#Wretched Waterpark

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Title: Wretched Waterpark | Author: Kiersten White | Publisher: Delacorte Press (2022)

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Bereit für schräge Sommerferien à la Lemony Snicket?

Wretched Waterpark | Vampiric Vacation | Camp Creepy | Menacing Manor | Haunted Holiday von Kiersten White, 2022–24, Delacorte Press

Worum geht's?

Willkommen in den großen Ferien der Sinister-Winterbottom-Geschwister! Die Sinister-Winterbottoms, das sind die zwölfjährigen Zwillinge Theo und Alexander und ihre große Schwester Wil. Anstatt die Ferien als Kernfamilie zu verbringen, finden die drei sich bei ihrer bisher unbekannten Tante Saffronia wieder, ohne zu wissen, wo ihre Eltern abgeblieben sind. Schwuppdiwupp landen sie dann im Wasservergnügungspark Fathoms of Fun, der ein bisschen seltsam anmutet mit seinen sargförmigen Flößen, den Mausoleen, die als Übernachtungsmöglichkeiten dienen und dem Wellenbad, das den Besitzer des Parks verschluckt haben soll. Als dann auch noch Wil spurlos verschwindet, machen Theo und Alexander sich auf, um die geheimen Machenschaften von Fathoms of Fun zu ergründen.

Na, hat schon jemand Lemony Snicket oder die Baudelaires auf der Zunge liegen? Der Vergleich liegt nahe. Die Reihe wirkt wie eine Hommage an den Großmeister der schrägen Kinderabenteuer, allerdings etwas weniger raffiniert in Sachen Humor und literarische Anspielungen und dafür sensibler in Bezug auf die Repräsentation psychischer Gesundheit.

Ferienorte der Schauerliteratur

Nach dem Abenteuer im Wasserpark zieht es die Geschwister in den folgenden vier Bänden von einem Ferienort zum nächsten. Sie besuchen einen Spa mit ausgesonderter Kinderbetreuung, ein Ferienlager mit Sport- und Bastelaktivitäten, ein Wissenschaftscamp und einen Rummel. Dort finden sie neue Freunde und Feinde und kommen dem Verschwinden ihrer Eltern immer weiter auf die Spur. Während jedes Buch eine rätselhaft-amüsante, in sich abgeschlossene Story enthält, entspinnt sich in der Rahmenhandlung ein ganzes Komplott an Geheimnissen (auch das: ähnlich wie bei Lemony Snicket), das gern noch komplexer hätte sein können bzw. im letzten Band ausführlicher aufgeschlüsselt werden. Dennoch wird dadurch das Interesse an den Fortsetzungen aufrechterhalten.

Einen Großteil des Charmes der Bücher macht das jeweilige Setting aus. Zum einen sind es die klassischen (amerikanischen) Ferienorte, mit denen viele Lesende nostalgische Kindheitserinnerungen (oder zumindest amerikanische Filme und Bücher) verbinden dürften, zum anderen ist es die quirlige Kombination mit Klassikern der Schauerliteratur. Während der von Fledermäusen heimgesuchte Spa wie ein Ort aus Bram Stokers bekanntestem Roman wirkt und die Geschwister Angst um ihr Blut bekommen, wird in Camp Creepy mit den Themen Gehirnwäsche und verschiedene Persönlichkeiten à la Dr. Jekill & Mr. Hyde gespielt. Im Wissenschaftscamp rufen Experimente mit Elektrizität Assoziationen mit Frankenstein hervor und der Wasserpark und Rummel bedienen sich verschiedener Motive aus Poes Œuvre, der Mythologie rund um Meerjungfrauen und riesiger Roboter, die an Ted Hughes’ The Iron Man erinnern.

