#Ella Berman

[emmatmke]

42% of college graduates never read another book after college.

Prioritize reading. Not only does it stimulate you mentally, it also helps grow your vocabulary.

Here is a recent list of books I have read this year:

The House Across The Lake

Before We Were Innocent

Reminders of Him

Yours Truly

Archers Voice

Holly

Happy Place

Confess

Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

The Next Chapter

Exactly What To Say

Damn Good Advice

30% Happier in 30 Days

[myhikari21things]

Read of Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman (2023) (365pgs)

[tealeavesand-roses]

status: read rating: 3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman

🌊🇬🇷☀️📸

'A summer in Greece for three best friends ends in the unthinkable when only two return home in this new novel from Ella Berman. . . .'

(Storygraph synopsis of Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman)

Honestly, this book was okay. I breezed through it in a day, and aspects definitely lured me in, but the book ended with loose ends/open for interpretation. I know it's a mystery/dark book, but I found the tone quite sad and a little depressing. Also, I was hoping the girls would have had more of an experience the first few weeks in Greece; it was so negative that there wasn't even a moment to bond or understand the characters. I actually felt very disconnected from Bess.

[haveyoureadthispoll]

A summer in Greece for three best friends ends in the unthinkable when only two return home in this new novel from Ella Berman. . . . Ten years ago, after a sun-soaked summer spent in Greece, best friends Bess and Joni were cleared of having any involvement in their friend Evangeline’s death. But that didn’t stop the media from ripping apart their teenage lives like vultures. While the girls were never convicted, Joni, ever the opportunist, capitalized on her newfound infamy to become a motivational speaker. Bess, on the other hand, resolved to make her life as small and controlled as possible so she wouldn’t risk losing everything all over again. And it almost worked. . . . Except now Joni is tangled up in a crime eerily similar to that one fateful night in Greece. And when she asks Bess to come back to LA to support her, Bess has a decision to make. Is it finally time to face up to what happened that night, exposing herself as the young woman she once was and maybe still is? And what happens if she doesn’t like what she finds?

[emsbarros]

Assumo toda a culpa, todos os riscos que foi me aproximar de você. Embora não devesse, o fiz, e fiquei a Mercer.

Eu cruzei a linha do que era sensato, o grande amor da minha vida, parecia tão certo e as vezes tão errado, queria que tivesse durado.

Eu sempre quis você, uma década se passou e o amor foi que durou. Você faz parte de mim, mesmo não sendo mais nada pra ti.

O amor é uma jogada de sorte, mas eu nunca tive vocação pra esporte. Meu peito é aflito, grita teu nome no abismo, no buraco que se tornou a minha alma pela tua ausência

Essa falta que me mata, maldita e amarga. Será que sempre será assim? Morrerei com esse e se...

[charlott2n]

books about people just doing stuff are my favorite!! boy parts by eliza clark, the rachel incident by caroline o’donoghue, sweetbitter by stephanie danler, brutes by dizz tate, the comeback by ella berman are some recs of mine

YAY tyyyy:)

[gojossotoru]

Names ideas for your original character(s)!!! <3

FIRST NAMES (FEMALE)

Beverly

Evangeline

Bonnie

Mackenzie

Evelyn

Mia

Marina

Lana

Jane

Maxine

Chloe

Beatrice

Zoe/Zoey

Rachel

Ella

Ellie

Wendy

Winifred

Tanya

Sonya

Theresa

Sandra

Andrea

Alexandria

Diana

Dana

Victoria

Veronica

Joyce

Juliana

Julie

Juliet/Juliette

Julia

Lily

Lola

Melody

Amanda

Olivia

Vivianne/Vivian

Charlotte

Yasmin

Madeline/Madelyn

Hannah

Bethany

Anne/Ann

Annie

Fiona

Faye/Fay

Alison

Natalie

Sasha

Isabella/Isabela

Isabelle

Eunice

Violet

Caitlin/Caitlyn/Katelyn

Miranda

Cassandra

Rosemary

Mary

Maria

Laura

Ramona

Nancy

Erica

Daisy

Darlene

Miriam

Jean

Janice

Eleanor/Elinor

Nora

Ginevra

Margaret

Marguerite

Ophelia

Annabeth

Nicole

Diedre

Siobhan

Molly

Holly

Milicent

Doris

Francesca

Elizabeth

Catherine

Daphne

Penelope

Eloise

Priscilla

Sofia

Celine

Karina

Irene

Jennifer

Roseanne

FIRST NAMES (MALE)

