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tinx-methinks Ā· 2 years ago
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Update to this post: tinx-reads-2023
Books I've read since last time:
K.A. Applegate: The Change, The Unknown, The Escape, The Warning, The Underground, The Decision, Megamorphs 2: In the Time of the Dinosaurs, The Andalite Chronicles, The Hork-Bajir Chronicles, The Departure, The Discovery, The Threat, The Solution, The Pretender, The Suspicion, and The Extreme. GOD she does Aliens SO WELL. I care about her Aliens SO MUCH argh. I didn't think I would like the Andalite or Hork-Bajir Chronicles at all but now they're all I can think about ahhhh!!!
Hide by Kiersten White wasn't super good... it felt kinda like the author was trying to rub her own back and the novel wasn't as exciting as I'd hoped.
The Legend of Beacon Swamp by Jacob Peyton had it's moments where it could have been interesting but it was so poorly written that any joy you could still derive from it vanished into the murk.
All Systems Red by Martha Wells was the STAND OUT FAVE from this group of books. All my homies love Murderbot.
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk wasn't bad and would've been more enjoyable if I'd just read it for what it was but I was thinking about some of the weirdness in the world building the whole time. I think the angels in this universe are evil and also the main character is kinda really bad.
Consequences by Aleatha Romig was pitched to me as erotica. Which it wasn't. Tried to make me think it was romance. Which is wasn't. And then the ending would've been good and interesting if the entire book hadn't been wayyyy too fuckin' long.
A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn was a bookclub book that became a real slog. The main character was smug and mean and I really hated the twist in this book. I thought the author was English but it turned out she was from Texas which really shook me though.
Deadly Kiss by Ariel Marie was the first one in a romance series about lesbian vampire princesses. It was alright, but felt a little confused at times. I think I might take a look at the second one in the series though... it was charming and had some decent erotica.
As for Short Stories...
Kakekomi Uttae by Dazai Osamu was super interesting because I read No Longer Human last year and felt like this piece had SO much of the author's personal voice in the place of Judas.
Graveyard Rats by Henry Kutner which I read cause I'm hunting down the short stories from Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities with a friend. Neither of us thought this was very good, however. We both preferred the netflix adaption.
The Autopsy by Michael Shea was fantastic. I enjoyed this one a bunch. I ended up going through the episode again because of it and I love the changes that were made from the text but for me the text had sooo much more to offer with little details in mannerisms. Plus some of the thoughts about death as a personification just really worked for me. I liked this one a lot.
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tinx-methinks Ā· 2 years ago
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Tinx Reads 2023
Long time followers will know I post updates to my reading life underĀ ā€œTinx Reads Yearā€ tags. I realized rather late in the year I hadnā€™t shared any updates for 2022 despite the fact I read probably 25 novels as well as analyzed and discussed at least 14 short stories, plus read a bunch of books for TTRPGs, and an assortment of Manga and Visual Novels.Ā 
Itā€™s been pointed out to me that I read a lot, which is strange cause I often feel like I donā€™t get enough reading done.Ā 
I plan on rectifying that by keeping a record of stuff Iā€™m reading a little closer this year, and Iā€™m going to do so using my tumblr.Ā Iā€™m hoping seeing it all in a list will make me feel a little more accomplished. So if youā€™d like to avoid seeing it (I imagine the post will get quite long) go ahead and block Tinx Reads 2023.
On the other hand if you wanna talk about anything Iā€™m reading Iā€™m always down for that. So this is your open invitation to shoot me a message, especially with a book rec, a comment on something youā€™ve read too, or a passionate defense of something I didnā€™t care for that you enjoyed.Ā 
Happy New Year
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tinx-methinks Ā· 11 months ago
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EOY book asks - 2, 6, 17, 24 :3
2. Did you reread anything? What?
Yes! Last year I read Dracula Daily, this year I did Re. Dracula which is practically an audiobook of the same thing (fully voice acted! with original songs! its amazing I totally recommend this podcast!).
Also a lot of the short stories Luke and I have been reading are ones that I've read before. Things like "The Lottery", "A Good Man is Hard to Find", and "Masque of the Red Death" were ones I'd already done.
