#Gail Jenkins

[sophiesbookishthings]

July Reads

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

I read this like 2 days before the allegations against Neil Gaiman came out 🫤. And since now it feels too weird to talk too much about anything regarding him right now, I'm not gonna fully review this book. I considered not putting this here at all, but I want an honest chronicle of the books I've read. And I feel like this little non-review isnt gonna cause anyone to go read his books or support him in any way. So, I will just say that I did enjoy this book, and it's one of my favorites I've read from him, but I'll leave it at that.

5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Pale Dreamer by Samantha Shannon

This is a little prequel novella to The Bone Season. I enjoyed seeing the dynamic of Paige and her seven dials gang before she gets thrown into the whole main plot of the series. It also gives a bit of interesting insight into why she and the other 6 act the way they do in The Bone Season.

4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Bone Season (author's preferred text) by Samantha Shannon

This is a really interesting dystopian book. This is the first book in a seven book series and I'm intrigued to see where it goes. The main character Paige has really interesting psychic powers that I think are going to get really badass as the series goes on. There's also the rephaim and I really want to know more about their whole thing. Can't wait to keep reading these. I went and got the authors preferred text editions when they came out cause Samantha Shannon is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors.

4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

I got an absolutely gorgeous edition of this book from litjoy, and I think I read it like a day or two after I got it in the mail. I remember watching the movie when I was a kid, but I'd never read the book. Sometimes, it's better to watch the movie first, I think. Because I liked the movie, but it's not a lot like the book, and had I known that I probably would've liked the movie less. Anyway! I loved the love story in this book. Ella and Char match each other’s energy and quirkiness so perfectly. And the fantasy element of the book is really cool. There's centaurs, fairies, giants, and elves, and the way they were done felt like an old fairy tale, which I feel like doesn't get done too much anymore.

5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

I'm going to do a single review for these two novellas because I basically read them as one continuous book and I don't know how well I can deferentiate between the events that occur in each one. This book is very philosophical but also very cozy and sweet. There were some ideas and quotes in these two books that I will probably be thinking about for a long time. The friendship between the main characters (a tea monk and a robot) was incredibly well done and I really liked both of them. These books ultimately hold such kindness at their heart and I think we need more of that. I highly recommend these books.

5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Secrets of Blackthorn Hall by Cassandra Clare

I read this before when it was being released on tumblr but I received the Kickstarter hardback edition and it's absolutely gorgeous. Shadowhunters is always a comfort series to me, especially anything involving the Blackthorns and Malec.

4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

As per the Stormlight Archive, so much happened in this book, dear lord... So much happened in the last like 300ish pages alone (which i guess is the length of a normal book). This is also the longest book I've ever read, so that's fun. For a lot of this book, I was really thinking that Kaladin/Shallan/Adolin all have two hands, and Sanderson should stop being a coward lol. But anyway... I loved reading from the perspective of bridge 4 through the book and seeing what they're doing outside of kaladin. I need to know more about like all of the singers because I've been lowkey rooting for them since the first book. Which is really a testament to Sanderson's writing because I could tell that they really weren't the bad guys, and that there was something deeper going on, and some of that was revealed in this book.

5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Chlorine by Jade Song

I didn't love this book. I think it was the fact I really didn't like a single one of the characters and there was very little dialog to the point it almost felt just like stating of events and the narrators (usually all negative) feelings about the events and the people involved. I will give it that it had the first scene I've ever read to make me actually physically uncomfortable. It was gay but in a very messy pining way that never really felt like it went anywhere. I think that there are people that would really like this book cause it did have potential, but it just didn't worj for me. I will admit I have been thinking about it a lot, though, so there's that anyway.

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

I haven't watched the Amazon series of this, and I'm mad that they changed the songs for it from the ones in the book. I wanted to listen to those ☹️. I feel like I shouldn't like that it was so obviously based on Fleetwood Mac, but I kinda did. I've always found their whole extremely messy deal fascinating, and this was basically the fictional version of that.

5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

This was really interesting to read after having read the whole lotr trilogy first. This reads like a children's book (because it is) which was a bit surprising because of the much different tone I was expecting after lotr and the Hobbit movies. Also, it basically says the elves are fae. It refers to the Undying Lands as Faerie. Why do people not talk about that more??? It makes so much sense. They act like fae. They're whole vibe and lore is so fae like. It makes sense. Regular elves are little guys! Tolkien elves are fae! Anyway, lol, I really liked this book. I do think I liked lotr more just cause I love books/series that are lore heavy and also Samwise Gamgee.

