#erin entrada kelly

[brizadeiro-doce]

I LOVED THIS BOOK AS A CHILD SO MUCH OMAGA PLS PLS I NEED THE FANDOM TO BE REAL

[bookcoversonly]

Title: Hello, Universe | Author: Erin Entrada Kelly | Publisher: Greenwillow Books (2017)

[wannabe-british-fangirl]

~ books read in 2024 ~

#10: You Are Here: Connecting Flights edited by Ellen Oh

On the map, the airport was a sprawling complex with numerous concourses branching out from the main terminal like long, curving spider legs.

Rating: 4.5/5

Three Sentence Review: This was such a fun, fast read! I love short story collections that are woven together in one time and place like this, even if I am certainly older than the target audience for this particular book. I think all of the lessons in this book make it a great and important read for kids and adults of all backgrounds and ages.

[wahlpaper]

First Name Challenge! - Hannah

Books Used:

H - Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

A - Always Only You by Chloe Liese

N - Nate Plus One by Kevin van Whye

N - Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman

A - Asunder (Dragon Age) by David Gaider

H - How To Ride a Dragon's Storm by Cressida Cowell

[ofliterarynature]

physical tbr of doom • read september 2024

North Woods by Daniel Mason

The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman

Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly DNF

The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay Faye

North Woods was so incredible, it totally made my month! And no shade to Lalani, truly - but if you have an actual middle schooler who was into Moana it might be a hit! Featuring Filipino folklore, magical creatures, and an ocean adventure.

[kohyuuu]

about me / writing info / masterlist 。. !

✄ ———————————————-

- i go by koh (cuh-oh) / kohyu / kev or kevin !

—- the bolded are names that me and other people use mainly x

- non binary-masculine presenting! / any pronouns <3

- vietnamese-american xx

- panromantic / cupidromantic asexual

- minor !!

- an introvert !

🎀 🌙 🩵 !

—— (i know that it may not be possible to be cupid + pan but those are labels im generally comfortable with)

♫ ° › ↓

my music taste!!

✄ ———————————————-

k-pop:

— newjeans, txt (ult group) & seventeen / svt

——- i own three seventeen albums, and one txt album

albums / photocards i currently own!!

seventeen:

- bss second wind album

- attacca ep

- your choice (8th mini album)

txt:

- thursday’s child album

photocards:

- two (three) photocards of seungkwan (svt)

—- I LOST MY YOURS TRULY SEUNGKWAN PC AND IM ACTUALLY TWEAKING BRUHHHH 😭🙏

artists outside of k-pop:

- sabrina carpenter

- olivia rodrigo

- renee rapp

- wave to earth

- suggi

- tv room

- melanie martinez

—- im aware of the allegations against them, but i can’t let go of their music. i don’t listen to their music directly from their youtube channel or stream on any platforms so she can’t generate revenue, i’ve also never made any recent purchases on their albums, eps, and merchandise

—- i also only listen / watch full shows of their recent concert tour, the trilogy tour lol

- chappell roan

✰ ˚ ❥ ↓

my interests !

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- writing

- reading (depends on what i read tho)

- drawing / doodling

- playing video games

- being lazy 🤣

- overusing “x” or “xoxo” LMFAO sorry it’s fun to use

—- i’m not going to directly post my art here but ill let it shine through my writing works if there is art / drawings / doodles attached to them.

—- im insecure about my own shitty art and i don’t want anyone else to feel how i feel, plus i don’t like calling myself an artist x

📖・。↓

favorite games / movies / books !

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movies:

- m3gan (2022)

- matilda (1996 & 2022)

- barbie (2023)

- mean girls (2004 & 2024…? bro ion know how to feel about that one gang 😭🙏)

- wicked (2024)

- minecraft (2025)

—- y’all i’m planning to see that one in theaters so ill let y’all know how it is LOL

games:

- class of 09 trilogy (visual novel)

- roblox (w game 💪)

- minecraft (also a w game 💪)

- genshin impact

—- i actually left genshin in march 2023 but i might come back again x

- stardew valley

- splatoon (2 & 3 !)

