#the tbr list of doom

[ninja-muse]

2024 Release TBR

🏳️‍🌈 - queer MC     🇨🇦 - Canadian author    ⭐️ - BIPOC MC 📘 - have an ARC bold - newly added

The Secret History of Bigfoot - John O'Connor (travel/history) - February 6

Ending the Pursuit - Michael Paramo (sociology) - February 8

Remedial Magic - Melissa Marr (fantasy/romance) 🏳️‍🌈📘 - February 20

The Butcher of the Forest - Premee Mohamed (fantasy) - February 27

Tomorrow’s Children - Daniel Polansky (post-apocalypse) - February 27

The Deerfield Massacre - James L. Swanson (history) - February 27

The Baker and the Bard - Fern Haught (YA cozy fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈- March 5

The Tower - Flora Carr (historical fiction) 📘 - March 5

Parasol Against the Axe - Helen Oyeyemi (literary fiction) ⭐️📘- March 5

Those Beyond the Wall - Micaiah Johnson (science fiction) ⭐️📘 - March 12

The Mars House - Natasha Pulley (science fiction/romance) 🏳️‍🌈 - March 19

The Floating Hotel - Grace Curtis (cozy science fiction) 🏳️‍🌈 - March 19

The Angel of Indian Lake - Stephen Graham Jones (horror) ⭐️ 📘- March 26

This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances - Eric LaRocca (horror) 📘- April 2

Catchpenny - Charlie Huston (science fiction) 📘- April 9

Dear Wendy - Ann Zhao (YA contemporary) 🏳️‍🌈 - April 16

A Letter to the Luminous Deep - Sophie Cathrall (cozy fantasy) 📘 - April 23

The Tomb of the Mili Mongga - Samuel Turvey (memoir) - April 16

The Demon of Unrest - Eric Larson (history) 📘 - April 30

The Proper Thing and Other Stories - Seanan McGuire (fantasy) - May 1

The Library Thief - Kuchenga Shenjé (historical fiction) ⭐️ - May 7

The Honey Witch - Sydney Shields (cozy fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈 - May 14

Every Time We Say Goodbye - Natalie Jenner (historical fiction) 🇨🇦 - May 14

How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying - Django Wexler (fantasy) - May 21

A Gentleman From Japan - Kevin Lockley (history) ⭐️ - May 21

Dreadful - Caitlin Rozakis (fantasy) - May 28

Tidal Creatures - Seanan McGuire (contemporary fantasy) - June 4

Running Close to the Wind - Alexandra Rowland (fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈 - June 11

Echo of Worlds - M.R. Carey (science fiction) - June 25

The Briar Club - Kate Quinn (historical fiction) - July 9

Navola - Paolo Bacigalupi (fantasy) 📘- July 9

Bury Your Gays - Chuck Tingle (horror) 🏳️‍🌈 - July 9

Peking Duck and Cover - Vivien Chien (cozy mystery) ⭐️ - July 23

Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop - Emmeline Duncan (cozy mystery) - July 23

Nicked - M.T. Anderson (historical fiction) 📘 - July 23

Last Seen Online - Lauren James (YA mystery) 🏳️‍🌈 - August 1

The Pairing - Casey McQuiston (romance) 🏳️‍🌈 - August 6

A Sorceress Comes to Call - T. Kingfisher (fantasy) - August 20

Radiant Sky - Alan Smale (science fiction) - August 27

The Salmon Shanties - Harold Rhenisch (poetry) - September 10🇨🇦

The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society - C.M. Waggoner (fantasy) - September 20

Villain - Natalie Zina Walschots (superhero fiction) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 - October 1

The City in Glass - Nghi Vo (fantasy) - October 1

Swordcrossed - Freya Marske (fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈 - October 8

My Kind of Trouble - L.A. Schwartz (romance) - October 8

Shoestring Theory - Mariana Costa (fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈 - October 8

Sorcery and Small Magics - Maiga Doocy (cozy fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈 - October 15

The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door - H.G. Parry (fantasy) - October 22

Usurpation - Sue Burke (science fiction) - October 29

The Improvisers - Nicole Glover (historical fantasy) - November 5 ⭐️

October Daye #19 - Seanan Mcguire (urban fantasy) - date unknown

My Love, in Stitches, Vol. 1 - Emily Gossman (contemporary fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 - date unknown

#2024 releases #upcoming releases #the tbr list of doom #booklr

[haveyoureadthispoll]

Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles? Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you'll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever. The KonMari Method, with its revolutionary category-by-category system, leads to lasting results. In fact, none of Kondo's clients have lapsed (and she still has a three-month waiting list). With detailed guidance for determining which items in your house "spark joy" (and which don't), this international best seller featuring Tokyo's newest lifestyle phenomenon will help you clear your clutter and enjoy the unique magic of a tidy home - and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire.

