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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 šš Jennifer & Lucy
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Now that Juneās coming up and we also will have a Pride read-along, what are your favorite LGBTQ+/Queer books of all time? āŗļø
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Exhibited at comic con this weekend (not a book stand sadly haha) and managed to get around the writers corner! I was expecting to find just a ton of romantasy but actually found a lot of no/low romance books!! Also finally met an author I actually had correspondence with before, had no idea he was there haha. The books I picked up: - (World of Linaria #1) Moroda by L.L. MacRae, L.L. McNeil - (World of Linaria #2) Palom by L.L. McNeil, L.L. MacRae - Sadie Madison and the Boy in the Crimson Scarf by Neil J Hart - The Last Scarecrow by Neil J Hart - (Witches of Woodville #1) The Crow Folk by Mark Stay - (Fyn Carter #2) Fyn Carter and the Legends from Atlantis by Ian Hunter Curious if anyone has heard of or even read any of these before, they all sound super cool! Ian is the author I know from before, so hence why I picked up book 2 haha. If you where also at comic con and picked up anything else, lemme know š I also picked up the unfinished art short for the black mirror comic. Comparing it to the free comic book day version is fascinating!
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The Waking of Storm and Flame (The Fates of Aten, #1)
N.A. Betts
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The Homemade God
Rachel Joyce
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A Snake Falls to Earth
Darcie Little Badger
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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 Lesbianaās 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
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The Amalfi Curse
Sarah Penner
skylarkblue1 commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
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. Theyāre fine but Iām interested in something sturdier if there is a better option that isnāt super expensive š
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The Homemade God
Rachel Joyce
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Representations: https://trello.com/c/YGB0bVYh/134-needy-little-things-by-channelle-desamours Thank you Netgalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review! Very good, slightly predictable but not fully (at least for me), pretty damn good characters too! Was slightly underwhelming at the end, it came slightly out of nowhere and I get it, but also it just fell a little flat I think. The very end was a bit anticlimactic as well a little after everything, especially the ending but honestly it didn't really ruin anything at all. Mostly centered in reality with a touch of magical realism from the gift, honestly worked quite well. The struggles and the boons from it, learning how to live with it, etc. I think it mirrored the disability aspect well from her brother's sickle cell disease (which was quite well done imo).
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Needy Little Things
Channelle Desamours
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Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury Detail, Stalking, Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Animal (pet) Abuse, Domestic AbuseRepresentations: https://trello.com/c/S0swy9aT/133-strange-pictures-by-uketsu A very weird and flawed book, but still actually super enjoyable! The marketing absolutely lied though and the way people are selling it too. When I was looking at it in the bookshop, it was promoted to me as a book akin to murdle and it's an esolit book. "Choose your own adventure" I've also heard it be marketed as. It is none of that, not even close. It's just a mystery book that does extent the mystery out to you a little, but it's not that long before it just straight up explains it all. Additionally on the before point, the pictures are honestly barely used. There's a little puzzle in one, but very very under utilised and honestly was kinda disappointing. By the time you get enough context for the pictures to start trying to solve them, the book has already started explaining the pictures and how to solve them.. Honestly though aside from those points after I realised what kinda book it was, it was incredibly fun. Things made more and more sense as it went on, and while it was a tad predictable for me I heard from multiple people that the twists where all surprises for them so ymmv on that, but even figuring things out a little fast didn't ruin anything at all honestly since then I could read into the scenes just that little deeper. It is quite flawed though, and does use a couple tropes, but honestly it was still quite unique anyway and told in a fast enough pace that I'd really recommend it anyway to anyone who likes a mystery!
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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!
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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 š. 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 š. 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 𤣠Super happy to have met everyone and will hopefully continue to meet as this community grows š Please don't forget to practice good internet safety when answering! š«£
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