#idk anyways. good book i recommend

[kurtcore]

i just want to learn forever

#im gonna be so sad when i graduate :( #i mean i plan to go up to a phd lol #but im taking a year out before my masters #and ik its gonna be hard to kinda conduct my own learning #esp bc not being a student means i lose access to the library and jstor and all these academic journals and sites etc #idk why im gettjng emotional rn lmao? #just reading a book for one of my modules #(we are all completely beside ourselves by karen joy fowler) #and thinking abt how much this module has influenced my thinking #and really like. opened up a whole new avenue of thought i didnt have before #like i view almost everything i read nowadays differently bc of what this module is teaching me #in terms of theory and social hierarchy and such #idk anyways. good book i recommend

[ravewing]

looks at the xmas tree with my neurodivergent eyes (i will actually lose it if i have to wait another day to open presents)

#i want to open them so bad #my whole xmas list was amrev + frev books and anomalocaris toys #this also reminded me to ask if anyone knows any good online autism tests #because all my friends and my mom think im autistic #i took the raads one #and i got 126 but i mean i dunno gang #idk if it means anything but i have like 132 iq or something too .. #anyways yes please recommend me good autism tests #wof #wings of fire #wof art #wof oc #xmas #christmas posting #christmas

[hauntedpearl]

The Black Flamingo, Dean Atta // 5.18

#doe is talking again #spn edit #i finished the black flamingo yesterday and it was SO GOOD and the book is in no way shape or form applicable to these white dudes #BUT #this one quote did strike me as a destiel thing so 🤷🏾‍♀️ #anyway i recommend the book so hard it's so so so goood #also edit is putting it so generously. what is this! idk. maybe web weave? #destiel

[cassmouse]

100 pages exactly into Paradise Rot, I'm over halfway through, I've only been reading it for like two days, and my only thoughts are 'what the fuck' and 'piss'

#I mean it's #indescribable #absolutely indescribable and idk if I mean that in a good way yet?? #I mean it has very very specific vibes and it's vaguely freaking me out at times with just how like #there's no word to describe it but it makes me squeamish and that's absolutely the point #but it's brilliant?? in kinda a weird hidden beautiful way?? #also these bitches gay like I'm sorry but none of this is straight behaviour #anyway #what the fuck indeed #I'm not going to lie. I wouldn't recommend this to many people #and it's fucking weird #but you know what?? I'm enjoying it #in a weird way #genuinely I have no words other than weird to describe any of this it's like #it's just the way it's written #I mean my lorddd lmao #and it's been TRANSLATED too like #that must've been a ride to translate #long story short #paradise Rot innit #fuckin weird but oddly brilliant in a way I think?? #will update #ALSO WTF IS WITH THIS BOOK AND URINE #I WAS GONNA DO A POST ABOUT IT AT ONLY THIRTY PAGES IN BUT THEN DIDNT AND NOW #100 PAGES AND I MEAN IT EVEN MORE #LKKE #WHAT #anyway lmfao #bookblr #paradise rot

[ventiswampwater]

top three “yikes the girls are goin thru it”-books

sharp objects by gillian flynn 🔪

wilder girls by rory power 🌿

we have always lived in the castle by shirley jackson 🪦

#feat. the editions that I wish I owned jfdhjhfdjhdsf #I have that edition of wilder's girls!! but only the mass market paperback of sharp objects #and most tragically. the penguin's classics edition of whalitc. I'LL GET MY HANDS ON THAT COVER EVENTUALLY jhdsjhsdfj #anyways. whatever!!! I love all these books sm and have reread them multiple times #heavy recommendations for all of em!!!! #if I can get back on a consistent reading schedule I'd love to start doin mini reading wrap-ups on here. #idk! I used to do that on my ancient old blog and it was p fun #I started The Troop by Nick Cutter on the plane a couple weeks ago and got about halfway thru before we landed #and I was enjoying it? enjoying it is a weird word to describe the reading experience. hdsjhdsfj it's just misery MISERY PAIN AWFUL #but it was good. I need to pick it back up and finish it lmao #I'm so OOOH SQUIRREL these days ndsfjhfdsjhfds so we'll see about that #sam speaks

[astrxealis]

really want to read more and more literature (esp classics!) aghhhh yesterday iirc i was on a walk with my mom and twin and an old guy (not a weirdo dw) who was jogging or walking too actually asked what book i was carrying and it's a little funny bcs uhm he just went "oh a classic!" you see. i was carrying dante's inferno. which i still haven't properly started to read but anyways he might... if my mom is right... be the local parish guy so oopsies !! LMAO anyways yeah really interested in lovecraft for a while now! horror scares me and gives me paranoia but i also enjoy the writing of it? and i remember once that something/someone said my writing is kinda similar to his. hm.