#book: the life-changing magic of tidying up #author: marie kondo #genre: self help #genre: non fiction #genre: japanese literature #year: 2010s

[richincolor]

New Releases 

New week, new books out tomorrow! Are any of these on your TBR pile?

Kismat Connection by Ananya Devarajan

Is it possible to change your fate? Madhuri Iyer is doomed. Doomed for her upcoming senior year to be a total failure, according to her astrology-obsessed mother, and doomed to a happily ever after with her first boyfriend, according to her family curse.

Determined to prove the existence of her free will, Madhuri devises an experimental relationship with the one boy she knows she’ll never fall for: her childhood best friend, Arjun Mehta. But Arjun’s feelings for her are a variable she didn’t account for. As Madhuri starts to fall for her experimental boyfriend, she’ll have to decide if charting her own destiny is worth breaking Arjun’s heart—and her own.

Boundless: Twenty Voices Celebrating Multicultural and Multiracial Identities edited by Ismée Amiel Williams and Rebecca Balcárcel When identities cross boundaries, with love that knows no bounds. From platonic and romantic love to grief and heartbreak, these stories explore navigating life at the intersection of identities, and what it means to grow up surrounded by a multitude of traditions, languages, cultures, and interpersonal dynamics. Returning to a father’s homeland. Trying to fit in at chaotic weddings and lavish birthday parties where not all are welcome. Processing grief at family gatherings. Figuring out how to share the news of a new relationship with loved ones. This collection celebrates multicultural and multiracial characters at the helm of their own narratives, as they approach life with a renewed sense of hope and acceptance.

Featuring original stories from: Adi Alsaid Rebecca Balcárcel Akemi Dawn Bowman Anika Fajardo Shannon Gibney I.W. Gregorio Veera Hiranandani Nasugraq Rainey Hopson Emiko Jean Erin Entrada Kelly Torrey Maldonado Mélina Mangal Goldy Moldavsky Randy Ribay Loriel Ryon Tara Sim Eric Smith Jasmine Warga Ismée Williams Karen Yin

What She Missed by Liara Tamani When Ebony and her parents move from Houston, Texas, to her grandmother’s house in a small lake town, Ebony is sure her life is doomed. And to make matters worse, the ghost of Ebony’s beloved grandmother—a strong swimmer who tragically drowned in the lake—is everywhere. Alula Lake does offer one perk: reconnecting Ebony with her childhood friend, Jalen. But as Ebony settles into life, she finds herself drifting away from Jalen and gravitating to his older sister, Lena. Lena is chaotic, disorderly, and rebellious, yet she offers a reprieve for the anger and sadness Ebony feels about losing so much.

An ode to nature, art, friendship, history, family, and love, this lyrical coming-of-age story explores one girl’s summer of self-discovery as she reimagines the world and her place in it. What She Missed is for fans of Sarah Dessen, Nina LaCour, and Nicola Yoon.

Everyone Wants to Know by Kelly Loy Gilbert This ripped-from-the-tabloids young adult drama by the critically acclaimed author Kelly Loy Gilbert about a girl’s famous-for-being-famous family fracturing from within as their dirty laundry gets exposed.

The Lo family sticks together. That’s what Honor has been told her whole life while growing up in the glare of the public eye on Lo and Behold , the reality show about her, her four siblings, and their parents. Their show may be off the air, but the Lo family members still live in the spotlight as influencers churning out podcasts, bestselling books, and brand partnerships. So when Honor’s father announces that he’s moving out of their northern California home to rent an apartment in Brooklyn, Honor’s personal upset becomes the internet’s trending B-list celebrity trainwreck—threatening the aspirational image the Los’ brand (and livelihood) depends on.

After one of her best friends leaks their private conversation to a gossip site, bruised and betrayed Honor pours all her energy into reuniting her family. With her parents 3,000 miles apart, her siblings torn into factions, and all of them under claustrophobic public scrutiny, this is easier said than done. Just when Honor feels at her lowest, a guarded yet vulnerable boy named Caden comes into her life and makes her want something beyond the tight Lo inner circle for the first time. But is it fair to open her heart to someone new when the people she loves are teetering on the edge of ruin?

As increasingly terrible secrets come to light about the people Honor thought she knew best in the world, she’s forced to choose between loyalty to her family and fighting for the life she wants.

#new releases #ya lit #everyone wants to know #kismat connection #what she missed #boundless

[draftmare]

We are almost out of this polar nightmare we have been stuck in for the last week, and suddenly I have the will to post and write again. Depression and being house bound do horrible things to the mind!

