#2024 reading log
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tedwoodward · 7 months ago
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2024 reading log :) most are audiobooks
Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree
The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant, Drew Hayes (reread)
Undeath and Taxes, Drew Hayes (reread)
Bloody Acquisitions, Drew Hayes (reread)
The Fangs of Freelance, Drew Hayes (reread)
Deadly Assessments, Drew Hayes
Undeading Bells, Drew Hayes
Out of House and Home, Drew Hayes
NPCs, Drew Hayes
Posthumous Education, Drew Hayes
The Queen of Days, Greta Kelly
100 Fathoms Below, Steven L. Kent and Nicholas Kaufmann
Soulless, Gail Carriger (reread)
When Brooklyn Was Queer, Hugh Ryan
The Starless Sea, Erin Morgenstern
One for My Enemy, Olivie Blake
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rodanseys · 8 months ago
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2024 Reading Log
Goal: read one book a month!
January:
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub, 2.5/5
February:
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, 4/5 stars
March:
Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins, 3.5/5 stars
Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Steifvater, 3.5/5 stars
Mr. Impossible by Maggie Steifvater, 4/5 stars
Babel by RF Kuang, 5/5 stars
April:
Circe by Madeline Miller, 3/5 stars
May:
The Poppy War by RF Kuang, 3.5/5 stars
June:
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, 2/5 stars
July:
What the Eye Hears: A History of Tap Dance by Brian Seibert, 4.5/5 stars
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, 3.5/5 stars
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley, 2.5/5 stars
August:
East of Eden by John Steinbeck, 3/5 stars
September:
Greywaren by Maggie Steifvater, 4/5 stars
October
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks, 5/5 stars
November
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, 4/5 stars
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slipsthrufingers · 9 months ago
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austeresongs · 10 months ago
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posting this here because I no longer have my spam Instagram
Detective, Horror, or Suspense: "My Darling Girl" by Jennifer McMahon
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a-queer-seminarian · 4 months ago
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I made these charts to provide an easy reference guide for comparing the four Gospels! Feel free to share around wherever.
I think tumblr's crunching up these images so visit here for crisper versions (plus they're table format instead of png format).
Alt text version is under the readmore, necessarily formatted slightly differently but with all the same info.
TEXT ONLY / NON CHART VERSION:
Images show two charts, each credited to Avery Arden with a note that the material largely derives from the abridged version of Raymond E. Brown's An Introduction to the New Testament.
Chart 1: Comparing the Gospels, Part 1 – historical context
Mark
When: 
Late 60s/early 70s
Who:
Jewish
Multi-lingual — peppers Aramaic into the Greek
Where:
Rome or Syria (clearly unfamiliar with Palestinian geography)
To whom:
Mainly to Gentiles new to Christianity who were experiencing persecution
Priorities:
Encourage audience and show them how their suffering fit into Jesus’ vision of the Kingdom of God
Matthew:
When: 
Late 70s/80s
Who: 
Jewish 
Also multi-lingual, with Aramaic phrases;
Greek more polished than Mark’s
Where:
Probably in or near Antioch (in Syria); possibly Galilee
To Whom: 
Mainly to well-educated Jews who were debating internally about how Jewish tradition fit into following Jesus
Priorities: 
Promote Messiah Jesus who fulfills audience’s Jewish scriptures
inform church life and structure
Luke
When:
mid-to-late-80s
Who:
Gentile (possibly Jewish convert)
Educated Greek “historian” familiar with Septuagint; no use of Aramaic; expert use of Greek
Where:
Probably Greece; possibly Syria; also unfamiliar with Palestine
To whom:
Mainly to wealthy Gentiles influenced by Paul’s mission; living in an urban setting
Priorities:
Promote Isaiah-like Jesus; challenge audience to live out faith more actively (e.g., by redistributing wealth)
John
When: 
90s / as late as 110
Who:
Jewish 
Student(s) of “the Beloved Disciple” (the “Johannine school”)
Where:
Traditionally Ephesus; possibly Syria
To whom:
To a mixed crowd of Jews & Gentiles, at a time when tensions between Jews who did & didn’t follow Jesus had reached an all-time high
Priorities:
Promote Jesus’s divinity; strengthen unity in a group increasingly defining itself as separate from Jewish ones
