#Cristin Terrill

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What to Read After Watching Doctor Who

🚨 Happy Doctor Who Day! Here are a few timey-wimey stories to tide you over between episodes!

⌛The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde ⏳The Fifteen Lives of Harry August - Claire North ⌛Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams ⏳The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger ⌛Time Travel: A History - James Gleick ⏳A Wrinkle In Time - Madeleine L'Engle ⌛Time Keeper - Tara Sim ⏳The Girl From Everywhere - Heidi Heilig ⌛Class: The Stone House - A.K. Benedict ⏳Doctor Who: The Church on Ruby Road - Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson ⌛Doctor Who: The Daily Doctor - Simon Guerrier and Peter Anghelides ⏳Doctor Who: Rose - Russell T Davies ⌛Doctor Who: Borrowed Time - Naomi Alderman ⏳Doctor Who: The Women Who Lived - Christel Dee and Simon Guerrier ⌛Frankenstein - Mary Shelley ⏳The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger ⌛The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams ⏳The Librarians and the Lost Lamp - Greg Cox Binti - Nnedi Okorafor ⌛Space Opera - Catherynne M. Valente ⏳A Thousand Pieces of You - Claudia Gray ⌛All Our Yesterdays - Cristin Terrill ⏳This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

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I recently read a book that had a surprise incest reveal at the end, and thought I must inform you and your followers! It's called Here Lies Daniel Tate, and it's by Cristin Terrill. The incest is between a brother and sister, and it's nicely hinted at throughout the book (in that I was shipping them from the start and guessed that the storyline was going in that direction pretty quickly). I wouldn't say it's a positive portrayal of incest, in the end, but it was a fun read overall and I would recommend it. It wasn't at all on my radar as a book containing incest (isn't it great when it's just a surprise bonus?) so I thought I'd give it a signal boost here! :)

New canon! This is so exciting.

Plus I'm happy for you because surprise incest is always fun.

Here Lies Daniel Tate:

A young, street-savvy runaway looking for a place to call home realizes he might have conned his way into the wrong family in this fast-paced and thrilling novel from award-winning author Cristin Terrill. When ten-year-old Daniel Tate went missing from one of California's most elite communities, he left no trace. He simply vanished. Six years later, when he resurfaces on a snowy street in Vancouver, he's no longer the same boy. His sandy hair is darker, the freckles are gone, and he's initially too traumatized to speak, but he's alive. His overjoyed family brings him home to a world of luxury and comfort he can barely remember. In time, they assure him, he'll recover his memories; all that matters now is they're together again. It's perfect. A miracle. Except for one thing. He isn't Daniel Tate. He's a petty con artist who accidentally stumbled into the scam of a lifetime, and he soon learns he's not the only one in the Tate household with something to hide. The family has as many secrets as they have millions in the bank, and one of them might be ready to kill to keep the worst one buried.

Sounds like a fun read. Thanks so much for the recommendation!

[two-sapphics-reading]

Hello from Kate!

Hi there! I'm Kate, one half of two-sapphics-reading. I'm a playwright and novelist who writes about women and bisexuals (especially bisexual women) in all their various, wondrous, magical forms. I'm also an actress, daydreamer, voracious reader, introvert, klutz, dog-lover, and overuser of tape. Besides reading, I'm a big fan of Broadway musicals, Taylor Swift, the color yellow, sushi, plaid flannels, the bi pride flag, and coffee in all its forms. Speaking of coffee, the coffee cup is my symbol, so when you see posts marked with this ☕, that means I'm writing!

(Oh, and I have two adorable dogs. I love them with my whole heart, and you should too.)

(^ Penny and Scout!)

So who am I as a reader?

Favorite Genres: YA, Romance, Fantasy, Contemporary, Mystery, and Plays

Favorite Books: Anything by Becky Albertalli, The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer, Nimona by ND Stevenson, Amelia Unabridged by Ashley Schumacher, Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzalez, One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston, Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, and Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas.

What I Love to Re-Read (besides my favorites!): The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli, Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell, All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill, and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

Favorite Themes & Tropes: Found family, time travel, writer characters, coffee shop and bookstore and theater settings, magic in the real world, friends to lovers, slow burn romances, mutual pining, well-written banter, dialogue dialogue dialogue, sunny/grumpy dynamics, golden retriever boys, fiercely-protective-I-would-kill-for-you girls, lovers in denial, retellings, heists and lovable criminals, witches and ghosts and other Halloween-y vibes.

What Gives Me the "Reading Ick:" The dog dying, insta-love, "I can change them," excusing toxic/abusive behavior, emotionally unavailable men, boring/self-absorbed protagonists, cheating, biphobia, excusing discrimination of any kind, pedantic/preachy writing, toxic masculinity, girls hating on girls for no reason.

