#instructions for dancing

[wellhalesbells]

the thing that fucks me up about rereading instructions for dancing is trying to pinpoint when it is that derek becomes obsessed with stiles and realizing the answer seems to be always. from the beginning. the moment they met. that poor bastard. he probably should have tried to be a little nicer about it, though, saved them both some hardship.

I think it slides so quickly from fear and annoyance that Stiles will steal Scott away to 'Oh no, oh fuck,' I'm not even sure Derek knows himself. Poor guy hamstrung himself by starting out with the 'I'm going to scare him away' mentality then wondering where the hell that went and trying to find it again through almost every subsequent interaction (while something so much bigger and so much worse - Derek's Thoughts™ - completely eclipsed it). Meanwhile Stiles also helps cultivate Derek's dickish-ness by assuming that original motivation to be his only interest in him at all, essentially until the moment Derek tells him he's in love with him.

Which is hopefully why it seemingly comes out of left field for Stiles and the reader, because that's what I wanted.

#i mean you should definitely think: uh ohhh derek caught feeelings before that moment #but since it's stiles and scott pov - they are the bright spots in each other's worlds so they are the focus #and occasionally derek will come along and glow around the edges and distract stiles a bit but that's all he is - a momentary distraction #and he's still that when he finds out that scott may be stiles' bright spot but they don't want each other the way derek wants #and so he blurts out 'i'm in love with you' before someone else shows up to want the same way he does #and since we've been in stiles' head and only gotten to see the moments that define him and derek is in so few of those #he's COMPLETELY thrown for a loop because what do you mean?? how could derek be in love with him?? #how could stiles be all his defining moments and NOT know it y'know? #(because if you got instructions from derek's pov stiles wOULD BE so many of them) #and realizing they are in different places by a lot but not wanting that to mean they can't be anything more to each other says #'give me a chance to catch up' which in my mind is the only thing and the perfect thing #that was the very first scene i wrote for that fic actually - it changed almost ENTIRELY before the end but that line stayed the same #i just love the idea that you can be totally oblivious to something so defining for someone. that people can be such enigmas #inject that shit directly into my veins pls and thank you! #sorry i just love that dynamic so i can yammer on for DAYS about it lol #thank you for the ask and yeah you're pretty dead on about that haha #instructions for dancing #sterek #teen wolf #!ask

[slaughter-books]

Day 27: JOMPBPC: Rainbow Books

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷

#justonemorepage #jompbpc #rainbow books #we are lost and found #nate plus one #the lesbiana's guide to catholic school #this poison heart #today tonight tomorrow #instructions for dancing #afterglow #beautiful books #amazing authors #lgbt+ #dr. facilier #i love books

[haveyoureadthismgyabook]

#books #ya #realistic fiction #instructions for dancing #nicola yoon #poll

[ashturnedtomist]

It’s like when Mrs. Thompson said, “Because mothers take care of their children, not the other way around.”

And when Mitski said, “Mom, can you wash my back this once? And we can forget and I’ll leave what I’m chasing for the other girls to persue.”

Or maybe when Ladybird said, “But do you like me?”

Or quite possibly when Tori Spring said, “I don’t think my mom likes me very much.”

And what about when Conan Gray said, “I’m so good at telling lies that came from my mother’s side.”

Or maybe, just maybe when Annie Ernaux said, “I have searched for my mother’s love in all corners of the world.”

#instructions for dancing #mitski #class of 2013 #mom #im tired #can I dream for a few months more #lady bird #but do you like me #heartstopper #tori spring #conan gray #family line #scattered across my family line #annie ernaux #i remain in darkness #mommy issues #ash shower thoughts #nicola yoon

[starswhogaze]

"Love is the question and the answer and the reason to ask in the first place."

Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

#nicola yoon #she's such an amazing author #quotes #love #instructions for dancing

[caribeandthebooks]

Caribe's Young Adult Fiction TBR - Part 1

#highly suspicious and unfairly cute #talia hibbert #warrior girl unearthed #angeline boulley #the inheritance games #jennifer lynn barnes #instructions for dancing #nicola yoon #turtles all the way down #john green #eleanor & park #rainbow rowell #young adult fiction #book tumblr #booklr #bookblr #books #book blog #tbr jar #tbr list

[naileadevoras]

instructions for dancing by nicola yoon

how come it took me so long to notice how pretty you are? 

