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monzza

35 | she/her | 🩷💛🩵 | 🇺🇸 (scared & sorry) Returning to my roots as a heavy reader, started again in Feb '26.. currently in the 'testing everything' phase to see what my 'grownup taste' is.

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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Half His Age
When Sleeping Women Wake
The Lion Women of Tehran
When We Lost Our Heads
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Bunny
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Goddess of the River
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Post from the Bunny forum

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  • Bunny
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    "Temples pressed against temples in a way that made me think of the labial rubbing of the bonobo or the telepathy of beautiful, murderous children in horror films."

    Bonobo labial rubbing reference less than 5 mins in is wild and I wasn't ready.

    ...But does anyone else remember the female bonobos who brutally attacked that male bonobo because it hurt one of their babies last year? They bit his testes and performed labial rubbing while attacking him... Mona wrote this well before that event but it feels like it's going to be oddly appropriate for this book. 😅

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  • monzza commented on kishmish's review of The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)

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  • The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
    kishmish
    Apr 29, 2026
    4.5
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 4.5Characters: 5.0Plot: 4.0
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    I was looking, after many years, to get back into listening to audiobooks, and this was a wonderful starting point. The audiobook’s production together with the first-person narration made each listening session feel like a visit with the auntie I only wish I had: massively big-hearted, maybe a little crass, definitely irreverent, and—mostly importantly—a fantastic storyteller.

    Besides the joy that experiencing the story in this format brought me, the other highlight for me was Chakraborty’s character craft. Not just the titular, rightfully beloved, Amina but all of the people populating the ports and islands around this magical 12th century Indian Ocean feel fully formed and life-like in both their foibles and their virtues. There is such a broad and realistic range of humanity represented, from the truly villainous to the perfectly darling, but primarily the mothers, fathers, former partners, fast friends, brief acquaintances, etc. that of course fall somewhere in between.

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  • monzza commented on a feature request

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    Emoji-Based Discovery & Search Filter

    I’d like to propose a new search/filter capability that allows users to discover books based on user-assigned emojis. This would provide a more visual, intuitive way to discover new reads beyond traditional genre tags.

    ​Proposed Functionality: *​Add an Emoji Selector (dropdown or icon grid) to the search bar or filter menu. *​Selecting an emoji populates a list of books most frequently associated with that symbol.

    ​User Benefit: Creates a unique "vibe-based" discovery tool that feels modern and community-driven.

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  • monzza commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • ‘Interested’ vs ‘TBR’

    Hey gang 👋

    Just curious how everyone uses the ‘interested’ feature on here, as it feels like a really cool difference from other book apps.

    Do you mark a book as ‘interested’ if you don’t own it and ‘TBR’ if you do? Is ‘interested’ a lesser level of curiosity/urgency whereas ‘TBR’ is more about things you want to get to asap? Or is ‘interested’ a book you’ve heard about and it gets moved to ‘TBR’ once you’ve researched it?

    I don’t think there’s a right answer, I’m just ‘interested’ to hear what you all think/gain some inspo about how to use this cool feature! 😊🌟

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  • monzza commented on a post

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  • Razorblade Tears
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    I want to like this so bad. I want to like the idea of two racist and/or homophobic men trying to be better. I want to love the writing, a lot of beautiful figurative language I wish I could appreciate. I want to appreciate the narrator's beautiful voice. But I just can't. There's so much about the plot that feels rushed, disconnected and overdone that I'm finding it hard to connect with it.

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  • monzza submitted a feature request

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    Emoji-Based Discovery & Search Filter

    I’d like to propose a new search/filter capability that allows users to discover books based on user-assigned emojis. This would provide a more visual, intuitive way to discover new reads beyond traditional genre tags.

    ​Proposed Functionality: *​Add an Emoji Selector (dropdown or icon grid) to the search bar or filter menu. *​Selecting an emoji populates a list of books most frequently associated with that symbol.

    ​User Benefit: Creates a unique "vibe-based" discovery tool that feels modern and community-driven.

    Not Yet Reviewed 💭
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    Goddess of the River

    Goddess of the River

    Vaishnavi Patel

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    Post from the Razorblade Tears forum

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  • Razorblade Tears
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    I want to like this so bad. I want to like the idea of two racist and/or homophobic men trying to be better. I want to love the writing, a lot of beautiful figurative language I wish I could appreciate. I want to appreciate the narrator's beautiful voice. But I just can't. There's so much about the plot that feels rushed, disconnected and overdone that I'm finding it hard to connect with it.

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    S.A. Cosby

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    Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)

    Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)

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