#authentic books

[authenticreads]

This Book Gets It. Finally

Gen Z doesn’t need another self-help book telling them to “just work harder” or “stay positive.” They need something real—something that actually understands the chaos they’re living in. And that’s exactly what ‘’Gen Z: The Silent Truth’’ book delivers.

It’s not here to lecture. It’s not here to pretend everything is fine. It’s here to speak to Gen Z the way they actually talk—with raw honesty, dark humour, and the kind of unfiltered truth that makes you think, wait… this is me.

This book ‘’Gen Z: The Silent Truth’’ sees you. The stress, the burnout, the impossible expectations. The way you’re juggling adulthood, identity, and a world that feels like it’s constantly falling apart. It gets what it means to grow up in an era where existential crisis is basically a personality trait.

And most importantly? It doesn’t try to fix you—because you’re not broken. It just gives you something no one else does: real recognition, real understanding, and the permission to not have it all figured out.

If you’ve ever felt like no one truly understands what it means to be Gen Z—this book does. And it’s about time someone finally got it right.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (rating 5/5)

Title: Gen Z: The Silent Truth Subtitle: What Gen Z Wishes You Knew

This book? Hits different 📖✨

Gen Z The Silent Truth: What Gen Z Wishes You Knew - Kindle edition

[aru-and-leopard-cat]

I feel like this has to be said, since it’s becoming increasingly popular to be extremely rude to ppl and trash on their interests (especially on tumblr)

You can enjoy any media you like despite what losers on tumblr tell you that you should and shouldn’t enjoy, be it music, books, or shows and movies. If you’re having fun and enjoying yourself that’s all that matters, lame ass ppl on this site will try and make u feel guilty about what you enjoy and I think that’s stupid as fuck

Listen to pop, watch that popular show, read that book that everyone claims is bad. Who cares, ppl are way too obsessed with being different and unique that they’ll try and squash your interests and enjoyment to make themselves seem interesting

Bottom line, just treat people with kindness and don’t diminish their interests, it’s such a shitty thing to do

[nettlesketches]

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to all! ❄️

[mondaymarketing]

Life is all about finding the right tools and resources to make progress.

Each tool has its own purpose, but it’s you who decides how to use them.

So at the end of the day, choose the tools that make you better than yesterday.

[jasper-book-stash]

Things that irritated me about Werewolf Magick: Authentic Practical Lycanthropy by Denny Sargent:

I naturally deduct a point for "magic-with-a-K", how dare you make me spell "magickian"

I am deducting another point for the repeated usage of "shaman" for cultures that very pointedly are not Tungusic like the word "shaman" is

I would have loved to see some citations about all of these werewolf cults being "well accepted"

it was weird to drag genetics into it with "84% shared DNA between humans and wolves"

the Wiccan-aligned Triple Goddess stuff really reared its head on pages 36 and 37 and as someone who is not Wiccan my eye twitched

I feel like the author over-romanticizes a version of the "wild past" that may or may not have actually existed

the left brain-right brain stuff that gets brought up in the symbol section is based on outdated science

the usage of "third eye" while talking about the werewolf eye symbol in that same section also made my eye twitch (though the author is initiated into a whole slew of practices spanning what might be the entire goddamn Northern Hemisphere)

Things I liked about the book:

the author outlined very clearly who the book was meant for and how to use it (linearly)

there are safety and health disclaimers from the get-go that are reiterated in their respective areas

the bibliography is FUCKING HUGE compared to the average witchcraft text

there are in-text citations all over the damn place

the author reminds us that physically transforming into a wolf isn't possible (but you might grow more body hair according to him)

the author reminds us to be physically safe and not get arrested

there's a strong pro-diversity and pro-furry but anti-Nazi stance in the text

the in-book glossary is very helpful (even though it's in the text rather than being an appendix, I fixed this by using a post-it note to mark it)

the author has a firm stance of being respectful of animal remains while working with them in one's practice (not just wolf remains, but all remains) and offers alternatives to wolf remains for those of us who are worried about endangered wolves

there are a bunch of examples for substitutes of things that are still thematically appropriate with the emphasis to trust your Animalself

there's a full breakdown of the author's tools and their uses along with how they should be made or obtained

there are lots of exercises and rituals as you go which are thorough but easy to follow

the author clearly outlines the expectations and possibilities of this paradigm

the author actually believes in evolution (thank the gods)

the author explains where some rituals are based on and the context needed behind them

the author re-reviews necessary information mentioned beforehand before building on it in dedicated areas

Even though that many "Jasper is redacting a point" parts would usually warrant a 7 or 8 out of 10... My final verdict is that Werewolf Magick is a 9/10 book despite the parts where I want to elbow-drop the author in the Werewolf Arena, but you have to be part of a very particular niche to enjoy this book. Honestly wanting to fight the author is part of the appeal of this book.

