#Valeria Maggi

[likeafantasy]

teacup — 1.03 quiet for no reason

[missingchuu]

if my fav fictional characters were real, we would switch positions faster than mathematicians creating new formulas

[wallbang-buzzkill]

[painted-devils-if]

The Blackheart’s Blog

Dear Readers,

Next up in the hot seat: Val Cortés

Q: So, realistically, what are my chances with Val?

A: Um, let's go with less than zero and call it a day. Our resident Queen B has incredibly high standards, and I don't need to know you to tell you that most people don't meet those standards. But, you never know, shoot your shot I guess. If nothing else it'll be funny to watch for me personally.

Q: Sooo what's Val's favorite drink? Also her ultimate goal for the future?

A: I think you'd have better luck asking what Val doesn't drink. For favorite I'd say anything that's mostly liquor. Usually she can be found at parties dinking something clear or amber, so I'd say anything with a high alcohol content 🥂

Q: How did Val become the Queen B of Blackthorn?

A: That's like asking how Ryan Gosling became a famous actor - charm and good looks, friend. Also, in Val's case, a ruthless dedication to destroying her enemies.

Q: What’s Val's major?

A: Val is an archaeology major. Now, how someone can climb through tombs in heels that high I have no idea, but I suppose the modern day queen wanting to study ancient queens makes some kind of sense.

Q: Can we get a zodiac sign/love language/seven deadly sins low down for Val?

A: This again, sure sure. She's a scorpio 🦂 which should surprise exactly no one. Her love language is quality time. Generally she can't stand to be around people for very long, so finding someone she can stand for more than five minutes seems to be a thing for her. And her deadly sin is probably greed. When you're already at the top all you want is more.

Feel free to ask me anymore questions about the young and beautiful and also terrifying Miss Cortés. In the meantime, look out for my profiles on the rest of our dubious cast of characters.

Yours,

The Blackheart 🖤

[dr1zzleboy]

• ──── ⌒⌒⌒︶︶︶︶

WRITE LIST

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Español: Lista de fandoms para los que escribo junto con sus personajes

English: List of the fandoms for those who I write along with their characters

TWD (The Walking Death)

︶꒷꒦︶ ๋࣭ ⭑

Daryl Dixon

Rick Grimes

Carl Grimes

Negan Smith

Glenn Rhee

Shane Walsh

Maggie Greene

Carol Peletier

Michonne

Rosita Espinosa

Etc.

꒦ˎˊ˗ ︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶ ꒦꒷꒦₊

Star Wars

︶꒷꒦︶ ๋࣭ ⭑

Anakin Skywalker

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Han Solo

Luke Skywalker

Din Djarin/ The Mandalorian

Ben Solo/ Kylo Ren

Padmé Amidala

Leia Organa

Ahsoka Tano

Rey

꒦ˎˊ˗ ︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶ ꒦꒷꒦₊

South Park

︶꒷꒦︶ ๋࣭ ⭑

Team Stan

Stan Marsh

Kyle Brofovski

Kenny McCormick

Eric Cartman

Butters Stotch

Team Craig

Craig Tucker

Tweek Tweak

Clyde Donovan

Token Black

Jimmy Valmer

And more.

꒦ˎˊ˗ ︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶ ꒦꒷꒦₊

JJK (Jujutsu Kaisen)

︶꒷꒦︶ ๋࣭ ⭑

Gojo Satoru

Suguru Getō

Kento Nanami

Ryōmen Sukuna

Toji Fushiguro

Megumi Fushiguro

Yuji Itadori

Nobara Kugisaki

Shoko Ieiri

Maki Zenin

Etc.

꒦ˎˊ˗ ︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶ ꒦꒷꒦₊

CODW (Call of Duty Warzone)

︶꒷꒦︶ ๋࣭ ⭑

Simon "Ghost" Riley

John "Soap" MacTavish

König

Kim Hong-jin (Horangi)

Keegan P. Russ

Alejandro Vargas

John Price

Valeria Garza

Etc.

꒦ˎˊ˗ ︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶ ꒦꒷꒦₊

Resident Evil

︶꒷꒦︶ ๋࣭ ⭑

Leon S. Kennedy

Luis Serra

Carlos Oliveira

Chris Redfield

Albert Wesker

Ada Wong

Jill Valentine

Sheva Alomar

Claire Redfield

Ashley Graham

Karl Heisenberg

Etc.

꒦ˎˊ˗ ︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶ ꒦꒷꒦₊

DMC (Devil May Cry)

︶꒷꒦︶ ๋࣭ ⭑

Dante Sparda

Vergil

V

Nero

Lady

Etc.

