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rphelperblog · 2 years

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Again But Better Quote Rp Meme

@xtinemay1920 is a fabulous person who wrote this romantic comedy with a time travel aspect. A coming of age story about family and finding your story in a world were sweet moments still linger. Have you ever wanted to go back and make some changes? She has two books. Some things may be edited for pronoun or rp purposes, but please please check it out or show her some love

“It’s weird how we have to get a little older to realize that people are just people. It should be obvious, but it’s not.”

“You're bolder than before.”

“Interesting name for a woman.”

“This is for all the teens/young adults/adults who feel like they’ve been left behind. You’re not behind. You have time to find yourself and love and adventure. It’s all out there, and when you’re ready to push yourself out of your comfort zone and look for it, you’ll find it.”

“It’s called ‘All Too Well.’ And it’s beautiful. I love the words and the pictures they paint and the way it always tears at my heart. Do you know it?”

“Is there anything more attractive than a boy doing dishes?”

“Where there’s a nickname there’s a bond.”

“Well, things inspire me and make me happy and feel more understood … if I can give that to someone else by recommending my things, I want to.”

“So—why didn’t something happen?”

Because of me. Because I let fear make decisions for me. Because I’ve chosen to let the world push me around instead of pushing my way through the world.”

“You have this one life. How do you want to spend it? Apologizing? Regretting? Questioning? Hating yourself? Dieting? Running after people who don't see you?Be brave. Believe in yourself. Do what feels good. Take risks. You have this one life. Make yourself proud.”

“I’ve been trying to make you happy for six years now, hoping somehow that would make me happy too, but I don’t think it’s working. You’re not really happy with me because I’m not happy with you because I’m not happy with me.”

“The young women in all the YA books I loved were high-school age. By eighteen, the majority of them had saved the world, not to mention: kissed people, traveled, been in a relationship, had sex. At twenty I felt like a pathetic, unaccomplished, uncultured, virgin grandma. It sounds like a joke now, but at the time, around all these people my age casually discussing all of the above, I felt so small.”

“I so badly wanted to read a coming of age story about someone who was 20. Someone who was still finding themselves and struggling with becoming an adult even after they hit the double decade mark.”

“Harry Potter heals all.”

“Yeah, as in, lamppost will be our always.”

“My family has been pestering me about the existance of a boyfriend every few months for the last seven years. How could I not be thinking about it? I've been fine by myself these past million years, but I want to know what's it like to have someone care about me that way. To put their arms around me from behind. I don't want this Achilles' Heel.”

“I watched all six seasons of Lost that summer after study abroad, and they were fantastic.”

My heart slunk further down into its metaphorical chair”

“Unfortunately, I’m allergic to finding a buddy .”

#open to all #open to anyone #open rp #ask meme #open meme #open to anybody #rp meme #ask prompt #roleplay meme #memes #christine riccio #polandbananasbooks #booklr #booktube #again but better #romance

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allysonkgirl · 2 years

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I love them but I also can’t breathe

#christine riccio #xtinemay #polandbananasbooks #tashapolis #Natasha polis #Kat o’keefe #Jesse George #jessethereader #booktube #books #katytastic #Booktuber

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bookishjules · 1 year

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so christine riccio (aka polandbananasbooks) of booktube fame.. did not know what secrets of blackthorn hall was. and I just.. explained it to her in the comments of her most recent tiktok about chot... I don't know how to express how incredibly backwards this feels O.o

#its gotta be backwards day right???#like ????#i was wondering why i never saw any content about it from her!! but also she like KNOWS cassie like shes done multiple interviews with her #i ... am baffled #sobh

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ebookporn · 2 years

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IS BOOKTOK CHANGING THE WAY WE TALK ABOUT BOOKS?

by Addison Rizer

With Goodreads, BookTube, Bookstagram, and the #LitTwit community on Twitter, bookworms have been talking about books on social media for years. With BookTok’s recent emergence into the scene of bookish social media, especially with how impactful it has been on the sales of books both new and old, it got me wondering how the platform has changed the way we talk about books.

Do we use different terms for book recommendations or reviews than we did ten years ago? Do we ask for different types of books, or just ask differently? I decided to find out.

Before we can see any new trends in how we talk about and recommend books, first we’ve got to go back. To get a sense of how readers chatted about books before TikTok arrived, I went back to some BookTube channels you’ll probably recognize if you were in the community in its early years: PeruseProject and polandbananasBOOKS.

