How do you guys do your monthly tbr for the month? For example this month is my birthday month so I’m reading my childhood books which has been working out so far to complete my tbr for the month but I feel like having a tbr is hard to motivate me to complete it since I’m mood reading. So wanted to find out different people ways of doing a tbr that works for them can I can use for future tbr’s if that makes sense.

How do I join the readalong for this book?

The Fall Readalong has officially started! Check the Discuss page to see the book picks & badge. If this is your first Pagebound readalong, click the purple info icon next to the Fall Readalong header on Discuss for more info. A few reminders:

• If you've already finished a readalong book, you can earn the badge by commenting or posting in the forum
• Keep posts authentic! Please do not post "Just posting for my badge", or "This was good" (ie a post that is a review). Not sure what to post? Comment instead :)

This season, a few of the Top Contributors are hosting unofficial readalongs in their Quests. These are meant to help build community in the Quest, and encourage everyone to work towards the next badge level together! You will not get a special badge for participating in these, and the convo should still happen in the book's forum, not the quest forum. Here's a list of Quests hosting a readalong; might be a good time to join one of these Quests if something catches your eye ;)

• Sapphic Vampires Quest: Carmilla
• Monster Romance Quest: The Orc Prince
• Games and Trials Quest: Phantasma
• LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi & Fantasy Quest: A Treachery of Swans
• Fantasy and Sci-Fi with a Side of Romance: Raven Scholar
• Cozy Fantasy: The Spellshop (already included in the PB-wide Fall Readalong!)

As for product updates, we've made some quality of life improvements since our last check-in (example: search taking you to Books instead of Users when you press enter) but our largest improvement has been in site performance. Response times were getting pretty crazy with all the new traffic, and we're now consistently at low response times :) We also started beta testing the app! Still working through bugs so it's perfect for launch, but progress is well under way. We're hoping for a September launch but ofc will depend on how beta testing goes this month.

Lastly, we've been seeing such amazing convos in the book forums and the Pagebound Club. It's amazing to have a community this thoughtful, nuanced, and respectful. You all make Pagebound such an incredible community, so thank you!

Happy Reading, Jennifer & Lucy 💜💙