꒦ˎˊ˗ ︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶ ꒦꒷꒦₊

Arcane

︶꒷꒦︶ ๋࣭ ⭑

Jinx/Powder

Vi/Violet

Mel Medarda

Caitlyn Kiramman

Viktor

Ekko

Jayce

Finn

Silco

Vander

Sevika

꒦ˎˊ˗ ︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶︶ ꒦꒷꒦₊

Streamers

︶꒷꒦︶ ๋࣭ ⭑

LATAM

Roier

Spreen

Quackity

Cellbit

Pac

Missasinfonia

ElMariana

Rodri Carreraaa

Robleis

Etc.

ENGLISH

Foolish

Philza

Fit

Slimecicle

Fundy

Markiplier

EUROPE

ElRubius

Vegetta777

Etoiles

Luzu

Jagger

Baghera Jones

Etc.

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And a lot more of fandoms and characters, but I'm going to leave it here or it would be a very long post ^^'

Y muchos fandoms y personajes más, pero hasta aquí lo voy a dejar porque si no sería un post muy largo ^^'

Any doubt or question, send dm o/

Cualquier duda o pregunta manda mensaje o/

[kennedyyyyy]

Introduction post!

My name is Kennedy I’m a 20 year old bisexual my pronouns are she/they im French American and I have hardcore daddy issues

Characters I write for:

Jill valentine

Ada wong

Claire red field

Sherry birken (resident evil 6 only!!)

Milena Romanova

Farah Karim

Valeria Garza

Phoebe Bridgers

Lucy dacus

Julian baker

Kate laswell

Michonne grimes

Rosita Espinosa

Lydia (I’m not sure her last name)

Maggie Rhee

Judith grimes(PLATONIC SFW ONLY!!)

Enid Rhee

Magna(I don’t know her last name)

Yumiko okumara

Clementine everett (twdg If your requesting smut it has to be s4 Clementine any other has to be platonic sfw)

Emily prentiss

Jennifer Jareau

Elle Greenaway

Kate carter

Javi rivera

(I'll add more characters upon request!)

What I write :

Smut

Sfw

Romantic

Platonic

X reader

X insert Character

Most kinks (I’d like to avoid public sex tho)

angst

Fluff

X fem reader

X gender neutral reader

poly relationships

Mental illness

LEGAL age gap

What I will NOT write :

Rape kink (consent is sexy!!!!)

Illegal age gap

Religious kinks (for example sex in a church or mosque/Masjid)

Incest

Vampire/werewolf reader or character

My rules:

anyone can interact even minors I'm not your parents I don’t care what you read/watch

Please be respectful at all times!!!!!

🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 11.16

Beer Birthdays

Peter Ballantine (1791)

Johann Evangelist Götz (1815)

Charles Liebmann (1837)

Mark Dredge (1984)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Daws Butler; voice actor (1916)

Paul Hindemith; composer (1895)

Diana Krall; Canadian jazz singer (1964)

Burgess Meredith; actor (1907)

Martha Plimpton; actor (1970)

Famous Birthdays

Gene Amdahl; computer scientist (1922)

Craig Arnold; poet (1967)

Gemma Atkinson; model (1984)

Oksana Baiul; Ukrainian-American skater (1977)

Andrea Barrett; novelist and short story writer[ (1954)

Lisa Bonet; actor (1967)

Joey Cape; rock singer, guitarist (1966)

Eddie Condon; guitarist (1904)

Francis Danby; Irish painter (1793)

Pete Davidson; comedian (1993)

Elizabeth Drew; journalist (1935)

Dwight Gooden; New York Mets P (1964)

Maggie Gyllenhaal; actress (1977)

Jónas Hallgrímsson; Icelandic poet, author (1807)

W.C. Handy; composer (1873)

Marg Helgenberger; actress (1958)

George S. Kaufman; writer (1889)

Dave Kushner; guitarist (1966)

Joan Lindsay; Australian author (1896)

Mabel Normand; actor (1894)

Steven Pearl; comedian (1955)

Missi Pyle; actress and singer (1972)

Jose Saramago; writer (1922)

Guy Stockwell; actor (1934)

Amar'e Stoudemire; basketball player (1982)

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi; Italian-French actress (1964)

Lawrence Tibbett; actor (1896)

Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi; Austrian philosopher (1894)

[maraxp]

this is a multifandom blog meaning that i favorite certain fandoms/characters so there will most definitely be more writings for certain characters and fandoms.

please don’t be offended if you send a request for someone and i don’t fulfil it, sometimes the inspiration is lacking for certain characters. i still wish to write though so i will continue to post.

requests are open so you can send them whenever you want !

