#i'm really normal about this book

[frogoru]

bloom was such an enjoyable readdddd!! it is still in my mind!! the way the author wrote ash's character and ro's perspective on her going from unquestioning adoration to pure fear was SO PHENOMENAL. it's so fun to see how ro percieves ash as this beautiful, perfect, hard-working girl (even the narrator pointing out how she describes ash as a girl instead of a woman because she just has such an air of pure innocence to her that cannot be replicated) all while showing how concerning and eyebrow-raising some of ash's actions towards ro are before she goes all cannibalistic on her. she gets so aggrivated and tense with ro in the book at times, but ro barely describes this as a cause for concern (except for one time which leads to the climax) because she's just so darn infatuated with her!! keyword infatuated!! the idea of ash and the image she cultivates for herself in order to manipulate ro into becoming attached to her being described as utterly perfect in ro's eyes is SOOOO AHHHHHH!!

it's such a good portrayal of how you view relationships through rose-colored glasses during the beginning of them. i love how a point is made about how if ash wasn't this really cute and sweet farm girl who wears pastel dresses with ribbons, sells cupcakes and pretty-smelling soaps, and was instead a man like all the other people ro has dated, ro would immediately see all of the red flags ash has been waving. she's so blinded by ash's "perfect" persona and is so new to the experience of being with a woman (which is always so hyped up despite the fact that women can be predators too) and romanticizes and excuses every wrongdoing she does.

ro's infatuation with ash in general was just SO GOOD, the way ash manipulates ro into falling head over heels for her in such a short span of time was so interesting to read about. it was such a twist on the "sapphic relationships move really fast" cliche LMFAO. horror books don't usually get me feeling genuinely scared, but the relationship growth between ro and ash was so cute that i was semi-distraught at the thought of their relationship taking such a drastic decline in the end because of ash's murderous tendencies. she genuinely loves ro, even if her definition of love is twisted AS HELL. so many subtle things that seem odd but harmless like ash swallowing ro's fallen eyelash or keeping her nails after trimming them all paint a bigger messed up picture about ash's feelings for ro AND I FW THAT TREMENDOUSLY!!!!!!

i literally cannot put my thoughts about this book into words properly just wowwww...

[egophiliac]

don't think I'm not still obsessing over 7-12

[stubblesandwich]

[darcyolsson]

honestly now i think about it isabelle lightwood is the greatest beneficiary of the "jace and clary had such weird shit going on at all times everyone else looks normal by comparison" deal that's going on in tmi. i feel like she's often overlooked as a cast member because she's "bland" but she's really not she's just an 8 on the crazy antics scale while everyone else is constantly at a 9 or 10. or 11. remember when she started a scheme to blackmail her brother's ex into getting back with him? and it worked? she saved simon from being kidnapped while he was dressed as a regency hero and instead of questioning it she immediately turned it into a long-lasting sex roleplay bit. she eats her s'mores with ketchup. when her brother sent a postcard from his romantic holiday asking her to research some evil cult she was just like "ok no prob lmk if you need me to break the law a lil 💛 hope paris is sexy 🥰😼😼". she got a job at her amnesiac ex-boyfriend's school just to threaten everyone who wanted to make a move on him. and still everyone's like nooo isabelle is not that interesting i don't care about her as a character

[elias-the-corvid]

Oh my fucking god I love the inheritance cycle saga so fucking much I love Eragon I love Roran I'm so glad I decided to reread this I'd forgotten how GOOD IT WAS

[my-rose-tinted-glasses]

Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park PART ONE | Jaehee

[marlynnofmany]

Me: *tells a roomful of people about my adventures in marketing my books, which includes an enthusiastic description of my time on Tumblr*

Me: *wonders an hour later what I've reblogged recently, in case they look me up*

My Tumblr: "All good, boss. Aliens, words, fae bargains and humans being weird about food."

Me: "Oh good."

[wonder-worker]

I've been thinking about the tragedy of Elizabeth Woodville living to see the end of her family name.

I don't mean her family with her husband, which lived on through her daughter and grandson. I mean her own.

Her sisters died, one by one, many of them after 1485. When Elizabeth died, only Katherine was left, and she would die before the turn of the century as well.

All her brothers died, too. Lewis died in childhood. John was executed. Anthony was murdered. Lionel died suddenly in the peak of Richard's reign, unable to see his niece become queen. Edward perished at war. Richard died in grieving peace. For all the violence and judgement the family endured, it was "an accident of biology" that ended their line: none of the brothers left heirs, and the Woodville name was extinguished. We know the family was aware of this. We know they mourned it, too:

“Buy a bell to be a tenor at Grafton to the bells now there, for a remembrance of the last of my blood.”

Elizabeth lived through the deposition and death of her young sons, and lived to see the end of her own family name. It must have been such a haunting loss, on both sides.

[mytardisisparked]

"Yes, I'll tell you." "Do you promise?" "Yes."

The Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris | Click for better quality | Do not repost

[kanerallels]

(rant incoming)

[edwardseymour]

good for her.