Reading update time! I did almost exactly what I suspected I might do with Six of Crows. I got to about the same spot that I always do and I just felt like there were other books I would rather read. I really did try to give it a fair shake this time too. I also really, really am trying to convince myself to read the books that I have either a) already purchased or b) already downloaded and checked out the sample for instead of endlessly increasing my TBR list. There is nothing wrong with Six of Crows, I love the world this book takes place in, I just don't find myself resonating with this particular cast of characters. In my post last week about trying to get back into this book I said I prefer my MCs to either have magic, or get magic, and then I realized some of my favorite books of 2022, Starless by Jacqueline Carey and Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon lacked those, I just really loved the characters.

Instead, I ended up reading One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig. I had sampled this book a while back and found the first few pages that I read very....weird....so I set it down almost immediately. However, it seems to be taking off in popularity recently, so I decided to give it another look and I am glad I did. I ended up loving it. The first couple of chapters are rough, almost like it took the author a little bit of time to figure out her writing style? At first, I thought the MC was a young child based on the foggy descriptions and prose, and then I figured out that the MC was actually 20. Around chapter 10 all of a sudden the foggy descriptions were lifted, and the prose became much clearer/adult like to follow and I really started to get into the book, the flavor of magic in this world, the quest they are on... It's a duology and I have already finished One Dark Window and started Two Twisted Crowns.

The last few times I have posted my book reading updates I have listed what I am going to read next, and that seems to doom me to NOT read that next. So, I think I am going to stop doing that, haha! Instead I think I will just go where the book reading wind blows me, and what I read next will be a surprise for all (but it should really be Iron Flame, LOL)

#winter reading 2024 #bookblr #tbr #reading

[eddydreaming]

Books I Must Read On 2024

Us readers have infinite TBRs... and that will always be like that because everytime we finish one book we add 2 or 3 more to our list. However, there are some that have been on my TBR for a long time that I would like to finally read. I have chosen 5 of them and I hope I am able to read them all.

Note: they are all books that have been on my TBR for a long time, so they will not be recent or future releases.

1) Throne of Glass

406 pages

Publishing date: August 7, 2012

Fantasy, Romance, Fiction, Young Adult

"In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, Celaena, an assassin, is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king’s champion.

The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of glass—and it’s there to kill. When her competitors start dying one by one, Celaena’s fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival, and a desperate quest to root out the evil before it destroys her world."

(Source: Goodreads)

Sarah J. Maas is one of the authors I enjoy reading the most. So far I have read ACOTAR and I'm currently reading Midnight City as it releases. Throne of Glass is another book series of her, and it looks so good, so I would love to read it as soon as possible.

2) Circe

393 pages

Publishing date: April 10, 2018

Fantasy, Fiction, Mythology, Retelling

"In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child--neither powerful like her father nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power: the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.

Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts, and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.

But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from or with the mortals she has come to love."

(Source: Goodreads)

I actually purchased this book a couple of weeks ago, so now I have no excuse not to read it. This book along with The song of Achiles are very well-known books by Madeline Miller, and as this is the one I found in the store, it is the one I am going to start with.

3) Gilded

Pages 502

Publishing date: November 2, 2021

Fantasy, Romance, Retelling, Fairy Tale

"Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller's daughter has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastical and spellbinding and entirely untrue.

Or so everyone believes.

When one of Serilda's outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds herself swept away into a grim world where ghouls and phantoms prowl the earth and hollow-eyed ravens track her every move. The king orders Serilda to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold, or be killed for telling falsehoods. In her desperation, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious boy to her aid. He agrees to help her... for a price.

Soon Serilda realizes that there is more than one secret hidden in the castle walls, including an ancient curse that must be broken if she hopes to end the tyranny of the king and his wild hunt forever."

(Source: Goodreads)

I have read The Lunar Chronicles and Heartless by Marissa Meyer, so I would like to read this one as it is a retelling of Rumpelstiltskin.

4) The Way of Kings

Pages: 1007

Publishing date: August 31, 2010

Epic Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fiction, High Fantasy

"Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass retracts into the soilless ground. Cities are built only where the topography offers shelter.

It has been centuries since the fall of the ten consecrated orders known as the Knights Radiant, but their Shardblades and Shardplate remain: mystical swords and suits of armor that transform ordinary men into near-invincible warriors. Men trade kingdoms for Shardblades. Wars were fought for them, and won by them.

One such war rages on a ruined landscape called the Shattered Plains. There, Kaladin, who traded his medical apprenticeship for a spear to protect his little brother, has been reduced to slavery. In a war that makes no sense, where ten armies fight separately against a single foe, he struggles to save his men and to fathom the leaders who consider them expendable.