Chart 2: Comparing the Gospels, Part 2 — Thematic Content
Mark
Emphasizes Jesus as:
Jesus as miracle-worker / healer; human being 
Unafraid to depict human limitations & emotions in Jesus
Other defining attributes / content:
Focuses on Jesus’s actions, e.g., his miracles; as well as on his suffering and death
Originally ended with the empty tomb & fear; no resurrection relief
The disciples often fail to understand Jesus; Jesus is frequently secretive about his identity
Matthew
Emphasizes Jesus as:
A Moses figure, Messiah, Son of God; teacher
Removes descriptions that make Jesus seem limited, naïve
Other defining attributes / content:
Beatitudes (ch. 5); judgment of the “sheep and goats” (ch. 25); 
Instructions for intracommunal relationships; forgiveness; “Great Commission” (ch. 28)
Polishes Mark’s depiction of the disciples to present them more favorably (esp. Peter as the “rock” of the church)
Luke
Emphasizes Jesus as:
Self-aware Son of God; prophet of the poor
Removes descriptions that make Jesus seem emotional, harsh, or weak
Other defining attributes / content:
Beatitudes (ch. 6) — with added “woes”; frequent warnings about risks of wealth
Also depicts disciples more favorably
Favorable depictions of tax collectors as sinners on the way to redemption; 
negative views of Pharisees as rejectors of Jesus, juxtaposed with stories of Gentiles who express faith
John
Emphasizes Jesus as:
Divine, the Word / “I Am” made flesh; lamb of God
Often misunderstood by disciples & crowds due to his use of figurative language
Other defining attributes / content:
Poetic format, full of symbolism; similarities to Gnostic texts that arose in the same era
Lots of “testimony” and “signs”
Despite Jesus & his disciples being Jewish, John depicts “the Jews” as being against Jesus; his Jesus says things like “It is written in your law…”
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tolerateit · 4 months ago
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Jen Reads 2024!
You - Caroline Kepnes 8/10
Hidden Bodies - Caroline Kepnes 7/10
You Love Me - Caroline Kepnes 7/10
For You And Only You - Caroline Kepnes 6/10
The Duke and I: Bridgerton Book 1 - Julia Quinn 7/10
Atonement - Ian McEwan 9/10
The Viscount Who Loved Me: Bridgerton Book 2 - Julia Quinn 7/10
The Devil In The White City - Erik Larson 9/10
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn 9/10
The Silence Of The Lambs - Thomas Harris 8/10
The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank 10/10
Conclave - Robert Harris 9/10
Red Sparrow - Jason Matthews 9/10
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silusvesuius · 6 months ago
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unleashing the same hellscape i did on my notes app here it's my nelvas thinking dump i wrote just for fun and to keep track of what i view them as up 2 this point. Might change my mind on it later on it has a lot of things written in brackets for no reason . it's like ~2500 words long which isn't much but i think i said everything i've had in my mind for now read it for fun if you like to have fun leik me :) And talvas :) And nelothxP
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retyping what i said in the tags of those last text posts and rearranging those thoughts a bit: in my train of thought that's been going steady since early 2024 i'm almost certain that neloth might see talvas as the epitome of being morally Clean (before that changes because of neloth's influence over him) and generally pure as a person. pure not used in the Pervert way; neloth is just a veeery big fan of talvas having absolutely no backbone and being very docile when it comes to him. which is r expected traits 4 someone if they find themselves under neloth's thumb as an apprentice, but it being written that he isn't at all catty and defiant to his face is cute. all talvas manages to do is shit talk neloth to others and pray neloth doesn't find out he meant the things he said but also can’t help feeling bad about it, even though neloth doesn't and wouldn't care, if he found out. neloth is happy with being an obnoxious & disgusting person. truly.. him growing obsessed with talvas' docile and innocent nature doesn't necessarily have to add up to him wanting to Taint or Ruin him (and if it happens ((it does)) it's not done on purpose, neloth can't hold that much control and power of his actions in that specific department). he encounters difficulties when he realizes he actually wants that Elven Twink.. it's too far gone to fix anything after he's tampered with talvas' patience and stability, and even then he can't be honest with talvas about anything, because he still wants to hold a great deal of power over him (neloth essentials for survival).
