So long story short, I saw a movie last night that we thought could have been based on a book (it was not), but it got me thinking about movies based on books. Particularly ones that I wish would just be remade, or had something changed, and I wanted to see what others thought.

For me, I really wish The Giver were just remade. And I somewhat feel the same about The Hobbit, not because The Hobbit was bad, but I would like to see what they did with it if they left it as one movie and put the attention to detail in it that they did with the LOTR series.

For just changing some things, I wish there were some changes to the A Discovery of Witches series, mostly in the last season. However, the last season was filmed during COVID, and some of the changes made sense due to the restrictions. I just kind of wish it could be remade without said restrictions, as some scenes would have just been so nice if more characters were there or they had a bit more freedom in how they went about it 😅

What do you all think? Any adaptations you just want redone, or specific things you wish could be changed?

i recently graduated from college and i moved home and im really trying to establish a new base of friends and community. it can be so difficult! i’d really like to join or start a book club but im not exactly sure where to start or how to find one/establish a group. any tips? thank you!

Home girl was about to put herself and JESSICA in danger to see her MAN…

Okay, so I have to ask. Does anyone have any book recs for specific songs on the new album? I'm planning on doing a few recs for each song, but I know there will be a bunch of books that I haven't read/ thought of, so I thought I would ask for book recs here, which I'm sure will make my tbr explode lol

Hey, page-turners 🤗 So, I used to lend out my physical books without even a second thought (now I only read ebooks and audiobooks, which means I don't have that problem anymore). But, man, not everyone’s in a rush to give them back, are they?

There was this one time I bought an absolutely beautiful art book when I was at the Louvre (felt super fancy, not gonna lie), and I let a friend borrow it. He loved art as much as I did, or so I thought. Yeah, that book never made its way back to me. The worst part? I barely even got to look through it myself. Ugh, talk about regret. 🤦‍♂️

What about you? Are you cool with lending your books out, or do you kind of feel like you’re just saying goodbye forever? 📖😊

Okay so I’m having a bit of a moral conundrum and I would like to hear how others deal with this kind of thing. Let’s preface this by saying I do not want this turning into a big argument, but I think the Pagebound community is a safe space to respectfully discuss this.

TL;DR: IMO Rowling is a twat. Do you separate art from artist and read HP, or stop consuming their work altogether?

So, as many others, I have a soft spot in my heart for Harry Potter. I grew up with the movies, read all the books multiple times, played the games (those ps2 games were the shit). It’s just one of those comfort franchises.

But now.. in the big year of 2025.. I have just rearranged my bookshelves. And my Harry Potter series has been demoted to some dusty old corner in the back where I can’t see them anymore. All because J.K Rowling has become an absolute twat. I understand that we can’t all have the same values. (Or I don’t understand, when it comes to basic human rights but well) It is another thing altogether to use your big voice and money to demonize and actively go against a harmless group of minorities. A group whole already gets enough shit without someone like her piling it on.

I do not want to support such an hateful individual with my money. I will not buy any new versions of the books, I will not watch the new HBO show, I will not rewatch the movies on a place where she gets revenue from them. (🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️)

But.. Now the weather is getting colder, I’m feeling that itch to reread the books. To get swept away again in the magical world I loved as a kid. I wouldn’t be giving her any money, since I still own my old copies. But if I reread.. do I log them in the app? 7 whole books not counting to my reading goal is a lot. Read, log, but don’t engage in forms and reviews? I also don’t necessarily want her to be among my top authors lol.

How do you deal with situations like this? Do you just don’t care about authors opinions? Separate the art from the artist? Do you stop reading it all together? Do you reread it quietly?

Whether it be with works from She Who Must Not Be Named, or another author whose views you don’t agree with.

Jacob the Warrior, Edward the Whiner To summarize: we have Jacob, the loyal, powerful, attractive alpha, able to provide as many healthy children as a girl might wish; and Edward, the (nearly) sterile rich boy vampire beta.*

Bella's Choice Bella is vanilla ice cream, waiting to be enhanced by another, more interesting ingredient.

Have sex with Edward despite the possibility of a horrific murderous death at his hands? Sounds romantic! Birth Edward's demon love child? Why not?

A licensed clinical psychologist wrote this chapter btw.

There is nothing like flying through the forest on the back of a sexy vampire to keep the arousal, novelty, and love going.

you're damn right

I am over the moon to share that the app is officially live on both iOS and Android!!

We've quite literally poured our blood, sweat and (lots of) tears into the app development over the past 9 months and we could not be more thrilled for everyone to experience it!

We're still being indexed in app store search so you may have to scroll to find us, or type in Pagebound: Social Book Tracker. Here's links to iOS and Android: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pagebound-social-book-tracker/id6751526412 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.pagebound.app

There are quite a few improvements and new features in the app, including:

• Book Journeys (click the map icon on the book cards in your library and other user's library to see their posts, comments, and updates for a specific book)
• Quick access to "add to plan"
• Filtering your activity on profile
• Save posts
• upgraded Read Dates editing

This is the first release, so there will be many more additions and improvements to come. (PS for Android users: we're aware of two bugs related to library imports from Goodreads/Storygraph, and issues with editing read dates - these have already been resolved and are pending Google approval for release.)

We owe a huge thank you to our beta testers who worked diligently over the last month to report hundreds of bugs and help us get the app prepared for release. A huge round of applause to them.

We hope you love the app as much as we do; it definitely makes engaging on PB so much more convenient and fun. If you have a great experience with the app, we'd love if you'd consider supporting us through Pagebound Royalty; Lucy and I have worked for $0 over the past year to bring the app and website to fruition, and have been covering business costs with our savings accounts. Your contribution means we can continue to work full-time on Pagebound without influence from investors or advertisers, and keep Pagebound 100% for readers by readers. Thank you so much to all the Royalty who have already contributed; it truly means the world to us and keeps Pagebound online!

ok now go download the app and tell us what you think!

Happy Reading, Jennifer & Lucy

PS - leaving us a review in app stores also helps tremendously :)

You know.. For a book with magical trials and murder mysteries (both of which I’m not a big fan of)….

I’m having a great time so far! The dialogue feels a bit juvenile sometimes, to the point where I had to check if it wasn’t actually a YA. But it’s nice. Easy world building (I’m intrigued by the Dragons and hope we get more from them), interesting characters. And loooove the footnotes. 🤌🏻

ps I do like a good trial but I feel like every other book has trials. been there, done that