#books 2019

[gaywriting]

Alex in Wonderland book review

Alex in Wonderland by Simon James Green (2019)

⭐️⭐️⭐️✖️✖️

"Are you having an OK time?" "Ben, oh my god, I'm having the best time!" He nodded. "OK, cool. Because sometimes I think you look like you're about to burst into tears, and I just wonder if I shouldn't just give you a hug." (p. 190)

i finished this book october 13. i finished it in one day, it was an easy read. ive had this book for so long (felt like a lot of years but it came out in 2019 so i guess not lol)

the story follows Alex, a 16 year old incredibly awkward gay boy living with his dad and dad's girlfriend Kendra. his only two friends had recently become a couple and left for the summer for a couple-y summer vacation, leaving Alex to spend the summer alone. Being pushed by Kendra to get a summer job, he stumbles into Wonderland, the towns little arcade on the pier and ends up passing out in one of the attractions. two of the workers there, Ben and Efia, take Alex under their wing. he gets a job there (to avoid him suing the place) and they're set on getting Alex a boyfriend! a pointless endeavour, since Alex has set his eyes on Ben. sadly Ben claims to have a girlfriend and so Alex does his best to get past the crush on the supposedly straight boy.

i'm really bad with secondhand embarressment (i've quit shows and movies before because some people seem to think it's super funny...) and it can be fun with embarressing moments happening, but speaking from an equally-to-Alex awkward person it's sometimes almost painful for me to read haha... basically i had to skip some paragraphs, which is a shame, but i just, i saw where we were headed and i just can't do that to myself haha... but other than that i did enjoy the book! it was a fun little YA lgbt book, and Alex is just a cutie! Ben is cute too, but very confused, which ends up hurting Alex unnecessarily. i don't hold it against him, concidering his family situation and that he's just a teenage boy, but the lie he tells about Bella just ended up feeling very redundant and weirdly executed i did like in the end of the book (no spoilers here) that Alex stood up for himself and in the end he received apologies, i feel like it's always the main character who misunderstand, who assumes and who has to apologise in the end, eventhough it's not always called for imo. but in this story everyone apologised and Alex were super adult about it too, knowing he needed some time to himself and some space, before things could go back to normal. i loved that!

all in all this is a lovely little lgbt YA book. it won't blow your mind or become the greatest literary art you've ever laid your eyes on, but for a simple afternoon read, where you just want something fluff (and some secondhand teenage embarressment) it does the job fine. i think works like this are just as important as the earth shattering ones that end up as big hollywood movies. these kind of books shows the realistic everyday lives of lgbt people. not every lgbt story have to be sadness and tough living, but showing the youth that we too can have a normal everyday romance, that you might find in fx straight romcoms, is so so so important!!

lastly, the face i made as i opened the book and were faced with a photo of the cutest dog ever, who Green dedicated the book to, and who he even named a character after. best way to start a book!!

for bella indeed 🐶

#gaywriting #lgbt #lgbt lit #lgbt books #lgbt literature #books #book review #alex in wonderland #simon james green #books 2019 #gay #homosexual #gay couple #young gay couple #ya books #romance #book tumblr #writblr #bookblr #mlm

[anxioussailorsoldier]

and even more amazing was the day Link realised he [redacted] him back

#loz #botw #sidon #link #sidlink #comic #you gotta read it the princess bride's grandpa's voice #and yes this is a kissing book #I was just going to put 'I love you' but ... well I'm me #you thought I was dead didn't you #well haHA #like a korok I am annoying and can pop up when you least expect it #guess who is playing the game again #its like 2019 again but with slightly more personal character growth on my part #not too much though or you wouldn't be comics like this

[umbrvx]

a villain’s journey

#scum villain's self saving system #svsss #luo binghe #shen qingqiu #shen yuan #finally read through the official localization.... it sent me right back to where i was when i first got into mxtx in 2019 #back then my art was kind of in a transitional period so even though mxtx had me making art like crazy i didnt like much of it #and nowadays my mxtx tl on twt has all but vanished... but once again these books have rejuvenated me creatively #and i feel like ive progressed enough to do justice for how these stories make me feel. and properly scratch that creative itch #anyways. i hardly ever ramble in tags like this but im so emo about these books and i finally feel creative again #so i hope this is able to spread that joy...! sort of. ehe

[zegalba]

Junji Ito: "Igyosekai" (2019)

#Junji Ito #Igyosekai #art #illustrations #japan #art book #gothic #2019

[m4ndysk4nkovich]

nobody is more delusional than reddie fans. somehow, the ENTIRE fandom decided that eddie kaspbrak is alive and well, despite the fact that his death was written in the novel almost 40 years ago, and i hardly ever see reddie content/it content awknoleging that eddie is dead. we all just pretend that never happened.