Wortspiele und psychische Gesundheit

Der bereits erwähnte Vergleich mit Lemony Snicket spiegelt sich neben der Handlung und den literarischen Referenzen auch im Schreibstil wider, denn dieser ist gespickt von witzigen Vokabelerläuterungen, Wortspielen und ein bisschen Blödsinn. Wie schon bei den intertextuellen Verweisen wird es hier nie so clever wie bei Lemony Snicket, aber durchaus unterhaltsam, sowohl für Kinder als auch für Erwachsene:

A border is an imaginary line, like the one you sometimes draw across the middle of your room to designate which side is yours and which side is your sibling’s so that you can get as close as possible to the line and fight about it. Borders are literally, exactly, that same thing, only for countries instead of siblings. (Kiersten White: Vampiric Vacation, S. 17)

Was die Sinister-Summer-Reihe den Baudelaires allerdings voraus hat, ist ein sensibler Fokus auf Inklusivität und Diversität. Das zeigt sich am besten an den Hauptfiguren Theo und Alexander. Die beiden sind beinahe das komplette Gegenteil voneinander, ergänzen sich dadurch aber wunderbar und nehmen Rücksicht aufeinander. Theo zeigt Merkmale von ADHS, steht immer unter Strom, liebt es, sich sportlich zu betätigen, ist frech, laut und kriegt ihre Wut manchmal nicht unter Kontrolle. Alexander hingegen ist bedacht und vorsichtig, er liebt Regeln und Ordnung, liest und kocht gern (aber nur nach hygienischen Standards) und wirkt von Angststörungen geplagt. Im Laufe der Bücher verhelfen den Zwillingen diese Eigenschaften oft zum Erfolg. Manchmal müssen sie aber auch über sich hinauswachsen und sich an der anderen Person ein Beispiel nehmen. Insgesamt wird jedoch stark die Nachricht vermittelt, dass sie (und du auch) gut so sind, wie sie sind, dass sie sich nicht ändern müssen, weil sie nicht dem Status Quo entsprechen und ihre Eigenschaften nicht zwangsweise als Makel ausgelegt werden sollten.

Wer die Baudelaires vermisst, schräge Geschichten liebt oder unterhaltsame Ferienlektüre mit Grusel, Witz und Herz sucht, dem gebe ich hiermit die Sinister-Summer-Reihe an die Hand. Allen, die der klassischen Zielgruppe bereits entwachsen sind, würde ich empfehlen, sie nicht unbedingt hintereinander zu lesen; das könnte doch etwas repetitiv werden und deutlicher machen, dass Band 4 schwächelt, aber mit ein paar Wochen Abstand dazwischen, sind sie wunderbare Sommertrips.

[kingsbridgelibraryteens]

Middle School Monday: Sinister Summer Book 1: Wretched Waterpark by Kiersten White 

Twins Theo and Alexander and their older sister Wil are all part of the Sinister-Winterbottom family. Usually they’d be living at home with their parents, but something mysterious happened this summer. It seems that there was some kind of emergency, and their parents have left them with their Aunt Saffronia for the summer.  The whole situation is weird, but Aunt Saffronia is even weirder. She doesn’t feel like she’s part of their family at all, and sometimes she doesn’t even seem human. The siblings don’t know if they’re confused or relieved when she suggests that they spend a whole week at the Fathoms of Fun Waterpark. 

This waterpark is like nothing these siblings have ever seen before. There are no running and screaming kids. No smell of chlorine. No churros. The only sunblock available is in the form of black lace parasols. The waterpark is surprisingly empty, with fewer and fewer people there as the week goes on. 

When the twins learn about the strange disappearance of one of the park’s owners, and how he vanished, impossibly, after jumping into the wave pool, they decide to investigate. But this is going to put them in more danger than they ever imagined.

Give this book to older kids and younger teens who enjoy quirky and weird mysteries, gothic horror, and stories that twist and turn in directions they don’t expect!

