So one of the first things I do on my phone is scroll through the forum to reach the last post I read the night before. Does anyone else do this? I feel like it’s still feasible now but might not be once this app gets more popular.

How invested are you in the Pagebound Club forum, is what I’m asking I guess? I also see people commenting on others’ book progress a lot plus their achievements in levels, badges, etc. Are they your friends or do you do this with random users? 👀

Honestly I love Pagebound so much I’m on it every other hour and checking all the updates I can. Perhaps not the healthiest thing but at least it’s not like the socmed apps with algorithms and other things to keep you trapped on the app. I get to discuss and find new books and find new book friends what’s the harm!

hi friends : ) i adore this quest sm, i just finished my first book: noah frye gets crushed

i'm about to pick out another book to read and would love to do a buddy read!

EDIT reading these now/next: dear mothman the curse of eelgrass bog homebody dungeon critters

anyone is welcome to join me :))) i luv this quest sm and would love to chat!

hi my loves! i realllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly want to get into horror more this year, bc it is a way to explore (my) queerness in a way i havent truly gone deep into before. i am a huge scaredy cat though so... anyone have any recs from this quest or elsewhere to ease me into it?

thinking of some things below that might help, but lmk if i can clarify more:

no's-ish -i am mainly scared of body horror or too much gore -idk if this counts but i do love stranger things, and the queer elements of it -i can do comics and graphic novels (bc i prefer these to ease me into any genre) if they're more lighthearted (??help??? maybe this genre isnt for me lol), i guess bc seeing scary things is worse than reading them for me? -i can do low to medium levels of psychological vibes -i don't think i can deal with sad/unjust endings or like if someone is left alone at the end of the world lol that would break me -maybe not future sci fi stuff but idk?? i like people surviving/hea in dystopia but also the end of the world kinda scares me so i dunno -i hate when animals get hurt, esp when they are hurt by humans so maybe not that??

yeses -cryptids are cool to me! -something that might help me heal from ptsd, help me accept my differences, see myself in weird (weird is ofc good) characters -i wish i knew more about what i like so would love some guidance there on what my options even are!

i have a feeling this is such a stretch but maybe even advice on how to ease in or how you got acclimated to/fell in love with queer horror would be awesome!

edit: thank you all SOOOO MUCH you're all so amazing wow. i feel so at home and appreciate your recs so much :) i'll start off w ya horror and stay active in forums following along on your quest readalongs! so excited and thankful you all helped me find ways i could engage with this genre safely

edit for those who find this later with the same question-ish in mind, i compiled all the recs below into a shelf linked here but if you all think it'd function better as a list lmk i can do that!)

as someone who has reserved reading nonfiction for school for the longest time (which, for me, consisted of science and medical textbooks), i find that i'm struggling a lot to process nonfiction the same way i do fiction. anyone have a favorite strategy for reading/annotating/processing nonfiction? is putting a sticky note at the end of each paragraph with a little summary of it a good place to start?