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Pale Fire

Vladimir Nabokov

The American poet John Shade is dead. His last poem, 'Pale Fire', is put into a book, together with a preface, a lengthy commentary and notes by Shade's editor, Charles Kinbote. Known on campus as the 'Great Beaver', Kinbote is haughty, inquisitive, intolerant, but is he also mad, bad - and even dangerous? As his wildly eccentric annotations slide into the personal and the fantastical, Kinbote reveals perhaps more than he should be. Nabokov's darkly witty, richly inventive masterpiece is a suspenseful whodunit, a story of one-upmanship and dubious penmanship, and a glorious literary conundrum. Part of a major new series of the works of Vladimir Nabokov, author of Lolita and Pale Fire, in Penguin Classics.

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Thoughts from 27% (page 90)

This book is a bit hard for me (as a non native English speaker) to understand everything but Im starting to get used to the writing style and I am enjoying the story so far. Tho Joseph way of speaking is just impossible for me to understand💀

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I, Medusa

Ayana Gray

From New York Times bestselling author Ayana Gray comes a new kind of villain origin story, reimagining one of the most iconic monsters in Greek mythology as a provocative and powerful young heroine.Meddy has spent her whole life as a footnote in someone else’s story. Out of place next to her beautiful, immortal sisters and her parents—both gods, albeit minor ones—she dreams of leaving her family’s island for a life of adventure. So when she catches the eye of the goddess Athena, who invites her to train as an esteemed priestess in her temple, Meddy leaps at the chance to see the world beyond her home.In Athens’ colorful market streets and the clandestine chambers of the temple, Meddy flourishes in her role as Athena’s favored acolyte, getting her first tastes of purpose and power. But when she is noticed by another Olympian, Poseidon, a drunken night between girl and god ends in violence, and the course of Meddy’s promising future is suddenly and irrevocably altered.Her locs transformed into snakes as punishment for a crime she did not commit, Medusa must embrace a new identity—not as a victim, but as a vigilante—and with it, the chance to write her own story as mortal, martyr, and myth.Exploding with rage, heartbreak, and love, I, Medusa portrays a young woman caught in the cross currents between her heart’s deepest desires and the cruel, careless games the Olympian gods play.

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saintry

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What is a classic that you think is a must-read for everyone?

I have always had a love-hate relationship with the classics but as an adult, I’ve been really enjoying revisiting some of my high school favorites as well as ones I didn’t get the chance to read in school. That said, I’m planning my bucket list for next year’s reads!! Are there any classics that you think are an absolute must-read?

Some of my favorites are:

The Count of Monte Cristo The Picture of Dorian Gray A Tale of Two Cities The Sound and the Fury Orlando Literally anything by Toni Morrison (I took a Morrison seminar in college where we had to read her whole literary canon which really made me love and appreciate her so much more!!!) Cat’s Cradle

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farron

Thoughts from 36% (page 92) - TEETH

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turtleturtle137

Two Old Lady Characters in One Book 🤯

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Dec 17, 2025

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The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer is a book-length essay conveying the value of gift economies and how they are currently implemented, positing them as a way forward against our hyper-capitalist system. Kimmerer describes the natural world in similar language and conveys how we might look to the abundance of nature in order to be even more generous toward each other. In general, some readers may feel frustrated by a lack of actionable ideas here, but I think Kimmerer’s words function more as a balm against the cynicism and so-called doomerism that frequently comes up when discussing climate crisis and late stage capitalism. We are already capable of supporting each other, so it stands to reason that when we must, we will, as nature does. It’s a breezy read with lovely illustrations by John Burgoyne.

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andreareadsalot

Thoughts from 16%

uhhh what is this book? Is it cozy? Is it horror? Is it a mystery? Is it a fantasy adventure? I honestly can’t figure it out

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The God of the Woods

Liz Moore

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found. As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.

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Between 1818 and 1831 editions...

hi everyone! in a few hours, i’m going to start reading Frankenstein in Apple Books. which version did you guys read? and if you read both editions, which one do you like better? i would love to read your thoughts! xx

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Share your reader type 📚

A cracked spine 💃 B no visible lines 🙅‍♀️

A slow book with a great payoff 📝 B not a wasted page 🤩

A Reading plan on PB’s 🖤 B whats a plan?

A usually follow a book genre B jumps between genre

The Quiet Observer (takes in every detail from the book) AAAA; AAAB; BABA The Chaotic Scholar AABA; AABB; ABAA The Page Goblin ABBB; ABBA; ABAB The Perfectionist Librarian BAAA; BBAA; BAAB; BBAB The Adventurer Mood Reader BABB; BBBB BBBA

I am ABBB 🙂‍↕️ page goblin Please let me know if anything is missing, I tried my best to make the matches but it is not that detailed :)

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Nettle & Bone

T. Kingfisher

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Mimeograph

Eira A. Ekre

What if the future isn’t malfunctioning… it’s unfolding exactly as predicted? Talia spends her days untangling the strange objects produced by Mimeographs, machines that seem to know more about their owners than they should. But when one of them prints an anomaly that can’t be explained, her entire world begins to collapse. Faced with the incomprehensible, Talia must confront the possibility that the Mimes aren’t malfunctioning at all. They’re evolving. Mimeograph is a haunting tale of unravelling, desire colliding with dread, and a future that may already be written.

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Why did you pick your username?

Mine is alienshe.

It’s one of my favorite songs from the punk band Bikini Kill but also I feel like an alien who was planted on this hell called earth. 👽🛸👾

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valkyrie_394

Thoughts from Book I Chapter 4

Everyone treats Heathcliff like crap and you really don't think he wants revenge??

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Plankton

Thoughts from Chapter 4 (page 32) - Disenchantment

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SkywardStrange

What character traits make a character "annoying?"

This is just something I've been thinking about - I often see characters described as "annoying" in reviews and I often wonder what traits might make folks feel this way about a character. It's subjective, after all!

For me, I have trouble with characters that lose intelligence/common sense to push the plot forward (horror is ESPECIALLY bad for this but I've seen it in all sorts of genres) or who have careers and functioning lives but somehow manage to come off as completely helpless and incompetent.

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Thoughts from 50% / What would you order?

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maputofu

What’s your favorite time of the day to read?

I prefer to read in the morning as the first thing after waking up, abut very curious to hear people’s answers!

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