#emily rooney

[jupteur]

happy place (emily henry) // normal people (sally rooney)

#happy place emily henry #happy place #emily henry #normal people sally rooney #normal people #sally rooney #books #romance books #word weaving #web weaving

[theoscarchallenge]

Another film that I haven’t heard anyone talk about. Which is a shame, it’s a beautiful picture. Heartbreaking and surprising and understated and powerful and beautiful. Women Talking is definitely one I would recommend. It received the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.

#the academy awards #the oscars #women talking #sarah polley #rooney mara #claire foy #frances mcdormand #jessie buckley #judith ivey #kate hallett #liv mcneil #michelle mcleod #ben whishaw #august winter #emily mitchell #2022 #theoscarchallenge

[filministic]

Women Talking (2022) dir. Sarah Polley

#Women Talking #2020s #movie #говорят женщины #Rooney Mara #Claire Foy #Jessie Buckley #Judith Ivey #Emily Mitchell #Kate Hallett #Liv McNeil #Sheila McCarthy #Michelle McLeod #Ben Whishaw

[retiredficwriter]

normal people, sally rooney (2018) // wuthering heights, emily brontë (1847) // the fiery heart, richelle mead (2014)

#sally rooney #emily bronte #richelle mead #sydrian #vampire academy #web weaving #quotes #i’ve been thinking about this for months but just now had the courage to post this #whatever this is… i’m into it and need more media/couples with this vibe #also yes those are my annotations 🫣 #my rambles

[calming-chaos]

#book blog #bookaholic #bookaddict #bookshelves #bookstagram #booktok #bibliophile #booklovers #bookstack #bookworm #book aesthetic #romance #christina lauren #colleen hoover #elle kennedy #sally rooney #emily henry #twofortuesday

[twelvessa]

#category is: them #rory gilmore #gilmore girls #bridgerton #kate sharma #normal people #marianne sheridan #daisy edgar jones #pride and prejudice #callie adams foster #the fosters #maeve wiley #sex education #dickinson #emily dickinson #hailee steinfeld #conversations with friends #sally rooney #frances flynn #love female characters

[guppyclato]

Jameson

Jameson Winchester Hawthorne as a general rule wasn't scared. But this might be an exception. He was terrified.

Toby Blake was going to take all of his nine Hawthorne lives. Damn him, it'll be worth it.

He'd come past Xander - who threatened with a stalking robot army. He'd come past Nash - who reminded his brother he had a gun. He'd come past Grayson - who'd been equal parts steel and heartbreak. He'd gone through each of his brothers and nothing would stop him now. Not even Toby.

"Jameson" Tobias Blake, former Hawthorne, had always been a bit stealy with him. Maybe it was because he was dating his daughter, or because they were a little too alike Tobias Hawthornes doing. Brilliant, charming. Hungry.

"Toby" Jameson nodded in a fashion that Avery would mock him for - mercilessly. Avery was like him and oh, how he loved her mocking and her laugh- Focus.

His laser focus tended to slip towards Avery more often than not.

"What is it? You requested a private talk?" After everything, Toby was still a Hawthorne, he cut straight to the chase. Now or never. "I wanted to talk about Avery." That came on as good as he'd figured.

Toby stood from his chair, brows furrowed, scowl on his face. "What about her? Is my daughter alright? What have you done?!"

Normally Jameson preferred asking for forgiveness over asking for permission, but not asking for permission might ruin his sliver of a chance to survive this night.

"She's fine. I love her. And I requested this talk to ask for your permission to marry her." For one moment, Jameson Winchester Hawthorne believed that the world might have actually stopped spinning.

Tobys expression was like steal. "No." he simply said. "No way." Before Jameson could clear his point, Toby spoke up again: "Boys like you aren't good enough for her. No one is. She's my daughter, and she's also a Rooney." He paused, an odd expression flickered over his face. "Hawthornes are never good for Rooneys."

They both knew what he wasn't saying. Nineteen year old Toby had killed Kaylie and left Hannah. He left Avery and got himself captive. Tobias Hawthorne had painted a target on Averys forehead to protect his family. This family, we destroy everything we touch.

"You can't stop me." For Jameson Hawthorne that was a fact as much as gravity was. She was worth it. Worth everything.

"I thought so." Tobys voice didn't give anything away.

