#Renee Adieh

[jolieeason]

WWW Wednesday: July 19th, 2023

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words.The Three Ws are:What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? What I am currently reading: A music critic stuck in a spiral of epic proportions targets her teenage crush for a career comeback and a chance at revenge. What could possibly go wrong? Sammy…

[darlingnovels]

Currently Reading// The Damned.

[bansheebooks]

Books Read in 2019 - The Wrath & The Dawn by Renée Ahdieh

“We women are a sad lot, aren’t we?...Strong enough to take on the world with our bare hands, yet we permit ridiculous boys to make fools of us.”

[bitesizebooks]

January TBR

Given that I’ve already read four books this month, it is probably time for a long and belated January TBR.

In the first week of January I managed to read:

The Wife Drought by Annabel Crabb

South and West: From A Notebook by Joan Didion

Binti (#1) by Nnedi Okorafor

The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

I listen to Annabel Crabb’s podcast with Leigh Sales, Chat 10 Looks 3, but had never really delved into any of Crabb’s work (despite my interest in politics), so I was excited to finally get around to reading The Wife Drought. The Argonauts had also been on my radar for a very long time too, as a queer person involved in the queer community, it had been recommended to me as both comforting and essential reading - and it was.

Joan Didion’s notes from her southern travels, South and West: From A Notebook, had been a chance find at the library - a nice cover and notable author that I was willing to take a gamble on given it is only 126 pages long.

For the rest of the month my TBR seems to be becoming an ever-growing list of titles, starting with my current read, The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves And Why It Matters by B. R. Myers.

I’m also intending to read the remainder of the Binti series, Home (Binti #2) and The Night Masquerade (Binti #3). Although hearing really positive reviews about this series, I hadn’t really intended to read it as sci-fi is not really a genre I like, however, I picked up the first book at a Dymocks sale for $2.50 and thought I’d give it a go. After reading the first book, I loved it and can’t wait to read the sequels.

I have two YA reads on my TBR for this month! I intend to read Renée Ahdieh’s Flame In The Mist, and They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera.

The very last book on this ambitious TBR is Trevor Noah’s biography, Born A Crime: Stores From A South African Childhood.

What’s on your TBR for January?

[cassiopheias]

This dangerous girl. This captivating beauty. This destroyer of worlds and creator of wonder.

[adoranymph]

It's Good, But I Just Can't Love It - - The Struggle Is Real

It’s Good, But I Just Can’t Love It – – The Struggle Is Real

Here we go again.

So again, I have to ask: have you ever bought a book or purchased a movie or settled in to watch a TV show, relishing in the promise that its opening pages or moments, that what you are about to experience is a sumptuous meal of entertainment?

Only to be later disappointed.

You don’t regret that you experienced what you did, mind, but the fact that you were left underwhelmed by…

[universitybookstore]

YA readers and writers are sure to be inspired by this lively author panel, featuring:

Renée Ahdieh, New York Times bestseller author of The Wrath and the Dawn Natalie C. Anderson, City of Saints and Thieves Alwyn Hamilton, Traitor to the Throne Lesley Livingston, The Valiant

Watch as they answer questions and share their experiences at this Penguin Teen on Tour event.

Video produced by GoodSide Studio

[feysandfeels]

Top 5 enemies to lovers series?

I was going to take a nap but I saw this and I was like "oh i need to tdo this noooow!"

So lets get to is shall we Nonnie?

Top 5 6 enemies to lovers series:

For the sake of talking about another thing besides Sarah J Maas' books I will say that ACOTAR is top in this list. ACOTAR is an amazing iteration of the enemies to lovers that has all the staples that you love in the trope but also I think challenges it in a way that adds depth.

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong. If you have been following me since July then you know that I have been trying to spread my TVD agenda. It's an R&J retelling that gives you text book enemies to lovers but to the 100th power. I cannot talk about how amazing the chemistry in this book and how nice the characters manage the dynamic. It gives you angst and the step by step of the trope without feeling repetitive because everything is taken to the limit of the emotion. PLEASE READ THIS BOOK PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.