Other than those I didn't do much rereading this year. I keep buying books as I get them read so I always have new ones in my TBR and I never make any progress lol
6. Was there anything you meant to read, but never got to?
I bought a pretty copy of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea last year I've been dying to dig into but didn't get the chance. I'm looking forward to doing that this year. I meant to read The Turn by Kim Harrison. It's a prequel to a series I love and anxiously await. I dunno why I keep putting it off. My brain just keeps saying "The Stars. Can't do it. Not today." Also there's a couple I wanted to read but I just didn't buy because I was hoping to see them on sale and didn't or because their popularity meant their coverprice was higher than I wanted to pay or simply because something else caught my eye first, those titles include: I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy, Paladin's Strength by T Kingfisher, Ruthless Gods by Emily A Duncan, Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin and The Bell in the Fog by Lev AC Rosen.
You'll note a bunch of these are things I already know I enjoy. For some reason it's harder for me to buy a sequel of a book I really like than it is for me to buy a new book I might not like because the Sunk Cost Fallacy guts me much worse so sometimes I end up wanting the sequel for months/years because the fear I won't like it makes the money so much harder to spend lol.
17. Did any books surprise you with how good they were?
Oh yeah a bunch of them! Animorphs have been super surprising! Murderbot was so good! I didn't expect to like Legends and Lattes or Lavender House nearly as much as I did! I found The Watchers so genuinely creepy! Also I had written off as The Fourth Wing as booktok junk pretty much before I read it but after I did read it I thought it was way better than I expected. I think I can really see what people liked about it even though it wasn't for me.
Books are great for surprises like that.
24. Did you DNF anything? Why?
I almost never DNF a book. I will put myself through unspeakable agony to finish a book. It has to offend me to my core for me to put a book down because I think there's value in a book that's bad. If I find a book bad I really try to figure out what makes me feel that way so I can apply it to my own writing/storytelling...
That being said I am working on a couple visual novels I started last year because while I'm great at making time for books, video games are a whole other story. Sigh.
Thanks for the asks Bec! Love you!
End of Year Book Asks
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tinx-methinks Ā· 11 months ago
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I read a lot of books in 2023!
Update to this post.
I am super pumped to report that in the last little bit I read two more Animorphs (The Illusion and The Prophecy). I read the Great Gatsby for the first time. Finished Around the World in 80 Days. I also read Junji Ito's Lovesickness, and Erin Kelly's The Skeleton Key.
Which means my final total for books was a whopping 80 read over the year! Wowza.
Add to that that I read two more short stories (not counting the ones in the Ito collection I included as a book above).
Meaning I read a total of 50 short stories this year too!
It's really cool to see it in numbers. I've never really bothered to keep track before... but I think Luke was right. When someone says I read a lot I tend to demure, but it seems like they're simply correct. This was a lot of books. Sure it would be a lot less if I were employed but I always made time for some reading when I was working so it wasn't like it was none. It would also be less if I were reading full size books over the Animorphs, but still I feel like even if the number of novels were halved it'd still be a sizable amount.
Wild!
I probably won't keep track in 2024. I'm getting married this year and probably won't have time for the first hunk. But I will still talk about any particularly good ones I read in the tag Tinx Reads 2024. I'll probably wanna at least talk about my Animorph feels once I'm done with that. And who knows. Bec wants me to read Warrior Cats after.
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tinx-methinks Ā· 1 year ago
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Another smaller update
The only Animorphs book I've read since last time is The Attack. I haven't been reading nearly as much lately cause I've been having eye problems (hate).
The Watchers by A.M. Shine was fantastic. I was bummed out last time I because my book choice was less than stellar, so this time I let Luke pick all my books and this one was a phenomenal horror. It was great. It didn't over explain the creatures. It was terrible and lingered with me afterword. Also I guess the daughter of M Night Shyamalan is thinking of making a movie of it. WILD.
Blooming Murder by Simon Whaley was a comedic crime mystery that used a lot of slap-stick British style comedy that I wanted to like... but I think it relied too heavily on pun and physical style comedy to work for me.