[comas-are-for-sleeping]

collection of booty shorts but its just ones with weird things on the ass

[beenbaanbuun]

waterparks songs w/ ateez

i had to do this for teenage me! also i’ve seen parx more than any other band so like… i had to!!

also awsten writes a lot about exes so there weren’t many songs to choose from (from a non-angst standpoint point). the entirety of greatest hits is also not on here bc that man just wrote an entire banger of an album about having shitty mental health… he’s so real for that 🙂‍↕️

yes the colours of the lyrics match the colours of the era… sue me

is this proofread??? uhhhhhhh🧍����‍♀️

park seonghwa - sleep alone

‘i feel dead and a half, but you’re making me laugh’

miserable; that’s the only word to describe how you feel. with a stuffed up nose and a tickle in your throat that just won’t seem to leave, you’ve found yourself wanting nothing more than to stay in bed with a hot bowl of broth. you know it would help you more than the cold tablets have done, the wretched things keeping you drowsy and dull. it only serves to make you feel that much more awful.

but the clatter you hear from downstairs brings a weak smile to your face. the sound of a metal ladle against a ceramic dish makes your heart pitter-patter in a strange mix of excitement and adoration. you’re not sure which you’re hungrier for; the soup, or seeing your boyfriend poke his head into the room. it’s not difficult for you to admit how much you’ve missed him this past week, able to hear his soft snores coming from the guest room, but unable to see his tired face next to yours.

until of course, this morning.

he’s been avoiding you like the plague until roughly 7:34 am when you were rudely awoken by a pair of arms snaking themselves around your waist. you’d mumbled something incoherent about not wanting him to get sick, but he silenced you with a quick peck to your lips. “i don’t mind getting sick for you, darling,” he whispered against your lips, “i don’t like sleeping alone; you’ll never have to do it again.”

it brings a soft smile to your face to remember how difficult it had been for him to unravel himself from you to grab a portion of the soup he’d made just a few days prior. he’d whined into your neck like a puppy, telling you all sorts of pretty things about how hard it is to abandon you while you’re in such a state. you’d giggled at him, the sound quickly devolving into a coughing fit that finally convinced him to get up and grab you that soup. if you knew that would be all it took, you’d have faked a coughing fit much sooner.

kim hongjoong - peach (lobotomy)

‘you found me, and finders keep’

“i wrote a song for you,” hongjoong’s voice fills your ears the second you pick up the phone. it’s eager and bubbly, clearly full of enthusiasm for whatever it is that he’s made. you nod, despite his inability to see you, before you remember exactly what it was that you wanted to do.

“isn’t it like 3am where you are?” you scold him gently, taking a glance at your clock just to make sure you’d got it right. it takes a moment of two to do the maths in your head, but sure enough, you’re right. it’s 3am and your boyfriend sounds more awake than you do. “what are you still doing up, hongjoong?”

he chuckles nervously, clearly understanding the direction of the conversation. perhaps he should have called you as a more believable time of day, but then again, if he did that then there wouldn’t be much point to what he’s done. he stayed synced up to your time zone for a reason; so he’d never have to be awake without you.

“it’s not late over there, though,” is his justification. he says it like it explains everything to you, yet it only serves to leave you more confused than you were at the beginning of the conversation. you don’t argue, not having nearly as much energy as hongjoong seems to, despite the time difference. “besides, i’ve been busy! sleep could wait until after i’d finished my latest creation.”

you sigh, “hongjoong—”

“nope!” he cuts you off, a smile evident in his voice, “you’re the reason that i spent so long hunched over my computer making this; you have to be the first person to hear it.”

jeong yunho - i’ll always be around

‘i’m dying to be your everything… everything’

“if i died tomorrow,” it’s an odd start to a question, but as you lay on the roof of your apartment, hand in hand with your boyfriend, it just seemed right. it’s moments like this where you feel you can get all those silly thoughts out there; would you love me if i was a worm? do you think snails are sentient? and of course, if i died tomorrow— “what would you do?”

there’s a deep chuckle from yunho, grabbing your attention from the stars and stealing it all for himself. your turn your head, choosing instead to look at the man you believe holds the universe in the palm of his hands. although the stars are pretty, the twinkle that lies in his eyes when he casts them upon your face is much better to gaze upon. why would you want to stare at the far away stars when you have a much brighter one so much closer.

