Ok, I hate half naked men on book covers and it can stop me from reading books if I’m not fully invested into the thing. So I wanted to know what is the thing that makes you cringe so much it makes the book a hard pass and you won’t even look at it ?

I’m reading the Game Changers series so I had to ask as I cringe every time I turn my kindle on and see that cover

Is there a way to adjust the order of my current reads at the top of the home page? It's kind of driving me bonkers that they're not in any order I can figure out (they're definitely not in the order that I've added them). Thanks!

I tried searching the club for a post like this first so I apologize if I missed it. But there are librarians in here so... Why might a library might have volumes 1 and 3-5 of a manga but not have volume 2!? like not that it's checked out, they just don't have it. I understand why they might only have volume 1, or like the first couple volumes and no further, but missing volume 2 is weird right??? How is anyone supposed to check out volumes 3-5 if there is no volume 2!? And on that note, why would a library have like, volume 19 and 22 only. It just seems strange to me idk lol. Is it because of requests???? I don't normally look for manga at the library bc i just read them online or buy the physical copy from a bookstore, but I thought I'd check and I noticed that the list of volumes available for some of the manga they have were weird so thats why I'm asking lol. Edit: and if its an ebook version, it wouldn't be due to damage or loss right!? 😅

I’m kinda overwhelmed, tbh. There’s just way too much info dumped all at once, and it keeps jumping between timelines. The author leaves no real time to process anything before it moving straight to the next point.

Hi everyone! I am so, so excited to finally share with you a little (unofficial) PB-related something I’ve been slowly working on for the past couple of weeks. And by slowly, I mean it took me… oh, I don’t know, maybe 20 hours total to do? Maybe more?

When I was scrolling through quests a little bit ago, I began to notice a pattern of certain books showing up multiple times. Which got me thinking: what percent of books show up in more than one quest? Which books are in the most quests? The one I was most intrigued about was What quest combinations show up the most?

The answers? 13.7%, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, Interview with the Vampire, Dune, and What Moves the Dead. The third is actually a tie at 13, between Epic Sci-Fi and Fantasy Series & Iconic Series, and Fantasy and Sci-Fi with a Side of Romance & Iconic Series. This didn’t really surprise me, since I was noticing a lot of overlap between these categories when I was clicking through making this.

What’s this, you may ask? Well, I’m a bit of a data nerd. I’m also a bit of a Google Sheets nerd (it can do more than it looks, okay!) This is the Unofficial Pagebound Quest Tracker, made up of over 2,000 books, 77 different quests (and counting!), and endless possibilities to maximize your quest output :) You can search the quest you’re working on to see what else is available, search for a specific book to see which quests it’s in/if any of the categories interest you, and—if you’re like me and you like a free-for-all—the number of quests is sorted from greatest to least to easily see which books have the most quests!

Just to reiterate, this is completely unofficial and just a silly little side project made by a silly little bored woman who really, really loves it here on Pagebound. Hence, there are probably some imperfections here or there, so if you spot something off, please please please let me know and I will fix it ASAP! I will be updating this sheet every Monday with any new additions, unless they turn out to update less than I'm expecting, in which case it’ll probably end up being once a month.

Whether you’re like me and you’re a total stats nerd, or just curious about which books Contributors seem to love adding to their quests (no shade! I'm loving the overlap as a badge girlie) I hope this ends up being an incredible and useful tool for you!

A little P.S: If the font isn’t readable, if the spacing looks weird, if you have any feedback of that sort, then please do say so and I will try to find something that works for everyone!

On that note, if you have any suggestions about something new to add, also say something and I will see if it is something that can be done! I was thinking about making a personal quest tracker for badge levels and such, which should be a bit easier now that I’ve gotten all of the titles and quests down, but it might be a bit before I feel up to undertaking another project like that again 😭

tl;dr: I made a massive unofficial quest tracker so you can maximize badges with minimal suffering hehe

Much love to all my beautiful, wonderful, Pagebound family, Courtney 💓

Years ago I read like the first pages or chapters of a book and I can't remember what it was, and I wanna read it now. I remember I found it because someone online made a reference to it as November 9 from Coleen Hoover if it was actually well written. I know it's about obsession, and stalking or something like that. (Descriptions of sex and arson ahead by the way) I remember it's narrated from the guy's perspective, and I remember that he talks about how much he loves her girl and her family as he is starting a fire and burning her house down, and he describes them having sex and her wanting them to try anal and him not liking that. The anal thing stuck with me because it was so descriptive and it felt a bit strange, but it sets the tone for the narrator. I know It's not 'you' by the way. If you know what I'm talking about please comment!

I love the idea and can recommend "Love and Other Disasters" by Anita Kelly as an addition to this list. It literally plays during a cooking show :D

One of my goals this year is to read a bit of fantasy. What would you recommend as a beginner read for this genre? I'm typically a romance and thriller person, but looking to expand!

I've been on the thinner side my whole life, and I've dealt with a fair bit of body shaming (it's sadly so common in Asian cultures no matter what you look like) and I've been wanting to read any books that represent that. I'm all for reading books that feature plus-sized MCs, but I also crave something I relate to (and will maybe help heal and grow). If anyone has any recs, I'd love to know!