#i can also buy books as gifts

[druggeddraccus]

i think one of my goals this year should be to not buy any books lol

with the only exception being if i’m finishing a series that i’m currently reading this year lol (i have a few where i have the first of a series or the first two and i’m worried if i start them this year and then never finish them if i get hooked and don’t have the next one)

i’m hoping i can stick with it lol hopefully getting a new sanderson book every couple of months will sate my desire for more books…though right now i really want to buy the rest of the mistborn era 1 hardback lol i want my sanderson shelf to be pretty/complete for the new books…but no. i’m gonna make myself wait lol

[pebblesmustard]

I know I'm not Okay™ because I did the thing where I bought a book thinking I didn't have it but then I got home and realized, oh shit, I already have it...

I did it twice. In the last two months. With two different books.

[nexus-nebulae]

just realised that the first media we consumed that made us REALLY sympathetic for the monster was that fucking point and click Mystery Case Files Ravenhearst game. bc that entire game i was legitimately fucking TERRIFIED of the ghost lady in that game but the second i found out her husband was abusive i doubled down on trying to help her escape. and the ending of that game Did make me cry out of fear but hey at least i did in fact help her escape

[zombiesama]

yay yippee yahoo <- online shopping bc ey have a coupon

[nordic-language-love]

I asked for kobo vouchers for my birthday/Christmas fully expecting my brother and mum to maybe send me like £15 each... they sent me a combined total of £90 just for my birthday o_o

[nicepersondisorder]

i have decided i don't need sleep and i will do prefectly fine without it until 10pm and won't mess up during dnd game today!

[poignardeparlebeau]

my beautiful brick arrived so prepare to be sick of me. also posting my physical tbr so i can hold myself accountable. i WILL read these in 2024 (manifesting)

[tariah23]

Would do anything to own this……

[neriyon]

Con loot! There's also like 5 bottles of soda not pictured, lol

Zenos charm is from qpeura, tiny Emet charm from atomeja and Xie Lian print from shanuraru! Sadly I couldn't figure out which table Quincy and Blade pins came from but they were very cute pins!

[loverscrossmp3]

august blows in with the breeze and then suddenly the world expands before my fingertips. or something

[astridofraftel]

My objective this year is to finish every book I own that I haven't read yet. I've had some of them since highschool so it's been... a while

It's a total of 30 books in 11 months (from February to December, I fucked around on January), which is absolutely within my usual reading achievements, but I'll definitely be tempted to read anything else so I really need to focus looking at you ao3

For now I've read 4 out of the 30 so it looks like I'm struggling, but I've spread them over the year depending on their word count and the biggest one is already out, so I'm actually on schedule!

Just finished: Le Prieuré de l'Oranger (The Priory of the Orange Tree) by Samantha Shannon + La voleuse de livres (The Book Thief) by Markus Zusak + L'École des femmes & Le Misanthrope by Molière

Currently reading: Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang

Next on schedule: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë + Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

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[maddiesbookshelves]

My friends think they're so funny, look at what one of them got me for my birthday

She was right of course, it's hilarious. But how dare she

If you're wondering what's so funny about this book, my review is all the explanation you need

[eddito]

hehehehe got a good grade in birthday-presents-for-dad which as we all know is normal to want and possible to achieve

[mauricemylittlemeowmeow]

i just want a dictionary is it that hard to get me a dictionary

[queenerdloser]

me, sharing my personal book tbr wishlist with my family so they don't end up buying me books i already have for christmas: i am going to get a good grade in what kind of books i want to buy which is normal to want and possible to achieve

[augustinewrites]

“sunflowers or peonies?”

“awe, nanami! i’m flattered—”

“they’re not for you,” nanami says flatly. “you can buy your own.”

shoko squints down at the man lying on her exam table, arm held up and behind his head. “i’m quite literally stitching you back together, you know.”

the blond thinks bitterly on what had landed him in her infirmary in the first place, injured and likely having to reschedule dinner tonight. it’s already well past the time he’d planned on picking you up, and the table he’d reserved at the new restaurant in roppongi has likely been given away.

he’s dreading calling to tell you, his heart already twinging at the idea of letting you down.

shoko stitches him up neatly, cleaning and covering it up with a layer of bandages. she offers him a hand to help him sit up, but he bypasses it to plant his palm against the cot, pushing himself up with a groan.

she rolls her eyes, peeling her gloves off and pulling her mask down, tossing them both into the trash. “clean and dress it at least twice a day. no sudden movements of strenuous activity for at least a week. if you ruin my work, i’ll put you on bedrest.”

she digs through her cabinets as he awkwardly pulls his shirt back on. his mind drifts to you as he does so. he’d lost his phone in the fight, so he hadn’t been able to tell you about cancelling.

he wonders if the pout on your lips is painted your lips that shade of red you’d been wearing when he’d first met you. wonders if you’re waiting wearing the dress he’d gifted you last week.

he’d really wanted to see you in that dress.

nanami sighs heavily as he does up the buttons, prompting shoko to glance over her shoulder at him.

“what’s wrong with you?” she asks, setting a small bottle of painkillers on the tray table next to him.

“i’m missing an important dinner,” he grumbles, wondering if just a bundle sunflowers or peonies from the small stall outside is enough. he should order you a proper bouquet from a shop. perhaps he can also book you a massage or—

a knock at the door interrupts his spiralling.

“oh!” shoko suddenly gasps. she reaches up, brushing a few stray hairs from his forehead and fixing it as best she can.

“what are you doing?” he asks, genuinely confused in this moment.

“you’ll see,” she simply grins, sending him a wink. then, “come in!”

the door to the infirmary opens to reveal…you.

“kento,” you breathe, the quiet click of your heels echoing through the empty room as you quickly walk towards him.

he’s shocked, but lets you carefully wrap your arms around him, cradling his head against your chest.

but before he knows it he’s holding onto you too, breathing in the deep, sweet scent of your perfume and focusing on the steady beat of your heart.

“what are you doing here?” he asks once you finally release him, taking your hands in his.

“shoko called me,” you tell him. “apparently…apparently i’m your emergency contact.”

his face is suddenly hot with embarrassment. he’d honestly forgotten about that. he hadn’t even realized he’d done it when yaga had asked him to update his information with the school. your name had been the first and only name to pop into his mind.

“sorry,” he apologizes quickly, dropping your hands. he jumped the gun, didn’t he? you’ve only been dating for six months… “i should have asked you first but—”

but no one knows me better than you.

a soft sigh slips from your lips as you sit next to him, with a gaze so reverent that it strips him to the bone. “i love you, kento. i will be your emergency contact as long as you want me to be.”

he whispers the words back to you, suddenly shy.

sometimes nanami lets himself slip a little too far into his own head, overthinking and a little insecure. but you’re always there, ready to coax him back into the light.

“you look beautiful,” he murmurs, taking your hand and pressing a kiss to your knuckles. he’s seen you in a lot of dresses, each one making him weak in the knees. but this dress…this one makes it a little hard for him to breathe.

“well, you still owe me a date,” you tell him, helping him up off the cot. “we could go to the ramen place across from my apartment.”

he wraps an arm around your shoulders, and you reach up to intertwine your fingers with his. “i’d go anywhere with you.”