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A hippo emerges from the water covered with greenery in the Masai Mara nature reserve, Kenya

Photograph: Ann Aveyard/Animal News Agency

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Spotted Hyenas (Crocuta crocuta), family Hyaenidae, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

photograph by Ann Aveyard

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(by Ann Aveyard)

[bookscorpion73]

books I read this year! Total: 66

A good girls guide to murder - Holly Jackson

2. good girl bad blood - Holly Jackson

3. the prisoners throne - Holly Black

4. These violent delights - Chloe Gong

5. our violent ends - Chloe Gong

6. kill joy - Holly Jackson

7. if you could see the sun - Ann Liang

8. assistant to the villain - Hannah Nicole Maehrer

9. dreadful - Caitlin Rozakis

10. as good as dead - Holly Jackson

11. firekeepers daughter - Angeline Boulley

12. the invisible life of Addie LaRue - V. E. Schwab

13. Gallant - V. E. Schwab

14. the girl who fell beneath the sea - Axie Oh

15. Emily Wildes encyclopedia of faeries - Heather Fawcett

16. Destroy the day - Brigid Kemmerer

17. eragon - Christopher Paolini

18. Apprentice to the villain - Hannah Nicole Mather

19. a darker shade of magic - V. E. Schwab

20. a gathering of shadows - V. E. Schwab

21. a conjuring of light - V. E. Schwab

22. thieves’ gambit - Kayvion Lewis

23. the fragile threads of power - V. E. Schwab

24. a tempest of tea - Hafsah Faizal

25. hearts overboard - Becky Dean

26. lightlark - Alex Aster

27. Nightband - Alex Aster

28. legendborn - Tracy Deonn

29. Emily Wilde’s map of the other lands - Heather Fawcett

30. bloodmarked - Tracy Deonn

31. her radiant curse - Elizabeth Lim

32. the hazel wood - Melissa Albert

33. the boy who didn’t come home (the hazel wood 1.5) - Melissa Albert

34. I hope this doesn’t find you - Ann Liang

35. the kamogawa food detectives - Hisashi Kashiwai

36. what you are looking for is in the library- Michiko Aoyama

37. wrath of the triple goddess - Rick Riordan

38. stars and smoke - Marie Lu

39. love and other great expectations - Becky Dean

40. icon and inferno - Marie Lu

41. realm breaker - Victoria Aveyard

42. happily never after - Lynn Painter

43. Mr. Wrong number - Lynn Painter

44. the do-over - Lynn Painter

45. this savage song - V. E. Schwab

46. our dark duet - V. E. Schwab

47. the American roommate experiment - Elena Armas

48. the odyssey- homer

49. accidentally Amy - Lynn Painter

50. the restaurant of lost recipes - Hisashi Kashiwai

51. betting on you - Lynn Painter

52. the poppy war - R. F. Kuang

53. not in love - Ali Hazelwood

54. Meet me in the margins - Melissa Ferguson

55. shipped - Angie Hoffman

56. not in love by Ali Hazelwood

57. save the cat writes a young adult novel by Jessica Brody

58. 100 days of sunlight by Abbie Emmons

59. this time it’s real by Ann Liang

60. I want to die but I want to eat tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

61. better than the movies by Lynn Painter

62. Spectacular by Stephanie Garber

63. Heartless by Marissa Meyer

64. Dungeons and Drama By Kristy Boyce

65. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

66. Nothing Like The Movies by Lynn Painter

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List of my favourite books categorised by genres/authors

*In no particular order. It's hard to pick a favourite*

*Do search up the reviews, summary and trigger warnings for these books if you do intend to read it, many of them are not easy reads*

*For poetry, web novel, manga/hua/hwa/webtoon/anime/other recs, check my #WinterLEFavList tags~

*As of 3rd February 2025*

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Deep/Classic/Heavy Books

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

The Ones who walk away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

1984 by George Orwell

Animal Farm by George Orwell

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngoni Adichie

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngoni Adichie

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Aristotle and Dante Discover the secrets of the universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Maus (Graphic Novel) by Art Spiegelman

The boy in the striped pajamas by John Boyne

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The Pearl by John Steinbeck

Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton

Book of Evidence by John Banville

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

Siddhartha Novel by Hermann Hesse

The weight of our sky by Hanna Alkaf

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

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Morally gray/dark-ish/angst books

