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[lifeimitatesart1998]

The best kind of Sunday.

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[jessread-s]

✩🥂🫧2023 Reading Wrap Up:

What a year! I graduated from college, got my first big girl job, got to meet so many of my favorite authors, and read some amazing books ☺️ I am super proud of what I accomplished in 2023 and my year in books. Here’s to another great year of reading and new releases🥂

MY YEAR IN BOOKS:

Books read — 102

Pages read — 41,343

Average book length — 349 pages

Longest Book — “Iron Flame” by Rebecca Yarros (640 pages)

Shortest Book ��� “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (23 pages)

Top 5 Books —

“Love Redesigned” by Lauren Asher

“Legendborn” by Tracy Deonn

“Love, Theoretically” by @ever-so-ali

“Divine Rivals” by Rebecca Ross

“Pestilence” by @laurathalassa

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[dragonsbooksandtea]

10/04/24

My most surprising read so far of 2024?

Voyage of the Damned by Frances White

I was so surprised by this one! It was a Spin the Wheel pick from my “Need to read soon” wheel. I actually enjoyed this so much; it was fun, quirky, a little emotional. There was some plot twists that I wasn’t expecting, but it was also very predictable from the start of who was going to be the murderer. But actually getting there was fun and unexpected. I ended up giving this one a 4 stars, almost a 5 star rating.

My only gripe with it was that’s it’s listed as an Adult novel when it’s more of a New Adult, mostly YA vibes. The main character was very immature and content wise wasn’t very adult either in my personal opinion.

This version of the book is by @illumicrate from their January box Murder Mystery.

Have you read Voyager of the Damned?

#book account #book blog #book lover #bookstagram #book review #special edition #books #booklr #bookworm #illumicrate #frances white #voyage of the damned #voyage of the damned book #murder mystery #illumicrate edition

[miareadsbooks]

Fourth wing (Rebecca Yarros) - MY REVIEW

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“A dragon without its rider is a tragedy, A rider without their dragon is dead.”

THIS BOOK. WTF. I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS I ACTUALLY DON’T KNOW WHERE TO START!!

If somebody asked me what this book was like, I would simply say “Hunger games meets how to train your dragon.” As there is so many similarities there, and that is the best comparison I could give!!

The world building was super easy to understand, and not all at once, so the information was easy to digest. I was hooked from page 10!!

You can definitely compare the characters to the hunger games!! Violet as Katniss, Xaden as Peeta, Dain as Gale, Mira as Cinna, Jack as Cato, Imogen as clove, and Rhiannon as Joanna!! (There are so many more but I will run out of space haha!!)

I loved Xaden and Violet, but my god did their story kill me. The length of the book was very intimidating, and I didn’t like how long it took for them to even kiss, Never-mind get together! I usually hate slow burns so this was a downer, but the pay off was definitely worth it!!

As well as this, I really disliked Dain as he was such a pick me! He just gave “Pick me, choose me, love me.” vibes every where he went. Especially when he kept repeating “If you won’t leave here for you, at least do it for me.” SIR. YOU ARE A WALKING TALKING ICK. PLEASE JUST STOP. Why can’t you just accept that Violet has to do this? And rather than make her feel guilty and upset, just help her?

The dragons were super cool, And I really enjoyed the overall story, as well as her writing style!! I will definitely be reading a book from her again :)

Despite these few bad things, this book was still a five star read for me!! That ending was incredible and I genuinely loved this book🥰 It also also reminded me why I got into reading. It was a great escape and an overall really fun read!!

#fourth wing #rebecca yarros #iron flame #book tumblr #booktok #booktube #book recommendations #spotify #book and coffee #book blog #kindle #xaden riorson #violet and xaden #xaden and sgaeyl #violet sorrengail #welcome to fourth wing #bookstagram #uk booksta #book account #bookish content #bookish #book review #fourth wing review

[mesillusionssousecstasy]

Before you can change the world, you must understand that you yourself are part of it. You cannot stand outside, looking in.