5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[elposting]

I saw you like ambitious women and Taylor Swift and I've just gotta ask you: have you heard of Burn the House Down by Kenna Jenkins? It's an alternate history novel abt the 1st woman president and her secret sapphic relationship/bearded marriage with her mlm best friend and has massive Taylor Swift vibes (especially anti hero, last great American dynasty, gold rush, illicit affairs, I Did Something Bad, and champagne problems). It also has a subplot about arson at the White House and ft. An entirely queer main cast and really fleshed out characters!

OOOH I have not heard of this book but I need to check it out immediately!! I have a book I need to finish reading for school but then I will absolutely read this (and I’ll reblog this and let you know my thoughts on it). Thank you so much for the book recommendation!!

[theladyfromplanetx]

[the-modern-typewriter]

Yo, I've seen your book rec posts on and off for a while, and I was wondering if you could (if you have time ^.^ if not, that's cool too) throw up a list of your favorite lgbt/neurodivergent/unique protagonist books? I don't think I've ever read a book outside of fanfiction where the lead/s weren't just some form of 'normal' or straight or whatever. Also, since you're one of my favorite authors I feel like I'd be more inclined to give one of them a go lol ^.^'

There are an increasing number of diverse books out there!

Here are some of my personal favourites in no particular order, by which I mean I have rated them 4 stars (I really liked it) or 5 stars (it was amazing) and then curated the list some more on top of that. E.g. I might have thought it was amazing at the time, but if I can't tell you anything that happened in the story years after reading it, it's not on the list. That doesn't mean it's not worth reading, just that I have a bad memory so if I remember it definitely did something right!)

You can find more books I've read on my Goodreads. There are books that fit what you've asked for on there, it just doesn't fit my personal curated favourites list!

LGBTQ books

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (m/m)

If We Were Villains by M.L Rio (m/m)

Girls Made of Snow and Glass and Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand (f/f + ace)

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado (f/f - non fiction)

Salt Slow by Julia Armfield (f/f)

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (m/m)

Nightwood by Djuna Barnes (f/f - though be warned, this is a weird one! Rated highly more because I can't get it out of my head than that I liked it)

Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (f/f)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Peter Darling by Austin Chant (m/m, trans)

The Binding by Bridget Collins (m/m)

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J Klune (m/m)

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth (f/f)

The Greenhollow duology by Emily Tesh (m/m)

These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever (m/m)

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (f/f)

(Obligatory read MY BOOK The God Key (m/m) here!) Obviously, this is my favourite ;)

Unique/Interesting protagonists:

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells

Middlegame by Seanan McGuire (Her Wayward Children series is also great and has a lot of LGBTQ rep!)

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang (MC has Asperger's)

A Spindle Splintered by Alix.E. Harrow (terminally ill MC, also f/f)

Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels

House of Leaves by Mark.Z. Danielewski

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon (Autistic MC)

Disfigured: On Fairytales, Disability and Making Space by Amanda Leduc (nonfiction)

[permanentreverie]

books read in 2024

1 - ruthless vows (rebecca ross): jan 2 - 5

2 - atonement (ian mcewan): jan 1 - 7

3 - the stolen heir (holly black): jan 9 - 11

4 - clockwork angel (cassandra clare): jan 12 - 15

5 - archer’s voice (mia sheridan): jan 15 - 23

6 - the flatshare (beth o’leary): jan 28 - 30 / (reread)

7 - check, please! book 1: #hockey (ngozi ukazu): jan 31

8 - check, please! book 2: sticks and scones (ngozi ukazu): feb 1 - 2

9 - indigo eyes (maeve hazel): feb 1 - 6

10 - book lovers (emily henry): feb 7 - 11 / (reread)

11 - a cuban girl’s guide to tea and tomorrow (laura taylor namey): feb 12 - 15

12 - the wake-up call (beth o’leary): feb 12 - 17

13 - eleanor oliphant is completely fine (gail honeyman): feb 19 - 28

14 - the seven year slip (ashley poston): feb 28 - mar 3

15 - the road trip (beth o’leary): mar 3 - 6

16 - the youthful you who was so beautiful (jiu yue xi): mar 6 - 11 / (reread)

17 - i hope this doesn’t find you (ann liang): mar 14 - 16

18 - the great divorce (c.s. lewis): mar 29 - 31

19 - the foxhole court (nora sakavic): apr 3 - 5 / (reread)