Brightlord Dalinar Kholin commands one of those other armies. Like his brother, the late king, he is fascinated by an ancient text called The Way of Kings. Troubled by over-powering visions of ancient times and the Knights Radiant, he has begun to doubt his own sanity.

Across the ocean, an untried young woman named Shallan seeks to train under an eminent scholar and notorious heretic, Dalinar's niece, Jasnah. Though she genuinely loves learning, Shallan's motives are less than pure. As she plans a daring theft, her research for Jasnah hints at secrets of the Knights Radiant and the true cause of the war."

(Source: Goodreads)

I've been putting this off because it's 1007 pages long... But I loved the Mistborn series by Branden Sanderson, they are one of the most mind-blowing books I've read, so I'd like to read some more from him. This one is very famous, so Idecided I could go with it.

5) Divine Rivals

Pages: 357

Publishing date: April 4, 2023

Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult, Historical Fiction

"After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again. But eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow just wants to hold her family together. Her mother is suffering from addiction and her brother is missing from the front lines. Her best bet is to win the columnist promotion at the Oath Gazette.

To combat her worries, Iris writes letters to her brother and slips them beneath her wardrobe door, where they vanish—into the hands of Roman Kitt, her cold and handsome rival at the paper. When he anonymously writes Iris back, the two of them forge a connection that will follow Iris all the way to the front lines of battle: for her brother, the fate of mankind, and love."

(Source: Goodreads)

This is the most recent book, but I've been wanting to read it for a while now so I decided it would be a good idea to add it to this list.

#books #reading #books 2024 #reading goals #tbr

[nyaahn]

about me ,, intro post :3

haii !! welcome to my page, i'm keith (he / it + other xenos), 14, and I’m also autistic. my blog mostly consists of, random thoughts, rants/ rambles or any current hyperfixes. i have at the moment!! :P (my bio is also a joke)

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ [basic info] POC (black + SEA) | INTJ | autistic | transmasc MLM | multifandom .. && uuhhhh yeah

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ [INTERESTS + HOBBIES] sonic the hedgehog ➜ yakuza ➜ marine biology ➜ legos ➜ debating ➜ anime + manga ➜ geography + history ➜ analyzing media // characters ➜ Roblox (work at a pizza place) ➜ PANCHIKO LORE!1!1! ➜ FNAF ➜ ponytown :3 ➜ gaming ytbers (Kubscoutz ,, Cory ,, MATPAT!1!1 + more) ➜ ace attorney

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ [ ARTISTS ] Tyler the creator , the smiths , Panchiko , Radiohead , weezer .. mac demarco, mitski , petshop boys , faye Webster , Lamp , Masayoshi Tanaka, the cranberries , Lisa ono , steve lacy , MF DOOM , men i trust , gulu gulu , tears4fears , hall && oates , wutang , deftones , car seat headrest

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ [ BOOKS ] — I should note that some of these are on my TBR list

the jakarta method | ace of spades | book eaters | the only one left | these violent delights | they both die at the end | hell followed us | the song of Achilles | if you could see the sun | all the lovers in the night (im open 2 recommendations)

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ [shows + movies]

Alice in the boarderland , legally blonde , girl from nowhere, business proposal , moral orel, bojack horseman , adventure times, evangelion , the Lego Batman movie , inside job , Extraordinary Attorney Woo, better call Saul

꩜ i mainly reblog stuff on here , like fanart, history , fun facts or whatev fandom I’m in!! also note, im pretty new on using tumblr lolol

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DNI

basic DNI criteria, proshippers , anti-palestinians/pro-israelis, radfems, Invalidates ppl gender , prnouns , anti-semitic , n*zi sympathizer, endogenic sys , ybc fans , asian fetishers, kyman shippers ANYONE WHO FITS INTO THIS LIST / CONDONES THIS ➜🚪

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i neeeeed mutuals so bad !1!1!1!1!1!!1!1!1!1!1!!

#marine biology #roblox #sonic the hedgehog #yakuza #fnaf #the smiths #anime #mutuals #moots #intro post #introduction #introductory post #moral orel #spiderman #actually autisitc #music video #anime and manga #debate #pony town #weezer #books #kdrama #transgender #transmasc #xenogender #neopronouns #rambles #ponysona #my little pony #sillyposting

[sebrrari]

eep tagged by @rosyjuly for this cute lil book tag game!!!

An estimate of how many physical books I own: 50-ish, more with my trade paperbacks of comics i love! i’m a konmari bitch i read and thank a lot of books and then give them good homes!