The Cruel Prince Series by Holly Black

Red Queen Series by Victoria Aveyard

Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

Boot Camp by Todd Strasser

Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo

Room by Emma Donoghue

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Gone Series by Michael Grant

The hate u give by Angie Thomas

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Autobiography/memoir/non-fiction/based on true stories/self-help

Dear Life by Rachel Clarke

When Breath becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

The body keeps the score by Bessel Van Der Kolk

Anne Frank's Diary by Anne Frank

January First: A Child's descent into madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her by Michael Schofield

The Man Who Mistook HIs Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks

The Last Lecture by Jeffrey Maslow and Randy Pausch

Survival of the Sickest by Sharon Moalem

Bad Science by Ben Goldacre

Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorius and Megan Lloyd Davies

Binge Crazy: A Psychotherapist's Memoir of Food Addiction, Mental Illness, Obesity and Recovery by Natalie Gold

Elena Vanishing: A Memoir by Clare B. Dunkle and Elena Dunkle

The happiness cure why you’re not build for constant happiness and how to find a way through by Dr Anders Hansen

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Beyond the Story by BTS and Myeongseok Kang

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Other nice books I liked when I was younger (YA category I think?)

Rick Riordan books (PJO universe, Kane's Chronicles, Magnus Chase, Trials of Apollo, Crossovers etc.)

Wonder by R. J. Palacio

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Hunger games by Suzanne Collins

Lorien Legacies by Pitaccus Lore (James Frey, Job Hughes and formerly Greg Boose)

Mortality Doctrine Series by James Dashner

Time Riders Series by Alex Scarrow

Mistborn (First book of the series by Brandon Sanderson) I've got too many books so I haven't started reading the series yet, but I did like the first book.

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

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Mystery/crime

Death in the Nile by Agatha Christie

The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

One of us is lying by Karen M. McManus

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*I'll add web novels and poetry list in another section!*

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February 2024 Young Adult Book Releases

🦇 Good afternoon, my bookish bats. I hope you're bundled up with a fur baby, hot bev, and good book as you ward off this (lovely) chilly weather. No TBR is complete without a few young adult novels, and plenty were released in January! Here are a few YA releases to consider adding to your shelves.

🩷 February 6 🩷 ✨ All This Twisted Glory by Taherah Mafi ✨ ASAP by Axie Oh ✨ I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang ✨ No Time Like Now by Naz Kutub ✨ Even If It Breaks Your Heart by Erin Hahn ✨ Who We Are in Real Life by Victoria Koops ✨ How The Boogeyman Became A Poet by Tony Keith Jr. ✨ Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry by Abby Elenko ✨ Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender ✨ Skater Boy by Anthony Nerada ✨ Relit: 16 Latinx Remixes of Classic Stories by Various ✨ The Absinthe Underground by Jamie Pacton ✨ Daniel, Deconstructed by James Ramos ✨ King Cheer by Molly Horton Booth, Stephanie Kate Strohm, Jamie Green ✨ Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo ✨ These Deadly Prophecies by Andrea Tang ✨ The Cursed Rose by Leslie Vedder ✨ Clarion Call by Cayla Fay ✨ Out of Body by Nia Davenport

🩷 February 13 🩷 ✨ The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna ✨ A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic by Yi Shun Lai ✨ This Day Changes Everything by Edward Underhill ✨ With a Little Luck by Marissa Meyer ✨ Bunt! Striking Out on Financial Aid by Ngozi Ukazu, Mad Rupert ✨ The Boyfriend Wish by Swati Teerdhala ✨ Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear by Robin Wasley ✨ The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha

🩷 February 20 🩷 ✨ A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal ✨ The Bad Ones by Melissa Albert ✨ Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli ✨ The Diablo's Curse by Gabe Cole Novoa ✨ We Got the Beat by Jenna Miller ✨ The Someday Daughter by Ellen O'Clover ✨ Conditions of a Heart by Bethany Mangle ✨ My Throat an Open Grave by Tori Bovalino

🩷 February 27 🩷 ✨ Fate Breaker by Victoria Aveyard ✨ Illusions of Fire by Nisha Sharma ✨ Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury ✨ Hope Ablaze by Sarah Mughal Rana ✨ Daughter of the Bone Forest by Jasmine Skye ✨ Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek

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Book recs? (I’m deleting most of my tbr and starting over. Idk what I will actually end up getting to but I trust your taste in books.)

