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5-minute-murders · 1 year
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Nice *ignores the fact that only 8 of those are actual novels*
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literarilytrisha · 2 years
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bloody-wonder · 3 months
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2023 reading wrap up
sort sort sort i love to arbitrarily sort😌📚
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*i decided to get even more creative this time and named the tiers after different things from the books featured on this list. see explanation below🙃 **the following series i read in full are represented only by the first book: the aurelian cycle, the radiant emperor, the winnowing flame, sorcery of thorns, monk & robot, lilywhite boys
so in 2023 my reading was heavily curated: i challenged myself to finish at least 5 series i started a long time ago, to start at least 5 new ones, to read at least 10 classics, at least 5 dark academia books, at least 10 books not in english and to re-read at least 5 books i've been meaning to re-read for some time - and i did well at all of these challenges except for the last two (missed the goal by one book in each case). it's still difficult for me to find books in languages i can read other than english which i actually want to read as well as prioritizing re-reads over new exciting books😒🤷‍♀️
but overall i would say this was a good way to organize my reading year. i like planning, i like structure, i like crossing things off different lists so completing these challenges gave me a great sense of accomplishment. but more importantly, i feel like they achieved their respective purpose: i returned to stories i fell in love with years ago and finally followed some of those journeys to their end. i discovered new fun journeys - some of them so exciting i had to finish the series immediately and some that will last me for a few more years to come. i finally feel like i trained my classics brain muscle back to its glory days and i can't express how pleasantly surprised i am to see one of those dusty tomes i read by the dozen as a teen on my top 5 again. i rediscovered my love for dark academia. i did read books in different languages and some of them ended up quite high on my tier list as well.
at the same time i had plenty of opportunities left to mood-read. boy parts, my favorite book of the year, for example wasn't a part of any challenge. the same goes for semantic error which i picked up at random during the bl manhwa revival i experienced at the end of 2023. so my top tiers ended up being a mix of different genres, the new and the old series and books, the expected and the unexpected faves.
i wasn't trying to read a certain amount of books this year but surprisingly i managed to read even more than last year (when it comes to the page count). and as for the quality, i do have a better feeling than i had in 2022 too. while i didn't manage to regain the heights of literary enjoyment from the golden era of 2019-2021, i think i'm on my way there :)
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here's another curious wrap up thingy @magpiefngrl tagged me in! very representative of my reading tastes, though i must say i have only 6 unread kj charles books left and i'm starting to get concerned about what i'm going to do when i inevitably gobble them up in 2024😬
what about you guys? please tell me about your reading year! you can do a tier list (if you're a virgo) or the my year in books overview (if you regularly update your goodreads) or just write a post, if you want to. or you can also ignore me and go have a fantastic year😉🍾🎉🎆🎄
@figuringthengsout @fugitoidkry @pinkasrenzo @fandomreferencepending @counterwiddershins @magpiefngrl @sugarbabywenkexing @weirdsociology @theodoradove @doh-rae-me @venndaai @sixappleseeds @oliviermiraarmstrongs @bookish-moony
goodreads │ old yearly wrap ups 2020 2021 2022
explanation of the tier titles under the cut (if you even care)
spermaceti is a precious substance derived from the head of the sperm whale that may or may not be the whale's sperm. these are the books i absolutely loved. the vibe is that scene from moby dick where they are all on deck slicking each other with spermaceti and chanting "sperm!🙌" (that's how i remember it anyways)
toy excavator is the source of his strongest positive feelings for the main character of semantic error chu sangwoo. these are the books that i loved too but not on the spermaceti level, you know. the vibe is that scene where sangwoo realizes he's in love with jaeyoung and is like,, damn. this feels exactly like that time they gifted me a toy excavator🤔😒 (he's autistic)
skyfish is the least cool type of dragon in the aurelian cycle. the hufflepuff dragon, if you will. but it's still a dragon so these were some good books i still enjoyed😌
defekta are sentient furniture in nino cipri's sci fi novella defekt. now, in this book the concept of defekta very much serves the purpose of questioning what things we see as defective and the ethics of of how we treat them. for the purposes of this tier list however defekta are the books which range from good to great but which at the same time have some big issue that made me want to throw them at a wall. that's why the radiant emperor is ranked twice lol it has to be on my top 5 bc i'm obsessed but also ragsghhjdsgjhjbbdsd
kerinne is a made up drink the characters of mca hogarth's cozy sci fi series the dreamhealers like to drink. in 2023 i found out that i am not immune to cozy sff but one genre-specific thing i will forever remain indifferent towards is foods & beverages - i don't care about them too much irl so when they're fictional i care even less. these are the books that were just whatever🤷‍♀️
holism is art's annoying coworker we're introduced to in system collapse. a totally overrated guy, just like these books🙄