Samuel

Christopher

Michael

Lucas

Austin

Dustin

Steve

William

Nathaniel

Warren

James

Ethan

Anthony

Richard

Edward

Edmund

Clark

Trevor

Sean/Shawn

Fitzwilliam

Marcus/Markus

Liam

Charles

Jonathan/Johnathan

Bruce

Daniel

Theodore

Peter

Earnest

Bucky

Damon

Louis

Bryce

Gordon

Maxwell

Maximillian

Seth

Kurt

Thomas

Oscar

Scott

Frederick

Leon

Sebastian

Russell

Trent

Justin

Joshua

Vernon

Davis

FIRST NAMES (UNISEX)

Harley

Robin

Quinn

Casey

Lesley/Leslie

Blake

Bailey

Aubrey

Sydney

Cameron

(LAST) NAMES

Hastings

Marino

De Luca

Hopkins

Hopper

Harrington

Hargrove

Mayflower

Mayfield

Flowers

MacMillan

Price

Caulfield

Mayfield

Redfield

Baker

Prescott

Sinclair

Starling

Taylor

Vendome

Vincent

Jones

Trudeau

Barnes

Richardson

Bowers

Wheeler

Byers

O'Connor

O'Neil/O'Neill

Day

Ellison

Henderson

Anderson

Wayne

Danvers

White

Hall

Green/Greene

Carlson

Wilson

Edwards

MacTavish

Waterhouse

Gilmore

Montgomery

Harmon

Winters

Quinton

Seymour

Berman

Whitmore

Lovett

Kennedy

Walker

Johnson

That's all for the name ideas!!! Hope this'll help you if you're struggling to come up with a name :3

[ich-existiere-nicht]

"Ich mag zerbrechlich sein, aber ich bin mutig, und was noch wichtiger ist, ich lerne."

Buch: Das Comeback von Ella Berman

[fionaapplenoapple]

hi!! my first post, but i’m trying to read 10 books this year because i have so many on my shelf and i want to add more; but the fact that most of them are unread makes me disappointed in myself lol. so, right now im 30% through ‘before we were innocent’ by ella berman and gonna tryy to finish tomorrow or tonight so we’ll see. if i remember, i’ll keep this blog updated just to track myself because i doubt anyone cares about my book progress lmao.

a little about me?

well i don’t want this to be on my digital footprint so i’m not gonna include my name or anything used to identify me so here’s what i came up with:

i’m a girl, and a minor; i guess you could say i’m not mentally stable but like who is? i use tumblr for the ed and book side, i start projects and rarely finish them, i like apps like this where you can connect with others while being anonymous because it’s easier than being exposed to strangers. umm i listen to all music mainly wallows, mitski, tyler the creator, faye webster, daniel cesaer, drake, and so much more but those are the ones i’ve been on recently.

anyway, that’s all i’ve got for now; if you made it this far thank you for taking the time to read this so to return the favor, i’ll read my book lol. updates coming soon! (if i remember..)

[likeafolkssong]

Books Read in 2024

1. I Had to Survive: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired my Calling to Save Lives by Roberto Canessa & Pablo Vierci

2. Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan

3. Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado

4. The Little Liar by Mitch Albom

5. The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

6. The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis (re-read)

7. The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis (re-read)

8. The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

9. Planet Narnia by Michael Ward

10. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

11. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

12. The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman

13. The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan

14. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

15. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

16. Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale

17. Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney

18. The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson

19. Touching the Void by Joe Simpson

20. The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

21. The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

22. Surprised by Jesus by Dane Ortlund

23. Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman

24. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

25. For One More Day by Mitch Albom (reread)

26. Barbie and Ruth by Robin Gerber

27. Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid

28. Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon (read half, then quit)

29. Kill For Me, Kill For You by Steve Cavanagh

30. The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin

31. The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

32. After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid

33. All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

34. Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer

35. Defend the Dawn by Brigid Kemmerer

36. Destroy the Day by Brigid Kemmerer

37. The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

38. The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer

39. We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

40. The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

41. The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn

42. The Christmas Swap by Sandy Barker

43. Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares by David Leviathan & Rachel Cohn

44. Baby, It’s Cold Outside by Emily Bell

45. O Little Town by Don Reid

46. Night Road by Kristin Hannah

[aschenblumen]

Proust dijo que los grandes textos siempre parecer haber sido escritos en una lengua extranjera. Por el enraizamiento, la obra se entierra en su lengua natal; por la separación, se arranca de ella produciendo «otra» lengua, extranjera desde ese momento a la lengua común. Enraizada, la obra es intraducible. Es subversión de su lengua en el grado más alto. Y aquí tiene lugar una curiosa dialéctica. La traducción, primero, no hace más que radicalizar este movimiento de subversión. Tiene por «fin» llevar la obra siempre más lejos de su lengua. Pero cuanto más se traduce una obra, más se incrementa para ella la posibilidad de enraizarse en su lengua y aparecer como intraducible. Esto no aparecía en el momento de su «nacimiento», en el que este periplo todavía no se había efectuado. Solo aparece como obra de la lengua natal cuando es (re)traducida. Se puede entonces decir que la traducción realiza la relación de la obra con su lengua.

