#Top Picks of 2023

[bonniehooper]

Top Picks of 2023

My Top 12 Favorite OTP’s - #1: Kit Tanthalos and Jade Claymore from Willow

#Top Picks of 2023 #My Top 12 Favorite OTP's #Willow #Willow Series #Kit Tanthalos #Jade Claymore #kit x jade #jade x kit #Ruby Cruz #Erin Kellyman #Over 50

[absolutebl]

Because your opinion means a lot: Any chance you feel like sharing 5 upcoming BLs you're most excited about and why? And maybe as a bonus, something you think many BL watchers will love but that you will hate?

Ooooo, how exciting what a fun one. You sure you want this from me? I have very odd taste.

The 5 Upcoming BLs I'm Most Excited About

(this forced me to put together the 2024 Announced BLs list which is coming soon)

1 Spare Me Your Mercy

Increased rates of deaths in terminal patients has a police captain investigating the palliative care doctor with whom he's fallen in love. Their relationship deepens but the mystery persists, driven by mistrust.

Why? It's adapted from the novel Euthanasia by Sammon (Triage, Manner of Death) but more important, it stars some old guard BL actors: Tor Thanapob from Hormones as the doctor and (fuck me YES) Jaylerr from Great Men Academy and goddamn Grean Fictions as the captain!

2 Wandee Godday

GMMTV and AllThis Entertainment producing a very pulp offering with new pair, GreatInn doing high heat, boxer meets surgeon. It features a one night stand, fake relationship, and all the cheesiest of tropes. Also features Drake, Podd, and Thor+ pretty boy (be still my heart).

Why? This is totally my kind of BL even if it isn't GMMTV's style of BL, and it's GREAT, so I'm in.

3 The Next Prince (ZeeNew)

Domundi brings us more ZeeNew in a fantasy/historical set in a palace where Zee plays a knight and Nu a prince - YES PLEASE.

Why? I did not expect this pair to stick so I really hope this happens. Give us the Little Pink Riding Milk BL we deserve!

4 Lover Merman

Fantasy BL about a man who falls in love with a merman.

Why? I don't think it will be good but I LOVE merfolk.

5 Me and Who

Domundi for WeTV brings this adaptation of Wickedwish’s novel of the same name. It depicts a young man who dies and is reborn into the body of a billionaire heir. The heir happens to be engaged to a handsome man.

Why? I flipping LOVE this trope but I never expected to see it drive a BL.

10 I am cautious of but VERY intrigued

JAPAN'S Although I Love You and You AKA Sukiyanen Kedo Do Yaro ka

From YTV releasing 1/11 about Soga, who, after a divorce and relocation to Osaka, seeks solace in dining at 26-year-old Sakae's restaurant. Unbeknownst to Soga, Sakae sees him as more than just a regular customer.

TAIWAN's Love For Love's Sake

Based on the Manhwa Love Supremacy Zone by Hwacha, this will star actors Lee Tae Vin, Cha Jun Wan, Oh Min Su and Cha Woon Ki. The plot of the drama is based on Tae Myung Ha, a young man who is dropped into a game based off of a novel that he knows. His mission is to make another player, Cha Yeo Woon happy. Cha Yeo Woon is Myung-Has favourite character in the novel. But then the game starts going completely different from the novel.

City of Stars AKA Fueangnakorn

Star Hunter started filming this 12/23 about an actor falls in love with a programmer and the narrative intends to “explore the ramifications of being public figure in the social network era who must endure critics, bullying, and defamation.” Looks like another Lovely Writer, Call It What You Want sort of thing.

My Stand-In AKA My Stand In

Chinese IP ALERT! Adapted from the novel Professional Body Double (职业替身) by Shui Qiang Cheng (水千丞) stars Up (Lovely Writer) and Poom (Bake Me Please).

OMG Vampire AKA OMG! Vampire (LeeFrank)

Frank and Lee Long Shi are back only vampires now. So many vampires.

The Rebound (MeenPing)

VIU Basketball based romance staring Meen (a national basketball player, so yay for that).