Might be the type to just want talvas to magically(haha) think it's okay that his wizard master desires him and expect that energy right back without talvas actually acknowledging it because it'd make neloth feel insanely cringy and embarrassed.. humiliated.. EVEN. but that's just in a deep deep dark corner of his mind, he isn't stupid. when trying to gain 'access' to his apprentice ("*His* apprentice" is also kinda funny way of viewing his mind too. just cause talvas is working as an apprentice under him neloth probably already feels a concerning sense of ownership over him that makes him feel very good) he can't even make the signs of interest be apparent to talvas because he's insanely inept at being Soft and honest for obvious reasons. he can tell what possibly could make talvas warm up to him even after he treats him like shit for eons but there's no way he's bringing himself to do it (change is embarrassing, especially in their formal dynamic, and especially at his age). so it's a half-assed attempt (actually he's trying his hardest🙄) to try and make talvas be (at least) less afraid of him. not that talvas has any other place that we know of that he "Belongs" to, he just sticks with neloth regardless of anything. neloth watching him as he sleeps ensues . Guys what do i do to make my apprentice let me hit because all of the eye contact i do with him while gripping his arm or petting his knee isn't helping. 
if we were to go back to how that spark is ignited in neloth swamp of a heart, brain… idk, it has to be when he realizes talvas' capability of forgiveness and 'Sucking it up' instead of lashing out at neloth after .. anything, but perhaps physical abuse in particular. neloth a 100% has absolutely no problem putting his hands on anyone, especially someone he sees so often, such as talvas. not that talvas really annoys him (his clear and voiced obedience pleases neloth as anyone can tell), but he just doesn't see it as too much of a big deal. the physical mistreatment that happens once in a blue moon isn't intense enough to scare off talvas for sure anyways. neloth is a bitch so all he can so is smack him at the back of the head (talvas finds it very normal) and slap him if he's feeling festive (something talvas finds kinda extreme but not that it happens often. he sometimes feels like he deserves it, or that neloth is warranted to do as he pleases. he tosses around it being justified or pitying himself, though). May be possible that neloth would realize he Like Likes talvas once he slaps him, mayhaps, for the first time, but talvas' immediate reaction to being treated like that is just sadness mixed with feeling shame for tearing up/crying in front of someone he respects *bishoujo sparkles sfx*. talvas is a delicate soul so he can't hold warranted emotions like that for long, and even tho it's expected of him to be making eye contact w/ neloth in a setting like that, he wouldn't be able 2 bring himself to do it because looking at neloth would make him wanna burst out in tears like a weeeee baby. Booo hooo.. talvas is the 19th century (4th era) damsel that runs out of the ball in tears after no young cavalier invited her to dance. watch this bleed into the most awkward and silent week of neloth's entire life because talvas doesn't even really feel like speaking to him or looking at him, but neloth doesn't wanna brute force the usual respectful etiquette out of him cus he thinks that's just gonna make talvas hurl himself down on some rough rocks at the seashore. Good thing talvas is very spineless and forgiving (especially in relation to neloth… i mean.. who r YOU to not forgive him) so that might just last a day or two. the hurt always stays tho. neloth this is why talvas doesn't wanna smash you.. you might've made some conclusions about what elven twink you like but talvas is just even more scared of you now. was your Pervert awakening worth it. and even if we do backflips and jump thru the point where everything is too far gone for either of them to go back, dude is still too afraid to make out with his apprentice. Deserve. but why though because talvas wouldn't refuse. for what reason? we may never know
^^^ this makes me feel like i love seeing characters i reaaaalllly love (elenwen and talvas in this case) as enigmas in situations where they're confronted with something so ""Intimate"". elenwen's stance on this is final tho cause she's a grown ass woman and there's no way you could reshape her brain. ulfric left her mind plane in SHAMBLES. talvas has more right (in the literal sense) to be erratic or inconsistent with his actions. maybe he likes to be desired. Also i strongly believe that talvas has probably never been in love (for any reason rly but it's mostly him not having actual time for it + not seeing it as something that is important to him at that point in his life)… i want neloth to be his first experience with Love so that it ruin his view on it forever. can't get myself to say he'd be in love with neloth at any point though. From his standpoint it really should feel empowering and 'nice' that neloth wants him in many ways (ew).. cause that's a man with status.. power.. ability to do anything rly . talvas is in no condition to be playing mind games with him or anything tho so don't get that idea. he's not strong enough of a person to be Tricking anyone or to be Playing with anyone's feelings. neloth would be immune to that, too. neloth can just kinda tell talvas is too good and … UNTAINTED. talvas wants to see the best in everyone. too bad he genuinely detests you, neloth.. so: he doesn't actually love neloth but wouldn't be happy to see his tombstone either. SO (PART TWO): if you time it right he wouldn't be against getting Freakkkkyyyy with you okay?but no promises