DO YOU HAVE A MASTERLIST?

my masterlist is the [ 🏴‍☠️ ] at the top of my blog in the navigation, it can also be found on the left hand side of my blog when viewing on desktop.

ARE YOUR REQUESTS OPEN?

please check my masterlist [ 🏴‍☠️ ] for request details, I always try my best to keep it updated.

WHAT DO YOU WRITE FOR?

smut, angst, fluff, age gaps, poly/threesome+, reverse harem, dubcon, noncon, yandere, toy play, cheating (to an extent), blood play, knife play, bdsm, breath play, violence, gore, hunter/prey, praise and degradation, power imbalance, supernatural, choking, mommy/daddy kink. (wrap it up !)

WHAT DO YOU NOT WRITE FOR?

rpf, necrophilia, incest, daddy/little play, age play (basically pedophilia), spitting, bimbo!reader, foot fetish, animal play, race play, watersports, miscarriage, any kind of abuse, child fics, any ocs, i avoid the pet name ‘kitten’ like- it’s just.. no.

WHAT DO YOU USE FOR YOUR HEADERS?

i use canva and sometimes ibispaint x. i get most of my images from pinterest.

WHO DO YOU WRITE FOR?

MARVEL

miguel o’hara, hobie brown, gwen stacy, miles morales, tony stark, peter parker (all variants), doctor strange, wade wilson, eddie brock, kate bishop, mary jane

STRANGER THINGS

eddie munson, steve harrington, henry creel, jim hopper

THE WALKING DEAD

negan smith, rick grimes, daryl dixon, maggie greene, glenn rhee, abraham ford, carl grimes, morgan jones, shane walsh, michonne hawthorne, ezekiel sutton, gabriel stokes, eugene porter, rosita espinosa

RESIDENT EVIL

leon scott kennedy, chris redfield, claire redfield, ashley graham, ada wong, luis sera, albert wesker, jill valentine, carlos oliveira, rebecca chambers, sherry birkin, ethan winters, helena harper, alcina dimitrescu, karl heisenberg

MODERN WARFARE II

simon riley/ghost, john mactavish/soap, john price, kate laswell, phillip graves, kyle garrick/gaz, alejandro vargas, könig, gary sanderson/roach, farah karim, valeria garza, rodolfo parra

DO NOT INTERACT IF YOU . . .

are racist, homophobic, bigoted, zionist, islamphobic. judgmental to what people enjoy writing/reading. copy or repost my fics without permission. follow me if you’re problematic. send your full fic into my ask box, i will not post it. —  if you fit the average dni criteria you will be blocked.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THIS IS AN N[SFW] BLOG. I ASK THAT MINORS BLOCK THE +18 TAG: 📓. mature - THANK YOU.

[punchitmrsulu]

Figured out James cheated on Maggie on their first conversation. Already hate him.

Clearly, he cheated with Valeria, and that seemed to be a “so, are you pregnant?” / “no, I’m not” or “I don’t know yet” nod between them. Eeesh!! Hate them both, now.

To top it off, Valeria’s married to Ruben, Chaske Spencer’s character. I mean, who cheats on Chaske Spencer, you know? And who cheats on Yvonne Strahovski? So, they clearly deserve each other, cause they’re both idiots.

Which leads me to Maggie and Ruben taking care of the injured horse together. The chemistry is already off the charts in 5 seconds, I’m already getting all the vibes, I already ship it 100%!

Yvonne Strahovski and Chaske Spencer, people, need I say more?

Let’s fucking go!!

[gcddamnvampire]

( okay bc tumblr is being a butt, this is what i currently have queued and in my drafts. if I'm missing something, please let me know. <33 )

