#Amy McFadden

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Currently listening: I'll stand by you by Karen Grey (ALC)

I’m starting a short listen with a good cast, I’ll stand by you by Karen Grey, narrated by JF Harding, Amy McFadden, Maxine Mitchell, Amanda Stribling, and Ryan Lee Dunlap who’s new to me. Releases soon.

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Star Trek Picard :The Final Season 2023

[pmg227]

Favorite Reads of May '24

“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird The Kingdoms of Savannah George Dawes Green. Savannah is a beautiful city to visit—full of history, good food, and atmosphere. But, for the people who live there, there is a darker side which can go unseen unless you know where to look. When a building burns down with a…

[milksockets]

'mary mcfadden couture designs, 1975' in world of art: fashion since 1900 - amy de la haye + valerie d. mendes (2021)

[likeawolfatthemoon]

books read in 2024 📚

💖 > 👍 > ✅ > 👎

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett ✅

The Guest List by Lucy Foley 👎

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 💖

Pageboy by Elliot Page 👍

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 💖

Don't You Dare by C.E. Ricci 👎

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult by Maria Bamford ✅

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (1/3) 👍

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy 💖

Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar ✅

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang 👍

The Lemon by S.E. Boyd ✅

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears ✅

Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister 👍

Kill Joy by Holly Jackson (.5/3) ✅

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner 💖

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann ✅

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 💖

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson (2/3) 👍

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett 👍

The Girls by Emma Cline 👍

Dyscalculia by Camonghne Felix 👍

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn 💖

As Good as Dead by Holly Jackson (3/3) 👍

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins ✅

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig ✅

The Diviners by Libba Bray (1/4) 👍

I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara 💖

The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer ✅

Educated by Tara Westover 👍

The Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquhart 👍

The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins 👍

The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones 👍

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell 💖

Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray (2/4) 💖

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner 👍

Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera ✅

The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadden ✅

No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood 💖

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson 👍

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham 👍

The Only One Left by Riley Sager 👍

The Fury by Alex Michaelides 💖

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris 💖

The Grownup by Gillian Flynn ✅

The London Seance Society by Sarah Penner 👍

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters 👍

The Debutantes by Olivia Worley 💖

Weyward by Emilia Hart 💖

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins 👍

Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton 👍

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

Supreme Court Overturns DOJ's Use of Key J6 Felony Court

"Today's decision means Attorney General Merrick Garland and federal judges in Washington wrongfully prosecuted roughly 350 J6ers with the post-Enron felony"

JULIE KELLY

JUN 28, 2024 In a devastating but well-deserved blow to the Department of Justice’s criminal prosecution of January 6 protesters, the U.S. Supreme Court today overturned the DOJ’s use of 18 USC 1512(c)(2), the most prevalent felony in J6 cases.

The statute, commonly referred to as “obstruction of an official proceeding,” has been applied in roughly 350 J6 cases; it also represents two of four counts in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s J6-related criminal indictment of Donald Trump in Washington. 

In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that the “c2” subsection is tethered to the “c1” subsection that addresses tampering with a record, document, or “object.”

From the opinion:

Roberts was joined by Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Justice Amy Coney Barrett authored the dissent (!) joined by Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor.

Today’s decision means hundreds of Americans have been wrongfully prosecuted by Attorney General Merrick Garland as he insists his department is dedicated to upholding the “rule of law” and pursuing justice “without fear or favor.”

An Irreversible Black Eye for DOJ and Federal Courts in Washington

The matter originated in the case of Joseph Fischer, a Pennsylvania man who attended Trump’s speech and later went to the Capitol. According to court documents, Fischer briefly entered the building around 3:25 p.m., nearly an hour after the joint session of Congress to certify the electoral college votes had recessed. He exited about four minutes later.

In March 2021, a D.C. grand jury indicted Fischer on numerous counts including 1512(c)(2). The statute reads:

Whoever corruptly— 

(1) alters, destroys, mutilates, or conceals a record, document, or other object, or attempts to do so, with the intent to impair the object’s integrity or availability for use in an official proceeding; or 

(2) otherwise obstructs, influences, or impedes any official proceeding, or attempts to do so.

It is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

Fischer, in addition to many J6ers facing the count, asked his judge to dismiss the charge. Judge Carl Nichols, appointed by Trump, dismissed the count against Fischer and two other defendants by finding the language in the post-Enron/Arthur Anderson statute covered tampering with records or documents not interrupting a meeting of Congress. The DOJ appealed Nichols’ decision.

