Do y'all ever think about authors of the books you're reading being on pagebound? Especially some of the more internet savvy writers. Sometimes when I'm writing a good review or a compliment in the forum I think to myself 'it would be so cool if they read this' but also the opposite, if I'm being negative I think 'oh no, I hope they never read this'. I know if I was an author I would absolutely be scrolling the forum for my book!

Editing to add that one of my favorite parts about pagebound is that it is anonymous, and I wouldn't ever want to know that an author was lurking, it's just something I think about from time to time.

Happy Saturday (or whatever day you're viewing this), horror fiends and newbies! I would love to make this quest interactive and so far, y'all have been great! Y'all have given me great books recommendations and I've loved seeing everyone's introductions thus far. And yes, I've read everything, even if I haven't responded directly to your comment.

I want to talk about readalongs with you all -- more specifically how often and how long. We can do the traditional seasonal readalongs (winter one starts December 1 and goes to the end of February) where we read one book together during a 3 month period and keep up with PB's flow but we can also customize it to what y'all are comfortable with. So here are the options:

1.) We do classic seasonal readalong described above 2.) We still do one every 3 months but it's only for a month long period (or alternatively, a 3 week period) during the seasonal period 3.) Either of those two options above BUT instead of it being seasonal months, it would go by the calender year so Jan - March, April - June, July - Sept, and Oct - Dec. This would cause our readalong to start in January of 2026.

I'm thinking of starting us off with Pet by Akwaeke Emezi because it's on the less extreme side of horror and it's fairly short (under 250 pages). In the future, would you like me to give y'all a handful of choices to vote on or would you prefer me to decide on the book (I will not be throwing y'all into the deep end of extreme horror 😂).

Please give me any opinions or commentary you're feeling 🫶🏽

Also, stay safe out there everyone!

Hiii so I’ve been playing the Hogwarts Legacy game with my bf and I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for books that are as immersive with the magic and world as the game with some romance?

(Ps. I just ask no Zodiac Academy bc I did not like it but all respect to those who did)

Tyty!! ❤️❤️❤️

I want to find more romance authors, so if you could only read one author, who would it be and why?

For me it would be Emily Antoinette, she has amazing monster and alien romance books. To me amazing lgbtq+ rep and really cool and cute concepts for her books. Plus the artwork that comes with her books is amazing too!😂

I went to the bookstore today, and I saw 2 very different books, in an edition type I have never seen before: short story/novella duos where each story start on their own side of the book, and end in the middle. So you have the front cover, and if you flip it over the long way (which would usually get you to the back cover upside down) boom another front cover for a different book.

Have you ever seen books layouted like this before? Is it a new trend? Have you seen any other special special editions lately that you think will start something new?

If anyone is curious (or just need some google help to understand wth I’m trying to explain), the books I saw were “Grim and Oro” by Alex Aster (Lightlark series) and “The Traveling Cat Chronicles and The Goodbye Cat” by Hiro Arikawa.

Hello! Please give your queer horror book recommendations below! I accept indie and traditionally published books into the quest as long as the book is listed on PB or can be added to PB’s library. We are sorely in need of books with reps including: Indigenous MCs/authors, Pacific Islander MCs/authors, Intersex MCs/authors, Asexual MCs/authors, and Non-Binary MCs/authors. I’m always looking for books with diverse representation so please still feel free to recommend a book even if it doesn’t include a character/author with the representation above, just note that books with those representations will likely be added first because, well, I don’t have a lot/any books with them in it listed in the quest and I would like this quest to be as diverse as possible.

Horror has a somewhat loose term here (as mentioned in my introduction post) as publishers don’t always list books with horror elements as “horror”. So we’ll say horror and horroresque books (if you can squint and call it horror, then you’re welcome to include it as a recommendation). There’s not a lot of rules to recommending books but here are some: 1.) Obviously all books recommended here should be queer in some way or shape (“hetero” asexuals are still queer). 2.) It should be a well written book in the manner of it not being full of simple spelling and grammar mistakes. I will likely be reading every single book that gets added to this quest but please don’t recommend a book that couldn’t be submitted as a creative writing paper in a school project. Don’t subject me or fellow PBers to that. 3.) Look to see if your recommendation has already been recommended below before commenting. I don’t want this post to be flooded with the same book being recommended 10 times. 4.) Please tell me what rep is included in the book if it’s not already obvious from the book blurb.

I may not include all recommendations into the quest but I will at least look at your recommendations and will consider it (especially if it has a lot of upvotes/comments). Other than that, GO CRAZY!

Would love to see more queer sci-fi/fantasy added here! Some of my personal faves are:

Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco Steel Crow Saga by Paul Krueger Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee In the Ravenous Dark by AM Strickland

What are some of y'all's fave queer romantic sff stories?