avatarPagebound Royalty Badge

karigan

26. she/her. I work to afford my reading habit šŸ§ššŸ»šŸ¦„šŸ°šŸ‰

36380 points

0% overlap
Games & Trials
Early User
Cozy Fantasy
Top Contributor
Classics Starter Pack Vol I
Winter 2026 Readalong
My Taste
If We Were Villains
The Tortoise's Tale: A Novel
The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
The Rose Bargain
Reading...
Alchemy of SecretsSomething Wicked This Way Comes

karigan commented on a post

3h
  • The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
    we cannot wait for the storm @ 36%

    The challenge is to cultivate our inherent capacity for gift economies without the catalyst of catastrophe.

    something i like about this book is that the author kind of predicts where we will have learned gift economics from & then gently pushes us past that every couple pages. the conversations in the forum will be like

    •30%: i know gift economies from hurricane cleanup - forum post •35%: ā€œwe cannot wait for hurricanes to experience thisā€ - author

    this is just an example (of a post i both made & comments i saw in other posts) but it’s like that for lots of ideas over the course of the first 35%, at least for me. she seems to know where we will logically go & continues to gently say ā€œbut that’s not enough - why would we stop thereā€ at every turn. just a really good handle on predicting the cultural touchstones & basics we will turn to next. really really cool

    19
    comments 5
    Reply
  • karigan commented on notbillnye's update

    notbillnye made progress on...

    10h
    Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone

    Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone

    Sarah Jaffe

    32%
    25
    3
    Reply

    karigan commented on Avalon's review of I Who Have Never Known Men

    3h
  • I Who Have Never Known Men
    Avalon
    Dec 03, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 4.5Plot: 3.5
    šŸ”’
    šŸ’­
    🪐

    I Who Have Never Known Men is layered in ambiguity yet creates such deep meaning if you let it. This book can be interpreted and debated in so many ways while being true at its core about what it offers: A chance to really think about what it means to be Human.

    This was everything I wanted Camus's The Stranger to be and more. Don't expect distinct answers, don't expect an elaborate plot - I believe this book's 'dystopia' here is only a tool in which to ask questions.

    A despondent, compelling story that somehow still manages to highlight grace and individual power where you initially believe there to be none. One of my top books of this year.

    25
    comments 7
    Reply
  • karigan commented on ChaosReader's update

    ChaosReader earned a badge

    12h
    Level 11

    Level 11

    22000 points

    167
    67
    Reply

    karigan made progress on...

    12h
    Something Wicked This Way Comes

    Something Wicked This Way Comes

    Ray Bradbury

    40%
    5
    0
    Reply

    Post from the Something Wicked This Way Comes forum

    12h
  • Something Wicked This Way Comes
    Thoughts from 40% (end pt1)

    I was kind of shocked to see that I’m almost halfway through the book because it seems like we’re still setting the story up. This last chapter is where the first truly interesting things happen outside of introducing who is who and what is what.

    That being said, I am intrigued. I think it’s more so because of the vibes than because of the actually story but I’m still enjoying this! Bradbury is great at descriptive imagery and I’m excited to see what else happens to Jim & Will.

    6
    comments 0
    Reply
  • karigan commented on marissa's review of The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships

    13h
  • The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
    marissa
    Nov 24, 2025
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: Plot:
    🚺
    😔

    One of those rare self-help books that actually feels both validating and actionable. Harriet Lerner has this engaging, clear way of explaining how anger isn’t something to avoid or shut down, but a signal pointing to what needs to change. I loved how she breaks down common relationship patterns, especially the ones women are taught to fall into, and shows practical, doable ways to respond differently without feeling like you have to transform overnight. It’s empowering without being preachy, honest without being harsh, and full of insights that feel immediately relevant. I'll probably be thinking about the learnings for a long time and incorporating them to my life when I can.

    20
    comments 1
    Reply
  • karigan commented on robyn00's review of A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

    14h
  • A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
    robyn00
    Nov 27, 2025
    2.0
    Enjoyment: 2.0Quality: 2.5Characters: 3.0Plot: 2.0

    This is where Stephanie Garber and I part ways.

    26
    comments 15
    Reply
  • karigan commented on noherbjustsage's update

    karigan commented on a post

    20h
  • Lights Out
    Thoughts from 30%
    spoilers

    View spoiler

    11
    comments 2
    Reply
  • karigan commented on astral.projection's review of Users

    1d
  • Users
    astral.projection
    Dec 02, 2025
    2.5
    Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 2.0Characters: 1.0Plot: 2.0
    🧠
    šŸŽ®
    😰

    Imagine if the worst guy in Palo Alto got his MFA at Iowa and wrote a 270 page dream sequence inspired by dystopian VR and you’d get Users.

    Idk if it was the author or the main character who descended into madness, maybe both, but the plot was definitely lost at some point and incomprehensible rambling took over whatever shred of profundity existed before the ~60% mark.

    What started as an intriguing, cleverly written story about a middle aged man writing scripts for VR experiences somehow turned into pretentious gibberish. Honestly don’t know what to say about this one, I am intrigued to see how others interpreted this (particularly the ending) and the first half was definitely worth my time, so I’m not like mad at Users but I am shaking my head and giving it a little side eye

    10
    comments 1
    Reply
  • karigan made progress on...

    1d
    Something Wicked This Way Comes

    Something Wicked This Way Comes

    Ray Bradbury

    10%
    10
    0
    Reply

    karigan commented on baileyisbooked's update

    baileyisbooked started reading...

    1d
    The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

    The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

    Robin Wall Kimmerer

    25
    10
    Reply

    karigan commented on lucyPagebound's update

    lucyPagebound earned a badge

    1d
    Readalong Completionist 2025

    Readalong Completionist 2025

    Earned the sparkly Readalong badge all four seasons!

    249
    47
    Reply

    karigan commented on seema's update

    seema earned a badge

    1d
    Readalong Completionist 2025

    Readalong Completionist 2025

    Earned the sparkly Readalong badge all four seasons!

    249
    85
    Reply

    karigan commented on a post

    1d
  • A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
    [deleted]

    post has been deleted.

    -1
    comments 6
    Reply
  • karigan commented on karigan's update

    karigan commented on a post

    1d
  • The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
    karigan
    Edited
    Thoughts from 5%

    ā€Eating with the seasons is a way of honoring abundance. By going to meet it when and where it arrives. A world of produce houses and grocery stores enables the practice of having what you want and when you want itā€

    My mom once said to me, "I only eat food that comes from the store, not from the ground." When the shock subsided and I could finally form words again, I asked, genuinely curious, where she thought the food from the store came from. She told me that she knows it comes from the ground but she doesn't have to see it so it's different. Different in the same way that people couldn't fathom killing a cow but would happily eat a burger. (I'm not judging, nor am I absolved of the hypocrisy - I eat fish). But the point is we are so far removed from reality that we could never even fathom not having our favorite foods available every single day of the year. And yet there is still such a terrible scarcity mindset. "If I don't buy it now, if I don't have it now, I may never get the opportunity to again!" This way of life carries over into every aspect of our lives and creates an atmosphere of constantly living for the future rather than living for what we currently have.

    60
    comments 36
    Reply