@dozenzofrozez

maxwell & scarlett

kennedy & onyx

@mccntower

lydia & ace

jackson & leanne

harley & iridescent

@vicletnight

parker & trenton

elliot & iris

taylor & saige

grace & river

@siiinfully

malachi & eve

@foolishonewriting

elliot && adelaide

regina & harper

dylan & hadley

norah & carter

roxanne & diego

tbd & sophie

vittoria & elle

ismail & tabitha

dallas & rose

levi & chloe

cameron & nathan

james & matilda

charles & jasmine

savannah & james

jackson & daisy

sebastain & aurora

kathryn & isabelle

@emeraldhazes

serenity & rhea

@popcultr

tbh & riley

@mantlehold

rosalie & regina

@desiredisgvst

james & freya

@dishonaesty

james & bianca

@sinistersxns

river & loren

@twistxdtales

brooklyn & emin

@hxtties

yesenia & raul

cassandra & stefan

@mndstom

cheyenne & chloe

phillip & lydia

elliot & maia

charles & naeun

@everyoneisagame

angelica & felix

@bloomswilds

yesenia & alberto

malachi & aubree

@thewolfruns

shiloh & salem

@everettandersonandmuses

norah & everett

@blushdrunks

tbd & natasha

charles & erin

javier & jocelyn

@troobelliever2ndgig

valeria & tyler

dallas & tyler

@cruelangcls

xiamara & blair

@somebrokenfate

sebastian & shay

jacob & maggie

@purehoneybees

bianca & dennis

@thewxnderer

olivia & brenton

@talesfromthevoiid

valeria & dani

@fangsandmagic

riley & nicola

@loyaltybroken

samuel & isabelle

grace & yvonne

@camilish

brooklyn & michael

@huntrcssqueen

sebastian & skylar

phoenix & sebastian

norah & austin

elliot & willow

brooklyn & reid

william & taylor

hope & jacob

georgia & nathaniel

jackson & kassandra

giovanni & phoenix

wesley & liliana

jacob & bridget

micah & elizabeth

naomi & joshua

@missmvrder

kennedy & declan

maxwell & shiloh

@tearfest

nathaniel & penelope

@seolinah

samuel & liz

@lellarps

tbh & cassian

@bitemescftly

theodore & anna

@agentwicked

savannah & alastair

@lostxones

micah & carsyn

@headofrdi

xiamara & rick

evelyn & rick

@whileurmine

olivia & liam

tbd & santiago

tbh & johnny

cameron & nash

georgia & xander

@intcxications

charles & kat

@mysteryoflovc

shiloh & freddie

[fugitoidkry]

23 Books in 2023

thanks fr the tag @bloody-wonder 💞

also sorry because i'm always doing this things super late 'cause every time i think about all the books i read, i'm like ??? how many did i fr???

anyway, no particular order (i'm also adding here mangas, because i read quite a few this year):

loved it/ was disappointed by it/ conflicted feelings

Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto (ongoing)

Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotaouge  

Gachiakuta by Kei Urana (ongoing)

Hikaru Ga Shinda Natsu by Mokumokuren (ongoing)

Hell followed with us by Andrew Joseph White

The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin (only books 1 and 2)

The lost heir by Holly Black

Greywaren (The Dreamer Trilogy) by Maggie Stiefvater

The house in the cerulean sea by TJ Klune

The golden enclaves by Naomi Novik (didn't quite like the first book and i've my issues with the second)

Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo (reread for the magazine)

Every heart a doorway by Seanan McGuire

Feed them silence by Lee Mandelo

My best friend's exorcism by Grady Hendrix

Tell me i'm worthless by Alison Rumfitt

¡Larga vida al trash! El cine de John Waters como nunca te lo habían contado by Valeria Vegas

La mala costumbre by Alana Portero (now is also in french, this book is one of the best i've read so far this year!!)

¿Y qué hacemos con los violadores? Perspectiva anarquista sobre cómo afrontar la violenca sexual y otras agresiones machistas by different authors (still reading)

The thief by Megan Whalen Turner

The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner

The priory of the orange tree by Samathan Shannon (still reading)

Nothing by Janne Teller

[likeafantasy]

teacup — 1.06 you don't know what it means to win

[beardedmrbean]

This weekend (July 6-7) probably the biggest pop culture event in Bulgaria took place. Over 25,000 fans of cosplay, manga, anime, gaming, comics, cinema and graffiti gathered to have fun in the company of popular actors, artists and talents from around the world. Two days, 4 halls and thousands of emotions! The diverse program allowed everyone to immerse themselves in their world and be themselves among like-minded people. Dozens of zones with games and surprises, panels with movie stars, gaming tournaments, meetings with celebrities from the small screen, workshops, contests and a show program are just a part of everything that Aniventure Comic Con will leave a mark on the hearts of the audience. After the fantastic end of this year's edition, the organizers have also announced the dates for next year, namely July 5 and 6, 2025!