I am very honored that you trust my taste. I'd have to know specific genres you are looking for to make the best recommendations, but here are my basic ones (including a lot of my favorite books):

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab (This is probably actually my favorite book ever. The characters are amazing, the dynamics, everything) (trilogy with a sequel series starting)

If You Could See The Sun by Ann Liang (speculative fiction, girl turns invisible) (standalone)

Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard (fantasy book, somehow has strong world building, characters, relationships, AND plot while most only have one or two) (finished trilogy)

Renegades by Marissa Meyer (it is not the best of her books, but I think you might appreciate the fact that the messy situation is almost exactly like the Phoebe Silas Priest situation but messier? I don't remember it that well) (finished trilogy)

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (this book has some of the most vivid characters in any book I've read. They feel real. It's also very open to interpretation and analysis which I think you'd like.) (standalone)

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (this is my favorite classic. everyone sucks it's great. I mostly love the writing)

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (standalone, it's a little hard to get through at first but it's a lot to think about)

Made of Stars (Bonnie and Clyde retelling, sci-fi)

I could probably think of more, but I'll leave it at this.

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hello, hero! for anna ryder and rose cousland, could i know these: 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 21, 23, 25!!

Anna Ryder

4) What color or colors do you most associate with your OC?

Maroon, Amber, Blue, Purple

5) Any animals you most associate with your OC?

Not really. Anna isn't much of a pet person, Alliance life didn't really allow for one and even before that her parents were too busy to take care of a pet plus twins. In Andromeda Scott gets a pyjack and Anna finds it somewhat cute.

6) Any flowers you associate with your OC?

Queen Anne's Lace, Daffodils, Dandelions

7) Does your OC have a favorite and least favorite food?

Anna doesn't care for winter squashes, she doesn't like the texture. Her favorite is anything noodles, easy to carry in a bowl/eat while trying to catch up on reports/etc

11) What actor or voice actor do you see best playing as your OC?

I haven't really given this much thought for Anna only because I mainly use her CC when getting fanart created. That being said, I could see Agam Darshi being a faceclaim for Anna.

21) Any embarrassing secrets your OC demands you take to the grave but you will share anyway?

Her first time snowboarding, she had a hard time finding her balance and went ass over teakettle right in front of a girl she was crushing on. Face full of powder, Anna managed to get up without too much trouble but that ended up having the girl ask if she was alright and Anna managing to flirt (somewhat) successfully with her. They ended up going out on a few dates so it worked out in the end.

Then when the Tempest first landed on Aya she was so excited to explore that she tripped over her own feet and nearly ate grass. But she managed to right herself and endured the jokes from the crew, brushing it off with a crack of her own.

23) Is your OC religious and what religion? If it’s a fictional religion for your story please give a summary of the core teachings of their faith?

Not really. Alec and Ellen weren't super religious, their mom more because of her science background and Alec just because, so they never really encouraged it with Scott and Anna. They did try to teach them to be nice but firm, to stand up for what was wrong but also be kind, and to help those in need though.

25) The name you chose for your OC, why did you chose it?

I wanted something that I could shorten, that Anna would only be called when she was in trouble (which ended up being A Lot). At the time I was reading War Storm by Victoria Aveyard where one of the characters has the nickname 'Nanabel' and that stuck with me so I decided to go in that direction and came up with Annabel, eventually deciding that she had a vague US Southern/Hispanic background.

Rose Cousland

4) What color or colors do you most associate with your OC?

Black, Silver, Dark Blue

5) Any animals you most associate with your OC?

Her mabari Griffins. She's had Griffins since he was a puppy and wouldn't know what to do if he wasn't in her life. She dares anyone to tell her that she can't have a Marbari in the castle.

6) Any flowers you associate with your OC?

Roses obliviously :P but also sunflowers and snow drops.

7) Does your OC have a favorite and least favorite food?

Rose is a fan of bread, especially if it's fresh from the oven. Also once Zevran introduces her to Antivan dishes, she's a big fan of the spices. Doesn't really care for "travel rations" (aka hardtack & cheese) but knows that when they're on the road there's not much choice.