The Folk of the Air by Holly Black. I mean.. I mean Jude will hold for dear life to the enemies while Cardan just like can we please be lovers now. Kiss me, kiss me until I am sick of it. Who is doing it like them? no one. Their chemistry is as intoxicating as Cardan's wine.

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V. E Schwab. I have done a whole post on why this is an archetypical Enemies to Lovers that goes to the core of the trope and makes a dance out of it. But like don't read it if you have not read the book.

Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco. What I love about these books is that even though they give you a pretty staple enemies to lovers arc, it also offers an interesting ACOMAF type twist...another way to understand the enemies component of these arcs. This is your daily reminder that not only can Prince Wrath get it any fucking day and that we share the same tattoo.

The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen. They are classic enemies to lovers. Like the og recipe just like your filthy into smut grandma used to make it. Just what the doctor ordered.

The Wrath and The Dawn by Renee Adieh. Talk about a fucking underrated duology. A 1001 nights retelling it is engaging and interesting. The context is rich and the world luxurious in its imagination. It's very much a "I need to kill you but maybe I like how the sun makes your eyes shine" book. Not so much a slow burn but still doesn't take away from the tension it aims to build.

Bonuuuuuuussss: I have not finished this series so I can't tell you exactly how they go, but so far The Conqueror's Saga by Kiersten White delivers a very good enemies to lovers to be continued. Retelling of Count Vlad, bit of violence, bit of betrayal, bit of passion and love.. and we're good to go.

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir. Frankly I am saddened by the lack of content and hype around this books. Set in an "ancient rome" inspired world a Laia seeks answers for the loss of her brother and ends up working at the seat of the military power of the oppressive regime. Enter Elias, a boy that even though is disenchanted with the life he has been living as a student in the same seat of military power, still marches to the beat of the power that gave him a privilege upbringing. It is amazing it is filled with angst and slow burn enemies to lovers.

Ask me my “Top 5″ anything

[lunar-libran]

literary quotes for venus signs

venus in aries: “But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.” Brave New World, Aldous Huxley

venus in taurus: “You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always changing, and there's nothing you can do about it.” The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman

venus in gemini: “Some things exist in our lives for but a brief moment. And we must let them go on to light another sky.” The Wrath and the Dawn, Renee Adieh

venus in cancer: “But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.” Circe, Madeline Miller

venus in leo: “But when I see the way that mankind loves... You could search to the furthest reaches of the universe and never find anything more beautiful.” Stardust, Neil Gaiman

venus in virgo: “I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held. Trying to control what cannot be controlled. I am tired of denying myself what I want for fear of breaking things I cannot fix. They will break no matter what we do.” The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern

venus in libra: “When we think of the past it's the beautiful things we pick out. We want to believe it was all like that.” The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood

venus in scorpio: “In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.” Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller

venus in sagittarius: “Why me?

- That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber?

- Yes.

- Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why.” Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut

venus in capricorn: “The love that follows us sometimes is our trouble, which still we thank as love.” Macbeth, William Shakespeare

venus in aquarius: “Bearing that in mind, the question which remains to us is this: what is humanity? What do we have to do to keep humanity as one thing and not another?” Human Acts, Han Kang

venus in pisces: “It is love; love, the comfort of the human species, the preserver of the universe, the soul of all sentient beings, love, tender love.” Candide, Voltaire

[inked-fables]

7, 18, 35, 135!

7. a book you did not finish

HAH you think i'm mentally able to not finish a book- im currently reading smoke in the sun by renee adieh so we'll count that (idk if there's an accent on her name n im too lazy to get one so)

18. your least favorite book ever

damn- ok so don't come at me but the ONLY book i've ever not finished was the first book in a series of unfortunate events- i was like 9 and i HATED it (i loved the show tho?????)

