Context: As Pagebound grows, we have been brainstorming sustainable ways to create more Quests that the community is eager to see. We're trialing a new idea for a community-voted Quest, inspired by a List. More info in the last post I made in Founder's Announcements.

For the past week, Pagebound Royalty members have submitted nominations for Lists to inspire Quests. Jennifer and I have gone through and ensured all the Lists you'll be voting on meet our Quest guidelines. There are 86 Lists eligible for you to vote on, and you can find them in this spreadsheet.

There will be 3 winning Lists selected from different genre categories. You can vote for up to 3 lists from different genres. Submit your votes via this form through end of day April 8th. Take note of the Quest type when voting (Column C in the spreadsheet)! Many nominated Lists share a theme but vary in length. Preference for a Side vs Main Quest could help you decide which to vote for. Most Lists will be Side Quests, but Lists with many books (~60+) will be Main Quests.

The creators of the winning Lists will be able to accept/reject. If they accept, we will create a Quest inspired by their List, adapting the title & book list as necessary to fit Quest constraints. If they decline, we'll ask the runner-up! The resulting Quest will not be open to book additions since there will not be anyone actively maintaining the book list (similar to when a Main Quest hits its 100 book cap and is closed to further additions).

If this is a good experience for the community, we plan to run this List nomination + voting process quarterly. Our goals here are to encourage quality List-making, give the entire community a voice in Quest creation in a sustainable way, acknowledge our Royalty supporters, and create some exciting, diverse Quests!

Thanks for voting! Jennifer & Lucy

"Perhaps [the U.S.] became so preoccupied with the humanitarian aspects of the mission that they just honestly forgot about the billion-dollar oil concessions." 🤣 I love how sassy Micheal can be 😂

Every time I read that 'XYZ nation democratically elected someone who cares about their people and tries to make it a better place BUT the U.S. didnt like them, so we staged a coup and instilled our own leader who is only in it for the money and is shitty to their people but it works out towards our financial and power-hungry interests'....I become more and more enraged that this side of history and politics aren't talked about or taught.

"One might wonder why U.S. leaders feel such a need to convince everyone else that the United States is the strongest military power in the world -- when everyone else is already painfully aware of that fact."