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Half His Age
Jennette McCurdy
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Half His Age
Jennette McCurdy
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"I know that part of the story must be made up, because there's no such thing as curses or cracks in the world, but maybe that's all a good ghost story is. A way of handing out consequences to the people that never got them in real life."
I think this is such an interesting way to approach ghost stories. While it's not a genre I'm personally drawn to due to being a scaredy cat, the horror genre in general is such a good place to examine society's fears, rooted in a specific time and place. The monsters that we build – vampires, zombies, aliens – all reflect societal anxieties about sexuality, cultural contamination, loss of agency, loss of identity, etc. Ghost stories where people manage to overcome those metaphors for fear become, in a sense, a power fantasy, one that helps our minds find order in the general chaos of the world and imagine that karmic retribution exists in the paranormal realm, especially when it doesn't exist in reality. It's no wonder that so many ghost stories come out of both Appalachia and the American South. A small coal town in Kentucky (a blend of both Appalachian and Southern culture), built on slave labor and other forms of exploitation, is especially rife for these kinds of stories. It makes for a fascinating setting for dealing with both the metaphorical and literal ghosts that still linger.
lucyPagebound commented on a feature request
A stop watch type feature that allows you to track how much time you spend reading during a session and reading pace.
Tracking time like this in the moment helps build incentive (‘wow! I spent X time reading today’ vs ‘ugh my kindle reading time estimate keeps getting longer 😭’) It also helps plan ahead when you know how you’re pacing from session to session.
For example, I often start reading books at a slower pace and it’s cool to see how it my pace improves once I’m used to the writing style. My first reading session with Fourth Wing I was pacing 2.7 pages a minute but by the end I was reading more like 1.5 pages a minute.
lucyPagebound commented on a feature request
apologies if this is already on here and i missed it in my searching!
i was hoping it ask if it would be possible to include forum posts from others i have upvoted as part of a book’s reading journey? i like to look at my journey for each book as a type of annotating; sometimes i choose not to post a thought in the forum because someone has already posted it and i see no reason to duplicate but i still that thought as part of my reading experience.
thank you for considering!
lucyPagebound commented on a feature request
I was thinking about how it would be amazing if we could pin a forum post or review to the top of our profiles, right above our chronological posts. Sometimes a post I made months ago (and frankly, have forgotten about) will get an upvote and I reread it and think, “oh hey, that was actually super insightful” or “ha, I’m hilarious!” and I’d love to be able to highlight just one at the top of my profile for others to see, and see what others have chosen to emphasize as well, as a further glimpse into our personalities at a glance on top of the “my taste” highlight.
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Starling House
Alix E. Harrow
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The Everlasting
Alix E. Harrow
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I haven't finished the trilogy so I can't really answer, yet! I will circle back at the end. I have watched the movies though and I really loved them. Same with The Hobbit (I did read this one), I remember them missing one of my favourite scenes from the book, but I think it was in a later cut.
This might be controversial but I'm excited to hear your thoughts!
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The Everlasting
Alix E. Harrow
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As for any request I send, more a “this would be cool and helpful” than a need. If it isn’t too crazy to add it would helpful if there was an “add book from shelves” option that links to the tbr/interested shelves in the monthly/yearly planning section on the mobile app. Just to reduce the toggling between the shelves and the planning page.
lucyPagebound commented on a feature request
I can see there’s a toggle option for filtering to what books I own within a list, but would really love to be able to sort (ascending/descending) with both owned/unowned books visable for monthly reading planning (helpful for when I’m trying to knock out what I have first but also want to see the unowned and include those in my plan).
Thank you guys for your work!