#leigh anne my beloved

[noloveline]

FORBIDDEN FRUIT Leigh-Anne

[napsaps-archive]

In honor of the long-awaited release of UIEUD and Dream using art to express himself, let's celebrate the amazing artists in the community! Shout-out your favorite dtblr artists :)

oh !! um artists: peach @teddybeardream nick @pandascanpvp yumi @mahikamihan im forgetting a lot of people. rey @vadergf eachtra @canonicallykayfabe eras @georgecunt and i think thats it

i dont really know a lot of writers but: jules @gogtopia milo @lasnevadastardly ennie @stonersap leigh ann @prettygnf ava @karljnap sappy @sappymix1

[howdyricciardo]

tagged by @adi-who-is-also-mou to share the 5 songs ive been listening to lately! 💘

1. Spaghettii - Beyonce

2. Bodyguard - Beyonce

3. Levii’s Jeans - Beyonce

4. Stealin’ love - Leigh-Anne (absolutely loooove that one!!)

5. Behind the wheel (live version in Barcelona) - Depeche Mode

Tagging: @onboardsorasora @rizzstappen @mael-talks-too-much @chaosinstigator @rickybaby @go-daniel and anyone who wants to do it!

Only if you want ofc 😊

[janes-eyebrows]

Hello,

this post is not like my usual on this blog, but I feel it is important to share. As an American living in the U.S, I have high concern and fear of the next four years for a number of reasons. One of those concerns is the banning of books. My middle & high school years took place between 2011-2017, and A LOT of books I had to read back then are no longer teachable/available in public school libraries, bookstores, etc. This should not be happening as the banning of books if a form of censorship. Those who are at the forefront of banning these books do it under the guise of protecting the younger generation, but let's be real, they do it because they do not like the material/themes in the books.

Reading is political, the consumption and critical analyzation of literature is political. Censoring books is a form of control. Read banned books!!

Below the cut I've listed banned books everyone should read. Several of these have been banned for decades, and some over the last few years. You'll probably recognize a lot of them and might even be shocked at some. I'll also list books/series that focus on dystopian/totalitarian governments that you should read as how the governments in these books reflect issues present today or were inspired by real events, as well as book recs involving themes of sexuality, race, gender, etc.

Also be sure to check out Banned & Challenged Books | Banned Books from the American Library Association

Banned/Challenged Books In America

(remember to check content warnings before reading)

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Animal Farm by George Orwell 1984 by George Orwell I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Beloved by Toni Morrison The Color Purple by Alice Walker The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien The Glass Castle by Jeannette Wells The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Lord of the Flies by William Golding The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein The Giver by Lois Lowery Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Girl, Interrupted by Susana Kaysen The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer Looking for Alaska by John Green My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson Critical Race Theory by Richard Delgado Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertelli

Books recs about a corrupt/totalitarian governments & dystopian/Sci-fi/fantasy

(remember to check content warnings)

Legend Series by Marie Lu (my absolute fav series ever) Skyhunter series by Marie Lu Warcross Series by Marie Lu (banned in Florida) The Young Elites Series by Marie Lu (banned in Florida) Girls of Paper and Fire Series by Natasha Ngan Renegades by Marissa Meyer The Gilded Ones Series by Namina Forna (banned in Florida) Arc of Scythe Series by Neal Shusterman Unwind Series by Neal Shusterman Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Fledging by Octavia E. Butler Severance by Ling Ma Dune by Frank Herbert

Book recs that are LGBTQIA+, Race, Gender, and themes the government is trying to/might ban/challenge

(check content warnings before reading)

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (banned in Florida) In Deeper Waters by F. T. Lukens These Dead Prophecies by Andrea Tang Match to Love by Johana Gavez Score to Love by Johana Gavez A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (Banned in Florida) The World's Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa The Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa You Had Me At Hola by Alexis Daria The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (banned in Florida)

Feel free to add your recs or any banned books I may have missed!! Spread the word!!

[gideonthefirst]

top five meme: top five albums youre looking forward to in the coming year

this is awesome and also so hard because i'm pretty terrible at keeping track of what's announced. so this is mostly speculative.