Last Book I Read: Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni (bisexual Armenian rep!)

Currently Reading:

Astrid Parker Doesn't Fall by Ashley Herring Blake (a gift from Liv!)

Orpheus Girl by Brynne Rebele-Henry

Beach Read by Emily Henry

I'm the Girl by Courtney Summers

Reviews to come soon . . . Until then, drop a comment with what you're currently reading!

Talk soon! :)

(^ picture from @hellosunnycore's TOON ME! Piccrew)

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September Reading Wrap-Up!

1. Last Lesson by James Goodhand. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Last year, Ollie was a star pupil, popular and a gifted musician. Then, after the accident, everything changed. Now he's an outcast, a prime target of the school bullies who have made his life a living hell. Today - the last day of the school year - he's brought those bullies a gift. A homemade pipe bomb. What has driven a model student to plan an unspeakable revenge? And with the clock ticking down to home time, what can anybody do to stop him?

2. Fear by Michael Grant. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

As the young residents of Perdido Beach begin to better comprehend the truths of who they are and their relationships to one another, the Darkness finds a new way to be born, bringing their understanding of fear to a new level.

3. Release by Patrick Ness. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Struggling with his family's religious beliefs, an employer's inappropriate advances, and his unrequited love for his ex, Adam finds his life complicated when his best friend announces she's doing her senior year abroad.

4. The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Sixteen-year-old Jake sees dead people everywhere. But he can't decide what's worse: being a medium forced to watch the dead play out their last moments on a loop or being at the mercy of racist teachers as one of the few Black students at St. Clair Prep.

5. Here Lies Daniel Tate by Cristin Terrill. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A young runaway is welcomed into the arms of an affluent family after he takes on the identity of the family's missing son, Daniel, only to slowly realize that the family knows more about Daniel's disappearance than they are letting on.

6. Then Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy Blume. ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2

Unable to accept or explain his family's newly acquired wealth, his growing interest in sex, and a friend's shoplifting habit, thirteen-year-old Tony finds the pains in his stomach getting worse and worse.

[tobias-fell]

Books!!! (2022 in reading)

ignore this! or don't! i'm making one of these each year to compare, purely for myself! my 2021 one can be found in the #stats tag on my blog if you are intrigued to see past versions of this post

how many books did I read? 50 <3 just barely. i read coraline on the morning of december 31st bringing up my book count from 49 to 50 lol. makes it so much easier for my tired brain to calculate percentages so God Bless

fiction or nonfiction? i read 94% fiction and 6% nonfiction lol you can guess

top genres? 34% of my reads were contemporary fiction, 24% were fantasy, and 18% were mystery/thriller.

how often did I use the library? 50% of the books I read were libraried or borrowed from a friend.

what were my star ratings? 2 star = 10%, 3 star = 32%, 4 star = 40%, 5 star = 18%, no 1 stars thank god (Camp came close lol).

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best books? The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo, Here Lies Daniel Tate by Cristin Terrill, and If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio.

worst books? camp and it ends with us.

reading goals for 2023? read at least 33 books, read at least 25 books by POC, read at least 5 books by disabled authors, read some Discworld, read more horror than I usually do.

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The Stars Between Us review

4.5/5 stars Recommended for people who like: multiple POVs, dystopian, sci-fi, rags-to-riches, whodunnit, scheming, This Shattered World Big thanks to NetGalley, Wednesday Books/St. Martin's Press, and the author for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review! This book has a dual dystopian/sci-fi thing going on where it takes place on two sister worlds, one of which is run-down, poor, and has some dystopic stuff going, and the other which is developed, rich, and has some more sci-fi elements. The dystopian stuff is pretty light and isn't really the center of the story, more just the backdrop for the other things that are going on. The difference between the two worlds is really what sets up the main 'theme' of the story. Terrill definitely goes all-in on this one about wealth, prosperity, the way it's misappropriated, and the things it can do to people. The difference between the sister planets is distinct and on purpose. The story is about what happens when some people have gross amounts of wealth and distribute it very selectively/to only a few people. Honestly, I think the premise is good. Is Terrill a bit heavy-handed in her messaging?...yes. It was very, very obvious what she was going for here and, while I do think there needs to be a conversation about that kind of excess, I'm not one for being hit over the head with a message or told what to believe. There's a secondary theme to the story that I feel gets kind of glossed over in favor of the wealth one, and that's the idea of autonomy and treating people like commodities. The MC, Vika, is essentially tapped by a billionaire for something specific and then proceeds to have other people throughout the story try and use her in similar or different ways. It's a big thing at the beginning of the book, and it is something that Vika continues to bring up throughout the story, but I don't think it gets the attention it should've in the way it should've. As for Vika herself. As several reviewers have already stated, Vika is not exactly a likeable character. She's selfish and self-centered and can be a complete bitch for no reason. However, I found that I actually liked reading about her character, even if she could be largely unlikeable. Similarly, there were aspects about her that I did like, such as how much she could care about someone once she decided to. She was also pretty determined not to give up once her mind got set on something and, in the end, I think she makes the right decision in a couple of different ways. Sky is the other MC and also hard to like, but for different reasons than Vika. I'm glad we got Sky's POV because without them I wasn't super invested in his character and those chapters are what got me to actually like him. In the beginning, though, he seems sketchy and like he wants to judge Vika a ton (after seeing his POV later on I'm actually kind of dying to know what he was thinking in those moments, because he doesn't really seem the type). Seemingly everyone has an ulterior motive, Sky's just happens to (mostly) be the best one. I liked Mira a lot and she's probably my favorite character. She's probably one of the few genuinely good people in the book (including Vika's dad, Ariel, and perhaps Sky). With people targeting Chapin heirs, I was genuinely worried about Mira. She's so caring and gentle to everyone and honestly is probably the best person to receive the inheritance. Ariel is my other favorite character and I would kill for a companion book about her (before/during/after this one, I don't care). She's a scavenger pilot and a smuggler for the Philomeni Liberation Front (PLF), or the group of people trying to take care of people on the run-down sister planet and fight for liberation of the planet. She's super cool and seems to have an interesting backstory, so I do hope there's another book or a novella that centers on her. There are several mysteries in the book that the characters need to puzzle through. I did figure most of them out before the reveal, but I will say the main mystery, the whodunnit, was actually very well written. I had my suspicions about who it was (and I was right!), but Terrill did a good job of making me second-guess myself right up until about the end.