20 - the raven king (nora sakavic): apr 5 - 7 / (reread)

21 - the king’s men (nora sakavic): apr 7 - 11 / (reread)

22 - tweet cute (emma lord): mar 22 - apr 12

23 - society of the snow: the definitive account of the world’s greatest survival story (pablo vierci): apr 12 - 13

24 - the switch (beth o’leary): apr 16 - 18

25 - pride and prejudice (jane austen): apr 11 - 23 / (reread) (audiobook)

26 - the sunshine court (nora sakavic): apr 18 - 26

27 - longbourn (jo baker): apr 23 - 27

28 - society of the snow: the definitive account of the world’s greatest survival story (pablo vierci): apr 21 - 28 / (reread)

29 - the bodyguard (katherine center): apr 29

30 - bones and all (camille deangelis): apr 30 - may 5

31 - miracle in the andes (nando parrado): may 5 - 7

32 - lapvona (ottessa moshfegh): may 7 - 10

33 - do i know you? (emily wibberley & austin siegemund-broka): may 17 - 18

34 - moon of the crusted snow (waubgeshig rice): may 18 - 19

35 - next to you (hannah bonam-young): may 21 - 24

36 - beasts of a little land (juhea kim): may 30 - jun 2

37 - moon of the turning leaves (waubgeshig rice): may 20 - jun 3 / (audiobook)

38 - the girls i’ve been (tess sharpe): may 27 - jun 5

39 - americanah (chimimanda ngozi adichie): may 20 - jun 18

40 - emily wilde’s encyclopedia of fairies (heather fawcett): jun 19 - 22

41 - emily wilde’s map of the otherlands (heather fawcett): jun 22 - jul 1

42 - a good girls’s guide to murder (holly jackson): jun 21 - jul 1 / (reread) (audiobook)

43 - seven days in june (tia williams): jul 1 - 3

44 - the night tiger (yangsze choo): jul 4 - 7

45 - part of your world (abby jimenez): jul 9 - 11

46 - good girl, bad blood (holly jackson): jul 4 - 11 / (reread) (audiobook)

47 - your blood, my bones (kelly andrew): jul 13 - 17

48 - the summer of broken rules (k. l. walther): jul 13 - 21 / (audiobook)

49 - as good as dead (holly jackson): jul 25 - aug 9 / (reread) (audiobook)

50 - house of leaves (mark z. danielewski): aug 2 - 13

51 - the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse (charlie mackesy): aug 14

52 - daisy jones & the six (taylor jenkins reid): aug 13 - 23 / (reread) (audiobook)

53 - a crane among wolves (june hur): aug 14 - 23

54 - howl’s moving castle (dianna wynne jones): aug 25 - 27 / (reread) (audiobook)

55 - the reappearance of rachel price (holly jackson): aug 24 - 28

56 - five survive (holly jackson): sep 2 - 3

57 - the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society (mary ann shaffer & annie barrows): sep 2 - 4 / (reread) (audiobook)

58 - a business proposal, vol. 1 (haehwa): sep 4

59 - a business proposal, vol. 2 (haehwa): sep 6

60 - a business proposal, vol. 3 (haehwa): sep 7

[where-our-stories-start]

“Children of Grief” by Nikita Gill // Wandavision (1x08) // The West Wing (2x22) // Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine // Jojo Rabbit // “Light” - Next to Normal // Steel Magnolias // The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid // Sense8 (1x09)

[book--brackets]

Preliminary Round Winners

Round 1: The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

Eliminations: none

Round 2: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Eliminations: Legend by Marie Lu

Round 3: A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Eliminations: none

Round 4: Little House by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Eliminations: Lux by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Round 5: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien

Eliminations: none

Round 6: Septimus Heap by Angie Sage

Eliminations: Last Survivors by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Round 7: Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz

Eliminations: none

Round 8: The Immortals Quartet by Tamora Pierce

Eliminations: none

Round 9: Nevermoor by Jessica Townshend

Eliminations: none

Round 10: The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper

Eliminations: none

Round 11: American Girl by Various Authors

Eliminations: Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

Round 12: Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol

Eliminations: none

Round 13: Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson

Eliminations: none

Round 14: Tiebreaker ongoing

Eliminations: none

Round 15: Ever by Gail Carson Levine

Eliminations: none

Round 16: Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George

Eliminations: none

Round 17: The Hardy Boys by Franklin D. Dixon

Eliminations: none

Round 18: Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown

Eliminations: none

Round 19: Ever After High by Shannon Hale

Eliminations: none

Round 20: The Icemark Chronicles by Stuart Hill

Eliminations: none

Round 21: Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke

Eliminations: none

Round 22: My Teacher Is an Alien by Bruce Coville

Eliminations: none

Round 23: Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

Eliminations: Killer Unicorns by Diana Peterfreund

Round 24: Upside-Down Magic by Emily Jenkins, Sarah Miynowski, and Lauren Myracle

