#2024reads

[jaydedbee]

“ I huff a laugh and roll my eyes. You’re the worst. “You’ll love me someday.” One of my steps falters. Today is that day. Maybe yesterday too. And the day before that. Maybe for a while, in fact. I can’t tell exactly when it started, but I don’t think it will ever stop. ― Brynne Weaver, Butcher & Blackbird so so good

[ninsiana0]

Read PALADIN'S HOPE by T. Kingfisher if you love doctor dramas, *buddy-cop narratives, mysterious corpses, secret powers, vegetarians, being trapped in a maze, definitely not kissing your hook-ups, cross-cultural exchanges of knowledge, deadly obstacle courses, pretty men & apples.

*A gnole definitely says ACAB, tho

[jaydedbee]

ughh don't make me reread

this is my roman empire.

[antoniab93-blog]

2024 reading wrap-up

Although this was another busy year, I did actually hit both of my overall reading goals for the year, they were: 100 books, 50 of which were book-books (so not audio books). Read the post to see everything I read!

Although this was another busy year, I did actually hit both of my overall reading goals for the year, they were: 100 books, 50 of which were book-books (so not audio books). I did have to squeeze a few short books to make it happen but as I always say, all reading is reading and considering how hectic some months this year were, I don’t mind that I managed it the way that I did. Everything I…

[stellabellabooks]

Bride by Ali Hazelwood ★★★★★ 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺

“You’re not a problem, Misery. You’re a privilege.”

[hystericalchemicalreaction]

[thingstol00kat]

Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley

The first novel by “master of mystery” (The New York Times) Walter Mosley, featuring Easy Rawlins, the most iconic African American detective in all of fiction. Named one of the “best 100 mystery novels of all time” by the Mystery Writers of America, this special thirtieth anniversary edition features an all new introduction from the author.

The year is 1948, the town is Los Angeles.

Easy Rawlins, a black war veteran, has just been fired from his job at a defense factory plant. Drinking in his friend’s bar, he’s wondering how he’ll manage to make ends meet, when a white man in a linen suit approaches him and offers him good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Money, a missing blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs.

Easy has no idea that by taking this job, his life is about to change forever.

[peraltasass]

Books (and other stories) read in 2024

Fiction:

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley: ★★★★✩

The Siren, the Song, and the Spy by Maggie Tukoda-Hall: ★★★★★ (I cried so hard)

All Out. The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages by Saundra Mitchell (ed.): ★★★★✩

Galatea by Madeline Miller: ★★★★✩

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki: ★★★★★ (the feelings I felt omg)

Ministerium der Träume by Hangemeh Yaghoobifarah: ★★★★✩

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White: ★★★★★ (holy shit holy shit holy shit)

The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Nova: ★★★★★ (absolutely loved it!)

Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Nova: ★★★★✩ (this book opened up a discussion between a friend and I if historical fiction can be a utopia) (we have not yet reached a conclusion)

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi: ★★★★✩

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone: ★★★★✩ (I would be lying if I said I understood it all but I still thoroughly enjoyed it!)

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas: ★★★★½

The Betrayals by Bridget Collins: ★★★✩✩ (amazing writing, but the story could have easily been a novella)

Confessions of the Fox by Jody Rosenberg ★★★★½

Lore by Alexandra Bracken: ★★★✩✩ (oh wow, I was disappointed by this)

Der Spurenfinder by Marc-Uwe Kling: ★★★★✩ (I am not the target audience but if I was, I think this would be a fair rating)

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (re-read): ★★★★✩ (re-reading these for the first time in 12 years and it's a fucking GUT PUNCH)

A Tempest of Tea by Hafzah Faizal: ★★★★½ (omg I need to talk about this book) (they would have made such a hot throuple)

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (re-read): ★★★★½ (I cannot believe I read these at 14)

The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields: ★★½✩✩ (good ideas, but clearly a debut)

The Diablo's Curse by Gabe Cole Nova: ★★★★★

So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole: ★★★★✩

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas: ★★★★½

Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig: ★★★½✩

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins: ★★★★✩ (the tears)

Atalanta by Jennifer Saint: ★★★★✩

The Prince's Dearest Guards by Beau van Dalen: ★★★✩✩ (smut)

The Prince's Dreamy Gods by Beau van Dalen: ★★★✩✩ (smut)