even if @ some point talvas develops indistinct feelings towards neloth cause of neloth's own incessant weird-mild advances it wouldn't have to mean he just likes old men permanently now. actually it kinda does. i can sorta feel it rearranging his braincells and making him unable to normally interact with people in his age range. he probably already had a hard time talking to others in hopes of developing a friendship just cause he's timid but after neloth's nonstop abuse and Accidental romance mind games he morphs into a whole new type of guy. it's hard to notice at first but he'd probably just start to leech off of neloth's prissy and unbearable personality in a natural course of things + neloth is the only person he sees and talks to on the regular pretty much. < this can just be reworded as just the cycle of abuse and whatnot. if he notices an opening in the abilities and Smarts of another person, especially someone his age/younger, he will automatically see them as umm…stupid. and also insult your abilities to your face if he snaps. he strikes me as the type to be afraid to say what he really thinks (another consequence of being glued to neloth all the time when all talvas does is act like he totally respects anything he says) and gets scared if anything slips out his mouth but is proud in letting the "Truth" be known because he already figured out you're a lesser being than him. he's just cloning neloth's verbal abuse braincells though he would never put his hands on someone. his desire to be mean and see himself as superior stems from neloth always disparaging him obviously.. talvas 4 that reason is very self conscious of his abilities and doesn't rly think he's all that useful or talented. his self doubt then would play into how he doesn't know when to believe what others are saying to and about him.. i wanna imagine that talvas is very oblivious to neloth's weirdo status just cause he partly doesn't even want that thought to cross his mind. i bet everyone but him sees it and finds it gross😕 but nobody in the vicinity is strong enough to tell neloth that he should be ashamed LMFAO. if you would try and even hint to talvas that it's happening he'd never take you seriously and just get mad. he's protective of neloth's image more than neloth himself is; not that people knowing neloth has abnormal sodomistic inclinations toward his apprentice would make his public image worse than it already is (everyone already thinks he's weird so it's not shocking at all) but talvas still wouldn't wanna hear it cause he thinks it's just false. maybe he's just ashamed that he's being brought into the whole thing. also because he doesn't wanna face the reality EJI23JRIO32KJ Well talvas when neloth makes an actual move on you don't say that we didn't warn you.. we're all waiting till neloth's status as an obvious apprentice-pervert becomes obvious to you
even if he's willingly ignorant of the fact he still thinks of the 'accusations' a lot when he feels like it. and unknowingly begins feeling even more uncomfortable in neloth's presence. heart starts beating faster and everything. neloth could come up to him meters away and talvas would still cover his mouth in realization and be like "i knew it… the DB told me but i didn't wanna believe it …..😦 so you really do like young men … and you're in love with me ..😨" *Neloth wakes up from this fever dream drenched in sweat* < neloth doesn't want (obvi) talvas to react that way at any point because he himself would just get scared so they'd just be staring at each other wide eyed. but talvas jumping into his advances isn't what he wants either (that'll also scare him). neloth is still relying on talvas' politeness to let him do as he pleases. but it is impossible for talvas to let it slide without questioning anything regardless so🤷‍♀️ take your few Ls and move on. neloth just wants talvas to sit on his lap. wants to spoonfeed him soup. he's so romantic. he also wants to(sniper on rooftop blows my head to bits). neloth is actually a pretty touchy feely person when he's feeling Frisky (=deranged about talvas). I'm certain his favorite part of talvas' body is his legs. talvas has beautiful young man skipping leg day legs. so nothing special at all but neloth wants to touch them lol.. let your master wizard squeeze your calves and he might just be occupied enough like a kid playing with a fidget toy to not abuse you verbally for 3 seconds. as i said befoar neloth is unpleasant with his touch because he doesn't know how to be soft + doesn't even want it to necessarily feel very 'rewarding' as to not pamper talvas. petting talvas kinda turns into a nervous habit for himself and an instrument of some sort of Reassurance 4 talvas when he wants him to know he’s not mad, for example. non-vebal confirmation. talvas still finds it weird but thinks it’s a charm point too. neloth wouldn't even be against touching him familiarly in front of others but only in a "older male figure" ways ex. touching his knee or putting his hand at the back of his neck (talvas sees it as some sort of disciplinary tactic though). physical touch that matches neloth's age and is enough for it to be seen as not necessarily romantic / overtly weird. 
