I’ve noticed with quite a few books that the percentage can vary wildly (I assume with different editions). Usually it doesn’t bother me, but I just got a HUGE spoiler on A Master of Djinn because of it and I’m wondering how other users navigate and try to avoid this? I thought I was safe because I was at 57% and was looking at posts at 50%, but it seems that wasn’t enough buffer. It also makes it hard to determine if I should make my own post or try to find one to comment on, because I’m afraid to look at any of the blurred spoiler posts at my percentage.

I only really encounter this with books that have both a lot of editions and a lot of people reading and posting in the forum. How do you navigate this if you want to have discussions in the forum but avoid spoilers?

I am bad with names and was just updating my book reviews from last month when I realized A spindle Splintered and The everlasting are both by Alix E. Harrow?!?! The writing is so different I would have never guessed. Even now I am staring at the two books with her name on both and I am legitimately taken back. I thought A spindle splintered was fine, but The Everlasting I think will be the best book I read all year.

It just proves how much writing is a craft and the growth authors can achieve in their craft within just a few years.

Even after writing this I am still looking back and forth at both covers double checking that my dyslexia isn't betraying me.

Does anyone else have books like that?

I am bad with names and was just updating my book reviews from last month when I realized A spindle Splintered and The everlasting are both by Alix E. Harrow?!?! The writing is so different I would have never guessed. Even now I am staring at the two books with her name on both and I am legitimately taken back. I thought A spindle splintered was fine, but The Everlasting I think will be the best book I read all year.

It just proves how much writing is a craft and the growth authors can achieve in their craft within just a few years.

Even after writing this I am still looking back and forth at both covers double checking that my dyslexia isn't betraying me.

Does anyone else have books like that?

so one of my absolute favourite lore is the great tomato war, where one user posted in a forum that they read a book where one character ate a tomato like an apple, and they felt disgusted by that. it set off a massive “war” and it was hilarious to read. jennifer from pagebound even did a list based on that.

one lore i have just discovered today is there is an “user” called deleted. i was so confused. i saw that they got a level up badge today. i swore i saw one like 5 days ago. how the hell are they leveling up when i don’t see any activities or any books in their library? is it a user called deleted? or it was deleted but a glitch meant it kept gathering points? turns out that that is where all the points from deleted posts/comments goes to, into this one user called “deleted”. (unless i am mistaken???)

is there anything i missed? i only know those two!

eta: oh my god i was working and came back to so many comments! i will go through them and reply but oh my god so many entertaining lores! thank you ☺️

We had an INCREDIBLE club post about dragon defecation practices from unhingedbookgoblin recently, so now I'm curious about what other kinds of great opinions could be lurking amongst my fellow boundlings.

What's your wild take, head canon, and/or interesting preference for fantasy worlds and worldbuilding? It can be about creatures, people, magic systems--whatever. I'm dying to know. 👀

Heyhey good people,

Check out this free online event!

Link: https://www.saic.edu/events/robin-wall-kimmerer

Description: "This Q&A is presented in partnership with SAIC’s Visiting Artists Program and Office of Campus Enrichment and Community Engagement on the occasion of SAIC’s Shared Read, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants. Each year SAIC designates a Shared Read, an annual, School-wide reading of a text to create a foundational and integrative learning experience for all members of the School community. Vice President of the Office of Campus Enrichment and Community Engagement Sekile Nzinga will engage in conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer about the motivations and ideas behind her work.

This event will be live captioned by Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services. The auditorium is wheelchair accessible and hearing assisted devices are available. For additional access requests, visit saic.edu/access."

If you attend, drop some comments here about the experience! 😊🌿

UPDATE:

I got an email today with the link to the recording! It'll be posted for a week, until April 1st, 2026! The email:

Dear Visiting Artists Program Attendees,

Thank you again for joining us for the recent program with Robin Wall Kimmerer in Conversation with Sekile Nzinga. We are pleased to share that a recording of the program is now available to watch on YouTube for a limited time.

Watch the recording here.

The recording will remain available for seven days, through April 1, after which it will no longer be accessible.

We hope you enjoy revisiting the conversation or sharing it with friends who may have missed the live event.

Thank you for being part of the Visiting Artists Program community.

Sincerely,

Andrea Pierro Director, Visiting Artists Program