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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)

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knightreader88

new to pagebound and wondering what the list feature is

i keep seeing the lists everywhere but what are they? what are they meant to be for? is to group things? and most importantly how do i use it?

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karigan commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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How to see someone's reading journey (Solved)

When I see "Activity from People You Follow" and some of them have DNF'ed the book, I would love to be able to click the map icon from there and see any posts leading up to the decision to DNF. Where is the map icon? I can never seem to find it.

Do I have to navigate to the person's page and then try to find it?

Sorry if it's very obvious.

EDIT: Turns out it doesn't work on the website, only on the app. Insert crying emoji here because I primarily use the website.

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What features on Pagebound are your favorite?

Hi friends! I love hearing what everyone loves about Pagebound. Even though there are features I'm looking forward to having in the future, I would continue to use Pagebound if nothing ever changed and the site/app stayed the way they are right now, forever. I love it here, and there are already so many delightful features. Which features make PB feel special for you? What feature did you not know you needed until you had it? Is there a UI/UX thing that makes your life easy in a way that you love?

For me, the "pause" reading status was part of what led me to be able to finally start committing to DNF books. I used to force myself through every book I picked up, but when I realized I could put books on pause instead of committing to DNFing, I allowed myself to put them down without feeling bad. Now, I'll DNF anything I know I don't like as soon as I realize all I'm focusing on is what I don't like about the book lol

A recent feature I love is the progress bar on shelves in our library. I've immediately started using my shelves more, and it's overall increasing the usability of the shelves. Love love love 🙂‍↕️ Also, just a cute thing, I love that every different card in our feed is color-coded according to its type (e.g., comments are orange, posts are blue, etc.). It makes identifying what I'm looking at easy, and ofc it's adorable.

What about you?

karigan commented on MagPiper's review of As Many Souls as Stars

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Jan 20, 2026

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1.0

Enjoyment: Quality: Characters: Plot:

I was really intrigued by the description for this and had high hopes for the "Faustian bargian" and "cat-and-mouse" game I expected. Unfortunately, 30% into this, I mostly found myself growing tired of repetitive prose and unconvincing sexual tension (if it could be called that; at least, that's what I think it was meant to be) between two characters who had neither struck a bargain yet nor had any chemistry with each other. Ultimately this was a disappointment and I ended up DNFing.

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Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner, Doug. Designed to satisfy his emotional and physical needs, she has dinner ready for him every night, wears the cute outfits he orders for her, and adjusts her libido to suit his moods. True, she’s not the greatest at keeping Doug’s place spotless, but she’s trying to please him. She’s trying hard. She’s learning, too. Doug says he loves that Annie’s artificial intelligence makes her seem more like a real woman, but the more human Annie becomes, the less perfectly she behaves. As Annie's relationship with Doug grows more intricate and difficult, she starts to wonder whether Doug truly desires what he says he does. In such an impossible paradox, what does Annie owe herself?

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From the acclaimed author of the "wise and addictive" (New York Times) The Gifted School comes a riveting family drama about moral responsibility in the age of artificial intelligence. When the Cassidy-Shaws’ autonomous minivan collides with an oncoming car, killing an elderly couple, seventeen-year-old Charlie is in the driver’s seat, with his father, Noah, riding shotgun. In the back seat, tweens Alice and Izzy are on their phones, while their mother, Lorelei, a world leader in the field of artificial intelligence, is absorbed in her work. Yet each family member harbors a secret, implicating them all in the tragic accident. During a weeklong recuperation on the Chesapeake Bay, the family confronts the excruciating moral dilemmas triggered by the crash. Noah tries to hold the family together as a seemingly routine police investigation jeopardizes Charlie’s future. Alice and Izzy turn strangely furtive. And Lorelei’s odd behavior tugs at Noah’s suspicions that there is a darker truth behind the incident—suspicions heightened by the sudden intrusion of Daniel Monet, a tech mogul whose mysterious history with Lorelei hints at betrayal. When Charlie falls for Monet’s teenaged daughter, the stakes are raised even higher in this propulsive family drama that is also a fascinating exploration of the moral responsibility and ethical consequences of AI. Culpability explores a world newly shaped by chatbots, autonomous cars, drones, and other nonhuman forces in ways that are thrilling, challenging, and unimaginably provocative.