Looking back at their videos from eight and ten years ago, it’s fairly easy to see the similarities between their content at the time. Book hauls, wrap-ups, TBRs, tags, unhauls, and single-book reviews are the vast majority of what they posted. And they aren’t the only ones. If you look back at the early days videos of jessethereader or The Booktube Girl or abookutopia, you’ll see fairly similar content when they joined the community.

#booktok #social media marketing #book marketing #book publishing #authors #writers #librarians #booksellers

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perksofbeingbennie · 1 year

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Ignore my cats hair on the blanket 🐈 I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to take a photo of this book with my blanket. The purple rose almost looks just like the cover 📖

The book: because you love to hate me

Description: 13 authors team up with 13 influential book tubers to reimagine villains stories, feelings that we ones love to hate, now turned into something different characters that can be related to respected and even understood by their questioning morals.

Authors:

Renée Ahdieh

Ameriie

Soman Chainani

Susan Dennard

Sarah Enni

Marissa Meyer

Cindy Pon

Victoria Schwab

Samantha Shannon

Adam Silvera

Andrew Smith

April Genevieve Tuchholke

Nicola Yoon

Book YouTubers:

Benjamin Alderson (Benjamin of tomes)

Sasha Alsberg (a book utopia)

Whitney Atkinson (whittynovels)

Tina Burke ( Christina reads YA and the lid gables)

Catriona Feeny ( little book owl)

Jesse George (Jesse the reader)

Zoë Herdt (readbyZoe)

Samantha Lane (thoughts on tomes)

Sophia lee (the book basement)

Raeleen Lemay(padfootandprongs07)

Regan Perusse (PeruseProject)

Christine Riccio (polandbananasBOOKS)

Steph Sinclair and Kat Kennedy (cuddlebuggery)

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adiarosefandoms · 3 years

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Today in Fandom History: August 4

Fandom: Actors/Models/Fashion/Pop Culture

August 4, 1962 Marilyn Monroe passed away. Actress, model, major fashion icon, and singer, she is one of those celebrities that everyone has heard of. As identifiable by name as she is in her white dress standing over the air vent or the pink mermaid dress in Gentleman Prefer Blondes. She died just at age 36 through an overdose of sleeping pills, though it is unknown whether that was intentional or not. This cultural phenomenon still remains an icon in pop culture. Above that, she is said to have been a lovely and generous person. Far too often underestimated as nothing more than a blonde bombshell, she was a genuine, non materialistic, and interesting person. May she rest in peace.

I just wanted to write a little footnote in here about Christine Riccio. August 4, 1981 Christine Riccio was born. She is the author of Again, but Better and Better Together. Though she is probably best known on her bookish channel polandbananasbooks. It may be my favorite YouTube channel, she does book reviews, skits, games, and more. I honestly love all the material she creates and I really recommend you check out her channel and/or books.

#today in fandom history #Marilyn monroe #Christine Riccio #Polandbananasbooks #Polandbananas #Actor #Model #Fashion #Gentleman Prefer Blondes #Classic Movies

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evaenatici · 4 years

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ranking young adult books everyone read in like 2014

#booktube #bookblr #young adult #ya #the fault in our stars #harry potter #twilight #the hunger games #fangirl #throne of glass #turtles all the way down #a court of thorns and roses #anna and the french kiss #polandbananasbooks #six of crows #since youve been gone #we were liars

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evviews · 4 years

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Review of ‘Again, but Better’ by Christine Riccio

Shane Primaveri is the girl I never thought I would be but am, and the girl I want to be but am not yet, at the same time. Departing for London for a semester, Shane is determined to get a fresh start on her college experience. The first few semesters went by too quickly, with a lack of friends, fun, and a serious lack of action in the boyfriend department. London seems to hold the key to a new and better experience. A cute guy who enjoys spending time with her, a fantastic internship, and fabulous friends. What could go wrong? A lot. Desperate to make the most of her life, Shane may have to believe in the unbelievable in order to fix her mistakes and experience Europe again, but better.

Christine Riccio’s debut novel is not something to be dismissed as “another YouTuber writing a book.” After devoting her life, and career to reading and reviewing books, it should come as no surprise that Riccio manages to write with the experience and wisdom of a seasoned writer. The beginning of the story may leave something to be desired, but it is made up for about fifty pages in and you’ll never look back. I simply could not put this book down, and devoured it all in one four hours sitting.

