#Read YA

[wellesleybooks]

Debut YA novelist, Wellesley College alum, fellow tumblrer and all around wonderful person @annzhao was here to sign more copies of DEAR WENDY for us. We were proud to be one of her pre-order stores.

“Reading Dear Wendy felt like sitting down with a friend you’ve known your whole life. Ann Zhao’s voice is so witty, warm, and effortlessly charming in this pitch-perfect coming-of-age story and love letter to friendship—I’m an instant fan.” —Ann Liang, author of If You Could See the Sun

#debut novel #ann zhao #ya #read ya #feiwel and friends #autographed copies #college students #rom com #aromantic #friendship #dear wendy

[septemberkisses]

the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

#was rereading the hunger games series when this thought hit me like a truck #it beautiful #its haunting #its heartbreaking #its melancholic #quotes #dark academia #books and reading #books & libraries #books #young adult #ya books #young adult books #movies #coming of age #the hunger games #the divergent series #the maze runner #the fault in our stars #musings #midnight musings #thoughts #mine

[alliluyevas]

"i hate love triangles" "i hate cheating" "stop writing about love triangles and cheating" people write about love triangles and cheating because complex emotions and romantic conflict are deeply compelling themes. get good.

#which is not to say that all media containing love triangles are good. but if you're reading a bunch of bad YA the love triangle is not the #issue here.

[ceeejus]

break in the case

#narumitsu #wrightworth #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #naruhodo ryuichi #mitsurugi reiji #bridge to the turnabout #happy new year! #have been wanting to draw something for this case for a while.. #tho realistically i do not think phoenix sat down from the moment he was released from the hospital until the final verdict was read #but what can ya do

[hoolay-boobs]

YA novel covers

#ya novels #bookblr #book tumblr #booktube #booktok #booktok critical #books and reading #writeblur #writeblr #writblur #memes #booktok cringe #they all look the same #anti game of thrones #game of thrones critical #serpent and dove critical #serpent and dove #meme #my memes #book memes #books #bookish #book covers #book cover

[langernameohnebedeutung]

ngl, I'm beginning to take issue with how in conversations about anti-intellectualism almost automatically, the face of girls and women will be slapped on the problem.

#'all those tiktok girls who only like marvel films and' - why do you always say girls and women? are the guys filling opera halls instead? #'women in their mid 20s who still only read YA novels' okay sure that's an example and relevant discussions can be had #but it reminds me of the mocking tone in which people speak of 'chick-lit' to use women's interest as an indicator of lower value #while in fact women are reading more than men in EVERY single genre of fiction. Women are doing a lot of (often unpaid) labour #supporting libaries supporting theatres supporting cultural events #meanwhile there is a pretty big overlap between toxic masculinity and anti-intellectualism #(especially misogyny and homophobia) #especially when it comes to things like ballet or opera or musical or generally dance #in fact it is often the female investment in specific things that makes them less 'valuable' in general consciousness #for thousands of years the theatre was well-respected and a high form of art - and now it's a 'wife-thing' #the father who will teach his son that theatre and dance are for girls - how is that never an example for anti-intellectualism

[shehzadi]

tonight we die as a family, mohammed el-kurd

[english on the left as published in the poetry review & translated into urdu on the right by @/smuntahaali on instagram]

#ya allah. #did it take me 45 min to read this in urdu? yes. did it still make me even sadder than it did in english? also yes. #palestine #w #on love #m

[pbnmj]

it’s important to me that peter and co always have their bank accounts in the negatives . like it is fundamental that spider-man is broke

#peter parker #ben reilly #kaine parker #miles morales #i dont care what marvel editorial is doing with the clones btw. they are my barbie dolls #spider-man #marvel #spiderman #my art #pavitr and miles next. i have bullied peter for far too long i have to set my sights on other spiders #ALSO FINALLY HANDED IN MY COURSEWORK I CAN BE SOOOO SICK ABOUT SPIDERMAN BEGINNING TODAY!!!!!!! #well . its been going for a while but i mean i can draw a little more often #i have other uni obligations but at least possibly i can start reading and understanding comicsverse spiderman. #instead of ya know. cobbling together what i know from mutuals and tvtropes