That Weekend by Kara Thomas was great. Maybe not the best Kara Thomas but still an excellent read from an author I who's rapidly becoming one of my favs.
If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe by Jason Pargin was amazing. The latest in a beloved series. I could talk for hours about how well Marconi's character has been handled here. Every time I read one of these it makes me wanna re-read all of them.
Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen was FUCKIN AWESOME. This was everything I wanted from Even Though We Knew the End. Queer noir mystery with an ending satisfying as it was cathartic. Characters were A+. I hope the author follows up with the hint that this is only the beginning for Andy.
Update to this post: tinx-reads-2023
Books I've read since last time:
K.A. Applegate: The Change, The Unknown, The Escape, The Warning, The Underground, The Decision, Megamorphs 2: In the Time of the Dinosaurs, The Andalite Chronicles, The Hork-Bajir Chronicles, The Departure, The Discovery, The Threat, The Solution, The Pretender, The Suspicion, and The Extreme. GOD she does Aliens SO WELL. I care about her Aliens SO MUCH argh. I didn't think I would like the Andalite or Hork-Bajir Chronicles at all but now they're all I can think about ahhhh!!!
Hide by Kiersten White wasn't super good... it felt kinda like the author was trying to rub her own back and the novel wasn't as exciting as I'd hoped.
The Legend of Beacon Swamp by Jacob Peyton had it's moments where it could have been interesting but it was so poorly written that any joy you could still derive from it vanished into the murk.
All Systems Red by Martha Wells was the STAND OUT FAVE from this group of books. All my homies love Murderbot.
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk wasn't bad and would've been more enjoyable if I'd just read it for what it was but I was thinking about some of the weirdness in the world building the whole time. I think the angels in this universe are evil and also the main character is kinda really bad.
Consequences by Aleatha Romig was pitched to me as erotica. Which it wasn't. Tried to make me think it was romance. Which is wasn't. And then the ending would've been good and interesting if the entire book hadn't been wayyyy too fuckin' long.
A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn was a bookclub book that became a real slog. The main character was smug and mean and I really hated the twist in this book. I thought the author was English but it turned out she was from Texas which really shook me though.
Deadly Kiss by Ariel Marie was the first one in a romance series about lesbian vampire princesses. It was alright, but felt a little confused at times. I think I might take a look at the second one in the series though... it was charming and had some decent erotica.
As for Short Stories...
Kakekomi Uttae by Dazai Osamu was super interesting because I read No Longer Human last year and felt like this piece had SO much of the author's personal voice in the place of Judas.
Graveyard Rats by Henry Kutner which I read cause I'm hunting down the short stories from Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities with a friend. Neither of us thought this was very good, however. We both preferred the netflix adaption.
The Autopsy by Michael Shea was fantastic. I enjoyed this one a bunch. I ended up going through the episode again because of it and I love the changes that were made from the text but for me the text had sooo much more to offer with little details in mannerisms. Plus some of the thoughts about death as a personification just really worked for me. I liked this one a lot.
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tinx-methinks Ā· 1 year ago
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Big update because I haven't done this in a while! I mentioned I had eye problems and I ended up needing glasses and I took a reading break to work on wedding planning and it's been a whole thing. But I have got a lot read in spite of that.
KA Applegate: The Exposed, The Experiment, The Sickness, and The Reunion. Oh boy these are getting HEAVY. In order I think we had Rachel gets asked by an evil Eldritch power to murder a cousin to join the evil side and live, Ax has to morph a cow and go to a slaughterhouse, Cassie has to do emergency brain surgery on Ax and Marco has to kill his own mother. YIKES.
Leech by Hiron Ennes: This is one of my stand out favs this year. It was a crazy good book. I can see why tasmuir was the front quote. I don't even know what I could tell you about it that would make you read it but just trust me you should.
The Ivies by Alexis Donne: wasn't too bad but I think I found all the characters unlikable.. but it was saved by the fact that the narrative recognized it. I'm unlikely to look for more from the author but I didn't hate this book.
