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1. 45 so far

2. TFIOS and The Lightening Thief

3. In no particular order: Crying in H Mart, The Cruel Prince, Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Legendborn, Under the Whispering Door

4. RF Kuang, Celeste Ng, Michelle Zauner

5. Fantasy I think

6. So many books lol.

7. I think it’s around 4 and I’d say it’s pretty accurate.

8. I surpassed my goal of reading 30 books and definitely branched out more genre-wise. I read more non-fiction/memoirs and it’s become one of my favorite genres.

9. Lol see last answer

10. I don’t read many new releases. I’d say Babel though.

11. I loved Little Fires Everywhere

12. Norwegian Wood and Vicious

13. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

14. Dial A for Aunties, Six Crimson Cranes, Hand on the Wall

15. I don’t really pay attention to awards.

16. It Ends With Us

17. Educated by Tara Westover

18. No clue. I borrow most of what I read from the library, but when I do buy books it’s usually from thrift shops or used bookstores. I’d say 10-20

19. All the time. I love my library

20. Bloodmarked was my most anticipated read but I haven’t read it yet. Hopefully soon though.

21. I didn’t participate but I saw some of it on YouTube, Tiktok, and twitter.

22. Anna Karenina

23. Probably a couple of hours or less, I read a couple graphic novels.

24. I DNF-ed Eleanor Oliphant and quite a few others that I can’t remember right now lol.

25. I want to try to find books at the library that look interesting to me that weren’t recommended to me online. Preferably something that isn’t popular.

end-of-year book ask

How many books did you read this year?

Did you reread anything? What?

What were your top five books of the year?

Did you discover any new authors that you love this year?

What genre did you read the most of?

Was there anything you meant to read, but never got to?

What was your average Goodreads rating? Does it seem accurate?

Did you meet any of your reading goals? Which ones?

Did you get into any new genres?

What was your favorite new release of the year?

What was your favorite book that has been out for a while, but you just now read?

Any books that disappointed you?

What were your least favorite books of the year?

What books do you want to finish before the year is over?

Did you read any books that were nominated for or won awards this year (Booker, Women’s Prize, National Book Award, Pulitzer, Hugo, etc.)? What did you think of them?

What is the most over-hyped book you read this year?

Did any books surprise you with how good they were?

How many books did you buy?

Did you use your library?

What was your most anticipated release? Did it meet your expectations?

Did you participate in or watch any booklr, booktube, or book twitter drama?

What’s the longest book you read?

What’s the fastest time it took you to read a book?

Did you DNF anything? Why?

What reading goals do you have for next year?

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“Public libraries are such important, lovely places!” Yes but do you GO there. Do you STUDY there. Do you meet friends and get coffee there. Do you borrow the FREE, ZERO SUBSCRIPTION, ZERO TRACKING books, audiobooks, ebooks, and films. Have you checked out their events and schemes. Do you sign up for the low cost courses in ASL or knitting or programming or writing your CV that they probably run. Do you know they probably have myriad of schemes to help low income families. Do you hire their low cost rooms if you need them. Have you joined their social groups. Do you use the FREE COMPUTERS. Do you even know what your library is trying to offer you. Listen, the library shouldn’t just exist for you as a nice idea. That’s why more libraries shut every year

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good things will happen 🧿

things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿

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I got my cardigan today and it’s even more cozy than I expected✨ @taylornation @taylorswift

#taylor swift #cardigan #folklore #evermore #taylornation

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MLP, Webkinz, LPS, and Gameboy

were you a Care Bears or MLP kid (and I mean ORIGINAL mlp)

were you a Webkinz or Neopets kid

were you an LPS collector or Pokemon card kid

were you a Gameboy or DS kid

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Reblog if you are straight up not having a good time right now 🙃

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i get that we're supposed to graduate. really do. but tell me how do i focus on studying and finishing assignments when the outside is in shambles and governments are crumbling under the weight of souls of the people their incompetence and unpreparedness killed. how they expect us to work as normal as if im not living thru the biggest disaster that struck mankind this side of the 18th century. this is like if fucking, sky opened up and the trumpets sounded and i begged they wait coz i had to turn in a fucking paper before 23:59h. absurd.

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i don’t think i’ve ever been more ready for autumn which sounds strange as i’m always ready for autumn but i find great comfort in the colder seasons and i think after so long of distance from loved ones it would be nice to feel hugged by the crisp air and warm tones of the leaves

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58% of disabled and chronically ill people feel anxious about the easing of lockdown rules http://dlvr.it/RbTj8V

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ok universe, i’m ready to feel good things. make me feel good things.

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i haven't seen any posts about this going around on tumblr yet, and i know theres a lot going on around the world but this is an issue that needs (and has always needed) more coverage tbqh.

Kylie Jenner has recently been under fire for her clothing line in collaboration with Kendall Jenner, Kendall + Kylie, refusing to pay Bangladeshi apparel workers making their products. the company is owned by Global Brands Group, which has decided not to pay the workers due to the lack of sales during the pandemic. people started speaking up about the payment issue on Kylie's instagram, but instead of a proper response comments were being deleted and eventually limited.

however, the issue doesn't begin and end with Kendall + Kylie, the treatment of factory workers in Bangladesh is a problem with a long overdue response. most of these people are women working in gruelling conditions, being paid in dust and recieving little to no benefits. their lives are seen as disposable. during the quarantine, factories continued production but laid off a quarter of the workforce while the rest still face the threat of wage cuts and lack of access to healthcare.

all the fast fashion we consume like Gap, Primark, Forever 21 and C&A comes at the cost of labour exploitation in developing countries like Bangladesh. this is the country where the main source of income is textiles, where the 2013 Rana Plaza incident killed 1,100 factory workers alone, where workers constantly protest for better salaries and safer conditions, and yet they recieve not even an ounce of dignity for their hard labour. change needs to happen, better sooner than later. will reblog with what you can do to help (since tumblr hates posts with links).

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idk how ppl find twitter ‘more bearable’ than tumblr. i log onto tumblr and i see posts from the same handful of ppl i’ve come to expect, displayed in chronological order. then i log onto twitter and it’s like “here’s a seemingly random collection of posts arranged in order of how angry we think they’ll make u! also, every celebrity and major world leader is on here trying to earn their master’s degree from Clown University”

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reblog this n tag it w how tall u r im curious

#5’11

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what’s ur sign n ur opinion on beer

#taurus #i cant have alcohol but i can taste it and beer is my least favorite kind of alcohol lol

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I just checked my messages for the first time in awhile and I saw that the person that hacked me in May also sent out messages to people that I follow/have previously talked to. Sorry to anyone that was sent those messages!