#about books

[niwolah]

Tag game again, yay! Thanks, @smowkie for this one~

Hardcover or paperback? Bookstore or library? Bookmark or receipt? Stand alone or series? Nonfiction or fiction? Thriller or fantasy? Under 300 pages or over 300 pages?* Children’s or YA? Friends to lovers or enemies to lovers?* Read in bed or read on the couch? Read at night or read in the morning? Keep pristine or markup? Cracked spine or dog ear?**

* Both, I can't decide.

** Neither. I'd rather remember the page number. In fact, that's what I've done for every book I've read.

I'm tagging @corpsecas, @gloriousmooseman, @mythicaltzu, @twosetmeridian and @lord-angelfish but everyone can play and tag me.

#tag game #about books #about Niwolah

[fictionadventurer]

NaPoWriMo #1: A poem about something with a lot of sentimental value; bonus for not directly stating what the object is

Beads of mystery Mothers’ hearts gathered in prayer Gift through time and love

#napowrimo 2024 #septembersung got to me #i apologize in advance for any injuries caused by my amateur verse #i was going to write a poem from the other list's prompt #about books #but i ran out of time and don't want to get too far behind #so here a haiku about the rosary my grandmother gave me instead #i'm hoping i can write some actual verse at some point in the month

[longagoitwastuesday]

“Traveler in Space”, Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)

#De Guiche #Cyrano #Cyrano de Bergerac #Voyage dans la Lune #About books #I talk too much #José Ferrer is hilarious in this. It's still one of my favourite versions of the scene if not my favourite #His anxious little jumps are so funny so adorable and so real xD #I think this version manages well the different aspects of the scene. Cyrano's anxiety. His charm and wit #I think it sells the idea of Cyrano entertaining de Guiche and convincing him to stay in a way I think most other adaptations don't #Here in my opinion the evolution from de Guiche being annoyed first diverted later and invested at last feels natural #Cyrano all the while checking the time and whether the wedding is finished from time to time really is what makes the scene for me #Besides making it funnier and making Cyrano stay more in character I think it helps integrate the scene better in the play itself #Ferrer's powerful beautiful voice works wonders in this scene as well. How it's small playful and silly and then he regains his usual voice #It really brings home how his voice is at the end of the day even more Cyrano's main trait than the nose is #Anyway... I'm talking a lot just as usual. But I really love this scene

[book-buni]

heyy what are your thoughts on the romance genre? do you like all of it, some of it? do you hate it?

personally i feel like i havent read enough romance books to draw a clear conclusion on my taste in romance, but i really loved "if you could see the sun" and "a pho love story"

on the other hand, i tried to read "book lovers" bc it was trending, but i dnfed after 4 chapters because i disliked it. i also found out there was smut, which is.... personally not something i enjoy. at all.

i also tried to read "the hating game" because my friend kept recommending it but i HATED IT SO MUCH and dnfed it aswell 😭 .

idk if this is weird, and i could be wrong, but i think i like romances where the main character/s are asian... 😭 idk maybe its cus im asian, so it just makes me sm more attached to the characters and i find that i root for those characters getting together more? (after all, the romance genre's enjoyability does depend on how much you like the characters right?)

idk idk

also ur ask message is rlly cool

honestly I don’t hate romance, especially since the fantasy trilogy I just finished is basically centered on it. it really depends on how the author handled everything for me to be honest. like for school book club I had to read “The Do-Over” by Lynn Painter recently and I didn’t like it. the book wasn’t the worst, but it was really predictable with the fact the brooding guy had a tragic backstory and the the girl’s looks weren’t really that noticeable. it really reminded me of a wattpad author who wrote a short story purely to make fun of those tropes. I think a romance book I read a month or so ago is one I might actually re-read, “I Loved You in Another Life” by David Arnold since even though the characters might’ve had a “tragic backstory” it actually delved into how the main characters felt and how it affected their mentality, actions, and how it all affected their lives. maybe I also really liked it because of being able to relate like what you said, since one of the characters had a sister, and how she felt about her sister was something I could definitely imagine myself feeling (made it vague just in case you want to read it one day). but there’s a fantasy trilogy that I was technically supposed to read before the one I mentioned, and right now, I feel like the author just wrote something similar but with different characters (I’ll mention the titles when I post what books I’ve read in march). like the same thing typed but in a different font. and speaking of fantasy trilogies, I also really liked “A Darker Shade of Magic” series because even though it did have romances, there was so much importance placed in non-romantic ones as well. the fantasy trilogy I’m reading right now does have importance in a sibling relationship, but I still can’t love the series since it feels the exact same as the other trilogy taking place in the same world. I also agree about avoiding the smutty ones since I feel like reading fanfics that had that stuff at an age where my mind was not prepared to handle it lowkey traumatised me in a way. I’m okay if the scenes are really vague about what’s happening, but I hate it when they go in detail so I’ve tried avoiding those types of books (with the exception of Normal People by Sally Rooney but the way she wrote it was just different in a way that I could handle). I’m also gonna read a fantasy-romance book soon whose main character is Korean (and a gumiho), so maybe I’ll really like it since it’ll have mentions of the culture I grew up in (technically still growing up in right now). and if you have asian romance book recommendations please spam my inbox or messages with it :DDDD

also I have no idea what timezone you’re in so when you read this I hope you have/had a good day! and even if it’s a bad day, that you have the hope the next day will be better :))))

also thanks for saying my ask message is really cool - it’s because I read “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and the term “wallflower” stuck with me since it resonated with me.