11) What actor or voice actor do you see best playing as your OC?

I've fancasted Gemma Arterton as Rose, specifically from Hansel & Gretel: Witchhunters because she had the vibe I was looking for in the movie (but with redder hair).

21) Any embarrassing secrets your OC demands you take to the grave but you will share anyway?

Rose is somewhat afraid of the dark, she needs a candle burning in her room once the sun starts setting and can't fall asleep if it's completely dark.

23) Is your OC religious and what religion? If it’s a fictional religion for your story please give a summary of the core teachings of their faith?

Rose had to sit through Chantry services while at Highever, it was expected of her as the Teryn's daughter, and only loosely followed the teachings of the church. Then Highever got razed and she turned her back on Andraste and the Chantry, angry and confused at how she could let that happen since her parents had been devout followers of Andraste. She doesn't belittle Leliana for her beliefs, but at the same time she doesn't try to go back to the Chantry and the Maker.

Once she becomes Queen, Rose knows that she has to at least attend one service a week, but at the same time she tries to find an excuse not to go if she can help it.

25) The name you chose for your OC, why did you chose it?

This was before I fully fleshed out my Cousland Warden and wanted to just jump into the game. A friend on here had been talking about Titanic/Doctor Who and Rose so that was at the forefront of my mind so I went with that.

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☆･*:.｡ books read in 2024 ｡.:*･☆

January - May

January

1. Sara al Husaini: Huono tyttö, audiobook, ★★★★.5 2. Kim Ligget: Armonvuosi (The Grace Year), audio, ★★★☆☆ 3. Satu Rämö: Hildur, audio, ★★★.5☆ 4. R.F. Kuang: Yellowface, audio, ★★★.5☆

February

5. Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman: Hyviä enteitä (Good Omens), audio, ★★★★.5 6. Martha Wells: Murhabotin päiväkirjat 2: Keinotekoinen olotila (Murderbot Diaries 2), physical book, ★★★★☆ 7. TJ Klune: Wolfsong, physical, ★★★★☆ 8. Victoria Aveyard: Maailmojen murtaja (Realm Breaker), audio, ★★★.5☆ 9. Alice Oseman: Heartstopper vol 3, physical, ★★★★.5

March

10. Leena Parkkinen: Neiti Steinin keittäjätär, ebook, ★★★.5☆ 11. Johanna Hedman: Trio, audio, ★★★☆☆ 12. Sarah Anderson: Fangs, physical, ★★★★★ 13. Madeline Miller: Kirke (Circe), audio, ★★★★★ 14. Makoto Shinkai & Naruki Nagakawa: She and Her Cat, physical, ★★★☆☆

April

15. Emmi-Liia Sjöholm: Virtahevot, audio, ★★★★.5 16. Vampires Never Get Old - anthology, physical, ★★★.5☆ 17. Nora Sakavic: The Sunshine Court, ebook, ★★★★★ 18. Satu Rämö: Rósa & Björk, audio, ★★★★☆ 19. Ann Liang: If You Could See the Sun, audio, ★★★.5☆ 20. Elina Pitkäkangas: Naraka, ebook, ★★★★.5 21. Frances Wren: Earthflown, ebook, ★★★★.5

May

22. Satu Rämö: Jakob, audio, ★★★☆☆ 23. Julia Armfield: Our Wives Under the Sea, audio, ★★★★☆ 24. Holly Jackson: Kiltin tytön murhaopas (Good Girl's Guide to Murder), physical, ★★★★☆ 25. J.S. Meresmaa: Tytär hämärä, piika pimeän, ebook, ★★★.5☆ 26. J.S. Meresmaa: Poika Valkea, renki raudan, physical, ★★★★☆ 27. Sasha Hamdani: Self-care for People with ADHD, audio, ★★★.5☆ 28. Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé: Ace of Spades, audio, literally cannot rate this one (in a good way?) 29. Jennette McCurdy: I'm Glad My Mom Died, audio, ★★★★☆ 30. Gege Akutami: Jujutsu Kaisen vol. 1, physical, ★★★★☆ 31. Nora Sakavic: The Sunshine Court, ebook reread, ★★★★★ 32. Krystal Sutherland: House of Hollow, audiobook, ★★★★☆

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welcome to do you know this book poll!