Riccio developed a fully fleshed three-dimensional young college woman who is struggling to figure out what she wants to do with her life. She tackles the difficulty of trying to be the girl your parents want you to be, and trying to be who you want to be without burning bridges. She tackles how things work in the real-world vs the safety net of school. And she tackles the magic of first loves against the reality of balancing a relationship with your own life. But Shane is not the only character that you will grow to love through this read. Riccio has packed her novel with loveable and complicated side characters who you wish for the ending to bring happiness just as much as you hope for Shane.

Admittedly this book demonstrates Riccio’s love for Young Adult and coming of age stories, so if you’re looking for a more adult read, this may not be for you. The writing style is not overly complex, and very easy to follow, as is the story itself. It can be cheesy at times, but it makes up for it in charm and a well-developed sense of humor. The formula is not anything to write home about, but Riccio does manage to sneak in a few welcome surprises that kept me engrossed until the very last page.

I thoroughly enjoyed devouring this book, and I am absolutely going to give it a second read. Though at times the character felt almost a little bit uncomfortably relatable for me, I could not help but fall in love with her and see her through to the end of her amazing journey. Picking up Again, but Better will not leave you disappointed. While a sequel is not being planned, Riccio is working on a new novel coming out Spring of 2021 and I am anxious to open that book.

Overall rating: 4/5 platypuses

Reread rating: 5/5 platypuses

Writing: 3/5 platypuses

Characters: 4/5 platypuses

Plot rating: 4/5 platypuses

Link to my goodreads account: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3315138077

#again but better #polandbananasbooks #christine riccio #polandbananas20 #reading #english major #bibliophile #writing #book reviews #books #YA #Young Adult

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studyphanetzz · 4 years

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Some books I finally picked up recently. I hope these won't gather dust in my unending tbr pile.

#ransom riggs #miss peregrines #heypat #books and cookies #books #hollow city #jessethereader #emmmabooks #clockwork reader #readbyzoe #polandbananasbooks #christine riccio #jesse george #hannah #zoe herdt

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colescorner · 4 years

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Just finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and immediately went to YouTube to watch @polandbananasbooks booktalk because I found her videos shortly after discovering @cassandraclare which got me into reading for pleasure. What a great start to my vacation 😁📖

#books #booklr #reading #blogger #reader #bookblogger #harry potter and the deathly hallows #harry potter #j.k. rowling #xtinemay #polandbananasbooks #book talk

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livcosmos · 4 years

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AGAIN BUT BETTER booktalk

THIS WAS SOOOOOOO AMAZING!!!!!!!! This book was all I ever wanted/needed and more I love it with all my hearth and it is by far my favourite book! If you haven’t read it yet plese do!!!

First of all I want to say that I am incredebly proud of Christine, I have been watching her videos for years and I watched her write this book in her writing videos and reading it now I feel like a proud mum! I expected it to be good but I never imagined that it would be THAT GOOD, I want to thank her for giving me this story, it means so much to me and I am more than thankfull.

I wanted to read this book the second it came out but I couldn’t because I had so much to do for school at that time and than other thins came around I wanted to read it when I was completly realxed, when I could enjoy to the fullest. And now I know that I didn’t got to read it than becau I was meant to read it NOW. Back when it was released, I hadn’t been to Rome and Paris yet and now that I have I related even more to the book because I also viseted all the places they went to. I think the universe just wanted me to read it now because now I needed it the most. I think that was a smooth introducton, I am now going more into deatal because there is so so much I want to say, I took so many notes while reading because I didn’t wanted to forget anything. I wasn’t sure and I still am if I realy want to post this because this book means so much to me and I don’t want to ruin anything by laying all my thoughts into a text but I just watched the q & a she posted about the book and I mean she would never read this but say she would somehow I want her to know that she has done so much for me with this book!

So lets start from the beginning... I related so much with Shane trough the entire book, it was like reading my own thoughts, I have never ever related to a character more than her. She said this I would say and did things I would do not to start with her thoughts I don’t now it sounds silly but as Christine said in the q & a video I felt like I was the character in the book and it was both scary and nice, well more nice than scary because I could watch Shane grow and come out of her comfort zone and do all this thins showing me that it is possible and it makes me want to do thins too. It was just ahhhhh so so good and sooo beautiful!!! Words and in genral this text don’t do justice to what I feel and what I felt about this story.