Eliminations: none

Round 25: Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Eliminations: none

Round 26: Fairy Wings by E. D. Baker

Eliminations: Iron Hearted Violet by Kelly Barnhill

Round 27: The Puppy Place by Ellen Miles

Eliminations: none

Round 28: Animal Ark by Lucy Daniels

Eliminations: none

Round 29: A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd

Eliminations: none

Round 30: Ten Kids, No Pets by Ann M. Martin

Eliminations: none

Round 31: Magic Puppy by Sue Bentley

Eliminations: none

Round 32: King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry

Eliminations: The Country Child by Alison Uttley, Corydon by Tobias Druitt

[bookcub]

yesssss pls post the sapphic recs!

okay heres the whole list. i did not enjoy all these books and i loved some and liked others and disliked a few as well.

read responsibly!!

Books with sapphic relationships

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (adult fantasy)

Planning Perfect by Haley Neil (YA coming of age)

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust (ya fantasy)

Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni (adult fantasy)

The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish (adult romance)

Princess Princess Ever After by Kay O'Neill (middle grade graphic novel)

A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended by Alix E Harrow (new adult fantasy adventure)

The City of Dusk by Tara Sim (adult fantasy)

Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner (adult romance)

The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe (ya thriller/adventure)

Satisfaction Guaranteed by Karelia Stetz-Waters (adult romance)

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston (ya mystery/coming of age)

Romancing the Inventor by Gail Carriger (adult historical steampunk romance)

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake (adult romance)

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar (ya romance)

The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec (adult fantasy)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (adult historical romance)

Knit, Purl, a Baby and a Girl by Hettie Bell (adult romance)

Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar (ya contemporary)

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M Danforth (gothic horror historical adult?)

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (adult urban fantasy scif ish)

The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli (ya contemporary)

Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins (ya contemporary)

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust (ya fantasy)

Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee (ya scifi)

Huntress by Malinda Lo (ya fantasy)

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst (ya fantasy)

Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult (adult contemporary)

Ash by Malinda Lo (ya fantasy)

Girl from the Sea by Molly Ostertag Knox (ya fantasy graphic novel)

Books with sapphic characters

Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie (ya contemporary)

The Scapegracers by HA Clarke (ya urban fantasy)

A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo (ya thriller)

The Tea Dragon Society by K O'Neill (ya graphic novel)

Star-Crossed by Barbra Lee (middle grade contemporary)

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland (ya horror)

Ben and Beatriz by Katalina Gamarra (new adult romance)

Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales (ya romance)

Untouchable by Talia Hibbert (adult romance)

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert (adult romance)

Run by Kody Keplinger (ya contemporary)

Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann ya romance)

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (ya satire)

[sporadiceagleheart]

