Happy Friday!! I was wondering if any of you - especially if you read multiple book simultaneously - "save" books for different times/places? I'm struggling to put this into words but I mean for example: Sometimes I have a book that I plan to read exclusively while on public transport/at work or another book that I want to read at home & in peace (or it's simply weird to read in public - I personally do not read smut but I once read a non-fiction book about suicide and I felt that it wasn't appropriate to read in public) Now, with the weekend approaching, I realized that I have subconsciously "saved" one of my books for the weekend because I'm so excited to read it and I don't want to "waste" the experience? Does that make sense? Can any of you relate?

I've been swamped with school yet my nose is always stuffed in a book and I'm always reading something.

It occurred to me, reading is a constant in my life and something I couldn't consider NOT doing.

Why do you read?

I get a little sad and envious when I see that people can read like 120+ books a year, and I can manage 12 if I try reaaaaaally hard.

I can't get any of the seasonal badges because reading that many books in that amount of time is impossible for me.

Any tips to not be so sad about it? I'm not looking for tips to read faster, honestly I've tried everything under the sun and I'm pretty much as fast as I'm ever going to get.

I'd definitely like to follow more people who self-identify as a slow reader, so I don't feel so alone 🥺 I'm definitely the slowest reader I know and it gets lonely down here 😭

Hi everyone, we've just released a big app update with many quality of life improvements, bug fixes, and some new features. These are all available on web as well. Please make sure your apps are updated to the latest version, 1.1.1, to see these changes! As a reminder, you can check out what we're working on and what's coming up next via the public roadmap (in the footer on web, in the more menu on the app)

Here's a list of updates:

• New Main Quest badge tiers, now viewable on the app
• ability to pin comments to your own posts, lists, and activity
• improved search on app: UI enhancements to make searching for things that are not books easier, removed the auto-populated most searched books from the search widget
• ability to track your progress in Time for audiobooks (HH:MM)
• progress bar / breakdown by status added to Plan
• estimated page count added to book page
• you can enlarge a book cover on the book screen by tapping the book cover
• rereading button (when you go to track a reread, the button says re-reading instead of reading)
• sort reviews by star rating
• filter options on Book Journey
• new search, filter, and sort options on Browse All Lists and Browse All Quests screens
• see more info about your followers and users you follow in the following/followers modals
• changed the button on the home feed "currently reading" books from "post in forum" to "go to forum" for easier access to the forum + encouraging folks to check existing posts!

We're working on monthly wrapups, reading streaks, and some prep for more stats next! We will also be making some additional enhancements to Quests (like: a book recommendations section similar to the Community Recs on book pages, stats for how many users earned each badge tier, and a feed tab like the new feed tab on book pages)

Thanks everyone and happy reading, Jennifer + Lucy

ETA answer received! Thank you!!✨

Hello everyone! I have looked in my settings and haven't been able to find this- is there a way to change my PB interface to dark mode? I am a migraine girly and while I love the overall aesthetic of the app, it is often too bright/low contrast for me to comfortably view and navigate💟

I’m enjoying the book but it’s so long and has not much “plot”, it feels like I’ve been reading it for a year 😅 I’ll read a huge chunk in one sitting and make 2% progress 😭 but I’m nearly there!

QUESTION OF THE DAY!! 🐝🐞🪲 If the book you were reading right now came to life, and you were the main character, how screwed would the world be? What would you change?

Or, what is one female/male lead you would switch places with?

JENETTE WHAT IS THIS