“i’d learn necromancy,” he smiles in a manner that is so infectious that you can’t help but join him, “and if that doesn’t work, then i’d just have to hope you’d haunt me.”

“haunt you?” you ask incredulously, “wouldn’t you be scared if things started going bump in the night?” he shakes his head, and honestly you believe him. there’s not much yunho would admit to being scared of, especially not the concept of ghosts. “well, how would you know it’s me and not just some other random dead person who’s taken up residence in our apartment?”

“oh, i’d know,” he turns into his side to get a better look at you, “in the same way i know you’re not going to die tomorrow, idiot.”

you can’t help but laugh a little at that.

“you’re right,” there’s a knowing grin on his face when you agree with him, “i’ll always be around.”

kang yeosang - sneaking out of heaven

‘if i’m not brainwashed then i’m trying to be’

he must be an angel given to you from above. with the way he treats you so gently, soft words and even softer touches, it’s not hard to believe. his beauty even matches that of a heavenly being, leaving you breathless and in awe each and every time your gaze falls upon him. he must’ve snuck out from beneath his master’s gaze to come down and visit you; it’s the only explanation as to why he’s sat beside you in your car, carefully crafting a driving playlist for your enjoyment.

“what song next?” he asks, deep voice sending shivers up and down your spine. it takes everything you have to keep your eyes on the road, although you’re sure that death by staring at your boyfriend would be an excellent way to go. “i was thinking something of a similar genre but maybe a bit more… exciting. i think i’ve let the mood drop a little with my last few choices.”

you don’t mind, although you very rarely do when it comes to yeosang. he knows best, is what you tell yourself when you hopelessly agree to everything he says. honestly, if he told you to go swimming with a group of blood thirsty piranhas, you’d probably do it without a second thought. how could you say no to someone like him?

“put whatever you want on, sangie,” you say, “whatever you choose will be good, i’m sure of it.”

he hums in uncertainty, “but you’re the one driving!” oh, so considerate… he’s perfect, “surely you should get to choose, right?”

“i am choosing,” you argue, “i’m choosing whatever it is that you want on, my angel.”

choi san - telephone

‘i’m living on a target and you shot it with an arrow’

as far as first dates go, this might be the strangest you’ve ever been on. call it love at first sight, or just pure, simple infatuation, you don’t care. all you know is that you need to know everything about this man. what can you say, you’re invested?

“what do your parents do?” you ask, trying to keep your voice from wavering too much and giving up your true feelings. sure, you might be in far too deep to go back, but you can still appreciate this for what it is; a first meeting between two strangers. the last thing you’d want to do is scare san away by being overly excitable by something as simple as his presence.

play it cool, maybe then you’ll get somewhere.

“oh, you know,” he shrugs, clearly not too excited by the question you’ve posed. perhaps it is a little surface level. maybe you were too focussed on making yourself seem normal that you’ve made yourself seem uninterested instead! it’s fine, you tell yourself, you can recover from this. “they just do a bit of everything really. we lived in the country my whole childhood so there weren’t exactly many fancy office jobs going…”

“oh, you’re from the country?” you light up with interest, happy with the tiny piece of information that you can definitely use to your advantage. “why’d you move here? any big plans, or just a change of scenery?”

he seems to light up at that question, smiling as you give him a gateway to talk about his future dreams for a few minutes. as the words tumble from his lips, passion oozes from them. every single word is full of excitement and glee, and as he rambles on and on about his future, you realise that you’re more than happy to just sit and listen and imagine yourself as a part of it all.

song mingi - funeral gray

‘i know your dying wish is to be baptised in my spit’

“i didn’t take you for much of a smoker,” a deep voice calls from your left, the tall guy you’d shared a quick conversation with earlier taking a step closer to you. he’d looked pretty under the flashing lights of the club but right now, lit by nothing but the moonlight and the dim flickering of the smoking area sign, he looks even better. his sharp features are illuminated in such a way that you’re sure they might cut you if you get too close. maybe you’re just attracted to danger, you think to yourself as you take a step closer. “that’ll kill you, y’know.”

