I never really used the progress update feature on other bookish platforms but Pagebound’s UI makes it so easy to keep it updated. A couple benefits I’ve personally discovered are:

• it encourages you to hit pause in your reading and compose your thoughts and put a little bit of yourself out there in the world, rather than just consuming a book from start to finish and only summarizing your thoughts at the end
• if you fall asleep listening to an audiobook you have a checkpoint to refer back to 😛 (I have this problem a lot)

I had these instances a few times, where I'd like to add a comment, and obviously, when the post isn't tagged as a spoiler, the comment will also not be hidden, so I usually don't. Or, where I would like to add trigger warnings to a review or post, and I know some people don't like those, as they want to go in without any spoilers. I was thinking if it would be possible to add > or || (like discord) so we can spoiler tag specific portions?

I'm currently reading The Shining by Stephen King. But what was I already reading?

The Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching Slow Birding Rest is Resistance The Lottery and Other Short Stories

What did I borrow from the library? Rebecca The God of the Woods Moon Signs

But nope, let's read The Shining instead!

i’m in a bit of a cooking/baking slump atm, and i’m feeling inspired by videos on youtube where they cook food from films, shows & cartoons.

i think that the same premise but with books as the reference material would be super cool!!!

does anyone have any book recs that revolve around food, or have an excerpt of a specific dish that you’ve always wanted to try?

i’m planning to start by making the buttered roast potatoes from the secret garden, and maybe the petites madeleines from swann’s way😋

I ADORE the list function, it feels just like playlists do on Spotify. And I love how much I connect in the comments with others giving me more recommendations. However, I really wish I could give like a 70 character explanation on why each book is on the list, and what's vibes are etc. I feel like PageBound is all about that human touch and personal recommendations, I think being able to curate the lists with more explanation fits really well into that vibe. What does everyone else think?

So most of y'all probably know about Audra Winter! And the way she was going on about being a pioneer in her field where she wanted to mix art and writing as mediums. Basically wanting her novels to have very elaborate illustrations. But one youtuber pointed out that she's not the first one to do so as she so boldly claims. And it got me wondering if I've read books like that. And I have. Or at least some are on my reading list.

So if that's something you're interested in, then you can definitely check out the books below. And if you have books that fit the criteria and do comment! I'll compile them into a list!

So to know my knowledge I have,

✨ The Starling House by Alix E Harrow (currently reading) ✨ House of the beast by Michelle Wong ✨ Empire of The Vampire by Jay Kristoff (tbr) ✨ Hyo the hellmaker by Mina Ikemoto Ghosh(tbr) ✨ One for my enemy by Olivie Blake

Feel free to add to this!

Here's the list! It's in the process of being made hahaha

Books with pretty illustrations