The Dreamers (Gilbert Adair)

#quote #quotation #citation #quotes #livre #book #book lover #book therapy #book addict #book community #book worm #goodreads #the dreamers #gilbert adair #world #book blog #book account #littérature

[morelikelibrarybooked]

Everything in the world, but ESPECIALLY Instagram’s bogus-ass algorithm has been pissing me off. I just want to post about silly little books but unless I’m throwing up Sarah J. Mass and the Fourth Wing, it’s useless.

So, here I am, crawling my way back to Tumblr. At least here I can post my silly little book pictures with the expectation of zero interaction because I never really understood Tumblr’s algorithm even 12 years ago. 😤

#booklr #bookstagram #book post #new user #new books #book account #I’m an Instagram refugee #i hate instagram

[luthoreads]

review: the ex hex

☆☆☆☆

i went in blind with this one and it was absolutely amazing!

the story is a mix between hocus pocus and practical magic and it works so damn well i freaking loved it, the magic made sense and the story line was so well executed imo, i honestly didn’t expect a complex magic story and it really isn’t but it still keeps you wondering what is happening and how they’re going to fix it, it was amazing ✨

the characters, the tension between them perfect! definitely one of my favorite romances of the year, please go read it 🤍

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[lunacappuccino]

Vitamins and Vitruvius

#dark academia #dark academia aesthetic #art academia #classic academia #dark academia blog #art #art academia blog #aesthetic #aesthetic blog #personal #get to know me #reading #book aesthetic #book account #vitruvius #art history #personal blog #classic academia aesthetic #art aesthetic #new mutuals #looking for new mutuals #! ♥︎

[mrzastudies]

July is my birthday month

(Yes I am an emotional wreck of a ?cancerian person.)

This year I wanted to get out of my comfort zone. I mean I’m not jumping from planes or doing things that need a waiver signed but I am doing things I don’t usually do

Like waking up at an ungodly hour to do yoga outside. Those girls on tiktok were onto something. There is something beautiful about waking up and watching the sunrise, moving your body as humans were intended too and fueling/nourishing not just your body but especially your mind.

#bookishcoffee #bookish photography #booklover #book account #book aesthetic #bangkoktravel #thailand #phuket #bookishaesthetic #bookish #bookishcommunity #bookishconnections #book buying #bookblr

[a-kind-of-merry-war]

A guy doing marine research into phytoplankton is far out to sea and waiting for the samples to be ready when he spots a fast-moving ripple in the water up ahead.

Fully aware that this spot is home to a migratory orca pod, he assumes he's stumbled across an orca hunting a seal and settles against the railing to watch, because it's not every day you get to see that.

The ripples get closer, the shadows in the water more defined, the water choppier, and suddenly the orca and its unfortunate prey are zooming directly towards the boat and he's waiting, breath held, for them to duck right underneath--

When the water breaks, the ocean sprays, and he's suddenly smacked fully in the face by a very wet, very confused, and very pretty merman, throwing them both down onto the deck while the boat rocks as a confused and now quite hungry orca dives beneath it.

The merman, it turns out, thought that the boat was an ice float and didn't realise his mistake until it was too late. But he's very thankful for the impromptu rescue, and wow don't you have nice arms, and holy shit you've got legs, can I touch them? Is that weird? Can I touch them anyway? And your hair--

So of course they get to talking because they're both utterly fascinated with the other, and soon the sun has set and the samples are long-since ready and the moonlight is making the ocean look black and they part with the knowledge that they'll never meet again, and a kiss, and a lingering look over the shoulder for all the things that can't be...

And the researcher gets back to land, moors his boat, readies his samples. He packs up his things, shoves them into his bags, and prepares to go home. He steps onto the jetty boards and thinks of the merman and the solid wood beneath his feet seems to sway for more than one reason.

There's a splash. He turns, pulled as if by the tide, and there's a ripple in the water. A face. A pair of eyes made black by the moonlight.

And this is how the researcher acquires a merman boyfriend who helps him find samples and the merman acquires a human boyfriend who rescues him from whales.