green varnish is a resin-like substance a certain type of creature in the winnowing flame excretes after consuming everything it finds in its path so that entire towns together with their residents get entombed under it forever. it's also transparent so the areas attacked by these creatures basically turn into see-through graveyards brrrr. these were The Worst books i read in 2023😬
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helianthus-tarot · 2 months
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Upon seeing ur posts relating to books, here I am! Im a bookworm but i dont read much books since i cant afford lots of books 🥲. I'll just dump whatever books i can rec, alright? Make sure to check Goodread before you buy them 🥰
These are some recs of books i've read since 2020 to today. Feel free to pick whichever fits ur challenge! (☆ mark is a memoir)
Doctor Faustus by Christian Marlowe (this is a classic btw, not sure if you'll like it 😬)
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Sehee ☆
Deaf Utopia by Nyle DiMarco ☆
Look Closer by David Ellis
Seeing Voices by Oliver Sacks
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo
A Father's Story by Lionel Dahmer ☆
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee ☆
I'm Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya ☆
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Threading My Prayer Rug: One Woman's Journey from Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim by Sabeeha Rehman ☆
Crying in the H Mart by Michelle Zauner ☆
True Biz by Sara Nović
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
They Called Me a Lioness by Ahed Tamimi ☆
Familiar Things by Hwang Sokyong
Almond by Sohn Wonpyung
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Ghosted by Jenn Ashworth
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
That's a long list, you read a lot and books by authors from different backgrounds too it seems! Thanks for the recommendations 🤍🤍🤍
Recommend a book! ❤️
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elitheaceofalltrades · 3 months
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2024 Reading Goals
Hello hello! Happy New Year to all!
Fun fact, by posting this at 11:00am GMT, 2023 has officially ended in all inhabited countries as UTC -11 is the last inhabited timezone.
I haven't been a resolutions person for a couple of years now but I admit I do love a challenge and goal setting. I also love reading. I'm sure you don't need the title to tell you where this is going. I've had goodreads since Sept, 2016 and have been taking part in their reading challenge since 2020. I've met my goal evey year except 2021 and I hope to make three years in a row this year!
2023's goal was an ambitious 48 books and I somehow managed to read 48 (I attribute a good 1/3 to getting a library card and access to libby). 18 of those books were comics/manga though and while I do believe anything with a ISBN counts, I'd like for comics & manga to only be about 25% of my books instead of the current 38%. I feel like I might be setting myself up a bit but I'm not going to be too upset if at the end of the year, I don't lower the percentage. This is just a bit of fun.
Anyways in no particular order, here's a tentative list of the 48 books I plan to read in 2024. This is subject to change due to availability, gifts, recommendations and new releases.
~Eli
Ace of All Trades, Pro at None😆
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
The Lost Adventures and Team Avatar Tales by Gene Luen Yang & Faith Erin Hicks
Girls and Autism by Barry Cerpenter, Francesca Happé & Jo Egerton
Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
ATLA: The Promise by Gene Luen Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko
Windrush by Mike Phillips & Trevor Phillips
In the Castle of My Skin by George Lamming
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
ATLA: The Search Omnibus by Gene Luen Yang
Queer by Frank Wynne
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
ATLA: The Rift Omnibus by Gene Luen Yang
This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
ATLA: Smoke & Shadow Omnibus by Gene Luen Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko
The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
ATLA: North & South Omnibus by Gene Luen Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko
I Will Not Be Erased by Gal-dem
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Katara & The Pirate's Silver by Faith Erin Hicks
They/Them/Their by Eris Young
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Suki, Alone by Faith Erin Hicks
Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion
The Turn of the Shrew by Henry James
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Abertalli
Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy by Faith Erin Hicks
How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Middlemarch by George Elliot
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
The Movement Vol. 1: Class Warfare by Gail Simone
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Hold Tight, Don't Let Go by Laura Rose Wagner
Saga Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughn
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readmorepoets · 1 year
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1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 ?? <33
thank you kenna for asking i love you <3 please tell me any books you're interested in reading as well
1. What are 2-5 already published fiction books you think you want to read in 2023?
bestiary by k ming chang because i was supposed to read it before 2022 ended. i'll list some that intimidate me most: rebecca, wuthering heights, p&p, go tell it on the mountain. DO NOT speak to me about whale weekly i'm so annoyed by how behind i am i'm two seconds away from giving up
2. What are 2-5 already published nonfiction books you think you want to read in 2023?
underland by robert mcfarlane 2023 is your year. h is for hawk by helen mcdonald 2023 is your year. women race & class 2023 is your year. why be happy when you could be normal 2023 is your year. they can't kill us until they kill us 2023 is your year.