[jasminewalkerauthor]

#book blog #bookish #bookworm #book review #books #book recommendations #booklovers #booklr #books and reading #ya books #writeblr #writers of tumblr #writing #fantasy books #creative writing #ya fantasy books #books & libraries #book quotes #writers block #writers #writing blog #writblr #tumblr writers #writer problems #writerblr #writers community #writers corner #writers on tumblr #writerscommunity #writing community

[mercerislandbooks]

Book Notes: Begin Again

I’m a fan of romance any time of year, but I don’t want to let February go by without highlighting a favorite (or two, stay tuned for next week!). Emma Lord is on my must-read list since I devoured her PNW-set YA You Have a Match, and I was thrilled to see she had a new book, Begin Again, coming out at the end of January.

When Andie Rose shows up at Blue Ridge State as a second semester transfer (after failing to get in the first time around), she’s hoping to surprise her high school boyfriend, Connor, and finally get her life plan on track. She’s not expecting to discover that Connor has his own surprise for her: he’s transferred to Little Fells Community College to be with her. She and Connor decide to make the best of it at their respective schools for a semester. Through her warm-hearted “fix-it” nature and liberal dispersal of snack cakes, Andie soon builds a community for herself in her new home, from her book-loving roommate Shay, to her sleep-deprived RA Milo, to her math-whiz-queer-fantasy-writing tutor Valeria. When Andie inadvertently stumbles upon the underground radio station founded by the mother who died when she was young, she wants to follow in her mother’s footsteps. But new places and new things have a way of upending even the most perfect of plans, and Andie begins to see that the life she had planned for herself — and the way that she hoped to live up to her mother’s legacy — might be hiding a pain she hasn’t been willing to face. Not to mention a long-distance relationship with an increasingly distracted Connor and some confusing feels for her handsomely rumpled caffeine-addicted RA.

Begin Again is a cozy blanket of a book and Andie is the kind of friend anyone would love to have. She’s someone with the empathetic energy to genuinely want to help other people improve their lives with measurable steps and the requisite stubbornness to see it through. She’s also self-aware enough to see how she’s protected herself from processing her grief over her mom. I loved the journey she goes on in this book, discovering capabilities, learning to let her friends help her, and prioritizing herself over her need to “fix” things for other people. Emma Lord has once again created a cast of characters to fall in love with and I just wish I could spend even more time with them. For anyone wanting a nostalgic escape, Begin Again is a delightful read!

— Lori

#island books #lori robinson #emma lord #begin again #read ya #booknotes

[zipsunz]

a comic i did for sunny's birthday ☀️ 🎨

(art by me, script by @sunkitty143!)

#omori #omori sunny #omori mari #omori hero #omori kel #my art #cat collab #a few notes just for fun: #we hc it was summer and mari and sunny were 9 and 5/6 respectively when they moved to faraway town #we also hc sunny as selectively mute! sunny and mari only moved a couple months ago #so the montoyas are still in the early stages of learning ASL ^^ #sunny canonically used to stay up to turn off the lamp for mari when she finally fell asleep (who reads to help with insomnia) #the reason for the sleepover is mr. montoya getting the boys a SNES #bought an old tv off a guy who works for him and everything. it's a Big Event #ya that's it lol

[catfayssoux]

#sometimes it's just so much fun tho #worldbuilding #writing memes #feral writing #writing #writeblr #my writing #fantasy #fantasy author #romantasy #ya fantasy #writerscommunity #ya romance #novelist #ya fantasy author #writers #writer #writers on tumblr #writers of tumblr #writing community #creative writing #writblr #writer life #fantasy books #books and reading #romance books #booklr #bookblr #books & libraries #writing blog

[starrystevie]

“i must have been real sweet on you,” eddie murmurs as he runs his fingers over his husband’s cheek, sleepy and sated, warm in their bed. 

steve chuckles, twisting his head to catch the tips of eddie’s fingers with a kiss. “why are you talking past tense? you’re not sweet on me now?”

the room is peacefully still. years of baby monitors are long gone only to inevitably give way to their daughter’s teenage years of slamming doors and too loud stereo speakers. but in this moment, with the pale moonlight streaming in through the windows and crickets chirping in the distance, the room is peaceful, thick with love. 