Favorite author: neil gaiman or oscar wilde … i’m gay keep scrolling

A popular book I've never read and never intend to read: game of thrones lmfao

A popular book I thought was just meh: the seven husbands of evelyn hugo. like, i get it but also! ugh!

Longest book I own: my oscar wilde compendium

Longest series I own all the books to: used to be harry potter, now it’s probably doom patrol or wicked + divine. as much as i love worldbuilding i’m not huge on series, i love books that can erupt into a universe and then run their course.

Prettiest book I own: weird q! nothing really comes to mind… maybe my special edition of the crow? i have a crimson peak coffee table book that i would die for but that’s not really lit-ra-ture

A book or series I wish more people knew about: someone who isn’t me by geoff rickly. can i interest you in someone who isn’t me by geoff rickly? seriously have you considered checking out someone who isn’t me by geoff rickly?

Book I'm reading now: we do this til we free us by mariame kaba and they knew by sarah kendzior

Book that's been on my TBR list for a while but I still haven't got around to it: white oleander by janet fitch

Do you have any books in a language other than English: not anymore! i used to have some ya books in spanish for reading practice rip

Paperback, hardcover, or ebook?: im not picky! ebooks are for driving and gym, anything goes for everywhere else

no pressure tags: @cedobols @fourmula1 @kritischetheologie @recidivae @vetterrari

#about the blogger #i’m not a super voracious reader like i was when i was a kid so my answers are a lil boring wjdjwjxjsj #ty rosy!!!!!

[tharelofthewoodlandrealm]

Thank you for the tag! @thoseveganelves 🌿

Three ships: Arthur x Gwen (Merlin), Aragorn x Arwen (LotR), James x Helen (acgas)

First ship: probably Kili x Tauriel

Last song: The Bluebells of Scotland by the Corries

Last movie: it's been a while because i'm mostly watching series rn but i think either Waking Ned Divine or Rob Roy

Currently reading: sadly nothing but i have a long tbr list and i did start a Hobbit re-read before the impending doom of exam season was upon me🥲

Currently watching: just finished All Creatures Great and Small, waiting on the new season next week (and the new Ghosts season a day after that)

Currently consuming: tea 🫖

Currently craving: for some nice autumn chill to set in 🍁

tagging anyone who feels like doing this!

[fairytalesandfandoms]

Well, this has been a bit of a... what I'm calling Big Thoughts Summer, which I guess could be categorised as 'a few significant realisations that could be more conducive to more self-acceptance in certain areas' if you wanted to focus on that angle, but 'Big Thoughts' is shorter and also more reflective of what they actually feel like in my head

Things included thus far in Big Thoughts (mostly concentrated on social media/the internet and my reactions to it):

The whole Nicolas Cage thing and associated 'I am cringe but I am free'

Special interests do make a difference in my head (source: me waking up and not having The Discouraging Ennui, which let me tell you was certainly a pleasant surprise after what, 8 years? And now it feels actually more possible)

would my life really be that horrible and unsatisfying if I don't obsess over 'curating' every aspect of it (this was one that I came across when packing up to move, as I was getting stressed because all the advice I saw was to have a big declutter before packing but I simply did not have time)

and on that note, the emphasis on always getting rid of stuff before you organise what's left. Like, I get the logic behind this, but at the same time one of the major things about unpacking was that I didn't know where things were any more. I still can't find my matches for the candles. But I was like 'I can't organise until I've decluttered! All the books and videos say so!' and then 'BUT I NEED TO ORGANISE wait a minute. Why CAN'T I organise things first if I need to?' Still working on it but I've changed my current focus.

what am I even doing with Goodreads/Storygraph. Can't I just read things and not automatically keep a public record of my reading that I'm inevitably going to worry about people judging

also conflicted about keeping a TBR list. I didn't have a proper one until 2012 when I had Goodreads. My dilemma is that I want to remember which books I was interested in (as well as their publication details) but it's also taken a lot of spontaneity/serendipity out of looking for books as well as giving me a whole new to-do list that can be MASSIVE because when it comes to media my eyes are bigger than my stomach. Similar issue with the giant film and TV Spreadsheet of Doom.

my friends have started a writing group and: writing??? is actually fun??? It gives you a feeling of those 'putting down the train tracks just ahead of you while the train is at top speed' cartoons, but in a positive way? 2014 NaNoWriMo me is like 'sounds fake but okay'

cool as in 'exclusive, implying a hierarchy of taste' is OUT. Cool as in 'what someone thinks is fun and/or interesting' is IN (and yes I know that out/in framing implies the former, but I was trying to get my point across in a memorable, understandable way).