Emeline Grier Miller, Kimber Hibbs, Adrianna Hutto, Jayden-Jay Silvester, Emily Vitoria Tavares DaSilva, Mystique Genuine Pairama, Josie Burleson, Faithlynn Blankenship, Leena Arredondo, Sally Ann Chesebro, Paige Marie Nilson, Christine L.Ketchum, Andrea Lee Anna Castilla, Shirley Temple and baby Leroy, Ava Jordan Wood, Samantha and Tessara Crespi, Gabby Petito, Mei Leung, Dayle Okazaki, Joan of Arc, Mary Katherine Moore, Arthur Boyd Moore, Brianna Mariah Lopez, Saffie-Rose Brenda Roussos, Lily Peters, Olivia Pratt Korbel, Elizabeth Shelley, Sara Sharif, Charlotte Figi, Lucy Morgan, Star Hobson, Emilie Alice Parker, Catherine Violet Hubbard, Princess Sophie Hélène Béatrice, Louis XVII, Lois Janes, Sharon Lee Gallegos, Maite Rodriguez, Eliahna Torres, Jackie Cazares, Makenna Lee Elrod, Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, Jailah Nicole Silguero, Maranda Gail Mathis, Caroline Previdi, Charlotte Bacon, Olivia Engel, Olivia Dahl, Laila Marie Daniel, Paulette Gebara Farah, Barbara Tinning, Baby Abby Jennings, Olivia-Leigh Picton, Aisha and Lailani Ford, Caroline and Madison Rae king, Gillian and Jennifer Pollock, Madison Weeks, Violet Beckett, Kasi Sanders, Heather O'Rourke and Judith Barsi, Heather White, Jaclyn Dowaliby, Betty Jean Bartlett, Brianna Lynn Walker, Judy Garland, Darla Jean Hood, Frank Sutton, Jim Nabors, Eva Heyman, Lily Elsie, Nannie Tyler, Dicy Loud Ream, Emma Ochsner, Emma Ochsner Mundhenke, Little Darcy-May Elm, Mia Julianne Nicole Serrato, Sarah Shulze, Veronica Moser-Sullivan, Moa Leontine Björk, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, Rika Oudgenoeg, Makenna Grace Adcock, MaKenna Rae Fraaza, Mariah Lynn Sisco, Lesley Ann Downey, Sienna Maloney, Avery Nicole King, Angel Hope Herrera, Gerb Johansson, Th Princess Louise and Queen Victoria, Megan Rochelle Jenkins, Jennifer Sue Delgado, Soren Chilson, Joanna Pollock, Jacqueline Theresa Pollock, Robert Towne, Leona Gertrude Loud, Sirita Jimmina “BooBoo” Sotelo, Lee Williams rest in peace

[siriusdog]

Read 30 books this year with me

Completed (7/30):

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The Vendor of Sweets by R.K. Narayan

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

RIP (Reading in Progress) (3/30):

The Thousand Year Old Boy by Ross Welford

Not Dead Yet by Phil Collins

Never by Ken Follett

Books to Read (14/30):

Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Intensity by Dean Koontz

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Sharp Objects" by Gillian Flynn

[midnights-wish]

› book recommendations ‹

the purple titles are the books that i assume some people could need trigger warnings for! please be aware that these aren't the only ones with heavy subjects in the list though, as i prefer dark books in general!

this list will be updated!

if looking for specific genre, press 'ctrl f' & write it into the search bar!

'The Thursday Murder Club', by Richard Osman › mystery, humour; medium-paced; series, 4 books; 2020-2023 ‹

'The Lamplighters', by Emma Stonex › mystery, literary fiction; slow-paced; 2021 ‹

'No Longer Human', by Osamu Dazai › tw; literary fiction, classics; medium-paced; 1948 ‹

'The Family Upstairs', by Lisa Jewell › tw; mystery, thriller; fast-paced; series, 2 books (although personally I'd recommend to only read the first, the second really wasn't it in my opinion >.<); 2019 & 2022 ‹

'The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo', by Taylor Jenkins Reid › literary fiction, romance; medium-paced; 2017 ‹

'A User's Guide to the Brain', by John J. Ratey › nonfiction; slow-paced; 2001 ‹

'The Decagon House Murders', by Yukito Ayatsuji › mystery, thriller; medium-paced; series, 9 books (? as far as I understand; two books are translated into english, the third will be in late 2024); 1987-2012 ‹

'The Time Machine', by H.G. Wells › classics, sci-fi; medium-paced; 1895 ‹

'Kasane', by Daruma Matsuura › manga, thriller, drama, supernatural; slow-paced; 14 volumes; 2013-2018 ‹

'The Summer of the Ubume', by Natsuhiko Kyougoku › manga, mystery, psychological, supernatural; slow-paced; series, 5 books (I've only read the first three, but I'm sure the last two are amazing as well :)); 2013-2017 ‹

'Memento Forest', by Fumiko Fumi › tw; manga, drama, romance; fast-paced; one volume; 2013 ‹

'Helter Skelter: Fashion Unfriendly', by Kyoko Okazaki › tw; manga, horror, psychological; fast-paced; one volume; 1995-1996 ‹

'Ultramarine', by Ching Nakamura › tw; manga, drama, psychological, romance; slow-paced; 3 volumes; 2007-2012 ‹

'A Thousand Brains: A New Theory Of Intelligence', by Jeff Hawkins › nonfiction; medium-paced; 2021 ‹

'Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine', by Gail Honeyman › literary fiction; medium-paced; 2017 ‹

'My Annihilation', by Fuminori Nakamura › tw; horror, thriller, mystery; fast-paced; 2022 ‹

'The Stranger', by Albert Camus › classics, literary fiction; medium-paced; 1942 ‹

[orangiewriting]

My 2024 TBR

Since I've gotten a kindle I've been devouring books in such a high speed, it's' difficult to keep track. It's especially difficult to keep track of my TBR, because I keep adding more books to it. So: these are the books I want to read in 2024! (plus the dates I added them to my To Read shelf on Goodreads)

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven. Jun 03, 2016.