- who’s your daddy

- hello neighbor series

- octodad

- dead island duology

—- i only finished dead island 2 once as dani and im playing it again as bruno !!

books / books i wanna read:

- percy jackson series by rick riordan

- hello universe by erin entrada kelly

- charlie & the chocolate factory by roald dahl

- matilda by roald dahl

- the witches by roald dahl

📝 。・↓

writing information:

✄ ———————————————-

my boundaries for writing:

- im never going to write smut, anything dirty or perverted simply because im not comfortable with it, so expect a lot of fluff and dating headcanons for my ocs x

- if any asks or requests for characters or franchises are made towards me, ill try to complete them if my motivation is up for it !

—- i can’t promise that i’ll respond to every ask / request but i’ll try to ! im going to make it clear that i’m a person just like you and i can’t do that many things at once. i may also not respond due to mental health, school, etc. but i’ll eventually get back to you! so please watch out for that xx

- ill try to attach a doodle or a drawing on my writing works! that also kinda depends on motivation and if im not feeling self-conscious about my art skills today LMAO

- because my blog is an x reader blog, im always going to make my reader androgynous. i won’t write for male or female readers specifically because i want my writing to be enjoyed by everyone xoxo

- all my ocs are written to be panromantic or biromantic!!

📒 。・↓

masterlist:

✄ ———————————————-

—- there will probably be a part 2 to this, so ill leave a link below to the second part of the masterlist if there ever is one LOL

⤷ school/real world ocs

・current ocs

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🗞️ Bookish News: August 2024 Edition

🦇 Extra, extra. Read all about it! Good evening, bookish bats! A lot happened in the publishing industry this month, but here are a few highlights you may have missed! ⤵

📺 Adaptations 💜 The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires: limited series on HBO 💜 His & Hers - Alice Feeney: limited series for Netflix 💜 The God of the Woods and The Unseen World - Liz Moore: series for Sony 💜 My Lady Jane cancelled by Prime after one season 💜 Mark Hamill has joined the highly anticipated adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk 💜 Court of Thorns and Roses series faces another setback - showrunner exits the production 💜 Trailer for Season 2 of Pachinko 💜 Britney Spears’ memoir is being made into a biopic 💜 Tom Blyth and Emily Bader starring in Netflix’s People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry 💜 The Games of Thrones prequel promos are out 💜 Burn Book: A Tech Love Story - Kara Swisher optioned as a series 💜 Every Summer After - Carley Fortune - Amazon series 💜 Regretting You - Colleen Hoover - McKenna Grace to star ppposite Allison Williams 💜 Verity - Colleen Hoover - no casting yet 💜 Percy Jackson season 2 is currently filming, and Sandra Bernhard, Kristen Schaal, and Margaret Cho have joined the cast of the Disney+ series 💜 Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt - Sally Field to star 💜 Bridgerton cast Yerin Ha as Sophie Beckett, Benedict’s love interest 💜 The Picture of Dorian Gray is getting a contemporary TV series adaptation 💜 Kazuo Ishiguro’s debut novel A Pale View of Hills is getting an adaptation

📕 Cover Reveals 💜 When We Were Real - Daryl Gregory 💜 Blood on Her Tongue - Johanna van Veen 💜 Frenemies with Benefits - Synithia Williams 💜 The ABCs of Democracy - Hakeem Jeffries 💜 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke 💜 Cleavage: Men, Women, and the Space Between Us - Jennifer Finney Boylan 💜 The Silent Emperor - Snorri Krsitjansson 💜 Nothing Bad Happens Here - Rachel Ekstrom Courage 💜 Open, Heaven - Seán Hewitt 💜 And, Too, the Fox - Ada Limón & Gaby D’Alessandro 💜 On Again, Awkward Again - Erin Entrada Kelly and Kwame Mbalia 💜 Stop Me if You’ve Heard This One - Kristen Arnett 💜 Stage Dance - Torrey Peters 💜 The Hymn to Dionysus - Natasha Pulley 💜 Time After Time - Mikki Daughtry 💜 Pizza Witch - Sarah Graley & Stef Purenins 💜 A Drop of Corruption - Robert Jackson Bennett

