#Katherine J Chen

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August Reads

As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, I ran up against the limitations of my body this August and so the months reviews are a little late (although I’ve back dated the post so it is in the correct order on my blog) and I didn’t read anywhere near as much as I did in July because I have been trying to properly rest when I can rather than “rest” by crocheting and reading at the same time. Of the six,…

[medea-of-colchis]

I decided, if I am to scream, let it be in battle. There is no chance for peace except at the point of a sword.

From Joan, by Katherine J. Chen

[kammartinez]

She learned that day: When one man beats you, it invites others to try, too. People can smell out weakness. Only strength keeps them at bay.

Joan: A Novel, by Katherine J. Chen

[kamreadsandrecs]

Title: Joan: A Novel of Joan of Arc Author: Katherine J. Chen Genre/s: historical Content/Trigger Warnings: suicide, rape (implied), emotional and physical abuse of a child, emotional and physical abuse of a spouse, animal death, death of a child, death of a sibling, war-related violence typical for the period Summary (from publisher website): 1412. France is mired in a losing war against England. Its people are starving. Its king is in hiding. From this chaos emerges a teenage girl who will turn the tide of battle and lead the French to victory, becoming an unlikely hero whose name will echo across the centuries. In Katherine J. Chen’s hands, the myth and legend of Joan of Arc is transformed into a flesh-and-blood young woman: reckless, steel-willed, and brilliant. This meticulously researched novel is a sweeping narrative of her life, from a childhood steeped in both joy and violence, to her meteoric rise to fame at the head of the French army, where she navigates the perils of the battlefield and the equally treacherous politics of the royal court. Many are threatened by a woman who leads, and Joan draws wrath and suspicion from all corners, while her first taste of fame and glory leaves her vulnerable to her own powerful ambition. With unforgettably vivid characters, transporting settings, and action-packed storytelling, Joan is a thrilling epic, a triumph of historical fiction, as well as a feminist celebration of one remarkable—and remarkably real—woman who left an indelible mark on history. Buy Here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/joan-a-novel-of-joan-of-arc/18860873 Spoiler-Free Review: I’m familiar with Saint Joan of Arc, mostly thanks to a Catholic school education and a general curiosity about the lives of these people whom the Church seemed to think were pretty damn important, if they were powerful enough to bend God’s ear on behalf of us mere mortals. Like most Catholics I’m familiar with the general outline of her life story: how as a girl she had visions encouraging her to save France; how she spoke to the Dauphin and convinced him to give her an army; how she succeeded in battle until she didn’t; and then was burnt at the stake by the English for heresy. However, the memory of her victories continued to live in the memory of the French people (not least because her achievements were crucial to France winning the Hundred Years’ War), and almost five hundred years after her execution she’d be canonized as a saint, thus cementing her legendary status. It’s a good story - a VERY good story. It’s why Joan is one of the most memorable saints in the Church’s immense roster, and why even non-religious folk know who she is and the general outline of her life and eventual death. It also helps that there are PLENTY of fictionalized depictions of her, both in print and in film, and there are almost as many non-fictional accounts of her life too. If you want to go down a rabbit hole of everything Saint Joan, you can easily do that and get lost down there for a good long while. So: with all of these books and movies already out there, many of which are considered to be quite good, what makes Chen’s novel, in particular, stand out? Personally, I think it’s that her take on Joan is, firstly, very human, and secondly, there’s little of the divine to be seen anywhere in this story. Those two things are tied together: throughout the novel Joan’s perspective on her achievements is that SHE has accomplished them, no one else. Oh, sure, she’s aware that her talents are likely God-given, (and there’s a brief moment in the novel where she contemplates God taking those talents away and gets really scared), but more in the manner of a seed being planted in her - a seed that was nurtured under the abusive hand of her father Jacques d’Arc, and which she then found use for as she grew older. This doesn’t mean she’s an atheist, of course, nor even an agnostic. No: Joan believes in God, but her relationship with God is different. Instead of begging and pleading to him when she prays, she bargains with him. There’s a couple scenes in the novel where she talks about how her prayers to God go, and it’s generally her talking about all these things she has done and wants to do, and then telling God “So: what do you think? Maybe we can help each other out here.” This is very different from the other depictions of Joan that I’ve seen, which have portrayed her as completely devoted to God and moving only as he (through her visions) commands her to. Speaking of visions: there’s none of that to be seen here. Oh sure, Joan has dreams, but not the visions (or hallucinations) of the saints that a lot of material out there says she had. Instead, Joan’s motivations are entirely - and heartbreakingly - human. I won’t go into the details because that way lie spoilers, but suffice to say that what gets Joan out of her home and to the court of the Dauphin has very, VERY little to do with divine inspiration, but A LOT MORE to do with entirely human (and, therefore, probably more relatable) motivations. But that raises the question: where DID all those stories of visions and divine inspiration come from in the first place? In Chen’s novel, those are all part of a propaganda push, orchestrated by certain members of the Dauphin’s court, in order to get the Dauphin off his butt and moving in fighting back against the English and the Burgundians, and then later, after her initial victories, rumors and stories concocted by people who had encountered her and were looking for something hopeful to hang onto in the face of the despair and tragedy of the war. Again I won’t get into that too much because spoilers, but it soon becomes clear to the reader that in the novel, the legend of Joan was something other people created, and that she herself didn’t have much to do with its creation except through her actions - actions which were then taken by others and spun this way and that for their own purposes. In the novel, Joan is entirely aware of these stories, and how she deals with them is interesting to read about too. Interesting, too, is how she is aware she is being used, but decides to take that in stride and find her own way of using others in turn to achieve her own ends. Overall, this is a very good read, largely because I like this take on Joan: not  a saint, and not a madwoman, but someone thoroughly human, who wanted to do what she could with what she had - and accomplished a great deal, even as she went against the grain of what was expected of her as a woman. However, just as her own motivations and desires were entirely human, so too were the challenges that stood in her way - and while some she could overcome, there were more that she could not, like systemic misogyny and political maneuvering. Despite knowing the end of her story even before the novel begins, reading about this particular take on a familiar figure was quite fun, and I think other people will enjoy it too. Rating: five fleur de lys