3. Any poetry on your TBR? yes all the poetry i couldn’t get to this year: tommy pico (feed), donika kelly (bestiary), louise gluck (1962-2020), anne carson (autobiography of red), ocean vuong (time is a mother). it would be cool to attempt homer?
5. What 2023 new releases are you most looking forward to?
ALECTO THE NINTH OCTOBER 10TH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (edit: NOT confirmed date but goodreads has it like that!) a day of fallen night by samantha shannon, chlorine by jade song, HOPEFULLY my favorite thing is monsters pt 2 by emil ferris and death valley by melissa broder. jenny odell has a new book coming but i'm afraid </3
6. Do you have any conceptual reading goals? E.g., I plan to read books on food history.
mostly i want to read the books that i've been meaning to read for years and years. even though i know i'm not gonna stick to it 100% i've got a list of priority books and a lot of them i've been wanting to read for at least 5 years or even more. i really wanna give all of those books a chance... this is a cop-out answer to a good question. i feel like i'm missing out on a lot! i want to strengthen my foundations be it in fiction or theory. and foundations usually come from older texts so that’s where i’m kinda directing myself. like i have a book entirely about genetics on the list cause that’s the basis for everything right and that's what i want to do for all of my interests read like, texts that will build me foundations for the rest
8. Are there any reading challenges you want to try? have not found a challenge where i like all the prompts (and if i'm doing a challenge i would like to do all the prompts RIGHT) so i had sketched out one of my own where i mixed and matched mostly from the popsugar challenge and ended with like 35 prompts but i'm not sure if i'll stick to it!
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compo67 · 5 months
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Twenty Questions for Fic Writers
How many works do you have on ao3?
266. I know most of that is The Chicago Verse.
What's your total ao3 word count?
Aha! I am at 2,100,134. (I used to write sooo much from 2014-2017.)
What fandoms do you write for?
Just Supernatural and its RPF. I dabbled in the MCU with Spideypool fic, but have since not returned to it, nor do I have plans to.
What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
They Met at the Photo Op Booth (J2): 2,082
House of Gold (J2): 1,680
Garbage (J2): 1,533
Like a Small Boat (J2): 1,447
Put Your Hands Where Mine Are (Wincest): 1,303
Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
I try to, very much! Especially if a reader has a question or points out a specific thing they liked in the fic.
What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
Oh gosh, let's see. Probably "It Takes a lot of Water." Or maybe "The Shortest Distance." There's not really a "happy" ending in either of those fics. They're hopeful endings, but come at a large cost.
What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
I'd say that's either Punzel or They Met at the Photo Op Booth. Both have such sweet, hopeful, joyous endings.
Do you get hate on fics?
I think it's happened less than five times since I've been writing for fandom. A couple (a few?) of people left rude comments on Back Pocket 1 because of how I chose to portray Jensen in that fic (he is close to 400 lbs in that verse). One person left hate on Model of the Solar System. I think someone sometime recently? (maybe?) left something negative on a TCV fic. So no, it generally doesn't happen to me, but when it does, man, I remember it.
Do you write smut?
Yep! I used to post a lot on the spnkinkmeme back in the day, probably around 2015. It was such a great time in fandom. Anyway, yes, certainly, absolutely.
Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?
I do not. Except this one time. Yes, I wrote a Harry Potter/SPN crossover fic. But nothing ever came of it. I'm not even going to link it, I don't even remember the title.
Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not that I'm aware of. Readers do let me know when they've seen my fic somewhere it shouldn't be (like on Goodreads).
Have you ever had a fic translated?
I have! It floors me every time I get a request to do that! :)
Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Yep.
What's your all-time favorite ship?
Oh, how do I choose between J2 and Wincest??? Ugh. I guess. Well. Considering... oh, hell. I don't have to choose. :P
What's a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?
Oh, goodness. Well, I make it a goal of mine to not abandon fics. Unfortunately, it just happens sometimes. There's Letter to Follow, which has only been available on Patreon since I started writing it back in 2019/2020. It's my time traveling J2 fic. I remember writing for it during the very first few weeks of covid. I learned so much physics for that fic. But alas, I needed/wanted to move on so I left it where it is. I hope I can return to it one day.