As part of Aniventure Comic Con 2024, fans had the opportunity to meet live with actors Ross Marquand, Dan Fogler, Anna Shaffer, Vincent Regan and Maria Bakalova, who with a smile and a very warm attitude welcomed their fans for photos and autographs. In addition to these close encounters, the actors talked about themselves and shared interesting moments from their lives and careers during special interviews from the stage of Hall 1.

They were joined by Julian Kostov and Josh Wichard, who took us to another dimension and explained what it's like to be a video game actor. The topic excited dozens of guests who crowded the gaming area of ​​A1 and Lenovo, where tournaments and challenges were held on the most popular and current games such as Brawl Stars, Clash Royale, League of Legends Challenge, FC24, FORTNITE with 4a1a.

Visitors had the opportunity to meet live the artists of comics such as "Tony Pateto", Neda Malcheva, Christian Duce, as well as the author of the series of books from the universe of "Dune", "Star Wars" and "The X-Files" - Kevin J. Anderson, who revealed more details and little-known facts about his work on the super hits.

One of the hot spots during the event was the Meet&Greet area, which met us with the most popular influencers and YouTubers such as Slavi from The Clashers, Aide BG, The World of Vankata, Mirela Ilieva and Teodora Mudeva from "Games of Will", Hyperkong and Elizabeth Kravets, Philip Bukov, Krisia, Atanas Mishev-Nasi Svej, Maggie Tomova, Ekaterina Todorova, Valeria Dakova. For the first time, all the "Bachelors" of Bulgaria gathered in one place - Viktor Stoyanov, Evgeni Genchev, Alek Mladenov.

Of course, we can't help but mention the extremely exciting cosplay, manga and anime contests, which peppered the event with incredible images and favorite characters that came to life on the main stage. There were also numerous workshops, panels, lectures and screenings dedicated to Asian culture, which filled Hall 2 with fans.

These and many more emotions captured Inter Expo Center, and what awaits us next year, we have to find out on July 5 and 6, 2025. Tickets at a promotional price are now on sale in the Eventim network!

[ivycovehq]

due to inactivity, please unfollow:

@inheritedcreatures thanatos, damian wayne al ghul, cirilla ‘ciri’ fiona elen riannon, cassandra de rolo, james carstairs, uma vantis, poseidon.

the following need to make one post in the next 24 hours:

@stcrlessnight

@mixedemoticns

@tragcdyfallen

the following need to make the below number of posts in 72 hours:

@signcfthetiimes: 1 on: korra, lincoln, valeria. 2 on: lexa, lo’ak sully, maya lopez, peeta mellark, sam gamgee, spike. 3 on: sokka, zoe nightshade

@sunshiinefades: 1 on: misaki, mel, kate, lumine, nina 2 on: nancy, zelda, flora, lara, jean, piper, susan, wanda, asami 3 on: katara

@seccndchances: 1 on: hazel levesque, jaina solo, penelope featherington, oriana

@hxlcycnx: 1 on: ben solo, ben parker, lisa tepes 2 on: erik destler, caleb widogast, penelope 3 on: henry lopez, flynn rider, dionysus

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@bcneficium 1 on: anakin solo. 2 on: anthony bridgerton. 3 on: zuko, gale dekarios, belle, ezra bridger, hades, evan buckley, hephaestus, commander cody, rapunzil, matthias helvar, azriel

@ivypapercutsxo: 1 on: charlie spring, jack skellington. 2 on: jeff breckenridge. 3 on derek hale.

the following have a week after their hiatus ends to make activity:

@ofcelestialstories: 1 on eddie diaz, johanna mason, magnus bane, aang, poe dameron, scott mccall. 2 on buffy summers, raven reyes, ygritte, han solo, maggie rhee, rhaegar rhee, maid marian, frodo baggins, tali’zorah nar rayya. 3 on leo valdez, gwen stacy, link

[painted-devils-if]

I was wondering, how much relationship experience do the ros have? If you can share it with us of course :)

Theo

He for sure has the highest body count, he’s famously the campus bicycle. As for relationship experience? Basically none.

Val

Val’s had her fair share of relationships. Always relationships that looked good on paper, and always ending more or less amicably, and without any real emotion from either party.

Juliette

Juliette has had one or two short relationships in the past, but they were all broken off by her because she sees them as a waste of time. She's had a few one-night stands though for stress relief.

Oliver

Oliver dated someone once, back in high school. It ended... poorly.

[bermudianabroad]

2023 Reading Roundup

Everything what I read in 2023

I read a whole bunch.

Heartily Recommend Visceral Bleh Reread *Audiobook*

Fiction

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (where is the fucking humidity in your swamp, Delia??)