“quit your pouting, ‘course i’m sweet on you now.” eddie wipes away steve’s fake frown with a kiss, turning it into a sticky sweet grin. “it’s just something my mom used to tell me. that freckles are all the places your soulmate in a past life kissed you.”

eddie pushes steve back so he’s laying flat on the mattress and dips his head to press featherlight kisses on the side of his neck. across his shoulders. over his cheeks. his fingertips flutter over the spots afterwards, leaving goosebumps in their wake despite the heat radiating between them. 

“must have loved you a whole lot in our last lives to leave so many on you now,” eddie whispers, pulling back to stroke the back of his hand over steve’s face once more, letting his lips curl up in a dopey half smile that only steve ever gets to see. 

it doesn’t take long for steve to tilt his head up and press kisses of his own where he can; under eddie’s eye, the bottom of his chin, right over his heart. it doesn’t take long for eddie to giggle as his sensitive spots are found and attacked with ticklish kisses and fluttering eyelashes. it doesn’t take long for their legs to tangle together underneath the sheets and their breaths to get caught in their chests and their hearts to start beating a beautiful melody of their own making. 

steve lays a firm kiss to the side of eddie’s chest, over jagged white scarring and half bitten away tattoos. over memories that somehow don’t haunt them as much anymore. 

“what was that one for?” eddie asks, eyes half lidded, the adoration in his voice loud across the quiet room. 

another kiss on another scar. “wanna give you some freckles. for your next life and for this one, too. so you know just how sweet on you I am-” kiss, “ -and was-” kiss, “- and forever will be.”

they won’t know for however many more years if it worked or not. but here in this lifetime, they have all the time in the world to try their damndest to make sure it does. in this lifetime, they don’t have to worry, because they know they’ll  find each other in the next one. 

#i was cleaning up my google docs and found this fully written piece that i never did anything with so #here ya go i suppose #this was not really read over a bunch so sorry for any typos #my writing #steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #steddie fluff #steddie drabble #steddie fic #future happily married steddie with a daughter my most beloved #crossposted on twt! find me there @starry_stevie

[nibbelraz]

Do you think this awoken anything in Mobei-Jun

#svsss #shang qinghua #mobei jun #moshang #sqh #mbj #scum villains self saving system #scum villain self saving system #the scum villain's self saving system #scum villans self saving system #scum villian self saving system #someones definitely drawn thsi scene already but i just got so full of inspo after re reading the airplane extras #like #Besides ya know everything ELSE that was going on in this scene I know this one just absolutely made Mobei jun re evaluate so much #i love them so much and love all the extras #nibbelraz #my art

[tumbwr]

do u ppl *think “etic” or “eee tee sea” **in your head when u read this? -> etc.

#it’s etic to me #like i’m talking about what do you Think when you Read it now read it aloud #of course it’s etcetera aloud #i’m saying. what goes on in ur brains #ya ​goofs #edited og post for clarity

[genisflyingkites]

This is me wanting to draw that Gohan and Goten reunion we never got in the buu saga. Like both were dead and one thought the other to be dead.

This started cause I was talking to a friend of Gotens character in regards to Goku at first Goku is hyped up to him this untouchable heroic hero. He sees how everyone feels about him but he feels not much for his Dad other what he was told and he’s scared to approach. Then, reality kicks in his Dad isn’t that… Gohan is “killed” and Goten and Trunks and thrusted into the role of saviors of the Earth. Goten resents him but then… he learns that Goku isn’t none of that he’s real, super approachable, and awesome. It beat the stories he was told.

Then, he realizes he never felt he was missing that love because he had a lot of it. Gohan was always there for him making sure nothing was missing for Goten. Goten realizes he is very lucky to have Gohan. Anyway not me explaining my comic in the comments

#dragon ball z #Goten #gohan #goku #trunks #vegeta #my fart #FEELING EMOTIONAL ABOUT CARTOONS #also like hug such a reference to chichi kogusa hug #those that catch it ya read the obscure mangas I read