In December, SCOTUS granted Fischer’s petition to grant cert seeking to reverse the appellate court’s mandate. Oral arguments were held on April 16.

Nichols is the only judge to have dismissed the count; 18 district and circuit court judges in Washington refused to dismiss the count. The judges essentially enabled the Biden DOJ’s unlawful pursuit of Americans who protested Biden’s election that day.

The List of Shame:

Judge Beryl Howell (Obama, former chief judge)

Judge James Boasberg (Obama, current chief judge)

Judge Rudolph Contreras (Obama)

Judge Trevor McFadden (Trump)

Judge John Bates (GW Bush)

Judge Amit Mehta (Obama)

Judge Dabny Friedrich (Trump)

Judge Royce Lamberth (Reagan)

Judge Richard Leon (GW Bush)

Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly (Clinton)

Judge Amy Berman Jackson (Obama)

Judge Timothy Kelly (Trump)

Judge Randolph Moss (Clinton)

Judge Paul Friedman (Clinton)

Judge Christopher Cooper (Obama)

D.C. Circuit Court Judge Florence Pan (Biden)—Pan wrote both appellate court decisions upholding 1512c2

D.C. Circuit Court Judge Justin Walker (Trump)

D.C. Circuit Court Judge Cornelia Pillard

There Goes Your Summer, Your Honor

The federal courthouse in Washington has been bracing for a flood of motions post-Fischer; a few judges have released individuals from prison in anticipation of a reversal. Roughly 110 J6ers have been sentenced to prison on 1512(c)(2) convictions; several J6ers were held under pretrial detention for being charged with the nonviolent obstruction count alone.

But despite the law’s legal limbo over the past year, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves, a Biden appointee, continued to indict J6ers on 1512(c)(2) while some judges continued to sentence those convicted to lengthy prison terms. Last month, Beryl Howell, the former chief judge who upheld the 1512(c)(2) charges for defendants in her courtroom, sentenced a Missouri man to 60 months in prison for the 1512 conviction and assault on police.

In January 2022, Howell gave the green light for her colleagues to support the DOJ’s use of the obstruction count. Here is what she said in denying a motion to dismiss filed by two J6ers:

“For over 200 years, the peaceful transition of power from one presidential administration to another has been marked with Congress's certification of the Electoral College vote; and this event has been respectfully observed by American citizens, but not on January 6, 2021. And I start with this historical fact because what happened on January 6th was a chilling new type of criminal conduct to which our criminal laws have never before had to be applied. Application of criminal laws to conduct never before seen, like what occurred on January 6, 2021, appropriately generates the kind of legal questions the defendants raise here about whether the criminal law fits the charged criminal conduct.”

The first judge to uphold the obstruction charge in J6 cases was Trump-appointee Dabny Friedrich. In 2021, she agreed that interrupting a meeting of Congress met the definition of “official proceeding” and that the statute’s broad language did not require the government to prove the conduct involved tampering with records or documents.

Ironically—or not—Friedrich is married to Matthew Friedrich, a former DOJ official who worked on the Enron Task Force alongside Andrew Weissman and current deputy attorney general Lisa Monaco. The 1512(c)(2) statute was a product of the Enron/Arthur Anderson investigation; Weissmann, as the lead prosecutor for Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the bogus Russiagate probe, pushed the DOJ to charge Trump with 1512(c)(2) while in office.

Retired judge Thomas Hogan recently warned how a SCOTUS’s reversal of 1512(c)(2) would affect the DC courthouse. Here is Hogan, who upheld the statute in J6 prosecutions, with former DOJ official and FISAgate mastermind Mary McCord:

Reacting to the SCOTUS decision, Geri Perna, aunt of Matthew Perna, told me this by email:

“When Matthew was unexpectedly charged with the felony of Obstruction of an Official Proceeding—after initially facing only misdemeanors—his world collapsed. The weight of a potential lengthy prison sentence bore down on him, filling his days with insurmountable worry and anxiety. At that time, there was no glimmer of hope that this severe charge would be dropped.

Matthew has now been dead for 28 months. In the wake of his passing, the Supreme Court of the United States is finally set to rule on whether the Department of Justice wrongfully applied 1512(c)(2) in January 6 cases. As much as I am hopeful for a just ruling in favor of the January 6 defendants, I am consumed by a profound sense of loss and anger. My nephew's death was both avoidable and senseless.