#it #it stephen king #it 2017 #it 2019 #reddie #eddie kaspbrak #richie tozier #eddie kaspbrak is one of my favorite characters ever tho so i get it #i never talk about it on here even though i love it #i’m gonna reread the book even though its over 1150 pages long #stephen king

[cupofteajones]

Author Talk with Stuart Turton

Register for upcoming author talk with @stu_turton! @@SBKSLibrary https://www.eventbrite.com/e/369550003007

This Tuesday, July 19 at 3 PM, my Dueling Detectives partner, Adena and I will be hosting another mystery author talk with bestselling thriller writer, Stuart Turton, author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Water, personal favorites of this blog! (more…)

View On WordPress

#Author Interviews #Author Talks #Books #Books 2019 #Books 2021 #British #British authors #British Literature #British mysteries #British Thrillers #Dueling Detectives #Librarians #Library Life #Library Programming #Library Programs #UK #UK Books

[jessdrawz]

smoke break

#decided to finally paint linework i've had done since 2019 #remember that book? yeah im still working on it #it will be done by 2050 i think #art #illustration #artists on tumblr #illustrators on tumblr #bg design #bg paint #sunset

[frizz-bee-2]

dudes being dudes

#richie tozier #eddie kaspbrak #reddie #it 2017 #it movie #losers club #it #it 1986 #it 2019 #artists on tumblr #art #artwork #my art #it book #digital art

[rainreads]

#little women book #little women 2019 #little women #jo march #books and literature #english literature #dark academia literature #dark academia quotes #dark academia #tumblr aesthetic #literature #art aesthetic #books & libraries #booksbooksbooks #literature quotes #classical academia #light academia books #light acadamia aesthetic #light academia movies #book quotes aesthetic #book quotes #films and books

[anderperries]

okay so who’s gonna take one for the team and draw richie tozier drinking from this mug?

#i would but i can’t draw for shit #minors look away #richie tozier #reddie #gay clown movie #gay clown book #it #it 2019 #stephen king’s it #it stephen king #the losers club #losers club

[flonvera]

DEFINITELY A VALID REASON TO HAVE THE BOOK I CANNOT DENY THAT

#eddie kaspbrak #it 2017 #reddie #richie tozier #it 2019 #book it #stephen king it

[grctagerwig]

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” - Maya Angelou

the snows of kilimanjaro by ernest hemingway // little women (2019) // little women by louisa may alcott // the book thief by markus zusak // emily (2022) // dead poets society (1989) // o me! o life! by walt whitman // tick, tick… boom! (2019)

#a collection that pleases me #web weaving #little women 2019 #little women #dead poets society #ernest hemingway #walt whitman #emily 2022 #tick tick boom #andrew garfield #todd anderson #the book thief

[high-quality-tiktoks]

Swear everyone was like “okay, that’s nice. anyway-” when I was talking about what I was working on💀

#video #tiktok #tiktoks #funny #lmao #wtf #book #books #movie #movies #film #films #xiran jay zhao #iron widow #2019 #2023 #xiranjayzhao

[reddje]

love how we as a fandom just collectively decided that stan and eddie actually didn’t die, and that they’re doing just fine

#i wonder if stephen king ever goes looking for fan works and just sees that we all dgaf what he wrote #idc what that book says! #it 2019 #eddie kaspbrak #it #it chapter two #richie tozier #it movies #it stephen king #reddie #stanley uris #stan uris #like wdym bury your gays? eddie is right here

[goddessofdandelions]

The most relatable Little Women moments

Meg:

* Margaret and John have two kids named… Margaret and John. Iconic. No notes.

* Sprained her ankle wearing impractical shoes cause they just looked too good not to

* Had a emotional meltdown while attempting to make jam from scratch

Jo:

* Literally leaves the state instead of talking about her feelings

* Feminist™️

* Threatened to murder a man for hurting her sister (Amy’s teacher)

Beth:

* Never leaves the house

* Her only friends are her cats

* Obsessed with fictional characters dolls

Amy:

* “I want to be great or nothing”

* Constantly misuses and mispronounces words and doesn’t give a fuck when people try to correct her

* Wrote a whole ass will at age 12

Laurie:

* Pitifully watches the March family from his window wishing he could join them

* Falls in love with someone only after she says “I despise you”

* Writes an opera with himself as the main character

#little women #little women 2019 #little women 1994 #little women book #louisa may alcott #Jo March #Meg March #beth march #Amy March #march sisters

[whatthefuckisasweep]

eddie and stan left first bc they had to take the BIGGEST nap ever. they were tuckered out from being a little too fucking brave for their own good.

#it #it movie #it 2017 #it 2019 #it book #it novel #stan uris #stanley uris #eddie kaspbrak #THEM #THEMMMMMM #they are sleepy guys #EEPY #my favorite boys #my special guys #MY BELOVEDS #IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT THEY ARE BEST FRIENDS #THEY ARE THE BESTEST BOYS EVER #i wail and die everyddaayyy #THINKING OF THEM #and the fact they both d word is unspeakable #a true offense on my character #a terrorization of my life and happiness #HFKDJDKS #thanks rue for literally saying this idea . i died on the spot #I think eddie and stan should hang out everyday without fail #and i thinj richie should kiss both their heads #AHHHHH #okay this is enough tags im done freakin out #my art