#book blog #book recommendations #books #bookblr #hapi_buni #asks #I love ranting #about books #with someone #the perks of being a wallflower #maybe it’s just me #but i feel like #lots of #people on tumblr #are #wallflowers

[meilas]

guess I need to face the fact that I am Picky

#about food #about books #about movies #about clothing #about music #about games #about tv shows #neurodivergent? #or just a pain in the ass? #you decide

[call-me-mephistophelees]

Whenever i find myself re-reading The Phantom Of The Opera, I always find something I never noticed before

#meph rambles #about books

[notsoevilpepsi]

where is that post of screenshots about This is How You Lose the Time War...

finally actually got to read the book and !!!!!!!

Very Good, Highly Recommend ෆ⁠╹⁠ ⁠.̮⁠ ⁠╹⁠ෆ

#pepsi talks #about books #!!! #it's so good! #almost made me cry! #if i hadn't had to stop to do work things i might have cried #!!!!! #go read it #this is how you lose the time war

[martinebirgitte]

It’s sad how books are no longer the work of art that it was supposed to, but a media for mass production to feed the ever-hungry consumerism. We feed and feed, and are never satisfied, the source is dry now. More and more, always hungry. The works are no longer of quality, no longer art, just something to entertain ourselves: flipped idly through with idle thoughts.

#writers on tumblr #dark academia #dark academic aesthetic #writer blog #writerscommunity #blog post #bookblr #aestetic blog #poetry #reading #female writers #about writing #about books #social media #consumerinsights

[bookishable]

i don’t know why new books keep being written like you will never be the book thief

#the book thief #markus zusak #about books #shut up alice #in the mood to watch the film

[smallerthanzer0]

an incomplete list of neat things i am figuring out while my brain digests harrow the ninth

the sunglasses being an actual plot point for pyrrha not getting caught in a room full of lyctors who knew gideon 0 personally

camilla saying "i would get in trouble for that" about harrow making a whole skeleton out of palamedes fragments with zero explanation - but right, she's working with the BOE and they frown upon necromancy and a hand is a lot easier to hide

ortus, who is thoroughly only good for carrying materials for necros to use - including, apparently, the passion that a necro used to bring the fanon interpretation of a legend back from the dead

did harrow get through the locked tomb wards bc she and gideon had that fight and she had gideon's blood under her fingernails orrrr

as excited as i am to know what’s up with alecto i did spend a good portion of this book going ‘but what about the sixth though’ and i’m very glad there’s going to be a whole other book to accomodate that

#the locked tomb #the locked tomb spoilers #neg shouts into the void #about books

[longagoitwastuesday]

#I adore the colours and overall style of this one. I love Roxane's silhouette #De Guiche #Roxane #Cyrano de Bergerac #Edmond Rostand #About books

[ttenderisthenight]

So, today is my birthday. After four years (and many many problems in the last couple of days) Im back to the city I love.

I brought Geryon here with me, today we walked a lot, and saw many things. Desire is no light thing, dont climb so fast, no tail, etc.

The thing is: Im really happy for being alive. Im glad im 27. Im glad im a red monster who finds love again and again and again.

We are neighbors of fire

#lo talks #birthday #buenos aires #about books #autobiography of red #my beloved geryon

[deliverydefresas]

i either read 0 books for months or 30 in two weeks, no in between

#i wish i was joking #im on book 37 rn… i started with 7 read from jan to oct #it’s called ✨unemployment 🥲✨ #high key want tp list them but also not really bc some of them are… questionable taste lmao #anyways #yes hi this is maro talking #about books

[andthatisnotfake]

Oops 🫢. This instead then!

📚Is there a particular book cover that you find absolutely stunning? Share a picture or describe it! 

I love fantasy books, and they usually have great covers. This is the one I'm reading right now.

And I read this one recently as well.

#They're both great btw #About books

[sexysilverstrider]

2 days.

2 days. i finished this book in 2 days. i expected nothing much. maybe a little comedy. maybe sexy romance. definitely sexy smut. but i didnt expect The Level of drama and romance that led me to finish it from chapter 1 to the epilogue.

the writing was really good. it has a mixture of modern writing with a few figurative languages and imageries that had me gasping and cupping my mouth. it was a nice balance of colourful writing style + easy to understand

the hero and heroine are lovable! hero literally reminds me of those male leads in malay novels: a bastard with a black heart who slowly but deeply falls for the girl. the heroine is so lovable and sweet and i love how she grows as a character. she deserves all the happiness and the heartbreak she felt almost hit close to home (ahah) but that still didnt deter me from enjoying their chemistry

the other characters are so well written. the villain is so hateable yet i can still tolerate him once he redeemed. everyone got a happy ending and im happy hehe

the way chase fell hard for maddie and regretted his poor actions to her felt GOOD. the way he broke down one by one when he was so cocky and arrogant in the first few chapters felt GOOD. the way he bared his heart open for maddie felt GOOD. the way maddie believed he could never love her yet didnt know he is madly in love with her felt GOOD.

there are moments where it felt cringey but in a good kind of cringey. like chase is a bastard but genuinely loves his family and as time goes by falls hard for maddie. like maddie is a human definition of spring who grows from being bullied to standing up for herself. their little silly moments were adorable to balance the angst and drama that happened to them

rating? 10/10 REALLY good book. oh my god

#my only concern is maybe font n paragraph spacing #like ok font not so much #but the paragraph spacing was a bit close #n some paragraphs are a bit too lengthy so it gets confusing for my brain considering font is small #but wow the content n writing style is really good! #it almost feels like a malay author wrote this #lmao now i knw what it feels like when ppl see my writing n got shocked english isnt my 1st lang and im from asia haha #AAAAAA ok im sold ill follow the author n see more of her works #idk if ill read the stolen heir now tho #coz i read the devil wears black hoping for some sexy n funny #it IS sexy n their banter is funny #but it has more drama than comedy #i have another romcom but hmmm idk #what i do know is i should sleep lmao #fafar yaps #about books