Hi everyone - excited to announce that Pagebound finally has merch! You can view the selection at https://store.pagebound.co/

We know this has been highly requested, and we wanted to get out a first release in time for the holidays, so what we have now is a limited run of a few items. We do have plans in the future for an expanded store with more product types (stickers of avatars & badges, mugs, etc) and more t-shirt / sweatshirt / hat designs. Let us know your other requests in the comments 😊

This was very fun to create, and we can’t wait to see everyone repping Pagebound--it’s about to be my daily uniform 🙂‍↕️

When Néstor says "Buenas", that killed me 😂 Also I got so confused when they started talking about Néstor and Nena's Abuelas, I thought they were the same person for a moment 😂

This readalong will run through November 15th! Read one of the 3 selected books and post or comment in the book forum to earn the sugar skull badge. You can find the three selections on the Special Events page accessible from the Discuss tab.

If you've already finished one of the books, you can still participate & earn the badge by posting or commenting (but please keep it authentic--don't just post "this was good" aka a review or "posting for my badge"). Excited to see all the discussions in the book forums!

More context on Special Event Readalongs: We hosted our first Special Event Readalong for Pride this past summer. This was a huge hit and fostered PB-wide discussion on queer characters and stories. To continue fostering discussions on more niche and diverse books & voices, we'll be hosting a Special Event readalong once a season.

The List feature on here is such a fun way for individual users to curate collections for the community, but I feel that it can sometimes be hard for well-made lists to receive traction - especially if they come from users with less followers! - so I wanted to take a moment to create a thread for people to shout-out their favorite lists made by other people which have 10 upvotes or less. I'd love to hear about why you like the lists, too! & if we get enough posts on this thread, I'll link them all into this top post so it'll be a little repository for the future

Here are some of mine:

The Gauntlet by @Piranesi (5 upvotes) - What with all the talk of 'personal curriculums' that have been floating around, this is such a timely list! The basic premise of this list is to read books which increase in difficulty as you go. We start with PJO The Lightning Thief and end with The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa, with titles such as The Princess Bride by William Goldman, Beloved by Toni Morrison, Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov, and The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner in between. The gamified aspect of "leveling up" as you go is super fun and engaging, and I personally think it's really cool that it's like we have our own English teacher/prof curating a syllabus for us!

Fantasy and organized crime by @cetra (6 upvotes) - One of my favorite niches in the vast realm of fantasy in general, this is a small by diverse list of fantasy that involves criminal underworlds, con artists, rival families, and shadowy assassins set in worlds that bring in the magic and wonder we expect from fantasy.

castlevania type beat by @thetravellingcat (4 upvotes) - I devoured the show (both the original and Nocturne) on Netflix earlier this year, so I thought it was really fun that someone had put together a book list for it on here! Classic medieval/gothic/horror vampire vibes, romance included but optional

Intro Poetry - Taste Finder by @Avalon (8 upvotes) - I feel like people don't talk about poetry as much on here, it was cool to see that someone had started putting together lists for poetry collections. This list touches upon a variety of themes and authors as a way to help provide a "gateway" to finding other poets who resonate with you

Non fiction science books for bio/chem/phys/med by @Wolkenlaeuferin (7 upvotes) - A fun list of non-fiction books centered on natural science topics, from my personal favorite niche (nature non-fic) to topics like the chemistry of money and cancer and coding/computer programming. I enjoy the range of topics in this list, and I think it's a well-curated collection to get started with reading about non-fiction that's interesting

Sorry if someone already asked this but i couldn't find anything about it, why is the search feature (for the club and book forms) not available in the app? Or is it available but im not finding it? Im using the website when i want to search the club or book forms for a specific thing but I've been wondering about it.