Days Without End by Sebastian Barry

Lot by Bryan Washington

Mr. Loverman by Bernadine Evaristo

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas

Trust by Hernan Diaz

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway

The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

By Nightfall by Michael Cunningham

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantell (but everyone is called Thomas)

Verity by Colleen Hoover (awful but wacky and hilariously awful)

Katalin Street by Magda Szabo

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

Animorphs #24 The Suspicion by KA Applegate (a trip)

Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

The Island of Forgetting by Jasmine Sealy

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

The Trio by Johanna Hedman

At the Bottom of the River by Jamaica Kincaid

The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera

Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge

Silence by Shusaku Endo

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

Babel by RF Kuang (was so disappointed by this one)

The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld

Island by Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen

The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles by Giorgio Bassani

Must I Go by Yiyun Li

The 1,000 Year Old Boy by Ross Welford

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker Chan

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

The Singer’s Gun by Emily St. John Mandel

Memphis by Tara M Stringfellow

The Whirlpool by Jane Urquhart

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

A Country of Eternal Light by Paul Dalgarno

Yellowface by RF Kuang

The Country of Others by Leïla Slimani

The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing

American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld

All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West

The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng

Game Misconduct by Ari Baran

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Uprooted by Naomi Novik (sorry Naomi :/ )

The Foot of the Cherry Tree by Ali Parker

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

Matrix by Lauren Groff

The Twilight World by Werner Herzog

Wild by Kristen Hannah

*The Fraud by Zadie Smith*

The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Mai

The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

This Other Eden by Paul Harding

The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham (weirdly, one of the best depictions of a marriage I’ve read)

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Against the Loveless World by Susan Abdulhawa

North Woods by Daniel Mason

Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather

The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht

Animorphs: The Hork-Bajir Chronicles by KA Applegate

Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri

Animorphs #13 The Change by KA Applegate

Animorphs #14 The Unknown by KA Applegate

Animorphs #20 The Discovery by KA Applegate (snuck in two more under the wire… #20 is when shit REALLY kicks off. From there it gets darker and darker).

Poetry

Black Cat Bone by John Burnside

Women of the Harlen Renaissance (Anthology) by Various

The Analog Sea Review no. 4 by Various

The World’s Wife by Carol Ann Duffy

Non-Fiction

Besieged: Life Under Fire on a Sarajevo Street by Barbara Demick

Atlas of Abandoned Places by Oliver Smith

Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Wanderers: A History of Women Walking by Kerri Andrews

City of Laughter: Sex and Satire in Eighteenth Century London by Vic Gatrell

The Lazarus Heist: From Hollywood to High Finance by Geoff White (fully available as a podcast)

The Entangling Net: Alaska’s Commercial Fishing Women Tell Their Stories by Leslie Leyland Fields (very niche but fascinating. Transcribed interviews)

Free: Coming of Age at the End of History by Lea Ypi

Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir by Lamya H.

Freedom by Margaret Atwood (just excerpts from novels repackaged)

*Born a Crime by Trevor Noah* (Noah’s narration is superb)

The Slavic Myths by Noah Charney and Svetlana Slapšak (was expecting stories, but it was mostly academic essays)

Manga, Comics, Graphic Novels

Safe Area Goražde by Joe Sacco

The Way of the House-Husband, vol. 1 by Kousuke Oono

SAGA vol. 1-6 by Fiona Staples and Brian K Vaughan

Top of the Top:

Born a Crime was probably my favourite non ficition, and most of that probably is due to Trevor Noah's narration skills. It was very entertaining and heartfelt.

Less uplifting but just as gripping in a different way was Empire of Pain. Excellent book that went deep into the why and what and hows of Purdue Pharma. Anger inducing.

Lazarus Heist is great and available as a podcast. The book is more or less the podcast word for word.

Fictionwise: I read Trust at the start of the year and it was a bit soon to declare as favourite of the year, but it's stil made the final cut. Just very imaginative and intriguing. Just my kind of MetaFiction. Clever without being cleverclever.

Demon Copperhead I read right off the back of Empire of Pain so maybe that coloured my experience. I've not read any Dickens so loads of references no doubt flew past me, but the language was acrobatic and zingy. I loved it.

Wrapped up the year on a high with North Woods. That was so unexpected and entertaining. Again with the playful language, memorable characters and a unique approach to tying all the various stories together. One that sticks in the mind and makes the writer in me wonder how I can replicate his style (with my own personal twist of course.)