I feel cheated, and if that sounds selfish, then so be it. The pain of losing Matthew under such circumstances is a burden I carry every day. I fervently hope that those responsible for wielding this charge erroneously will be held accountable in a court of law. However, I am not holding my breath.”

[destinyc1020]

Destiny!

I feel like your anons have been so serious lately… so let’s play a game!

For the hypothetical Tomdaya wedding - who do we think are the 10 most famous people who would be in attendance?

Haha you know what? I'm actually working on a game for guys that I might launch this weekend lol 😆 😅 👀

If I'm able to make the finishing touches I'll launch it this weekend. 😉

Anyway....Ahhh the hypothetical Tomdaya Wedding.... 🤭

Which celebrities do I think could be on the guest list?? 🤔 I won't say the "biggest" celebrities... I'll just say which celebrities period that I think would possibly be invited to a hypothetical Tomdaya Wedding:

Jacob Batalon

Robert Downey Jr.

Stormzy

Kamil McFadden

Maybe Amy Pascal?

Maybe Beyoncé & Jay Z?

Lewis Hamilton would be cool lol 🤭

Storm Reid

Timothée Chalamet maybe?

Veronica Dunne

Kadeem Hardison

Who would you all add to this list?

[holyarchistud]

2023 REVIEW + 2024 TBR

From last TBR I finished:

Lock Every Door, Riley Sager

Dune, Frank Herbert

The Magus, John Fowles

Mock, Marek Krajewski

Mock. Ludzkie zoo, Marek Krajewski

The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

Police, Jo Nesbo

Also I finished some not from the list: Rzeczy którch nie wyrzuciłem, Marcin Wicha Little Women, Louisa May Alcott Atomic Habits, James Clear Mrs March, Virginia Feito Krótko i szczęsliwie, Agata Romaniuk The 5am Club, Robin Sharma One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey Piercing, Ryu Murakami Homesick for Another World, Ottessa Moshfegh Miss Kim Knows, Cho Nam-joo La Place, Annie Ernaux The Housemaid, Freida McFadden Lean Your Loneliness Slowly Against Mine, Klara Hveberg Brief Answers to the Big Questions, Stephen Hawking The Housekeeper and the Professor, Yoko Ogawa Demian, Herman Hesse Siostry, Monika Białkowska The Dragonet Prophecy - Wings of Fire, Tui. T. Sutherland Kwiaty w pudełku, Karolina Bednarz

Probably list of books is not great idea for me, but despite it I plan the 2024 TBR ! 24 books for 2024 !

21 lessons for the 21st Century, Yuval Noah Harari

Think like a Monk, Jay Shetty

The Four Steps to the Epiphany, Steve Blank

The E-Myth Revisited, Michael E. Gerber

The $100 Startup, Chris Guillebeau

Creativity, Inc., Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace

The Creative Act, Rick Rubin

Your Next Five Moves, Patrick Bet-David

Nad życie, Wojciech Harpula, Maria Mazurek

What happened to you?, Bruce D. Perry, Oprah Winfrey

The Sound of the Mountain, Yasunari Kawabata

I fell in love with hope, Lancali

Blindness, Jose Saramago

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow, Zoulfa Katouh

The Fall of the Human Intellect, A. Parthasarathy

Chłopki, Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak

Birdy, William Wharton

A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara

Widma w mieście Breslau, Marek Krajewski

Mock. Golem, Marek Krajewski

Educated, Tara Westover

Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov

1984, George Orwell

The Test, Sylvain Neuvel Wish me luck! It was pretty good year of reading!

[jxrm]

book log - 2024 (so far)