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Joan by Katherine J. Chen

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😈📚 characters from hazbin hotel as books 📚😈

i finally got around to posting all of these on my bookstagram, and i figured i'd post them here too! putting this together was so much fun that i just had to share. full book list below the cut!

👑 Charlie: - Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson - One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

✖️ Vaggie: - The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff - Hopepunk by Preston Norton

🎥 Angel Dust: - Rented Heart by Garrett Leigh - Gay Bar: Why We Went Out by Jeremy Atherton Lin ♣️ Husk: - The Lost Weekend by Charles Jackson - The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky

📻 Alastor: - A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers - Lost Signals by Max Booth III

🧹 Niffty: - Maid by Stephanie Land - The Dead Janitor's Club by Jeff Klima

🍎 Lucifer: - Angels Before Man by rafael nicolás - Dayspring by Anthony Oliveria

🐍 Sir Pentious: - Soulless by Gail Carriger - Boneshaker by Cherie Priest

💣 Cherri Bomb: - Girls to the Front by Sara Marcus - We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

🚬 Valentino: - Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk - Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity by Robert Jensen

📺 Vox: - Universal Harvester by John Darnielle - White Noise by Don DeLillo

📱 Velvette: - The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger - Followers by Megan Angelo

🎸 Adam: - Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James - Why Men Love Bitches by Sherry Argov

🗡️ Lute: - Joan by Katherine J. Chen - The Valkyrie by Kate Heartfield

😇 Sera: - The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom - Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat

👼 Emily: - Halo by Alexandra Adornetto - Blue Skies by T.L. Martin

🥀 Rosie: - In the Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce - Woman Eating by Claire Kohda

👸 Lilith: - Lilith by Eve Marmery - Jezebel by Megan Barnard

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okay books I've read since the beginning of 2024 (also note I only complete books I like if I don't like I drop it and move on so these are all good according to me)

also some of these are new and some are not I randomly choose what to read next through a generator

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories by GennaRose Nethercott

Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill

The Scholomance Trilogy by Naomi Novik

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin

The Tatami Time Machine Blues by Tomihiko Morimi

Penguin Highway by Tomihiko Morimi

The Tatami Galaxy by Tomihiko Morimi

Once and Forever: The Tales of Kenji Miyazawa by Kenji

Night on the Galactic Railroad & Other Stories from Ihatov by Kenji Miyazawa

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl by Tomihiko Morimi

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit by Nahoko Uehashi

Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness by Nahoko Uehashi

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

Joan by Katherine J. Chen

A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw

Menewood by Nicola Griffith

Hild by Nicola Griffith

The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

The Beast Warrior by Nahoko Uehashi

The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi

Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed

The Sundial by Shirley Jackson

The Road Through the Wall by Shirley Jackson

Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson

Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson

The Bird's Nest by Shirley Jackson

Anime Supremacy! by Mizuki Tsujimura

After the Forest by Kell Woods

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty (okay I read this in decemeber BUT ITS SUPER GOOD I MEAN HELLO ITS A PIRATE ADVENTURE)

[veehaela]

messy Jeanne D'Arc art

all I probably do is messy art because I'm too lazy 👹

she's my roman empire tbh (one of my 'roman empires' lol). I'm currently finishing reading the historical novel by Katherine J. Chen about Joan of Arc and I love it. It inspires me to do more doodles and drawings of this woman

[acotars]