there'ssssss no saving talvas after such a powerful person gets his hands on him. any will to leave would leave HIM either out of fear or out of attachment and neloth wouldn't just let him go (Alive at least) since he knows the things he knows. if talvas were to escape i'm a Truther of him not feeling in place and wanting to go back cause it's the stability that he's used to. but tbh if he encounters neloth on accident anywhere he's gonna start running. I was drinking tea while writing this and started choking on it i just nearly died writing this are youhappy. anyways, nelvas is a never-ending abusive relationship that doesn’t even have High highs, all it has is low lows. neloth always mistreats talvas for any reason but is never genuinely kind from the heart or out of remorse. .. hmm……yeah. I forgot to type this back out from my posts tags > talvas might just start viewing neloth as fuck crazy and demented after he Finally notices at least one molecular sign of gay attention from him . like ‘Oh wow Master Neloth obviously doesn’t get any female attention or anything cus he’s a sick fuck why does he have to search for it from me Can varona take the hit for me 🥺 *sees her dead body being dragged by the DB* hmm i guess not well i’ll figure something out i guess’ (he doesn’t) also the dialogue talvas has with varona after he steals neloth’s book trying to conjure some bs up will always be so cute to me he’s so defensive and afraid of neloth finding out. Him trying to decipher neloth’s handwriting is cute TOO ik their 19th century love letters to each other would go crazy and make sense to anyone but each other but i’m not gonna talk about 19th century girl talvas x neloth rn it’s too much . what ever. i think i’m done thank you i should just go back to drawing them as grecian pottery red figures or smthj Fun stats for you 4 getting to the end: times the word ‘abuse’ is used: 6
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thedinogeekofficialart · 6 days ago
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Inktober 2024 Day 12: Remote
Let us ignore that it is November.... my drawing tablet is busted anyways, so I might as well work on some traditional art. Anyways, today's drawing is rather obscure in its inspiration, as I have been rereading The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper. (Great book by the way) The floating log cabin featured in the book is about as remote as it gets. I am conquering my fear of building this year in Inktober, so a log cabin wasn't too bad.
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acotars · 10 months ago
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books read in 2024
⋆ ⭒˚.⋆ january ⋆.˚⭒ ⋆
one dark window (the shepherd king #1) by rachel gillig
the murder on the links (hercule poirot #2) by agatha christie
pageboy by elliot page
house of sky and breath (crescent city #2) by sarah j. maas
rogue protocol (the murderbot diaries #3) by martha wells
cult classic by sloane crosley
malibu rising by taylor jenkins reid
the beauty of your face by sahar mustafah
exit strategy (the murderbot diaries #4) by martha wells
animal farm by george orwell
everyone in this room will someday be dead by emily austin
carrie soto is back by taylor jenkins reid
a court this cruel & lovely (kingdom of lies #1) by stacia stark
the rules do not apply by ariel levy
poirot investigates (hercule poirot #3) by agatha christie
yellowface by rebecca f kuang
every heart a doorway (wayward children #1) by seanan mcguire
house of flame and shadow (crescent city #3) by sarah j. maas
read: 18
* · ✦ · * february * · ✦ · *
beautyland by marie-helene bertino
bride by ali hazelwood
network effect (the murderbot diaries #5) by martha wells
fugitive telemetry (the murderbot diaries #6) by martha wells
faebound (faebound #1) by saara el-arifi
the raven boys (the raven cycle #1) by maggie stiefvater **
read: 6
.✦.· *. march .*· .✦.
interesting facts about space by emily austin
penance by eliza clark
the book that no one wanted to read by richard ayoade
pride and prejudice by jane austen
unlikeable female characters: the women pop culture wants you to hate by anna bogutskaya
the shame by makenna goodman
greta & valdin by rebecca k. reilly
read: 7
✷ · ✶ · ✧ april ✧ · ✶ · ✷
this spells love by kate robb
out on a limb by hannah bonam-young
gwen & art are not in love by lex croucher
a lady's guide to scandal by sophie irwin
the friendship study by ruby barrett
the boyfriend candidate by ashley winstead
the pumpkin spice cafe by laurie gilmore
business or pleasure by rachel lynn solomon
how to end a love story by yulin kuang
this could be us (skyland #2) by kennedy ryan
the honeymoon crashers (the unhoneymooners #1.5) by christina lauren
we could have been friends, my father and i by raja shehadeh
how to stop time by matt haig
how to fake it in hollywood by ava wilder
with love from cold world by alicia thompson
funny story by emily henry
love radio by ebony ladelle
old flames and new fortunes by sarah hogle
just for the summer by abby jimenez
don't want you like a best friend by emma r. alban
love interest by clare gilmore
the exception to the rule (the improbable meet-cute #1) by christina lauren
worst wingman ever (the improbable meet-cute #2) by abby jimenez
with any luck (the improbable meet-cute #5) by ashley poston
last call at the local by sara grunder ruiz
happily never after by lynn painter
the ex talk by rachel lynn solomon
i kissed shara wheeler by casey mcquiston
the love wager by lynn painter
morning glory milking farm by c.m. nacosta
will they or won't they by ava wilder
read: 31
. ° * ☆ may ☆ * ° .