diva by daisy goodwin

the heiress by rachel hawkins

only if you’re lucky by stacy willingham

the chateau by jaclyn goldis

just stay away by tony wirt

the other mothers by katherine faulker

middle of the night by riley sager

the disappearance of astrid bricard by natasha lester

every time i go in vacation, someone dies by catherine mack

the last caretaker by jessica strawser

just for the summer by abby jimenez

house of glass by sarah pekkanen

the mayor of maxwell street by avery cunningham

first lie wins by ashley elston

the phoenix crown by kate quinn

murder road by simone st. james

the fury by alex michaelides

happiness falls by angie kim

the house of last resort by christopher golden

run rose run by dolly parton

the chalice of the gods by rick riordan

there should have been right by nalini singh

the mysterious case of the alperton angels by janice hallet

darling girls by sally hepworth

the pieces around us by leigh fields

love, theoretically by ali hazelwood

the teacher by frieda mcfadden

x by jack croxell

iron flame by rebecca yarros

the only suspect by louise candlish

throwback by maurene goo

the housemaid is watching by frieda mcfadden

zara hossain is here by sabina khan

slice by angie caedis

the ways of the dead by neely tucker

orphan train by christina baker

a court of silver flames by sarah j. mass

come and get it by kiley reid

the drowning woman by robyn harding

when i bleed: poems about endometriosis by maggie bowyer

the house in the pines by ana reyes

only say good things by crystal hefner

the mother-in-law by sally hepworth

daughter of mine by megan miranda

lore olympus: volume four by rachel smythe

this time it’s real by ann liang

anna o by matthew blake

the girl with the louding voice by abi dare

where the forest meets the stars by glendy vanderah

a friend in the dark by samantha m. bailey

the wife app by carolyn mackler

howl’s moving castle by diana wynne jones

the spanish love deception by elena armas

divide by jessa russo

lies and weddings by kevin kwan

the foxhole victory tour by amy lynn green

dying to tell by keri beevis

my father, the panda killer by jamie jo hoang

the wedding party by l.r. jones

girl gone mad by avery bishop

starter wife by bethany lopez

the queens of new york by e.l. shen

theater lovers by ciara blume

once upon a broken heart by stephanie garber

the surrogate mother by frieda mcfadden

crying in h mart by michelle zauner

don’t forget to write by sara goldman confino

the next girl by carla kovach

the paradise problem by christina lauren

ivy league liars by grace costello

every summer after by carley fortune

the ballad of never after by stephanie garber

a curse of true love by stephanie garber

the devil’s storybooks by natalie babbit

expiration dates by rebecca serle

the murmur of bees by sofia segovia

growing up hadley by dana harp

the vacation by john marrs

rum punch regrets by anna kemp

the five-star weekend by elin hilderbrand

people to follow by olivia worley

the treasure hunters club by tom ryan

you shouldn’t be here by lauren thoman

trophy wife by bethany lopez

seven summers by paige toon

veridian sterling fakes it by jennifer gooch

the friendship club by robyn carr

women of good fortune by sophie wan

the smuggler’s apprentice of guatemala by lachlan page

this summer will be different by carley fortune

natural selection by elin hilderbrand

the passengers by john marrs

asap by axie oh

island of shadows by christopher kvintus

swan song by elin hilderbrand

lore olympus: volume five by rachel smythe

blue hawaiian by carla luna

the villain edit by laurie devore

hermione granger and the order of the phoenix by sara baines-miller

the hotel nantucket by elin hilderbrand

bummer camp by ann garvin

pink glass houses by asha elias

cut and thirst by margaret atwood

the exception to the rule by christina lauren

#crimetime by jeneva rose

incidents around the house by josh malerman

the mistress by valerie keogh

kiki’s delivery service by eiko kadono

when we were friends by jane green

the honey-don’t list by christina lauren

worst wingman ever by abby jimenez

the perfect couple by elin hilderbrand

home is where the bodies are by jeneva rose

the only good indians by stephen graham jones

roar by cecelia ahern

the wedding people by alison espach

look in the mirror by catherine steadman

fit to die by daniel kalla

uglies by scott westerfield

hideaway by nicole lundrigan

the fortune teller by natasha boydell

crazy rich asians by kevin kwan

the wish by nicholas sparks

how the penguins saved veronica by hazel prior

the plus one by s. c. lalli

the haters by robyn harding

china rich girlfriend by kevin kwan

rich people problems by kevin kwan

the haunting of moscow house by olesya salnikova gilmore

