Hey everyone I wanted to find a book like the movie Everything Everywhere All at once. I want to read more books discussing complex mother daughter relationships. I have a passive aggressive mom who’s nice to everyone so it’s hard to call out her actions. Trying to find some books to cope and understand the dynamics better. Thank you.

I haven't recovered from what Roots by Alex Haley did to me. I very rarely cry at books, and that one got me HARD.

It got me thinking about the other books that have really had that emotional pull on me because of the season of life I was in when I read them. The Amber Spyglass got me bad as a teenager because of the character losses and separations that happen. Little Women (IYKYK) got me so badly that I don't remember anything else that happens in that book, except for the IYKYK. And the legend of Icarus! I read it in grade school and cried in the middle of class. It just really got me.

What books have made you cry? Were there any that were really formative to you as a reader?

Lucy and I were going through the Roadmap today (for those that don't know, we have a public roadmap to show what we're working on - you can find it in the "more" menu on the app in the top left of the navbar, or linked in the footer on web) and realized we've had a few requests for quarter star ratings. We said we'd let the community weigh in and make a decision, but the feedback thus far has been split. So, we're opening up the convo now!

Should Pagebound have .25 star ratings?

Pros: You can get granular with your ratings, you decide if you want to use the quarter star system or not (if you don't like them, you can continue to use half stars), many folks have personal rating systems that involve quarter stars

Cons: Since we have sub-ratings on PB, there is additional cognitive load to rating things like plot and quality with quarter stars (we think only having quarter stars for overall rating would be confusing and look like a bug). It could potentially discourage people from adding sub ratings if they feel paralyzed by the granularity

Very curious to hear what you all think!

I know we all have different opinions on what makes for a good review, and there have been a few club posts about writing good reviews, but I want to know what makes a review useful to you as a potential reader. What elements in a review do you pay most attention to? What can sway you one way or the other with a book? What do you wish more reviews included - or excluded?

If I'm writing a review for other people to read and judge the book on, I want to make sure I've included what people actually care about!

The last few books I've read I found that the protagonists have not exactly been the brightest stars in the sky. Missing obvious clues to what's going on, trusting overly suspicious people with information that they shouldn't share, blindly walking into dangerous situations or making foolish choices just to further the plot along.

Has anyone got any recs for smart protagonists - not necessarily book smart but sensible, and not that they don't make mistakes or mess up, but who don't make errors in frustratingly foolish ways (like hearing a suspicious noise and leaving without your phone or telling anyone where you are going!).

I prefer fantasy or historical fiction but I'll give anything a go!

Are there any Black Romance books out there in the Kindle World that have the depth, yearning loving romance ofc, black wealth, racism isn’t a factor, this is there world type book? I know that description may sound confusing but simply books that don’t have any rules to them simply because they are black featuring unconditional love lol. I am a Big romance girlie but I love a good Plot. And no I don’t mind it being a series, love those!

Check out the books I’ve read for a better feel xoxo.

Also when Ms. Antoinette Sherell coming out with Pt.3 ifykyk lol.