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Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
Alternate editions can be found here and here.
A gothic masterpiece of tempestuous passions and dark secrets, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is edited with an introduction and notes by Stevie Davis in Penguin Classics.
Charlotte Brontë tells the story of orphaned Jane Eyre, who grows up in the home of her heartless aunt, enduring loneliness and cruelty. This troubled childhood strengthens Jane's natural independence and spirit - which prove necessary when she finds employment as a governess to the young ward of Byronic, brooding Mr Rochester. As her feelings for Rochester develop, Jane gradually uncovers Thornfield Hall's terrible secret, forcing her to make a choice. Should she stay with Rochester and live with the consequences, or follow her convictions - even if it means leaving the man she loves? A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre dazzled readers with its passionate depiction of a woman's search for equality and freedom.
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Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
Alternate editions can be found here and here.
A gothic masterpiece of tempestuous passions and dark secrets, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is edited with an introduction and notes by Stevie Davis in Penguin Classics.
Charlotte Brontë tells the story of orphaned Jane Eyre, who grows up in the home of her heartless aunt, enduring loneliness and cruelty. This troubled childhood strengthens Jane's natural independence and spirit - which prove necessary when she finds employment as a governess to the young ward of Byronic, brooding Mr Rochester. As her feelings for Rochester develop, Jane gradually uncovers Thornfield Hall's terrible secret, forcing her to make a choice. Should she stay with Rochester and live with the consequences, or follow her convictions - even if it means leaving the man she loves? A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre dazzled readers with its passionate depiction of a woman's search for equality and freedom.
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eiras commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
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How do you all track your reading??
So other than Pagebound, which has become my favorite reading app btw, how do you all track your reading? And what specifically do you track?
I have the Bookly Pro app which I specifically use to track the time I am reading. I wanted to read for at least an hour a day. I like that it has stats and stuff but honestly the timer is what I use it for the most. I have read consistently for 1007 days using that app and I absolutely love it.
I used to have Shelfari eons ago which then migrated into Goodreads. But i donât engage with other people on Goodreads. Honestly Pagebound has provided me the community aspect that I was missing with a lot of the other apps I used.
I also have a spreadsheet where I keep track of alllllllll the books I have ever read, dating back to childhood. And it tracks things like genre, page number, hours listened, physical/digital/audiobook etc.
So yea. I âm just curious what other apps or means you all use for your reading journeys.
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Feast While You Can
Mikaella Clements
For readers of Nightbitch and We Ride Upon Sticks, this strange and sexy novel of queer love in a small town is an unsettling reminder that the horrors of modern life are monsters ready to possess us all.
In the valley at the intersection of three towering mountains sits Cadenze, an ugly, remote town with little to its name. It's filled with tourists in the summer and dead the rest of the year, when most of its residents surrender to a sleepier existence. Except, that is, for whatever is lurking in the caves...
Angelina Sicco was born and raised in Cadenze, and for many generations, so was every member of her family. Determined to be content with her lot in life, she walks her mongrel dog, attends her brother's heavy metal concerts, holds court in the local dive bar, and does everything she can to bait hot, queer women to her sleepy, conservative hometown. But on the night of a family party much like every other, Angelina runs into Patrick's ex, the sternly handsome Jagvi, who's back in town for a spell. Perhaps enticed by Jagviâs arrival, an ancient evil lying dormant in those caves is awakened, and soon Angelinaâs small, contained world begins to shatter.
As the monstrous force grows bolder, it infiltrates Angelinaâs life. It talks with her dogâs mouth; it guzzles on her memories; it controls Angelina from the inside. Only Jagviâs touch repels it â the final trigger for a secret, passionate romance. But this monster feasts on all the passion, heartbreak, and mess that makes up a life, and Angelina Siccoâs life has never looked tastier. What will Angelina do to protect her future? And what will it cost her?
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Feast While You Can
Mikaella Clements
For readers of Nightbitch and We Ride Upon Sticks, this strange and sexy novel of queer love in a small town is an unsettling reminder that the horrors of modern life are monsters ready to possess us all.
In the valley at the intersection of three towering mountains sits Cadenze, an ugly, remote town with little to its name. It's filled with tourists in the summer and dead the rest of the year, when most of its residents surrender to a sleepier existence. Except, that is, for whatever is lurking in the caves...