The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by VE Schwab: I didn't like this book at all. I hated both characters by the mid point of this book and it never really got better... It felt very dry and there was too much detail that felt erroneous and I never really got invested.
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager: I was so bummed I didn't like this one. I've enjoyed all of his other books as sort of mindless thrillers but the end on this one sorta just bummed me out.
The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon: This book was insane. I think there were lots of places where the story lost me but by the end I was so enthralled and I never want to read it again. I think this is the type of book I can never reread or else I'd need to run a wikipedia on it and be the world's foremost expert and I just don't have the time to invest. I don't know if I'll pick up the sequels... I think I feel good about this story ending here. The pay off for some of those angsty moments was so good but the worldbuilding was hard to follow and the large about of original terms and staggering povs makes it a hard sell to others The bookclub didn't love this one.
Demons of Good and Evil by Kim Harrison: I ordered this one in hard cover and it did not disappoint. I always look forward to her newest release. I love Al.
Out of the Ashes by Kara Thomas: I think I liked this book overall because the main character really paid for her ill behavior and the complexity of the characters, the feel of the setting, and the thrilling moments all really shone through. However I didn't like it as much as most of the author's work. The main character is a nurse with tendency of using it like the superpower of diagnosis which I found tedious. Also what the FUCK was up with that divacup scene???
The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros: Hey this is a booktok book that's heavily influenced by military glorification and claims to have diversity but when you really think about it for a minute very little of that forces the characters to learn grow or change so does it matter? However I liked it. It was fun in a way that a lot of YA is but with some sexual bits and an abundance of swearing. I'd have loved it as a teen. As an adult I'm less forgiving but I wouldn't be upset if bookclub wanted to pick up the second one.
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher: Oh I loved this. It's based on the Fall of The House of Usher but I read this one first and I think it's better. It was so much fun. The nonbinary swag of the main character charmed me in a way I've never been charmed before. My heart flutters just to think of them. Insane.
The Creeper by AM Shine: This one was fun but nowhere near as good as the Watchers. This one relied on some of those tropes in horror that tilt into ableism, and heavily used body horror in a way that just wasn't fun for me. The main guy was such a wet noodle of a man which was funny enough. But it was a good enough read I'm still looking forward from more of this author.
Other things I've "read"
I dunno if I mentioned this one before because I annotated a copy as a gift but I read The Turn of the Screw and I really enjoyed it- which I didn't expect because I hated the last thing I read by Henry James but it was just so good. I can see why it was a classic and good lord what was that ending?
My fiance has been reading me the Chronicles of Narnia before bed some nights and we finished The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe and started the next one.
I finished the Dracula Daily podcast. Which means I kinda finished Dracula again. Looking forward to their Carmilla. Also been doing the Around the World in 80 Days Hourly one and god I love it so much I didn't realize how much of a master of words Verne was. Eagerly looking forward to more.
And lastly short stories!
Some Other Animal's Meat by Emily Carroll: we read this because we enjoyed Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities but ended up enjoying the episode much more than the comic
Pickman's Model by HP Lovecraft was a hard pill to swallow because we did genuinely enjoy it. Thankfully we followed it up with Dreams of the Witch House which was a total snooze.
The Lonely Inukshuk was a short story from my childhood we revisited.
Looking Back by Guy De Maupassant: was one I enjoyed but Luke didn't. It had this dull kind of sorrow that to me didn't feel mean but did to him.
The Man Higher Up by O.Henry: we both really liked.
The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse by William Sayoran was a good one for me but Luke loved it.
The Other Two by Edith Wharton felt like a real nothin burger to us.
Theft by Katherine Anne Porter left us both bitter at the author
A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor was one I remembered from school so I expected it to be mid so I ended up being almost mad that it was so good and I liked it so much.
The Man of the House by Frank O'Connor had me worried that we were going to punish our protagonist but it ended up being quite fair in the end and we both enjoyed it.
The Man Who Shot Snapping Turtles by Edmund Wilson wasn't good.
The Gioconda Smile by Aldous Huxley was okay I guess but neither of us would revisit it. It felt very trite and overdone but we weren't sure if that's because our opinions were tainted by media that came after it.