[shammycruz0711]

I decided to listen to the Gundam Seed  soundtrack again and I'm getting so emotional. It's one of my favorite anime growing up.

What are you guys doing/listening/reading right now?

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Book Summary:

A young, street-savvy runaway looking for a place to call home realizes he might have conned his way into the wrong family in this fast-paced and thrilling novel from award-winning author Cristin Terrill.

When ten-year-old Daniel Tate went missing from one of California's most elite communities, he left no trace. He simply vanished.

Six years later, when he resurfaces on a snowy street in Vancouver, he's no longer the same boy. His sandy hair is darker, the freckles are gone, and he's initially too traumatized to speak, but he's alive. His overjoyed family brings him home to a world of luxury and comfort he can barely remember. In time, they assure him, he'll recover his memories; all that matters now is they're together again.

It's perfect. A miracle. Except for one thing.

He isn't Daniel Tate.

He's a petty con artist who accidentally stumbled into the scam of a lifetime, and he soon learns he's not the only one in the Tate household with something to hide. The family has as many secrets as they have millions in the bank, and one of them might be ready to kill to keep the worst one buried.

[unwind-trash]

Just had to draw out my feelings after reading All Our Yesterdays.

it’s messy and cheesy as hell but hey! I feel better after drawing it

[chajonas]

This last episode of Runaways just gimme All Our Yesterdays' vibes. Now I'm suddenly sad remembering Finn Abbott

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All Our Yesterdays #OutOfContext

Home, and trying to go into 2020 with this energy! 

[soul-write]

Reading a book with no chapters is hard when you say 'just another chapter and then I go to sleep'

[razreads]

I may not be a scientific genius, but I feel the truth of it. Time is coming for us, and coming fast.

Cristin Terrill, All Our Yesterdays

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Title: The Stars Between Us | Author: Cristin Terrill | Publisher: Wednesday Books (2022)

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The Stars Between Us by: Cristin Terrill

The Stars Between Us by: Cristin Terrill

Another one I’m going to keep short so it doesn’t seem like I’m ripping the book. I didn’t like it. The writing didn’t grab me at all, if anything I was kind of bored with it, it was just kind of basic. However my biggest issue is the characters. Flat, awful, boring. Our main character never has to be likeable in the sense that they have to be the perfect person. And in the beginning of the…

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This Chick Read: The Stars Between Us by Cristin Terrill

This Chick Read: The Stars Between Us by Cristin Terrill

Vika Hale longs for a different life than the one she has as a bartender on a struggling planet. When a billionaire dies Vika finds herself the ward of his heirs and living a glamorous life on a high society planet. A series of bombs endangers the lives of the heirs and she finds herself asking for help from other person that crosses both of her worlds, Sky Foster, assistant to the heirs that she…

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Review: The Stars Between Us by Cristin Terrill

Review: The Stars Between Us by Cristin Terrill

The Stars Between UsCristin TerrillWednesday BooksAugust 2, 2022 Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About The Stars Between Us There’s always been a mystery to Vika Hale’s life. Ever since she was a child, she’s had an unknown benefactor providing for her and her family, making sure that Vika and her sister received the best education they could. Now, Vika longs for a bigger life than one as a poor…