Angelina Sicco was born and raised in Cadenze, and for many generations, so was every member of her family. Determined to be content with her lot in life, she walks her mongrel dog, attends her brother's heavy metal concerts, holds court in the local dive bar, and does everything she can to bait hot, queer women to her sleepy, conservative hometown. But on the night of a family party much like every other, Angelina runs into Patrick's ex, the sternly handsome Jagvi, who's back in town for a spell. Perhaps enticed by Jagviâs arrival, an ancient evil lying dormant in those caves is awakened, and soon Angelinaâs small, contained world begins to shatter.
As the monstrous force grows bolder, it infiltrates Angelinaâs life. It talks with her dogâs mouth; it guzzles on her memories; it controls Angelina from the inside. Only Jagviâs touch repels it â the final trigger for a secret, passionate romance. But this monster feasts on all the passion, heartbreak, and mess that makes up a life, and Angelina Siccoâs life has never looked tastier. What will Angelina do to protect her future? And what will it cost her?
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eiras commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
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Outside of reading, what's your "thing"?
I mean the hobby/interest you spend most of your free time on that's not book-related.
I'm a boardgames girlie personally! Love a social deduction game, and Blood on the Clocktower could easily rival reading for taking up most of my leisure time in any given week. What about you folks?!
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Feast While You Can
Mikaella Clements
For readers of Nightbitch and We Ride Upon Sticks, this strange and sexy novel of queer love in a small town is an unsettling reminder that the horrors of modern life are monsters ready to possess us all.
In the valley at the intersection of three towering mountains sits Cadenze, an ugly, remote town with little to its name. It's filled with tourists in the summer and dead the rest of the year, when most of its residents surrender to a sleepier existence. Except, that is, for whatever is lurking in the caves...
Angelina Sicco was born and raised in Cadenze, and for many generations, so was every member of her family. Determined to be content with her lot in life, she walks her mongrel dog, attends her brother's heavy metal concerts, holds court in the local dive bar, and does everything she can to bait hot, queer women to her sleepy, conservative hometown. But on the night of a family party much like every other, Angelina runs into Patrick's ex, the sternly handsome Jagvi, who's back in town for a spell. Perhaps enticed by Jagviâs arrival, an ancient evil lying dormant in those caves is awakened, and soon Angelinaâs small, contained world begins to shatter.
As the monstrous force grows bolder, it infiltrates Angelinaâs life. It talks with her dogâs mouth; it guzzles on her memories; it controls Angelina from the inside. Only Jagviâs touch repels it â the final trigger for a secret, passionate romance. But this monster feasts on all the passion, heartbreak, and mess that makes up a life, and Angelina Siccoâs life has never looked tastier. What will Angelina do to protect her future? And what will it cost her?
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eiras commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
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Do you like to expand your Reading Challenge?
Basically the question on the title. When and what do you like to modify (during or after accomplishing it)? đ
I recently completed my 50 book Reading Challenge and I notice that around 30 books are graphic novels/mangas.
Therefore, I'm sorta expanding my Reading Challenge to complete at least 50 Prose novels. Sounds easy in theory, but reading through graphic novels and mangas is easier for me ans I can down one volume in one day - so very tempting whenever I have stress or close to a burnout.
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I Am You
Victoria Redel
In 1600s Amsterdam, two womenâa painter and her assistantâdefy the norms of their time as they take on the male-dominated art world and fall in loveâfrom âfantastic prose writerâ (Vulture) and âtrue masterâ (Guernica), Victoria Redel.âI loved it in a way that is no doubt different than other books I have loved. The period and touches on time, sexual politics, art, history, class, womenâs rights and the significance of Amsterdam and all the details the author shares of this particularly rich period kept me thoroughly engaged and is a brilliant backdrop to Gerta and Mariaâs story.â âSarah Jessica Parker, SJP Lit At seven years old, Gertaâs hair is lopped off and sheâs sent to work for the Oosterwijcks under the name Pieter because itâs a boy they need. As Pieter, she splits wood, minds the hens and rabbits, scrubs the wooden floors of the house, and tends the gardenâall while the familyâs teenage daughter, Maria, looks on, sketching Pieterâs every movement. A few years later at the dinner table Maria lays Gertaâs deception open alongside a demand that Gerta accompany her to Utrecht, where Maria will apprentice in the workshop of a famous painter.     In Utrecht, Maria learns to paint skilled still livesâthough she is the only woman in her workshop and because of her gender will never be accepted into the paintersâ guild. As Maria ascends to great heights of skill and fame, the relationship between maid and employer deepens and shifts, and it becomes clear that Gerta, too, possesses abilities far beyond what society expects.    Inspired by the little that is known about Maria van Oosterwijckâs actual life, I Am You is a love story, a meditation on genderâthe ways it binds and frees usâand an ode to artistic creation. As beautifully wrought as Oosterwijckâs paintings delicate, blazing in color, and at times enveloped in shadow, Victoria Redelâs new novel brings to life the copious spoils of Amsterdamâs Golden Age, and the perils that lay hidden within them for women like Maria and Gerta.