it’s a snarky remark, meant to be taken as tongue and cheek if the annoyingly handsome grin on his lips is anything to go by. maybe if you had another drink in you, you might have leant forwards to kiss it right off of his lips. for now, although the temptation to press your lips to his is very much there, you settle for blowing a stream of smoke at him.

he waves his hand, clearing the grey cloud in mere seconds. there’s a look of mirth on his features, which only serves to make you giggle. “now you’re going to die too!” you jest, moving your hand up to take another drag. the man mutters something about you being annoying, to which you have to agree; there’s just something so fun about getting under the skin of a man you’ve never met before. it just makes it that much more satisfying when by the end of the night, you have them wrapped around your pinkie.

“what’s your name anyway?” he purrs, pushing his back against the same brick wall you’d found yourself leaning against. you shoot him a cocky look.

“you’ve got to work much harder to get that information out of me, pretty boy.”

jung wooyoung - dream boy

‘cause i was born to be your favourite’

it was a fairly easy question that had been posed to you, one that you would’ve answered within seconds on any other day, yet right now you seem to be struggling. the answer is right there at the forefront of your mind, sitting on the very tip of your tongue. realistically, it shouldn’t be that hard to come out with it, yet as wooyoung stares you down, you find yourself swallowing the answer and shrugging instead.

“oh, come on!” he whines, leaning forward to poke at your shoulder with a strangely sharp finger. you wince, yet your friend seems to have other things to care about that your pain right now. “you have to have a type! just… build him from the ground up! pick his pieces.”

any other time you would’ve answered with a smile. long black hair and sharp brown eyes, a tongue that could rival the sharpest of wits and a laugh that any self-respecting witch would be jealous of. you know exactly what you want and he’s sitting right in front of you.

“i really don’t care what my future boyfriend looks like!” you insist, giving your friend a fake laugh when he rolls his eyes and scoffs. perhaps if you’d have been paying more attention you would’ve noticed the slight smirk that he wears.

“oh, please,” he purrs, shifting until he’s sitting on his haunches, towering above you. things move quickly and suddenly his arms are either side of you, caging you between him and the arm of the sofa. “i’ve seen the way you stare at me; i know i’m your dream boy.”

choi jongho - brainwashed

‘everything’s clean except for my thoughts’

you don’t do relationships. you never have and you told yourself that you never would. it’s just not you, being tied down to one person while there’s a whole world of other people outside your door. why kiss just one person when you could kiss anyone you meet? it’s just so freeing to not box yourself in like that.

so what the fuck are you doing here? with jongho’s arms wrapped around your waist like he never wants to let you go, your fingers laced in his hair like you feel exactly the same. it was just meant to be a one night stand, and yet you’re still here! you’re still at his house a week later. what the fuck is wrong with you?

“you have work, right?” jongho groans into your shoulder, pressing his soft lips to your skin just below your earlobe. it sets something alight within your, your heartbeat quickening and your stomach stirring. something so domestic would never have had that affect on you before, so why now? why with him? you push the question out of your mind and simply nod.

you do have work today, and maybe today will be the day that you go home to your own apartment, not jongho’s.

“do you want me to fetch you lunch?” he whispers, grazing his teeth against your earlobe in a way that sends shivers down your spine. you scrunch your eyes closed, trying your rid your mind of all the filthy thoughts that are suddenly racing through your brain. “is that a no?” he chuckles lowly in your ear, “or have you just got something else on your mind?”

something else entirely. a carnal need to stay home and let him take care of you like he has done every other day this week. what’s another sick day added to the list? you’re sure your boss must think you’re dying or something with the amount you’ve had off since that first night with jongho, yet you don’t seem to care.

and as he pressed another lengthy kiss to your neck, you find yourself not caring about the no relationship rule too. you can make an exception for the man that seems to have you brainwashed.