I love to look at people's collection rooms. I can't remember how I got to 'man makes fake video store in his basement' on Pinterest, but I noticed that even though such things might not be the 'aesthetic' I think is most beautiful I still liked them a lot? I also came across pictures of Guillermo del Toro's 'Bleak House' where he stores his horror stuff, and honestly goals (maybe not the horror aspect so much, but in the way it's decorated and arranged.)

#stuff in my life #i keep forgetting to post this #and i don't mean they're that philosophical #just that they feel like substantial shifts #(while being very much works in progress) #and it does feel a bit silly when most of the time they're obvious #but sometimes you need to get to them under your own steam you know? #would you guess from looking at my life externally? probably not #and there are still a lot of bothersome areas i haven't made any headway in yet #i don't feel like i'm explaining this well

[thepunktheory]

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Hello guys!Today I bring you a novel that ended up on my tbr pile based solely on other people’s T5T lists. This book got mentioned more than once and I was intrigued! Mexican Gothic on Goodreads The Plot (as found on Goodreads): After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house…

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#book review #mexican gothic #young adult

[jadednightwing]

A Year of Making -Day 60

so the last week plus I had a pretty nasty head cold. (not the panorama one, just a head cold) I'm still not completely recovered from it, and it threw one massive wrench into the works.

one frustrating part of attempting to chronicle my year in photos is when I've done a lot of cleaning/organizing or mental processing, but since it's all intangible I have nothing to take photos of to share 😩😠

I'm sure if I remembered to take pictures of before and after the cleaning/organizing would help.... yet I don't think about it until I'm half way through the process or even after I've come to a stopping point

Despite all that, I can say that I went through a couple of my ADHD doom boxes, organized my very small collection of comics - not looking forward to doing the same for my manga 😬 that'll be a long term project for sure.

I also made a series dent in my TBR book list, plus a few that weren't on the list but looked interesting - and I even remembered to add them to my Libib account to start cataloging my personal library. Do I have a thousand books? only one way to find out 😁

for my photo today; my desk. yes it's messy, but I'm working on it.

#personal #a year of making #xiirah speaks #my desk

[allthingsdarkanddirty]

THESE DEFIANT SOULS by L.A. Cotton is coming October 25!

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𝗔 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝙐𝙎𝘼 𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝙒𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗟 𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗻!

Celeste Rowe is lucky.

At least, that’s what everyone thinks. Rich, beautiful, and smart, she has it all.

She knows one thing though: the heart is a treacherous thing.

It wants what it wants. You can try to fight it. Ignore it. But in the end, it’ll ruin you.

Zane Washington is doomed.

At least, that’s what it feels like. Poor, cynical, and desperate, he’s carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.

He knows one thing though: the heart is a treacherous thing.

It wants what it wants. You can try and resist it. Avoid it. But in the end, it will break you.

On paper, they couldn’t be more different. But Celeste and Zane are about to discover that, sometimes, the very thing you shouldn’t want, is the only thing you need.

And maybe it’s time for love to defy the odds.

* 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘋𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 17+

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FREE!! Also in KU. The End of Time #1. I call him HIM: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller of the “I call him — HIM” trilogy. By excellent writer, SCOTT W. KIMAK. I’m in love with the titles and covers of this series. With a fantastic blurb. -BLURB- A nameless warrior hungers for revenge. Can she save HIM from losing his soul? Reeling from the loss of his family, a lone warrior embarks across a post-apocalyptic wasteland on a quest for revenge. But his need for vengeance has consumed his soul and there is only one person who can save him from the call to darkness --- a young girl with a mystical power. In a desperate battle of good vs. evil, can the duo defeat the ultimate darkness? Or will they both be doomed? Bestselling author Scott W Kimak takes the classic theme of good and evil and gives it a modern twist in this action-packed tale of the importance of keeping hope in the bleakest of circumstances. Dratsky. I have now the complete trilogy in my TBR list, just need time to able to concentrate and read. My unread books are piling up! I am sorry, Scott. 😔Thank you for always remembering me with your tags. 🧡🤗 https://www.instagram.com/p/ChZ66dLIRMq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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i can’t with wine either, which I hate because for me it’s the pinnacle of adulthood, chillin’ in your flat sipping on a glass of wine with a face mask on, yk? So Shonda Rhimes, so Hollywood…. But it makes me bloated and the last time a gave it a go I ended up blurting to my best friend that i’d had a crush on him for the past 4 years and it almost ended our friendship. so there’ll be no wine for me.

