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starting my 48th and last book for my 2024 goodreads challenge! I have never been able to complete it before, but here I am. I’ve had this book for a good while and been too scared to pick it up!
#books#bookworm#reading#booklr#the poppy war#goodreads#2024 goodreads#fantasy#book series#literature#tbr pile#currently reading
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5/5
I am on a book buying ban- have been on one since September…but my friend surprised me with this on release day. We said we could surprise each other with books during the ban; just not buy books for ourselves.
I loved this. I loved If We Were Villians; and I knew this was gonna be it for me as well. ML Rio has such an amazing writing style; and this is a short novella so I don’t want to say much.
This is about a group who are on a non-smoking campus and they end up meeting in the graveyard in the middle of the night, and it becomes a tradition.
This was so good and I love the cover, the characters were just as fleshed out as If We Were Villains- and it was multiple POV. I really loved it and was so perfect for Spooky Season. So maybe next year or Summerween or the Winterween; put this on the TBR.
#booktok#booklr#reading#reading challenge#horrorbooks#2024 reading#2024 goodreads#2024 reading challenge#book blog#bookblr#book review#2024 book release#2024 reads#2024 books#graveyard shift#ml rio#spooky season
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13 Moons Reading Challenge 2024 — Announcement
So it’s finally time for the announcement of the 13 Moons reading challenge for 2024. Another year, another list of prompts that will make your reading journey exciting. This reading challenge is created by me for the entire reading community. So if you love reading or are looking for a reading challenge to try for the upcoming year, then here is one for you.
Rules & Levels
The rules for this reading challenge are simple. First of all, this is just for fun so no need to feel pressured into doing anything or reading anything you don’t want to. You can also be flexible with the prompts if you choose to do so. The challenge will run from January 1st, 2024 and till December 31st, 2024.
There are a total of 104 reading prompts divided into 13 categories. There is a list of levels given and you can choose which level you wish to participate in based on your preference. The levels you can participate in are as follows:
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 13 books — fulfill one prompt from each category
Partial Lunar Eclipse: 26 books — fulfill at least one prompt from each category
Central Lunar Eclipse: 52 books — fulfill at least one prompt from each category
Total Lunar Eclipse: 104 books — fulfill all the prompts
The reading challenge is given below. I am trying to create a graphic for it, and if I succeed I’ll edit this post and attach the graphic later, but for now I will write it all down here in case you wish to participate and plan your TBR. So without further ado, here is the 13 Moons reading challenge 2024.
13 Moons Reading Challenge 2024
Wolf Moon
A Stand Alone novel
A furry creature on the cover
Hair on the cover
The words Straight, Waves or Curly in the title
Hair color in the title
A book about found family
A book about adoption
A book with a hierarchy
Snow Moon
The word White in the title
Blanket on the cover
Read a book while drinking a hot beverage
Read a book while burning a candle
Hat/Cap on the cover
A book about mountains
A book about a fresh start or a new beginning
A book with necromancy themes
Worm Moon
Read a book in a series with more than 5 books
A book about rebirth or reincarnation
A cozy book
Book about insects
Continue a series
A book that gives you the creeps
A book you’re not sure about
A book you’re thinking of unhauling
Pink Moon
A book with a princess
Book about women empowerment
A pink object on the cover
Book recommended by a celebrity
Book that tickles you pink
A coming of age book
A celebrity memoir
Start a book on a new moon
Flower Moon
Book by a BIPOC author
Book about friendship
A book club pick
Book with an animated cover
Book with a character named after a flower
A speculative fiction
A book set in spring
Read a book at any time of the day
Strawberry Moon
Read a book from your backlist
Read a book with Bubbles on the cover
A book with less than 400 pages
Book you see trending on social media
Read a book from an author which is new to you
A debut novel
Book with the word Leaf in the title
Book about swimming
Buck Moon
A book that has multiple editions
A Paperback
A book recommended by a friend
A biography
A book you’re seeing everywhere
A 2024 release
A 5 star prediction
Book with a Man on the cover
Sturgeon Moon
Book with a map
Book that people have been forcing you to read
Book with a title that starts with the first letter of your name
Book you hauled recently
Book with a Tree on the cover
Book with the word Can’t in the title
Book with a dark cover
A novella
Harvest Moon
An anthology
A book you had to read for an assignment
A book with a movie adaptation
Book you’d recommend to somebody else
A book chosen by somebody else
Book with a Fish on the cover
A fruit in the title
Book about a celebration
Hunter’s Moon
Book about food
Book set in Europe
Book with an Umbrella on the cover
Book about a topic you’re curious about
An award winning book
Read the 7th book on your shelf
Book with Buildings on the cover
book divided into parts
Beaver Moon
Book about a psychological phenomenon
Book with the word Five in the title
Book with a Street on the cover
Start a book in the evening
A book about a specific country
A book from your monthly TBR
Book with a cover you don’t like
Book about a single parent
Cold Moon
Book set in the medieval times
Book with a Spider on the cover
Read a book while wearing a pair of socks
A memoir
Book about a historical event
Book with a character’s name in the title
Book you think you will love
Book from a Goodreads shelf
Blue Moon
Book with a unique format
Read a classic
Book with 3 or more people on the cover
Book recommended by your favorite social media influencer
Book with a dramatic title
Book with a Dagger in the story
Book set in high school
Book about a spy
And there you have it. This is the 13 Moons reading challenge 2024 for you all. Let me know if you like it. If you wish to participate I’d love it if you can comment below to tell me you’re participating in the challenge. If you don’t want to comment, that’s fine as well. As long as you enjoy doing the challenge, I’m happy.