[gregsnero]

some highlights of the philly tour i jotted down/remember (ones i got on video will be marked with a * and posted sometime)

- glenn in that fuckass chimney sweep hat Sorry*

- charlies favourite mac is badass mac. rob likes fat mac

- all of them expressing their solidarity with the strikes

- charlie singing rock flag and eagle and having to restart due to glenn effing around with the mic

- how when they were filming the strawberry mansion bridge scene in mac day EVERYBODY in the crews cars got broke into*

- mrs mac being based off of glenns friends dad

- rob taking nitrous oxide in the mann parking lot and then making out with girls

- how they were all drunk during the shooting of the highschool reunion due to them not knowing the show was going to get renewed

- discussion on how dennis likes to be bound

- glenn didnt know what dennis' tools were going to be*

- wretched glenn and charlie philly accents. truly awful*

- trash twins glass box blooper extended with opening 5 second shot of glenn staring straight into the camera #GlennJumpscare

- differences between them and their characters. glenn saying he doesnt have tools in his trunk and how he should and then going "not those kinda tools. RELAX guys"*

- only one who can make kaitlin break is glenn. i love them*

- glenn trying a cheesesteak for the first time. 4 different ones*

- rcg deciding on nightman cometh as being the best sunny episode, rob mentioning charlie work, gang hits the road + waterpark

NIGHTMAN COMETH PLAYED DURING INTERMISSION!! with lyrics karaoke version*

- them giving out free cheesesteaks during intermission

- them pointing out the costumes in the audience ESPECIALLY the one guy with the jean shorts demonstrating how low he could go

- rob whipping out his jalen hurts jersey with a signature that looks like a dick*

- KAITLIN SHOWING UP!!! dee chant*

- im so sad that i didnt get charlie and kaitlin moving their chairs closer together and poking/hugging eachother on video. god

- they went into kaitlins bog stunt and how kaitlin never refuses any stunt (PEOPLES PRINCESS!!!) and how shit was swimming around in the mud*

- rob and glenn tying on the fill in the sunny line game, glenn won (i think) and then they did this bro high five it was magical*

- live tiny boy baby boy followed by glenn + kaitlin making out (rob encouraging)*

- charlie singing dayman marriage song and i like life in paddys pub with bts slideshow behind*

- rob making the entire audience cry with his story about the philadelphian whispering hole*

- end show dayman song all in dusters throwing out t shirts

i cried the end

[heystephen]

💌 ilysm. my blackbear bestie. my poképal. we bonded over taylor but now i think of you everytime i hear waterparks and blackbear and halsey and everytime i play pokemon and anytime ANYTHING is happening i come to your blog bc you are the fuckin realest and post the best takes. i’m older than you but i wanna grow up to be you fr 🫡 🤍🤍🤍

ilysm 🥹 i just saw this, but it made me smile so big on a rather wretched day where smiles have been nonexistent so i rly thank you for this

[jegulusofwesper]

url song game

icl i fully just put my spotify on shuffle and hoped for the best

thanks for the tag @pupmotif 😘

just be good to green - professor green, lily allen

every snowflake is different (just like you) - my chemical romance

golden - harry styles

unorthodox - wretch 32, example

lego house - ed sheeran

umbrella - rihanna

somewhere only we know - glee cast

out of the woods (taylor’s version) - taylor swift

focus - charles leclerc

wildlife - jack & jack

enchanted (taylor’s version) - taylor swift

sucker - jonas brothers

pompeii - bastille

easy to hate - waterparks

roxanne - arizona zervas

no pressure tags: @scarletchase1989 @underburningstars @violetbaudelaire-quagmire @darlingsfandom @anythingforourmoonysstuff @glitterxshlutt

[booksteacupandreviews]

Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer Series #1) by Kiersten White - gothic middle grade mystery

#WretchedWaterpark by #KierstenWhite is fun, entertaining, and strange but interesting #gothic #middlegrade #mystery many thanks to @PRHGlobal for eARC via #NetGalley @DelacortePress Full #bookreview on #booksteacupandreviews ⬇️

Wretched Waterpark is fun, entertaining, and strange but interesting gothic middle grade mystery with amazing water park setting. Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer Series #1) by Kiersten White Publication Date : June 7, 2022 Publisher : Delacorte Press Read Date : December 15, 2022 Genre : Middle Grade, Mystery Pages : 235 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Tea for this book : Disclaimer – Many…

[pussreboots]

Look we made a Brontëasaurus!