What are your writing strengths?
Dialogue and setting the scene. :)
What are your writing weaknesses?
Plot. That goddamn plot. (And pacing at the end of a fic.)
Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?
Love it. Love a challenge. Love how it works into the story.
First fandom you wrote for?
Harry Potter, back when I was 14 or 15 years old.
Favorite fic you've written?
Ahh how do I choose?! I can't. I have such a fondness for them all. <3
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[Meet the Writer] . New year means new introduction (featuring my PFP art ♥) . Hey y'all! My name is Chelsea and I am an artist and writer on my way to self publish my first book in mid/late May of this year called Fragments of Magic! Fragments (as I call it for shorthand) has been in development since late 2016/early 2017 and was SUPPOSED to be a webcomic but I decided that writing the story out would be faster overall. So in 2020 I set out to finally make that happen and by the end of it I had a draft and a direction! 2021 and 2022 were full of learning and growth on how to write/be a writer and figuring out exactly the story I wanted to tell and I am excited to say it's in it's last stages and I will be glad to let this one run free in the world soon. So stay tuned for more news on it soon! Again as I've said a few times I'm pushing for a May 2023 release and am close to picking an actual date to be the final be all end all date ♥ . As for WHO I am aside from the book: I am a Stay at Home Mom, I've started trying to get back into reading and successfully won my goodreads challenge last year and read 36 books which was a drastically huge difference from years before! I love Anime, Drawing art of my characters and Video games and when I'm not reading I'm usually doing one of those things. I'm completely self taught artist and have been drawing since I was 11 (Although only seriously drawing/improving when I was 21 ish so about 10 Years now) . My favorite movies in no order are: Howl's Moving Castle Tremors Clue Murder By Death Hercules Dofus Book 1: Julithe and I am 100% down to gush about any and all of the things mentioned above. . I collect Art Books, Pictures of Clouds, Ceramic Unicorns, Enamel Pins and Fan Art of my cast from Fragments. . My ultimate end dream would be for Fragments of Magic to be turned into an Anime series or an animated movie! You can find my art on my art account @fragmentsofmagic (be warned there are spoilers jsyk. I'm not explaining any of them tho so you're safe) . Please be aware I am doing this to procrastinate doing more line edits for Fragments of Magic. Thankssssss .
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redgoldsparks · 2 years
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August Reading and Reviews by Maia Kobabe
I post my reviews throughout the month on Storygraph and Goodreads, and do roundups here and on patreon. Full reviews below the cut.
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
What a brilliant and satisfying follow up to A Memory Called Empire. What a pleasure when the second book in a duology is arguable stronger than the first! This book picks up pretty much exactly where the previous one left off, with Mahit back on Lsel Station, Three Seagrass still in Teixcalaan promoted to a high level Information Ministry role under the new Emperor, and war against an unintelligible alien force brewing in the very edge of Teixcalaan space. Nine Hibiscus heads the fleet facing the mysterious enemy and her friendship with Twenty Cicada, her second in command, shines as one of the highlights of the story. This book once against wrestles with the limits of identity ("How wide is your your definition of you?" is a question asked over and over) as well how hard is it to resist soft power/cultural exports of empire, even by a people who desire to maintain an independence government. I highly, highly recommend this series and plan to keep reading anything Arkady Martine publishes!
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Bear read by Kinsale Hueston
An engaging young adult murder mystery which draws from a real mix of myths and cultures! The main character, Ellie, is Lipan Apache, and the heir to a family power to call back the dead. Her best friends are the ghost of her childhood dog, Kirby, and Jay, a human boy who is part fae. When Ellie's cousin, an elementary school teacher and new father, is killed in a mysterious car accident, Ellie's family rallies around his widow to try and figure out what really happened. The death occurred in Willowby, Texas, a strange town full of it's own secrets. Fairy mushrooms grow improbably from the dry soil, and vampires linger in unusual numbers around the mansion of a wealthy doctor. Can two teens and a ghost dog unravel this crime, and find justice for the dead? I listened as an audiobook and through it took me a while to orient myself in the beginning, by the end I really enjoyed the ride. It made me think of Gaimen's American Gods, but written from an indigenous perspective for younger readers.
