This is a message to those hitting a slump early on (1%-25%):

It has been a tough hike making it this far. That being said, there are some engaging character interactions and action sequences as you get deeper in. The exposition dumps and vocabulary quizzes do taper off, I promise.

I cannot vouch for the rest of the book yet but I hope both your trust and mine will pay off in the end.

Hi all! New app version (1.1.93) is now available on both iOS and Android. This includes mostly quality of life updates, some small feature enhancements, and bug fixes - web was also updated! Here's a quick rundown of what changed:

Search Improvements: When you search on the app, you can navigate back to your search results. On web, searching in "Browse Lists" and "Browse Quests" also saves your search results.

Search by Emoji: This beloved feature is now available on the app! You can find a link in Search. This got a design upgrade on web as well - you can now search specifically for books, lists, or quests by Emoji and see the total results for each category.

Updated Emojis: The emoji list was updated on app to include newer emojis

Additional badge slots for Royalty: Royalty can now display up to 12 badges on their profiles (warning: if the app is not updated yet and you display more than 6, the badges will run off the screen!) EDIT: was made aware the badges will run off the screen when viewing someone else's profile. They will look correct when viewing your own. I'm sorry, silly bug from me! Will put up an "emergency" update in next few days.

New ways to add a book: In a shocking turn of events, we are able to offer the Add Missing Book via Goodreads Link feature again. You now have 3 options when adding a new book to the Pagebound database: Goodreads link, ISBN/ASIN manual form, non-ISBN manual form

Block List in Settings: under Account & Settings, you can see all the users you've blocked and manage your block list.

Update Reading Progress remembers your update method: that's a mouthful, but basically if you update your reading progress using %, you'll be defaulted to % the next time you log progress (or pages or minutes, whatever tracking method you choose)

Confirmation popup when clicking I'm Finished: In the progress update modal, there's a confirmation step before finishing the book when you click I'm Finished (for everyone who was accidentally clicking that and messing up their reads!)

What's next on the roadmap? We're working on making editing your reading data more accessible and intuitive (think: updating your start/finish date when you click the "Reading" and "Finished" statuses, editing format and length in the reading status modal) After that, we have major projects related to Quests (Quest dashboards 👀) and a huge Library revamp (I'm calling this "Library V2")

Thank you everyone for keeping this community thriving! We'll be back in a few weeks with the next update.

Happy reading, Jennifer + Lucy

“kiss me and kiss me again” 🥹😢

Copying and pasting the book's sinopsis, without farther additions, is not a review. I am tired of entering in Goodreads, checking the reviews of an ARC and seeing SEVERAL posts that are literally just "This story is about x character, in x place and shit happens. Thank you so much for the ARC!". Word for word from the original book description text. Nothing more. And don't get me wrong, you can do a simple, light and short review. I find those great. But that Control + C ➡️ Control+ V thing is just ridiculous. So here are some things that you can add to your book reflections:

🔸Rhythm: Is it fast? Slow? Does it linger in specific scenes? Why? 🔸Author's style: Realistic/Mystic/Descriptive/Onirical... 🔸 Characters: are they well constructed? How about their evolution through the book? What is the dynamic between them like? If there's a romance, do they have chemistry? Favorite POV? 🔸 Worldbuilding: Unique/Simple/Complex/Over-explained/with gaps/Solid and inmersive 🔸Atmosphere: Is it oppressive? Nostalgic? Thrilling? 🔸Symbols and metaphors 🔸REP (LGTB, disability, BIPOC...) 🔸Great quotes 🔸Was it a fast, addictive read? Was it a more calm and intimate experience? Did you read it for a book club, or a challenge? What did you expected from it? 🔸Emotional or spice levels 🔸History research if it's real historial event based

Just some ideas, feel free to add some more to the list or to discuss my first comment hahaha