticed just now while adding a book that Nature is missing from the non-fiction main genres and Picture Book is missing from the non-fiction sub-types. Nature has been a top-level non-fiction category separate from Science & Technology since the 1990s so it seems weird and inaccurate to stuff all those books under science & tech, and there are lots of picture books used as non-fiction learning tools.
acloudofbats commented on acloudofbats's review of Grizzlyshark
Wacky, gory, hilarious, like a z-grade horror movie with some hicksploitation thrown in. Had me absolutely cackling.
It's the kind of funny ridiculousness that's so much I kind of burn out on it partway through, though. The first issue was pretty much perfect in it's effect, it dips through the second issue, and picks back up again some in the third, so I think if issue 1 was just slightly longer and the other two weren't added in, it would've been more effective. There are still good moments throughout but overall 2 and 3 aren't nearly as good.
4acloudofbats wrote a review...
Wacky, gory, hilarious, like a z-grade horror movie with some hicksploitation thrown in. Had me absolutely cackling.
It's the kind of funny ridiculousness that's so much I kind of burn out on it partway through, though. The first issue was pretty much perfect in it's effect, it dips through the second issue, and picks back up again some in the third, so I think if issue 1 was just slightly longer and the other two weren't added in, it would've been more effective. There are still good moments throughout but overall 2 and 3 aren't nearly as good.
4acloudofbats finished a book
Grizzlyshark
Ryan Ottley
0acloudofbats commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
happy disability pride month! this month is for all disabled people to celebrate the uniqueness and fights for liberation for disabled people across the world, and to support your disabled friends and loved ones.
i thought i'd share my personal recommendations of books to read for disability pride month, so here they are below (both fiction & nonfiction)
• disability visibility and disability intimacy by alice wong • against technoableism: rethinking who needs improvement by ashley shew • godkiller by hannah kaner • the viral underclass: the human toll when inequality and disease collide by steven w. thrasher & jonathan m. metzl • get a life, chloe brown by talia hibbert • i'll look so hot in a coffin: and other thoughts i used to share about my body by carla sosenko • being heumann: an unrepentant memoir of a disability rights activist by judith heumann • the sign for home by blair fell • silver nitrate by silvia moreno-garcia • iron widow by xiran jay xhao • the invisible kingdom: reimagining chronic illness by meghan o'rourke
please feel free to put down any others you recommend!!! :D happy disability pride!!!
13acloudofbats commented on a feature request
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additional book id option(s) for the book addition form
hi, i noticed that the book id field is currently restricted only to isbn and asin numbers, so i wanted to request that an additional option be created for books that do not have either. i understand that this was likely to prevent media such as fanfiction or webtoons from being added to the database, but this also leaves out quite a number of books, such as older books that were published before isbn numbers were first used, which i noticed some others asking about in the announcement post. similarly, non-traditionally published novels such as webnovels, which make up the vast majority of genre fiction books in east asian publishing industries, do not have isbns or asins, instead using book ids unique to the platform they're published on. there's a rather big audience for these webnovels on pagebound already, so it would be wonderful if we could add and discuss the books we've been reading here too.
therefore, would it be possible to create a separate "book id" option that doesn't have a character limit? (the current isbn and asin fields are limited to either 10 or 13 characters.) this would then be able to accommodate as many different options as possible, such as "n/a" for books without any ids whatsoever. alternatively, two options could be added: one without a character restriction, and one for books with no id. thank you!
acloudofbats commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Anyone partaking in some Summerween reading this year? I'm not active on social media so I don't go heavy into posting or anything buttttttttttt it does tend to fall during a week I'm on holidays from work so I do have some extra reading time which is perfect!
It's kind of a shame I just finished Summer Slasher by E.L. Chen because it is a PERFECT Summerween book, honestly.
Otherwise, I'm trying to keep it pretty loose TBR-wise but I've got loads of options! These are some titles on my radar for the week:
Widow's Point by Richard Chizmar Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher Make Me A Monster by Kalynn Bayron The Body by Bethany C. Morrow Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward The Reformatory by Tananarive Du Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep by Paul Tremblay Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo by Adam Cesare Small Spaces by Katherine Arden The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley
To be clear I won't be reading all of them LOL but some I've already started, some of them are ARCs I'm behind on, and some are library check-outs I gotta try to get to soon so we'll see what happens! My reading is so dependent on my mood so it'll greatly depend on what vibe I'm feelin in the moment. And the rest I'll just continue picking away at throughout the summer anyways hehe.
If you've got any Summerween reading plans (whether for the week or just...the summer!) I'd love to seeeeee!!
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