Especially in the beginning when Shane started doing those little thins like asking that stranger to take a picture, I was so proud of her for having the courage to do it because I often don’t and I was so proud of her every time she did those little things not to mention the big ones like finally talking to Pilot about her feelings.

There were so many paralles to my own life in this book that yet again made me think even more that this book is for me and not only the fact that I related so much to Shane and the Rome and Paris things it was just everything!

One of the things I loved most about it were all the refrences about books, music, movies, Tv shows, youtube... all the references, they made me so happy, everytime I understood a refrence I was totaly freaking out with excitement! Especially the one with her Professor’s name, Blackstairs like I died it was the best thing!

And the jokes god the jokes I was laughing out loud so many times! I can’t say it often enough, it was just perfect everything I wanted in one book!

Obviosly I loved that most of the book took place in London cause I love London and it is a place very close to my heart but the traveling they did, GOD I looooovvvveeeee traveling so much and when they were just like spontanusly deciding to go somewhere it made me not only happy but I want that too I want to just say that I want to go to that or that place and just do it! And the photos they took and the fun they had like I was genunly crying seeing them having so much fun, there is such a beautiful exciting and lovely experence to go travel with your friends and take fotos and have fun! Those times are the ones I love looking back at. When I think about the happyest moments in my life I imediatly think about the times I was traveling, disovering a new citiy taking fotos and evrything.... SOOOO GOOOOODD

I loved Babe and I loved that they were such good friends and I loved that she was so passionat about Disney and that her dream job was to work at Disney World like how often do you see that!!! That is so incredebly cool!

In generall I really loved the whole group and how they spend time together! Shawednsday was the best thing! And I got so sad thowords the end of their semester when they didn’t had that much time to spend together where they kind of drifted away, the saddest part was when she sepend the spring brake alone that was hearthbreaking ( I am so glad she got the chance to do everything again and make it right)! Ah and I loved how Atticus and Sahra started reading the books Shane recomended that was so sweet! I would have loved tho to see a little more of Atticus and Sahra, Atticus seamed such an interesting character and I loved how he was the who tried to help Shane after what happened with her parents.

Pilot, lets talk about Pilot, the minute we met him I got all giddy, I like him, I love his name and I love that he writes music! I enjoyed his conversations with Shane so much, their deep talks and I loved him in Paris take two so so much and at the very end in Edinburgh like that was the sweetest thing ever but I have to say tho he was so frustrating sometimes! Like jkfgfkjhgkh it was sooo clear that he had fealings for Shane and I understand that it was complicated with Amy and I get that sometimes you don’t realy now what you want but bjhdsbchsd and than when the time travel happend I understood that he didn’t know what to do and that he wanted to go back and that all was scary but it was so frustrating!!! The way he acted and how he freakt out like plese Pilot you have got a second chance here to make things right plese take it is so special plese don’t ruin it! I was more than happy when he finally understood that. I was so happy for them but I must say while in Paris take two I was a little suspicios I knew something had to go wrong and when the thing with Amy came out I was soooooo disapointed in him I was so mad at him! But he managed to get me because let’s be honest here I couldn’t be mad at him and he is so cute and he did all those cute things! I loved how he treied to help her when they where having dinner with Shanes parents I wanted to hug him so bad for that!

Speaking of Amy I do feel sorry for her but I don’t know she should have let Pilot go when he asked her to before he went to London. And she had no right to read Shane’s notebook but again it is undersandeble that she did and I was mad. For a second tho when I read that scene, before Shane released that she was reading her notenook I was like awww Amy is a reader too she likes reading, well that thought flew away quiclly...

Ok lets come to the red haied woman, I don’t want to say that I knew that something was up with her but when she apeared at the Starbucks I just knew that she would do something I want to quoute myself here, I took this note when I got to that scene: “ SCREEEEEMMMMMIIIINNNNNG the red haired women has done something! Fairy??? Wizard? Witch??? Holy crap!” I also just want to point out that I somehow imagined her looking like Cassandra Clare I don’t know why but to me this woman was Cassie!

