jenniferPagebound
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Post from the Supporting* Women's Wrongs forum
Hi everyone! I wanted to share how this quest was curated, and how suggestions and new additions will be evaluated. This quest first and foremost celebrates women behaving badly, whether that's through revenge, selfishness, unhinged desire, or simply a loose screw. There are (thankfully) many examples of such women in every genre, but this quest leans towards the "weird girl lit fic" realm. Weird girl litfic isn't an official sub genre of course; it's more of a vibe, you know it when you see it. Books in this sub genre tend to be literary or contemporary fiction with some thriller and horror mixed in, which is reflected in the quest list.
For new additions, I will be prioritizing new releases. There may be some exceptions if I missed an excellent backlist book, but in general I want the quest list to grow with books that will be published in the months and years to come :) Right now, I'm going through books published in 2025 that would be excellent fits. What Hunger by Catherine Dang was just added - let me know which other standout titles were published in 2025 and I'll do some research!
There are some popular backlist titles I intentionally did not include since they're well represented in other Quests (for example, Gone Girl and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil). Others fit the theme but not the genre (examples: Poppy War and Iron Widow).
Hope this clarifies the criteria and helps steer suggestions! Stay bad đȘđđŹ
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jenniferPagebound commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I've been looking but couldn't find it so far. Is there a place here where I can see all my reviews? When I exported my Goodreads books and lists, it was also my reviews that were taken over. I didn't write a review for EVERY book in my library. On Goodreads I could just click on "reviews" on my profile to see which of the books on my bookshelves had a review from me. But I couldn't find sth like that here. Can someone point me in the right direction or isn't there such a thing? And is this the right place to post questions like these?
10jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
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show users you follow with a book on their My Taste on the book's page
many times i have been looking at a book's page and wanted to see who would consider the book a favorite above just a 5 star rating. while you can see everyone who has finished it and their rating, a My Taste book feels like a step above a 5 star rating and makes the book stand out
i think it would be a fun addition to the book's page to see which users you follow have a book on their My Taste, similar to the way you can see those who have it on their TBR, finished, and DNF shelves. for example, it could influence you to prioritize a book if one of your friends has it on their My Taste, or you can get in a (friendly) argument with a friend who has a book you hated on their My Taste, and other fun community moments
jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
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'Not Interested' Reading Status
I wanted to suggest a possible new reading status: 'Not Interested'
I know nothing about UI/UX, so I have no idea how complicated this would be, and I know some of this functionality can be recreated with shelves and muting, but I've found a few situations where a dedicated status would be useful:
- If I research a book and decide it's not for me, but I still want to see the community discussion about it. If I mute the book, it removes the conversation.
- If I have looked up trigger/content warnings and confirmed this book isn't a fit, having a clear "Not Interested" marker would save me from re-researching the same titles later.
- Similarly, for quests, as new books are added, it would be helpful to quickly distinguish between "haven't looked at this yet" vs. "already checked and it's not for me". Right now, shelves can be a workaround for the second two, but they don't visually integrate the way statuses do with color and icons.
I totally understand that every new status adds complexity, so I wanted to share the use cases in case they fit with your long-term vision! Thanks so much for considering this and all that you do for us!
jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
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Direct access to your own profile
I guess this is more of a UX request than a feature request, but would it be possible to have a more direct access to our own profile - like an avatar icon at the very top - instead of under the "More" hamburger menu?
Thanks!
jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
4Return to search results
It would be lovely if in all search formats we could return to results.
When searching in the browser if I use the search bar at the top of the site - select category - select result - return to previous page - my results are still there to select something else.
In the browser it does not hold my search results if I navigate to lists and search in th search bar that generates there.
In app - search via magnifying glass in upper right corner - select category - select result - return to landing page for searching and have to conduct search again. So far Iâve found it only returns to results in app if I go to the âbrowse all lists/questsâ
This would be very nice to make searching more efficient. When Iâm trying to look at all lists containing a keyword to see if one exists, itâs very frustrating to have to repeat the search process and to scroll through results to find my place every time. This would be convenient for all searches. Trying to remember a book, but donât quite have the title right. A fellow pagebounder but youâre not exactly sure of their precise username. To be able to return to the list that was already compiled in the search would definitely increase efficiency and minimize queries.
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jenniferPagebound commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Hey everyone, small announcement that we've completed our "New Avatars" Roadmap item and just released an additional 33 avatars. Most are new color variants of our existing avatars but we have some brand new characters as well!