— Antoine Berman, «El comentario, cuaderno 2» en La era de la traducción. «La tarea del traductor» de Walter Benjamin, un comentario. Traducción de Eugenio López Arriazu.

[psyeince]

why r there so many gingers

maybe its the various showdown blogs ive followed but there r a lot of gingers in the media and ive taken it upon myself to sort them into the categories of gingers and redheads, this took me an hour and a half and my eyes r physically burning, my bad if i missed a character or two

gingers

riley williams (we are the tigers)

ocean oconnel rosenberg (ride the cyclone)

caleb widogast (critical role)

itsuka kendo (my hero academia)

donna noble (doctor who)

batgirl (dc)

beverly crush (star trek)

ginger fitzgerald (ginger snaps)

nami (one piece)

mito freecss (hunter x hunter)

wendy corduroy (gravity falls)

alfredo linguine (ratatouille)

william “dex” poindexter (check please!)

wylan can eck (six of crows)

ichigo kurosaki (bleach)

mafuyu sato (given)

gimli (lord of the rings)

akane hino/cure sunny (smile precure)

daphne blake (scooby-doo)

reisuke houjou (mirai nikki)

fiona (shrek)

risa koizumi (lovely complex)

dexter (decters laboratory)

kim possible (kim possible)

cady heron (mean girls)

katheryn janeway (star trek)

shoyo hinata (haikyuu!!)

himaru kenshin (samurai x)

rosetta (tinkerbell)

amy pond (doctor who)

firestar (warrior cats)

rand al’thor (a wheel of time)

kaoru and himaru hitachiin (ouran high school host club)

asuka langley soryu (neon genisis evangelion)

ponyo (ponyo)

crowley (good omens)

athen cykes (ace attorney)

bloom (winx club)

samael keene (homesick)

kenny luckstar (homesick)

tulip olsen (infinity train)

wanda maximoff (marvel)

max mayfield (stranger things)

christine “ziggy” berman (fear street 1978)

buffy gilmore (scary movie)

theo (scary movie 2)

gideon nav (the locked tombe)

cal kestis (star wars)

hiromi higa/shadow (sk8 the infiniry)

anne shirley (anne of green gables)

hercules (hercules)

vicky (fairily odd parents)

suzuki shou (mob psycho 100)

reigen araraka (mob psycho 100)

rowena macleod (supernatural)

jack merridew (lord of the flies)

raven (theyll never catch us)

polly plantar (amphibia)

jay ferin (just roll with it)

natasha romanoff (mcu)

giselle (enchanted)

winnie sanderson (hocus pocus)

candace flynn (phineas and ferb)

phineas flynn (phineas and ferb)

leon kuwata (danganropa)

childe (genshin impact)

akito shinonome (project sekai)

garfield (garfield)

ruby roundhouse (jumanji: welcome to the jungle)

tasuki (fushigi yugi)

lysandre (pokemon)

monkia (doki doki literature club)

misty (pokemon)

aviendha (wheel of time)

coran (voltron)

ashlynn ella (ever after high)

sparrow hood (ever after high)

holly o’hair (ever after high)

poppy o’hair (ever after high)

futaba sakura (persona 5)

anna (frozen)

general hux (star wars)

kanon tachibana (the world ends with you)

ron delight (ace attorney)

kyo sohma (fruits basket)

rei yasaku (do it yourself!)

diluc (genshin impact)

gren (the dragon prince)

chiyo sakura )gekkan shoujo nozaki-kun)

philip j fry (futurama)

felicia sundew (amphibia)

blossom (power puff girls)

april o’neal (teenage mutant ninja turtles)

junichirou tanizaki (bungou stray dogs)

captain amelia (treasure planet)

rachel elizabeth dare (percy jackson)

emma (the promised neverland)

penny polendina (rwby)

elizabeth afton (five nights at freddys)

orville elephant (freddy fazbears pizzaria simulator)

dana scully (x-files)

atushi otani (lovely complex)

merida (brave)

puss in boots (shrek)

little my (moomin)

quasimodo (the hunchback of notre dame)

sora takenouchi (digimon)

ikuyu kita (bocchi the rock!)