books read in 2023

january

sweep in peace by ilona andrews

one fell sweep by ilona andrews

a court of mist and fury by sarah j. maas

sweep of the blade by ilona andrews

sweep with me by ilona andrews

my best friend’s exorcism by grady hendrix

kiss her once for me by alison cochrun

the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid

i’m glad my mom died by jennette mccurdy

love and other words by christina lauren

sweep of the heart by ilona andrews

the only living girl on earth by charles yu

witches get stuff done by molly harper

you had me at hola by alexis daria

her vigilante by lillian lark

inconvenient daughter by lauren j. sharkey

anon pls. by deuxmoi

you are eating an orange. you are naked. by sheung-king

legends & lattes by travis baldree

bad vibes only (and other things i bring to the table) by nora mcinerny

signs of cupidity by raven kennedy

bonds of cupidity by raven kennedy

crimes of cupidity by raven kennedy

read: 23

february

exciting times by naoise dolan

sweethand by n.g. peltier

you made a fool of death with your beauty by akwaeke emezi

something wilder by christina lauren

highly suspicious and unfairly cute by talia hibbert

you deserve each other by sarah hogle

this is how you lose the time war by amal el-mohtar and max goldstone

would you rather by allison ashley

read: 8

march

meet me in the margins by melissa ferguson

king of battle and blood by scarlett st. clair

the exotic by hampton sides

river of shadows by karina halle

alone with you in the ether by olivie blake

lovelight farms by b.k. borison

the soulmate equation by christina lauren

before i let go by kennedy ryan

haunting adeline by h.d. carlson

the lies i tell by julie clark

one jump at a time by nathan chen

our wives under the sea by julia armfield

all systems red (the murderbot diaries #1) by martha wells

before the coffee gets cold by toshikazu kawaguchi

read: 14

april

funny you should ask by elissa sussman

make a scene by mimi grace

sweeter than chocolate by lizzie shane

the kiss quotient by helen hoang

my favorite half-night stand by christina lauren

romantic comedy by curtis sittenfeld

icebreaker by a.l. graziadei

the wedding proposal by john swansiger

circling back to you by julie tieu

by the book by amanda sellet

a lady’s guide to mischief and mayhem by manda collins

love in the time of serial killers by alicia thompson

if the shoe fits by julie murphy

whispers of you by catherine cowles

the kiss curse by erin sterling

by the book by jasmine guillory

honey & spice by bolu babalola

one night on the island by josie silver

the bodyguard by katherine center

the reunion by kayla olson

the neighbor favor by kristina forest

crooked kingdom by leigh bardugo

do i know you? by emily wibberley & austin siegemund-broka

just my type by falon ballard

delilah green doesn’t care by ashley herring blake

happy place by emily henry

dating dr. dil by nisha sharma

icebreaker by hannah grace

count your lucky stars by alexandria bellefleur

stone cold fox by rachel koller croft 

fake it till you bake it by jamie wesley

read: 31

may

the dead romantics

motherthing by ainslie hogarth

the woman in the library by sulari gentill

artificial condition (the murderbot diaries #2) by martha wells

the last word by taylor adams

you shouldn’t have come here by jeneva rose

read: 6

june

fourth wing (the empyrean #1) by rebecca yarros

the very secret society of irregular witches by sangu mandanna

love, theoretically by ali hazelwood

read: 3

july

the traitor queen (the bridge kingdom #2) by danielle l. jensen

the beast by katee robert

baldur's gate: descent into avernus by by james introcaso et. al

forget me not by julie soto

the wishing game by meg shaffer

read: 5

august

the true love experiment by christina lauren

pachinko by min jin lee

almond by sohn won-pyung, translated by joosun lee

hook, line, and sinker by tessa bailey

read: 4

september

hey, u up? (for a serious relationship): how to turn your booty call into your emergency contact by emily axford & brian murphy

everyone knows your mother is a witch by rivka galchen

fangs by sarah andersen

a room with a view by e.m. forster

juniper bean resorts to murder by gracie ruth mitchell

one's company by ashley hutson

the mysterious affair at styles by agatha christie

solita: a gothic romance by vivien rainn

you, again by kate goldbeck

the undertaking of hart and mercy by megan bannen

my roommate is a vampire by jenna levine

the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde

the vampires of el norte by isabel cañas

her body and other parties by carmen maria machado

evil eye by etaf rum

the seven year slip by ashley poston

read: 17

october

keeper of enchanted rooms by charlie n. holmberg

the serpent and the wings of night by carissa broadbent

shy by max porter

down comes the night by allison saft

the unfortunate side effects of heartbreak and magic by breanne randall

the hurricane wars by thea guanzon

read: 6

november

a witch's guide to fake dating a demon by sarah hawley

the wake-up call by beth o'leary

when in rome by sarah adams

the view was exhausting by mikaella clements and onjuli datta

hello stranger by katherine center

practice makes perfect by sarah adams

do your worst by rosie danan

read: 7

december

bookshops & bonedust by travis baldree

the fake mate by lana ferguson

read: 2

final count: 127/100

[luxe-pauvre]

JANUARY 2024

Read:

Bless this mess

Booksmart

Joan by Katherine J. Chen

Watched:

Slow Horses (S3)

The Tourist (S2)

Killers of the Flower Moon

Listened To:

No Cars Go by Arcade Fire

Destroy Everything You Touch by Ladytron

Hang Me up to Dry by Cold War Kids

This Modern Love by Bloc Party

Time to Pretend by MGMT

Loneliness by Tomcraft

Murder on the Dancefloor by Sophie Ellis Bextor

Went To:

Nothing of note.

[its-tortle]