-"Fabio" aka long haired Victorian romance novel type character, in 2 colors variants -"Victorian", candle-holding character available in 3 color variants -"Audiobook lover", wearing headphones! available in 3 color variants -"Matcha" and "Coffee", available in the food pack avatars that are unlocked for level 4 users -"Astronaut" in 2 color variants, unlocked for level 5 users
We now have a grand total of 103 avatars to choose from ! Big shout out to our illustrator Mariam Chagelishvili (@lokokinart on Instagram) who did an amazing job bringing these characters to life. We hope these new variants and characters help everyone feel more represented in their avatar and give more variety in the avatars you see around PB !
ps, these are the avatars you can unlock as you level up:
- level 2: Pet pack, 2 cats and 2 dogs (inspired by Lucy's gray dog Rooney and my black cat Binx đ„č)
- level 3: Dragon pack, 2 eastern inspired dragons and 2 western inspired dragons
- level 4: Food pack, 2 croissants, 2 rice bowls, 2 chili peppers, coffee & matcha
- level 5: Astronaut pack, 2 astronauts
189jenniferPagebound commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
We just released 32 new color variants of our current avatars, focusing on increasing the skintone range of our human-like avatars. Some of the more popular avatars, like the ghost, dragon, and alien, have more colors also :) We'll be coming out with more colors and brand new avatars soon!
104Post from the Pagebound Club forum
Hey everyone, small announcement that we've completed our "New Avatars" Roadmap item and just released an additional 33 avatars. Most are new color variants of our existing avatars but we have some brand new characters as well!
-"Fabio" aka long haired Victorian romance novel type character, in 2 colors variants -"Victorian", candle-holding character available in 3 color variants -"Audiobook lover", wearing headphones! available in 3 color variants -"Matcha" and "Coffee", available in the food pack avatars that are unlocked for level 4 users -"Astronaut" in 2 color variants, unlocked for level 5 users
We now have a grand total of 103 avatars to choose from ! Big shout out to our illustrator Mariam Chagelishvili (@lokokinart on Instagram) who did an amazing job bringing these characters to life. We hope these new variants and characters help everyone feel more represented in their avatar and give more variety in the avatars you see around PB !
ps, these are the avatars you can unlock as you level up:
- level 2: Pet pack, 2 cats and 2 dogs (inspired by Lucy's gray dog Rooney and my black cat Binx đ„č)
- level 3: Dragon pack, 2 eastern inspired dragons and 2 western inspired dragons
- level 4: Food pack, 2 croissants, 2 rice bowls, 2 chili peppers, coffee & matcha
- level 5: Astronaut pack, 2 astronauts
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jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
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Carry Over Books in "Plan"
I would love to be able to more easily carry a book forward from one month to the next. For example, maybe I planned to read a book in February but didn't end up getting to it. I'd like to be able to then easily add it to a future month's plan. Right now I have to toggle to "past plans," then toggle to "future plans" and remember which books to add. It gets unwieldy if there are multiple books.
Thank you for considering!
jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
5Batch edit books on Web Desktop
On desktop, select multiple books from a status or custom shelf in your library to batch-edit
jenniferPagebound commented on a post from the Founder Announcements forum
Hi everyone, we've just released a big app update with many quality of life improvements, bug fixes, and some new features. These are all available on web as well. Please make sure your apps are updated to the latest version, 1.1.1, to see these changes! As a reminder, you can check out what we're working on and what's coming up next via the public roadmap (in the footer on web, in the more menu on the app)
Here's a list of updates:
- New Main Quest badge tiers, now viewable on the app
- ability to pin comments to your own posts, lists, and activity
- improved search on app: UI enhancements to make searching for things that are not books easier, removed the auto-populated most searched books from the search widget
- ability to track your progress in Time for audiobooks (HH:MM)
- progress bar / breakdown by status added to Plan
- estimated page count added to book page
- you can enlarge a book cover on the book screen by tapping the book cover
- rereading button (when you go to track a reread, the button says re-reading instead of reading)
- sort reviews by star rating
- filter options on Book Journey
- new search, filter, and sort options on Browse All Lists and Browse All Quests screens
- see more info about your followers and users you follow in the following/followers modals
- changed the button on the home feed "currently reading" books from "post in forum" to "go to forum" for easier access to the forum + encouraging folks to check existing posts!
We're working on monthly wrapups, reading streaks, and some prep for more stats next! We will also be making some additional enhancements to Quests (like: a book recommendations section similar to the Community Recs on book pages, stats for how many users earned each badge tier, and a feed tab like the new feed tab on book pages)
Thanks everyone and happy reading, Jennifer + Lucy
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