5. The Huntress and Holder of Hands has been threatening a record since spring of this year. They released singles which they SAID were part of a record but then have not announced a release date for the um. Record. So this is maybe blind optimism but I do hope it ends up happening in 2025

4. Pinkshift. No name or date yet but they're recording and I'd be shocked if it wasn't a 2025. This would be higher except I've now seen several of the songs live and they're straight up not very good. Many such cases unfortunately

3. Ekko Astral. Who among us is not clamoring for the release of the Capital Beltway concept album. I'm worried that it can't possibly live up to Pink Balloons and I'm worried about how the loss of Guinevere Tully and that other guy will affect its sound but I am still SO excited for it I really love those guys

2. JADE. Love all three singles love her crazy BBC live lounge cover performance love the energy she's bringing to the solo career she's made me genuinely excited about pop music again in a way I haven't been since...man, maybe since Little Mix's Glory Days came out? I <3 pop music I <3 Little Mix and it's really showing that she was the creative direction behind most of my most beloved aspects of Little Mix. POP GIRLIES FOREVER!

1. It's clipping. bitch. Last record was in 2020 and we have never been more back. "Run It" is a tremendous lead single they've never ever missed this is my called shot record of the year 2025. clipping. forever.

honorable mentions include Nova Twins, Amy Millan, MCR5, MAYBE Willi Carlisle, Leigh-Anne, Kesha

[drratiosstudent]

List of my favourite books / plays categorised by genres/authors

*In no particular order. It's hard to pick a favourite*

*Do search up the reviews, summary and trigger warnings for these books if you do intend to read it, many of them are not easy reads*

*For poetry, web novel, manga/hua/hwa/webtoon/anime/other recs, check my #WinterLEFavList tags~

*As of 3rd February 2025*

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Deep/Classic/Heavy Books

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

The Ones who walk away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

1984 by George Orwell

Animal Farm by George Orwell

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngoni Adichie

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngoni Adichie

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Aristotle and Dante Discover the secrets of the universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Maus (Graphic Novel) by Art Spiegelman

The boy in the striped pajamas by John Boyne

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The Pearl by John Steinbeck

Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton

Book of Evidence by John Banville

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

Siddhartha Novel by Hermann Hesse

The weight of our sky by Hanna Alkaf

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

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Morally gray/dark-ish/angst books

The Cruel Prince Series by Holly Black

Red Queen Series by Victoria Aveyard

Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

Boot Camp by Todd Strasser

Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo

Room by Emma Donoghue

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Gone Series by Michael Grant

The hate u give by Angie Thomas

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Autobiography/memoir/non-fiction/based on true stories/self-help

Dear Life by Rachel Clarke

When Breath becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

The body keeps the score by Bessel Van Der Kolk

Anne Frank's Diary by Anne Frank

January First: A Child's descent into madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her by Michael Schofield

The Man Who Mistook HIs Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks

The Last Lecture by Jeffrey Maslow and Randy Pausch

Survival of the Sickest by Sharon Moalem

Bad Science by Ben Goldacre

Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorius and Megan Lloyd Davies

Binge Crazy: A Psychotherapist's Memoir of Food Addiction, Mental Illness, Obesity and Recovery by Natalie Gold

Elena Vanishing: A Memoir by Clare B. Dunkle and Elena Dunkle

The happiness cure why you’re not build for constant happiness and how to find a way through by Dr Anders Hansen

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Beyond the Story by BTS and Myeongseok Kang

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Other nice books I liked when I was younger (YA category I think?)

Rick Riordan books (PJO universe, Kane's Chronicles, Magnus Chase, Trials of Apollo, Crossovers etc.)

Wonder by R. J. Palacio

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Hunger games by Suzanne Collins

Lorien Legacies by Pitaccus Lore (James Frey, Job Hughes and formerly Greg Boose)

Mortality Doctrine Series by James Dashner

Time Riders Series by Alex Scarrow

Mistborn (First book of the series by Brandon Sanderson) I've got too many books so I haven't started reading the series yet, but I did like the first book.