about:

This blog was inspired by RecommendMeABook.com—which posts first pages of novels before revealing the title and author—and by poll blogs such as doyoulikethissong-poll. The main goal of this blog is to expose people to books that they might like and read through posting snippets of different books.

how this works:

I post polls with excerpts from books—occasionally I post excerpts from novellas and short stories. Polls run for one week, so results are posted eight days after the original post date. Part of the fun is guessing/trying to figure out which book the excerpt is from, with some excerpts being more obvious than others. Feel free to leave suggestions for books you want to see posted (or suggestions for the blog in general) in the replies of this post 😊📚

I am one person running this blog so please be patient and kind. I currently post 1-3 polls per week.

submissions are now open, submit a book here!

current voting options:

A) I’ve read this book before, and I like it!

B) I can tell which book this is from based on this excerpt, but I haven't read it

C) I started reading this, but didn’t finish it (or I am reading it currently)

D) I haven’t read this book, but I like this excerpt!

E) I’ve read this book before, and I don’t like it

F) I haven’t read this book and I don’t like this excerpt

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additional tags not listed here include names of titles and their authors.

a list of all excerpts that have been posted and revealed:

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

Six of Crows (part of the Six of Crows duology and the Grishaverse) by Leigh Bardugo

Beloved by Toni Morrison

“The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

My Immortal fanfiction — this was posted for April Fool’s Day

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel von der Kolk

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez

Silver in the Wood (part of The Greenhollow Duology) by Emily Tesh

Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls

Holes by Louis Sachar

1984 by George Orwell

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

“I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” by Harlan Ellison

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy

The Giver by Lois Lowry

If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan

“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

All Systems Red (part of The Murderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells

The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsburg

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Aces Wild by Amanda DeWitt

Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

Geisha: A Life by Mineko Iwasaki (the results also discuss Memoirs of A Geisha by Arthur Golden)

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

The Alchemist by Paulo Cuelho

Mistborn: The Final Empire (part of the Mistborn trilogy and universe) by Brandon Sanderson

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Eve by Cat Bohannon

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Carrie by Stephen King

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

“The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu

Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

The Forests of Silence (part of the Deltora Quest series) by Emily Rodda — submission by @/pearlhoardingdragon

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Forever King by Molly Cochran and Warren Murpy (part of the Forever King trilogy) — submission by @/0rions-belt

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski — submission by @/hdfjsjkj

Careless in Red by Elizabeth George — submission by @/pearlhoardingdragon

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Untwine by Edwidge Danticat — submission by @/klainelynch

Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson — submission by @/pearlhoardingdragon

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Goodreads: Hailey K

Currently Reading: Fourth Wing- Rebecca Yarros (Reread)

Currently Reading: Bleed for Cupid- Aiden Pierce

Books Read This Year (4/100)

A Very Krampus Holiday- Katee Robert (⭐⭐⭐)

Check & Mate- Ali Hazelwood (❤)

The Sun and Her Flowers- Rupi Kaur (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Milk and Honey- Rupi Kaur (⭐⭐⭐.5)

Books Read in 2024 (49/25)

Daisy Jones & The Six- Taylor Jenkins Reid (⭐⭐⭐)

You'll Be the Death of Me- Karen M. McManus (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Unravel Me- Tahereh Mafi (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Ugly Love- Colleen Hoover (❤)

Things We Don't Talk About- Pandora Owl (⭐⭐⭐)

the things I didn't say in therapy- Logan Duane (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Sick Boys- Clarissa Wild (❤)

The Island-Natasha Preston (❤)

The Catcher in the Rye- J.D Salinger

Falling Toward the Moon (⭐⭐)

King of Wrath- Ana Huang (⭐⭐⭐)

Icebreaker- Hannah Grace (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Happy Place- Emily Henry (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Bully- Penelope Douglas (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Call Us What We Carry- Amanda Gorman (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Fourth Wing- Rebecca Yarros

Brutal Prince- Sophie Lark (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Little Stranger- Leigh Rivers (❤)

Her Soul to Take- Harley Laroux (❤)

Natural Selection- Elin Hilderbrand (⭐⭐⭐)

See You Soon- Lexie Axelson (⭐⭐⭐)

Bad Teacher- Clarissa Wild (⭐⭐)