#⋯ ꒰ა starry thoughts ໒꒱ *·˚ #i never talk about literature here but hi i grew up reading books and i really love literature. both fiction and non-fiction! admittedly i #less prefer modern books because i prefer classics and all that? and i kinda fucking hate people who only like boring and/or famous #literature lmfao fuck you but anyways putting my bitterness aside! arthur conan doyle with 'sherlock' of course & 'a dream within a dream' #dazai with 'no longer human' is something i think i'll really enjoy reading one day as well and hmm #i never properly read 'lord of the rings' despite my relative having the books and i borrowed it once? but didn't make the time to actually #read it unfortunately :(( 'the great gatsby' is something i also have yet to read and then jane austen's works! #and then. louisa may alcott ... i asked my mom right now about her books that we have/had and i did not fucking know we had #'little women' all this time holy shit. i remember reading 'a modern cinderella' but also i am unsure now... but yeah. that/those too! #shakespeare's works are of course a must-read hehe we do have 'the tempest' and i've read a couple of his works but only a little bit #either based off the knowledge i just. know. or for school back then! but yeah. you probably know his works already lmao <3 #and then uhmm 'phantom of the opera' we have now as well! bought it alongside yk. 'the tempest' 'inferno' 'paradise lost & regained' #a few months ago but tbh i haven't made it very far in reading any of them yet but i really want to sometime! and learn more guitar! #and get back to playing piano and also finish and play more games but anyways. yes. #george orwell's books! we have a few if i'm not mistaken (love my family fr) i really want to read them. my dad keeps recommending #his works for us to read. especially 'animal farm' but i've heard '1984' is really good. i also really want to read more of narnia! #only ever read the first book and wow it meant a lot to me tbh? with. growing up and all. and then i read a bit of another book hmm. #'to kill a mockingbird' was something i have wanted to read since i read 'the hunger games' as a kid because i for some reason connected #the two in a way because of the word mockingbird. and then uh other books that i don't think are as... classics. idk what are classics tbh. #BUT okay yeah i still haven't read 'a monster calls' but i know it made my twin and mom cry! and then 'the fault in our stars' we have but #i also haven't read it... haven't read the witcher books either and then george r. r. martin's stuff. tbf i'm not an adult yet so lmfao. #'the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy' i know my dad really wants to read and i know my tita has it but i'm not completely sure if we have #it ourselves too now? but yeah. really interested in that book as well. and then i have yet to read 'frankenstein' and then i'd love to #reread books from my childhood from authors like roald dahl !! and then man i should read more from #neil gaiman ... i've read his short stories? and a book. or few. i can't really remember. #anyways. okay. running out of tags but i really love literature ..... <3 #also want to read more of modern literature tbh! the ones that are actually good tho <33

[crunchycrystals]

love when i start recognizing audiobook narrators

#crunchyposts #books #this is about michael crouch who keeps doing coming of age ya queer books #this is also about rebecca soler whose name sounded familiar so i went and checked their storygraph page and jesus #ive read a lot of audiobooks from them #like they do all of marissa meyers books (ive only heard the audiobooks for stars above and fairest but they do all of them) #they did sadie which was such an incredible audiobook experience shout out for that specifically #they did the rest of the story by sarah dessen too which i def recognized their voice from #the narration was p good there too it was a vibe to read during the summer #they did caraval which i hated listening to lol but not bc of the narration #actually just earlier i looked at old reviews i made for books and i specifically said i liked the narration in caraval sometimes despite #not liking the book lol #last book example so rebecca soler did the nimona audiobook #idk which character bc its got multiple narrators but that audiobook slaps if you have the comic in front of you #its full cast its got sound effects its great highly recommend #anyways. audiobook narrator appreciation #a good narrator/ good audiobook can really enhance the experience shout out to sadie and a good girls guide to murder #opposite of a shout out to the death on the nile narrator which i hated lol great book though

[fractallogic]

There’s a BookTuber I’m subscribed to now and she’s so sweet. Like we have fundamentally different priorities (she didn’t immediately get a library card upon moving to a new city??? She hasn’t visited all of the indie bookstores near her, just B&N???), but she’s so cute and so happy and has such an interesting way of doing the parasocial relationships on her videos. CHARMING.