On the other hand, the Rooneys were known for loving quite destructive...

#avery grambs #the inheritance games #the inheritance trilogy #grayson hawthorne #jameson hawthorne #the hawthorne legacy #avery kylie grambs #the final gambit #the brothers hawthorne #tobias hawthorne #emily laughlin #hannah Rooney #kaylie rooney

[terrainofheartfelt]

Okay so the thing about Sally Rooney is she is so good at third person limited unreliable narrator and sitting in the complexity of people and letting them be ambiguous and messy and imperfect and then she’ll hit you with a line of prose that butterflies you open like a shrimp

#I’m reading normal people and it is. SO good #i feel like….it’s not the story that people are talking about #like the Normal People that I’ve seen on the blogs is different from the Normal People that I’m reading #and I felt like Daisy Jones was the same way #and maybe….absorbing novels through web weaving posts isn’t actually the way to know them #and (I know I do this too) that the tendency to focus only on the romantic relationship in the story #diminishes what the novel is really about #which is young people learning how to exist in the world #and allow themselves to live with joy without having to atone for it first #like sally rooney isn’t a romance writer #she gives bildungsroman with a side of romance #because when one is young romance is often a component of their self actualization #but she doesn’t construct a story like emily henry does #idk i think there’s a difference between Romance with a capital R which is about people falling/being in love #and fiction that is about people and who and how they love #and they serve different purposes #and maybe that’s lost when a book is adapted into a show #or maybe it’s lost when people see the story is written by a woman #I don’t know…. #I’m really enjoying the novel though #kinda wish I owned it so I could annotate it #liz reads

[bruttal-scars]

Dear diary,

since I can't seem to find you and I don't know where you got lost in my home, next week I'm coming home and I'll search for you again. Be there wherever you are because there are so many things I have to tell you, and it's getting harder and harder with each passing day. I wedge in between my nerves, hiding them behind my plain mask. How long would I have to wait until I found you? Sometimes I want to spill words, and sometimes I want to spill my tea all over you, and this rage is dwindling, trying to fit into the narrow passage that has been left hollow for the past five years and telling me to do the latter. I feel like I've been holding my breath all these years, and now I can't seem to hold it anymore. The air wants to gush out so badly, and my heart has again started working on its own.

#dear diary #book excerpt #writing is hard #virginia woolf #slyvia plath #emily bronte #charlotte bronte #jane austen #emily henry #sally rooney #sarah j maas #classic literature #french literature #russian literature #anna karenina #leo tolstoy #writing my heart out #writing prompt #poems on tumblr

[scenesandscreens]

Women Talking (2022)

Director - Sarah Polley, Cinematography - Luc Montpellier

"We didn't talk about our bodies. So when something like this happened there was no language for it. And without language for it, there was a gaping silence. And in that gaping silence was the real horror."

#scenesandscreens #emily mitchell #Nathaniel McParland #Eli Ham #august winter #kira guloien #shayla brown #michelle mcleod #kate hallett #liv mcneil #ben whishaw #frances mcdormand #sheila mccarthy #claire foy #jessie buckley #judith ivey #sarah polley #luc montpellier #rooney mara #women talking

[genevieveetguy]

Why does love - the absence of love, the end of love, the need for love - result in so much violence?

Women Talking, Sarah Polley (2022)

#Sarah Polley #Rooney Mara #Claire Foy #Jessie Buckley #Judith Ivey #Emily Mitchell #Kate Hallett #Liv McNeil #Sheila McCarthy #Michelle McLeod #Kira Guloien #Shayla Brown #Frances McDormand #Vivien Endicott Douglas #Ben Whishaw #August Winter #Luc Montpellier #Hildur Guðnadóttir #Christopher Donaldson #Roslyn Kalloo #2022 #woman director

[any-characteresque-from-tsh]

“marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn’t know if she would ever find out where it was and become part of it”

i still don’t know why i’m here but i figured i should share something since i’m already here.

although emily henry is one of my favourite authors ever and beach read ranks #1 on my list, i couldn’t help but share this from normal people by sally rooney!

