I've never read an autobiography/memoir, so I'm looking for recommendations. What's the autobiography you couldn't put down, that you think more people should read, and why?

I support women’s rights and wrongs, what’s your favorite story that has to do with feminine or female rage? I’ve read Hungerstone, They Never Learn, and a few others. I have Poppy War on my list to read. Anyone got book recommendations for a lady angry at the world? 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↔️

I’m currently reading a book that has reviews, but no forum interaction. I’ve already posted like 3 times. I think im starting to feel a little self conscious. At the same time, it’s fun and I like seeing my thoughts out in the ether. 😅 Does any one else feel weird when they are the only one posting? 😆

Lately I've been trying to make a list of books from my collection back home (I moved overseas earlier this year!!) that I would like my family to ship over, and realized a lot of what I miss are my more educational based books and materials - which got me wondering:

Do you count things like recipe books that have narrative sections, home maker how to's (think Martha Stewart), educational books/materials for personal reading, and crafting/DIY books on your reading trackers? Why or why not? Also I'd love any recommendations people have for more of this type of non-fiction book!

Hello everyone! i have a few questions as regards how these things work, i've tried to find the answer in previous posts but couldn't find anything (at least with the key-words i tried).

So, question here: if I join a quest, but i've already read some of the books on the list, do those books count towards the quest count? Or does the book need to be "finished" after i join the quest?

#2: Can you abandon a quest after joining? I thought about joining one just to see what it looks like when you join but I didn't know if you could leave and i didn't want to commit beforehand

Now, #3: for Readalongs and Special Events, do we have to "join" like we do quests or just marking the book as read and participating in the book forum counts and you earn the badge?

I apologize if these questions have been answered already but I seriously couldn't find the answers in past posts. Thank you in advance!

Who was your first book boyfriend and where did you find him? Did you find him in the depths of KU or did you find him on the covers of a penguins publishing co book?or If you're like me, you found him on wattapad. My first book bf was Blake Eaton from the book "i sold myself to the devil for the vinyls, pitiful i know". He was everything and more I could ask for, still one of my top book bfs of all time🥺🫶 So, who was yours?

I think I'll stop eating meat now. Forever.

I absolutely LOVE doing this - it lets me see all kinds of things people have read, are reading and plan on reading. I get off work in an hour and I finished the book I was reading on shift tonight.

So. What I want to know is everyone's Last - Now - Next! I started another one right after, but I am a mood reader and have no idea what I am going to read next.. so I need ideas from you all with your answers!

Last - Fixiation of the Mind by Kira Stanely Now - Black Ties & White Lies by Kat Singleton Next - IDK lol. Maybe the 2nd in the series for my NOW book.

Am I the only one who finds that the more someone wants me to read something, the harder it is to get myself to read it? Or the more people that recommend a book, the less interested I am??

I really hate that I am this way but it is out of my control. Is anyone else similar? How do you combat that so you can check out the things your friends love?

Hi everyone, a quick announcement about Seasonal + Special Event Readalongs:

For those of you that have been around since the summer, you may have participated in our first Special Event Readalong for Pride. This was a huge hit and fostered PB-wide discussion on queer characters and stories (and bonus: the badge was rad). To continue fostering discussions on more niche and diverse books & voices, we'll be hosting a Special Event readalong once a season.

Our second Special Event will run from October 15 - November 15 and will be (drumroll please...) Dia de los Muertos 2025! Head to the Discuss tab and click on the box above the feeds to check out the selections and see the new badge (and if you're new, click the purple info icon next to the Fall Readalong header on Discuss to learn more about readalongs on Pagebound).

Since we're committing to one Special Event a season, we don't want to overwhelm folks with too many Readalong books. While you only need to read 1 book in a Special Event to earn the badge (and there is no "completionist" sparkly badge), we will limit Special Event picks to 3 books. Starting with the Winter 2025 Readalong, Seasonal Readalongs will only include 4 books. This way, you still only have to read a max total of 5 books per season to earn all Readalong badges available.

As for product updates, looks like most of you have already noticed some of the bigger changes on the site but for those that missed it, the following has been updated over the past 2 weeks:

• Discover Books got a little makeover: every day, we feature a new emoji and show you books whose ratings most frequently feature that emoji. Some of the emojis in rotation will be seasonally themed :) we also show you books that were the most discussed/finished/TBR'd yesterday, so the featured books will change daily and will showcase less mega popular titles.
• the Similar Users list got an update. Before, we were showing any user with over 30 points in that list; now, we prioritize active accounts, so you can find people you're more likely to actually engage with. I'll be making further tweaks to this in the coming weeks.
• No more HTML tags in posts/comments, please use markdown instead! See the Pagebound Club post on this for more info.
• We will save your total page count and pre-populate it when you post using Pages to calculate progress.

We're still beta testing the app but are on track for and end of month release!

Happy Reading, Jennifer & Lucy

whats your preference? i was just having a convo with a coworker about hardcovers vs paperback and our opinions differed quite a bit! personally, i’m a paperback girl.

Okay, so we all have that one book or series that we aaaabsolutely LOVE that no one we know has read it or even heard of it! I wanna know what it is, and who knows, maybe someone here has read it and you can make a new friend!?

Mine is The Banned And The Banished series by James Clemens. All time favorite series, no doubt about it or questions asked. It's. So. Good! It has everything you could possibly want in a book and the twists and turns and there's things that happen in the first book that don't get resolved till the last book. The books are so intricately woven its a masterpiece....AND NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD OF IT!!!!

One chapter in, and definitely curious of what comes next. Really hoping I like the book 🤞