⏰ Upcoming Releases 💜 Young Sheldon actress Raegan Revord is publishing her debut young adult novel, Rules for Fake Girlfriends 💜 Liza Minnelli has announced a new tell-all memoir 💜 Brooke Shields is Not Allowed to Get Old - Brooke Shields 💜 Maureen Johnson has announced a new book which she describes as “a case file in book form,” with a sealed solution in the back of the book: You Are the Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder 💜 Olympic track star Allyson Felix has sold North American rights to a memoir, Fast and Slow, to the Dial Press 💜 Meghan Markle is allegedly planning on releasing a tell-all memoir 💜 House of Blight - Maxym M. Martineau 💜 Tor acquired Talia Hibbert’s romantasy debut The Last Thorn

🗞️ News 💜 Francine Pascal, author of the Sweet Valley High books, died at 92 💜 This year’s longlist for the Booker Prize has been announced 💜 Flatiron is debuting a new imprint, Pine and Cedar Books 💜 New GMA Book Club pick: The Seventh Veil of Salome - Silvia Moreno-Garcia 💜 Algerian boxer and gold medalist Imane Khelif has filed a cyber harassment lawsuit against Elon Musk and JK Rowling for their disparaging comments about the boxer’s gender during the Olympics 💜 Kristen Bell will be reuniting with her Frozen costar, Josh Gad, to narrate his upcoming children’s book PictureFace Lizzy

[bookloure]

Inspired by this tweet, here are some books by Filipino authors that I recently read and loved.

Featured in the list:

📚Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly (middle-grade) 📚 A Bottle of Storm Clouds by Eliza Victoria (short story collection, speculative fiction) 📚 State Of War by Ninotchka Rosca (historical fiction, magical realism) 📚 Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan (crime) 📚 Banana Heart Summer by Merlinda Bobis (coming of age) 📚 Candido's Apocalypse by Nick Joaquin (short story, young adult) 📚 Dangerous Liaisons by Ruth Jordana Pison (essays, feminist) 📚 After Lambana: Myth and Magic in Manila by Eliza Victoria and Mervin Malonzo (graphic novel, urban fantasy) 📚 Noli Me Tangere by Jose Rizal (classic) 📚 Ang Bayan Sa Labas ng Maynila/The Nation Beyond Manila by Rosario-Cruz Lucero (culture and history, essays)

[chapter-title-tournament]

Round 3, Match 9

Hiding a Body and Other Relatable Crimes (Fox's Tongue and Kirin's Bone, Allison M. Kovacs)

Drama in the Freezer Aisle (Hello, Universe, Erin Entrada Kelly)

[identity-library]

Disability (Books)

A:

A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)

Tiny Tim (Unspecified Disability)

A Different Kind of Beauty (Sylvia McNicoll)

Kyle (Blind, Diabetes)

All Our Broken Pieces (L.D. Crichton)

Kyler (Facial Difference - Scarring)

American Girl (Series - Various Authors)

Blaire (Food Allergy)

Gabriela (Stutter)

Josie Myers (Paralyzed, Wheelchair User)

Joss Kendrick (Deaf)

Joy Jenner (Deaf)

Maryellen Larkin (Limited Mobility)

Sam Walker (Amputee)

A Step Toward Falling (Cammie McGovern)

Anthony (Down Syndrome)

Belinda Montgomery (Low Vision, Unspecified Developmental Disability)

Douglas (Unspecified Developmental Disability)

Eugene (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

Francine (Down Syndrome)

Harrison (Autistic, Blind)

Sheila (Autistic)

All The Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)

Marie-Laure (Blind)

Animorphs (K.A. Applegate)

Collette (Paralyzed)

Craig (Unspecified Disability)

Erica (Unspecified Disability)

James (Paralyzed, Wheelchair User)

Jessie (Unspecified Disability)

Judy (Unspecified Disability)

Julio (Unspecified Disability)