Yeah, this laser-focus on just experience it’s strange and it frightens me a bit not gonna lie but the reason I chose to pursue the MA program is because I’ve majored in an area that’s completely unrelated which means I have zero experience in anything books related so I decided to go for the masters in an attempt to learn of course but also to be able to gather volunteering and internship experiences. *fingers crossed to the point they break in half* but also because I’ve been dreaming of moving to the UK since I was about 5 and while all my friends wanted to celebrate their sweet sixteen in Disneyland, I wanted to go to London.

and heck yeah will!!! The other day a video of waterstones account popped on my FYP on TikTok so thanks to the algorithm it’s now the second item on my bucket list. I better start saving up already hehe

Okay, so, right off the bat I’m gonna tell you that there’s zero smut, no filth, no steam. There is romance though – otherwise I don’t think I’d read past the first book. I feel like it’s right up your alley because the main focus of the books is character development and the romance is used the tool for said development, so there’s loads of it. It’s just a gem. Particularly, what I love most about the romance is that there’s no pining, there’s chase which is SOOOOO much sexier. The love interests of both sisters are mysterious and sexy which kinda makes up for the lack of sex scenes.

i get you, I do…… currently, however, I’m leaning more towards irredeemable arcs – that’s definitely not a thing but I didn’t know how to word it. I’m on the search for stories in which the characters become bad instead of becoming good, yk? Specially anti-hero FMCs which is all Wanda Maximoff’s fault. And for me redemption arcs are anticlimactic because most of the ones i’ve i read are poorly written, so they become a big turn-off (such as Snape). I want the bad guy and the good-turned-bad-girl set the world on fire together

Wow this TikToker was an imbecile jeez, you’re right about suggesting them to buy a new personality. I mean why the heck do people need to shove their nose up on people’s business???? They’re reading a book not stabbing people on the subway, go take a nap for goodness sakes.

I’m adding Neon Gods to my Amazon cart right freaking now so that I can jump to Electric Idol (do you hear that?? this is my TBR running down the drain) hahahaha Loved your reviews by the way, no spoilers but giving me the overall vibe of the book and with that it’s easy to decide whether or not I wanna read it.

I mean, in a rational level I get that we’re all unique and that’s truly awesome but I’ve always felt lesser or guilty for wanting that as tough I’m not enough of a woman, not a true feminist or that I’m doomed to be co-dependent because I want that. And also because this voice inside of me keeps nagging me that I’m never gonna find someone I think it’s easier not to tell anybody that I dream of a white-picket fence because when I don’t get that I also don’t get my friend’s pity looks. Probably makes no sense, sorry.

11 months and he threw you this bullcrap???? i can’t believe this!!!! well….. sadly I can, because dating men gets more insufferable by the second, still wanna low key punch him though. but really relationships seem like so much work jeez, it reminds me of those tourist scams where there are 3 cups and a tiny ball inside one of them and the guy keeps shuffling the cups for you to guess where the ball is, after much watching you pick a cup thinking you hit jackpot only to find an empty cup. The ball was under the other one and you just lost 50 euros. I’ve never had a true monogamist long term relationship (I’m 23 for the sake of context) which is mainly because it’s become a herculean task, a side hustle with all the apps and terrible straight men and the blatant sexism that still exists (which doesn’t cease to leave me flabbergasted adding the fact that men refuse to learn basic home skills while also reducing us to pans and spoons gosh it’s pathetic!!!!!) how will we ever even try to find somebody??? And that’s leaving our all emotional trauma and baggage aside.

first thing about the Hungary rant, I’m really sorry. Despite how much my country frustrates me and all the years I’ve wasted trash-talking this place, I now feel like this is my home, the culture, the music, the language, I feel embraced by my country, my people and I can’t imagine how painful it must feel to hate that much to go back to where you came from. and please don’t apologize!!! I totally get that, truly. Politics rile me up like almost no other topic does. I agree with you wholeheartedly, even though I’m not Hungarian but because the time I spent there was unforgettable and it contributed to the person I’ve become what’s happening there gets under my skin every time I check the news. And I guess there’s some sort of implicit complicity between people who live/come from countries led by right-extremists, so imagine me holding your hand. for me it’s simple, really, privatization is almost always stupid, people who follow politicians blindly push countries towards ruination and leaders like Orbán, Bolsonaro and Trump are anything but stupid, if they were, they wouldn’t be so damaging. ~goodreads anon

Nooooo, alcohol is your worst enemy when you have secrets that you never want to tell :D Not always, but most of the time, you just spill the tea without wanting!

I completely get you. London is amazing! People can say whatever they want about all the rubbish, pollution and over-occupancy and what not, but it's beautiful, it's full of different cultures, languages, it's literally a multi-cultural city. I love it! I'm sure you'll do well. If you do what you like, it will feel like a refreshment, because what you study and work is what you also enjoy doing. :)

What's your first item on your bucket-list, if you don't mind me asking. :D I'm curious.

