artsietango

Hi, I'm Aimee! I'm rediscovering my love of reading and devouring my TBR. Sometimes I do art, although I'm very slow at it. They/them 💖

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Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #1)

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SeriousGoose

hear me out 📣🗣️🙊

What is your 'hear me out' book and why?

I'm thinking maybe a book you wouldn't bring up in front of polite company but are obsessed with, or one you never hear anyone else talk about but is actually so good and you need everyone else to read it!

Mine would be City of Nightmares by Rebecca Schaeffer, it's so weird and YA and has so much repetitive internal monologue but I LOVE it and I need more people to give it a go!

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andreareadsalot

My Taste in Profiles

Seeing everyone’s varied top 5 books is one of my favorite things! I’ve found some really interesting books there and I love seeing just how diverse all our reading tastes are. What’s your highest match %? What books have you discovered through that feature?

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PinkAttack

My first month complete

I am new to PageBound and just finished month 1. So far I’m loving all the content and asthetic but was wondering if there was a way to share your monthly completed books?! I usually save an image of my monthly completed reads and share on my socials to keep me accountable. Is this a feature and maybe I just haven’t figured it out yet?! That’s really the only thing from Fable I can see me missing!

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Solten

How do you pick your next read within the tower of TBR's re-reads, and the like?

I am currently struggling with what to pick up once I have finished my current read..

I have one that I started and never finished (The Institute, Stephen King) one I want to re-read due to it being one of my favourites (IT, Stephen king) this one would be read as a "duo read" with my fiancée, so it would take a while to get through since we both need the time and energy. I also have one i have been wanting to read for a while now, but I have no connection to it besides the fact I am intrigued by it, and its within my book-box already. (11/22/63, also king) I also have some i do not own that I want to read (The Shining + Doctor Sleep and more)

BUT away from the SK train of books, I also want to pick up the Area X series, which is also in my bookshelf. I also have a ton of manga that I want to get through- and the manga is obviously going to take me only a couple hours to get through if I sit down with it... BUT i am paralysed by choice.

Don't let my formatting deceive you, I am not asking you to pick for me or necessarily help me pick (but if you like any of the mentioned books, or think a manga break would be good, please do mention it) But most importantly- how do YOU pick? And what issues do you usually find yourself in when it comes to it?

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Lore Olympus: Volume Four (Lore Olympus, #4)

Rachel Smythe

Witness what the gods do after dark in the fourth volume of a stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of the best-known stories in Greek mythology, featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes content from creator Rachel Smythe. "I don't always get to do as I please." The rumor mill of Olympus is constantly churning, but Persephone and Hades are all anyone can talk about. With the constant gossip creating intense pressure on the pair, they decide to slow down their budding romance and focus on sorting out their own issues first. But that's easier said than done. Hades struggles to find support in his personal life, with Zeus trivializing his feelings and Minthe resorting to abusive patterns in their relationship. And while Hades tries to create healthier boundaries where he can--like finally putting a stop to his sporadic, revenge-fueled hookups with Hera--he still feels lonely and adrift. Persephone feels equally ostracized as her classmates shun her for her connection to Hades, and she can find no refuge at home, with Apollo constantly dropping by unannounced and pushing his unwelcome advances. And on top of it all, the wrathful god of war, Ares, has returned to Olympus to dredge up his sordid history with the goddess of spring, threatening to surface Persephone's dark and mysterious past and ruin her tenuous position in the land of the gods. Despite agreeing to take it slow, Persephone and Hades find themselves inextricably drawn toward each other once more amid the chaos. The pull of fate cannot be denied. This edition of Rachel Smythe's original Eisner-nominated webcomic Lore Olympus features exclusive behind-the-scenes content and brings the Greek pantheon into the modern age in a sharply perceptive and romantic graphic novel. This volume collects episodes 76-102 of the #1 WEBTOON comic Lore Olympus.

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Ladies in Hating

Alexandra Vasti

A pair of Gothic novelists trade rivalry for love in this swoony, steamy, sapphic Regency by USA Today bestselling author Alexandra Vasti.Celebrated authoress Lady Georgiana Cleeve has achieved fame and fortune. Unfortunately, she’s also acquired an the enigmatic Lady Darling, whose spine-tingling plots appear to be pulled straight from Georgiana’s own manuscripts. What’s a stubborn, steely writer to do? Unmask her rival, of course.But unmasking doesn’t go according to plan—because Lady Darling is actually Cat Lacey, the butler’s daughter and object of Georgiana’s very secret, very embarrassing teenage infatuation.Cat Lacey has spent a decade clawing her family out of poverty. The last thing she needs is to be distracted by the stunning(ly pretentious) Lady Georgiana Cleeve. But Cat can’t seem to escape her infuriatingly beautiful rival—including at the eerie manor where they both plan to set their next books. The plot unexpectedly thickens, however, when the novelists find themselves trapped in the manor together. In between ghostly moans and spectral staff, Cat and Georgiana come face-to-face with real the scorching passion that’s been haunting their rivalry all along.