Kelly (Cystic Fibrosis)

Liam (Unspecified Disability)

Ray (Unspecified Disability)

Timmy (Cerebral Palsy, Wheelchair User)

Tricia (Unspecified Disability)

B:

Blind (Rachel DeWoskin)

Emma Sasha Silver (Blind)

Blindsided (Priscilla Cummings)

Natalie O'Reilly (Blind)

Blind Sighted (Peter Moore)

Callie (Blind)

Blind Spot (Laura Ellen)

Roswell "Roz" Hart (Blind - Macular Degeneration)

Bruised (Tanya Boteju)

Caihong "Cai" (Deaf)

C:

Catching the Light (Susan Sinnott)

Cathy (Unspecified Learning Disability)

Cemetary Boys (Aiden Thomas)

Julian Diaz (ADHD)

Connection Error (Annabeth Albert)

Josiah Simmons (ADHD)

Ryan Orson (Multi-Limb Amputee)

Crown of Feathers - Series (Nicki Pau Preto)

Sparrow (Blind)

D:

Daughter of the Deep (Rick Riordan)

Ester Harding (Autistic)

Dear Mothman (Robin Gow)

Noah (Autistic)

E:

F:

Finding Phoebe (Gavin Extence)

Phoebe (Autistic)

Frankie's World (Aoife Dooley)

Frankie (Autistic)

Sam (Wheelchair User)

Future Girl (Asphyxia)

Piper McBride (Deaf)

G:

Gifted Clans (Graci Kim)

Sahm (Limb Difference)

Girl, Stolen (April Henry)

Cheyenne Wilder (Blind)

Good Kings, Bad Kings (Susan Nussbaum)

Joanna Madsen (Paralyzed, Wheelchair User)

H:

Handle With Care (Jodi Picoult)

Willow O'Keefe (Osteogenesis Imperfecta)

Hello, Universe (Erin Entrada Kelly)

Valencia Somerset (Deaf)

Highway Bodies (Alison Evans)

Jojo (Amputee)

House Rules (Jodi Picoult)

Jacob Hunt (Autistic)

How to Speak Dolphin (Ginny Rorby)

Adam (Autistic)

Zoe (Blind)

I:

J:

Jerk, California (Jonathan Friesen)

Sam Carrier (Tourette's Syndrome)

K:

Keep This to Yourself (Tom Ryan)

Junior Merlin (Partially Blind - One Eye)

L:

Learning Curves (Ceillie Simkiss)

Cora McLaughlin (ADHD)

Light a Single Candle (Beverly Butler)

Cathy Wheeler (Blind)

Love and First Sight (Josh Sundquist)

Cecily Hoder (Facial Difference)

William "Will" Porter (Blind)

M:

Maximum Ride (James Patterson)

Iggy (Blind)

N:

Nestlings (Nat Cassidy)

Ana Greene (Paralyzed, Wheelchair User)

Not If I See You First (Eric Lindstrom)

Parker Grant (Blind)

O:

On the Edge of Gone (Corinne Duyvis)

Denise (Autistic)

P:

Percy Jackson - Universe (Rick Riordan)

Amphithemis (Short Term Memory Loss)

Ben (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

Ethan Nakamura (Partially Blind)

Halcyon "Hal" Green (Mute)

Hearthstone (Deaf)

Hephaestus (Facial Differences, Limb Differences)

Leo Valdez (ADHD, Motion Sickness)

Phineas (Blind)

Thalia Grace (ADHD, Dyslexia)

Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (Jonathan Auxier)

Peter Nimble (Blind)

Planet Earth is Blue (Nicole Panteleakos)

Nova Vezina (Autistic)

Punk 57 (Penelope Douglas)

Ryen Trevarrow (Allergies, Asthma)

Q:

R:

Rainbow Magic (Daisy Meadows)

Camilla (Deaf)

Elsie (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

Harper (Down Syndrome)

Riley (Limb Difference)

Remember Dippy (Shirley Reva Vernick)

Remember "Mem" Dippy (Autistic)

Retina Boy (Ben Shaberman)