when the sky fell on splendor by emily henry
on earth we're briefly gorgeous by ocean vuong
blizzard by marie vingtras
bright young women by jessica knoll
the age of magical overthinking: notes on modern irrationality by amanda montell
the flatshare by beth o'leary **
read: 6
⋆ ˚.⋆ june ⋆.˚ ⋆
not in love by ali hazelwood
the way of kings (the stormlight archive #1) by brandon sanderson
words of radiance (the stormlight archive #2) by brandon sanderson
read: 3
. · ☆ . july . ☆ · .
edgedancer (the stormlight archive #2.5) by brandon sanderson
blue iris: poems and essays by mary oliver
woman, eating by claire kohda
oathbringer (the stormlight archive #3) by brandon sanderson
a novel love story by ashley poston
chlorine by jade song
how to read now by elain castillo
please stop trying to leave me by alana saab
beautifully broken life by catherine cowles
the god of the woods by liz moore
edgedancer (the stormlight archive #3.5) by brandon sanderson
the dead and the dark by courtney gould
a most agreeable murder by julia seales
the murder of roger ackroyd (hercule poirot #4) by agatha christie
read: 14
. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁august ݁. ⊹ ₊ ݁.
the bluest eye by toni morrison
more, please: on food, fat, bingeing, longing, and the lust for "enough" by emma specter
the ministry of time by kaliane bradley
system collapse (the murderbot diaries #7) by martha wells
emily wilde's encycolpedia of fairies (emily wilde #1) by heather fawcett
emily wilde's map of the other lands (emily wilde #2) by heather fawcett
catalina by karla cornejo villavicencio
roadside picnic by arkady strugatsky and boris strugatsky
read: 8
reading goal: 93/100
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encantarmocha · 2 months ago
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౨ৎ january reads ─ five on a treasured island
date of read: 01/01 - 09/01
rating: ⭑⭑⭑⭑
a classic novel beginning a series. it was written okay, due to it being aimed for a younger audience but i enjoyed it nonetheless. it made me want to continue the series which i might look into the following year.
characters were likable and the addition of timmy the dog made it that much more enjoyable. for people beginning or re-finding their love in reading, this is the perfect starter book in which i recommend.
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pxiehollows · 7 months ago
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reading update – 
this was heavy and heartbreaking and i really liked it but every time James opened his mouth i wanted to punch him in the face. 4 stars.
