gemmabarnes is interested in reading...

Make the Season Bright
Ashley Herring Blake
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The Mating Game
Lana Ferguson
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Has anyone found a winter themed book like
I would love to read something a bit more aligned with the season but I haven’t really found anything that is fitting what I am looking for. Would love for it to be a cozy book with plot, and some spice if possible!
I have also read The Spellshop and The enchanted Greenhouse as well as the Hazel Beck series
Thanks so much!!!
gemmabarnes commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Currently on the fence about getting a nook. I shop a lot at Barnes and noble so there’s no worry about it never getting use out of it. I suppose it’s more of the investment aspect of it. Thoughts from anyone who has one? Or people who read ebooks in general?
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The Fake Mate
Lana Ferguson
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This may be talked a lot on Social Media, I also want to post this for future readers who come later on after watching the Wicked musical or movie. THIS BOOK IS NOT THE MOVIE. Yes, it is the inspiration for the original Wicked Musical, but it is DRASTICALLY different than the musical or the movie. It is literally the inspiration not the source material. It is still a really well talked about and regarded book, however there are a lot of heavy elements as well as topics, and trigger warnings that are not family or child friendly!! Just a heads up! Please feel free to read and enjoy this book, just know that it is not what you are going to expect!
Post from the Big Little Spells (Witchlore, #2) forum
So in the first book I noticed the lack of descriptions aside from vague things, like Skip looking like a weasel, Jacob being a typical farmer love interest, and Georgie having red hair. Is this because she doesn't want to assign racial characteristics to people? Kind of let the readers fill in the descriptions themselves like fanfics do with reader inserts? It's just interesting how the characters are (not) described
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Big Little Spells (Witchlore, #2)
Hazel Beck
Post from the Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) forum
This may be talked a lot on Social Media, I also want to post this for future readers who come later on after watching the Wicked musical or movie. THIS BOOK IS NOT THE MOVIE. Yes, it is the inspiration for the original Wicked Musical, but it is DRASTICALLY different than the musical or the movie. It is literally the inspiration not the source material. It is still a really well talked about and regarded book, however there are a lot of heavy elements as well as topics, and trigger warnings that are not family or child friendly!! Just a heads up! Please feel free to read and enjoy this book, just know that it is not what you are going to expect!
gemmabarnes commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Not really sure if this is the right place to ask this question but I looked at the FAQ and I couldn’t find an answer so here I am!! Is there a way to formally subit a request for a future quest theme?  Maybe I missed the answer in the FAQ. I looked at the “how quests work” section and all it said was top contributors can make them. Thank u <3
gemmabarnes commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Not sure if perhaps I just haven’t found it yet, but is there a way to look at a series page? Where there’s every book listed in order so you can go to the next book easily. It would be so cool too if there’s a forum for the series so we can discuss more broadly.
gemmabarnes commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I've been watching Sara Carolli's bookmas videos, and she has inspired me to branch out and try new things just to see what I like because I'm clearly in need of a change for 2026 when it comes to reading. So any recommendations for someone who wants to get into literary fiction? Would love them to be a bit fast-paced and contemporary since I really don't know what I like and don't like yet.
gemmabarnes commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I've started taking interest in classical books these days and Shakespeare turned out as good as everyone says, so I'm wondering what else is there that I'm not aware of?
İn Turkish I've read Namık Kemal's Vatan Yahut Silistre, and i LOVED it. But apart from other play names that i know bc of school, i have no idea what is out there.
So can you recommend me fun, short and comprehensible plays i can start with? (İ know about Dante's inferno, Iliad and the Odyssey. İ would really like other specific stuff that is not mainstream!)
gemmabarnes finished reading and wrote a review...
This book should be required reading for everyone, especially in the States! It is an absolutely amazing novel that just pulls you in and doesn't stop! It definitely can feel long just because of the content, but it's not overly wordy or excessive. It just is heavy. It is amazing and I can't recommend it enough!
*I don't know how to rate enjoyment because this book is one of those experiences where enjoyment is not the right word.
gemmabarnes commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Now that 2026 is coming up ive been planning which books i definitely want to read at some point next year!!
Please influence or deinfluence me and others on these book (no spoilers though🤍) ::
• The Inmate - Freida McFadden • Not Quite Dead Yet - Holly Jackson • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid • The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller • A Thousand Boy Kisses - Tillie Cole
Feel free to pop in your own books that you need a little push on so that I and others can influence/deinfluence you!! Have a lovely day!
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It was actually only a few days ago when I was aimlessly clicking around on my account (bored and in public, you know how it is) and ended up on one tab that said that I didn't have any saved posts... my first reaction was of course: that's a thing?! Although I did immediately forget afterwards about it until today, when I was looking at a club post asking for recs and thinking "wow... so many recs worth checking out that I don't have time to. If only there was some way I could bookma-...!!!" And so, today marks the first time of me actually using this feature <3 Did anybody else straight up not realize this was a thing lol? It's an awesome feature for sure!
gemmabarnes commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Yesterday, I heard the best critique of white feminism, boiled down to two sentences: “They don’t want equality. They want the power to oppress.”
Any recommendations for fiction books with a similar message? Fantasy would be cool, but anything will do as long as it’s fiction! I’ve read enough non-fiction on white feminism to last a lifetime.
(Babel and Yellowface are clear examples but I’ve read them both.)
Post from the Bless Your Heart (Bless Your Heart, #1) forum
This just got added to my TBR just because of the title!!! I can't wait to read it!
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