gwen tennnyson (ben ten)

ahiru/duck (princess tutu)

eda clawthorn (the owl house)

shallan davar (stormlight archive)

clary fray (shadow hunters)

keyleth (vox machine)

ms. bellum (power puff girls)

zarine (the pirate fairy)

chuuya nakahara (bungou stray dogs)

subaru akehoshi (ensemble stars!! music)

yuta aoi (ensemble stars!! music)

hinata aoi (ensemble stars!! music)

jenny bennett (monster house)

nick wilde (zootopia)

redheads

tomo aizawa (tomo-chan wa onnanoko!)

kirishima eijirou (my hero academia)

hikaru shidou/lucy (magic knight rayearth)

urbosa (breath of the wild)

bowser (mario)

operetta (monster high)

knuckles (sonic)

poison ivy (dc)

starfire (dc)

silver (pokemon)

ranma saotome (ranma 1/2)

will vandom (w.i.t.c.h)

grell sutcliff (black butler)

undyne (undertale)

janai (the dragon prince)

red guy (dont hug me im scared)

wendy (wendys)

ronal mcdonald (mcdonalds)

anastasia romanova (anastasia)

anzu hoshino (romantic killer)

michizou tachihara (bungou stray dogs)

ezra scarlet (fairy tale)

lizzie hearts (ever after high)

shirayuki (snow white with the red hair)

reki kyan (sk8 the infinity)

luna (scooby-doo)

zarzamora (saber marionette j)

jessica rabbit (who framed roger rabbit)

707 (mystic messenger)

kyle broflovski (south park)

souma yukihira (food wars!)

circus baby (five nights at freddys: sister location)

mikoto mikoshiba (gekkan shoujo nozaki-kun

karma akabane (assassination classroom)

kineshi hairo (saiki K)

ariel (the little mermaid)

clifford (clifford the big red dog)

rinne amagi (ensemble stars!! music)

hiiro amagi (ensemble stars!! music)

mao isara (ensemble stars!! music)

[the-oblivious-writer]

wait here are MY face claims that i came up with when i was reading which means it’s all very interesting cause it was late.

i could see olivia as saylor curda or maybe even liza soberano (i will admit though seeing the name i immediately thought of rodrigo)

i couldn’t figure out avery but emily rudd as cindy berman popped into my head but it doesn’t feel right

and i had SO many ideas for vicky but none of them stuck

( i don’t know if you’re active on twitter but i did have the sudden urge to use ella purnell and sophie nélisse as face claims because of that one unhinged smau where their fan names are vickie and anna)

Imma be so real, Olivia was 100% inspired by Rodrigo 👀 and anon, you ate with these face claims - totally see the vision

I'm still stumped with who I'd choose for Avery and Vicky because although I'm able to envision them while writing, the face claim part is still hard since they're pretty new. Olivia's new but the difference is I've been planning her arrival/the premise of her character for a while. But I'm sure it'll come to me like Henry's face claim did

(btw, I'm definitely taking these face claims into consideration)

[literary-love-songs]

✨my top 5 of 2024!✨

Woman, Eating - Claire Kohda

The Comeback - Ella Berman

You, Again - Kate Goldbeck

Funny Story - Emily Henry

One Dark Window - Rachel Gillig

Honorable mentions:

Before We Were Innocent - Ella Berman

Black Sheep - Rachel Harrison

Good year for reading. I managed 36 books this year with a goal of 40! Which is kind of unheard of for me.

[badassbutterfly1987]

2024 Book Reviews (July-December)

5 stars

The Book of Elsewhere (Keanu Reeves and China Mieville, 2024): An immortal warrior (called Unute, nicknamed B) has been having a centuries-long existential crisis about his inability to stay dead and is now working for the US military (who find his berserker rages useful) in exchange for a way to end his immortality. Which sounds tropey but I found it written in a compelling way. Interspliced with the modern action is flashbacks to B sometimes committing to being a solitary killing machine and sometimes trying to have a normal everyday life (that he can't have living children of his own really messes with him). There's an equally immortal prehistoric pig trying to kill B, a goal that has to compete with the cult that can bring people back to life who also want to kill him. Very strange but appealing prose make for an interesting read.

Revenge of the Sith novelization (Matthew Stover, 2004): If you've ever wanted to experience the prequel movies in a more competent format, I would reccomend checking it out as it really shows why the Jedi Order fell at this pivotal point and makes Anakin sympathetic even amongst his many flaws. It also just has really evocative prose.

