kittytornado commented on a post from the Founder Announcements forum
Another quality of life update! You can now select which edition of a book you are reading, which will update the book info in your library. This is most relevant for changing which book cover shows up in your library, or changing the language edition. We get asked all the time about changing book covers, so I'm happy to report this is finally an option! The edition page will also show you additional data like publisher and page count.
This does require an app update if you are on the iOS/Android app.
We've been working with a few volunteer librarians to combine language editions on Pagebound and are making steady progress "deduping" popular authors. This is a necessary process to make sure we have one forum per book, and also ensures if you read a book in say Spanish, the English version is also marked "finished" and you get credit towards any Quests, Readalongs etc. Deduping will also make Search and navigating the author pages easier.
To change the language/edition of a book, click "View All Languages & Editions" on the book page (next to publish year above the book description). You'll see a list of all available editions, and can swap from that page. Your chosen edition will reflect in your Library.
Combining language editions is a monumental task, so we appreciate your patience as me, Lucy, and our volunteers work through it all!
Another fun update: we brought the "Featured Emoji" to the Discover Lists page!
We're still working on home feed updates and will be back soon with more updates :)
Happy Reading, Jennifer & Lucy
PS: if you're curious how deduping works: When language editions are combined, it just means that there is one Book/forum per listing, but the "deduped" editions are still available on the editions page. All reviews and forum posts that were on the deduped book will now show up on the main Book page.
kittytornado wrote a review...
This one didn't hit for me.
The characters were pretty unlikeable and unrelatable. The banter felt forced, and pretty unflirty. I love the concept but it fell flat.
I also didn't love the male narrator. His voice was not a great fit for the picture the author was trying to portray imo.
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Meet Me at Midnight
Max Monroe
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kittytornado commented on SweetyCheese's review of The Age of Anxiety
Time to admit: I am a giant Pete Townshend fan. I fell into The Who two years ago and have gone down the rabbit hole that has eventually led me to this creative writing.
Pete finished this when he was 68 years old, and luckily I am parasocial enough to figure out where he is coming from in this novel.
It's dedicated to his wife Rachel Fuller (28 year age difference between the two of them). She is present in two of the characters: Maude, who is married to a rock musician turned artistic-crazy-cave-living hermit, and also the character of Selena, whose a real 'woo-woo wacky I see angels and feel spirits' kind of young gal.
Our main character Louis (aka Pete if he had continued with his art degree life) loves his godson Walter (who is also Pete, but this is the Pete that stuck with The Who). While Louis observes the other men in Walter's band/sphere and for each man he makes a comment on whether they would be a fighter/be good in a fight. Spoiler: they all are fighters/would be good in a fight.
We have a plethora of sexy women. Two sexy middle aged women, one sexy daughter, a pair of sexy sisters, and one sexy friend of said sisters. All the women are all very hot and you will be surprised to find out how many of them Louis has had sex with.
It's entirely all creative male ego fantasy, mixed with paragraphs that describe soundscapes, since Pete himself has written an opera to accompany the book (this music has not been released).
There was one reference to how The Who suck because they sold out (that is funny), and I caught one reference to a song (Anyway. Anyhow. Anywhere).
Is it a terrible book? Maybe! But I had fun reading it. Would only recommend for real Pete Townshend sickos like me!
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Meet Me at Midnight
Max Monroe
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All the Colours of the Dark
Chris Whitaker
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Lotus
Jennifer Hartmann
kittytornado commented on kittytornado's review of A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
A quiet, peaceful, charming novella that had me smiling through tears. Beautifully written.
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kittytornado commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Isn't funny how the characters in every story just want a normal life while we reader would die for an adventure like theirš
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A quiet, peaceful, charming novella that had me smiling through tears. Beautifully written.
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
Becky Chambers
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All the Colours of the Dark
Chris Whitaker
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The Keeper of Magical Things
Julie Leong
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The Keeper of Magical Things
Julie Leong
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