The time travel thing was soooo amazing and so beautifuly done I have never expected it happen but I am soooo gald it did. I loved that caffe, I imagined it looking so cool! And I love time travel, like one of the books that made me a reader was about time travel and having it in this book made it even better than it already was! I loved how she did it with the elevator and everything I got so excited when all of that happend because when I got to the part when she was interviewing for the residency I was so sad and I stared crying because I was like well this is real life you don’t get the things you want and you don’t get to be who you want to be thats the reality and I got so mad because I realised that people, including me are so dump sometimes not taking chances and say and do the things they want!!! I was so sad that she lost those years living with regrets but than the time travel happend and she got a second chance and I couldn’t have been more happy!!!!

I loved how confident she got after the time travel, how she did everything different, that she decidet to talk to Babe about Pilot that she didn’t let herself give up un her dream about writing because of her parents and that she did such a good job at the internship I was soooo proud of her and I still am. I got scred when Pilot first wanted to go back and than when she wanted it too but I am so glad they stayed and worked thing out, that she found the stranght to make things right again and finnaly live the life she wanted and the life desereved. I cried when her article got published and I cried in the end reading the epiloge seeing her succed as a writer and even seeing him succeeed as a musician it was the best thing! Oh but I also love that they got to keep the memories from take one!

Oh heavens when the realisation hit me that the title “Again but better” was refering to doing London again and the things with Pilot and not college in general as I thought in the beginning like wow that moment was just wow!!!!

I brought up her parents a few times now I think is time to say a word about them too so I understand that they want her to have a good future but the way they acted was so wrong I didn’t liked them at all! I loved how in take two she proved them wrong!!!!! When they had dinner in take one I was crying for Shane that was so intense I felt so incredebly sorry for her but looking back the fact that she succeded in take two made it even better!

I already mentioned that I loved Shane and Pilot in take two well I already loved them but I mean as they got together, their little jokes and the move thing and lamppost thing that was hilarious!!! And god I loved when they filmed the youtube video together, how they sang together that was soooo cute I loved it so so much!! And his speech at the end in Edinbrough like o my god and the one in the epiloge I just couldn’t I was crying all the way!!!

I was so sad when I finished, I loved every second of it!!!! It is such a special book for me and I will treasure it forever!!! Somehow it feels good to write all of this because I am sure in a few years I am going to read it and be very glad I wrote it while the memory was fresh. Speaking of fresh, it’s been two days since I finished it and I am not ready to let it go yet, I still can’t remove the book from my nightstand nor can I start another book, it still has to sink in, I am not ready for anything new, I love it to much to let it go so soon!!!

If you made it till here thank you so much you are a hero!!!

#again but better #abb #christine riccio #polandbananasbooks

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shadowturtlesstuff · 4 years

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again but better thoughts while reading

@polandbananas20

so my spelling is terrible in this but you know i was more focused on the book than how to spell.

Chapter 1) good intro and good starting tone. The lady next to her sucks. Good small establishment of shane.

chapter2)shane characterisation is still consistent. I like her two new roommates (will be best friends) . My guess is the boy in the kitchen will be pilot. Family means but not intentional. Has no confidence. I was right about the boy

Chapter 3) intro of pilot properly. He's good. I love the inner monologue of shane. Trying to keep eye contact, the surprise of having a normal conversation. It sets her character well. Intro to her blog which i would love to actually read (i hope there's at least one entry we can read) pilot is a musician but not. Business major. What crap.

Chapter 4) i really feel like shane, she is just typical fangirl/ dork and i love it. Its weird being english and reading about the things that shock them like pasta in bags.i understand the watermelon.we do get to read ‘shanes writing’ but its her personal jornal not her blog.

Chapter 5) fun chapter. Intro to rome. Love the idea that shane is heavy handed and violent. Short, not alot happened other than small character establishment.

Chapter 6)intro to creative writing class which i want/need in my life.more beatles. Woman on plane works at starbucks, will she make more appearances?

Chapter 7) the drama???or at least wht will be the drama. Pilot has a gf, called amy (wish it was me) (wait no, bc i know that plot doesnt actually like amy anymore bc he obviously likes shane. So i take it back. I want to be shane, i mean i basically am like her but oh well.)

Chapter 8) parents. Overprotective, think they know best. Urgh. guarantee one of shanes new friends fight back to her parents to support her life choices, that do not include doctor.