"I feel like it’s right up your alley because the main focus of the books is character development and the romance is used the tool for said development, so there’s loads of it.... there’s no pining, there’s chase which is SOOOOO much sexier. The love interests of both sisters are mysterious and sexy which kinda makes up for the lack of sex scenes."

If you are trying to sell me Caraval to get me to read it earlier than planned then you are doing hell of a good job! Chase, mysterious love interests and loads of romance used as a tool for character development?! Sounds like my kind of book actually. But I learned not to get too excited so I'll try to keep my head cool :D

To be honest I don't necessarily need spice if the romance is well written. I'd say most of the times I read spicy books because writers somehow express the physical and emotional connections better in spicy books, whilst YA generally keeps emotions flat, like nothing intriguing enough. Of course, this is a generalisation, it doesn't mean every YA book is the same.

Not gonna lie, I've never read a "irredeemable arcs" trope before. The closest I got was Cruel Prince, but even in that Jude is already a morally grey character from the beginning-ish so rather than good-girl-turned-bad, she is just morally grey and so is Cardan.

The internet gives people access to platforms where they can express their opinions, which I think is quite a good thing, up until you are hurting others for no reason. These type of people are the ones who say "Oh I'm a nice person" but can't take no for an answer. Like no offence, but if you find it fun to bring down others, you are simply a bully and clearly have a boring life to resort to judging others for literally having fun.

Excuse me, but you are destroying my TBR with Caraval so don't complain about Neon Gods and Electric Idol because I'm simply returning the favour xD

Thanks, but honestly, I always try to write reviews and they never quite feel right. I want to mention tropes, character development, romance, world building, but in a short review. But each time I do that, I end up with a novella. Book reviews are not my strength.

"It reminds me of those tourist scams where there are 3 cups and a tiny ball" "It’s become a herculean task, a side hustle with all the apps and terrible straight men and the blatant sexism that still exists"

Oh my god, that's so accurate xD

To be fair, what I find more and more annoying is that men are still sexist as hell (not all men, yes, we get that), they still come up with stuff like women's place is in the kitchen and their job is to raise the kids and what not. But at the same time, they forget that they don't provide for women anymore, women work just like men now. So according to their ideas they want a mother not a wife which is just lowkey disappointing. Besides, nowadays, men are incapable of such things as changing the lightbulb or drilling a shelf on the wall. I personally don't mind if the men cook and the women drill or the other way around. I really don't care what roles people take up on. What I mind is that men diminish women's worth, but still women has to work just like men, raise their kids, cook for the family, clean the house, etc. whilst men get home from work and have the audacity to say "I'm tired, where's the food?". In the shop man, get your ass up and get it yourself.

Besides, lots of men are manipulative and try to control women all the time. And unfortunately many women are in vulnerable positions or grew up in unhealthy environments and don't even realise the signs. Even I fell into a relationship like that, regardless of how strong I am. The difference is that I realised in time the toxicity and many women don't. And to top it off, even little kids are sexualised for wearing not even revealing clothes. Women are blamed because man can't get their sick minds out of the gutter. Like I'm lowkey sometimes ashamed that I'm heterosexual. Like I wish I could be bi or lesbian because men are disappointing most of the times. Especially with this Andrew Tate guy becoming more popular. He literally says that women over 30 and single mothers are worthless because of their emotional, mental and physical baggage. I just... I... I can't even understand how these people are alive and people pay to listen to him. PAY!

And to be fair I get why you say you don't want to tell someone that you dream of marriage, kids, family and a cute little house, because being vulnerable is like offering a weapon to someone. It's hella scary because more and more people find some absurd enjoyment in bringing others down and hurting them wherever they can. Nowadays you don't even know who you can trust.

Regarding Hungary, sometimes I do feel some sort of homesickness only to remember that I don't actually miss Hungary, only the country itself. It's beautiful, it's stunning, it's full of culture and amazing places, but that's about it. I quickly remember how much I actually hate being there. I envy people who feel at home in the country they were born to. My parents do and they always scold me for not feeling the same way. But it's not like I can control what I feel.

To be honest, at this point I don't think I could name one country, or maybe New Zealand if I recall correctly, that has a good government. Even the UK is a sh*t show now with the new temporary prime minister election. Boris stepped down, but like the new options for PMs are even worse. At this point I believe only selfish b*stards become politicians all around the world. Eastern Europe is a mess, all of it, USA is a joke, UK removed a clown to possibly gain a fraud, France is scared of teenage girls. The world is sh*t show that we have a front row seat to watch it go down.

Ps.: I think I know who you are. I think I know your tumblr name. I might be wrong, but I just have a feeling and last time I did with an anon, I was right :D

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