The Curfew Tolls by Stephan Vincent Benet might've been good if I liked war stories or knew anything about Napoleon but alas.
Father Wakes Up the Village by Clarence Day listen- was it a bad standard of masculinity to set? perhaps. but he was a fun guy. I liked it well enough.
Ivy Day in the Committee Room by James Joyce: Unlike The Curfew Tolls I didn't feel like learning what I needed to know to understand this story was a chore and once I had I think I felt it was an important enough story to tell that I liked this story even though I didn't get it on my first pass. However I don't think I'd read it again.
The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck: I hate hate hated this one.
The Door by E B White: I think this one was jarring on first parse but I landed on it being ok... but I didn't get anywhere near as much from it as Luke did.
All You Zombies by Robert A Heinlein: Hey I didn't expect to like this one but actually it was pretty great. I think the places where it could've been bad it was vague enough to at least skirt the issue and was a genuinely fun bit of timeloop media. I don't like the title however.
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe: Genuinely a shock. The first time I've felt so let down by Poe. I didn't like this one at all and I think Kingfisher did the story better, frankly it was a nothin burger.
PHEW. Ok that's it. Now we're caught up.
I started putting them off because I got behind but I *really* want to finish it for the whole year. So better late than never, right?
Update to this post: tinx-reads-2023
Books I've read since last time:
K.A. Applegate: The Change, The Unknown, The Escape, The Warning, The Underground, The Decision, Megamorphs 2: In the Time of the Dinosaurs, The Andalite Chronicles, The Hork-Bajir Chronicles, The Departure, The Discovery, The Threat, The Solution, The Pretender, The Suspicion, and The Extreme. GOD she does Aliens SO WELL. I care about her Aliens SO MUCH argh. I didn't think I would like the Andalite or Hork-Bajir Chronicles at all but now they're all I can think about ahhhh!!!
Hide by Kiersten White wasn't super good... it felt kinda like the author was trying to rub her own back and the novel wasn't as exciting as I'd hoped.
The Legend of Beacon Swamp by Jacob Peyton had it's moments where it could have been interesting but it was so poorly written that any joy you could still derive from it vanished into the murk.
All Systems Red by Martha Wells was the STAND OUT FAVE from this group of books. All my homies love Murderbot.
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk wasn't bad and would've been more enjoyable if I'd just read it for what it was but I was thinking about some of the weirdness in the world building the whole time. I think the angels in this universe are evil and also the main character is kinda really bad.
Consequences by Aleatha Romig was pitched to me as erotica. Which it wasn't. Tried to make me think it was romance. Which is wasn't. And then the ending would've been good and interesting if the entire book hadn't been wayyyy too fuckin' long.
A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn was a bookclub book that became a real slog. The main character was smug and mean and I really hated the twist in this book. I thought the author was English but it turned out she was from Texas which really shook me though.
Deadly Kiss by Ariel Marie was the first one in a romance series about lesbian vampire princesses. It was alright, but felt a little confused at times. I think I might take a look at the second one in the series though... it was charming and had some decent erotica.
As for Short Stories...
Kakekomi Uttae by Dazai Osamu was super interesting because I read No Longer Human last year and felt like this piece had SO much of the author's personal voice in the place of Judas.
Graveyard Rats by Henry Kutner which I read cause I'm hunting down the short stories from Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities with a friend. Neither of us thought this was very good, however. We both preferred the netflix adaption.
The Autopsy by Michael Shea was fantastic. I enjoyed this one a bunch. I ended up going through the episode again because of it and I love the changes that were made from the text but for me the text had sooo much more to offer with little details in mannerisms. Plus some of the thoughts about death as a personification just really worked for me. I liked this one a lot.
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tinx-methinks Ā· 1 year ago
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I actually forgot some last time and also I have a few more to add. This'll probably be the final update before the last one with the tally on Dec 31st.
