So one of the first things I do on my phone is scroll through the forum to reach the last post I read the night before. Does anyone else do this? I feel like it’s still feasible now but might not be once this app gets more popular.

How invested are you in the Pagebound Club forum, is what I’m asking I guess? I also see people commenting on others’ book progress a lot plus their achievements in levels, badges, etc. Are they your friends or do you do this with random users? 👀

Honestly I love Pagebound so much I’m on it every other hour and checking all the updates I can. Perhaps not the healthiest thing but at least it’s not like the socmed apps with algorithms and other things to keep you trapped on the app. I get to discuss and find new books and find new book friends what’s the harm!

If I had a nickel for every time I read a book where the nonbinary main character is an artist who paints murals on local buildings, falls in love, learns abt their immigrant family, finds queer community, and grieves a tragic loss by the end, I'd have two nickels, which isn't much but it's weird it's happened twice. (Thirty Names of Night x Anders & Santi Were Here)

If I had a nickel for every time I read a book where the pale-and-purple-themed MC is raised by a nefarious girlboss with significant political power who sends 'em to a school where students are abused and made to risk their lives in learning to fight each other as well as a mysterious foreign enemy, until the MC- who is, despite being pathetic in many ways, The Best To Ever Do It, having a special magical inner strength- learns about the concept of propaganda and begins to doubt the orders and intentions of the nefarious girlboss and the political structure she's affiliated with, I'd have two nickels, which isn't much but it's weird it's happened twice. (Homeland x Fourth Wing)

Do you have two nickels? What's the most specific pair (or maybe a few?) of not-intentionally-related books you've read? I think I was originally going to make this one w Thirty Names x The Astonishing Color of Grief because of the birds and the maternal ancestors and the family history- Anders & Santi doesn't have the same focus on history/ancestry, but the murals is just sooo specific, I know loads of folks w moms but nobody who paints on buildings. I've also read two books where an author who plays dungeons and dragons writes a story abt a miserable little orphan boy who everything bad happens to and he has to eat moldy bread until he learns to fight and do magic and then he becomes the greatest hero in all the land; but the similarities between Name of the Wind and Saga of Old City feel more derivative than coincidental, and the coincidences are simply more delightful to me than derivations. (although, if I find out Becky Yarros read abt Drizzt Do'Urden and his lavender orbs before writing abt Violet Soar In Gale I'll be pretty impressed!)

Hello! I am new to the fantasy genre and really in need of some recs! I am looking for something that is a bit more feminine, in the magic realm, and cozy. I am wanting to find something like a girly LOTR or a grown up The Last Unicorn.

Many new updates, big and small, coming at you - Please update your apps to see them!

Summary of changes:

• On the app, a new "Feed" tab has been added to book pages. You can see status and progress updates from everyone on the site, along with stats for TBR, Finished etc across the site
• Giveaways will be available next week, planned launch is Jan 19th! Once giveaways are live, you can find them on the Discover page under Books
• The Mardi Gras/Carnival Special Event readalong starts today! Check Discuss to see the selections, badge, and how to participate
• Our very first Limited Time Quest launched today, in partnership with Simon Books. Check out Discover Quests, we're very excited about this one!
• Lists have been converted from the upvote/downvote system to a pure "Like" system
• On your custom shelves, you now have a "breakdown by status" section to see how many books in that shelf are in each reading status (bonus: cool way to do personal challenges)
• You can see how many books you finished in Quests you have not yet joined
• On the "currently reading" section of the homefeed, your books are now sorted by most recently updated

Why are we moving from upvotes/downvotes to likes for Lists? The upvote/downvote system was meant for community moderation, however now that we have PageboundGuides as moderators, we're asking the community to leave list moderation to the Guides. We want to make sure folks feel welcome to make lists - if someone makes a personal list, please do not corrective comment. The Guides will take care of it :)

How do Giveaways work? We've partnered with Publishers and Authors to giveaway books to the community. Once live, the Giveaway link will be on the Discover Books page. You can browse all the giveaways there, and enter by filling out a form with contact info (so we can send you the book if you win!). We know many folks are often disappointed when giveaways are only in the US and Canada - want to share with y'all that we do not have control over where giveaways are active. That is up to the publisher and author! As we grow, we hope more international publishers and authors know about Pagebound and want to partner with us.

How does the new Feed tab work on book pages? Since forum posts are meant for evergreen discussion, and folks comment on their status cards and progress update cards to share personal updates, we wanted to give everyone a way to share those personal updates beyond their immediate followers. We also wanted to give folks a way to see who is reading or wants to read a certain book, even if they are not following them yet. The Feed tab shows all status update and progress update cards, so you can more easily discover personal convos and reading buddies.

We'll be back soon with more updates!

Thanks everyone and happy reading, Jennifer & Lucy

Because lists are for the community, do y'all think there should be a limit/cap on the number of titles that can be included? I really like "starter pack" lists that people make for authors with long bibliographies or for genre exploration. But what about theme's like 'books ft swords' or 'LBT2S+' which could include 500+ titles.

Personal example: I'm focused on a DC Comic book reading journey with Nightwing. He's included in well over 200 collected books and volumes. If I were to make a list(s) I have a pretty good idea of how to go about the organization.

This got me thinking "how much is too much" you know. Do y'all think a limit is even necessary? So far the longest if seen included 60 or 80ish.

Edit: Thank you to the folks who've been engaging in convo. 😌 I've even found s'more lists.

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there should be a way to take down your upvote without having to turn it into a downvote. this is bothering me😭 why is this not a feature?

This is something I don't do and cannot understand doing, so please share your perspectives with me!

What prompts you to do this? Do you do it for every book or with every book from a certain author? Was it a rec by someone you trust or presented to you in a way that you immediately connected with so you don't need to look up more before going into it?

I've too often misunderstood what a book might be about or expected different things and so have been disappointed. But I wouldn't have such an issue if I just jump in. I don't honestly think I can do that, though. So I guess what I'm asking is, how are y'all so brave?

Tell me about a book you hate, dig into it, write a whole essay on why you hate, I love hearing about this stuff lol, it's so fun to see people so passionate about a book they either really love or hate. Vent that hatred/frustrations with whatever book here lmao.

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