We Are (PondPhuwin)

GMMTV's university friendship Bl featuring PondPhuwin, WinnySatang, AouBoom, MarcPawin - basically ALL in the good kind of messy friendship group (so more My Engineer and less Only Friends). Looks a bit like the Kiss series but everyone is gay. I'm IN! Trailer here.

Love Upon a Time (NetJames)

Domundi announced for 6/7/2023 then delayed to 2024. NetJames in a historical BL! Also feat Tonnam (Dr Sing from Triage).

Jack & Joker (YinWar)

DeHup brings us be gay, do crimes. Yin, War, Mark and a few other familiar faces doing Leverage but gayer. Yes, thank you, I will have that.

My Love Mix-Up Thai Remake (GemniForth)

GMMTV. Hum, well I do love this pair and I did like the original and maybe this time these characters will actually kiss? I'm actually fine with this pick-up. I kind of enjoy seeing different countries remake the same IP. Especially if it's IP I'm mostly unfazed by.

#asked and answered #2023 BL #most anticipated BL #my top picks for 2024 #thai bl #Spare Me Your Mercy #Wandee Godday #GMMTV #The Next Prince #zeenunew #Lover Merman #Me and Who #domundi #Although I Love You and You #Sukiyanen Kedo Do Yaro ka #Love For Love's Sake #City of Stars #My Stand-In #OMG Vampire

[silverstreams]

Portal Drawtober, Day 1: Portal 1 or Portal 2?

If I must pick between the two, then Portal 2!

This is giving me the perfect excuse to do more digital art. Definitely won't be doing every day of this challenge (hosted by @chelltastic!) and won't be doing paintings like this, but really enjoyed doing this.

(See the Portal Drawtober 2023 prompt list here)

#portal 2 #portal drawtober 2023 #no characters to tag here it is just facility #the facility #I painted over a screenshot for this btw #just color picked from it and painted on top of it

[capnclem]

#lesbiansforlakita WE NEVER LOSE!!!! 🕺🏽🕺🕺🏽🕺🕺🏽🕺🗣🗣🗣🔊🔊🔊 @annasvinyl

#friend like me is gonna be so fun and jazzy and up their street and highlight their friendship so 💞🤝🫶 #I could’ve put good money on them picking AT and judges picking quickstep #cause 4 9s in week 2???? only happened once before I think they said???? #also nikita posted his ranking of their dances recently and AT was at the top so there ya go #GO GET THOSE 40s!!!!!! #strictly come dancing #strictly 2023 #scd

[quackle]

ok but if damien is anywhere NEAR the dock of shame next season... check on me to see if i'm alright because chances are i am not! 😗

#he is my top pick for next season winner. my absolute top pick #i cannot see any other male winning i'm not gonna lie to yall 😁☝🏾 #and if he gets voted out i'm gonna [REDACTED] #total drama #total drama island #td #tdi #(should i tag spoilers... i'll tag just in case idk) #tdi spoilers #td spoilers #total drama island spoilers #total drama spoilers #total drama 2023 #td 2023

[afterplaidshirtdays]

okay I’m curious — are your top 5 songs on your spotify wrapped your favorites on the playlist, or are your favorites different than the top 5?? What songs are they???

#TELL ME PLS #I need new music recs and I love hearing what people listen to! #spotify #spotify wrapped #spotify wrapped 2023 #my favorites on the top songs playlist are not all in the top 5 #yoyok #bejeweled #ivy #there it goes #honestly can’t pick a 5th #taylor swift #maisie peters

[firstdegreefangirl]

Wrapped/replay season is here! Send me a number 1-100 and I'll tell you what makes that song special/why I think it's on my playlist this year!

