I just signed up to Pagebound today and am poking around before I start my day, so hi everyone!

I absolutely love the idea of the quests and lists (oh, and the forums, this site was made for chronic chatters)! I'm such a mood reader so when I read something I love the first thing I want to do is find other books in the same hyper specific niche.

So, does anyone have any weirdly specific niched lists or quests to recommend? I love fantasy of all kinds but am always open to trying something outside of my comfort zone too.

I have 24 on Libby and 2 at my local branch. how many do you have?

(I just got a notification for a book about the Watergate scandal that I’ve been wanting to read, then saw that it’s 832 pages long and immediately suspended it 🫠 I don’t have that bandwidth right now)

Mine says: Mainly reads fiction books that are adventurous, emotional, and dark. Typically chooses medium-paced books that are 300-499 pages long

And I’d say that’s pretty accurate lol. What does your say? Any surprises? Anyone twinning? 👀

Hey guys! I already posted this in a comment under the latest announcement post, but I'm posting it here as well because I think it got lost.

Regarding seasonal readalongs and special events: I noticed that for the current seasonal challenge and the pride 2025 special event we only have fiction books. I think it would be lovely if we had just one informational book to go with all the fiction. So that could for example be one informational book about the holiday Dia de los Muertos (the origins, the folklore, the traditions, etc) or one book about the significance of pride (the history, important figures, etc.).

I think adding just one non-fiction option can only be beneficial. Since you only need to read one book to get the badge, people who only read fiction can simply skip the informational book, while others might get inspired to learn about an important topic through the group event. This way we cultivate learning and growing a better educated community!

Just an idea! Let me know if you have any thoughts on this!

(note that I don't know what all the previous readalongs/events were, so I'm only speaking from limited knowledge. I've only seen two readalongs and one special event since I joined here!)

Upon starting this I realized there is hell of a lot of new information so I thought maybe some people would like a quick notes section to look at without having to flip through the book! I was going to make one for myself and decided to share it :) enjoy!

Catenan Rankings: Rank - Receives Will From

1. Princeps - 40,320 people
2. Dimidius - 20,160 people
3. Tertius - 6,720 people
4. Quartus - 1,680 people
5. Quintus - 336 people
6. Sextus - 56 people
7. Septimus - 8 people
8. Octavus - none

Listen... sometimes you need to relive your childhood

Hey folks! I was listening to music when I had an idea/question come to mind.

What is your favourite music genre? Favourite book genre? And do they have any correlation?

For example, my favourite my favourite music genre is punk. My favourite book genre is sci-fi (especially dystopian sci-fi).

Punk is very much a genre of awareness and resistance. Overcoming oppression through struggle and grit.

Not all sci-fi is like that, but the stuff I tend to gravitate towards usually has the protagonist working against the status quo in some way. It can be looser (like in Scythe, the world's status quo is still roughly the same, but the internal one is challenged) or more direct (The Hunger Games, for example).

So I'm curious if this is coincidence, or if there's a trend with this, so I figured I'd ask y'all!