#A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

[mcelroyfamilystaff]

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If you're confused, listen to today's episode of MBMBaM.

(Hi @edwardspoonhands)

#mbmbam #my brother my brother and me #hank green #a beautifully foolish endeavor #sphincter boy #mcelroys #tumblr 'sclusies

[blog-of-frontiers]

Hank Green wrote some damn good scifi books that severely tricked me because they're really about being gen z/late millennial in the Internet age and it hits too close and hurts my feelings sometimes

#but. occasionally unrelateable as they are often about clout #an absolutely remarkable thing #a beautifully foolish endeavor #the carls duology #hank green

[elliesgaymachete]

Sometimes a family is one straight white dude, his three sapphic best friends, and their genderless alien AI that looks like a monkey

#a beautifully foolish endeavor #hank green #i finally read this book recently and it was Very good #an absolutely remarkable thing #books

[cantheykillmacbeth]

Carl from An Absolutely Remarkable Thing and a Beautifully Foolish Endeavor could kill MacBeth

Unfortunately, the circumstances of the Carls' origins, families, and even genders are, as my mom (the expert I called in to help me with this one) has put, "question marks all the way down."

The Carls are 10 foot tall extraterrestrial statue-like creatures made of an impossible metal that just suddenly showed up on Earth one day in Hank Green's book An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, and the sequel, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor. From what I can tell, their role in the story seems to be closer to an inciting incident or a metaphor for a real-life thing, so the story focuses more on other characters and therefore not a lot of the Carls' backstory is explained. "Carl" is just a name given to them by humans and isn't necessarily indicative of their gender identities.

So, as everything about them is enigmatic and ambiguous, we won't be able to categorize them.

Sorry! Thank you for your submission!

#asks #an absolutely remarkable thing #a beautifully foolish endeavor

[bumblewyn]

~ A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green

#books #hank green #a beautifully foolish endeavor #abfe

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[tuxedosaurus]

I’m 1/3rd through A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor and it’s a bold fuckin move for Hank Green to have the main character of the prior book not be in this at all so far.

It’s a bold move and it’s so goddamn engaging to watch all of April’s friends react to her being gone.

#a beautifully foolish endeavor #hank green #an absolutely remarkable thing #april may

[persimnon]

an absolutely remarkable thing and a beautifully foolish endeavor are so great because they’re like if we made first contact it would only be with one consciousness. but the alien is a computer is a virus is a bionetwork and also they are love. and they love one person out of circumstance and also everyone out of every circumstance. and they like queen and electric light orchestra and david bowie because they are a 70s kid. but also call me maybe because who doesn’t. and after everything they still have hope. and they believe we are good because we are love and they are love and everything is love if you love hard enough. and also they turn a guy into grape jelly in lieu of traditional murder

#aart #an absolutely remarkable thing #coffee company #inspired by that one ‘tazmuir said’ nona the ninth post #a beautifully foolish endeavor #ABFE #and this doesn’t even get into the themes about internet and fame #ough ough duology so good guys. read it #mediaposting

[slaughter-books]

Day 8: JOMPBPC: Matching Covers

I love that these two beautiful books/covers go so well together! 💙🧡

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[creature-reads]

Creature's 2023 Top Reads

I was fortunate enough to read a lot last year and want to start interacting more with Bookblr in particular. Shoutout to Libby, the library app, through which I used to access a majority of works through. If you are an USA American and have a library card you too can access books, music, graphic novels and more through the Libby app for free.

These awards are made up by me, for my own enjoyment. I do not receive any monetary or other payment for recommending these authors. Please remember to buy books from your local stores when you can.

Best Fantasy- The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

A tale about a jewish Golem and a bedouin/arab Jinni who find themselves in New York during the early 1900s. I really must commend Wecker of how seamlessly her plot pulls together during the climax of the story, beautifully done. This is a slow non explicit romance of two people who are seen as outsiders even in their own communities. It is beautiful, it’s soft, it’s heart-wrenching. I love all these characters for their rights and wrongs. Arbili is innocent of all crimes, fight me.

Best Author- Hank Green

I read two books from Hank Green, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing and A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, and he is winning this for the glow up. While his first book wasn’t bad, the second was a definite improvement. His prose is clear and refreshing, tinged with his hope towards the future and his belief in the inherent good nature of humanity. His character development greatly improved as the series continued and I love characters who are completely aware how thin a line they are walking on, while knowing the only way out is through.

Best Fiction - Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut (not queer)

The tale of trauma and its effects from an American soldier who was a POW stationed in Dusseldorf Germany during the end of WWII. Recommended to me by a friend, I had doubts before starting this book. Reading it, however, I was pleasantly surprised to find an almost resignedly unreliable narrator and as you continue you realize its horror of war and grief that broke him and what keeps him going. So it goes.