The Selection- Kiera Cass (❤)

Even in Death- Lillith Roman (⭐)

Scream For Us- Molly Doyle (❤)

Red Queen- Victoria Aveyard (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Funny Story- Emily Henry (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Harvest Massacre- A. Briar ( ⭐⭐⭐)

Beach Read- Emily Henry (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Aine- Invi Wright (⭐⭐⭐)

Fear- Kathryn Ann Kingsley (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Satan's Affair- H.D Carlton (❤)

Hooked- Emily McIntire (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

The New Teacher- Miah Caffery (⭐⭐⭐)

Dominating Ava- Miah Caffery (⭐⭐)

Twin Flame- A. Briar (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Shatter Me- Tahereh Mafi (❤) (Second Time)

Destroy Me- Tahereh Mafi (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Scream Baby Scream- Sonia Palermo (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Run Baby Run- D. Sabia (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Myers- Zepphora (⭐⭐⭐)

Burn for Jack- Aiden Pierce (⭐⭐⭐)

The Love Hypothesis- Ali Hazelwood (❤)

Cruel Winter with You- Ali Hazelwood (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Merry Ever After- Tessa Bailey (⭐⭐)

Unravel Me- Tahereh Mafi (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

All by My Elf- Olivia Dade (⭐)

Lights out- Navessa Allen (⭐⭐⭐)

The Pumpkin Spice Cafe- Laurie Gilmore (⭐⭐⭐)

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laur’s 2024 reading log

the reservoir;

Key: 🩷 - favorite | 💌 - arc | 🔄 - reread | 👥 - buddy read | ❌ - DNF

Barbarian’s Prize by Ruby Dixon

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Air Awakens by Elise Kova

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Barbarian’s Mate by Ruby Dixon

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Barbarian’s Touch by Ruby Dixon

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Barbarian’s Taming by Ruby Dixon

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Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

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Fire Falling by Elise Kova

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Caraval by Stephanie Garber

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Earth’s End by Elise Kova

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Legendary by Stephanie Garber

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Water’s Wrath by Elise Kova

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The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

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Finale by Stephanie Garber

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Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

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Crystal Crowned by Elise Kova

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A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair

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Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

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A Touch of Ruin by Scarlett St. Clair

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Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

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A Touch of Malice by Scarlett St. Clair

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Gild by Raven Kennedy

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Glint by Raven Kennedy

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Bride by Ali Hazelwood

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The Awakening by Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti

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New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

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Love On the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

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Legacy by Shannon Messenger

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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Crave by Tracy Wolff

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Phoenix Selected by Claire Luana

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Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard

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Phoenix Protected by Claire Luana

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Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

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The Risk by C.M. Owens

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The Forest Grimm by Kathryn Purdie

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Phoenix Captured by Claire Luana

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Sidetracked by C.M. Owens

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Scarlet Angel by C.M. Owens

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All The Lies by C.M. Owens

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Paint It All Red by C.M. Owens

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The Library of Shadows by Rachel Moore

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Gleam by Raven Kennedy

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Silver In the Bone by Alexandra Bracken

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Unlocked by Shannon Messenger

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Loathe To Love You by Ali Hazelwood

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Pure by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer

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Phoenix Trafficked by Claire Luana

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The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

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Crush by Tracy Wolff

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A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder by Holly Jackson

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Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

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Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

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Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

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Kill Joy by Holly Jackson

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As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

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Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood

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It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han

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We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han

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Ember of Night by Molly E. Lee

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Choosing Theo by Victoria Aveline

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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Heist Society by Ally Carter

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Assistant To The Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

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The Lies We Conjure by Sarah Henning

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Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco

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The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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This Time It's Real by Ann Liang

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Fairest by Marissa Meyer

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Heartstopper, Vol. 5 by Alice Oseman

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The Wren In the Holly Library by K.A. Linde

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All of Our Demise by Amanda Foody & C.L. Herman

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King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard

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The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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King of Fools by Amanda Foody

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Kingdom of the Feared by Kerri Maniscalco

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Prodigy by Marie Lu

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Phoenix Revealed by Claire Luana

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Prince of Song & Sea by Linsey Miller

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The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

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Champion by Marie Lu

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Fable by Chanda Hahn

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Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey

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Apprentice To The Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

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Capturing The Devil by Kerri Maniscalco