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likeclarabow · 11 months ago
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2024 Books Read
In a Holidaze - Christina Lauren (Jan 1)
The Long Games - Elena Armas (Jan 2)
The Seven Year Slip - Ashley Poston (Jan 3)
Something More - Jackie Kalilieh (Jan 3-Jan 4)
A Study in Drowning - Ava Reid (Jan 8-Jan 13)
Cockroach - Rawi Hage (Jan 17-Jan 24)
Confessions of an English Opium Eater - Thomas De Quincey (Jan 18-Jan 24)
The Night Circus (reread) - Erin Morgenstern (Jan 24-Jan 29)
Manfred - Lord Byron (Jan 29-Jan 31)
White Nights - Fyodor Dostoevsky (Jan 26-Feb 1)
Murder on the Links - Agatha Christie (Feb 1-Feb 5)
Fronteras Americanas: American Borders - Guillermo Verdecchia (Feb 8)
Total Chaos - Jean Claude Izzo (Feb 7-Feb 16)
I Was Their American Dream - Malaka Gharib (Feb 17-Feb 21)
Once in a Promised Land - Laila Halaby (Feb 26-Mar 1)
Babi Yar - Anatoly Kuznetsov (Feb 17-Mar 2)
Northanger Abbey (reread) - Jane Austen (Feb 27-Mar 3)
Delicious Monsters - Liselle Sambury (Mar 10-Mar 11)
The Flatshare - Beth O'Leary (Mar 12-Mar 13)
Divine Rivals - Rebecca Ross (Mar 13-Mar 14)
The Breakup Tour - Emily Wibberly + Austin Siegemund-Broka (Mar 14)
Foul Heart Huntsman - Chloe Gong (Mar 15-Mar 16)
I Hope This Doesn't Find You - Ann Liang (Mar 16-Mar 17)
Less - Andrew Sean Greer (Mar 17-Mar 18)
Night of Power - Anar Ali (Mar 20)
Winter in Sokcho - Elisa Shua Dusapin (Mar 20-Mar 22)
The Last Man - Mary Shelley (Mar 19-Mar 30)
The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels - Janice Hallett (Mar 30-Mar 31)
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin - Timothy Snyder (Jan 10-Apr 4)
The Reappearance of Rachel Price - Holly Jackson (May 5-May 8)
Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah (May 14-May 16)
Conversations With Friends - Sally Rooney (May 17-May 28)
Biography of X - Catherine Lacey (May 30-June 9)
Her First Palestinian - Saeed Teebi (May 30-June 10)
Funny Story - Emily Henry (June 11-June 16)
November 1942 - Peter Englund (June 16-June 26)
Alone With You in the Ether - Olivie Blake (June 23-June 27)
A Man Called Ove - Fredrick Backman (June 27-June 29)
Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin (June 29-June 30)
The Girl in Question - Tess Sharpe (June 30-July 3)
The Girls I've Been (reread) - Tess Sharpe (July 4-July 5)
The Man in the High Castle - Phillip K Dick (July 6-July 12)
Ruthless Vows - Rebecca Ross (July 12-July 16)
Body Grammar - Jules Ohman (July 17-July 19)
Shanghailanders - Juli Min (July 19-July 23)
They're Going to Love You - Meg Howrey (July 24-July 26)
So Late in the Day - Claire Keegan (July 26)
That's Not My Name - Megan Lally (July 26)
The Blonde Identity - Ally Carter (July 27)
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands - Heather Fawcett (July 27-July 29)
The Sittaford Mystery - Agatha Christie (July 31-Aug 2)
Beautiful World Where Are You - Sally Rooney (Aug 3-Aug 8)
Mr Salary - Sally Rooney (Aug 9)
Penance - Eliza Clark (Aug 9-Aug 10)
Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata (Aug 11)
Educated - Tara Westover (Aug 12-Aug 14)
The Couple at No. 9 - Claire Douglas (Aug 15-Aug 20)
A Curse for True Love - Stephanie Garber (Aug 17-Aug 19)
London - Edward Rutherford (Aug 20-Aug 28)
The Girls - Emma Cline (Aug 28-Aug 29)
The List - Yomi Adegoke (Aug 30)
Florida - Lauren Groff (Aug 30-Aug 31)
Less is Lost - Andrew Sean Greer (Aug 31-Sept 1)
Love in the Time of Serial Killers - Alicia Thompson (Sept 1)
Zoya - Danielle Steele (Sept 1-Sept 3)
Where Are You, Echo Blue - Hayley Krischer (Sept 4-Sept 7)
Bellies - Nicola Dinan (Sept 8-Sept 15)
A Contract With God - Will Eisner (Sept 17)
The Rachel Incident - Caroline O'Donoghue (Sept 19-Sept 21)
Richard II - William Shakespeare (Sept 15-Sept 22)
Maus I - Art Spiegelman (Sept 19-Sept 24)
This Ravenous Fate - Hayley Dennings (Sept 22-Sept 25)
The Unwomanly Face of War - Svetlana Alexievich (Sept 15-Sept 25)
Foster - Claire Keegan (Sept 26)
Anne of Windy Poplars (reread) - L.M. Montgomery (Sept 21-Sept 30)
The Pairing - Casey McQuiston (Sept 26-Oct 1)