#normal people #sally rooney #beach read #emily henry #bookish #booklr

[filministic]

Women Talking (2022) dir. Sarah Polley

#Women Talking #2020s #movie #говорят женщины #Rooney Mara #Claire Foy #Jessie Buckley #Judith Ivey #Emily Mitchell #Kate Hallett #Liv McNeil #Sheila McCarthy #Michelle McLeod #Ben Whishaw

[stardustviolet]

List of people who don’t look their age: Emily Kinney Dylan Arnold Lucy Hale Elijah Wood Emily Browning Tom Payne Thomas Brodie Sangster Troian Bellisario Nicola Coughlan Kristen Bell Dane Dehaan Adam Brody Joel Fry Zooey Deschanel Matthew Gray Gubler Lucy Liu Clemence Poesy Melanie Laurent Rooney Mara Zoey Deutch Gabriel Mann Taylor Russell Jenna Ortega

#emily kinney #dylan arnold #lucy hale #elijah wood #emily browning #tom payne #thomas brodie sangster #troian bellisario #nicola coughlan #kristen bell #dane dehaan #adam brody #joel fry #zooey deschanel #matthew gray gubler #lucy liu #clemence poesy #melanie laurent #rooney mara #zoey deutch #gabriel mann #taylor russell #jenna ortega #text

[ohjoyce]

2022 in books

It’s been a good year in books. More waves of covid = more time spent inside reading, away from crowds of people so silver linings and all that.

Happily, I’ve also been lucky enough to have lived with and befriended fellow keen bean readers and we’ve swapped our lil paperback collections back and forth. One of my top 5 favourite feelings has got to be watching someone you know read a book you love. Up there too is chatting with a friend about a book they’ve lent you as you read it for the first time. Chef’s kiss experiences.

This year, I elected to read almost entirely for pleasure. I switched jobs two times and worked on getting into a consistent fitness routine of going to the gym 3 times a week so was not looking for anything else challenging or intellectually stimulating to do in my free time. Unfortunately, Canberra does not have very good libraries so I didn't have access to a huge variety of options. But, the library of friends came through with the goods.

Without further ado, a list of my 2022 in books in chronological order that I read them.

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet

Quite an interesting and thought-provoking exploration of race and the extent to we are able to choose who we become. Two mixed-race twins growing up in 1950s America experience very different parallel realities as one chooses to capitalise on her lighter skin colour to pass as white. Raised questions of material comfort versus cultural integrity have no clear answers but makes for compelling food for thought.

How We Love by Clementine Ford

This book is slight departure from Clementine Ford's usual stuff-- more tender and vulnerable. Each chapter is about one of the loves in her life and it's as much a letter to a past and future selves as it is an ode to non-romantic love. I also went to her ‘Secular Love Sermon’ aka How We Love book tour show in November of this year which was maybe the best event I went to this year. Here’s to love as bearing witness to life and telling stories always.

The Dry by Jane Harper

Before this year, I hadn't read any of Jane Harper's books. This year I read them all. Goes to show how addictive and effective they are as crime thrillers. The story unfolds and weaves together to reach such a satisfying conclusion. I can't really say too much without spoiling it but Jane Harper has a wonderful way of characterising the Australian bush landscape as a focal point in her novels.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by JK Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne

Incredibly unmemorable. It was pleasant but I can't remember a single thing on reflection.

The Survivors by Jane Harper

Not one of my favourite Jane Harper novels, but as always a great page-turning read.

After I Do by Taylor Jenkin Reid

An interesting exploration of love after marriage and the reality of the highs and lows that starts after most romance stories end. As can be clearly seen from the other books by the same author I kept picking up after this one, I really relished this unconventional premise.

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkin Reid

I picked this up because the cover was kind of pretty and I was on a lunch-break walk to Civic Library and this was the best pleasant surprise. Something about this novel reminded me of getting deliciously absorbed into a book during school holidays — falling asleep reading and then reading again first thing in the morning. I have a big soft spot for self-made underdog stories and eldest/only daughter protagonists.

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkin Reid

Absolutely devoured this story of old-school glamour, love, and disappointment. Nice and neat tie-in with the narrator/journalist’s own modern day sub-plot.

Entire ACOTAR series by Sarah J Maas.

Faerie smut that fits in just about every trope of men written by a woman for the female gaze in a good way. Very fun.

Love Stories by Trent Dalton

Touchingly earnest, Trent Dalton shows us that in hard times, sometimes the best thing to go is to choose to go soft. To choose to show and share the hurt and highs of loving and being loved that are the only things that'll matter in the end. This got me through a chaotic and draining month I worked in family law. I cried a lot.