tortle's 2023 reads

persuasion by jane austen - ●●●●○

ragtime by e.l. doctorov - ●●●○○

a study in pink & the sign of the four by arthur conan doyle - ●●●○○

convenience store woman by sayaka murata - ●●●○○

jane eyre by charlotte brontë - ●●●●○

just kids by patti smith - ●●●○○

hamnet by maggie o'farrel - ●●●●○

gruppenbild mit dame by heinrich böll - ●●●●○

(rr) six of crows duology by leigh bardugo - ●●●●●

(rr) i'll give you the sun by jandy nelson - ●●●●○

in the skin of a lion by michael ondaatje - ●●●○○

brief an den vater by franz kafka - ●●●●○

when we were orphans by kazuo ishiguro - ●●○○○

one flew over the cuskoo's nest by ken kesey - ●●●○○

piranesi by suzanne collins - ●●●●●

the hundred secret senses by amy tan - ●●●●○

liebesperlen by mariana leky - ●●●●○

franny & zooey by j.d. salinger - ●●●●○

the overstory by richard powers - ●●●●●

the virgin suicides by jeffrey eugenides - ●●●●○

our wives under the sea by julia armfield - ●●●○○

everything i know about love by dolly alderton - ●●●●●

cat's cradle by kurt vonnegut - ●●●○○

untamed by glennon doyle - ●●●●○

der grosse sommer by ewald arenz - ●●●○○

(rr) mosquitoland by david arnold - ●●●●○

the grass is singing by doris lessing - ●●○○○

people person by candice carty-williams - ●●●●○

the tennant of wildfell hall by anne brontë - ●●●●○

the island of missing trees by elif shayak - ●●●●●

briefe an einen jungen dichter by rainer maria rilke - ●●●●○

white teeth by zadie smith - ●●●●○

this is how you lose the time war by amal el-mohtar and max gladstone - ●●●●○

braiding sweetgrass by robin wall kimmerer - ●●●○○

wanderer, kommst du nach spa... by heinrich böll - ●●●●○

a hundred years of solitude by gabriel garcìa marquez - ●●●○○

matrix by lauren groff - ●●●○○

daisy jones and the six by taylor jenkins reid - ●●●●○

the age of innocence by edith wharton - ●●●●○

die frau auf der treppe by bernhard schlink - ●●●●○

midnight in the garden of good and evil by john berendt - ●●●●●

joan by katherine j. chen - ●●●●○

pigs in heaven by barbara kingsolver - ●●●●●

the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid - ●●●●○

percy jackson and the olympians (5 book series) - ●●●○○

i'm glad my mom died by jennette mccurdy - ●●●●○

(rr) the unbearable lightness of being by milan kundera - ●●●●●

the circle by dave eggers - ●●○○○

die blechtrommel by günter grass - ●●●●○

the secret history by donna tartt - ●●●●○

the hunger games (trilogy) by suzanne collins - ●●●●○

the ballad of songbirds and snakes by suzanne collins - ●●●○○

young mungo by douglas stuart - ●●●●●

ninth house by leigh bardugo - ●●●○○

last night at the telegraph club by melinda lo - ●●●○○

my book ranking system, for insight:

●●●●● -- loved loved loved this. it might have made me cry. i will be recommending this to everyone ●●●●○ -- nice!! a good read. would possibly reread and will be keeping it all pretty on my shelf ●●●○○ -- t'was a book! maybe not quite my genre or not what i needed in that moment, but no ragrets. i still got something out of it ●●○○○ -- eh. didn't really need to read this. it was kind of unoriginal and/or not my thing. will give away my copy ●○○○○ -- could not finish. who published this and why.

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για το book ask, από βιβλία που έχω διαβάσει και κανώ rec:

house of leaves mark z. danielewski (horror με πολυ ενδιαφερον τροπο παρουσιασης του χρησιμοποιόντας και το πως ειναι τυπωμενο το βιβλιο), the left hand of darkness ursula le guin (science fiction που μελετάει εμμεσα το θεμα του κοινωνικου και βιολογικού φύλου), broken april ismail kadare (στοχαστικό ιστορίκο που αφορά το Κανούν στην Αλβανία και τις βεντέντες αίματος), happening annie ernaux (nonfiction βιογραφικο που αφορά την άμβλωση το 1963 στην Γαλλία)

απο βιβλία που δεν εχω διαβασει ακομα αλλα νομίζω θα σου αρέσουν:

the memory police yoko ogawa (dystopian science fiction), fledgling octavia e. butler (fantasy horror), angels before man rafael nicolas (fantasy(?)/religious fiction), joan katherine j. chen (historical fiction)

ΣΕ ΛΑΤΡΕΥΩ ευχαριστώ για όλα τα ρεκς και επίσης ομγ το γούστο σου <33

house of leaves / Mark Z. Danielewski

never heard of | never read | want to read | terrible | boring | okay | good | great | a favorite

είναι απλά στο tbr ΤΟΣΟ καιρό ΘΑ το διαβάσω

the left hand of darkness / Ursula K. Le Guin

never heard of | never read | want to read | terrible | boring | okay | good | great | a favorite

απλώς το αγαπώ, το αγαπώ σαν βιβλίο, το αγαπώ σαν thought experiment το αγαπώ το αγαπώ επίσης σου προτείνω να διαβάσεις και το δοκίμιο "είναι το φύλο αναγκαίο;" (την αναθεωρημένη του έκδοση) που μιλάει για τις σκέψεις της για το τι ήθελε να κάνει σχετικά με το φύλο στο βιβλίο και για την κριτική που δέχτηκε και για κάποια πράγματα που αναθεώρησε κλπ κλπ

 Broken April / Ismail Kadare

never heard of | never read | want to read | terrible | boring | okay | good | great | a favorite

του Κανταρέ έχω και τον στρατιώτη της νεκρής στρατιάς και γενικά είναι από τους συγγραφείς που μου έχουν πει άπειροι άνθρωποι απλώς διάβασέ τον, θα το βάλω τώρα και αυτό το βιβλίο προτεραιότητα