Dept of Speculation - Jenny Offill (Oct 2)
Watchman - Alan Moore (Sept 29-Oct 4)
The Getaway List - Emma Lord (Oct 3-Oct 5)
Death at Morning House - Maureen Johnson (Oct 6-Oct 8)
The God of the Woods - Liz Moore (Oct 9-Oct 13)
Boy Parts - Eliza Clark (Oct 13-Oct 14)
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Oct 19-Oct 22)
Bliss Montage - Ling Ma (Oct 23-Oct 26)
To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf (Oct 18-Oct 27)
Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi (Oct 24-Oct 28)
One for My Enemy - Olivie Blake (Oct 26-Oct 31)
Graveyard Shift - M.L. Rio (Nov 1-Nov 2)
Funny Boy - Shyam Selvadurai (Oct 26-Nov 4)
Rouge - Mona Awad (Nov 2-Nov 6)
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elcucurucho · 15 days ago
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you get emotionally invested in a minecraft server ONE time and then you carry that shit with you forever. god
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shazzeaslightnovels · 2 months ago
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August 2024
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(Series: Hai to Gensou no Grimgar | Artist: Eiri Shirai)
List of Reviews:
Shoujo Seikan Hyouryuuki 2
Hai to Gensou no Grimar 1
Dare ga Yuusha wo Koroshita ka: Yogen no Sho
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vanserrass · 8 months ago
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Reading Log
66/100
*reread
JANUARY
1. Welcome to The O.C - Allan Sepinwall
2. The Beast - Katee Roberts
3. Sweep in Peace - Ilona Andrews
4. House of Earth and Blood* - Sarah J. Mass
5. House of Sky and Breath* - Sarah J. Mass
FEBRUARY
6. House of Flame and Shadow - Sarah J Mass
7. One Fell Sweep - Ilona Andrews
8. An Offer From A Gentlemen - Julia Quinn
9. Sweep of the Blade - Ilona Andrews
10. An Easy Death - Charlaine Harris
MARCH
11. A Longer Fall - Charlaine Harris
12. The Russian Cage - Charlaine Harris
13. Sweep With Me - Ilona Andrews
14. The Serpent in Heaven - Charlaine Harris
15. Romancing Mr. Bridgerton - Julia Quinn
16. Sweep of the Heart - Ilona Andrews
APRIL
17. The Stolen Heir* - Holly Black
18. Throne of the Fallen - Kerri Maniscalco
19. Fourth Wing* - Rebecca Yarros
20. Flawless - Elsie Silver
21. Funny Story - Emily Henry
22. Storm and Fury - Jennifer L. Armentrout
MAY
23. Rage and Ruin - Jennifer L. Armentrout
24. Grace and Glory - Jennifer L. Armentrout
25. The Way of the Shadows - Brent Weeks
26. Perfect Shadow - Brent Weeks
27. Asking for a Friend - Andi Osho
JUNE
28. Heartless - Elsie Silver
29. Shadow’s Edge - Brent Weeks
30. The Art Thief - Michael Finley
31. Powerless - Elsie Silver
32. The Party Crasher - Sophie Kinsella
33. Beyond the Shadows - Brent Weeks
34. To Sir Phillip With Love - Julia Quinn
JULY
35. House of Flame and Shadow* - Sarah J. Maas
36. The Guest List - Lucy Foley
37. Gild* - Raven Kennedy
38. The Black Prism - Brent Weeks
39. Meet Me at the Lake - Carley Fortune
40. Glint* - Raven Kennedy
AUGUST
41. The Blinding Knife - Brent Weeks
42. Canadian Boyfriend - Jenny Holiday
43. The Broken Eye - Brent Weeks
44. Slaying the Vampire Conquer - Carissa Broadbent
45. Gleam* - Raven Kennedy
46. Uprooted - Naomi Novik
47. The Blood Mirror - Brent Weeks
48. I’m Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy
SEPTEMBER
49. A Court of Thorns and Roses* - Sarah J. Maas
50. A Court of Mist and Fury* - Sarah J. Mass
51. Sanguine - Sierra Simone
52. The Midnight Feast - Lucy Foley
OCTOBER
53. Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
54. A Court of Wings and Ruin* - Sarah J. Mass
55. The Ex Hex - Erin Sterling
56. Middle of the Night - Riley Sager
57. A Court of Frost and Starlight* - Sarah J. Maas
58. We Have Always Lived in the Castle* - Shirley Jackson
59. The Haunting of Hill House* - Shirley Jackson
60. The Enforcer - Avery Keelan
61. The Kiss Curse - Erin Sterling
62. The House Across the Lake - Riley Sager
63. They Never Learn - Layne Fargo
64. This Summer Will Be Different - Carley Fortune
65. Dark Lover - J.R. Ward
NOVEMBER
66. The Only One Left - Riley Sager
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