Hi everyone! Here's a quick list of recent quality of life updates + bug fixes: - The most obvious: you probably noticed your feed is flooded with "badge earned" updates. There was a bug where, when a book was added to a Main Quest, those who had previously joined the Quest did not get credit for reading the newly added book. I fixed this bug and earned out badges for everyone (hence the feed getting flooded!). If you see anything still incorrect on your profile, email me at team@pagebound.co - there was a bug where the Edit option for your Reviews did not consistently show up in the ... (three dot menu) on the review card. This has been fixed! You can now edit your review anywhere you see it. - various infrastructure updates to help with server crashes + load times as we've seen a ton of growth on Pagebound over the past few weeks :) and of course, still working hard on the app! Our plan is to release to our first round of beta testers this month and publicly release before the end of the summer. Appreciate everyone's patience on this! On the bright side, there are TONS of updates on the app that address many feedback concerns we've seen lately :) Lastly, it's been so exciting to see all the new readers join us! Huge thank you to everyone who has sent good vibes, welcoming messages, and answered questions. This community is truly the best. Happy Reading 💙💜 Jennifer & Lucy

Now that June’s coming up and we also will have a Pride read-along, what are your favorite LGBTQ+/Queer books of all time? ☺️

Hi everyone--we're very excited to offer our first partnered book giveaway! Thank you to Sonora Reyes who is giving away 3 arcs for their new YA novel, The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar. This is a poignant and searingly honest companion novel to the multi-award-winning The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School, following beloved character Cesar Flores as he comes to terms with his sexuality, his new bipolar diagnosis, and more mistakes than he can count. The book comes out September 16, 2025, so this is a chance to get your hands on it early! To enter, please fill out this form by May 16th, 2025, and we'll be in touch with the 3 winners via email (note--we can only ship to the U.S.). If you win, we'd love it if you posted your thoughts while reading & wrote a review on Pagebound + any other platforms you use! in case the link isn't working for you, here's the url of the form: (https://airtable.com/appRaBZZlRoMkRDrc/pagKHHCP27kOMDqrb/form

For those who collect a lot of physical books, how do you display them and would you buy your shelves again? I have two Billy bookshelves from IKEA but will need more soon. They’re fine but I’m interested in something sturdier if there is a better option that isn’t super expensive 😅

I am absolutely OBSESSED with the descriptions in this??? The clothing and food are so vivid in the writing, I absolutely love this!!! Not as sold on the plot though, it is seeming a little weirdly paced and a tad bit thin so far. But not enough to make it a slog to read or bringing it down *too* much so far!

I'm really interested in learning more about the awesome folks I've connected with on pagebound so far. I've interacted with many of you, and while we usually stick to books because it's a common love we all share, but I realized I only know a little about each of you through those conversations. That is totally fine if that is how you'd like to keep things, so no pressure to answer 😊. A little more personally about me: I'm a father (mid 30s) of 2 beautiful little girls (3.5 years and 7 months), married to an amazing woman and mother, and we also have 2 French bulldogs 😊. I'm currently a software engineer and my primary focus is infrastructure (all the boring stuff that websites like pagebound runs on behind the scenes and serves it all over the world), but I also freelance in web development still since it's where I got my start. Fun random fact: I was top 500 in overwatch season 3 🤣 Super happy to have met everyone and will hopefully continue to meet as this community grows 😊 Please don't forget to practice good internet safety when answering! 🫣