#instructions for dancing #nicola yoon #booklr #booklover #bookblr

[fangirl530]

You guys ever start reading a book and get to a point where you Know it is going to emotionally destroy you? But you can't put it down because you have to know what happens?

Yeah.

Anyway, I highly recommend Instructions for Dancing and Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon.

#Nicola Yoon #Everything Everything #Instructions for Dancing #I'm like a hundred pages from the end of Everything Everything #And I am so scared #but at this point whatever happens is worth it #book recommendation #first time posting about a book I'm reading and first time posting a (lowkey) book recommendation

[yourneighborhoodbibliophile]

🌼 Spring Scavenger Hunt 🌼

Thank you for the tag @therefugeofbooks, @maddiesbookshelves, @theinquisitxor, @appleinducedsleep, and @dauen! <3

A book that starts with S: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

A book with a bird on the cover: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

A book with an insect on the cover: I don’t own a book with an insect on the cover, so here’s a book with rabbits on the cover instead… Everyone in this Room Will Someday be Dead by Emily Austin

A book with flowers on the cover: Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

A book that takes place during spring: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Tagging anyone else who wants to do this! (If you do, tag me!)

#tag game with your friendly neighborhood bibliophile #tag game #booklr #bookblr #bookish #She Who Became the Sun #The Goldfinch #Everyone in this Room Will Someday be Dead #Instructions for Dancing #Never Let Me Go #book #books #bibliophile #your neighborhood bibliophile #your friendly neighborhood bibliophile

[just0nemorepage]

Instructions for Dancing || Nicola Yoon || 304 pages ---------------------------------------------------- Top 3 Genres: Romance / Young Adult / Contemporary

Synopsis: Evie Thomas doesn't believe in love anymore. Especially after the strangest thing occurs one otherwise ordinary afternoon: She witnesses a couple kiss and is overcome with a vision of how their romance began . . . and how it will end. After all, even the greatest love stories end with a broken heart, eventually.

As Evie tries to understand why this is happening, she finds herself at La Brea Dance studio, learning to waltz, fox-trot, and tango with a boy named X. X is everything that Evie is not: adventurous, passionate, daring. His philosophy is to say yes to everything--including entering a ballroom dance competition with a girl he's only just met.

Falling for X is definitely not what Evie had in mind. If her visions of heartbreak have taught her anything, it's that no one escapes love unscathed. But as she and X dance around and toward each other, Evie is forced to question all she thought she knew about life and love. In the end, is love worth the risk?

Publication Date: June 2021. / Average Rating: 4.03. / Number of Ratings: ~35,210.

#tbr tuesday #I haven't read this yet! #instructions for dancing #nicola yoon #300-399 pages #romance #young adult #contemporary #jomp original

[deiumjeito]

aesthetic | Instructions for Dancing - Nicola Yoon

#nicola yoon #books #aesthetic #instructions for dancing

[slaughter-books]

Day 24: JOMPBPC: Outdoors

A photo outdoors of the bisexual pride flag made out of books! ❤️

Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈

#justonemorepage #jompbpc #outdoors #bisexual pride #pride flag #happy pride 🌈 #the hate u give #thug #angie thomas #because you love to hate me #ameriie #instructions for dancing #nicola yoon #the silver arrow #lev grossman #the crane wife #patrick ness #beautiful books #amazing authors #lgbt+ #pretty flowers #i love books

[trucidotempus]

The book of love is long and boring

No one can life the damn thing

It's full of charts and facts and figures

And instructions for dancing

But I

I love it when you read to me

And you

You can read me anything

— The Magnetic Fields, "The Book of Love"

#instructions for dancing #nicola yoon #book quotes #love

[park-king-lot]

I made a playlist for Instructions for Dancing. These songs certainly reminded me of the feelings I felt in the book. Kindly give it a listen!