Happy Reading!!
#read n buried#booklr#books and reading#reading#books#book#books & libraries#currently reading#book blog#book community#Reading Challenge#13 Moons Reading Challenge#13 Moons Reading Challenge 2024#Reading Challenge 2024#readers#long reads#goodreads#book review#book tumblr#book tube#Reading Challenge Announcement
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
good evening everyone.
I cannot stop posting help.
Anyway. Usually I leave a goodreads review after I finish a book, but after I finished KOTLC Unraveled, they weren’t accepting additional reviews temporarily. I suspect it’s because people were being homophobic 😬😬😬.
And hence, the purpose of this post. There were 2 very **VERY*** minor characters, I’m talking a waitress and a jogger, who had a significant other of the same sex. There is a section of the world making a big deal out of this.
The way I see it, Keefe is in the human world now. People are free to love who they love, and not just who’s on their match list. I think it’s important that Keefe encountered and acknowledged LGBTQ+ existence since he’s still learning about this new world. Maybe it was just trying to insert an agenda into keeper, but I really doubt it. Shannon always has a reason. Just like Artemis Fowl. Trust that she knows what she’s doing guys. Trust.
#kotlc unraveled#keeper of the lost cities unraveled#lgbtq#tw homophobia#shannon messenger#keefe sencen#keefe kotlc#kotlc keefe#its 2024#grow up#maybe i’m wrong#i dont think i am#yikes#goodreads#reviews#book review#bruh#is this the world we live in?#its a book calm down
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I finally finished Nona The Ninth and am caught up with TLT!
So now we're gonna get an Alecto the Ninth release date, right?
...RIGHT???
#tlt#the locked tomb#books#reading#gideon the ninth#harrow the ninth#nona the ninth#tamsyn muir#alecto the ninth#PLEASE#IT STILL SAYS JANUARY 1ST 2024 ON GOODREADS#GIVE ME SOMETHING#maybe the real Alecto were the friends we ate along the way
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Books of 2024: June Wrap-Up.
Okay, y'all have Convinced Me--I'm going to start doing little wrap up posts! Behold: a shelf of what I read in June (not pictured: the bookmark at page 466 of ORDINARY MONSTERS, because despite having read two (2) books worth of book so far, I'm still not quite done with that one).
June was kind of a slow reading month for me (I did a LOT of writing, looking back--nice). I wanted to take OTHER TERRORS and THE ELEMENTS OF ELOQUENCE a bite at a time so the horrors and figures of rhetoric (respectively) didn't all run together. Both of those, much like A SHINING, turned out to be pleasantly leisurely wanders, whereas MONSTERS is kind of a plod.
I already did bigger write-ups for TERRORS and SHINING, linked in the bullets below.
OTHER TERRORS - ★★★★ Great bite-sized horror anthology with a really inclusive mix, as promised! I enjoyed most of these (always nice in an anthology!)
A SHINING - ★★★★ Weird fucked up heavy little book in translation, lit-fic flavored, but very approachable, I thought. Tiny enough to swallow in a sitting, but also kind of exhausting to do it that way? I'll definitely reread this one in the future.