Doug Anderson (Blind)

Marcy (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

S:

Sadie (Courtney Summers)

Sadie Hunter (Stutter)

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Carlos Hernandez)

Floramaria Vidón (Diabetes)

Salvador "Sal" Vidón (Type 1 Diabetes)

Scholomance (Series - Naomi Novik)

Dinesh (Facial Scarring)

Hideo (Unspecified Tic Disorder)

Jowani (Stammer)

She is Not Invisible (Marcus Sedgwick)

Laureth Peak (Blind)

Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo)

Kaz Brekker (Chronic Pain, Cane User)

Wylan Van Eck (Dyslexia)

Song for a Whale (Lynne Kelly)

Grandfather (Deaf)

Grandmother (Deaf)

Iris Bailey (Deaf)

Wendell (Deaf)

T:

Tall Story (Candy Gourlay)

Bernardo (Gigantism)

The Good Hawk (Joseph Elliot)

Agatha (Down Syndrome)

The Heart of Applebutter Hill (Donna Hill)

Abigail Jones (Blind)

The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)

Lev Myshkin (Epilepsy)

The Locked Tomb (Tamsyn Muir)

Cytherea the First (Cancer)

The Luis Ortega Survival Club (Sonora Reyes)

Ariana Ruiz (Autistic, Situational Mutism)

The One Thing (Marci Lyn Curtis)

Ben Milton (Spina Bifida)

Maggie Sanders (Blind)

The Storm Runner (J.C. Cervantes)

Renata "Ren" Santiago (Allergies, Epilepsy)

Rosie (Amputee)

Zane Obispo (Leg Length Discrepancy, Cane User)

The Tragedy Paper (Elizabeth LaBan)

Tim Macbeth (Albino, Blind)

The Wheel of Time (Robert Jordan)

Mat Cauthon (Blind)

The Window (Jeanette Ingold)

Mandy (Blind)

Things Not Seen (Andrew Clements)

Alicia Van Dorn (Blind)

Thousand Worlds - Series (Yoon Ha Lee)

Myung Juhwang (Amputee)

Quartermaster Yang (Deaf)

Tristian Strong - Series (Kwame Mbalia)

Jessica "Jess" (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

U:

V:

W:

Warriors (Erin Hunter)

Berrynose (Amputee)

Briarlight (Limited Mobility)

Brightheart (Partially Blind)

Cinderpelt (Limited Mobility)

Deadpaw (Limb Difference)

Fallowfern (Deaf)

Finleap (Amputee)

Halftail (Amputee)

Jayfeather (Blind)

Leopardstar (Diabetes)

Lilywhisker (Paralyzed)

Longtail (Blind)

Moth Flight (ADD)

Oddfoot (Limb Difference)

One-Eye (Partially Blind)

Petalfall (Epilepsy)

Shadowsight (Epilepsy)

Snowkit (Deaf)

Whitewater (Partially Blind)

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the East (Gregory Maguire)

Nessarose Thropp (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

Wings of Fire (Tui T. Sutherland)

Addax (Limp)

Battlewinner (Fantasy Disability)

Chameleon (Facial Difference, Limited Abilities)

Clay (Limp)

Dune (Amputee)

Jerboa ||| (Amputee)

Mayfly (Amputee)

Onyx (Limited Mobility)

Osprey (Blind, Paralyzed)

Peregrine (Partially Deaf)

Sapphire (Amputee)

Scarlet (Facial Difference)

Sequoia (Amputee)

Snowflake (Limited Mobility)

Starflight (Blind)

Stonemover (Limited Mobility*)

Tamarin (Blind)

Tau (Limb Difference, Limited Mobility)

Vengeance (Facial Difference)

Wasp (Facial Difference)

Wonder (R.J. Palacio)

Auggie Pullman (Facial Difference)

X:

Y:

Z:

#:

100 Days (Nicole McInnes)

Agnes (Progeria)

100 Sideways Miles (Andrew Smith)

Finn Easton (Epilepsy)

13 Gifts (Wendy Mass)

Angelina D'Angelo (Facial Difference)

[whipcreamsucks]

Twenty Books Challenge

Hypothetically, you are only able to keep 20 of your books. Only one book per author/series. So what books are you keeping?

i've been wanting to try this tag for a while! (in the dreadful case of fire or having to move away from my own personal library, of course.

