hint: it’s a Spring Readalong book

Maybe this book should be retitled how to create a monster

Quote abou revolution

Quote about the power of female friendship

Set in 1800s

Guess the book from the forum posts! & better yet, explain how you came to that conclusion. I want to hear which clues you used 🧠

Yup you can set your format by editing your read dates from your library or the book page for past reads!

Track format feature

In preparation for monthly stats like pages read & minutes listened, you can now track your reading format on Pagebound!

My favorite corner of the internet post

I love the way PB badges bring out our inner magpie

The reader girlie in me being consequential is liberating

It’s pushed me to walk away from big corporations and be a lot more conscious wit what I’m using

🥹💕 Grateful to the wonderful readers that are the soul of Pagebound! Your decision to take a chance on an indie Goodreads alternative in our first year has created an incredibly rare & special community

aw yay!! this kind of experience is exactly why we built Pagebound 🥹💕

my reading experience has really been changed by @pagebound.bsky.social! i started note-taking while reading a few months ago, which had already made me more engaged in the books i read. but the forums on pagebound allow me to have a buddy read experience with the whole site!
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Popular avatars

Most tbr vs most interested

Most popular emojis

Average streak length

How much do you have in common with other readers on Pagebound? #booksky

Agree! Love a locked room mystery!

Loved this one!

The vanishing cherry blossom bookshop

The decagon house murders

Geisha, a life

A tale for the time being

Our Cherry Blossom Festival readalong celebrating Japanese literature & culture starts today! To earn the badge, read a book and post/comment in the book forum by April 15th.

Which book will you be reading?

1 year ago, we had our first viral moment and grew to 4,000 users overnight. Now, our community is 140,000 strong 🥹

Happy International Women’s Day 💖 A great day to switch from Goodreads to an indie, female-founded alternative! Pagebound is like if Goodreads & Reddit had a baby 🫶

unexpected ways to catalog and discover books

idk the title but I think the cover was blue

these titles are complete sentences

let’s count

Human curation over algorithmic/AI curation any day! Our brains are much more creative 🌱

Pagebound is an anti-AI Goodreads competitor. You can think of our Lists feature like making an OG Spotify playlist for the community—the more niche & creative, the better #booksky

When we lost our heads

A master of djinn

Razorblade Tears

Goddess of the River

Our Spring Readalong will run through May 31st. Earn a butterfly badge for finishing a book + posting or commenting in the book forum. Earn the sparkly butterfly for all 4 books 🦋💙📚

The best lies, home before dark, the plans I have for you

Florence Adler swims forever, copper skin oaken lungs, my thorns for your roses

New giveaways (visit Discover Books)! Many options for thriller lovers this month 👀

Authors & publishers list their books with us by signing up at support.pagebound.co/giveaways

#booksky

🥹 ahhh so glad you’re enjoying! I didn’t have many irl friends who read a lot before Pagebound, and I’m blown away by how special it feels to be able to react w everyone in the forum—it’s Iike watching a movie at home alone vs in the theatre

👏👏👏😍

The book forum was the initial idea that led us to create Pagebound! Why is there no place I can post my thoughts as I read & connect with all the other people around the world reading the same book I am? We knew we had to build it 💕

Pagebound app home with reading streaks widget

New feature: Reading Streaks ‼️🥵

If you find the streak motivating, you’re able to edit as far back as Jan 2024. If you don’t, you can turn it off in settings.

There’s a little fun surprise hidden…has anyone figured it out yet? hint:🔥

Downloaded this app and immediately fell in love. Fantastic, smooth, community-driven app! Seriously, if you’re a reader, go check this out.

And add me! @MzMilena

We miss online communities before algos and AI

You can’t build inclusive communities when algos exist

That’s why the default content you see on social media is what’s already popular/trending

We don’t have algorithms on Pagebound so the default is diverse

one of the reasons people say Pagebound feels so nostalgic…
💙📚

Cherry Blossom Festival readalong coming up

Increase in participation from pride to dia de los muertos

Increase again for Mardi Gras and carnival

Need some help reading more diversely? Join our Special Event Readalongs on Pagebound #booksky

⭐️ half-stars with subratings for enjoyment, quality, characters, plot + add emojis
🎮 interested, paused, dnf statuses + mute books
🗓️ plan your TBR by month/year
🏅 earn badges for reading
💬 every book has its own forum so you can post thoughts from x% as you read & discuss

Goodreads is making a DNF shelf? too little, too late…

Join Pagebound instead—an indie, anti-AI, women & poc-owned social book tracker NOT benefiting a billionaire and already far more featureful 💙📚

Avatar options on Pagebound

new avatars just dropped! Which is the most you?

Fantasy giveaways

Romantasy and historical fiction

Nonfiction and romance

Sci-fi, thriller, horror, and poetry

New book Giveaways for Feb! We have a diverse collection of genres, formats, & options for international readers as well (thanks to the authors & publishers who made this possible)!

Good luck to everyone entering 💕 #booksky

the Wuthering Heights commentary has been elite 😂

Discover | Pagebound Explore popular & new books, Clubs, Quests, and people to find your Pagebound community

I love how indie-centric and diverse the reading tastes are on @pagebound.bsky.social!

I'm 'oooing' while scrolling down the page. 💜

Yes it’s an approved feature! Our roadmap is public to anyone with a Pagebound account :)

Group of friends reading and chatting

how it feels scrolling Pagebound’s book forums instead of TikTok

#booksky