Best New series - The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir

There's been a lot said about this series already, but I have to commend Muir in creating these increasingly unreliable narrators. This series is for people who see potential in a narrative and aren't afraid to dig. Comprised of modern humor, heartbreakingly tragedy, and horror of the most occult. It is easy to see why these books are so popular, especially here on Tumblr. This series has so much in it it’d almost be faster to list what isn’t. We’ve got a space-faring necromantic Empire run by Jod (effectively necromantic god emperor who’s also just a guy), rebels, body hopping, memes, stupid lesbians, smart lesbians, whatever Paul is, eye-color significance/powerups, mysteries, just a bit of murder(don’t worry about it), and a truckful of Catholic guilt.

Best Sci Fi -The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon

BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR. This book will lure you in with giant robots and queer characters and proceed to destroy you with trauma, grief, and the betrayal of everyone you hold close including yourself. This book is not for the faint of heart. There are many comparisons to Pacific Rim and/or Evangelion, which aren’t incorrect. But I feel like a better description would be more along the lines of Brandon Sanderson with the depth and breadth of worldbuilding with character development written by …a mix of Ocean Vuong and Hayao Miyazaki?? I’ll probably end up doing a full review of this in the future. But I’ve found myself rereading this novel multiple times and finding pieces of foreshadowing, worldbuilding, and lore that I’d previously overlooked. The characters are real and their connections and relationships are bound together beautifully. If it sounds even remotely interesting to you, please try it. I and I and I.

Honorable mentions:

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

When Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu

Witch King by Martha Wells

#helene wecker #the golem and the jinni #hank green #an absolutely remarkable thing #a beautifully foolish endeavor #kurt vonnegut #slaughterhouse five #tlt #tamsyn muir #emma mieko candon #the archive undying #bookblr #book reccs

[marmeladengras]

An alien saved my life and all I got was autism

(and a shiny arm)

#a beautifully foolish endeavour spoilers #a beautifully foolish endeavor #spoilers #lovelysimon

[prophecyofgray]

70% done with a beautifully foolish endeavor and god. Man. Fuck. i lvoe when stories are about humanity being complex and flawed but resoundingly good and entirely worth saving. and also theres gay people. gay women even.

#NO SPOILIES <3 #im gonna make a proper post with all of my thoughts once i finish bc i have a LOT of thoughts. #will say for now tho that i really appreciate what hank green brings to the table as a writer/storyteller #big fan of him in general hence why i picked up AART to begin with but wow. he's so smart about like. stories. and People. #and also science #so cool... #also april may fucking ROCKS as a protag/character #a beautifully foolish endeavor #an absolutely remarkable thing #audie talks #audie reads

[kitweewoos]

You will always struggle with not feeling productive until you accept that your own joy can be something you produce. It is not the only thing you will make, nor should it be, but it is something valuable and beautiful.

Hank Green, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2)

#hank green #the carls #a beautifully foolish endeavor #quotes #this quote killed me

[blog-of-frontiers]

Waaaaait I'm going a little crazy about Maya and Miranda. Such intelligent and curious minds sent directionless and unable to focus or move on from the tragedy and wonder of what just happened to them. I barely know you, I'm texting you about whether I should buy this cute dress because you're the only person I can think of to ask, I can't respond to you in a group chat because what if you hate me. I am a stranger in the world you made. The dead woman's ex and the dead woman's rebound. No closure because the woman is dead except she's not but also she is. This too is yuri

#maybe they should kiss idk haha #personally miranda doesn't do much for me but miss maya. seek help but also never change. love u #an absolutely remarkable thing #a beautifully foolish endeavor #the carls duology

[raspbrrytea]

An Absolutely Remarkable Redraw!

(Original)

#an absolutely remarkable thing #a beautifully foolish endeavor #fanart #books #fan art #character design #Hank green #an absolutely remarkable thing fanart #aart fanart #abfe #sketch #art #illustration #character art #I kinda made maya look like a kid #oops #Raspbrry’s Art #Raspbrry’s Fanart

[abucketofweird]

I feel like I haven’t seen anyone talking about Hank Green’s books!! An Absolutely Remarkable Thing and A beautifully Foolish Endeavor!!!

I really enjoy booktok, book tube, and other book discussions but I’ve never seen anyone talking about these wonderful books!!!

The many themes and questions he asks about society and being human were all developed so well and even though there were a lot of them each one fit so well into the plot.

Everyone knows John’s books but Hank. Along with his many other skills and jobs, can write too!!

TLDR: Hank Green’s writing is amazing and everyone should read his books!!!

#hank green #john green #a beautifully foolish endeavor #an absolutely remarkable thing #nerdfighteria #books and reading #books #bookblr #books and literature #book analysis