Ministry of Moral Panic by Amanda Lee Koe

Death or Ice Cream? by Gareth P. Jones

The Guineveres by Sarah Domet

Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tulcholke

The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12)

Daydreams of Angels by Heather O'Neill

Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan (Crazy Rich Asians #3)

Little by Edward Carey

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero O'Connell

Violets by Shin Kyung-sook

The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Drama by Raina Telgemeier

星空 (Starry Starry Night) by Jimmy Liao

The Tracy Beaker Trilogy by Jacqueline Wilson. Surely this is allowed lol since the edition I have is one book by itself

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

PopCo by Scarlett Thomas

Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly

Lucy and Linh by Alice Pung

SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki

and those are my fated twenty. wow this wasn't like picking favourite children at all (it was)

i tag @celeste-fitzgerald @mithranqueer @rabidsliceofbread @snookeroo @maryblackwood and @soopsiedaisies ! totally optional, but i'd be so glad to see your picks!

[thx-sunsxts-addrxss]

Comfort piece of media (movie, show, book, etc) and why?

My comfort book is and will always be ‘Hello Universe’ by Erin Entrada Kelly. There is not much romance, except Virgil having a small crush on Valencia, and focuses on the friendship. It’s a book for 4th and 5th graders, but it means so much to me. The way fate comes together and helps Virgil out of the well is just mesmerizing. Fate played an important part in this book. The way Virgil only told Kaori (and Gen) Valencia’s initials but them still finding out who she was and them rescuing Virgil was so. It’s so comfy.

[twentyghosts]

Hello, love the podcast! Do you have any middle grade recs with Deaf/HoH characters? Audiobooks or graphic novels would also be awesome.

Thanks!

You're prob already familiar with the GOAT El Deafo by Cece Bell, but just in case you're not, I'd recommend it for sure.

There's also: Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte (cool historical fiction about the Deaf community on Martha's Vineyard), Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick (gorgeous partially-graphic novel), Hello Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly (kids on a forest adventure to get their friend out of a well), and You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! by Alex Gino (contemporary intersectionality for middle grade readers).

I'd also suggest checking out the Schneider Family Book Award winners (awards for youth literature that portray the disability experience).

[tracichee]

Have you preordered your copy of YOU ARE HERE yet? Starting today, you can get 25% off preorders at Barnes & Noble! Use PREORDER25 at checkout.

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A powerful and engaging exploration of contemporary Asian American identity through interwoven stories set in a teeming Chicago airport, written by award-winning and bestselling East and Southeast Asian American authors including Linda Sue Park, Grace Lin, Erin Entrada Kelly, Traci Chee, and Ellen Oh. Flying Lessons meets Black Boy Joy.

“The individual narratives are consistently engaging and rewarding, and together they form a unique collection of interconnected stories about young, contemporary Asian American characters.”—Booklist, Starred Review

An incident at a TSA security check point sows chaos and rumors, creating a chain of events that impacts twelve young Asian Americans in a crowded and restless airport. As their disrupted journeys crisscross and collide, they encounter fellow travelers—some helpful, some hostile—as they discover the challenges of friendship, the power of courage, the importance of the right word at the right time, and the unexpected significance of a blue Stratocaster electric guitar.

Twelve powerhouse Asian American authors explore themes of identity and belonging in the entwined experiences of young people whose family roots may extend to East and Southeast Asia, but who are themselves distinctly American.

Written by Linda Sue Park, Erin Entrada Kelly, Grace Lin, Traci Chee, Mike Chen, Meredith Ireland, Mike Jung, Minh Le, Ellen Oh, Randy Ribay, Christina Soontornvat, and Susan Tan, and edited by Ellen Oh.