A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong
This is a beautiful, complex book which follows five high school girls in Los Angeles, struggling to stay motivated and in school despite shaky friendships, challenging home lives, and a world of factors outside of their control. A young, peppy teacher convinces them to join a new, underfunded girls basketball team at the school and the desire to win becomes their motivating factor. The emotional heart of the story is the relationship of Ren and Luna, who spent one summer as best friends before Luna moved back to Oahu and stopped answering any of Ren's calls. When Luna reappears at the start of the next school year, she seems to think she can slot right back into Ren's life as if nothing happened. But Ren as been abandoned before, and she doesn't trust so easily a second time. Colored in a palette of bright, vivid tones that bring out the heat of an LA summer and the emotions of a bruised heart.
A Quick and East Guide to Asexuality by Molly Muldoon and Will Hernandez
At just 70 pages, this book is very much "just the basics". I thought the chapter sections were divided well and the flow of information was good, but I hope anyone who reads this goes on to pick up a few longer books afterwards! I also wish it had been printed in color.
I Know You Rider by Leslie Stein
Published in 2020, this book narrates an experience that should be ordinary: getting an abortion, and deciding to talk about it publicly. The author highlights conversations from the year surrounding the abortion, picking out poignant or humorous moments. Stein's circle of friends includes fellow cartoonists, musicians, restaurant owners and many others, all trying to do the best they can in a complicated world. The drawings are loose, panelless, charmingly rendered in watercolor and the hand lettering gives the book a particularly personal, almost diary-like feel.
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson read by Kate Rudd
This is a twisty and satisfying teen murder mystery, which weaves together two timelines at an exclusive private boarding school, Ellingham Academy, in Vermont. In 1936, the wife and daughter of the school's rich founder were kidnapped and never returned. The kidnapper also took one student and left a threatening cut and pasted riddle note which has frustrated scholars of the case for years. In the present day, true-crime aficionado Stevie Bell is accepted into the school and is delighted to walk on the grounds she has read so much about. She is determined to solve the Ellingham kidnapping case once and for all, but when a series of mysterious and threatening incidents begin to happen around her, Stevie realizes that she might be in the middle of her own new Ellingham case. The story ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, but luckily there are four more books already out in this series and I have the next one on hold already!
The Best At It by Maulik Pancholy
As he heads into seventh grade in his small town in Indiana, Rahul increasingly struggles with his growing anxiety, worries that he might be gay, and desires to fit in to his mostly white junior high school. When Rahul's beloved grandfather tells him a story about his passionate grandma, an engineer who overcame prejudice by being the best student in her school, Rahul interprets this to mean that he also must become the very best at something. He tries out for the football team and auditions as an actor, while ignoring his actual best subject, math, because it seems too nerdy. He also stresses over a cultural fair his family is helping run, worrying about appearing "too Indian". Luckily, his best friend Chelsea cheerleads all of his projects, no matter how strange, and his family assure him that they will accept him no matter what- even before Rahul understands how much he values their support.
The Moth Presents: All These Wonders edited by Catherine Burns
I've listened to the Moth podcast on and off here and there, but picked up this book from a little free library mainly because of the pretty cover and forward by Neil Gaiman. So good job marketing and design team, you got me, at least when the price was $0. Anyway, this was a lovely collection of short human stories about all kinds of different life experiences. There are a few that will genuinely stick with me for years, including one about grief written by a chaplain, and one about the woman who became David Bowie's hairdresser during the Ziggy Stardust years. My one small complain about this book is the fact that all the stories are of nearly the exact same length slightly lessoned their emotional impact as I started to get towards the end of the book.
Spear written and read by Nicola Griffith
I loved Nicola Griffith's first book, and was highly anticipating this second one; it did not disappoint! I listened to the audiobook was completely drawn into the lyrical language and the magic of this Arthurian legend retelling. The story opens with a girl born and raised in a wild valley by a mother who is sometimes loving, wise, and overflowing with stories and other times depressed, fearful, and vacant. The girl knows that something terrible happened to her mother in the past; it has something to do with her birth and the beautiful enamel bowl that sits over the fire in the cave they shelter in. But the girl is too delighted by the world, and too curious about the plants, animals, and humans who live in the valley to dwell on it. She grows in strength and skill; visions and gut feelings draw her to collect armor and repair weapons, and eventually set out south towards King Arthur's court. There she stumbles into a story that was started long before she was born, but in which she will play a vital part. I absolutely loved this, it's deeply queer, and I highly recommend it!