#my taste overlaps with hers on maybe (MAYBE) 1/3-1/2 of the books she’s excited about #but still. #it’s so interesting to also see the influence of pop culture and BookTok and goodreads reviews on what she reads #like it’s so fascinating to me that a book can’t just sound interesting to be bought on one of her bookstore blogs #it has to be interesting AND a recommendation #or interesting AND have good goodreads reviews #the first one: fair #the second one idk! maybe it’s just the books I read or my own taste #but a lot of the time I just don’t like the books that a lot of people adore on goodreads #also I can very much relate to her thought process that she talks about while discussing her haul #of when she buys multiple books by a new author (or is tempted to) #‘nope let’s read ONE and see if we like it first’ #or wanting to be a well-rounded reader so reading books that are popular but out of your comfort zone #or like a good library has the classics #side note: why are the B&N signature classics so BEAUTIFUL now #BACK IN MY DAY THEY LOOKED REALLY BORING #the sameness was definitely good for branding but GAH #anyway. it’s a shame I’m trying to set my sleep schedule to rights #because it means I can’t scare myself by reading horror and then soothe myself with tv #unfortunate.

[aroaessidhe]

2022 reads // twitter thread        

Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster

YA contemporary about an aspiring music photographer who needs a date to her sister's quinceañera

dealing with a crush on her best friend, ex boyfriend, and the new girl in town

and trying to figure out her feelings while preserving her friendships

#Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster #aroaessidhe 2022 reads #also recommend! #i think the best friend relationship was concluded a liiiitle weirdly #like i actually love the concept of 'my friendship feelings for you are just as strong as romantic feelings and i got confused' #(bc romance isn't more important than friendship) #but the way it was a bit entangled with 'straight girl experimenting/messing with my feelings'...idk #i think it's funny how her 'big secret i have to tell her so our relationship isn't a lie' is just. hvaing a private instagram art project #where she talks about her feelings. girl it's no different from a diary except a couple other people r seeing it.... #i mean i know teenagers r like that and also i'd prefer that than some other actually bad plot point written in #i don't. get why it's a big deal though? it' a private account which i assume meant it had no followers #but they keep saying 'telling the whole internet' #writing down your feelings about people to figure out your feelings seems like a perfectly normal healthy thing to do #anyway neither of these are massive criticisms its a good book just my specific thoguhts LOL

[j-esbian]

thinking about the time i was criticizing a male fantasy author for not including many female characters (and all but one were incredibly generic) and people were really like "be nice to the author, he's said he doesn't know many women in real life :/" like. yeah i can tell

#mine #delete later #cause im not trying to start shit #it was on tiktok so like all of that tracks lmao. i dont know if that's even true but if so. INSANE. #idk what made me think of this #but my dude if youre in your 40s thats not an excuse #tbh i feel like the book in question would have been completely forgettable and id just kind of roll my eyes and move on #if not for the fact that people whose taste i trust!!!!! recommended it!!!! #like what the fuck. the betrayal #like im still driving myself crazy thinking about it years later and trying to figure out what i'm missing #honestly could not say if the rest of the book was good bc imo the way the narration treated the female characters was too distracting #'this one is Mom. that's her whole personality.' #'this one is the hot older woman but she likes me anyway bc im the specialest smartest boy in school. #it's weird cause there's barely any women at this school anyway. she even tried to seduce me but im too in love with Main Love Interest' #'this one is the Main Love Interest and she's so pretty and sexy everyone wants to be with her. she has a tragic secret past #she wont tell me why but we cant be together and she also spends most of the book seducing other men. But I Know She Doesnt Mean It #i will learn her secret and wear her down so we can be together because we vibed pretty well a few years ago' #and then there's the cRaZy OnE #and that's it. those are the only female characters #apparently the last one has gotten her own book. maybe that's what people praise this guy for? but i am not willing to give it a chance lol #p****** r******* meet me in the pit

[plztumb1rhelpmegetoveranxiety]