35. a book featuring the found family trope

AW HELL YEAH- uhm so the school for good and evil series?? also will grayson will grayson and love, simon because im gay

135. recommend any book you like!

FUCK YEAH BESTIE ILY /p uhmmmmmm 2312 by kim stanley robinson was rlly good (hella weird tho) and also it was the first time i got Nerdy around my gf so like. ��

[dreaminginvelaris]

August TBR?

hi anon :)

my tbr reads:

for the merlin readathon (hosted by bambina katarina on YT)

gold spun by brandie june

the sea of monsters by rick riordan

furyborn by claire legrand

people we meet on vacation by emily henry

and for the rest of the month:

king of scars by leigh bardugo

the shadowglass by rin chupeco

fable by adrienne young

the wrath and the dawn by Renee Adieh

[books-and-cookies]

Vampire season is here! I want to spend this season reading nothing but vampire romances, do you happen to have any recs for me? I’ve read twilight, vampire academy, vampire diaries already. I hope you have more good days than bad❤️

Those are pretty much the ones I read as well 😅 I've also seen good reviews for:

* The Beautiful by Renee Adieh

* The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa

* The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

* Crave by Tracy Wolff

* Den of Shadows series by Amelia Atwater

If anyone else has any recs, feel free to add! 😊❤

[the-book-ferret]

Page Habit YA Quarterly Box!

Page Habit’s Quarterly boxes are so unique and incredible! They curate the boxes alongside the author, who chooses two of their favorite books to include in the box as well as their own! Not to mention Page Habit books always include annotated notes inside the book directly from the author! The box also came with a few adorable trinkets including a heart keychain, Forest of a Thousand Lanterns compact mirror, a heat activated cherry blossom mug, and the cutest little moon night light!

Page Habit offers not only YA boxes, but multiple other genre choices! Check them out here and be sure to use the code FERRET when you sign up to get FREE SHIPPING in the U.S. and $5 off shipping internationally! 

[yanxi]

tagged by @kagetatsumis to share my favorite books of 2020 !! ❤️

legend (series) by marie lu

shadow of the fox (series) by julie kagawa

aurora rising by amie kaufman & jay kristoff

wicked fox by kat cho

the wrath and the dawn by renee adieh

the blood of stars (series) by elizabeth lim

kim jiyoung, born 1982 by cho nam-joo

i didnt read a lot this year and a bunch of them were series so it aint much but its honest work 😔✌️

tagging anyone who wants 2 do it aodjsj i havent interracted w other bloggers in so long rip

[lavellenchanted]

I was tagged by the ever delightful @beautifulwhensarcastic, thank you Justine! 💕

Rules: tag 9 people you want to know more about

Top 3 ships:

Harry/Luna. Nearest and dearest to my heart, and the fact that they are not canon and have very little content is never going to stop me daydreaming about the happy life I wish they had. 

Steve/Peggy. I fell hard in 2011 and have never looked back. I love them, and I still can’t believe we were lucky enough to get a happy ending for them. Also one of the best fandoms I’ve been in. 

Anne/Gilbert. In all honesty the #3 slot varies depending on whatever my current obsession is, but Anne/Gilbert is one I always come back to and I have rarely experienced the pure joy 8 year old Sarah felt when Anne finally realised she was in love with Gilbert. 

Lipstick or chapstick: Lipstick

Last song: How Long by Charlie Puth

Last Movie: While You Were Sleeping, which @jedbartlet and I watched together virtually this weekend 

Reading: I’m about 2/3 of the way through The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss, and I just finished The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Adieh

3 random things that make me happy:

hugs from my mum

a good musical soundtrack

daydreaming about my OCs

I’m tagging @theawkwardterrier, @jedbartlet, @otherpens, @misscrawfords, @bleden-mark and @thesokovianaccords

[meishamoved]

The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Adieh- a duology (2 book) take on Shaharizad and A Thousand And One Arabian Nights!

Oooh that has been on my TBR for a minute. I will definitely make it a priority now, though! Thank you!