Somewhere between my never-ending TBR pile 😅 and a plan to actually reduce it this year (which... isn’t exactly going great), I’ve decided that 2025 is the year I finally read Tolkien. 💫 But now I’m stuck on the big question: 🧙‍♂️ Do I start with The Fellowship of the Ring and go straight into the main trilogy? 🐉 Or do I begin with The Hobbit? 📖 Or maybe follow the timeline of Middle-earth events instead? If you’ve read Tolkien, how did you approach it? Would love your thoughts! 🙏

I would like to nominate Dune for inclusion in this quest.

Hi everyone! We have a few product updates to share - 1. The button to edit read dates is now on the book page - instead of sifting through your library to edit dates, you can visit the book page directly. 2. You can now edit the title, progress %, and spoiler tag on your posts (in addition to the contents!) 3. Fixed various bugs related to adding books to the Pagebound catalog, Goodreads imports, and comments on activity updates. We've had some questions about non-English books and issues importing books in non-Roman lettered languages like Arabic and Greek. We do plan to address both of these issues, however it is a large project and due to the discussion and forum nature of the site, the solution isn't straightforward. For now, non-English books will remain separate from the English version to preserve single-language discussion in the forums, and you may encounter data issues importing books in non-Roman lettered languages. We ask you refrain from importing those books at this time to help keep the integrity of our database! Special shoutout to our lovely Devin for helping on the engineering side with these updates 🫶 Happy reading, Jennifer & Lucy 💜💙

How do you feel about book clubs? Are you in one? I'm in a couple of clubs on Fable (online, the format is kind of like a forum) and usually manage to read some books with my best friend because there aren't any in our area that works with us (themewise mostly). How do you feel about online-videochatting ones? I'm conflicted, I don't think that format is for me.

This book is so unserious 😂 I cannot w the Stella Shadid references

So I've tried a few times with different links, thinking I was using the wrong one, but no. I'm trying to import this version of the Iliad that was translated by Emily Wilson, but it keeps pulling other versions. If it's on the site, it hasn't come up for me after searching the terms "Homer", "Emily Wilson", or "The Iliad". Help? Also, her version of The Odyssey is already here on Pagebound, but it doesn't have her name attached so it doesn't come up in search when you look for her works. Fun fact: Emily Wilson's version of The Odyssey was its first translation into English done by a woman. It's still in my TBR, but I've heard that she translated some details that hadn't been seen in English before.

I was trying to import Mokoena's “Who Owns ‘Black’?” but since it's not on goodreads, is there an alternative way to add these type of books to the database. If there isn't, I was thinking there should be.

Hi everyone! We have a few product updates to share - 1. The button to edit read dates is now on the book page - instead of sifting through your library to edit dates, you can visit the book page directly. 2. You can now edit the title, progress %, and spoiler tag on your posts (in addition to the contents!) 3. Fixed various bugs related to adding books to the Pagebound catalog, Goodreads imports, and comments on activity updates. We've had some questions about non-English books and issues importing books in non-Roman lettered languages like Arabic and Greek. We do plan to address both of these issues, however it is a large project and due to the discussion and forum nature of the site, the solution isn't straightforward. For now, non-English books will remain separate from the English version to preserve single-language discussion in the forums, and you may encounter data issues importing books in non-Roman lettered languages. We ask you refrain from importing those books at this time to help keep the integrity of our database! Special shoutout to our lovely Devin for helping on the engineering side with these updates 🫶 Happy reading, Jennifer & Lucy 💜💙

just started The Celestine Prophecy and there's no cover :( any idea how to import them from goodreads?

Has anyone else been having issues with this? I have been trying to add the same book since last night and it isn't there. Help? EDIT: It's fixed!

I’m curious—how did you decide on your avatar when you joined Pagebound? I originally picked the goth/emo-looking girl because her haircut was similar to mine. I almost went with the little green witch because she has such a cool vibe, but in the end, I chose my current avatar since I’m a total sucker for romance books. Don’t be surprised if I switch to the little green witch at some point, I just feel drawn to her! I’d love to hear your stories! Did you pick your avatar because it looks like you, fits your favorite genre, or just because it’s cute?

Finally found a good romance read in Manacled but need more so if I loved Manacled...what should I read next?

Hi all, thanks for your patience while we sorted out the Read Date issues. Adding and editing read dates is officially back on the site in a new and improved format that eliminates any date formatting / timezone issues. You can add and edit read dates for any book in "Finished" or "DNF". (Little note here: rather than editing dates on an existing reading instance, you will need to delete the old dates and add in the correct dates). We've also heard your requests for more relevant notifications - now, you will only be notified when someone replies to your comment, or someone comments on your post. When we were a smaller community, seeing more notifications was helpful, but we have quickly outgrown that! Custom notification settings is a trickier down-the-line project so we hope this improves things in the meantime. We'll be back soon with more updates! Have a great weekend :) Jennifer & Lucy

Hi all, thanks for your patience while we sorted out the Read Date issues. Adding and editing read dates is officially back on the site in a new and improved format that eliminates any date formatting / timezone issues. You can add and edit read dates for any book in "Finished" or "DNF". (Little note here: rather than editing dates on an existing reading instance, you will need to delete the old dates and add in the correct dates). We've also heard your requests for more relevant notifications - now, you will only be notified when someone replies to your comment, or someone comments on your post. When we were a smaller community, seeing more notifications was helpful, but we have quickly outgrown that! Custom notification settings is a trickier down-the-line project so we hope this improves things in the meantime. We'll be back soon with more updates! Have a great weekend :) Jennifer & Lucy

Is it just me or is there a way to see the date someone left a comment/post? Especially like update posts on a book someone's reading and idk if they left that post an hour ago or three months ago and I don't wanna reply to someone's "50% through" update if it was like. Weeks ago haha.