jaybelzebabe

romance, female rage and female teenage detectives 👑 all books are political

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I am My Own Woman: The Outlaw Life of Charlotte Von Mahlsdorf, Berlin's Most Distinguished Transvestite

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Audrey Lane Stirs the Pot (Winner Bakes All, #3)

The Great British Bump-Off: Kill or Be Quilt

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Let's help each other to tackle this Monday

Hello fellow Boundlings, How are you today?

I've woken up (like every Monday) with an impending sense of dread about the work week ahead. But it's not fair: I already give Capitalism a lot of my time and energy, I refuse to give it also my emotional wellbeing.

Therefore, I've decided to treat this day as an adventure. The main quest will be to be present and kind.

What will your main quest for today be? Can you give me ideas for side quests to add a little joy and whimsy to this day?

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This Princess Kills Monsters: The Misadventures of a Fairy-Tale Stepsister

Ry Herman

A princess with a mostly useless magical talent takes on horrible monsters, a dozen identical masked heroes, and a talking lion in a quest to save a kingdom—and herself—in this affectionate satire of the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale The Twelve Huntsmen.Someone wants to murder Princess Melilot. This is sadly normal.Melilot is sick of being ordered to go on dangerous quests by her domineering stepmother. Especially since she always winds up needing to be rescued by her more magically talented stepsisters. And now, she's been commanded to marry a king she’s never met.When hideous spider-wolves attack her on the journey to meet her husband-to-be, she is once again rescued—but this time, by twelve eerily similar-looking masked huntsmen. Soon, she has to contend with near-constant attempts on her life, a talking lion that sets bewildering gender tests, and a king who can't recognize his true love when she puts on a pair of trousers. And all the while, she has to fight her growing attraction to not only one of the huntsmen, but also her fiancé’s extremely attractive sister.If Melilot can't unravel the mysteries and rescue herself from peril, kingdoms will fall. Worse, she could end up married to someone she doesn’t love.

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This Princess Kills Monsters: The Misadventures of a Fairy-Tale Stepsister

Ry Herman

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A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

Tia Williams

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Celebrating my 200th day streak and visiting London

Hello my fellow boundlings ☀️

Today marks my 200th day streak on pagebound, which is also the anniversary of my joining this app that made my life so much better. I'm so happy to be here to share my love of books, and especially love stories, with you all 💓

I'm leaving tomorrow to spend 2 days in London with my friend @emychvmb. She gifted me a ticket to go see Hamilton for my last birthday (she's the best) and the day has finally come (I've been obsessed with Hamilton for years 🤫).

If you have any recs on bookish places to visit while we're there, I'm interested! I've already made a list of some libraries mentioned in other posts, but if you have any places you'd like to recommend, please do!

Have a good day!

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Question of the Day

Aloha Bookaholics!

Here is your question of the day:

If any character, from any book, was to become an influencer, who do you think would be the best/worst at the job? 😬

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Room

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Apr 27, 2026

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Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 3.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 3.5

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Needy Little Things

Channelle Desamours

In this debut speculative YA mystery, a Black teen with premonition-like powers must solve her friend's disappearance before she finds herself in the same danger. Sariyah Lee Bryant can hear what people need—tangible things, like a pencil, a hair tie, a phone charger—an ability only her family and her best friend, Malcolm, know the truth about. But when she fulfills a need for her friend Deja who vanishes shortly after, Sariyah is left wondering if her ability is more curse than gift. This isn’t the first time one of her friends has landed on the missing persons list, and she’s determined not to let her become yet another forgotten Black girl. Not trusting the police and media to do enough on their own, Sariyah and her friends work together to figure out what led to Deja’s disappearance. But when Sariyah’s mother loses her job and her little brother faces complications with his sickle cell disease, managing her time, money, and emotions seems impossible. Desperate, Sariyah decides to hustle her need-sensing ability for cash—a choice that may not only lead her to Deja, but put her in the same danger Deja found herself in.

