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phoenixgirl

A caramel latte and a good book is my happy place

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Spring 2025 Readalong
Reading...Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen, #1)
My Taste
Nettle and Bone
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
Babel
Chaos: Book 1 of the Phoenix Tales

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  • The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)
    phoenixgirl
    May 29, 2025
    4.5
    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.5Plot: 4.5
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    This was an enjoyable read, a brilliant gothic romantasy with a lot to say about change and growth in a person’s faith…also I think the gargoyle might be my favourite fictional character of all time!

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  • The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)
    Thoughts from 80%

    I'm getting through this book much faster than I'd like! I can't put it down and I don't want it to end ... I love the eerie undertone to the plot that I never expected! Also, if anything happens to the gargoyle, Rachel Gillig will hear from me!!

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  • phoenixgirl commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • Do you consider special edition books "art"?

    Was curious what everyone's thoughts on this was. Since getting back into reading I've also been adding books to my personal library. I have also gotten into collecting the beautiful special edition prints of books, especially the broken binding and a few illumicrate editions. I usually display these as art pieces, my broken binding copy of Blood Over Brighthaven and The Devils is currently cover out in front of some paperbacks I have and was curious if others did this as well?

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  • The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)
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    This book is turning into a very enjoyable read! I was hooked the minute the gargoyle talked tbh, I can’t wait to see where it goes

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  • Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
    phoenixgirl
    May 23, 2025
    4.5
    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 5.0Characters: 4.5Plot: 4.5
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    This is such a powerful story about the treatment of women, I went through so many emotions while reading this and loved every second

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    Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

    Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

    Grady Hendrix

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  • Annotating books or no?

    Pagebounders, I need your help! I’m thinking about trying my hand at annotating a book while I read! I’m usually just a sit down and read kind of girl but I’m thinking this will be a nice way of re-reading a few of my favourites but I’m not sure how to start! Are there are any annotators around with helpful tips or category ideas for my tabs or even favourite colour pallets to stick to 😅 I’d love to know if you guys like to annotate your books or not!

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  • phoenixgirl commented on a post from the Founder Announcements forum

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  • Pride Readalong + Product & Dev Update (5/20/25)

    Hi everyone! We have some product updates to share: 1. We're launching the first Special Event readalong on June 1st with a Pride Month Readalong! You'll get a special Pride 2025 badge for reading 1 of the 5 books in the readalong and posting or commenting in the forum. There's a link to the selections on the Discuss page; all selected books were written by LGBTQ+ authors. We're excited to celebrate Pride and the community with this special event :) 2. You can now search in the forums! Shoutout to Devin for this feature. We recommend sticking to keywords rather than full sentences for search 3. You will now see a warning message when posting about a book you're currently reading without entering the progress % or page #. This info is required for forum sorting by progress; we allow and encourage title editing (ie adding a chapter or quip to the title) 😊 + various bug fixes Happy reading, Jennifer + Lucy 💜💙

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  • Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
    Just started

    My heart is already breaking and I’m only on chapter 1

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    Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

    Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

    Grady Hendrix

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  • Girl, Goddess, Queen
    phoenixgirl
    May 18, 2025
    2.0
    Enjoyment: 1.5Quality: 1.0Characters: 2.0Plot: 1.0
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    I got bored 50% in and realised I didn’t care about the characters or the story - this felt like a carbon copy of other Persephone/Hades retellings with nothing new added to it…the dialogue also felt quite juvenile 😬

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  • The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
    Thoughts from 45%
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  • Vow of Thieves (Dance of Thieves, #2)
    phoenixgirl
    May 13, 2025
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.5
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    A satisfying conclusion to the duology with more of a gripping storyline than the first book!

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  • Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
    Thoughts from 18% (page 90)

    If I had a nickel every time the name Felicity is shortened to Flick in a YA fantasy book, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice.

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  • Dance of Thieves (Dance of Thieves, #1)
    phoenixgirl
    May 07, 2025
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.0Plot: 3.0
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    I feel like this story could have used more fleshing out, but there were some good moments to hold onto

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