Chapter 9)gets an internship at travel mag company. Thats it…..

Chapter 10)rome. Looses purse. Pilot to the anxiety riddled rescue by telling his own life story about his wallet to help calm her nerves.distracts her. Basially he would do anything for shane already.re count of rome trip from her jornal again which is a good touch to further the plot. This is making me want to read dan brown (ish) all of two books i own of him

Chapter 11) the postcards are a nice touch that i hope someone reads???? Travel buddies..just saying.chad..hmmm,im like shane,well see if he is good enough for babe. Her GODDAM stupdi mean cousins being mean on her facebook, and babe seeing (best friend moment) about pilot and the whole teasing about having a boyfriend.

Chapter 12) he didnt see (but i think he did but istn sayin anything) paris i shappening. Babe is bff confirmed and i want her as my friend

Chapter 13)angry birds addiction starts. Level three, weak, shoulder touching it romance confirmed.awwww pilot 100% waited to sleep so he could see shane safe in bed

Chapter 14) pilot with a french accent, enough said. The flirtinggggg. The plane woman is back??in paris with them????

Chapter 15)pilots choices of the back in time thing are both wit shane. Its so obvious and i love it. Pilot as a fake fangirl about the eiffel tower. More flirting,kind of. Oh god chad no.he did it. Goddammit.nooo he wull run babe and shanes friendship and maybe her and pilot. ‘Assbucket’ indeed. Her an pilot are fine and i really believe her and babe will be because when she nearly gets robbed babe giver her a sympathetic smile. Not much to go on but i have hope.

Chapter 16)okay so, fav chapter, she finally spills her guts that she has anxiety basically, that she is premed with strict parents and this is scary whilst pilots lies in bed with her to relax her bc he heard her crying. He only ecoureges her slightly before going back to his bed and sleeping. My heart, i swear, soon the roles reverse and pilot will say why he is in london and all that.

Chapter 17)babe and shane bffs confired. Chad is the worst confirmed. Of course it wasnt break up call. Of course she wants to vist. Of course pilot is to cowardly to break up and just accepts them going to paris together. Of freaking course.

Chapter 18) do not get over pilot, it wont work. Rugby guy nooooo!im team pilot how dare you kiss shane! Wow, city of glass mention. I want to make a list of every bookmentioned.

Chapter 19) pilot is not himself (obviouls) shane is worried. She is still lying to her parents an feeling bad about. Rugby guy is thankfully a no go. Pilot finds out about the kiss and guy and is clearly silently jealous.

Chapter 20)aww shane! Im sorry pilot sucks currently. And a stupid guys trip with flat four. No. and devil chairs.

Chapter 21)1)love the book talk. The loneliness is kicking in, pilot man up for gods sake

Chapter 22)this red-head plain weirdo is back and going through her list like some sort of mentore. Omg!!! No. amy is here, i dont hatte her but can she not. Also, her dad…. No! (this is the stand up moment i was on about, i hope)

Chapter 23) i do not like her dad. At all. Nooo shane...no. they found out. And acted like assholes.

Chapter 24) n1!ahhhh no! Amy has her notebook. The end is nigh.im going to cry i feel like shane.

Chapter 25) the family dinner-family outing. Niether of them manuped and shane is depressed

Chapter 26)back in america. Still hasn’t told pilot but you know it is a slow burn

Chapter 27) I, wait? Marry, some guy? Like no. I know it’s been what six years but no. I refuse.i don’t like this so called Melvin. It’s okay she doesn’t want to marry him. She goes to see pilot and finally mans up and tells him and asks if she made it and and pilot finally man’s up and tells her no she didn’t. They get stuck in an elevator

Chapter 28) the elevators doing something. Shane wants to re do London cuz she hates life

Chapter 1?) they are both back in London? Both having the same what ever is happening?

Chapter 2) omg. Plane lady took them back to staRt over and pilots mad about it (obv)

Chapter 3)so… they got mad but started over and I’m excited. 100%they won’t press the restart button. I’m calling it now. Cuz pilot knows he now has a chance to do the what if’s/

Chapter 4) they keep there distance but we all know it won’t last

Chapter 5) tipsy Shane? Shawarma

Chapter 6) babe thinksthere is something going on with them( again)

Chapter7)the story about fake pilot, and the kiss. Ahhhhhhg

Chapter 8)they found the button. Shane doesn’t want to go back. I do t want them to go back. They don’t go back thank god

Chapter 9) da Vinci code flirting somehow.. Shane tells him it won’t happen u less he breaks up with last Amy.