I was having a bit of a time and you popped into my notes and it made me feel better :)

Idk, I just wanted to spread a bit of positively, everything sucks rn :(

ANON I AM THROWING SO MUCH (/P) LOVE AT YOU RIGHT NOW!!!!! EVERYTHING FUCKING SUCKS THAT'S TRUE, AND I COME HERE TO CHEER UP TOO, SO PLEASE KNOW THIS POSITIVITY WORKED AND MADE ME FEEL BETTER 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

#ILYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY /P 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 #PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF YOU ARE SO IMPORTANT AND SO WONDERFUL!!!!!!! #ALSO IF YOU'RE A MINOR LIKE ME AND PROBABLY CAN'T DO MUCH BC OF IT PLEASE DO NOT PUT THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON YOUR SHOULDERS!!!!! #IDK IF YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THAT ISSUE AND I DOUBT IT BUT I'M COVERING ALL MY BASES HERE AND BY THE TIME YOU'RE DONE READING THESE TAGS #I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU FEEL A BIT COMFORTED SO I'M TRYING MY BEST #I RECOMMEND MAYBE TAKING A GOOD BOOK AND READING IN THE SUN FOR A FEW HOURS #I'VE RECENTLY BEEN JUST DOING THINGS LIKE PLAYING PKMN CAFE OR READING OR PLAYING WITH PETS OUTSIDE AND IT'S BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL FOR ME!!! #:D!!!!!!!!! #IK ''TOUCH GRASS'' IS OFTEN AN INSULT ON HERE BUT EVERYONE NEEDS TO TOUCH GRASS IT FUCKIN RULES!!!!!! #RECENTLY I'VE SPENT MULTIPLE 5-20MIN INTERVALS A DAY LAYING FACE DOWN IN THE SUN ON WOODCHIPS AL NAPSTABLOOK STYLE #LIKE I'M OUT HERE LAYING IN THE SUN LIKE ''HOLY SHIT THIS FUCKING RULES??? DO PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS???? DO THEY KNOW THIS IS SO GOOD????'' #💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 #ANYWAYS ILY TY FOR THIS ASK :3!!!!!! /p #anon #asks

[guideaus]

i need to read more, too, bc i also have asoiaf and witcher books, and i can imagine i probably dont feel the same as when i first bought them lol

#personal #i'd need to reread tho and see #i think got is worse than asoiaf #and witcher unfortunately was smth that shouldve been improved upon w a reboot... but lauren whatever was just. #like sapkowski was absolutely a cishet white conservative polish man writing in the 90s #anyways this is probably a post for my other blog but god #someone give me the strength to reread and then decide #also recommend good books to replace them w lol #books would definitely be harder to replace but idk

[hauntedpearl]

life can be so stupid sometimes, and then you read an emma mills novel 🥹🩷

#the thing is. she writes YA contemporaries has a simplistic writing style and is overall. the kind of writer. #i don't veer towards #but then i read her books and it's like. meeting these lovely characters and being transported into. this. ideal version of young adulthood #and also she's just. REALLY FUN AND FUNNY #like laugh out loud funny #and she will hit you in the feels bc shes just so good at. getting to thr core of these kids' vulnerabilities #and idk idk aahhhhhhhh #it's like. sometimes you just need to take a little break from experiencing the horrors i think <3333 #would not recommend that you read her books back to back or anything like that tho bc like. they're kind of similar vibes #similar characters themes etc #anyway. OUGH. EMMA MILLSSSSS #i was feeling so weird and detached and this is helping 🥰🥰🥰🥰 #doe talks books

[xcziel]

oooops i forgot

tuesday new releases for november 14:

patrick rothfuss novella the narrow road between desires (same size as slow regard of silent things)

david baldacci has new thriller the edge

mitch albom novel about the lives of three holocaust survivors little liar

new novel from michael cunningham day

a return to the time-travel cafe: before we say goodbye by toshikazu kawaguchi author of before the coffee gets cold, english translation by geoffrey trousselot

elizabeth crook's western sequel to the which way tree, the madstone

harmony new book of poetry from whitney hanson

jacquelyn mitchard's new familial drama a very inconvenient scandal

.just once new christian fiction by karen kingsbury

letters of j.r.r. tolkien edited and selected by humphrey carpenter with assistance by christopher tolkien