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These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

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Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross

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A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

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The Au-Pair Affair by Tessa Bailey

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Belladonna by Adalyn Grace

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The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

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Not In Love by Ali Hazelwood

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The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

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House of Ash and Shadow by Leia Stone

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Inheritance by Katharine McGee

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Sanctuary of the Shadow by Aurora Ascher

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The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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Foxglove by Adalyn Grace

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A Ruinous Fate by Kaylie Smith

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Five Survive by Holly Jackson

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The Improbable Meet-Cute by Abby Jimenez

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The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller

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Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood

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Barbarian's Heart by Ruby Dixon

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Cruel Winter With You by Ali Hazelwood

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The Coven by Harper L. Woods

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Rumple Buttercup by Matthew Gray Gubler

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stats;

Overall Reading Goal: 100 Books (Read 110/100)

Minor Goals:

Start 5 Series: ?/5 Series

Finish 5 Series: ?/5 Series

Read 10 New Authors: 31/10 Authors

Read 3 Classics: 2/3 Classics

Stats:

Finished Series: TBA

Up-To-Date Series: TBA

Favorite Reads: TBA

5-Star Reads: TBA

ARCs Read: 7

DNFed Books (Over 50% Read): 1

DNFed Books (Under 50% Read): 2

2024 Releases Read: TBA

Best Book of the Year Award: House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

Honorary Mentions: As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson, Love On The Brain by Ali Hazelwood, Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood, Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross

Worst Book of the Year Award: The Wren In The Holly Library by K.A. Linde

Honorary Mentions: House of Ash and Shadow by Leia Stone, The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic, We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han, Gild by Raven Kennedy

Most Read Author of the Year Award: Ali Hazelwood (9)

Honorary Mentions: Ruby Dixon (5), Holly Jackson (5), Elise Kova (5), C.M. Owens (5)

last updated 1•1•2025

[whitewatermedia]

Nature in Action Photography Competition winners announced

John Cumber from Hertfordshire, England took second place with his beautiful image above

While third place went to Ann Aveyard from Hampshire, England

[nerdywriter36]

thanks for the solo tag, socks 😂

Last Song: Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Rey

Currently Reading: Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, but I'm about to finish that, so I intend to start reading Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard when I'm done.

Currently Watching: Technically nothing, but I intend to watch season one of Percy Jackson and the Olympians as soon as I can!

Currently obssesed with: Phantom of the Opera, forever and always, and reading, also forever and always.

i also don't totally know everyone who has been tagged, so feel free to ignore if I'm double tagging you lol: @brendadaaedestler @lieblingslok01 @angel-with-paper-wings @ablatheringblatherskite @ladystormcrow @rose-margaritas and anyone else who wants to play!

tagged by @glassprism

Last song:

You Don’t Bring Me Flowers, performed by the London Philharmonic (I know none of you saw this coming)

Currently reading: it is going to take me years to finish reading any of these because they are all so boring/I am constantly distracted by things that are more fun

Hamlet

Once and Future King

Golden Compass

The Time Machine

Jewel of the Seven Stars

Currently watching:

Clone Wars series

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Currently obsessed with:

Phantom of the Opera (always)

Argylle

tagging @nerdywriter36 I am too tired to figure out who else has been tagged, and I know you’ll tag lots of people so

[evangelineartemiasamos]

@redqueenetwork mission 02 | alternate universes

Medieval AU: Evangeline Samos as Anne Neville in the Wars of the Roses

I don’t want this anymore. Let me go home. Each word is a betrayal to my house, my family, my blood. My teeth grate against one another, bone on bone. A locked cage for my heart.

Cal has no answer. Say no. Say no. Say no.

But already I see the tug. The lure. Power seduces us all, and it makes us blind. Cal is not immune to it. If anything, he is particularly vulnerable. All his life he watched a throne, preparing for a day it would be his. I know firsthand that’s not a habit a person can easily break. And I know firsthand that few things taste sweeter than a crown. I think of Elane again. Does he think of Mare?

“Long live Tiberias the Seventh,” Anabel says.

The chamber echoes the sentiment. I only mouth the words. I feel poisoned.

[fresh-coast-reader]

BFT Book Photo Challenge | 14 August 2018: “Book Maps” ... I ran out of table to display them all.