Chapter 10) he will break up with Amy and laris is gonna happen.

Chapter 11) so Shane is happy again, pilot broke up with amy. Shane tried to make peace with the devil chair.

Chapter 11) they are so adorable. Aswwwwewhwhehruysnwjw

Chapter 12) Uwuwnfhueia we get more Shane and pilot flirting,

Chapter 13) the opposite game is adorable. I like that they get to be themselves together without the awkwardness. The start of the move game. Thats my fav.

Chapter 14) they still have the angry birds obssesion but unlike me and supercard they know when to stop.the dance ‘move’ ahh i love. The line ‘but you do.’ just shows how much they know each other and how pilot would do anything to make her smile. And the lost move (not really a move but totally a move.) once again proves their love. Also we had that plot moment where he talks about why h chose to go to london. I adore shanes rant (?) about the things she loves. And then pilot doing the same thing. Shane vs chair is my life, like i battle chairs too.

Chapter 15) what is tfios? Ooohhh. Fault in our stars. (i googled it)i probably shouldve known by the whole always part. The dance move came back to bite pilot in the ass and now they are dancing together. Ew chad. Yes shane! That is what chad deserves.

Chapter 16) they get intimate and gigly and happy and aaaawwwhww

Chapter 17) im glad shane still rememebers to be friends with babe and not forget her in her lovestick state currently.

Chapter 18) her postcard….the questions that haunt her so much. Sort of accepting them herself too. She finally got to do wrecking ball, they miss internship , oh no…. Start if a downall??

Chapter 19) shane and pilot have fallen HARD

Chapter 20) the article is off the table. Amy is there. What the hell. No. omg pilot no, you moron. THEY BROKE UP!!! Which is fair, a break is needed. They both get back on track and then try and find a balance. Hopefully. Oh her laptop….shit...the feels when all your work is just gone. Tries to reset bc she is so depressed bc she thinks she failed again.

Chapter 21) she cant go back (thankfully) a bookstore is always a good haven to go to when your breaking down.

Chapter 22)the redemtion (?) time to try and fix everything and get back on track.the determination and the readiness to try and make everything better for herswelf, herself, and no one else is good. She makes friends with the people in her office and works harder than befire, try to get herself out of her comfort zone and experience things

Chapter 23) the confrontation with her parents. Oh god. I hope this goes well. Its going as well as it can go. Im happy shane is sticking up for her dream so she can be happy, uugh the whole dad speech of ‘i do everything for you, i know best because im older,’ i hate it. Ooohh she is making up with leo, talking ot him this time. Im happy. Leo is gay. Cool. i hate how he got broken up with becuase of his stupid family, it sucks. ‘There is no normal.’ perfect words.

Chapter 24) her thing is in the thing!!!( also good job me with words.) her article got published (there we go)this is where she learns she can be with pilot and be successful because tracy is with a famous author and they make it work with harder schedules. Trys to talk to her parents. This time she will make there relationship work.

Chapter 25)urgh ‘you live under my roof,on my dime…’ blah blah blah. We hate controlling parents that dont see that overprotecting and controlling their childs life does more damage than good. Babe suggest self discovery trip. Babe is a grat friends.

Chapter 26)the button thing will work…’im mad at pilot. Or am i mad at me.’ she cracked the code. She loathed herself because of her fear of failing, but because this time she worked on herself to make herself happy she no longer hates herself. Yet she still feels the same (ish) feeling that even though she worked harder and got further that she has no summer job when she gets back to the states, her parents still wont allow her choice of work.PILOTS BACK!!!!!!! She was about to press the button and he swooped in with his music.

