#anyway. gonna read some better books in 2024. my goal is gonna be a hard 18 and a soft 24. we'll see

[livvyofthelake]

books i read in 2023 ranked: (bolding the ones that aren’t rereads)

shadow and bone by leigh bardugo. i don’t CARE if you think this book is bad. it has my friend ALINA in it. so what if it was bad who even cares. alina was in it.

the hound of the baskervilles by arthur conan doyle. not to be an annoying person but what do you want from me i got to get into sherlock holmes this year it was great fun and this book was awesome ok. the whole thing was just our boy john wandering around the moors almost thinking there was a haunted dog in the woods. ok, it was more involved than that but i loved reading about him wandering the moors <3

six of crows by leigh bardugo. utterly devoured this one it was a slay. i love a heist i love a crazyinsane romance i love multiple povs… she had it all

the bronze key by holly black and cassandra clare. can’t even get into it. crazy book to read at 15 and then reread at 22

prince caspian by c s lewis. didn't even plan to read this it just struck me one day this fall that i had to hang out with caspian or i'd die and then that was that it happens idk

a study in scarlet by arthur conan doyle. make no mistake this was a slay and a half. however... not to give away the plot if you were concerned with spoilers for a book published in 1887. but um. the way that halfway through it just cuts to mormons is kinda wild. not bad really, it was a cool backstory and i maintain the crime was justified. but it was weird man...

chain of thorns by cassandra clare. i would put this cunt lower but i can't deny the facts which are that grace blackthorn made me cry so much this year. i loved her i loved reading about her...

the copper gauntlet by holly black and cassandra clare. slayed. served even. idk you guys were there you saw the Posting

the iron trial by holly black and cassandra clare. again you saw the posting... i love call....

the great gatsby by f scott fitzgerald. nick carroway truly one of the best literary freaks of all time i think

the silver mask by holly black and cassandra clare. i don't want to be a hater but. it's just not the best now is it?

the field guide by holly black and tony diterlizzi. you can argue that i cheated by reading this short ass children's book today to meet my reading goal but i stricly followed the letter of the law ok. check and mate. anyway i love the spiderwick chronicles but wow i forgot that nothing happens in book 1. i had already planned to reread the whole series soon anyway so. i'll be doing that over the next few weeks <3

the sign of the four by arthur conan doyle. not his best. was kind of giving side eye for a lot of it, both at artie himself for writing it and at my boy john watson for some of his actions. i know mary was 27 but i still think she was too young to be marrying that washed up army doctor... sorry john we're pals and all it's just. well you kind of are a washed up army doctor. can't say much about the plot as the plot was lame as hell. oh btw this one is where the "i knew he was an alchoholic because his watch has scratches around the key to wind it" comes from. famous origin for bbc sherlock phone charger alchoholic plotline we all as tumblr users have heard so much about. also i did not like the audiobook narrator but whatever. i alternated between audiobook and reading it on my phone so i didn't listen to the whole thing but. i just didn't like his voice very much i'll be honest. maybe i'm english accent phobic idk. maybe he was just specifically annoying because his Woman Voice he used for mary was so fucking bad. anyway.

the golden tower by holly black and cassandra clare. i can't get into it much. i’ll say that this is the only book i read this year that i actually threw across the room because it made me so mad. it happens

into the wild by john krakauer. i'm not one for non fiction apparently. sorry to the non fiction heads out there

[busybuns]

2025 bucket list

I tend to lose my focus (and therefore my motivation) really fast, so I'm gonna write it here on Tumblr too!

Word of the year: consistency

Be a good student

Keep drawing

Keep writing Hellven

Treat myself kinder

Keep saving for my camera

Have a life

I'll explain each item below and yes, I already know I'm ✨️delusional beyond salvation✨️

Be a good student

This may looks easy: Good grades, with everything 100% passing...

However, my ultimate goal is to discover a method to study without crying or panicking.

Yes, I'm that pathetic.

I want to enjoy the career I freely chose.

Keep drawing

This year I've had the amazing idea of making an Art Tracker in Excel and OH LORD, I didn't do shit during winter, that's why I don't get better at drawing lol.

I really want to practice more, into a professional level, trying to push myself a little since I'm a lazy bitch who apparently has seasonal sadness.

Another bullet point inside this section is animation: I'd like to start to animate once and for all 😭 (2024 u disappointed me).

2025's project is an animated short film.

Keep writing Hellven

Not a comic, nor an animatic.

NOR Afterline, NOR Deus Ex Machina, NOR Desiderium, NOR Terranova, or any other idea.

Just DON'T, please I'm BEGGING-

I wish to finish a story for once in my life and recently I've started to have actual hope with this one (surprisingly it survived after the massive rewriting of the concept, prologue and chapter 1).

This year's personal goal is to KEEP WRITING, not even finish it! I just don't want to drop this story like I did with the others :')

Treat myself kinder

As you can read, my inner voice is shit and I'm too hostile with myself, I swear I try to write some motivational stuff in my notebooks to practice but I always end like this, dragging myself into the void.

I have to change that and try to love, or at least accept, me.

Keep saving for my camera

MAN, Book of Bill and Game of Thrones REALLY messed up with my wallet, I'm not joking-

Buying books is a luxury nowadays, after my camera I should start saving for a Kindle xd

Anyways, I'm a film student with DP major and I need a camera to do my practices and aspiring job, duh.

My goal is to save at least 500 USD this 2025

Have a life

Last but not less important: escape from technology and run away to the woods /hj

I want my life back.

I don't plan to delete every social media (that would be dumb) but I miss the time when Internet was a funny little thing to bring us joy and knowledge. I miss having other hobbies and honestly, being online has messed up my mental health in a way I don't think I can recover from.

I'd like to take a step away from this digital world and find myself: try new clothes, new hobbies, new art mediums, sketchbooks, notebooks, scrapbooks.

It will be hard as a film student and digital artist, but I'm hopeful about it.

Note: I actually started a month ago instead of waiting until 2025