[lale-txt]

it's been over a week but i legit haven't stopped thinking about this

[notebookmusical]

books read in 2025 🤍

books read so far: 10 reading goal: 100

as always, askbox + dms are open if have any questions or would like to chat about books! you can find me on goodreads here, and on bookstagram here. 🤍

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january ⋆ ˚｡⋆౨ৎ˚

1. writers & lovers by lily king 2. the art of memory collecting: 15 scrapbook, collage, trinket and zine projects for crafting treasured moments by martina calvi 3. tom lake by ann patchett (audiobook) ♡ 4. our town by thornton wilder ⊹ 5. beloved by toni morrisson 6. promise me sunshine by cara bastone (arc) ♡ 7. days at the morisaki bookshop by satoshi yagisawa & translated by eric ozawa ♡ 8. small things like these by claire keegan (audiobook) 9. beartown by fredrik backman ♡

february ⋆ ˚｡⋆౨ৎ˚

1. the fellowship of the ring by j.r.r. tolkien (audiobook)

[kocch]

if not gay why GAY CODED WHY GAY CODED

WHY GOING ON DATES MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO PERFORM ???? ??? what is going onnn

why why why the freddie mustache. why do you write him as he has problems actually committing to all the women in his life?? Why did he ask his male best friend to take care of his son if he dieS? ??

WHY NOT GAY IF GAY CODED

[batsplat]

my takeaway after flicking through 'pushing the limits' for the first time: casey the type of guy who would give alex de angelis the nickname 'alex dangerous' and put it in his autobiography

my takeaway after flicking through 'pushing the limits' for the 10th time: ̴̸̗͚̗̗͕̇̀̀͠ẳ̵͍̪̫͈̅ ̶̢͖̊̔̐̈́n̵̙̙͆̒͆̈́a̵̱̓̀̋r̴̩͂̈́͗r̶̹̻̀͋̒à̸̟̼̓ţ̴̛̜̻̉i̶͙̯̤͂v̷̨̝͕̀̚e̸͓̊̒ ̴̞̯̭̙̓̆̕t̴̩͕͎̓h̷̠̦̲̥̽͘a̷̳̤̙̰̾t̷̡͓͉̣̽ ̵̛̭̘͚̓͠͝c̸͈̺͔̜͂u̴̘̫͈͚͝t̵͔̬͕̬̆s̶͉͉͉̓̑̈ ̴͇͐̈́ỉ̷̪͖͇̀ͅt̸̛͙͌͗ͅş̵̳̞́è̵͋̑͜l̶̯̯̈͋̓͝f̸̢̢̈̉́͊ ̸̪́́̀͝ơ̴͍̠̲̙̈́͒̕f̷̺̍̽̇̚f̴̭̻̉̀͝ ̵͕̻͕̈f̶̪̬̮̼̍͝r̵̚��͉̞̙̾̐o̸̺͙̜̓̏̉̚m̶̩̟̜̽ ̷̟̭̹̪̈́̎̆͠t̷͖͖̋̿̇̂͜ͅh̵̰̀ę̷̧̒̽̀ ̶̰͓́̽̽v̵͔̆ù̵̧͕l̷͍͇͔̯̽n̷͙͍͇͑̚ĕ̴̢̻̑͌r̷̯̪̙̐̾ḁ̴̰̐̆b̵̟̼̰͐̐̿͘ͅḯ̵̮̙̬̘̽l̷̬͈̓̈͆ȋ̴̭͑t̶̖̬̀̇̇͜ÿ̵́��̞̥̠ ̸͍̺̎̒̐o̶̤͕͎͗͠f̵͚̔͑́͜ ̷͎̯̤̹̀t̶̙̩͈̂̒̕͝h̷͓̖̮̿̔e̸̹̎͜ ̶̰̓̀e̶̯͙͛̂͘x̴̼͓͍̀͒̎̕p̷̩̾͂͜ẽ̷̡͎͙ŗ̵̛̻̳͛i̷̖͍͑͂͆̐è̴̡̹͔̳n̸̮̩̤̆͋c̵̡̛̖̝̮̄̊͛ȩ̷̨̭̣͐͊́͘ ̸̝̀̉̌͘t̴̝̓͛̐ȍ̶̡ ̴̨̝̿̔̆̐d̷̜̄̄e̶̱̒͌͠͝t̴̢̢̥̮̊̕̚a̵̡̖͆ȉ̵̩̭̘̮̉͛̓l̶͈̄̓ ̸̰̽̒̊̃ţ̸̤̂h̸̖͓̗̀̀̄e̴̮̮̓̈́͠ ̸̡̪̦̣̈́̇̕h̸̰̭̾͠o̴̭̹͑͌͛̃r̴̖̝͕͋r̸̘͍̂̊͐ͅọ̶̪͗r̸̡̞͒́̕͝ŝ̴̱̋̔ ̶͚͕̓̆̀̌w̸̥̱̳̭̌̓i̶͉̭̤͒̽t̷̺̝̊̐h̵̰͌̆ò̸̻͚͖͋u̵͍̣̅̒̕͠t̸̛̪͙̒́ͅ ̶̖̓̏͝͝t̸̮̱͓͑͊͠ŗ̶̥̠̲̏͑̈ū̶͈l̵͍̯̘͂̔̎͝y̵̹͂̈́́ ̷̺̠̦̒͝c̶̬͋͛o̵̧͗̎n̷͉͆f̵̛̹͔r̸̰̈ô̸̪͙̓ń̴̹̦̬̲̃̌̕ẗ̴̯͚̺́i̴͓̓n̵̞͒̚͝g̵̨̧̉̏̀̈́͜ ̷͓̲́͊̈́t̷̼̽ḥ̵͕̮͒ͅè̷̜̦̮̯̓̄m̶͇͔̪̻͂

my takeaway after flicking through 'pushing the limits' for the 100th time: casey the type of guy who would give alex de angelis the nickname 'alex dangerous' and put it in his autobiography

[kvetchinglyneurotic]

james fitzjames about his birth father's family, the gambiers

(from may we be spared to meet on earth)