The Prince's Loving Guards by Beau van Dalen: ★★★½✩ (smut)

The Spirit Bares its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White: ★★★★★ (holy shit holy shit holy shit)

Spell Bound by F. T. Lukens: ★★★★✩

Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution by Kacen Kallender: ★★★★✩

The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara: ★★★★½ (I cried on the subway)

Otherworldly by F. T. Lukens: ★★★★✩

The Bootlegger's Bounty by Adriana Herrera: ★★½✩✩ (smut)

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers: ★★★★★ (lovedlovedloved this)

The Stars and the Stage by D. N. Bryn: ★★★★½ (the hottest scenes I've ever read)

Adas Raum by Sharon Dodua Otoo: ★★★★✩

Vengeance of the Pirate Queen by Tricia Levenseller: ★★★✩✩ (oh wow this was disappointing)

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree: ★★★★✩

Icarus by K. Ancrum: ★★★★½

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

Prince of Lust by Lucien Burr: ★★★✩✩ (smut)

Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas: ★★★★✩

Hell and its Pleasures by Lucien Burr: ★✩✩✩✩ (smut) (absolutely not) (you'll have to be a VERY specific kind of person to be into this)

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers: ★★★★★ (the most delightful book I've ever read)

How to Bite your Neighbor and Win a Wager by D. N. Bryn: ★★★★✩

Out of the Blue by Jason June: ★★★✩✩ (it's always weird when adult authors write explicitly about teenagers having sex)

So This is Ever After by F. T. Lukens: ★★★½✩ (the least good of Lukens' books imo)

Our Bloody Pearl by D. N. Bryn: ★★★★✩

The Dos and Doughnuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar: DNF

Ellbogen by Fatma Aydemir: ★★★★✩

How to Sell your Blood and Fall in Love by D. N. Bryn: ★★★★✩

Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White: ★★★★½ (holyshitholyshitholyshit)

How to Bare Your Neck and Save a Wreck by D. N. Bryn: ★★★★½ (t4t powerplay vampire romance hngg)

Lakelore by Anna-Maria McLemore: ★★★★✩

The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard: ★★★½✩

Yield Under Great Persuasion by Alexandra Rowland:★★★★✩ (surprisingly hilarious)

Stupid Cupid by Maeve Black: ★★✩✩✩ (smut) (when you base your whole story on respecting consent and then you don't

We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal: ★★★★✩

The Palace of Eros by Caro DeRobertis: ★★★✩✩ (I wanted to love this; I really did)

Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas: ★★★½✩

Open Throat by Henry Hoke:★★★★✩ (a fever dream)

A Bone in His Teeth by Kellen Graves: ★★★★½

This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender: ★★★✩✩

The Companion by E. E. Ottoman: ★★★★✩

Stone and Steel by Eboni J. Dunbar: ★★★✩✩

A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck: ★★★★✩

The Craft of Love by E. E. Ottoman: ★★★½✩

The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo: ★★★★✩

Awakenings by Claudie Arsenault: ★★★★✩

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh: ★★★½✩

How Not to Date a Dragon by Lana Kole: ★★★★✩

Flooded Secrets by Claudie Arsenault: ★★★★✩

Silver in the Woods by Emily Tesh: ★★★½✩

Non-fiction:

Angry Cripples by Alina Buschmann & Luisa L'Audace: ★★★★✩

Ace by Angela Chen: ★★★★½

Clit by Louisa Lorenz: ★★★★★ (the book that got me reading excitedly again after a slump)

Feminismus für die 99% by Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, & Nancy Fraser: ★★★½✩ (super good content, but super inaccessibly written)

Versöhnungstheater by Max Czollek: ★★★★½

The Transgender Issue by Shoan Faye: ★★★★★

Das Asexuelle Spectrum by Camilla DeWinter: DNF

Der Tag, an dem ich sterben sollte by Said Etris Hashemi: ★★★★★

Wozu Rassismus? by Aladin El-Mafaalani: ★★★✩✩

Wie ist Jesus weiß geworden? by Sarah Vecera: ★★★★✩

Continuum by Chella Man: ★★★★✩

Inter - Ein Handbuch über Intergeschlechtlichkeit Carolin Fritzsche:★★★✩✩

Why We Matter by Emilia Roig: DNF

Die Zukunft ist Nicht Binär by Lydia Meyer: ★★★★✩

Concrete Kids by Amyra León: ★★★★★

The New Queer Conscience by Adam Eli: ★★★★✩

Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H.: ★★★★★

As audio books:

Süss. Eine feministische Kritik by Ann-Kristin Tlusty: ★★★★✩

Comics & graphic novels:

The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag (re-read): ★★★★★

Die verlorenen Briefe (orig. Lettres Perdut) by Jim Bishop: (amazing setting & drawing style, but the storytelling...): ★★½✩✩

Paper Girls 1 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang & Matt Wilson: ★★★★✩

Paper Girls 2 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang & Matt Wilson: ★★★★✩

Paper Girls 3 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang & Matt Wilson: ★★★★✩

Paper Girls 4 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang & Matt Wilson: ★★★½✩

Paper Girls 5 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang & Matt Wilson: ★★★★✩

Paper Girls 6 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang & Matt Wilson: ★★★★✩

The Hidden Witch by Molly Knox Ostertag: ★★★★★

Frauen hinter Stacheldraht (orig. Totální nasazení) by Tomáš Hodan, Ondřej Nezbeda, Petra Soukupová et al.: ★★★★✩

Von unten (orig. Wage slaves: En memoar av en prekär migrantarbetare) by Daria Bogdańska: ★★★★✩

Drachenläufer (orig. Kite Runner) by Khaled Hosseini & Fabio Celoni: ★★★★✩

Verdad by Lorena Canottiere: ★★★✩✩

The Midwinter Witch by Molly Knox Ostertag: ★★★★★

The Tea Dragon Tapestry by Kay O'Neill: ★★★★★ (the coziest of graphic novels)

Avatar. The Last Airbender. The Promise (re-read): ★★★★✩

Lore Olympus 1 by Rachel Smythe: ★★★✩✩

Avatar. The Last Airbender. The Search by : ★★★★✩ (I think the German translation isn't doing any of these any favors)

Gender Queer. A Memoir. by Maia Kobabe: ★★★★✩

Lore Olympus 2 by Rachel Smythe: ★★★✩✩

Lore Olympus 3 by Rachel Smythe: ★★★✩✩ (can't believe it took 3 books for someone to acknowledge that Apollo sexually assaulted Perspehone, but I'm glad it FINALLY happened)

Avatar. The Last Airbender. Katara and the Pirate's Silver: ★★★★✩

Avatar. The Last Airbender. Toph Beifong's Metalebnding Academy: ★★★½✩

Kisses for Jet by Joris Bas Backer: ★★½✩✩

Snapdragon by Kat Leyh: ★★★★★

Lunar Boy by Jes and Cin Wibowo: ★★★★★ (BIG recommend)

The Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu: ★★★★★ (probably the first human x robot romance I ever felt comfortable with)

The Moth Keeper by Kay O'Neill: ★★★★½

Brooms by Jasmine Walls & Teo DuVall: ★★★★★ (BIG recommend)

Aquicorn Cove by Kay O'Neill: ★★★★✩

Doughnuts and Doom by Balazs Lorinczi: ★★★✩✩

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen: ★★★★✩ (the LAYERS)

Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman: ★★★✩✩

The Deep and Dark Blue by Niki Smith: ★★★★½

The Well by Jake Wyatt and Choo: ★★★★½

Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks: ★★★★★

Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen:★★★★★

Garlic and the Witch by Bree Paulsen: ★★★★★

M is for Monster by Talia Dutton: ★★★★½

Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier: ★★★½✩

The Sprite and the Gardener by Rii Abrego:★★★★½

Bingo Love by Tee Franklin: ★★★✩✩

Northranger by Rey Terciero: ★★★★½

Another Kind by Trevor Bream: (fuck, this was SO SWEET but then it hits you with an antisemitic trope? fuck)

Cheat(er) Code by S. A. Foxe: ★★★½✩

The Baker and the Bard by Fern Haught: ★★★½✩

Viscera Objectica by Yugo Limbo: ★★★✩✩

Sheets by Brenna Thummler: ★★★★✩

Tristan and Lancelot: A Tale of Two Knights by James Persichetti: ★★★★✩

Leftstar and the Strange Occurence by Jean Fhilippe: ★★★✩✩

The Chromatic Fantasy by H. A.: ★★★★★

Pumpkin Heads by Rainbow Rowell: ★★★★✩

Enigma by xx: ★★★✩✩

Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Axelrod: ★★★★✩

Liberated: The Radical Art and Life of Claude Cahun by Kaz Rowe: ★★★★✩

Webcomics:

The Moth Prince by Sonderfairy: ★★★★½

The New Recruit by Moscareto & Zec: ★★★✩✩

Semantic Error by J. Soori & Angy: ★½✩✩✩  (why I continued reading this remains a mystery. My best guess is the sunk cost fallacy)

The Fallen Duke & the Knight Who Hated Him by Poisson: ★★★★✩ (probably the best of these online comics I've read so far)

No Love Zone by Danbi: ★★½✩✩

Whispers Through the Willows by Moscareto & Sue: ★★★★✩ (these BL online manga and manhwa just hit different. by which I mean: the bar is on the floor and I appreciate any and every bit of good storytelling and healthy-ish relationship)

Countdown to Love by Wonknown et al.: ★★★½✩

Vampire Beru & Ghost Aki by Humiko: ★★★★½ (I cried) (It's so beautiful)

The Dangerous Convenience Store by : ★★½✩✩

Traces of the Sun by : ★★★½✩ (I thought I was getting into a casual read but then the last chapter emotionally wrecked me)

My Sweet Dear by : ★★★✩✩

Osora by Toni Renea: ★★★★½ (genuinely very good!)

[emmawatsonupdates]

Emma Watson and her dad will be in Singapore in September 2024

Read more at the source

[thelonelybrilliance]

10 Book Recs...

Last night I hit 100 books for my #2024Reads (goal is 120), so in honor of that, here are ten recs:

John Carreyrou, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (nonfiction but reads like a thriller)

Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These (tender and haunting and has found a forever place in my heart)

Martha Wells, Network Effect (maybe the pièce de résistance of the Murderbot Series?)

Michael Lewis, Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon (sobering. And weird)

Louise Glück, The Seven Ages (one of my favorites)

George Eliot, Daniel Deronda (uneven, but with flashes of greatness)

J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan (better read as a grown-up)

Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond (a classic)

C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (timeless)

Pierce Brown, Light Bringer (but only if you've read the whole series, of course)

[jaydedbee]

I love you,” I whisper. “You could throw my entire world into upheaval, and I would still love you. You could keep secrets, run a revolution, frustrate the shit out of me, probably ruin me, and I would still love you. I can’t make it stop. I don’t want to. You’re my gravity. Nothing in my world works without you.” ― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame my heart is so full (first book of 2024)

[ninsiana0]

Read PALADIN'S FAITH by T. Kingfisher if you love global politics, spies, big brothers, feeling hollow, taking baths, remote locations, mudslides, cults, doggos, feeling safe, running for your life, strike solidarity, gadgets, gods, a good pair of boots & salt.

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Daily Devotion

A Relationship With God

The Lord wants you to discover the freedom, satisfaction, and joy found through a relationship with Him.

December 20, 2024Reading OptionsAAARelated Scripture1 John 4:7-10Romans 5:12Romans 3:23Romans 6:23Deuteronomy 17:1Hebrews 10-11

1 John 4:7-10

Intimate relationships are characterized by a close connection with another person and a commitment to his or her well-being. Acquaintances have superficial information about us, but true friends know our deeper emotions, thoughts, and desires—and God wants to have this kind of relationship with us.

However, human sinfulness made that seem impossible. We all were born with an inherited sin nature (Romans 5:12) and have rebelled against God’s perfect authority (Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23). Neither good works nor moral values can overcome the problem. Thankfully, God’s solution is to change our nature so we can be a part of His family. However, divine justice must still be satisfied, and only a perfect sacrifice can pay for our sins (Deuteronomy 17:1). Throughout history, only one qualified: Jesus, who gave His life so we could have a relationship with the Father.

The Father has done everything necessary for us to be in His family and experience intimacy with Him. Have you entered into a relationship with Him through the saving work of His Son? If not, make today your spiritual birthday by receiving Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. This Christmas season, discover the gifts of freedom, satisfaction, and joy that are found in Him.

Bible in One Year: Hebrews 10-11

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