the lonely hearts book club by lucy gilmore

the measure by nikki erlick

somewhere beyond the sea by tj klume

adam and evie’s matchmaking tour by nora nguyen

i was a teenage slasher by stephen graham jones

here one moment by liane moriarity

badass bonita by kim guerra

zetas till we die by amber and danielle brown

shred sisters by betsy learner

one of the girls by lucy clarke

society of lies by lauren ling brown

the radius of us by marie marquardt

fantasticland by mike bockoven

sheets by brenna thummler

the boyfriend by frieda mcfadden

delicates by brenna thummler

no one will know by rose carlyle

lights by brenna thummler

counting miracles by nicholas sparks

the night we lost him by laura dave

ghost stories by ron ripley

the hitchcock hotel by stephanie wrobel

for better or cursed by kate williams

the last one at the wedding by jason rekulak

creation lake by rachel kushner

like mother, like daughter by kimberly mccreight

libby lost and found by stephanie booth

the nosy neighbour by nita prose

needy little things by channelle desamours

the reappearance of rachel price by holly jackson

not another love song by julie soto

we used to live here by marcus kliewer

the stillwater girls by minka kent

yours for the taking by gabrielle korn

52 weeks and a party of one by bianca pensy aba

youthjuice by e.k. sathue

the manicurist’s daughter by susan lieu

the invisible life of addie larue by victoria e. schwab

the housekeeper’s wedding by frieda mcfadden

what does it feel like? by sophie kinsella

the anti-heroes by jen lancaster

the christmas book hunt by jenny colgan

christmas every day by beth moran

cruel winter with you by ali hazelwood

winter in paradise by elin hilderbrand

holiday hideaway by mary kay andrews

merry ever after by tessa bailey

what happens in paradise by elin hilderbrand

the widow's husband's secret lie by frieda mcfadden

trouble in paradise by elin hilderbrand

wrath of the triple goddess by rick riordan

deep dish by mary kay andrews

buried road by katie tallo

[bigdreamsandwildthings]

May Wrap-Up

Powerless (Elsie Silver) ★★★★

Darling Girls (Sally Hepworth) (audio) ★★★★

Fate Breaker (Victoria Aveyard) ★★★1/2

Bye, Baby (Carola Lovering) (audio) ★★★★★

Funny Story (Emily Henry) ★★★★★

The Outlaw Noble Salt (Amy Harmon) ★★★★1/2

No One Can Know (Kate Alice Marshall) (audio) ★★★1/2

Morning Glory Milking Farm (C.M. Nacosta) (audio) ★★★

The Hemlock Queen (Hannah Whitten) ★★★★

How to End a Love Story (Yulin Kuang) ★★★★1/2

The Teacher (Freida McFadden) (audio) ★★★1/2

A Sweet Sting of Salt (Rose Sutherland) ★★★★★

If Something Happens to Me (Alex Finlay) ★★★1/2

It was a good reading month for me! I branched out a bit with some of my choices, which is always fun. Add me as a friend over on Goodreads (linked) for more detailed reviews. I love seeing what you're all reading too!

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NEW AUDIO: I WANT IT THAT WAY by Karen Grey

NOW LIVE!!! The audiobook of I want it that way by Karen Grey, narrated by Amy McFadden and Alastair Haynesbridge is available!!! Blurb Fake relationship? As if. I don’t need a man to complete me, but to get my tubes tied before I turn 30, I do need a husband. So when former child TV star Lukas Keith’s desperate for a favor, the exchange of my services for his seems like a great idea. I help…

[clockwrkcabaret]

No Good

WARNING! This show is for adults. We drink cocktails, have potty mouths and, at least, one of us was raised by wolves.

The Clockwork Cabaret is a production of Agony Aunt Studios. Featuring that darling DJ Duo, Lady Attercop and Emmett Davenport. Our theme music is made especially for us by Kyle O’Door.

This episode aired on Mad Wasp Radio, 11.05.23.

New episodes air on Mad Wasp Radio on Sundays @ 12pm GMT! Listen at www.madwaspradio.com or via TuneIn radio app!

Playlist:

Vermillion Lies – No Good

Charming Disaster – Cherry Red

The Cog is Dead – A.I. Stole My Life

Dust Bowl Faeries – Vampire Tango

Pink Martini – Donde Esta Yolanda

Nouvelle Vague – Too Drunk To Fuck

Nina Hagen – Fever

Señor Coconut – Sweet Dreams

Shovels & Rope – I’m Your Man (feat. John Fullbright)

Elle King – I Told You I Was Mean

Amy Winehouse – Me & Mr Jones

Adele – Lovesong

Paloma Faith – It’s the Not Knowing

Janelle Monáe – Givin Em What They Love (feat. Prince)

D’Angelo & The Vanguard – Ain’t That Easy

The Harlem James Gang  – My Strut Is Incredible!

Eric McFadden – Womanizer

The Heavy – How You Like Me Now

The Mountain Goats – This Year

Jukebox the Ghost – Good Day

The Decemberists – 16 Military Wives

Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi – Two Against One (feat. Jack White)

TV On the Radio – Wolf Like Me

Interpol – Obstacle 1

They Might Be Giants – What Did I Do to You?

