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polterbooks

Fan of queer and BIPOC speculative fiction. They/he pronouns.

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Reading...The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
My Taste
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)
The Salt Grows Heavy
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
Tender Is the Flesh

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  • Horror recs!

    Im going to continue my list here so I don't spam the poor comment section but here are some of my favorite horror books (as someone who is still a little new to horror) - The Haunting of Velkwood - The Woods All Black - Bury Your Gays - The Spirit Bares Its Teeth - Plain Bad Heroines - She is a Haunting - Where Sleeping Girls Lie - Don't Let the Forest In. - Ny Darling Dreadful Thing Also special shoutout goes to the book Bloom which is the only successful book to actually give me nightmares. But still an excellent read!

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  • How do you all feel about DNFs?

    I'll go first. They make me feel so guilty low-key. Like I feel like I always need to chug through it no matter what. Because I always have that "It might get good. You never know" feeling in the back of my mind so I'm so scared to DNF. I feel like I would rather chug through and hate it rather than DNF and be at peace. I just need to know fully. And eventually I get to like 50% and I feel like I put too much time into it to DNF. So I just keep going.

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  • Comfort books

    Does anyone have any comfort books they read when they're going through a rough period in their lives or whenever they need to be cheered up? For me it's the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. I've read it a handful of times throughout the years and it always transports me to when I was attending grade school and reading the series for the first time.

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  • Comfort books

    Does anyone have any comfort books they read when they're going through a rough period in their lives or whenever they need to be cheered up? For me it's the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. I've read it a handful of times throughout the years and it always transports me to when I was attending grade school and reading the series for the first time.

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    The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

    The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

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  • The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1
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    If you like NBC's Hannibal, you'll like this

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  • Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)
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  • what is everyone reading and LOVING??

    hi everyone! I just joined the community and first of all I am SO excited to be here!! 🩷 I'm not super in touch with bookstagram at the moment so I wanted to see what everyone is currently reading and obsessed with! (doesn't have to be a new release <3) tell me: ☾ the book title ☾ something you love about it ☾ and something you don't like about it (if anything hehe). I just started The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst and am also finishing up Wings of Starlight by Allison Saft. I guess I'm in my cozy fantasy era right now 🤭

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  • Shadow Speaker (The Desert Magician's Duology, #1)
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    Jul 27, 2025
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  • Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts, #3)
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  • The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
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  • ラブ・バレット 1 (LOVE-BULLET #1)
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    Jul 26, 2025
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  • How do y’all balance reading with real life?

    Like, I want to read 24/7... but also I've a job and responsibilities. Tips? Time management hacks? Do I just give up and read at 2 a.m.?

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    Where do you get your recs?

    I get my recommendations from bookstagram! And mostly from people i follow on Goodreads. And especially from here on pagebound (I'm actually seeing lot of amazing underrated books and added it to my tbr). So I'm curious to know where & how do you find books to read and add to you tbr?

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