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jenniferPagebound

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jenniferPagebound commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • Export Library/Lists

    Is there a way to export our library and lists from Pagebound?

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  • jenniferPagebound commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • Emoji Problem

    I was wondering if anyone else has encountered the issue I find myself having with the emojis. So when I’m reviewing a book sometimes I will write out my thoughts first and then put emojis. But sometimes when I go to put emojis I realize there isn’t one that fits so I decide to exit the emoji box. However when I do this I get a pop up saying “ You have unsaved changes! Are you sure you want to exit?” and when I say yes it deletes everything I’ve worked on. Is there a way to avoid this and exit that page without deleting anything? Thanks in advance, lol.

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  • jenniferPagebound commented on amoeller's review of Silver Elite

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  • Silver Elite
    amoeller
    May 28, 2025
    1.0
    Enjoyment: Quality: Characters: Plot:

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  • Intimacies
    jenniferPagebound
    May 27, 2025
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    Enjoyment: 1.5Quality: 4.0Characters: 1.5Plot: 1.0
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    This is slow moving and highly contemplative, I had a hard time connecting with the story and found myself wondering what the point was half the time. The author is clearly skilled, no notes on craft, but the actual message got lost in the narration for me. It wasn't until late in the novel that I understood this was a meditation on intimacy - of course the title gives us that clue, but the actual exploration of intimacy isn't obvious until it's nearly over. I would have to give this a re-read to find the wisdom and the message, but it wasn't an enjoyable enough ride to warrant the investment.

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  • Intimacies
    Thoughts from 92% (page 207)
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  • The Amalfi Curse
    Thoughts from 43% (page 140)
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  • jenniferPagebound commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • Status Updates?

    I was sitting here jokingly thinking about how I wish I could post a status update to say "hey, sorry for all the spam posts about this one book but I'm done now and it was REALLY good" (in a light hearted way), but then I thought about it and I actually think this could be possibly be a really neat feature? Not sure how hard it would be to do, or if anyone would be into it besides me but it might be nice to be able to post just casual things. "Yay! Just finished my 10th read this year!" or "oh my god, guess what amazing book I found at the thrift store?" or whatever else. I know we have the forums here, but it feels a bit awkward to share the little things and I think I'd have a lot of fun with that. We have so many updates that get shared (and I don't mean this in a bad way) from our forum creations, books we start reading, books we review, etc. I just thought it might possibly be neat if we could do our own custom one too! Especially because these would just be things that people that follow us might see which I think would be an extra fun element of getting to follow someone. I guess I can understand one worry is people using statuses as a way to post about books they're reading instead of in the book discussion forum, so I understand if this isn't a thing that can go forward, but I wanted to share my thoughts anyways!

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  • jenniferPagebound commented on a post from the Founder Announcements forum

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  • Pride Readalong + Product & Dev Update (5/20/25)

    Hi everyone! We have some product updates to share: 1. We're launching the first Special Event readalong on June 1st with a Pride Month Readalong! You'll get a special Pride 2025 badge for reading 1 of the 5 books in the readalong and posting or commenting in the forum. There's a link to the selections on the Discuss page; all selected books were written by LGBTQ+ authors. We're excited to celebrate Pride and the community with this special event :) 2. You can now search in the forums! Shoutout to Devin for this feature. We recommend sticking to keywords rather than full sentences for search 3. You will now see a warning message when posting about a book you're currently reading without entering the progress % or page #. This info is required for forum sorting by progress; we allow and encourage title editing (ie adding a chapter or quip to the title) 😊 + various bug fixes Happy reading, Jennifer + Lucy 💜💙

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  • Intimacies
    Thoughts from 84% (page 190)

    Struggling to be interested in this still.. The alternating chapters between the protagonist's work at the court and her personal life are not working for me. The court chapters are so information heavy and I'm not sure how they're relevant to the overall story (other than this being a disjointed 2 in 1 story?). It feels like a string of random, disconnected events rather than a story with a meaning. Hoping I get the lightbulb moment in this last 15%

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  • jenniferPagebound commented on jenniferPagebound's update

    jenniferPagebound finished a book

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    Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

    Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

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    jenniferPagebound finished a book

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    Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

    Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

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    Post from the Founder Announcements forum

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  • Pride Readalong + Product & Dev Update (5/20/25)

    Hi everyone! We have some product updates to share: 1. We're launching the first Special Event readalong on June 1st with a Pride Month Readalong! You'll get a special Pride 2025 badge for reading 1 of the 5 books in the readalong and posting or commenting in the forum. There's a link to the selections on the Discuss page; all selected books were written by LGBTQ+ authors. We're excited to celebrate Pride and the community with this special event :) 2. You can now search in the forums! Shoutout to Devin for this feature. We recommend sticking to keywords rather than full sentences for search 3. You will now see a warning message when posting about a book you're currently reading without entering the progress % or page #. This info is required for forum sorting by progress; we allow and encourage title editing (ie adding a chapter or quip to the title) 😊 + various bug fixes Happy reading, Jennifer + Lucy 💜💙

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  • The Amalfi Curse
    Thoughts from 7% chp 1
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  • jenniferPagebound commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • Books Still Showing Up on 'My Books' Discussion

    Hi, I have a few books that keep showing up in the discussion page under 'My Books' that are not currently on any of my shelves. When I click on the book, it says 'set status', but I keep seeing the updates in the discussion page. Do they also count books in Quests?

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  • jenniferPagebound commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • Emojis / Vibes for Book Forums?

    I have FOMO. Like everyone else, I have a growing TBR and when I see book forum posts from my TBR list appear in the feed and there are spoilers, I want to click them. It's like an itch. But I don't because I don't want to ruin the magic for myself. Perhaps we can get a face emoji 😀😍🥳🧐🤬or a scale of "positive, neutral, negative" on the post, so it can inform the vibes of the book as it progresses? So I get a better sense of the book. Would make a great graph once you have enough data as well. I feel like this would also entice me to add a book to my TBR since I see posts from people I follow that I may not have known about. Would anyone else find this useful? Or would that spoil the magic for you?

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