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Ladies in Hating

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SeriousGoose

What fairytale does your life look like? 🧚🏾✨

I recently read A Spindle Splintered and without giving any spoilers our main character is OBSESSED and really relates to Sleeping Beauty.

What fairytale do you think you relate to the most? Mine would obviously be Goose Girl 🪿🙂‍↕️

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Carry On (Simon Snow, #1)

Rainbow Rowell

Simon Snow is the worst chosen one who’s ever been chosen. That’s what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he’s probably right. Half the time, Simon can’t even make his wand work, and the other half, he sets something on fire. His mentor’s avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there’s a magic-eating monster running around wearing Simon’s face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here—it’s their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon’s infuriating nemesis didn’t even bother to show up. Carry On is a ghost story, a love story, a mystery and a melodrama. It has just as much kissing and talking as you’d expect from a Rainbow Rowell story—but far, far more monsters.

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smellthemosses

Jan 12, 2026

1.5

Enjoyment: 2.0Quality: 2.5Characters: 2.0Plot: 1.0

Another popular fantasy with good ideas and horrible execution.

The religion stuff was cool. If only there had been any actual thematic depth to "what if the world's religions represented different branches of interpretations and traditions rooted in a common history?" Or "Western dragons are scary fire monsters and Eastern dragons are wise water gods, interesting."

But she does not go any futher than what I just said, in all of this tome's 800? 900? pages. That's almost an achievement on its own.

My biggest complaint by far is the lazy, sloppy orientalism in the world building. Oh, the water dragon people of THE EAST have a closed-door foreign policy and address one another as "honourable so-and-so" and have names that vaguely sound Japanese? Nice. Great job. There is even a bigger empire (pseudo-China) and a little peninsula (oh is that us? pseudo-Korea!). The desert people of the SOUTH ride tiger-like animals and burn incense at mystical mosque places and sell spices at markets? Jesus f-cking Christ. What was her research, Aladdin? This is just a couple of notches above naming a Chinese girl "Cho Chang." And I need all the white people raving about this book to see that.

The author has a cowardly little disclaimer about how all the cultures and places in this book aren't real so please don't come for her little white British self! I bet she thought she was so woke because she challenges the authority of the obviously British/European religion through the obviously SWANA/Middle Eastern religion. The main white characters best friends were BOTH BLACK, OKAY?? SHE'S WOKE!! I bet she was fully patting herself on the back for including all the cultures, like a college brochure with dragons. But guess which culture gets all the political intrigue and nuances at least somewhat fleshed out? It's not the polite dragon worship people or the mysterious and dangerous spice people! It's the white feminist fever dream matrilineal Britain--I mean Inysh!

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Goodreads The Best Books of the Decade: The 2010’s

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The top 100 best books of the 2010’s as voted for by Goodreads members

Top five: 5) The Martian 4) Gone Girl 3) Divergent 2) Mockingjay

The Fault in Our Stars

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Dante can swim. Ari can't. Dante is articulate and self-assured. Ari has a hard time with words and suffers from self-doubt. Dante gets lost in poetry and art. Ari gets lost in thoughts of his older brother who is in prison. Dante is fair skinned. Ari's features are much darker. It seems that a boy like Dante, with his open and unique perspective on life, would be the last person to break down the walls that Ari has built around himself. But against all odds, when Ari and Dante meet, they develop a special bond that will teach them the most important truths of their lives, and help define the people they want to be. But there are big hurdles in their way, and only by believing in each other―and the power of their friendship―can Ari and Dante emerge stronger on the other side.

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bismuth_baby

Yearly Reading Goal

How do y’all pick what number your reading challenge goal is? 📚

Personally, I always base it off of the number of the year (for example my 2026 goal is to read 26 books) because it feels satisfying. However, in the past few years it hasn’t felt very “goal-like” since I tend to reach it before halfway through the year 🤷‍♀️

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For all the dreamers out there:

QUESTION OF THE DAY!! 🐝🐞🪲 If the book you were reading right now came to life, and you were the main character, how screwed would the world be? What would you change?

Or, what is one female/male lead you would switch places with?

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