Happening / Annie Ernaux

never heard of | never read | want to read | terrible | boring | okay | good | great | a favorite

ακούγεται πολύ βαρύ και πολύ ενδιαφέρον και το μέγεθος το κάνει ξαφνικά πολύ ελκυστικό και απερίσκεπτη αγορά όταν είμαι ήδη τίγκα στα βιβλία

The Memory Police / Yōko Ogawa

never heard of | never read | want to read | terrible | boring | okay | good | great | a favorite

αυτό το είχα δει πρόσφατα που το διάβαζε κάποι@ μιουτουαλ στο goodreads αλλά δεν το είχα ανοίξει να το κοιτάξω ακούγεται πολύ ελκυστικό

fledgling / Octavia E. Butler

never heard of | never read | want to read | terrible | boring | okay | good | great | a favorite

octavia e. butler?? είχα στο μυαλό μου να διαβάσω κάποια στιγμή το bloodchild. αλλά αυτό έχει βαμπίρια?? κουλ??

angels before man / rafael nicolás

never heard of | never read | want to read | terrible | boring | okay | good | great | a favorite

ωωω ριτέλινγκ της ιστορίας του λούσιφερ?? ναις

Joan / Katherine J. Chen

never heard of | never read | want to read | terrible | boring | okay | good | great | a favorite

και βιβλίο για την Ιωάννα της Λωρραίνης??

[jeanmoreaux]

*✧ — april 2023 wrap up

i finally read deathless!!! who is surprised it ended up being a new favourite? not me, but probably none of you either (big thanks to everyone who told me to read it because they thought it sounds like something i’d enjoy. you were right.) i had a great reading moths in general and the slump i was fearing didn’t manifest in the end, which i’m so happy about. nevertheless, this might be my last massive wrap up for the first half of the year. i assume may and june will be much shorter simply because of uni and an urge to get back into watching tv shows. i guess will see how things develop from here on out :)

2023 goal: 74/100 books

as alway, feel free to drop book recs, questions, or opinions in my inbox; i am always happy to talk to you about books!

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Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo | 3.75★ | review

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin | 2.5★ | review

Trespasses by Louise Kennedy | 3★

On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts by Thomas De Quincey | 4★

The Beautifull Cassandra by Jane Austen | 3★

Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey | 3.25★

Die Physiker by Friedrich Dürrenmatt | 4★

Demon in the Wood by by Leigh Bardugo, Dani Pendergast (illustrator) | 4★

Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors | 4.25★

Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados | 4★

* Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente | 5★ | review

War of the Foxes by Richard Siken | 5★ | review

Old Babes in the Wood by Margaret Atwood | 3★ | review

Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano | 3.5★ 

* Joan by Katherine J. Chen | 5★ | review

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson | 4.5★ | review

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rereads

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden | 4.25★

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo | 4.5★ | review

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo | 5★

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo | 5★

[kammartinez]

When one sits at a great height, it is easy to enjoy many favors. One can live one’s whole life never knowing what it means to give, to sacrifice.

Joan: A Novel, by Katherine J. Chen

[cainiine-a]

GET TO KNOW THE MUN.

what’s your phone wallpaper : A painting of a town by a river.

last song you listened to :  Сруб - Слезы ручьем.

currently reading : Joan - Katherine J. Chen.

last movie : Uuuuh it might have been Girl on the Train.

last show : D.emon S.layer.

what are you wearing right now :  Jeans and a t-shirt.

how tall are you? : 5 foot 9/175cm-ish.

piercings / tattoos? : I have my ears pierced and desperately want a tattoo!!

glasses ? contacts? : None!

last thing you ate? : Oats and yogurt!

favorite color(s) : Black and olive green.

current obsession : I don’t think I have one rn? But my obsessions often return to S.ilent H.ill, P.athologic and B.loodborne!

do you have a crush right now?: If my s/o counts? Though that’s not really a crush anymore heh.

favorite fictional character : M.icolash, H.ost of the Nightmare. Yeah. I like terrible blorbos.

last place you traveled : Ireland!

tagged by: @lilxmcrtes​, thank you <3

tagging: @zealctry​, @id1eyouth​, @feveredbcnes​ and you!