Radiohead – No Surprises

Placebo – Bigmouth Strikes Again

  Check out this episode!

[betterthanthemovies]

books read in 2024:

out on a limb - hannah bonam-young

keeping 13 - chloe walsh

picking daisies on sundays - liana cincotti

done and dusted - lyla sage

flawless - elsie silver

funny feelings - tarah dewitt

call it what you want - brigid kemmerer

a love letter to whiskey - kandi steiner

once upon a broken heart - stephanie garber

mile high - liz tomforde

night shift - annie crown

heartless - elsie silver

afterglow effect - alecia gabrielle

too wrong to be right - melonie johnson

just go with it - madison wright

powerless - elsie silver

just friends - tiffany pitcock

magnolia parks - jessa hastings

twisted love - ana huang

the duet - hailey gardiner

love redesigned - lauren asher

happily never after - lynn painter

camp let you go - kristen lucero

more than just us - allie otoski

the infinity between us - n.s. perkins

older - jennifer hartmann

wild love - elsie silver

diving in - bianca miller

funny story - emily henry

the seven year slip - ashley poston

the rule book - sarah adams

next of kin - hannah bonam-young

twice shy - sarah hogle

rewrite our story - kat singleton

the truth & lies duet - c.w. farnsworth

just for the summer - abby jimenez

the deal - elle kennedy

the cruel prince - holly black

the consequences of falling - liliana rose hastings

the summer of perfect mistakes - cynthia st. aubin

the right move - liz tomforde

the summer of broken rules - k.l. walther

this summer will be different - carley fortune

catch the sun - jennifer hartmann

every last word - tamara ireland stone

like i never said - c.w. farnsworth

a thousand broken pieces - tillie cole

caught up - liz tomforde

the art of breathing - cali melle

she followed the moon back to herself - amanda lovelace

the cinnamon bun book store - laurie gilmore

where time stands still - n.s. perkins

the irish goodbye - amy ewing

blue sisters - coco mellors

all too well - corinne michaels

forget me not - alyson derrick

when we were friends - jane green

i fell in love with hope - lancali

the housemaid - freida mcfadden

the perfect marriage - jeneva rose

daisy haites - jessa hastings

dead poets society - nancy h. kleinbaum

summer on dune road - rachel cullen

can't help falling in love - sophie sullivan

by the book - c.a. steinhaus

pageboy - elliot page

caraval - stephanie garber

red - annie cardi

hooked - emily mcintire

maine characters - hannah orenstein

firefly lane - kristin hannah

dear ava - ilsa madden-mills

the perks of being a wallflower - stephen chbosky

cruel summer - maisey yates

reading goal: 74/50

[bleachification]

any book recs?

SO MANY OMG ill try to recommend some non-booktok/not mainstream series and books.

ill go by genres:

first my favourite book series in the world and forever my favourite book series is the percy jackson series <333 idc thay its for kids it’s so fun and emotional and entertaining i love it. has my all time favourite fictional couple and fictional character (percy and percabeth)

fantasy:

the cruel prince series (holly black; YA), the political intrigue and character development in this series is so good! also has one of my favourite protagonists and book couple :)

falling kingdoms series (morgan rhodes; YA), again more political intrigue and it is a bit slow at first but the plot picks up. also this has multiple povs!!

lost boy (christina henry; YA/NA?), MADE ME CRY AND IDEK WHY. retelling of peter pan but in captain hooks pov (he used to be one of peters lost boys). finished it in one night

storm and fury (jennifer l. armentrout; YA), probably the only series from her ill read. really like the main character and romance :) did not read the last book tho if im being honest LMAO

poison study series (maria v. snyder; YA ish? leaning towards NA high fantasy), i ADORED the premise of this book and rlly enjoyed the characters, world building and plot. the romance is subtle but is there and it’s all around a really interesting and immersive read.

dystopian:

all these monsters duology (amy tintera; YA), i rlly adore the main characters and the romantic subplot🫶🫶

angelfall series (susan ee), ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED AND FUN DYSTOPIANS !! love the female mc + love the male lead + made me cry + angels = perfect. the romance in this was also so cute

mystery:

malice (keigo higashino; adult) so SO clever and hands down my favourite mystery book. if you like smart, nuanced mysteries that leave you guessing at every turn then this is the one!