THE ELEMENTS OF ELOQUENCE - ★★★ Fun romp through rhetoric! The examples were fun, and I appreciated the humor, but I also find myself still uncertain what a bunch of the figures actually ARE, definitions-wise, despite having read a book full of so many of them (I did just buy his recommended A HANDLIST OF RHETORICAL TERMS to help with that, at least, which is. almost entirely. definitions by volume). Neat thing to have on my references shelf, but it wasn't as excellent as I was hoping it'd be.
ORDINARY MONSTERS - 466/658 pages read; will report back later (but it's not looking good, folks).
#books of 2024#books of 2024: june wrap-up#other terrors#a shining#the elements of eloquence#ordinary monsters#jon fosse#mark forsyth#jm miro#is this anything??#i don't actually usually rate things on GR if they're not 4/5#(rarely 1/2)#i almost never rate 3s#so i pulled the 4 stars from my goodreads but made up ELOQUENCE after the fact#also ordinary monsters does NOT need to be this long holy fuck#anyway i finished writing a novella at the end of may#wrote a short story at the beginning of june#spent a weekend in a hotel making Liminal Space Notes for revision purposes#and then spent a week picking at that scene at the end of june#had a great time on the writing front#it does in fact mean words goes slower though#oh heck i'm also partway through alpha reading a friend's manuscript too huh#that's not on my Read In June but i read like 40 pages of that so far XD
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Book review: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Rating: 4⭐️
Howl’s moving castle is one of my favourite movies of all time. And now I read this, a source of inspiration for Miyazaki’s work. Of course, it’s different, and I don’t mind it. The movie has more war elements attached to it, while in the book it was just mentioned; Howl in the book is a drama queen, while in the movie we idolise him as our future husband ahahah; I loved both of Sophie’s versions, she’s such a boss lady; and I liked how in the book we have more connections with her family. I wish that at the end it wasn’t so rushed and we had a bit more of romance.
#reading challenge#book recommendations#book review#goodreads#2024#howl’s moving castle#diana wynne jones
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Honestly? 100% accurate. This may not be the most rave review my book has gotten so far, but it's definitely one of my favorites. Read the whole thing here.
#the shabti#ghost stories#historical fantasy#queer fiction#2024 debuts#ancient egypt#lgbtqia books#writing community#supernatural thriller#my art#goodreads review#hermann goschalk#gay character#jewish characters#m/m romance
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Book Review #58 of 2024--
Graveyard Shift by M. L. Rio. Rating: 4 stars.
Read on October 2nd.
This gothic novella was exactly the vibe I was wanting to get me into the spooky mood. As usual, M.L. Rio does an amazing job setting the atmosphere and getting the reader into the story right away. The only thing that could have made it more spook-tacular for me is if I read it very late on a dark and stormy night. In Graveyard Shift, we follow a group of people who have somehow all met in this graveyard on their smoke breaks in this college town. They started meeting there at midnights since none of them have any sort of regular sleeping pattern. But one midnight they discover a secret and start looking for answers. I loved getting everyone's POV chapters. I think the author also did a great job keeping the characters distinct from one another and making them stand out. It was dark and gritty and goes there which is something I say a lot of Horror doesn't do--at least not enough for me. And all I really want is to spend more time with these characters. The writing style is also really good but at this point I just expect it from this author.
So, what is the thing that brings down the rating for me? If you've guessed it's too short for me, ding-ding, you win. I liked this so much and one of the two things that could have made it so much better for me is getting to spend more time with these absolutely mad people. When I like something, I want more of it. I also didn't realize this was a novella until it arrived on my doorstep so I guess part of that is on me. The thing M.L. Rio likes to do is leave the ending wide open. No definitive answers. No real, solid resolution. Just a question lingering in the air. Which I don't love. I think it works well here despite me wanting an answer. I know that it allows for a more hooking ending this way. I just hate not knowing.
Overall, this was an amazing autumn read. Perfect for this time of the year. So, if you have the chance to pick this one up soon, please do. On your next dark and stormy night.