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

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Mystery/crime

Death in the Nile by Agatha Christie

The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

One of us is lying by Karen M. McManus

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Plays

W;t Margaret Edson

A Doll’s House

A Streetcar Named Desire

You can’t tie a mustang down by Christos Chomenidis inspired by Euripides’ Ion

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*I'll add web novels and poetry list in another section!*

[doyouknowthisbook-poll]

welcome to do you know this book poll!

about:

This blog was inspired by RecommendMeABook.com—which posts first pages of novels before revealing the title and author—and by poll blogs such as doyoulikethissong-poll. The main goal of this blog is to expose people to books that they might like and read through posting snippets of different books.

how this works:

I post polls with excerpts from books—occasionally I post excerpts from novellas and short stories. Polls run for one week, so results are posted eight days after the original post date. Part of the fun is guessing/trying to figure out which book the excerpt is from, with some excerpts being more obvious than others. Feel free to leave suggestions for books you want to see posted (or suggestions for the blog in general) in the replies of this post 😊📚

I am one person running this blog so please be patient and kind. I currently post 1-3 polls per week.

submissions are now open, submit a book here!

current voting options:

A) I’ve read this book before, and I like it!

B) I can tell which book this is from based on this excerpt, but I haven't read it

C) I started reading this, but didn’t finish it (or I am reading it currently)

D) I haven’t read this book, but I like this excerpt!

E) I’ve read this book before, and I don’t like it

F) I haven’t read this book and I don’t like this excerpt

tags:

open polls you can still vote on: tagged/open

closed polls/revealed: tagged/results

all of this blog’s polls: tagged/poll time

fiction polls only: tagged/fiction

nonfiction polls only: tagged/nonfiction

submitted polls only: tagged/submission

all polls (includes polls from other blogs): tagged/poll

all posts that are not a poll: tagged/not a poll

resources to free reading, libraries, and posts about libraries: tagged/library

additional tags not listed here include names of titles and their authors.

a list of all excerpts that have been posted and revealed:

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

Six of Crows (part of the Six of Crows duology and the Grishaverse) by Leigh Bardugo

Beloved by Toni Morrison

“The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

My Immortal fanfiction — this was posted for April Fool’s Day

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel von der Kolk

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez

Silver in the Wood (part of The Greenhollow Duology) by Emily Tesh

Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls

Holes by Louis Sachar

1984 by George Orwell

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

“I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” by Harlan Ellison

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy

The Giver by Lois Lowry

If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan

“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

All Systems Red (part of The Murderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells

The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsburg

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Aces Wild by Amanda DeWitt

Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

Geisha: A Life by Mineko Iwasaki (the results also discuss Memoirs of A Geisha by Arthur Golden)

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

The Alchemist by Paulo Cuelho

Mistborn: The Final Empire (part of the Mistborn trilogy and universe) by Brandon Sanderson

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Eve by Cat Bohannon

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Carrie by Stephen King

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

“The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu

Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

The Forests of Silence (part of the Deltora Quest series) by Emily Rodda — submission by @/pearlhoardingdragon

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Forever King by Molly Cochran and Warren Murpy (part of the Forever King trilogy) — submission by @/0rions-belt

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski — submission by @/hdfjsjkj

Careless in Red by Elizabeth George — submission by @/pearlhoardingdragon

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Untwine by Edwidge Danticat — submission by @/klainelynch

Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson — submission by @/pearlhoardingdragon

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

[justmybookthots]

My Top 30 Books of 2023

30. An Ember in the Ashes (#1) by Sabaa Tahir

Such a terrific debut!!!! I loved it. From the moment Laia signed on to spy on the military academy, I was hooked. Premise was intriguing as heck, and Elias' mother was fascinating to me. Some small things I didn't love, however—I wished Laia had been more involved in the trials. Elias, the MMC, felt a bit weak of a character to me, and I wasn't a fan of Helene (I like her so much more in the sequel, though). The ending left the story at such an exciting place, and I was hankering for the next book. 

29. Red Winter (#1) by Annette Marie

We're at the midway point of my ranking, and from here on out it's books I mostly really enjoyed. Red Winter!! The first book!! When I read it, my mind was kinda blown because it felt like I was reading a very well-written novel spinoff of Kamisama Kiss/Inuyasha, and I loved both series as a child. Also, the illustrations in the novel are soooo good, and Shiro the MMC/fox is cute. ( ˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈♡) It was a solid book, and I had a blast, BUT— this is not the best Annette Marie has to offer. Nope. I will get to her magnum opus (for me)... eventually. 

28. Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood

I shouldn't have spoken so soon about the midway point. This book… was very hard to rank. The beginning had me deliciously invested (and is what establishes such a high rank) but my interest languished the more the book progressed. I actually think people who like SJM may like this one because it's pretty much a power fantasy, but make it contemporary. Regardless, I did have a good time if I ignored the power fantasy elements. Sawyer was a great hero, and Mallory was nicely tortured, which is just how I like my heroines. :)

27. The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid #2) by Freida McFadden

Ah, the sequel to the Housemaid! Not as good as the prequel, but still pretty good!!! I think the themes it covered didn't hit me as hard as the Housemaid did, but the story stayed with me longer than some of Freida's other works. Overall a solid sequel, but I don't think it could have really lived up to what the Housemaid did for me.

26. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

I'm not a huge fan of Jackson's writing style or the characterisation of Ravi and his brother, but the mystery was so good! I loved the themes it covered and the psyche of the victim. 

This mystery is quite fleshed out and goes in depth about abuse, sexism, etc. I disliked the main leads, but enjoyed the case and the reveal. I was much more invested in the victim than I was in the person who was wrongly accused of murdering her, even though I think we were supposed to care for both? 

Anyway, it's definitely a much more memorable thriller than the ones below the ranking of this list so far. 

25. A Kiss of Iron by Clare Sager

Another book that's kind of hard to rank for me. The romance was reaaaally good at the start, and then somewhere it kind of lost me?? But the story was interesting and I LOVED the plot twist (!!!!!) at the end, and the smut was one of my favourites. Also, the hero did something so sweet in the second half of the book. ♡ That aside, while this may be a fae book, I just don't think this is anything like how fae should be in my head. It doesn't feel like I'm reading fae at all.

24. If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang

AH, Henry, my beloved!!!!!! My first book of Ann Liang's, and it was so cute and Henry was just!!! Almost!!! Everything!! The Chinese rep also made me so happy!!! It depresses me that I couldn't love it as much as I wanted to because the story was riddled with issues towards the end but I loved the rest of it. This book walked so that the other book of Ann's could run! (We will see that other book along the list soon.)

23. Six of Crows (Six of Crows #1) by Leigh Bardugo

If my friend saw this list, she'd go: "SoC, in 23rd place? DISOWNED". To that, I say…

Sowwieee.  

I LOVE the Crows, but it's not this book that definitively sealed the deal about them to me. This is 100% my personal gripe because my brain hates setting-centric books and it was so hard for me to figure out the logistics behind the heist. But I loved the banter in this book, Kaz's brains, Inej’s badassery, and the revelation about Jesper being Grisha. Also Wylan, my baby. My love. 

Ahhhhh, can't talk about the Crows or I'll start to melt. Make a TV show that ADAPTS THE ICE HEIST ALREADY.

22. City of Bones (Mortal Instruments #1) by Cassandra Clare

OMG, it just occurred to me that if the same friend saw this being ranked above SoC, she's really going to have an aneurysm. 🤣 

I'm not going to elaborate other than the fact that I had a fun and easy time with this book, even if it was far from perfect. It actually exceeded my (admittedly) very low expectations, lol. In any case, I've already written a more in-depth review of it. 

21. One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

A really, really solid book. I loved the concept of magical cards in the worldbuilding. While it doesn't do anything groundbreaking, nor was I extremely invested in the leads, I consider this very well-done. I loved Elm, lol. However, I've yet to read the second book and I hope to get on it soon.

20. The Perfect Son by Freida McFadden

I loved this thriller!!! But this is mostly because I am VERY partial to psychopathic boys written in the way Liam was—and at the same time, you realise: are real psychopaths that easy to spot? Is he really a psychopath, or is it someone else? This is probably one of my favourites from Freida, and the ending… made me so nervous, lol. 

19. How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black 

A short novella written by Holly Black, with vignettes set in Cardan's POV as he grew up over the years. I fucking loved it to pieces, but that's just because I love Cardan 😛 I loved how the stories the hag told Cardan kept changing to fit his narrative, I loved seeing his perspective when Nicasa cheated on him with Locke, I loved hearing about how he felt towards Jude. Also: the last chapter, set after Queen of Nothing!! Him and Jude!!!!!! My heart!!!!!!! I will not elaborate except that it was fucking amazing. The only downside was that it was too short, and I could have done with MORE scenes. 