Alexander to Theo in WRETCHED WATERPARK by Kiersten White (2022), p. 114

[lauren-michele]

"Wretched Waterpark" by Kiersten White | Book Review

“Wretched Waterpark” by Kiersten White | Book Review

Goodreads • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • “The Sinister-Winterbottoms are looking forward to a family summer, but their parents abruptly change the plans in the middle of the night. Twelve-year-old twins Alexander and Theodora and their older sister Wilhelmina are dropped off with Aunt…

[missbookiverse]

Lieblingsbücher aus 2022

Dieses Jahr bin ich überrascht, wie klein die Liste meiner absoluten Favoriten ist, aber dafür umso übersichtlicher. Die besten vier Bücher, die ich letztes Jahr gelesen habe, waren...

Vita Nostra, weil es auf faszinierende Weise Magie, Geometrie und Philosophie zusammenbringt, dabei den Geist herausfordert und alles in stimmungsvollem Setting schildert.

Julia & the Shark, weil es sensibel und einfühlsam von verschiedenen Problemen erzählt und so ausdrucksstark illustriert ist.

The Last House on Needless Street, weil es Informationen so geschickt streut und Leser*innen an der Nase herumführt, ohne dabei den Respekt für gewisse Themen einzubüßen.

Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow, weil es alltägliche Erlebnisse, Probleme und zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen so originell verpackt und schildert. (Wenn ich nur ein Highlight aussuchen dürfte: es wäre dieses.)

Zwölf weitere Titel haben von mir zwar nicht die höchste Bewertung bekommen, sind mir aber nach wie vor positiv im Gedächtnis hängen geblieben. Im Bereich Sachbuch handelt es sich um Ich möchte lieber nicht mit seiner provokanten Kritik an toxischer Positivität. Bei den Klassikern ist es Jane Eyre, das mich nicht nur überraschend gut gefesselt, sondern auch bestens unterhalten hat. Mit Wretched Waterpark, Small Spaces, Mistle End: Der Greif erwacht und Drachenreiter habe ich wunderbar originelle, gemütliche und sensible Middle-Grade-Reihen gefunden, auf deren Fortsetzungen ich mich schon riesig freue. Mitte des Jahres waren die beiden Simon-Snow-Fortsetzungen plötzlich haargenau das Richtige für mich und haben mich zum Lachen und Leiden gebracht. True Biz hat mein Wissen über und Interesse an Gebärdensprache erneuert und mich sogar dazu veranlasst, ein paar erste Gebärden zu lernen. Pünktlich zum Sommer hat Emily Henry ihre jährliche Romance veröffentlicht und mich nicht enttäuscht: Book Lovers ist wahrscheinlich sogar mein liebstes Buch von ihr. Bereits im Januar las ich Comfort Me With Apples und The Death of Jane Lawrence und beide sind mir mit ihrer mysteriösen Atmosphäre und interessanten Auflösung im Kopf zurückgeblieben. The Initial Insult war mein verspätetes Halloween-Highlight mit seinen unzähligen Edgar Allan Poe Anspielungen und dem fesselnden Plot um eine komplizierte Mädchenfreundschaft.

Wenn ihr wollt, nennt mir gern eins eurer Lesehighlights von 2022 in den Kommentaren.

[kingsbridgelibraryteens]

What do all of these spooky books have in common? They're all books by authors who were featured in recent "Summer Scares" webinars!