#book review#book reviews#booklr#bookblr#bookstagram#bookish#books read in 2024#2024 reading challenge#goodreads challenge#goodreads#graveyard shift#m.l. rio#M. L. Rio#ml rio#m l rio#new release#novella
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i loved these books!! 🥹wow i didn't do too shoddy at all this year
#goodreads#reading challenge 2024#this is the best reading year i've had since i graduated from uni wowowow#i know these are weenie numbers compared to others but my goal this year was to read a book a month LOL#if anybody wants to be goodreads friends please feel free to add me so i can peek at your bookshelves#oh i forgot my profile is private lol my b! add if you want to peek at MY bookshelves ig - username is luthory
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5/5 & 4/5
Okay so Six of Crows was good. It caught me by my throat and I loved it instantly. I loved being back in the Grishaverse and I loved group of ragtag characters.
Leigh’s writing was really good for this duology. And I got attached to some characters more than others (cough Kaz and Matthias cough) and the first book was really fun and great and I loved it.
No spoilers but a while star got knocked off of Crooked Kingdom just because of a certain emotional traumatic moment that made me cry and feel really sad and depressed.
Overall- I really did enjoy this duology and I can see how the author’s writing got better after the original trilogy and how much she grew.
I’m on the fence about King of Scars and Rule of Wolves- I don’t even own them, but I never liked Nikolai or Zoya so I’m not like super excited to read them.
#booktok#booklr#reading#reading challenge#2024 reading#2024 goodreads#2024 reading challenge#ya fantasy books#grishaverse#six of crows#crooked kingdom#six of crows duology#leigh bardugo#bookblr#book blog#book review#2024 reads
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As well as closing out the year with volume 7 of Husky and his White Cat Shizun, I thought I'd share with you all the books I read over the past year. I'm so proud of myself for breaking my goal and surpassing it by many more books than I expected to read this year! I have a few mini challenges set for my readings for the next year, just to try and change my reading up a little bit more (especially with some book choices I made this year that I ended up really enjoying). For now though, here's the 2024 collection!
#off topic chatter#goodreads book challenge#2024 book reads#the way i started this year with 2ha and am now ending the year with 2ha ... full circle perfection.#feel free to poke me about any books you want me to talk about! my ask box is closed rn so you might have to respond to this post instead.
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Secrets of Blackthorn Hall by Cassandra Clare - blurrypetals review
originally posted nov. 9, 2024 - ★★★★★
Um, a whole book about Julian Blackthorn and Emma Carstairs being domestic and trying to break a curse? Sign me up!
I'll admit, I've been it withdrawals almost 2 years now ever since Chain of Thorns was released in January 2023, which I'm sure is not shocking at all to people who know me. The Shadowhunter Chronicles is one of my all-time favorite series and it feels like I'm home whenever I'm reading anything from them. Seasons of Shadowhunters was made for readers like me, and I'm so glad it's here!
I held off reading this on Tumblr, though, and I'm glad I did so I could see everything in print, especially all the gorgeous illustrations by Cassandra Jean. It's also nice I didn't have to wait for each letter to release and could just read them at my own pace without having to wait to find out what happened next.
That said, this took me a bit to get through, but it was such a comfy read I kept it in my purse for anytime I needed a little treat, dragging it out as long as I could to enjoy the sweet, nostalgic vibes of it. This is easily Cassie's coziest book, just a sweet epistolary collection that filled my heart up while making me (impossibly so) much more excited for The Last King of Faerie to launch the beginning of The Wicked Powers.
I definitely enjoyed this all through a season and a half and I'm so stoked for my next Seasons book soon!
#secrets of blackthorn hall#seasons of shadowhunters#shadowhunters#the shadowhunter chronicles#the mortal instruments#the infernal devices#the dark artifices#the last hours#the wicked powers#the bane chronicles#the eldest curses#tales from the shadowhunter academy#ghosts of the shadow market#cassandra clare#cassandra jean#2024#goodreads mirror#blurrypetals
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f*** u goodreads. who's behind now??
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I haven't been able to complete or read a book like I used to in a long time—maybe Dune will fix me. It's making me crazy, and I can't wait for the book to arrive.
The ONLY time that Timmy Chimmy would drive me crazy.
#dune series#dune#dune books#dune movie#dune part 2#dune part two#dune 2024#dune 2#goodreads#letterboxd#goodreadsaddict#letterboxdaddict#haha#humor#original post#text post#freak#me devouring#funny#evil#lol#literally#shitpost#shit post#text posts#textpost
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I finished my goodreads goal in the beginning of November and I’m wondering if I should post my thoughts on the books I’ve read….
#goodreads#reading2024#book review#please read these books#book recommendations#book recs#books 2024
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