#I'm looking at my list #and so many of my top 100 this year have a meaning beyond just 'it's a great song' #pick a number and I'd love to share! #ask katie #wrapped #wrapped 2023

[horrorknife]

mark duplass' character in creep 2 saying "mommy needs her wiiiiiine" is like one of the funniest fucking things ever put into a movie. sorry. and instantly followed up by "my coppola wine..." when it's handed to him. amazing

#im obsessed with these movies i love them soooo much. kind of mad i didnt watch them earlier in the year #cuz i already picked out my top 10 movies for 2023 :-( #jonah.txt

[bonniehooper]

Top Picks of 2023

My Top 12 Favorite TV Shows - #6: Andor

Show Premiered: September 21st, 2022

Started Watching: December 2022

#Top Picks of 2023 #My Top 12 Favorite TV Shows #Andor #Andor Series #Diego Luna #Kyle Soller #Adria Arjona #Stellan Skarsgard #Fiona Shaw #Genevieve O'Reilly #Denise Gough #Faye Marsay #Varada Sethu #Elizabeth Dulau #Gary Beadle #Andy Serkis #Forest Whitaker

[televinita]

Goodreads Choice Awards but the nominees are just the books I've personally shelved

I have a lot of thoughts about the options as they exist (mostly not that bad, except when it comes to the total elimination of children's literature, about which I am furious), but per usual I can't really articulate them in a coherent way SO I sorted my shelves by publication date, ignored the GCA requirement of a minimum 3.5 average rating, and am doing this instead.

[update: oops this did not turn out coherent either. but it got typed!]

Important Reminder: These are not all books I consider equal contenders for "best." I simply wanted to highlight every possible option I actually knew about and have read or am interested in reading.

YA

After the Sirens - Sharon Farrell

Begin Again - Emma Lord (forgot to add this one before)

The Brothers Hawthorne - Jennifer Lynn Barnes (actual nominee and I'm gonna vote for it even though it seems like it may be more of a filler book. The Davenports is the only other official nom to intrigue me, and its lower average rating + hideous cartoon cover isn't enough to flip me unread so sorry, we're going Basic Popularity Contest Pick)

Cleaning Up - Leanne Lieberman

Five Survive - Holly Jackson (definitely not a winner)

Gather - Kenneth M. Cadow (edit: National Book Award finalist?? like with the adult fiction??)

Good as Gold -- Candace Buford (definite contender for fave so far)

Holly Horror - Michelle Jabès Corpora

The Island - Natasha Preston (lol. lmao even. but ridiculous fun)

The Lake House - Sarah Beth Durst

A Long Stretch of Bad Days - Mindy McGinnis

The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway - Ashley Schumacher (here on author loyalty only)

Three Rivers - Sarah Stusek (THAT'S RIGHT. HER.)

Summer Rental - Rektok Ross (why am I this aware of brand-new ya horror??) (because I love horror and it's usually better paced and spookier and less shock-gory than the adult brand? fair)

YA FANTASY / SCI FI

Dream to Me - Megan Paasch (I think it would go here, anyway. but maybe it's just regular YA)

The Eternal Ones - Namina Forna (I gotta remember this series exists)

FANTASY

Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries -- winner winner pick!! (no like officially)

Starling House - Alix E. Harrow (though this is a close second, and honestly, if they weren't both actual nominees I'd think The Unmaking of June Farrow has some potential intrigue)

ROMANCE

Hazel Fine Sings Along - Katie Wicks (no comment on its Wattpad origin. I didn't notice until just now. have not read it.)

Famous For A Living - Melissa Ferguson (popular enough for Once Upon a Book Club! but not for for an official nom, despite my hopes, in this fiercely competitive category. boooo)

Out On a Limb - Hannah Bonam-Young (damn I actually saw this one making rounds on BookTube, thought it might be here)

Something Wild & Wonderful - Anita Kelly (can't believe there's actually a queer romance I want to see show up and it doesn't)

(Bonus: legit nominees I am considering for validity include Happy Place; Yours Truly - I really need to figure out if Emily Henry and Abby Jimenez are in my wheelhouse or not - and Hello Stranger, though as much as I like Katherine Center this one does not call to me)

FICTION

This Bird Has Flown - Susanna Hoffs (might also have been under romance if picked for the actual GCA? feels more mainstream than that but idk. anyway HATERS 2 THE LEFT.)