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eiras commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
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Outside of reading, what's your "thing"?
I mean the hobby/interest you spend most of your free time on that's not book-related.
I'm a boardgames girlie personally! Love a social deduction game, and Blood on the Clocktower could easily rival reading for taking up most of my leisure time in any given week. What about you folks?!
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Outside of reading, what's your "thing"?
I mean the hobby/interest you spend most of your free time on that's not book-related.
I'm a boardgames girlie personally! Love a social deduction game, and Blood on the Clocktower could easily rival reading for taking up most of my leisure time in any given week. What about you folks?!
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Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy
A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon.
Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the worldâs largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers. But with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants, packing up the seeds before they are transported to safer ground. Despite the wild beauty of life here, isolation has taken its toll on the Salts. Raff, eighteen and suffering his first heartbreak, can only find relief at his punching bag; Fen, seventeen, has started spending her nights on the beach among the seals; nine-year-old Orly, obsessed with botany, fears the loss of his beloved natural world; and Dominic canât stop turning back toward the past, and the loss that drove the family to Shearwater in the first place.
Then, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman washes up on shore. As the Salts nurse the woman, Rowan, back to life, their suspicion gives way to affection, and they finally begin to feel like a family again. Rowan, long accustomed to protecting her heart, begins to fall for the Salts, too. But Rowan isnât telling the whole truth about why she set out for Shearwater. And when she discovers the sabotaged radios and a freshly dug grave, she realizes Dominic is keeping his own dark secrets. As the storms on Shearwater gather force, the characters must decide if they can trust each other enough to protect the precious seeds in their care before itâs too lateâand if they can finally put the tragedies of the past behind them to create something new, together.
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Heart the Lover
Lily King
âLily King is one of our great literary treasures.ââMadeline Miller
From the New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers comes a magnificent and intimate new novel of desire, friendship, loss, and the lasting impact of first love
You knew Iâd write a book about you someday.
Our narrator understands good love storiesâtheir secrets and subtext, their highs and their free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the simple rules.
In the fall of her senior year of college, she meets two star students from her 17th-Century Lit Sam and Yash. Best friends living off-campus in the elegant house of a professor on sabbatical, the boys invite her into their intoxicating world of academic fervor, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. They nickname her Jordan, and she quickly discovers the pleasures of friendship, love and her own intellectual ambition. Youthful passion is unpredictable though, and she soon finds herself at the center of a charged and intricate triangle. As graduation comes and goes, choices made will alter these three lives forever.
Decades later, Jordan is living the life she dreamed of, and the vulnerable days of her youth seem comfortably behind her. But when a surprise visit and unexpected news brings the past crashing into the present, Jordan returns to a world she left behind and is forced to confront the decisions and deceptions of her younger self.
Written with the superb wit and emotional sensitivity fans and critics of Lily King have come to adore, Heart the Lover is a deeply moving story that celebrates love, friendship, and the transformative nature of forgiveness. Wise, unforgettable, and with a delightful connective thread to Writers & Lovers, this is King at her very best, affirming her as a masterful chronicler of the human experience and one of the finest novelists at work today.
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The Correspondent
Virginia Evans
Throughout her life Sybil Van Antwerp has used letters to make sense of the world and her place in it. Most mornings around half past ten Sybil sits down to write lettersâto her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to audit a class she desperately wants to take, to Joan Didion and Larry McMurtry to tell them what she thinks of their latest books, and to one person to whom she writes often yet never sends the letter.
Sybil expects her world to go on as it always has. A mother, grandmother, wife, divorcée, distinguished lawyer, she has lived a full life. But when letters from someone in her past force her to examine one of the most painful periods of her life, she realizes the letter she has been writing over the years needs to be read and that she cannot move forward until she finds it in her heart to offer forgiveness.
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