18. Last of the Talons by Sophie Kim

It's a novel that does very little wrong. Its only sin is that it's predictable and formulaic, but it was such a wholesome and at times swoony story because Rui (the goblin emperor) was lovely. While I didn't love Lina, the heroine, I thought the book was still fun, and THAT scene by the river was ( ◡‿◡ *). I'll be reading the sequel once it's out.

17. The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

I have so many conflicting feelings about this book. See, this is the book that got me into reading fantasy this year. For so long, I'd avoided fantasy, but after I finished this, I decided I'd give the rest of the genre a try. It literally rearranged my entire brain and opened something in me—it was sooooo good. The slow burn, the trials, the eventual consummation, the ending… I can't fault it. Almost every other fantasy book I've read has this one to thank (and Kingdom of the Wicked to blame because it almost made me boycott the genre, lol). However—the problem is that I've read it so long ago (at the start of the year) that I can't remember much, and also that the sequel bored me to tears and I still haven't finished that. If I ranked this earlier in the year, it might be much higher in the ranks.

16. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

This book!!!!!! It was so unexpected how much I enjoyed it. A lot of reviews were complaining about the verbiage and how nothing was really happening and I… went into it thinking I wouldn't like it, if I'm being honest. But I did!!!!!!!!!!! It portrayed fae similarly to the Folk of the Air series (The Cruel Prince), and instead of boring me like the Enchantment of Ravens did, I was HOOKED. I loved how it kept me on my toes, I loved how creepy some things were… and I thought Wendell was insane and so much fun (insane he might be, but you cannot deny his untouchable EQ). Also, Emily is such a dear. I must add that Reverse grumpy/sunshine is my FAVOURITE.  I could go on and on about this book. It's marvellous and I'm so desperate for the sequel. In fact, I think I'm going to do a reread of this book before the sequel comes out. 🙂

15. Delivering Evil for Experts (Guild Codex: Demonized #4) by Annette Marie

OMG, OMG… We have finally reached the Guild Codex: Demonized series. 

(*ﾉдﾉ)

Now THIS series is, as far as I'm concerned, Annette's magnum opus. Not Red Winter. THIS. Don't mock the goofy-ass cover—it's a GEM UNDERNEATH! IT'S AMONG MY FAVOURITE BOOKS OF ALL TIME. It's one of the holy trinity series (yes, that's what I'm dubbing those three series) that broke my brain this year. This action series is about a girl (Robin) who makes a contract with a demon, Zylas, where he has to protect her in exchange for... her baking cookies for him. 🤣 It sounds ridiculous, but I promise it all makes sense when you read it. Unfortunately, this is the last book, which was my least favourite of the series because the tension had started to ebb for me. BUT. It's still so, so good. The ending was initially gearing up to be a tragedy but ahhh!! I am content with how it ended. 

14. City of Ashes (Mortal Instruments #2) by Cassandra Clare

Never would I have thought this book would be higher than one of the books from Guild Codex: Demonized but I really, unexpectedly enjoyed City of Ashes. It was better than the first; I thought it was a solid and frankly speaking great book. I did hear, however, that the first 3 books in this series are actually decent before the rest nose-dives in quality, which explains why I enjoyed the first 2 so much. (I've already written a full review on this book.) 

13. The Queen of Nothing (Folk of the Air #3) by Holly Black

We have finally reached the Cruel Prince series. *hyperventilates* 

Okay. Okay. 

So. 

The last book is my least favourite of the trilogy, but… it is also the culmination of Jude and Cardan's relationship. We have "By you, I am forever undone" here. (There's even more quotes, technically, but I'm trying to keep this succinct.) It is legendary. It is magnificent. It is immaculate. Overall, the plot in this book may be my least favourite, but the payoff after two books of scheming and constant push and pull? Fucking chef's kiss. 

12. The Only One Left by Riley Sager

One of the best thrillers of 2023 for me. It is so, so, so good. I don't think I can stress how brilliant this book is. Story revolves around a mute, sick old lady wheelchair-bound inside a gothic manor on a cliff. The main character is sent to be her caretaker. And the old lady has a story to tell—she was accused of murdering her entire family in her youth. Very atmospheric and chilling read.