[lucyllawless]

*I don’t have a problem, I don’t have a problem*

[icantspellthings]

From Official Star Trek Cooking Manual compiled by Mary Ann Piccard from the logbook of nurse Christine Chapel

All of Scotty's favourite recipes

Recipes under read more

[writeouswriter]

People need to start understanding the difference between actually harmful or "bad rep" vs just rough around the edges but still complex and nuanced rep that doesn't quite line up with your own personal experiences or the over-sanitized ideal of what you think "good rep" should be

[histhoughtslately]

[derinkalem]

"Sen sensin, başka biri olamazsın." Ne kadar doğru bir cümle. Ama bazen başkalarının hayatlarına, başarılarına o kadar özeniyoruz ki kendimizi unutuyoruz.

Başkalarının hikâyelerine hayran kalırken, kendi hikâyemizi yazmayı unutuyoruz. Oysa benim tempom, benim yolum, benim hikâyem bambaşka. Başkalarının hayatlarına uyum sağlamaya çalıştıkça yoruluyorum, boğuluyorum. Çünkü üzerime giymeye çalıştığım o hayatlar bana ait değil.

Özgünlük, insanın kendi temposuna, kendi ruhuna sadık kalmasıdır. Ben, kendi yolumda yürümeye karar verdim. Çünkü sadece benim yolum, benim için doğru olan yol.

[blu3ha1redbrat]

Writer's Rant: A dilemma

Okay so, I'm writing my main character, and I'm the kind of person who imagines the entire plot of my book like it's a movie and then I start writing. But, my main character is what I see most people in book communities dislike: soft spoken, overly kind and weak-hearted, but she is also very headstrong, intelligent (she has her flaws too ofc) and after the events that happens she does a complete 360.

But, my dilemma is that I wanted to make a "strong" main character from start to finish, to please the audience I'm trying to reach and maybe in some ways in the beginning she is strong but idk.

I guess my main thing is that the FMC is a black woman, and often, black women are portrayed (especially by non-black authors) a certain way (because of stereotypes) and I wanted to make her soft to show something different regarding black characters.

I'm not sure, and I don't know if this is a stupid dilemma I have, but here's my rant for now :)

(also, i've been writing on google docs for years now, and I switched to Microsoft Word and I'm in love.)

[authenticreads]

A Journey Through Reality, Unmasked

If you’re looking for a book that’s going to hold your hand and give you comforting advice, Crazy Poems, Insane Prose is NOT for you. But if you want a no-holds-barred look at life’s complexities, this book will hit you right in the gut. It’s raw, real, and uncomfortably honest in the best way.

This book doesn’t hold back. Crazy Poems, Insane Prose is as unfiltered as it gets, pushing you to question everything around you—from society’s expectations to your own inner thoughts.

Title: ''Crazy Poems, Insane Prose: Reflections, Challenges, and Unfiltered Reality''

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (rating 5/5)

Read this. Your future self will thank you 🙌

Amazon.com: Crazy Poems, Insane Prose: Reflections, Challenges, and Unfiltered Reality

[lyraashen]

~ Excert from a book I will not write

[jasper-pagan-witch]

Despite the fact that I want to fight Denny Sargent behind an Arby's (like proper werewolves) every five minutes when he opens his mouth on page, I have genuinely never felt more seen in a magical book than in Werewolf Magick. So like. Take that as you will. Still haven't finished it because I keep pausing to snarl or take notes or do both at the same time.

[heliomanteia]

I also think that inherent extra weight that Nico narratively carries (being deus ex machina) makes it hard to define him because it’s not very clear where something that defines him as a character (personality) ends and where something that defines him as a function (narrative) starts.

Someone could argue a character is defined by both and in a way it’s true but it I like digging past narrative means and into the pure unaltered characterization.

And I think that the thing that defines Nico is authenticity. He’s a perpetual other. Otherness defines him as a sole consistent thing on every layer of his character. I’d argue that most of the time it’s imposed on him by his surroundings and other people, but at some later points it’s also slightly self imposed. I think stripping Nico’s otherness away is rolling back a giant part of his personality so I don’t vibe with that “no one actually ever feared/hated him” useless canon reset. No, he was there. And he was forced to overcome it.

And as an opposition of otherness comes authenticity. Nico doesn’t bend into the needs and wants of others, he doesn’t do anything he doesn’t want to do. The only times he’s forced into acting against his nature are the times when his agency is taken away (e.g. getting groomed by the ghost of Minos). And the fact that you literally can’t sway Nico until he wants something is why the choices he does make matter so much. He owns being the other.

Nico di Angelo isn’t a wet pathetic cat, he’s very cool, as a character. He’s his own authentic self even if it causes rift between himself and others. He heard a “you’re not like us” and, ultimately, went, “and?”

[indeedgoodman]