Chapter 27) he still follows her blog and got help from babe. His speech, finished with lamppost. Where can i get a pilot?he uploaded their song. Working through the divorce thing again but it will be better because he has shane to talk to about it. Ahhh she got a job!!! Happy ending!!! My heart!!!eeeee…

epilogoue) she becomes a successful author. Her parents have accepted her and support her. Pilots a musician. He takes her to the weird plane lady and they gobe the locket back, then he makes the ultimate move. With pictures of where they fell in love he uses the beatles russain doll things to hide a ring and when she finds it she obviously says yes. And that its unfair cuz she cant top that move.

sooo...thats it.

i really enjoyed this book. i cannot wait for her next book. this post is longwinded i apologize but oh well? again i will link my website and review as soon as its done. so far in about five hours all i have is a paragraph so it may not be as soon as i want it to be

#again but better #polandbananasbooks #frenchwatermelonnineteen #shane #pilot #shane and pilot

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fandom-trash-is-me · 5 years

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So I’ve neglected this account for a long while and I’m also tired of fangirling by myself. I need to see more content in my feed! So if you are a fan of any of the things below, reblog/like and I’ll follow you. ❤️ Youtubers Daniel Howell Phil Lester Danny Gonzalez Drew Gooden Joe Santagato Ryan Trahan polandbananasBOOKS Jessethereader Katytastic Tashapolis Music Demi Lovato Taylor Swift Hunter Hayes Sam Hunt Thomas Rhett Dan & Shay Ed Sheeran TV Shows Psych LOST Once Upon A Time New Girl Chuck Stranger Things Riverdale Impractical Jokers Jane the Virgin

Movies Disney Love, Simon The Greatest Showman Plenty of other book adaptations

Books Colleen Hoover Tahereh Mafi Sarah J. Maas Shatter Me Throne of Glass A Court of Thorns and Roses The Lunar Chronicles The Selection Also if you have any recommendations of books that have a good strong friend group (especially if it’s a diverse cast), please let me know. After recently reading the Lunar Chronicles I need more. I enjoyed all the friend groups listed in the books above. I plan on picking up the Six of Crows duology after I read The Grisha Trilogy, but any other suggestions??

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booksandchocolatesmears · 5 years

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Mid Year Book Freakout Tag

I saw @bookcub do this and decided to try it myself. :)

1. The Best Book of the Year So Far

This was tough to decide, but I would have to say Renegades by Marissa Meyer. I love the world and all of the moral questions that come up.

2. Best Sequel of the Year So Far

The only new to me sequel I have read this year is Archenemies by Marissa Meyer which I loved and had a crazy cliffhanger. I also reread The Raven Cycle by Maggie Steifvater and it reaffirmed that Blue Lily, Lily Blue is my favorite.

3. A New Release You Haven’t Read Yet But Want To

I don’t really keep up with them that much and I already read the two books that I had been anticipating.

4. Most Anticipated Release for Autumn/Winter

Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Steifvater and SuperNova by Marissa Meyer

5. Your Biggest Disappointment of the Year So Far

The Supervillian and Me by Danielle Banas started off really well, but it just sort of fell flat for me. It had such a cool premise and it really did not live up to it.

6. Your Biggest Surprise of the Year So Far

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren exceeded my expectations. I flew through this book. It was the perfect adult romcom without being explicit or dealing with divorce/cheating.

7. New Favourite Author

This is definitely Christina Lauren. I want to read all of their adult standalones now. I’m currently reading My Favorite Half-Night Stand and it is so good, Their books are just the romance books that I have been searching for.

8. Your Newest Favourite Character

I refuse to pick just one because I have discovered some great characters this year. Nova from Renegades is wonderful. She has such an interesting point of view in this world and I love all of her complexity. Another is Ead from The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon. She is the character that I miss the most from that story.

9. Your Newest Fictional Crush

Adrian from Renegades is a sweetheart and I love him.

10. A Book that Has Made You Cry

The closest I got to crying over a story was while I was reading The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon. Surprisingly, it was actually in the first half the story when a character that I was really liking dies very suddenly.

11. A Book That Has Made You Happy

Again, But Better by Christine Riccio was hilarious. I love the humor in her videos and that translated really well into a book. She had some references to things in her videos which made my smile. Plus we share a mutual love of LOST and that was present throughout the story.

12. The Most Beautiful Book of the Year So Far

Honestly, my favorite cover is The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren. It fits the story so well and it’s adorable.

13. Some Books You Need to Read Before 2019 Ends

I really want to reread The Hunger Games series, but the rest is up in the air.

Tag to anyone that wants to do this!

#mid year book freak out tag #the unhoneymooners #the priory of the orange tree #Renegades #again but better #the raven cycle #christina lauren #samantha shannon #marissa meyer #christine riccio #polandbananasbooks #maggie stiefvater #Book tag #tag

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