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
Holy shit, what a book!! I've been reading Kate Beaton's work online since the livejournal days, starting in roughly 2009, just after the events which this memoir recounts. It's humbling to sit with the narrative of what was happening in the real life of an author I knew for her humorous history jokes in Hark! A Vagrant. In 2005, Kate was a recent college graduate with a double degree in History and Anthropology, and a mountain of student debt. She came home to Cape Breton, in Eastern Canada, to a very bleak jobless landscape. So, she did what everyone was doing at the time: went to work in the oil sands in Alberta until she could pay her loans off. At twenty-two she had no idea what to expect or what she would find there; what the isolation, physically challenging work environment, and massive gender-imbalance of the employee population would lead to. Men outnumbered women sometimes fifty to one; sexual harassment during work hours and assault after hours in the camp dorms was rampant, as was depression and drug use. Slowly, over the course of three years, Kate became aware of the conversations around environmental impact and misuse of stolen Indigenous lands. This book, nearly 500 pages, does not tell; it shows, in excruciating detail, the human cost of this harsh, damaging industry. But while the money remains, people who feel they have no other choice will keep working the oil sands. No one who works there wants to be there, but the other industries they worked in before are gone. I am extremely grateful that Beaton decided to write this book, and I hope the telling of the story was cathartic. Thank you also to Drawn and Quarterly, for giving me a copy in advance of its release. This is a heavy book, but I definitely recommend it, and I want to follow it up with some reading on how we begin addressing this huge, systemic problem.
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shy-forceghost · 1 year
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I want to share that I just finished my Goodreads challenge with 20 books and I'm so proud of myself because 2017-2020 me couldn't even finish two books a year (and they were re-reads) due to a horrible reading-slump caused mostly by burnout. I've been slowly regaining my love for reading and these past two years have remind me of how much I love books, bookish content, and writing.
Obviously teenage-me wouldn't be very impressed with this, but I'm learning to take it slower and doing things I love again for the sake of doing them and enjoying the process. I am not reading to put more numbers in my list, I'm reading books that may seem "lighter" than others I've read in the past, but that contain stories that I enjoy right now.
I still want to eat the world and to read every single book in my tbr. I still add five more books to my list every time I manage to finish one. I still hear that little uncomfortable voice in my head that growls when I don't finish the book in the time I've thought I would. But I am reading again and I am loving it again, and that's what matters.
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davidthienanhluong · 1 year
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David Thien Anh Luong - Top 9 Books On Digital Transformation For Digital Entrepreneurs
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1.  Digital Trailblazer: Essential Lessons to Jumpstart Transformation and Accelerate Your Technology Leadership
Author: Isaac Sacolick
Year: 2022
Goodreads Rating: 4.6/5
This book provides invaluable insights into how to strive through challenges in business by keeping up with technological trends. 2.  Designed for Digital: How to Architect Your Business for Sustained Success
Author: Martin Mocker, Cynthia Beath, Jeanne W. Ross
Year: 2019
Goodreads Rating: 4.3/5
If you are an established traditional business looking to achieve digital success, this is the book you should read. 3.  The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives
Author: Steven Kotler, Peter Diamandis
Year: 2020
Goodreads Rating: 4.2/5
This one gives you a clear view of the radical impact of technology on human life and business. 4.  The Digital Transformation Playbook: Rethink Your Business for the Digital Age
Author: David L. Rogers
Year: 2016
Goodreads Rating: 4.1/5
Competing and winning in a digital economy is harder than you think. This book can act as the perfect guide. 5.  Driving Digital Strategy: A Guide to Reimagining Your Business
Author: Sunil Gupta
Year: 2018
Goodreads Rating: 4.1/5
If you wish to learn from the best companies that are navigating successfully through digital change, this book is the best choice. 6.  The Technology Fallacy: How People Are the Real Key to Digital Transformation
Author: Garth R. Andrus, Gerald C. Kane, Jonathan R. Copulsky, Anh Nguyen Phillips
Year: 2019
Goodreads Rating: 4.1/5
This excellent book reminds you of the core principle behind every transformation in business, including digital transformation. 7.  Why Digital Transformations Fail: The Surprising Disciplines of How to Take Off and Stay Ahead
Author: Tony Saldanha
Year: 2019
Goodreads Rating: 3.9/5
With a proven five-stage model to help you through the fast-paced digital evolution, this book is incredible.  8.  Digital Transformation: Survive and Thrive in an Era of Mass Extinction
Author: Thomas Siebel
Year: 2019
Goodreads Rating: 3.9/5
If you want to learn how to harness the power of digitization to your profit, this is the book to read. 9.  Leading Digital: Turning Technology into Business Transformation
Author: Didier Bonnet, George Westerman, Andrew McAfee
Year: 2014
Goodreads Rating: 3.8/5
Here’s a wonderful book with practical ideas for adapting to business transformations through digitization.