#short story #i guess? #original fiction #merman #mermaids #queer #fantasy fiction #writers on tumblr #writeblr #writers #guess what suckers this is just a one night in hartswood AU!!!! #mer!penn 4 LIFE #this is NOT a prompt lmao #im happy for you to use it with fanfic or w/e tho #but not original fiction #on account of how its my idea for a book

[lifeimitatesart1998]

Pink Book Stack 📚🌸

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[nonasbirthday]

of course you can read necros and cavs as a parallel to the gender binary bc A) you can do whatever you want forever and B) yeah there's plenty of textual evidence comparing the necro-cav bond to a marriage. however one thing i think many of these discussions keep missing is the fact that most people in the nine houses are not necros or cavs and do in fact exist outside of this binary. which would make it. not really much of a binary

#get ur warm takes here #i know other people have said this already but i really feel like this binary idea has proliferated recently #but i get it i mean in the books we have almost zero exposure to House citizens living outside this 'binary' #so it is a binary in the sense that you can apply it to our major characters who are from the nine houses #but i'm just not sure about extrapolating it to the whole fictional society #i do think there are comparisons to be drawn here i just don't think enough discussions account for this third group being most of #the population. #like do a thematic analysis for sure but personally i would stop short of saying 'joh created a new gender binary and forced everyone into #it' bc. what about all those other offscreen characters who are neither necro nor cav #the locked tomb #nonasbirthday

[dragonsbooksandtea]

31/03/24

📚 Currently Reading: These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

I needed something to listen to the other day while I was out and about galavanting the museum, I spun the wheel and it told me to continue on with the sequel of These Violent Delights.. only problem, I couldn’t remember book 1. SO, I’m now currently reading that and will be moving straight on to Our Violent Ends once I’m done.

UPDATE: 02/04/24

I have finished These Violent Delights.. and I never paid any attention to the audiobook.. OOPS 😂

I got enough of the story to continue on to the next book, but please don't ask me for too much information because I simply cannot give it to you!

I kept my original rating of 4⭐ as I don't feel like it was fair of me to give it a new rating with me not really paying attention.

Have you guys read the series yet?

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[sabugabr]

Days before disaster

#percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo #tumblr art #pjo series #rick riordan #luke castellan #already getting my outfit ready to justify any warcrime commited by this lil lad #his father is lin manuel miranda your honor #he is not accountable for his actions #i'd probably do worse in his conditions #he looks way nicer in the trailer tho but i'm sticking to my book-lens here for now #pjo tv show

[mesillusionssousecstasy]

Yet someone who entreats you not to divulge a confidence will almost certainly blurt it out again before you do.

The Dreamers (Gilbert Adair)

#quote #quotation #citation #quotes #livre #book #book lover #bibliophile #book therapy #book addict #book community #book worm #goodreads #the dreamers #gilbert adair #divulge #confidence #book blog #book account

[scribefindegil]

As much as I adore conlangs, I really like how the Imperial Radch books handle language. The book is entirely in English but you're constantly aware that you're reading a "translation," both of the Radchaai language Breq speaks as default, and also the various other languages she encounters. We don't hear the words but we hear her fretting about terms of address (the beloathed gendering on Nilt) and concepts that do or don't translate (Awn switching out of Radchaai when she needs a language where "citizen," "civilized," and "Radchaai person" aren't all the same word) and noting people's registers and accents. The snatches of lyrics we hear don't scan or rhyme--even, and this is what sells it to me, the real-world songs with English lyrics, which get the same "literal translation" style as everything else--because we aren't hearing the actual words, we're hearing Breq's understanding of what they mean. I think it's a cool way to acknowledge linguistic complexity and some of the difficulties of multilingual/multicultural communication, which of course becomes a larger theme when we get to the plot with the Presgar Translators.

#imperial radch #also a great example of the 'you don't have to be Tolkien' phenomenon #if you want to think about linguistic differences by building all the languages in your setting #and being able to explain what those differences are through actual texts in the language in question #that's AWESOME #but it's not the only way to do it #it's also interesting because of course this style only works in book form #everyone's speaking different languages but in a written account they're all 'translated' for you #but of course if it was a TV series they would all have to be speaking a language the audience understands #(or you *would* have to go wild with conlangs) #and i think that's really cool as well-- #how for a series where song is so central we don't actually hear any of the actual in-universe words or any of the music #it's all been filtered #and again you know this is happening but seeing the examples of how real songs--the shape hymns and 'L'homme Arme'--are presented #makes you a lot more viscerally aware of how limited your perspective is #it's good #ann leckie i love you