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samster

Gimme horror, the wierd & bizarre, unreliable narrators, the atmospheric & liminal spaces. But I also love the lighter side too!

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Horror Starter Pack Vol I
Botanical Horror
Fever Dreams & Strange Realities
Whispers in the Walls
Queer Horror
Gothic Literature
My Taste
Piranesi
Bunny
Episode Thirteen
Ascension
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
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Victorian Psycho
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Alchemised
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  • samster commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • reading routine ⏰📚

    Just curious, what's your reading routine like?

    I recently got over a months-long reading slump and I've finally gotten back into the habit of reading every day. These days, I usually read during short work breaks, before bed and whenever I have extra time on the weekends. I also listen to audiobooks on my walks. Gotta make up for lost time 😆

    What about everyone else? Do you squeeze in reading whenever you can or do you set aside a specific time for it?

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  • Just Figuring Things Out

    This is my first time using an app to catalogue my personal reading and I feel like I’m finally getting the hang of this app and logging my reading progress, but I wanted to ask what made others who have used other apps before (e.g. Goodread, fable, etc.) switch over to Pagebound? Also Hi everyone!

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  • Mid year check in

    We're already almost halfway through the year! How's everyone's reading going? Making progress on any goals? Any standout books so far? Any disappointments so far? What goals are you working on the rest of the year? What books are you most excited to get to?

    For myself I've been making good progress on my reading goals. Some of my favorites I've read this year are Piranesi and Chain Gang All Stars. I think my least favorite I've read so far this year was She is a Haunting. Going into the second half of the year I'm hoping to earn more limited time badges and complete my reading challenges on Storygraph. Some books I'm looking forward to reading later this year are A Short Stay in Hell and Educated.

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  • Reading low ratings of your fav books?

    Am I the only one who LOVES to read low ratings of books they adored? I don't know why, I just love it. I find them so funny too. 🤣 And sometimes they have so much true in them but it doesn't mean I'm suddenly going to stop liking the book. Please tell me I'm not the only one.

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  • Happy FRIDAY (fri-yay?)

    I hope all of you have an amazing weekend!! We're in the middle of a heat wave here in Germany and I hate it so so much. I feel like the only good thing about it is that I can stay inside all day and read (but at what cost?) Do you guys have any plans for the weekend? Which books are you excited to read? I recently finished The housemaid by Freida McFadden (after accidentally reading the book by Sarah A. Denzil, which I am not mad about, it was good) and I really liked it! So I got copies of the second and third part of the series and I can't wait to read those!

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  • Oldest Book You Own…?🤔

    Hi all, hope you’re doing well! I was thinking about how I see so many vintage books when I go shopping at my local second-hand book store. I personally don’t make an effort to collect older books (my probably oldest book is from the 70s) but I was curious as to how old your oldest copies are and what title. Feel free to post a picture too!!💕

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  • Let’s have a potluck 🍽️🍲👾

    Welcome to the Literary Potluck, Boundlings! 💜

    Your current read decides what you’ve brought! Let us know your book, what meal/drink/food item it brought, and why!

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  • samster commented on mommymantis's update

    mommymantis completed their yearly reading goal of 100 books!

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    mommymantis's 2026 Reading Challenge

    100 of 100 read
    Wild Dark Shore
    Headlights
    Girl's Girl
    All Flesh: A Novel
    Molka
    Bloom
    Freshwater
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    samster commented on jenniferPagebound's update

    jenniferPagebound completed their yearly reading goal of 20 books!

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    jenniferPagebound's 2026 Reading Challenge

    20 of 20 read
    Yesteryear
    Artifacts
    Florence Adler Swims Forever
    A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
    Medea
    Like This, But Funnier
    When We Lost Our Heads
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    I picked this one up not knowing anything about the book or author, intrigued by the title and cover and I’m….in awe of what I stumbled upon.

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  • samster commented on samster's review of Headlights

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  • Headlights
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    Jun 26, 2026
    Headlights
    4.5
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 4.0
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  • Headlights
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    Jun 26, 2026
    Headlights
    4.5
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 4.0
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    This book is...interesting. The MC pov is quite disturbed, but not yet deranged, though, "licking their fingertips" has me questioning whether this is really happening, or just a scenario playing out in her head as she sits isolated somewhere.

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  • samster commented on samster's review of When the Wolf Comes Home

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  • When the Wolf Comes Home
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    Jun 26, 2026
    When the Wolf Comes Home
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    What a ride! Absolutely loved it.

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    Did this book just seriously “breasted boobily across the moors” in the first ten minutes?

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