I watch a lot of Booklist webinars that connect to CR and YA books, but when I'm looking for books that will appeal to reluctant readers (which is basically ALWAYS), I often gravitate towards scary and suspenseful titles. Over the last two months I watched the Summer Scares Middle-Grade, Summer Scares YA, and Prepare For a Summer of Scares panels. While I was listening to those conversations, I started reserving books. This pile contains the holds that have come in so far:

The Nest by Kenneth Oppel, illustrated by Jon Klassen

My Aunt is a Monster by Reimena Yee

Dread Detention by Jennifer Killick

All These Bodies by Kendare Blake

Bumps in the Night by Amalie Howard

Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer Book One) by Kiersten White

Four Letter Word by Gretchen McNeil

Fun Fact: It was from watching one of these webinars that I first learned about a cool and spooky Edward Gorey book!

[one-more-offbeat-anthem]

what's your favorite song?

HARD QUESTION! i’m gonna choose three. a classic: waiting for a star to fall by boy meets girl. a song by my favorite band: wretches and kings by linkin park. a song that recently came out: numb by waterparks

(ask me questions to get to know me better!)

[big-bad-shorty-king]

Here’s a bunch of album recommendations while we are in quarantine

fun. - Aim and Ignite

My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys

Panic! at the Disco - Vices & Virtues

Fall Out Boy - Folie à deux

New York Dolls - New York Dolls

Frank Turner - Positive Songs For Negative People

The Dreadnoughts - Polka's Not Dead

Brave the Sea - The Kraken

LIL PHAG - GOD HATES LIL PHAG

Village People - Cruisin'

Bleachers - Strange Desire

Andy Black - The Shadow Side

Paddy and the Rats - Riot City Outlaws

Narc Twain - Narc Twain

Palaye Royale - Boom Boom Room (Side A)

Jukebox the Ghost - Safe Travels

I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME - 1981 Extended Play

Schmekel - The Whale That Ate Jonah

The Damned Things - Ironiclast

The Damned - Damned Damned Damned

Pansy Division - That's So Gay

Beetlejuice (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Bastille - All This Bad Blood

AJR - The Click

Ramshackle Glory - Live the Dream

Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies

Dropkick Murphys - 11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory

Three Days Grace - Life Starts Now

Goldfinger - Disconnection Notice

Reel Big Fish - Candy Coated Fury

Green Day - American Idiot

The Offspring - Days Go By

Cascada - Everytime We Touch

Set It Off - Duality

Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death

Black Flag - Damaged

Zebrahead - Panty Raid

Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues

Stray Cats - Rant N' Rave With the Stray Cats

Volbeat - Seal The Deal & Let's Boogie (Deluxe)

Voltaire - To the Bottom of the Sea

All Time Low - Future Hearts

Lemon Demon - Nature Tapes

Simple Creatures - Strange Love

Various Artists - Nightmare Revisited

Generation X - Generation X

Billy Idol - Kings & Queens Of The Underground

The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God

CupcakKe - Ephorize

Repo! The Genetic Opera - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

NOFX - First Ditch Effort

Waterparks - Fandom

Minor Threat - First Two 7s

Gerard Way - Into the Cave We Wander

Billy Joel - River Of Dreams

Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols

Man with a Mission - MAN WITH A MISSION

adam&steve - rainy days in la

Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

Black Veil Brides - Wretched And Divine: The Story Of The Wild Ones

blink-182 - California

Smokey Bastard - Tales from the Wasteland

Nate Ruess - Grand Romantic

Captain Sensible - The Universe Of Geoffrey Brown

Bear Ghost - Your Parents Are Only Marginally Disappointed in Your Musical Taste

The Strumbellas - Hope

David Vanian and the Phantom Chords - David Vanian and the Phantom Chords

Imagine Dragons - Smoke + Mirrors

The World Ends With You (Original Soundtrack) [+ Bonus Track]

Crush 40 - Super Sonic Songs - The Best Of Crush 40 (Bonus Tracks)