#instructions for dancing #nicola yoon #romance #books #Spotify

[klainesheilen]

starting to read Villette by Charlotte Bronte and you know what that means? Rom-Com summer break is over, time to get back to my academic readings. Yet I want to share some of my thoughts with you on the books I have read in the last 3ish weeks

started with A Witch's Guide to Fake Date a Demon by Sarah Hawley AND I HAVE EATEN THIS SHIT UP. The main reason why I have got it is simply because it was for 99 cents and I thought the idea of a romance between a witch and a demon being something unique. This book made me laught out loud, can't remember the last time a book made me do that. It's helerious, I really enjoyed the other plot going, found the characters so loveable (the ones who derserve it lol, iykyk). My only issue with this book is the fake dating aspect. I see the reasening, but once I hit a point in the story where I was wondering "Why are we still calling it fake dating?" it wasn't doing it for me anymore. Maybe it's a me thing, but still a strong 4 star read for me !

next I read was Practice makes Perfect by Sarah Adams and this was a huge side eye, criminal offensive side eye. Maybe my bar was too high after AWGtFDaD, but what was that? I couldn't feel the chemistry. Everytime one of them drifted off in their thoughts and thought something sexuell - how did I get here? The only reason I kept on was that I updated my bf after like each chapter how and why these characters (and even the whole small town) pissed me on. Two stars for me.

I have dnfed Something Wild and Wonderful by Anita Kelly. I liked the new setting, found one of the characters a little cringe but both still loveable. At 13% I got the feeling that this will be more of sad story and I wasn't in the mood for that. Hope to pick it up again one day (:

With Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon I have hit book #400 of my alltimes reads. I wasn't the target audience, so I was cringing at some moments and at the writing style. Again, would have loved it more if I was younger, because the message is so good for young people and their first heart break, but for me, an adult who been there was there, it was a nice quick (two days !!) read. The adult in me gives it 3 stars and the (pre) teen 4 !

Lastly I have read It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey. This one was a little rollercoaster for me. The beginning was so good, usually I have a problem with spoiled characters, but Piper was still true to herself that reading about her was so fun! The dynamic she has with Brendan LOVE! But once it's clear that they have a crush on each other it has put me into a slump. Everytime I had to force myself to pick the book up and keep on and once I did so I liked it, tho I got the feeling that the plot stretched itself. At like 80% I was so fucking close to dnf it. Not that I disliked the conflict, I just got so triggered by it. Can you tell that I have some personal stuff going on lately? Anyway, I finished it yesterday and gave it four stars, but now I'm thinking to go a little down with my rating, because of the reading slump it has put me in

#bookblr #books #book review #a witch's guide to fake dating a demon #practice makes perfect #something wild and wonderful #sarah adams #sarah hawley #Anita Kelly #romance book #romance books #romcom #summer reads #it happened one summer #instructions for dancing #nicola yoon #Tessa Bailey

[thegirlandthewardrobe]

Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

~4/5 Heart-warming stars⭐

This book ripped my heart out and then put it back together again😭 Let me start by saying I ADORE Nicola Yoon's writing, and her books always leave me with the biggest book hangover, but in the best way possible. Evie Thomas' life has recently been turned upside down, all thanks to her parents' recent divorce. We watch as she goes from spending every waking moment fantasizing about romance and love, to ditching her entire romance novel collection in hopes of ridding her life of love for good (Evie and I might be one in the same at this point LMAO). Long story short, some things happen and Evie realizes that when she sees a couple kiss, their ENTIRE love story flashes before her eyes. Like start to finish y'all....In a last minute attempt to figure out what the hell is happening to her, she stops by the world's cutest dance studio, owned by an equally cute (and still very in love) older couple. Here enters Xavier, or "X" as he goes by, which ummm, how HOT is that???? Who is also the lead singer in a rock band, which is equally as swoon-worthy, and remember that cute old couple I mentioned? HIS GRANDPARENTS. Anyways, they team up and enter a dance competition (in order to save the dance studio of course) and accidentally😉 fall in love along the way. SO FREAKING CUTE. Young love at it's finest. If you're looking for a book that'll have you cheesin' the whole time, Instructions for Dancing is for you! Also, for those wondering why I docked a star.....it's simply because the ending broke my heart. Call me bitter.

*P.S. For all my freaky readers out there👀🌶️This is a CLEAN YA read, with basically no spice. Just throwin' that out there!*

As Always,

Happy Reading❤️

#book reviews #book blog #book recommendations #book suggestions #book recs #romance books #fiction books #books #goodreads #instructions for dancing #nicola yoon #contemporary romance #ya romance #young adult books #ya books #teen reads #teen romance