^ also my pick for debut

The Lost Manuscript - Mollie Rushmeyer (dunno which category this would officially go in either. probably romance? maybe mystery? but it's got a lot more plot than the average romance)

HISTORICAL FICTION

The Echo of Old Books - Barbara Davis (holy crap this one's actually in the nominations?! Instant vote. Almost disappointing because there are some other candidates I would have felt fine voting for to block the worse ones, but this is the only one on my acute TBR. If I don't give at least 4 stars I will be shocked)

MYSTERY/THRILLER

Forgotten Trail - Claire Kells

The Hike - Lucy Clarke

The Only One Left - Riley Sager

Homecoming - Kate Morton (crisis alert! the latter two are both official nominees and I am equally interested in both/both have equally good track records with me) (probs. gonna vote Kate on the principle of female solidarity. even though this is really stretching the definition of "mystery")

HORROR

A Haunting on the Hill - Elizabeth Hand

(How To Sell a Haunted House is a hard maybe but also the only one I think I'd even consider trying from the official noms)

MEMOIR

Paris: The Memoir - Paris Hilton

The Woman in Me - Britney Spears

Grimoire Girl - Hilarie Burton Morgan

Tell Me Everything - Minka Kelly

If You Would Have Told Me - John Stamos

Goodbye to Clocks Ticking - Joseph Monninger (forgot I just stumbled upon this one recently! it's on my library list but not my GR account)

and one more except GCA put it in a different category hang on

Three of these - not Burton's, alas - are actually nominees. Britney is gonna win but not without a fight from me. Do I go with Paris, whose memoir impressed me even though I still don't care much for her as a person, or Minka, whose memoir I haven't read but whose reviews sound excellent and whom I like more?

HUMOR

Being Henry - Henry Winkler (there is absolutely no reason for this not to be nominated in memoir btw. I hope it wins Humor because nothing else appeals in that category and I have multiple vendettas (SAMANTHA IRBY), but it would be as misplaced a win as the Office Ladies book was last year. fully deserving of an award! actually the best of the given nominees! but also like an adult beating a bunch of children in a footrace.)

MIDDLE GRADE

(no longer a GCA category but it fudgin' should be)

Just Gus - McCall Hoyle

Falling Out of Time - Margaret Peterson Haddix (actually glad I don't have to choose between these two because like. dogs - but also boy MC - or author loyalty ft. sequel to my childhood fave??)

Rosie Frost and the Falcon Queen - Geri Halliwell The Spice Girl (no. 😔) (and yet it is still on my shelf)

I have no strong opinions for any categories I skipped.

#I am actually very familiar with a lot of options this year thanks to my new BookTube obsession but still haven't read that many #(and probably won't) #so instead I present to you: books I have actually read or at least am excited to read someday #also excited to come back in the future and see how many better options from 2023 I have since found and read #...ooh maybe that should be my next post: actual picks or top 5 contenders from 5 to 10 years ago? #also: rats. i should have done cover image collages to break up the text walls...oh well #GCA related

[thisgodwontforgiveyou]

the four best girl groups in 2023 being the SM loona ripoff the JYPE loona ripoff the actual loona fragment and FROMIS !

#honestly in mid 2022 i did not think there would be four good girl groups left by fall 2023 #let alone enough to pick a top 4 from at will

[kyungsooinsweetlies]

#SO MANY GOOD SONGS THIS YEAR #but these are my top picks #esc #eurovision #eurovision song contest #esc 2023 #eurovision 2023 #polls #myposts

[nystiaa]

My Eurovision 2023 top 10 as of 30th March

Czechia - My Sisters Crown

Austria - Who the Hell is Edgar?

Moldova - Soarele şi Luna

UK - I Wrote a Song

Cyprus - Break a Broken Heart

Georgia - Echo

Ukraine - Heart of Steel

Norway - Queen of the Kings

France - Évidemment

Switzerland - Watergun

#Eurovision 2023 #top 10 #honestly top 3 can be in any order but if i HAD to pick rn it would be this #and im surprised i put the UK up there too hut the song really has grown on me #and this is coming from someone from the UK #edit: i changed round 5 and 6

[zeroloop]

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[jockpoetry]

7?

7. Youuu - COIN

#replies #messages #idontwikeit #spotify 100 {2023} #they were still in my top 5 after coming in last year for the surprise sweep #i really do still love both of those albums a lot great sad pick me up songs