Is there any settings on pagebound to not have the same posts (by people I don't follow) show up in my Your Books feed after it already floods my Main Feed? I only see posts for books I really disliked and don't want to hear about anymore, and you can't block/hide people or books from your feeds. Is the only solution to remove said bad book from my pagebound library??? I only EVER see forums for books I hated and never for ones I liked or new titles (I wanna discover new stuff too!), so I have no idea if the algorithm uses your own [star] rating to decide what to put in front of you (because if it does, well then it's working backwards.) But if removing a disliked book from my library is the only option to stop hearing about it, then there would be reason to log them to begin with...which makes a book tracker app pointless 🤦🏻‍♀️ send help

I have a few lists made up at this point, and I have to say that the two twin lists that I'm very proud of are my ultimate danmei and baihe lists! I've put a few hours into each, but sadly my baihe one still has significantly less due to how few novels actually end up making their way onto goodreads, so for that one I mainly have to make do with just having a link in the comments as to where more novels can be found. My danmei list, however, has 130 books and counting at this point!! When I first got the idea to make these lists, for some reason it didn't occur to me that there would be so many that have already been translated and uploaded to goodreads, so my danmei list in particular is quite larger than originally anticipated. And that's even with me already deciding to only include the first volumes of the serialized versions as well!! Every few weeks I check back on goodreads to see if there's any I haven't added yet but for the most part what ends up happening is me trying to add one I thought I didn't have on there only to find out it is, I just forgot about it ^^; Does anybody else have a particular list of theirs that they put a lot of effort into maintaining and would like to show off? 👀

A Year of War and Peace Day 7 Book 1 Chapter 7 Link to Project Gutenberg Chapter 7 Maude Translation Here

Today, Tolstoy gives us and Pierre a front row seat to watch a martial spat between Andrei and Liza!

Final Line of Chapter 7: “Good night, Liza,” said he, rising and courteously kissing her hand as he would have done to a stranger.

Discussion Questions

1. The chapter opens on Andrei's expression becoming the same one he wears in Anna Pavlovna's drawing room. What do you think this means and why do you think Tolstoy pointed this out?
2. What are your thoughts on Pierre's role in this martial spat?
3. What are your thoughts on Andrei and Liza's marriage/dynamic after this chapter? What do you think this fight reveals about the couple or the bigger picture of the novel?
4. Andrei is described as consistently polite and restrained throughout this chapter, why do you think Tolstoy is characterizing him this way?
5. The chapter ends with Andrei kissing Liza's hand "as he would have done to a stranger." How did this final image affect your reading of the chapter?

As always, these are just a starting point! Feel free to respond to any or all of the questions above, pose your own, highlight quotes you liked, ask questions, there are no wrong takes here!

Minor Housekeeping: Starting tomorrow I'm going to leave the "includes spoilers" tag on. If you are having a hard time finding the posts on pagebound, search "AYoWaP Day #" for whatever day number you are looking for and it will jump you there! I'll always keep that part of the title consistent!

I have also been posting in the discord channel each day when I upload the daily post if you want a notification reminder. Link to join the Discord Here

To help with the different translation version, here's the last line of the next chapter for tomorrow: Day 8 Book 1 Chapter 8: “On my honor!”

A year of War and Peace Day 6 Part 1 Chapter 6 Link to Project Gutenberg Chapter 6 Maude Translation Here

Final Line of Chapter 6: "What for? I don't know. I must. Besides that I am going..." He paused. "I am going because the life I am leading here does not suit me!"

Today the party comes to a comes to a close, but it feels like the real characters are just starting to show up, not the masks they have been wearing.

Discussion Questions

1. Pierre is physically awkward and socially clumsy, yet almost everyone seems fond of him. Why do you think Tolstoy leans so hard into this contrast?
2. How did you interpret Prince Andrei's behavior at the end of the party differ from how he acts once he's alone with Pierre?
3. What do you make of Pierre's beliefs about war? Naive? Admirable? Both?
4. What about Prince Andrei's response to Pierres beliefs about war? What you think Tolstoy is presenting with this response?
5. What do you think of Prince Andrei's final confession at the end of the chapter?

Not really a discussion prompt, but why do I love Hippolyte so much? He is so awkward, but I just love him haha

To help with the different translation versions, here's the last line of the next chapter for reference. Day 7 - Part 1 Chapter 7 : “Good night, Lise,” said he, rising and courteously kissing her hand as he would have done to a stranger.

How did you get into reading? I know maybe a simple question, but I got into reading because of my Godmother, she was a librarian for a school board and always gifted me books for Christmas and birthdays growing up. They would always be different genres and always something i would never choose myself. This made me really appreciate stepping outside your comfort zone to find something you may like (or may not like lol). Last year, we decided to share a read together and again it was something I likely would have not picked up myself, but I was left with that feeling of appreciation for stepping outside your comfort zone and nostalgia for the old traditions manifesting itself in different ways.

So how does your story go? Have you been a reader since before you can remember? Was there a teacher or loved one that showed you the joys of reading? Or did you stumble upon reading later on in life?

Tell me, I'm nosy!!

i was wondering how do you guys feel about the condition of library books and the idea of dog-earing them? i have checked out tons of books from the library that have previously dog-eared pages (although it is not usually that visible unless you're looking for it) and since i hate figuring out where to put my bookmarks while reading books i usually dog-ear my own books. i think that i find it to be a grey area because you're technically not ruining the book or putting permanent damage on them, just like you would by writing in them of tearing the pages. when i was a child i would dog-ear page regularly, with making sure i straightened them out the best i could after i moved on to another page. thoughts?

Okay fellow Pagebound users I have a question for you! When you are reading a book what do you see? This sounds crazy but I had a conversation with my sister and we both agree we visualize the characters and everything that happens pretty vividly like we are there with the characters or maybe like a movie, sometimes even smells or feelings based on what we’re reading. however I asked another friend and they said they just see words on a page??? 🤔🤔I have done some googling and it appears there is a gradient of what people see when they picture an image or read a book? This is news to me as I thought the appeal of reading is to vividly hallucinate to, if you think about it….ink shapes on dead trees? Anyways wondering if anyone has anything to add to this lol - I may delete this as it might not make any sense but I hope it does🤔

Almost at the end of this book, but I feel while reading this, the time runs faster, or I read way slower than usual. My page count is half of what I can normally read in the time period. I think the language used in the book is a bit more difficult, and English is not my 1st language. But I do read most of the books in English, so I don't know. Did anyone else feel the same. I do love the book, so I'm always surprised by it.

oh...this is disguting like, really icky 🤢🤢🤢 that was not an image I wanted in my mind