the 7 deaths of evelyn hardcastle (stuart turton; adult). this book is my favourite stand-alone of all time and it is so unique, SOOO clever, and so fun. it’s basically a time-loop, clue-style, body-swapping murder mystery that i guarantee you won’t be able to guess the plot twist of.

the word is murder (anthony horowitz; adult), super cool concept that is executed well (in my opinion), enjoyed the narration and the actual mystery! unlikeable deuteragonist tho

the inmate (frieda mcfadden; adult), had me stressed out the entire book🧍🏻‍♀️ also had another plot twist i did NOT see coming at the very very end.

basically anything agatha christie, queen of mystery novels, but mostly: and then there was none, and any hercule poirot novel

contemporary romance:

y’all i don’t rlly like contemporary romance but kulti, the wall of winnipeg is me, wait for it, and lukov with love (all by mariana zapata) are very good!! they are slowburn romances and HEALTHY (!!!!!!!!) relationships.

historical fiction:

veronica speedwell series (deanna raybourn; YA), a badass lepidopterist, a hot grumpy taxidermist, a setting in victorian london, murder mysteries, and BANTER !!!! what else do you need?

stalking jack the ripper series (kerri maniscalco; YA). basically all that above except forensic scientists^^^ this series also has one of my favourite book couples ever and is overall incredibly entertaining and clever.

classics:

the iliad and the odyssey🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶 (homer LMAO)

ANYWAY this was a lot but i hope i helped :) i love romance but mostly as a subplot because i enjoy plot-driven novels more (especially fantasy and mystery). some of these do center a bit on romance tho so if that’s what ur looking for then please feel free to check them out!

[my-chaos-radio-00s-list]

The 2000s List

Update: Every Sunday

Last:       December 22, 2024

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1, 2, 3, 4 - Plain White T’s

1973 - James Blunt

3 Words - Cheryl Cole feat. will.i.am

4 In The Morning - Gwen Stefani

4 Minutes - Madonna

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A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley vs Junkie XL

A New Day Has Come - Céline Dion

A Night Like This - Caro Emerald

Absolutely Everybody - Vanessa Amorosi

Advertising Space - Robbie Williams

Again - Lenny Kravitz

Ain’t It Funny - Jennifer Lopez

Alejandro - Lady Gaga

All Good Things - Nelly Furtado

All Rise - Blue

All Summer Long - Kid Rock

All The Right Moves - One Republic

All These Things That I've Done - The Killers

All This Time (Pick-Me-Up Song) - Maria Mena

All You Wanted - Michelle Branch

Allez Ola Olé - Jessy Matador

Almost Here - Bryan McFadden, Delta Goodrem

Almost Lover - A Fine Frenzy

Amazing - Seal

America - Razorlight

American Boy - Estelle, Kanye West

Angel - Shaggy feat. Rayvon

Angels (Love Is The Answer) - Morandi

Another Chance - Roger Sanchez

Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake) - Gareth Gates

Apologize - Timbaland, One Republic

Apprends-Moi - Superbus

Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet

Around The World (La La La La La) - A Touch Of Class

Ayo Technoligy - Milow

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Back To Black - Amy Winehouse

Back To The 80's - Aqua

Bad Boys - Alexandra Burke, Flo Rida

Bad Day - Daniel Powter

Bad Romance - Lady Gaga

Bag It Up - Geri Halliwell

Be With You - Atomic Kitten

Beautiful - Christina Aguilera

Beautiful Lie - Jennifer Paige feat. Nick Carter

Because I Got High - Afroman

Because Of You - Kelly Clarkson

Because Of You - Ne-Yo

Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit

Bella Stella - Highland

Beverly Hills - Weezer

Big City Life - Mattafix

Black Coffee - All Saints

Bodies - Robbie Williams

Boten Anna - Basshunter

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Green Day

Break My Stride - Blue Lagoon

Break The Ice - Britney Spears

Break Your Heart - Taio Cruz, Ludacris

Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson

Breaking The Habit - Linkin Park

Breath - Blu Cantrell

Breate (2 AM) - Anna Nalick

Breathe Your Name - Sixpence Non The Richer

Breathless - The Corrs

Bring Me To Life - Evanesence

Bubblin' - Blue, L.A.D.É

Bulletproof - La Roux

Buttons - The Pussycat Dolls

By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers

By Your Side - Sade

Bye Bye Bye - *NSYNC