See, I expected the first plot twist but the SECOND? Wowza. Magnifique. Also such a sad, tragic tale. It felt me reeling for a good bit after I was done. It deserved to win the 2023 GR awards and NOT Housemaid's Secret. It's not even close to me. 

11. The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

This book. This fucking book. 

It broke me out of a reading slump at the start of the year but that's not why it's left such an indelible mark on my brain. The way this story covers infidelity and abuse… Wow. Exquisite. And the way the tables turn at the end is so good it's ILLEGAL. 

In fact, I think the theme here just hit closer to home for me than The Only One Left, even though the writing of the latter is definitely superior. This is my first book of Freida's and is, to me, her best work. 

10. The Maid's Diary by Loreth Anne White

[Takes deep breath] This story was so unexpected for me. I wasn't expecting to like it. At all. It was supposed to be a palate cleanser.

A palate cleanser, I thought! HA! 

This wasn't perfect. There were plot holes. Some things weren't wrapped up. BUT. BUT. BUT. It is the best thriller I read this year and I stand by that. I have never, ever felt more vindicated by a book than I did this one. It is a work of art. 

One line to sum this story up? I SUPPORT WOMEN'S WRONGS. That’s it. That's all you need to know. (That said: Full review has been written)

9. Hunting Fiends for the Ill-Equipped (Guild Codex: Demonized #3) by Annette Marie

We are in the top ten now. Gird your loins! 

This book!!!!!! Ahhhh. I can't even write this coherently, and I'm only at the ninth. But this was the book where the relationship between Zylas and Robin finally began to change!!!!!!! It was so divine, it was near perfect, it made me scream and want to tear my hair out—I can't. This was a slow-burn done right. It was just a little hint of what was to come, and yet… yet it short-circuited my brain. Also, I do not APPRECIATE the emotional turmoil Annette put me through with this one.

8. This Time It's Real by Ann Liang

🥺 At this point, my writing is going to be incoherent. Because these are my absolute favourites. I'm crying. I'm seriously crying. This book was everything to me (even though a friend read it and she said the guy was too perfect for her liking and I get it. I really do. I agree. But... I loved it). 

(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)

I have nothing coherent to say except I loved it. And that, much as I didn't want to admit it, this stupid book put me in a reading slump for 2 months. I found myself constantly trying to find books with similar tropes as this: celebrity/non-celebrity, Asian rep, cute swoony contemporary romance. I couldn't find anything that hit the same way.

7. The Cruel Prince (Folk of the Air #1) by Holly Black

Do I need to say more? DO I????????? 

I took a gamble buying the whole boxset before reading it and I thought I was fucked because usually that means I'm going to hate it. Fate isn't normally this kind to me. But my gamble paid off. It fucking paid off!

The prose, the political intrigue, my first venture into fae… Also, Jude's spite is low-key TOO relatable: “If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.”

Talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before, unafraid to reference or not reference, put it in a blender, shit on it, vomit on it, eat it, give birth to it—

6. Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

This, above Cruel Prince? Yes, it feels illegal, but here's why: Cruel Prince is only the first book. We don't get the payoff yet. In Love Theoretically, you get everything from start to finish. It's like a whole ass trilogy in one book. 

And the slow-burn in the first half of this book is LEGENDARY. I was actually kicking my feet like a teenager. That in itself is monumental, because I'd stopped enjoying/reading contemporary romance for at least a year before this book came. I'd actually given up on the genre/demographic at some point… until this.

Jack is one of my favourite male leads to ever exist. And the themes the book covers with Elsie hits so close to home for me. It's not perfect, but belong to my top ten it does. 

5. Slaying Monsters for the Feeble (Guild Codex: Demonized #2) by Annette Marie

The top five books are really, really cutting it close, because this book is, in my opinion, near perfection. It's INSANE how Annette could carry the momentum from a perfect first book and make it just as exciting as the predecessor. The action scenes were phenomenal, and I loved the makeshift family between the three leads and the cat. Also Zylas' characterisation and the exploration of his psychopathy was so INCREDIBLE. I can go and on about this book forever. I still remember reading this on the toilet and going: "HOW IS THIS SO GOOD?"

IT'S A WORK OF ART. 