4 stars

Tiger Queens (Stephanie Thornton, 2014): Tells the stories of four women closely tied to the rise of Genghis Khan and his legacy. The characters and worldbuilding are compelling. The first third focuses on Borte, the first wife of Genghis Khan, who is a fierce character and makes a compelling look into the slow building of the Mongolian Empire. After her are Alaqai and Fatima, Genghis' daughter and a Persian captive respectively, and unfortunately the writing only does so much for the pacing issue here; Alaqai goes from a cautious friendship to suddenly being in love and Fatima abandons her revenge quest in favor of being an ardent supporter over the course of several timeskips. The pacing issue is kind of inevitable given the book goes from the very early days of the empire, to the competing heirs after Genghis Khan's death, and ending with Sorkhokhtani (one of Genghis' daughters-in-law) stabilizing the empire by placing her eldest son in power (her second son would become Kublai Khan). Overall I really enjoyed it.

2 stars:

The Comeback (Ella Berman, 2020): A young actress on the verge of being given a film award abruptly withdraws from public awareness; it is revealed that she was abused by the adults around her. One would expect this to be either a powerful perspective of a young woman who had been abused by Hollywood in general and her mentor in specific, or a psychological thriller about her enacting revenge on Able and ruining his career in return. Unfortunately it doesn't really manage to be either.

Coming Back (Jessi Zabarsky, 2021): This graphic novel has a cute cozy art style. I like what I think it's trying to say about tradition and when to move past it. Unfortunately it was hard to be drawn in; the worldbuilding and characters were frustratingly vague in the beginning and there wasn't enough there to win me back. The third act felt weak in general and especially the conflict resolution for the main relationship (one character does something selfish but it's her partner who has to apologize for being mad about it).

The Butcher and The Wren (Alaina Urquhart, 2022): It's a debut novel and feels like it. the writing, especially the delivery of information, feels really clunky at points. This is more of a novella than a full length novel and it really needed that extra space to breathe. It feels like a rapid chase with characters too shallow to hold my interest.

Nonfiction:

Sick Caesars (Michael Grant, 2000): The emotional and physical illnesses that multiple Roman emperors experienced and how it affected their reigns.

After the Stork (Saro Rosenquist, 2010): A study about postpartum depression and ways to prevent it.

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Caitlin Doughty, 2014):

Sipping Dom Perignon Through a Straw (Eddie Ndopu, 2023): An autobiography about his life with spinal muscular atrophy and his work as a disability activist.

[burningdarkfire]

books i read in nov 2024

a pretty forgettable month tbh. but how about that arcane league of legends animated netflix special tv show!!

eat a peach - david chang ★★★★★ (memoir)

this is definitely not a universal 5* but it came to me at exactly the right time of my life. it was often brutal and unsympathetic - from one former asshole to another, it was surprisingly relatable considering how little i know about the food industry

milk fed - melissa broder ★★★★☆ (contemporary)

i can definitely understand why this is the author's most popular book. it's sharp, unflinching, and surprisingly grok-able given her usual more woowoo fare. still not for everyone but possibly the most widely accessible of her books!

salvation of a saint - keigo higashino ★★★★☆ (mystery)

solid and enjoyable, not much to say about this one

blacktop wasteland - s.a. cosby ★★★★☆ (thriller)

character work felt shallower than i've come to expect from the author but it was still totally gripping and exhilarating to read

the mistletoe mystery - nita prose ★★★★☆ (mystery novella)

definitely won't convert you if you haven't enjoyed the full length novels, but it's a cute addition to the series for those who enjoy it. i wish it was full length with a proper whodunnit though!

all the missing girls - megan miranda ★★☆☆☆ (thriller)

the gimmick/structure of this book didn't work for me. boring and predictable and just a worse version of this author's other books

before we were innocent - ella berman ★★☆☆☆ (thriller)

straddles the line between crazy thriller and contemplative contemporary in a way that just makes it really boring. the characters can't sustain a slower introspective pace because they're totally flat. but there's nothing else happening either! big disappointment as i was looking forward to this one

so thirsty - rachel harrison ★★☆☆☆ (horror)

MC was extremely annoying and the book is very one-track. you know what's happening from the synopsis but it takes the whole book for the MC to get on track!! if anything about this book sounds interesting, just scroll back up and check out melissa broder instead

your shadow half remains - sunny moraine ★★☆☆☆ (horror)

possible because it was an audiobook but i got absolutely nothing from this. nothingburger of a novella

[DNF] they can't kill us until they kill us - hanif abdurraqib ★★★☆☆ (essays)

i respect every single snippet i've seen from this book on tumblr, which is many, but unfortunately i simply don't know enough about music to follow this book