Force of Nature by Jane Harper

Again, a lesser favourite but good fun nonetheless.

The Lost Man by Jane Harper

This one is up there, so good I reread it a week ago. The perfectly placed red herrings, the family tension, and small-town grudges and secrets. 10/10 times. I particularly enjoyed how men's mental health, loneliness, and isolation were prevalent themes. Jane Harper also sprinkles easter eggs throughout her Faulk novels which subtly intertwine the characters from her books which is fun to spot.

Milk Fed by Melissa Broder

There was a lot of online hype about this book, and the author is behind a twitter account I used to follow called 'SoSadToday' (yeah, I know bahaha). But the rather triggering portrayal of disordered eating and punitive calorie counting made this one a pretty stressful read. There was also zero sense of closure at the end, only confusion.

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

A very sweet and delightful rom-com read for those of us who are sometimes sick of the overly predictable cookie-cutter romance novel. The protagonist is very relatable and is all in all a refreshing palate cleanser to the saccharine netflix christmas holiday movie tropes.

Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton

Absent of any particularly astute life advice at least in any productive sense but deeply comforting that the era of being in your twenties is as chaotic as it is character-building and all of it is normal.

The No Show by Beth O'Leary

Slightly over-complicated plot-twist but props for originality and side-plot which I may or may not have become more invested in than the main plot by the end.

Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne

A fun, quirky, alternative rom-com read with colourful characters and the evergreen message that it's more than ok to be a cosy offbeat weirdo as long as enjoy it.

No Matter Our Wreckage by Gemma Carey

Written by a now-Canberran dwelling lady academic researcher, this book reflexively documents   her own childhood sexual assault and abuse. Which is to say things get very real and very dark at points. But, Gemma Carey refuses to let her story go untold and that courage glues together what is an otherwise tragic and deeply personal patchwork of recollections and tribulations.

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

Honestly, I can't say I'm a big Sally Rooney fan but sometimes you are having a mid time and simply want to escape into someone else's even mid-er time this hits. I can't explain it any other way.

The Switch by Beth O'Leary

I tried to listen to the audiobook of this story and didn't make it very far but when I found a copy of the paperback, I got through it quite readily. Cosy as all Beth O'Leary novels are, if the obstacle-boyfriend can be a bit characterised as a bit obviously shit.

November 9th Colleen Hoover

If you miss the days of scoffing down random wattpad stories as a tween, this is perfect.

Love and Virtue by Diana Reid

I spent on year studying at the University of Sydney in 2017 and used to always wonder what went on behind the hedges of the overpriced colleges where presumably people with very rich parents lived. This book is almost definitely a very accurate window into the answer. Having studied law and arts at Usyd herself, the

Verity by Colleen Hoover

Wtf!? Truly I was relentlessly gazumped and then bamboozled. No sense can be made of this one, it's beyond sense.

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

I've just finished this book, it might be my last read of 2022. A very sweet and escapist read (mostly for me, as a mathematically and scientifically challenged legal professional lmao). Though I will say I enjoyed Ali Hazelwood's other novel The Love Hypothesis a smidge more.

Whew, that was quite a test for my memory. Any outstandingly great or shitty reads for you in 2022? KEEN TO DISCUSS as always.

#love on the brain #verity #love and virtue #ali hazelwood #colleen hoover #diana reid #november 9th #the switch #beth o'leary #sally rooney #conversations with friends #no matter our wreckage #gemma carey #sally thorne #second first impressions #everything i know about love #dolly alderton #book lovers #emily henry #ACOTAR #a court of thorns and #a court of mist and fury #sarah j maas #a court of war and ruin #a court of frost and starlight #milk fed #melissa broder #trent dalton #love stories #the lost man

[deadpoetsgayvodka]

i love you enemies to lovers, i love you fake dating, i love you found family, i love you slow burn, i love you academic rivals to lovers, i love you friends to lovers, i love you workplace romance, i love you second chance romance, i love you forced proximity, i love you small town romance, i love you right person not enough time

#i love romance books so much #they keeping me sane fr #romance books #romance book tropes #my fav tropes #Books and Literature #colleen hoover #penelope douglas #emily henry #sally rooney #adam silvera