Just wanting to make a note here at the way Max sees so many aspects of life as a performance (and she mentions her mum ‘cosplaying as a Chinese person’ on the next page). I don’t disagree (I am autistic after all and perform ‘neurotypical’ most of the time) but it’s interesting to see it regularly mentioned.

For the past week, Pagebound Royalty members have submitted nominations for Lists to inspire Quests. Jennifer and I have gone through and ensured all the Lists you'll be voting on meet our Quest guidelines. There are 95 Lists eligible for you to vote on, and you can find them in this spreadsheet.

There will be 3 winning Lists selected. You can vote for up to 3 unique lists (across any genre). Submit your votes via this form through end of day June 30th. Take note of the Quest type when voting (Column C in the spreadsheet)! Many nominated Lists share a theme but vary in length. Preference for a Side vs Main Quest could help you decide which to vote for. Most Lists will be Side Quests, but Lists with many books (~60+) will be Main Quests.

The creators of the winning Lists will be able to accept/reject. If they accept, we will create a Quest inspired by their List, adapting the title & book list as necessary to fit Quest constraints. If they decline, we'll ask the runner-up!

Thanks for voting! Jennifer & Lucy

I just saw that Bookshop.com is having a Pride sale and idk if anyone's posted about it yet! It's 15% off with the code PRIDE26. I am not an affiliate/don't make money off of letting you know this, I just think this is nice to know.

They're also offering free standard shipping today for Anti-Prime day! Idk if it lasts past today, but I hope it does!

Okay...so I'm way back in my reading goal this year and I want to read/finish at least two books before June finishes.

That gave me a question for you all, how many books can you finish in 6 days? I'm only counting paperbacks and ebooks, not audiobooks.

Similar to some other posts I made on Free education websites (https://pagebound.co/posts/404858) and websites that can help people stay focus (https://pagebound.co/posts/431302). Here are some websites that are fun, creative and better than doomscrolling that I think people would enjoy.

Junk Journal.Site (https://junk-journal.site/explore) An online Junk journal that has the feeling of old websites like My space. Create and have other people see your 'junk' page, fill it with whatever you want, photos or painting you find online and make a collage of. I've seen people make a 'junk' page on books they want to read and decorated it.

Digibouquet (https://www.digibouquet.com/) Create an online flower bouquet and then send it to your friends or family with a little message attached to it

Neocities (https://neocities.org/) Create your own free website with an in-browser HTML editor and explore other websites that were made by people.

Lurk me (https://lurk.me/) Similar to neocities, make your own website but this time without code! Along with exploring others made by people!

Your ai slop bores me (https://www.youraislopbores.me/) As it says on the website "in a world looming with the threat of ai stealing your job, save humanity by stealing ai's job". You become the ai and answer people's questions. Ask questions and people pretending to be AI will answer. It's silly and fun.

I feel like these books scratch a particular spot in my brain. I want to find more to compare how they’re portrayed in books vs their actual selves. I feel like they’re probably a list somewhere…but recs please?

-I read the first book of the Shadow Histories duology by H.G. Parry and loved it. It’s such a wide scope, and the narrator for the audiobook has a great voice. I wished the Haitian revolution was a more central plot point, but alas. -“But One Life” by Samantha Wilsoncox was certainly interesting. The author certainly loves foreshadowing. (There’s a scene where a preacher talks about the story of Esther. Making parallels to the story of Hale to her…? Also that it was basically divine duty for him to serve his country). Relatively accurate.
-For the Pride read along, I loved Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert. The conversations in that book were amazing. -There is currently “Hope Never Dies” by Andrew Shaffer sitting on my shelf. I guess Obama and Biden count as historical figures? Famous figures? I guess they count too.

I also found a couple of others. Like this one author writing about Nathaniel Greene (and an upcoming one about Joseph Warren). Also Dwight D Eisenhower?

(I dont know why it’s so US centric today…maybe some less us centric ones?)