My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga. Jun 03, 2016.

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. Sep 15, 2018.

Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo. Sep 22, 2018.

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. Dec 19, 2018.

Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zetner. May 28, 2019.

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. May 28, 2019.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab. Oct 06, 2021.

A Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J. Maas. Jul 12, 2023.

In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune. May 23, 2023

Modern Faerie Tales Series by Holly Black. Dec 16, 2021.

The Prisoner's Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2) by Holly Black. Mar 14, 2023.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. Jul 12, 2022.

Happy Place by Emily Henry. Oct 19, 2022.

Wildfire (Maple Hills, #2) by Hannah Grace. Jul 27, 2023.

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Nov 08, 2023.

Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Jul 24, 2022

Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood. Dec 10, 2023.

The Brown Sisters Series by Talia Hibbert.

[raretaylorswiftsong]

What songs do you not have? Asking to see if I could trade anything with you

Songs I’m looking for:

A Little More Like You (Swift)

Acting Like a Boy (Swift / Rose)

Anymore (Swift)

Baby Blue (Swift)

Beautiful Day(s) (Swift)

Bother Me (Swift)

Boys and Love (Swift / Burke-Green)

Brought Up That Way (second studio and acoustic versions)

Castles Crumbling (Swift)

Don't You (any of the three OG demos)

Fire (Swift)

Foolish One (Swift)

For You (Swift)

Gail's Song (Swift)

Go Slow (Swift)

Goodbye Butterfly (Swift)

Half-Way to Texas (Swift)

Heaven (Swift)

His Lies (Swift)

Houston Rodeo (Swift)

I Bet You Think About Me (OG demo)

I Can See You

I'm Looking Out For You (Swift)

It's Still You (Swift / Monroe)

Kid in the Crowd (Swift)

Mary Jo (Swift)

Mr. Perfectly fine (OG demo)

Nashville (Swift) (not the live cover from the Speak Now tour)

Never Mind (Swift / Rose) (acoustic)

None of the Above (Swift / Heeney)

Not One Day (Swift)

Nothin’ New (Swift)

One More Day (Swift)

One-Sided Goodbye (Swift)

The Reason Why (Swift / Harris)

Ride On (Swift)

Scream (Swift / Cantor / Marr)

Someone Just Told Me (Swift)

Someone Loves You (Swift)

This One's Different (Swift / Jenkins)

Timeless (Swift)

Today (Swift)

Too Beautiful (Swift)

Wait for me (second version)

Wonderful Things (Swift)

You (Swift)

You Walk Away (Swift)

Your Anything (Swift) acoustic demo, not the common live version

Your Picture (Swift)

Album demos I’m looking for:

Afterglow

Cold as you (version 1 and piano)

Come back...be here

Come in with the rain (acoustic)

I forgot you existed

It’s nice to have a friend

Love story (two studio versions)

ME! (one studio version, I have one already)

Oh my my my (acoustic)

Only the young

Should’ve said no (acoustic; 30 second clip)

Starlight

Teardrops on my guitar (studio and acoustic with Drew)

Tell me why

The Lakes

White horse (acoustic in studio)

You belong with me

[cromwelll]

what are your favourite books :) ?

Thanks for the ask, kind Anon!

My Antonia by Willa Cather

The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

How to Be a Person in the World by Heather Havrilesky

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer

[seedlessmuffins]

rules: tag people you want to get to know better!

i was tagged by my darling @liverpool-enjoyer so thank you for thinking of me max!

last song: the adults are talking by the strokes

last show: i was just rewatching derry girls! its so good omg

currently watching: the first season of why women kill!

currently reading: daisy jones and the six by taylor jenkins reid, ella enchanted by gail carson levine, and western civilizations 5th edition (yes im reading a history textbook for fun, it is interesting ok!)

current obsession: stanley cup playoffs! but you guys already knew that so probably the feeling you get in the morning when you are at the pool when the sun is rising! been chasing that high all day

i'd like to tag the lovely @stargarland @mebiselfandi @swaggypsyduck @sleeepyheadache @licharlo @bigmagalhaes @neyxmessi and @neysdoll! feel free to ignore if you don't want to but i would love to know you all a bit better!