I forgot to mention last time that I'd tracked down and read Rage by Stephen King (as Richard Bachman). The book is super controversial because of its association with several school shootings and it's subsequent pulling from publication. The version I read was tracked down on the Internet Archive. I really ended up enjoying it however, and I think it really shocked me that there was a very notable queer reading of it I'd never seen mentioned. It's a shame that the book became what it has since if it hadn't become an outlet for toxic masculine anger there may have been more space for discussion around it. I think I found it at a weirdly appropriate moment of my life and I'm glad for having read it.
I also read a number of stories by Ray Bradbury including: The Whole Town's Sleeping, The Rocket, Season of Disbelief, And the Rock Cried Out, The Drummer Boy of Shiloh, The Beggar on O'Connell Bridge, The Flying Machine, Heavy-Set, The First Night of Lent, Lafayette Farewell, Remember Sascha?, and Junior (favs so far bolded). I'm working through a book of short stories which are my first introduction to Bradbury's work and holy shit. It's really good.
Since I last updated I read some more KA Applegate: Megamorphs 3 Elfangor's Secret, The Conspiracy, and The Separation
The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher- I enjoyed this one a lot. It's a contemporary take on The White People by Arthur Machen which I intend to read sometime soon to compare.
The Earl not Taken by A.S. Fenichel was alright but a bit longer than what I was looking for. I think I wanted short and sweet period romance and this one dragged for me at places. Also the modern feminist takes were to the books determent but I would've overlooked that if I'd loved it overall. This didn't sell me on the setting or characters, however so I'm going to give the rest of the series a miss.
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree was surprisingly good. I really thought it was going to be a nothing burger but it ended up being a fun fluffy read where you could really tell there was a genuine love of coffee behind it. It made me want to go back to my barista days. I was disappointed by the short story at the end and even more disappointed to learn the sequel is actually a prequel because for me this was all I wanted from these characters and I don't really want to revisit them. If the author writes more in this universe away from Viv and her friends, however, I'll be more than willing to read his other work.
Christmas Charms by Teri Wilson was a fun Christmas romance. Exactly what I wanted to set the mood. Very funny that the main character rebels so hard against the magic charm bracelet that kicks off the plot. It's exactly like one of those Hallmark movies so if you like them you'd like this. My only nitpick is I really wanted someone to go thru the ice, and by making all the character development of the main character internal the author avoided the problem of having this guy mainsplain feelings to her but created the problem where the man and her barely spoke and didn't really develop together in any way on screen. But eh. It's a cheap romance. You'll get over it. No sex in this one either, but it would've felt pretty out of place. There was some great hand lust however.
Also my fiance finished reading me Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis.
As for short stories:
An Upheaval by Anton Chekov: we both liked this. Just a tidy good short story. Delivered on the Chekov thing. Fantastic.
How Beautiful with Shoes by Wilbur Daniel Steele: At first we were leery about this one but after looking into the author a bit we decided it has the same appeal as Riley Sager-esque thrillers do now and decided to call it OK even if it wasn't exactly what we'd call great.
A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf : I really loved this one.
The Catbird Seat by James Thurber: This one was funny, the characters were great, there were some sexism concerns but ultimately we think they were so played up that it still served as humorous enough to make this one rereadable.
Update to this post: tinx-reads-2023
Books I've read since last time:
K.A. Applegate: The Change, The Unknown, The Escape, The Warning, The Underground, The Decision, Megamorphs 2: In the Time of the Dinosaurs, The Andalite Chronicles, The Hork-Bajir Chronicles, The Departure, The Discovery, The Threat, The Solution, The Pretender, The Suspicion, and The Extreme. GOD she does Aliens SO WELL. I care about her Aliens SO MUCH argh. I didn't think I would like the Andalite or Hork-Bajir Chronicles at all but now they're all I can think about ahhhh!!!
Hide by Kiersten White wasn't super good... it felt kinda like the author was trying to rub her own back and the novel wasn't as exciting as I'd hoped.
The Legend of Beacon Swamp by Jacob Peyton had it's moments where it could have been interesting but it was so poorly written that any joy you could still derive from it vanished into the murk.
All Systems Red by Martha Wells was the STAND OUT FAVE from this group of books. All my homies love Murderbot.