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Skandinavien is a dark, immersive horror audiobook designed for fans of atmospheric horror and slow-burn suspense. Conrad lives a solitary existence in an ancient windmill in a remote part of Scandinavia. He has no memory of being a functional part of society. All he has is his work; the bodies he disposes of. When prominent politician Albert Finzt ends up on Conrad’s autopsy slab, he begins to unravel the horrific circumstances behind his forced labour. This is a cold, creeping story rooted in folklore, isolation, and the fragile nature of memory.

audiobook • 100 copies • everywhere

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Mundane Magic: A Lazy Witch's Guide to Hacking Your Brain, Building a Daily Practice, and Getting Stuff Done

Molly Donlan

Transform the mundane tasks of daily life into intentional moments of magical self-care, with spells, rituals, and exercises that work with your brain, not against it—from the co-host of the Demystify Magic podcast Are the dust bunnies and clutter in your house getting out of control? Do you put off cleaning your shower curtain or organizing your closet until you can’t ignore the mess anymore? Imagine turning these mundane chores into moments of magic, where sweeping the floor or folding laundry becomes an act of spiritual connection and enchantment. But how do we bridge the gap between the ordinary and the extraordinary? That’s where Mundane Magic comes in, to help you focus on the intention behind your actions and tap into everyday magic with simple rituals and mindful moments, like whipping together a coffee spell for abundance or clearing out the stagnant energy under your bed. Initially a skeptic herself, Molly Donlan’s journey took an unexpected turn when chronic hip pain led her to Reiki and the intersection of science and spirituality. She’s been where you are, overwhelmed by the weight of daily stress and household chores, but by injecting boring tasks with a sense of novelty and fun, she found magic practices that worked for her and her ADHD brain, rather than against it. Organized by rooms around the house and divided by the level of difficulty, Mundane Magic shares fun and actionable tips, exercises, spells, and rituals to create micro-moments of magic and motivation. You can organize your chores around the moon cycles to optimize cleansing and creativity, whip up an easy simmer pot for the motivation to tackle that pile of dirty dishes, or turn a minty shampoo into a spell for mental clarity. Mundane Magic offers a fun approach and empathetic support for productivity around the house and reclaiming joy and creativity in the process.

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The Beheading Game: A Novel

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Disgraced. Beheaded. And out for revenge . . .We all know what happened to Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn. But what if she woke up the day after her execution and took it upon herself to seek justice?“Nobody was surprised at Anne’s conviction. The world loves to put a woman in her place.”The Beheading Game begins in the hours after Anne Boleyn’s beheading, when she wakes to find herself unceremoniously in an arrow chest, her head wrapped in linen at her knees. Discarded by King Henry VIII for not being able to give him a male heir, reviled by Cromwell for being too smart for her own good, and executed based on trumped-up charges, Anne escapes the tower, sews her head back on, and sets out on a quest for vengeance.Traveling in the guise of a commoner, with the help of a prostitute, Anne navigates the London streets she never before walked and soon realizes how little she knew about life in the real world. If Kelly Link had teamed up with Hilary Mantel, the result might be The Beheading Game. An epic journey through the wilds of British royal history and a prescient reminder that “mouthy” women have always been punished, The Beheading Game finally allows one of history’s most maligned women a chance to tell her side of the story.

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karigan commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

intofolklore

best app ever!!!!

just coming on here to say how much i love this app. it’s so fun to interact with people about books and have open discussions. this community has brought back my love for reading. i get so excited to come on here everyday and talk with you all 🫶🏻

karigan submitted a feature request

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Roadmap & Feature Request Sorting - Last Updated Status

Is it possible to add a sorting filter to the feature requests and released roadmap items (or change the default sort) to show by the most recent status update rather than creation date? So all new requests/releases and anything newly updated would be at the top of the list. For example, if the first created roadmap item gets a status update, rather than living at the bottom of the list of requests or released items, it would be pushed to the top of the list.

It can be hard to remember what requests I've seen updates on since I have to scroll through the whole list and remember what each one's status was the last time I saw it.

Also just to make sure I'm being clear, when I say status update, I'm specifically referring to the "Not Yet Reviewed", "Won't Do", etc. tags on the posts, not comments or likes on the request :)

Approved - Will Do ✅

karigan commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

intofolklore

what book did you enjoy but hated the ending?

there’s always going to be books out there that you love 99% of it but the ending throws you off

for me, the perfect son by freida mcfadden is just that. after reading it, i gave it a 5 star but since then, i’ve looked back on it and realized it was lower because of the ending. even during my initial read, i was not happy with it but blinded by how much i enjoyed reading it in whole

it really bothers me when books end on cliffhangers and the author never makes a sequel. i don’t need “happy endings” but i want true endings, not something that i’ll spend the rest of my life wondering what happened afterwards

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The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov

The first complete, annotated English Translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's comic masterpiece. An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the essential classics of modern Russian literature. The novel's vision of Soviet life in the 1930s is so ferociously accurate that it could not be published during its author's lifetime and appeared only in a censored edition in the 1960s. Its truths are so enduring that its language has become part of the common Russian speech. One hot spring, the devil arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and an immense talking black cat with a fondness for chess and vodka. The visitors quickly wreak havoc in a city that refuses to believe in either God or Satan. But they also bring peace to two unhappy Muscovites: one is the Master, a writer pilloried for daring to write a novel about Christ and Pontius Pilate; the other is Margarita, who loves the Master so deeply that she is willing literally to go to hell for him. What ensues is a novel of inexhaustible energy, humor, and philosophical depth, a work whose nuances emerge for the first time in Diana Burgin's and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor's splendid English version.

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