Anyone notice any new favorite features especially with the most recent update?

A few smaller things I have noticed that I really enjoy is:

1. Clicking on the book picture to make it bigger! Sometimes I just really need a closer look and I’m surprised how much I notice and enjoy this feature.

**2. The page number being viewable on the main book page. I look for it every time and it’s a weird thing that I just like to know.

**3. Loving the Feed option on book pages. Again my curiosity to just know who is currently reading a book I’m also reading because I’m a creeper at heart.

One thing I’m looking forward to that is in the works is being able to tag users on comments. Especially when noting where you got a recommendation from or shouting out someone’s funny comments.

I adore it when someone writes a book about something incredibly specific just because they're passionate about it.

Thought I'd ask and see what's the (in your opinion) book you own/have read with the most niche subject matter? I say non-fiction but I suppose fiction works too, I just would be less sure how to define it

I have a degree in a pretty obscure subject (not specifying to avoid doxxing myself lol) but I don't think anything I read for that comes close to 'The Construction of Race in Les Misérables Fanworks' by Dr Nemo Martin XD . Hopefully I'll be able to think of some others I know of...

I feel every book, no matter how obscure, has it's audience Does anyone have any niche non-fiction they like?

So if you’re like me and are intensely motivated by ✨shiny things✨, all the Quest badges are so cute and beautiful and fun! And you want to collect them all because not only do they represent achieving a certain reading goal, but they also make your profile the most aesthetically pleasing one on the block!

I’ve joked about collecting a bunch simply because they look good together before, but with the most recent batch of Quests and avatar images that dropped, I thought there were enough options to try to make little themed sets of them as a way to procrastinate all my responsibilities. I’ve come up with a few just-for-fun “badge packs” below (solely based on the badge designs) that I think would look cool if I collected them all, but i would love to see what other people come up with! Go forth and mix and match!

Fairy Glen

For when you want your profile to resemble an enchanted meadow of sunlight and flowers and the shiniest lil critters you have ever laid eyes on

Quest badges featured: Plants, fungi, and trees - oh my!, Majestic Minibeasts, Intro to Poetry Possible avatar pairings: Fairy, elf, unicorn, satyr

Once Upon a Dream

For when you want to pretend you live in a castle in the clouds with a rainbow outside your bedroom window. And heaps of books littering the place, of course

Quest badges featured: Fairy Tale Retellings, Historical Fiction Starter Pack Vol II, LGBTQ+ Middle Grade Possible avatar pairings: Angel, princess, genie, witch

Valley of Monsters

For when you’re grinding a fantasy RPG and they throw you into a training arc. Scales and fangs and claws abound!

Quest badges featured: Those Who Lurk Among Us: Monster Manga, Flights of Fire, Mermaids After Dark Possible avatar pairings: Devil, goblin, monster, western dragon

Abducted by Aliens (but make it a grainy 1980s TV program)

For the classic sci-fi vibe. Lil green martians and flying saucers and questionable CGI (may or may not feature an “alien planet” that was filmed in some random area outside of LA)

Quest badges featured: LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi Charcuterie, Operation Epic Scope Possible avatar pairings: Alien, superhero, robot, astronaut

Queen of Hearts

For when you’re in the mood to plant a rose garden atop the beheaded corpses of your enemies. Beware the flesh-eating flowers!

Quest badges featured: Tragic Love: Queer Edition, Fantasy and Sci-Fi with a Side of Romance, Botanical Horror Possible avatar pairings: Vampire, Fabio, emo girl, Victorian Gothic

Museum Display

For when the vibe is walking into a collection of priceless artifacts and restored antiques, ready to learn about history!

Quest badges featured: Mythological World Tour, Classics Starter Pack Vol II, Greek Myth Retellings Possible avatar pairings: Detective, audiobook (you’re taking the guided audio tour)

Medieval Quest

For when you need everyone to know that you’re AOL on a quest for glory at the behest of the local monarch

Quest badges featured: Medieval Times, Gothic Literature, Universe Quest: The Cosmere + Cytoverse Possible avatar pairings: Knight, wizard, dragon, prince

Back From The Dead For The Purpose of Murdering Shitty Men

What it says on the tin

Quest badges featured: Blood Suckers, Supporting Women’s Wrongs, Sapphic Vampires Possible avatar pairings: Emo girl, vampire girl, punk

’Twas a Dark and Stormy Night

For those classic haunted house vibes. It’s a horror movie, and you’re for sure going to investigate the strange bump coming from the basement!

Quest badges featured: Whispers in the Walls, Queer Horror, The Macleaniverse Possible avatar pairings: Emo boy, ghost, Binx

Some other possible ones I thought of: The Vampire Lord’s Crusty Old Castle (Gothic Literature, Dark Academia, Blood Suckers), I’m A Magical Girl But I Love Cannibalism (Fairy Tale Retellings, Gothic Literature, Tragic Queers), A Bite To Eat (British & Irish Classic Literature, Classic Literature From the United States, Love, but Also Food), Serving Cunt in a Brutalist Hellscape (Feminine Rage, Fictional(?) Dystopian Societies, Every Villain is a Hero in Their Own Eyes), Day In the Life (Quiet Novels, Cozy Fantasy, punctuation: optional)