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk wasn't bad and would've been more enjoyable if I'd just read it for what it was but I was thinking about some of the weirdness in the world building the whole time. I think the angels in this universe are evil and also the main character is kinda really bad.
Consequences by Aleatha Romig was pitched to me as erotica. Which it wasn't. Tried to make me think it was romance. Which is wasn't. And then the ending would've been good and interesting if the entire book hadn't been wayyyy too fuckin' long.
A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn was a bookclub book that became a real slog. The main character was smug and mean and I really hated the twist in this book. I thought the author was English but it turned out she was from Texas which really shook me though.
Deadly Kiss by Ariel Marie was the first one in a romance series about lesbian vampire princesses. It was alright, but felt a little confused at times. I think I might take a look at the second one in the series though... it was charming and had some decent erotica.
As for Short Stories...
Kakekomi Uttae by Dazai Osamu was super interesting because I read No Longer Human last year and felt like this piece had SO much of the author's personal voice in the place of Judas.
Graveyard Rats by Henry Kutner which I read cause I'm hunting down the short stories from Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities with a friend. Neither of us thought this was very good, however. We both preferred the netflix adaption.
The Autopsy by Michael Shea was fantastic. I enjoyed this one a bunch. I ended up going through the episode again because of it and I love the changes that were made from the text but for me the text had sooo much more to offer with little details in mannerisms. Plus some of the thoughts about death as a personification just really worked for me. I liked this one a lot.
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tinx-methinks Ā· 2 years ago
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Ok sorry it's been a while since I've updated this post.
For K.A. Applegate I've read: The Stranger, The Andalite's Gift (Megamorphs 1), The Secret, The Android, The Forgotten, and The Reaction. I think I used to like the Megamorph books. I'm definitely enjoying Ax's pov. Next book is Tobias so I'm looking forward to that.
Little Monsters by Kara Thomas was fantastic. I'm a fan of the genre and I think by now I've read enough of the author to say I'm a fan of her too. Even if I don't always agree with her protagonists I understand how they come to most of their choices. I think her books usually have a surprise or two for me too.
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers didn't do as much for me as the first one... in fact it didn't work for anyone of the bookclub and we decided to forego the rest of the series for now.
The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins was... interesting. It's a bold choice for an author to elect to make none of her characters even remotely likable. It's certainly not what I expected.
I've also been working on a visual novel which has been eating into my reading time.
For short stories me and my friend made it through:
Medusa's Coil by fuckhead. This one was real racist. #Yikes.
The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell which I can't believe I'd never read before. It was a fun ride and worth the read at least once but Luke found it boring since he'd done it before and it has been done to death by pretty much everyone since.
A Modest Proposal by Johnathan Swift was just excellent.
The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, which I wanted to read after reading The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher late last year. And wow it did not disappoint! I think Kingfisher must've worked to make sure her novel captured the same vibe. The horror style felt so similar and frankly I think The Willows works perfectly as a prequel to that novel. If they can get the rights they should bundle them.
Tinx Reads 2023
Long time followers will know I post updates to my reading life underĀ ā€œTinx Reads Yearā€ tags. I realized rather late in the year I hadnā€™t shared any updates for 2022 despite the fact I read probably 25 novels as well as analyzed and discussed at least 14 short stories, plus read a bunch of books for TTRPGs, and an assortment of Manga and Visual Novels.Ā 
Itā€™s been pointed out to me that I read a lot, which is strange cause I often feel like I donā€™t get enough reading done.Ā 
I plan on rectifying that by keeping a record of stuff Iā€™m reading a little closer this year, and Iā€™m going to do so using my tumblr.Ā Iā€™m hoping seeing it all in a list will make me feel a little more accomplished. So if youā€™d like to avoid seeing it (I imagine the post will get quite long) go ahead and block Tinx Reads 2023.
On the other hand if you wanna talk about anything Iā€™m reading Iā€™m always down for that. So this is your open invitation to shoot me a message, especially with a book rec, a comment on something youā€™ve read too, or a passionate defense of something I didnā€™t care for that you enjoyed.Ā 
Happy New Year
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