[mara-phelion]

"tag 9 people you'd like to get to know better"

i was tagged by @h0rriblebeing (thank you!)

three ships: dorym, imodna, callowmoore

first ever ship: ... cancer/capricorn (yes, the zodiac signs 😭) DON'T LAUGH AT ME PLEASE for context i used to go on wattpad when i was younger and unfortunately, i fell down into the rabbit hole that was anthro zodiac signs fanfiction <|3

last song played: car lights - james marriott (this is just such a masterpiece of a song i love it sm + the bridge makes me want to scream my lungs out during a late night car ride)

last movie watched: encanto (it was a rewatch but i swear i cry every time)

currently reading: you go first - erin entrada kelly

currently watching: bluey on disney+ and hells kitchen s21 on netflix :D

currently consuming: green tea infused with mint + some honey

currently craving: the motivation to start writing again for some important projects sushi <3

i have a few people in mind but if i tag you feel free to ignore, no pressure! @kindlingofsorts @3hobbitsinatrenchcoat @czpeterp @picachews @sweetsilentsteps @theplatinumcritter @fortunesfavours @typehere452 @biorust-art (mutuals beloved)

[musingsofabookworm1]

Reads from October 2024

Only four reads to start October. But most quality!

The Measure by Nikki Erlick - The reader meets eight characters in this speculative fiction novel. One morning, the entire world wakes up to a box. This box contains a string. The string reveals how long you will live. Some open the box immediately. Some wait. Some never open it at all. What are the pros and cons of doing so? The reader finds out through this cast of characters. I sped through this one in two nights. I was afraid the ending might be disappointing, but it was quite satisfying indeed! 4 stars. 

King of the Armadillos by Wendy Chin-Tanner - This is the second book I’ve read set in Carville: the only home for those diagnosed with leprosy in the US. I didn’t love the amount of prose in this book. It felt much longer than it was. It’s the story of teen Victor Chin who is sent from his home in Brooklyn to Carville when he’s diagnosed with Hansen’s Disease (leprosy). Born in China, he’s lived in the US most of his life with his father and brother. His mother remains in China, and she does not know he’s been shipped off to Louisiana for treatment.This eats away at Victor who does get to speak with his brother in small doses over the phone during his time at Carville. Overall, just average for me. 3 stars. 

The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly - Kelly is one of my favorite middle grade authors. And she did not disappoint with this one! I’m not going to try to do justice to a summary or divulge too much, so here’s what the official jacket summary is:

It's August 1999. For twelve-year-old Michael Rosario, life at Fox Run Apartments in Red Knot, Delaware, is as ordinary as ever—except for the looming Y2K crisis and his overwhelming crush on his fifteen-year-old babysitter, Gibby. But when a disoriented teenage boy named Ridge appears out of nowhere, Michael discovers there is more to life than stockpiling supplies and pining over Gibby.

It turns out that Ridge is carefree, confident, and bold, things Michael wishes he could be. Unlike Michael, however, Ridge isn’t where he belongs. When Ridge reveals that he’s the world’s first time traveler, Michael and Gibby are stunned but curious. As Ridge immerses himself in 1999—fascinated by microwaves, basketballs, and malls—Michael discovers that his new friend has a book that outlines the events of the next twenty years, and his curiosity morphs into something else: focused determination. Michael wants—no, needs—to get his hands on that book. How else can he prepare for the future? But how far is he willing to go to get it?

5 stars. Cannot recommend enough!

The Daughters of Shandong by Eve J. Chung - This one was heavy. Even for me. You know you’re not getting the feel-good book of the year when you’re picking up a novel set in Community China. The daughters in the title are those of the Ang family who has only daughters so no male heir. When the Communist army closes in, the father ups and leaves his family. And due to having no male heir to punish, the Communists beat the oldest daughter to within an inch of her life. Her mother decides to take her girls and escape in hopes of finding their freedom and the husband that abandoned them. Endurance. Resilience.  You name it, this mother and her daughters have it all as they live through some of the most cruel situations full of danger, sorrow, and all the negative descriptions you can think of. Not for the faint of heart, but an eye-opening, important read. 4 stars.