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Someone You Can Build a Nest In

John Wiswell

Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monster—by Nebula Award-winning debut author John Wiswell Shesheshen has made a mistake fatal to all monsters: she's fallen in love. Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous lump at the bottom of a ruined manor. When her rest is interrupted by hunters intent on murdering her, she constructs a body from the remains of past meals: a metal chain for a backbone, borrowed bones for limbs, and a bear trap as an extra mouth. However, the hunters chase Shesheshen out of her home and off a cliff. Badly hurt, she’s found and nursed back to health by Homily, a warm-hearted human, who has mistaken Shesheshen as a fellow human. Homily is kind and nurturing and would make an excellent co-parent: an ideal place to lay Shesheshen’s eggs so their young could devour Homily from the inside out. But as they grow close, she realizes humans don’t think about love that way. Shesheshen hates keeping her identity secret from Homily, but just as she’s about to confess, Homily reveals why she’s in the area: she’s hunting a shapeshifting monster that supposedly cursed her family. Has Shesheshen seen it anywhere? Eating her girlfriend isn’t an option. Shesheshen didn’t curse anyone, but to give herself and Homily a chance at happiness, she has to figure out why Homily’s twisted family thinks she did. As the hunt for the monster becomes increasingly deadly, Shesheshen must unearth the truth quickly, or soon both of their lives will be at risk. And the bigger challenge remains: surviving her toxic in-laws long enough to learn to build a life with, rather than in, the love of her life.

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Silver: Finished 10 Main Quest books.

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That's Not My Name

Megan Lally

She thought she had her life back. She was wrong. It was a mistake to trust him. Shivering and bruised, a teen wakes up on the side of a dirt road with no memory of how she got there―or who she is. A passing officer takes her to the police station, and not long after, a frantic man arrives. He's been searching for her for hours. He has her school ID, her birth certificate, and even family photos. He is her father. Her name is Mary. Or so he says. When Lola slammed the car door and stormed off into the night, Drew thought they just needed some time to cool off. Except Lola disappeared, and the sheriff, his friends, and the whole town are convinced Drew murdered his girlfriend. Forget proving his innocence, he needs to find her before it's too late. The longer Lola is missing, the fewer leads there are to follow…and the more danger they both are in.

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theaisreading

Apr 26, 2026

4.0

Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.0

this was such a tension filled read, it made my literal skin crawl out of worry and fear for the characters 😖 while the twist wasn't totally out there (which is a good thing!), the storytelling captured my full attention and made me race through this book to get to the conclusion as fast as possible for a peace of mind - and it was totally worth it 😌

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✨comfort tv✨

did a lil search and couldn’t see anything in the club for this so hopefully I haven’t missed it🥹

what are your comfort tv shows? i’m a big fan of a tv show but rarely watch new ones and most new ones that i start, i tend to not finish lol. i just rewatch the same ones again and again. comfort is joy for me✨

super interested if anyone else loves similar shows to me and if so, if our reading taste is aligned too!

my top shows are the vampire diaries, supernatural and brooklyn nine-nine. these are my go to rewatches and i feel like they all work well depending on what mood im in!! tvd is my firm favourite though and holds such a special place for me i think cause i watched it when i was a teenager?? (nearly 30 now though and watching it was a i post this lol)🧛

what are your comfort shows??

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Room

Emma Donoghue

To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world.... Told in the inventive, funny, and poignant voice of Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience—and a powerful story of a mother and son whose love lets them survive the impossible. To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits. Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough ... not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck. What she does not realize is just how unprepared she is for the plan to actually work. Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from one world to another.

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Book heights

Is anyone else completely bothered by their books not being the same height?

Most of my paperbacks (with the exception of like 2 books) are all the same height, but my hardcovers are all over the place! There are some that are a taller height and some that are closer to the paperback size but just a bit taller. Even the ones in the same height group are all very slightly different!

And don't even get me started on graphic novels! I love my graphic novels so much but I only have two that are the same height and width!

Do you prefer your books to all be the same height or do you like the variety? And do you prefer shorter or taller books?

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Lostinzea

Friends?

Let's be friends guys. I'll follow back 😊

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moonheart

Apr 25, 2026

4.0

Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.0

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the story was amazing! twas my first full length sci-fi novel and I ate it up 👏🏻 not a fan of the author, at all. he can keep his mouth shut. I liked Ryland. I liked how he dealt with going to space, figuring out his mission, and how to save people. loved Rocky!! the humor was pretty great and the science was wonderful (even if I didn't understand most of the physics). there were some moments that had me staring at the wall, remembering a straight, white man wrote this but for the most part, it was very enjoyable. highly recommend reading before watching the movie!! it makes the movie that much better imo ◡̈

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