Conclusion
In short, these are some of the top books to go through if you are new to digital entrepreneurship. Of course, you can also go through David Thien Anh Luong Business Top Books to Read If You Want To Become A Morning Person to become productive at work. Good luck!
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reyescarlos · 1 year
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10 things for 2023
tagged by @welcometololaland  @reyesstrand @marwani-strickland and @pragmatic-optimist @rmd-writes thanks guys 💕
a fic idea you want to write (or read): i would like to work on the soccer au i’ve been daydreaming about since...what? 2020? other than that, i’d like to pick at the college exes fic. i don’t plan on writing much tarlos this year so that’s all that really comes to mind for the time being
a place you want to go: well, i'm going on my first real proper vacation in ages this year which i’m excited about!  im going with my sister and niece on a cruise to the bahamas. outside of that, it would be great to go to ireland or something. that’s been on my bucket list for so long and now i feel more comfortable with the idea of serious travel since the pandemic hit so that’d be dope
a book you want to read: oof so many books but i’m excited for ander & santi were here by jonny garza villa. that’s the most recent preorder i did. oh! and prince harry’s book. 
something fun you want to do: i want to make good on learning how to roller skate. i got as far as purchasing a pair of skates and teetered around a little bit but i didn’t stick with it last year. maybe now that i’ve moved, i can look into seeing if there are any classes or meet ups. would also be a nice way to meet new people in this area. i also really want to do a consistent book club bc i’ve sadly fallen off with reading books
something you wanna make: this ties in with the first prompt but i want to finish those stories, yes, but i definitely want to branch out and make new stories for other fandoms. i feel like i’ve hit a wall and it’s been making me question my writing abilities way too much. hopefully a fresh pairing or two will make me feel more in sync and get that confidence back
a habit you want to start: getting more organized and having a better routine for both my personal life and work. i'm such a procrastinator, it drives me nuts
something new you want to try: i want to try crocheting, it’s something i’ve always wanted to do but never made any attempts to learn. i really should get a beginner’s kit soon
something you want to finish from 2022: i refuse to drag myself onto goodreads just yet by going on there and seeing how many books i started but didn’t finish bc YIKES. but ideally i would like to complete those books. i’ve hit such a snag, i will not even bother with setting a challenge this year lol
something you want to stop doing: so many things, but definitely would like to scale back on my screen time. my phone is ALWAYS in my hand. it’s so unhealthy 
something you want to keep doing: i want to continue spending less time on here. i’ve become far too attached to popping on to tumblr and tbh it’s truly having a very negative effect on my writing and me in general. so yeah, i think less time on here would be a good thing. i have started with making use of the queue function which, after having this account for 11 or 12 years, i started using for the first time in 2022 and it’s proving to be a happy medium. i still love the show but gah yeah, not really feeling this space in the same ways i have previously and i don’t want that to bleed in to my outlook on the series when it starts back later this month
not tagging anyone as this has been making the rounds already~
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theobviousparadox · 1 year
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Review: Heartstopper: Volume 3 by Alice Oseman
Review: Heartstopper: Volume 3 by Alice Oseman
Heartstopper: Volume 3Alice OsemanHodder Children’s BooksPublished February 6, 2020 Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About Heartstopper: Volume 3 In this volume we’ll see the Heartstopper gang go on a school trip to Paris! Not only are Nick and Charlie navigating a new city, but also telling more people about their relationship AND learning more about the challenges each other are facing in…
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phisaya · 2 years
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(I’ve sent a handful of asks for that meme a couple days ago, but I’ll do what my other friends have been doing and talk a little about myself (since I don’t really have much on my mun page):
I have many nicknames, including Care, Saya, and Star. ‘Care’ comes from the Petscop character, and ‘Saya’ comes from Saya no Uta. I use ‘she/her’ and ‘they/them’ pronouns. I think nonbinary or bigender could both apply to me.
I’m 27, but will be turning 28 on October 2nd.
I’m bisexual and asexual (or demi, I think that works too?). I realize I never mention it because I just assume people know, haha.
I’ve been collecting dolls for around 20+ years. They’re my Special Interest.
I’ve been doing book reading challenges on Goodreads since 2020. Do you have a Goodreads account? Let me know so I can add you to my friends list!
My favorite Disney Princesses are Rapunzel, Snow White, and Ariel.