rush drummer geddy lee's new memoir my effin' life

johnny cash: the life in lyrics with mark stielper

the night parade: a speculative memoir by jami nakamura lin

a woman i know: female spies, double identities, and a new story of the kennedy assasination by filmmaker mary haverstick

city on mars by kelly and zach weinersmith (good non-fiction gift for those who like the martian and laughing at elon mushk)

tomlin: the soul of a football coach by john harris

entangled life: illustrated edition by martin sheldrake - new gorgeous hardcover for the mushroom and fungi fans

core of an onion another micro-history - with recipes - from michael kurlansky, author of cod and salt

new leather gifting style black cover of 48 laws of power: special powers edition

the bill gates problem the myth of the good billionaire by tim schwab

the money kings by daniel schulman

new hardcover collector editions of madeline miller's circe and anthony doerr's all the light we cannot see

also new romance collector hardcovers of archer's voice by mia sheridan and one last stop by casey mcquiston

star wars the eye of darkness a high republic novel by george mann

the marvel multiverse role-playing game core rulebook is out now

the upcycled self by tariq 'black thought' trotter

political books 😔:

network of lies about fox news by brian stelter

biography mitt romney a reckoning by mckay coppins

mike pence's advice(?) book go home for dinner

tired of winning by jonathan karl about trump and the gop

#tuesday new releases #juggling dr appointments is getting to me - there's a reason i tell them i don't want to schedule anything during 'holiday' #it's been rainy and cool here and thus work has been bonkers bc people have nothing better to do #than shopping and hanging out with a warm beverage - plus the kids will be entertained #i swear ecery time tge weather gets 'wintery' our business goes up bc people like feeling as though they're in a movie #and bustling around wearing sweaters and jackets while carrying armfuls of shopping and packages just 'feels right' #or something #but we were not staffed to be busy like december at the current time and i am so tired (and sore) #lots of literary bio/memoirs this year for some reason mcmurtry bradbury orwell now tolkien #i wonder if i could offer gifting advice just based on new stuff? #like i cannot tell you what's a 'good' book bc tastes vary so much but if you want suggestions based on someone's interests #i'd be happy to look out for new books they won't have already read #hardcovers seem to realky be getting a push this year - idk if it's to make up for printing costs going up #or if this is just the first real wave of 'back to business post-pandemic' - publishing moves sloowly most of the time y'all #i will say that if you like fungi or birds or stuff about space or unique memoirs this is a banner year #i'm recommending the hidden language of cats to everyone who has the slightest interest lol #but like if you want military memoirs they're thinner on the ground for example #anyway feel free to ask me about new stuff - i am the last person to tell you if this vs that historical romance is better #but i'm okay at pointing out new arrivals you might never have noticed on your own

[transbuck]

would you rather live inside the last movie you watched or the last tv show you watched?

hmm well. last movie i watched was The World's End (again) and the last tv show was Black Books (british sitcom from the early 2000s) so i'm definitely going to go Black Books bc i would prefer to not live in a post apocalyptic wasteland and instead live on a street with a bitchy bookseller and his friends :)

sleepover saturday :)

#also if you have not seen black books before i do recommend #its a good time #very ridiculous #slight spoilers for the world's end but yknow #its been out since 2013 #CHRIST #i saw that in theatres #first movie i saw by myself i think #or maybe that was pacrim #idk they came out the same year whatever #anyway #yeah #the worlds end fantastic movie terrible world to live in lol #thank you kirby!!!! #ask game #sleepover saturday

[sunjoys]

just finished the eighth life and um im in tears 🙏 good book 👍

#BOOK EIGHT BRILKA IM SCREAMING #it's just soooo . Good. my opinion might change as I calm down and think more but like #the ending was perfect the writing+translation was sublime #generational sagas (this is only the 3rd I've read but there's a bunch in my tbr) just feel soo special and the narrative framing of this #one is so lovely <3 it's framed as a letter to the narrators niece and its a history of their family #at times the historical parts were confusing (the use of nicknames like little big man for historical figures esp) but thats more on me #bc I don't know much abt grorgian history or even soviet history in detail #but the scope of the book and the style was perfect I think. idk. #anyway. I recommend it if you think you can get through a 900 page book that's Big in more ways than one #and also very intense and sometimes dark bc sometimes life is intense and dark !! #books