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nedlittle · 2 years
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hello! toomanyassassins here! i've been enjoying your monthly book overviews and it's inspiring me to try and get back into reading and to try using storygraph. do you have an tips for reading as much as you do? i struggle to even get past the first page of most books, much less focus on them long enough to finish them 😅
i'm glad someone is reading my reading wrap-ups!
to be completely transparent, the reason why i've been able to read so much is because i spent the first half of the year unemployed and passively suicidal, so i had the free time living at home to read, and i had the incentive to read because it's one of the few things that can actually distract from the fact that my brain is eating itself alive. and i read a lot now because i have a relaxed job which can have long stretches of time where i have nothing to do but sit at a desk and mop/try not to freeze to death/wonder why nobody is coming to hear my wonderful whale facts, so there's ample time for me to read on the clock, and my boss doesn't mind.
some actual advice is to carve out a dedicated time each day when you want to read. 9/10 nights i read in bed before i fall asleep, desperately trying to take in as much as i can before melatonin sends me to the shadow realm. it gets you into a routine and helps you feel cozy. i can get an hour or two in each night depending on the circumstances. and then my kindle sleeps on my pillow next to me so if the insomnia keeps me awake at 4 am i can at least pass the time.
do you have a commute? read on that! in 2020, i read moby-dick and the brothers karamazov and the worst journey in the world because i lived and worked in the suburbs of shanghai and everytime i wanted to see a friend or a museum or get basically anywhere not in my district, i had a minimum 40 minute metro ride each way. on my (mercifully shorter) commute to work, i could still get in a chapter or two! if you have to drive, try audiobooks! they aren't generally for me, but i imagine they'd be good if you're like. stuck on a highway somewhere waiting in bottlenecked traffic. regardless, i have a physical book or my kindle (or both) in my bag nearly every time i leave the house just in case i want to sit in a park for a bit or have to wait for an appointment etc.
sometimes you gotta shop around and try a few books before you're actually engaged in one. at least once a month i will think okay, i'm going to read (x) only to open it up on my kindle, read the first couple pages, and be like nah, not right now. so i open another book and sometimes that also isn't the right one, so i open another until i find something that clicks with how i'm feeling. if you're not immediately gripped by something it's totally fine to put it down for a bit or for forever!
lastly, reading shouldn't be a competition and i think goodreads and our collective obsession with categorizing, aestheticizing, and presenting very specific versions of ourselves has done detriment to the way people read because it isn't enough to read for fun you've got to be ahead of your reading challenge you've got to read (x) number of books with y-specific rep in them in order to be seen like you're Consuming The Right Media. yes, i have a reading challenge on storygraph but it's partly because i just like graphs and diagrams and have a brain made of swiss cheese. just have fun with it man! it's not a competition and it's not a game it's something that should be done for pleasure and information :)
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grisha-gal · 2 years
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In my personal opinion, tracking how much you read and reading challenges are bad.
Let me elaborate.
The year is 2019, I’ve gotten super into reading again after middle school between 2018-2019 due to the fact that I read My Lady Jane over the summer of 2018 as I approached my sophomore year of high school and ADORED it. I loved the way reading it made me feel, I was excited to read more I didn’t care about how much or how little I read in one sitting, it was all just so mystical and a wonderful escape!
Then I started to read more. And more. And with that came my honors English class where we had to track what we read, how much we read both in the class and at home, and then what we were going to read next. This started to lead to me worrying about not reading enough and made me embarrassed that I read slower than my fellow classmates, so it became more about “can I finish two chapters before we finish reading time?” than me enjoying the story.
And then came the goodreads challenge. The thing that caused obsessive and unhealthy behaviors in my reading. I was so focused on reading as many books as fast as I could that reading felt like a CHORE. I wasn’t enjoying the story. I wasn’t absorbed in it. I was pushing to finish books I hated just to up my book count. It didn’t bring me joy, it brought me a burden, one that ended up to my reading burnout by 2020.
Now it’s 2022. I still have troubles reading now. I have to stop myself from compulsively flipping through and bookmarking every chapter to track my process. I have to stop myself from checking how long a read is. I have to tell myself it’s ok to read slowly and for leisure. I don’t have a set goal of how much I want to read, I don’t have anywhere to post and brag “I read 10 books this week!” to feel accomplished, it’s just me and the stories I enjoy. Books I select based on interest that I can read at my own pace.
While I haven’t fully healed from the unhealthy habits I picked up in high school I’m getting there. I finished a book this year, and that was huge. I finally read comics that I’ve had for ages that I felt like a failure in the book world reading because they had words and not pictures. I’m happier than I was when reading became a stress in my life all because of stupid goals, tracking, and challenges.
Sorry if this is a jumbled mess it’s still early LMAO
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