4. The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air #2) by Holly Black

The best book in the Cruel Prince series to me. The mind games, the scheming, Jude's machinations, the twists, the ENDING, I could scream. Jude is a force to be reckoned with. And the tension between her and Cardan? Sublime. Throughout the whole book, Jude has him under her control, but she knows time is ticking and he'll break free of the magic soon. The suspense and the push and pull is… 

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Another work of fucking art. I only have so many adjectives to praise this bona fide masterpiece. But wait! I still have three more books. 

3. The Stolen Heir by Holly Black

So many people would stare me down for this. The Stolen Heir (the spin-off sequel) above Cruel Prince? YES. OKAY? YES. 

I prefer Jude to Wren (who is arguably a bigger force to be reckoned with in her own right), but. OAK. Almost nobody liked him, but I did. I DID. It's fine; I will be his only fan. No biggie.

Oak was everything that I felt Cardan—whom I already loved—lacked in. Oak… Ah, Oak. I just have a soft spot for sweet sunshine characters who are also secret badasses. It's like Holly plucked out the archetype I like in men and created Oak (okay, I don't love the hooves but that's beside the point). I adored this book with my beating heart and I just don't think the sequel can live up to it.

 (I just read the first chapter of the sequel and I'm already shaking. Please don't let me down. I've been burned by too many sequels at this point.)

2. Taming Demons for Beginners (Guild Codex: Demonized #1) by Annette Marie

A masterpiece. That's what this first book is. Even the Stolen Heir and Wicked King had parts I didn't love, but this? It's *chef's kiss* from start to finish.

Every scene and exchange built towards a fantastic crescendo near the end when THAT contract was made. Gah. The delicate balance of comedy, tension and suspense was immaculate. And the magic in those scenes when Robin first stumbles upon Zylas inside the summoning circle is…

( ˘ ³˘)♥

I'm not going to pretend this book is a literary tour de force that's going to be analysed like Hunger Games is, or anywhere close to that. All I will say is that this was the first book that blew my socks off after my Cruel Prince-induced slump, and that says enough about it. 

1. Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2) by Leigh Bardugo 

Remember when I said the last book was easy to place? The first book was also easy to place. This took almost NO contemplation at all. 

Here we have the final one of my holy trinity series, alongside Folk of the Air and Demonized.

Since it wasn't so setting-centric like the first book, this sequel shone for me. I don't… I can't… There are no words. Kaz is a male Jude, but even smarter and more traumatised. Every Crow is majorly fleshed out, and they all get some kind of closure at the end. (One also… ends, but never mind that one.) It's so cathartic I could fucking cry; I nearly did. Kaz and Inej are forever etched in a special corner of my heart. This is not a book that I can give justice to by writing one or two paragraphs about, so I won't. I've already written all my thoughts in my review. All I will say is that it deserves all the hype it gets. 

In fact, it deserves more.

SoC #3? 👉👈

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Can you rank all little mix albums? I miss them lol

I miss them too :( but am loving Leigh Anne's single and am super excited for whatever else they have coming individually!

Glory Days (my beloved, still one of my favourite albums of all time from any artist) > Get Weird > Salute > DNA > LM5 > Confetti

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A few more?

The Second Sex, Simone De Beavouir

Vindication Of The Rights Of Women, Mary Wollstonecraft

The Female Eunuch, Germaine Greer

Feminine Mystique, Betty Freidan

Frankenstein, Mary Shelly

Mysteries Of Udolpho, Ann Radcliffe

The Vampire Chronicles, Anne Rice

The Yellow Wallpaper And Herland, Charlotte Perkins Gilman

14 Days, Margaret Atwood

Handmaiden's Tale, Margaret Atwood

The Testament, Margaret Atwood

Rebecca, Daphne De Maurier

Freshman's Creek Daphne De Maurier

The Vegetarian, Han Kang

Scum Manifesto, Valerie Solanas

Lives Not Lived, Monica Bhatti

Independence, Chitra Devakurni

A Palace Of Illusions, Chitra Devakurni

Queen Of Spices, Chitra Devakurni

The Robber's Bride, Margaret Atwood

White Malice, Susan Williams

Complete Poems, Emily Bronte

Complete Poems, Elizabeth Barett Browning

Tender Is The Flesh, Sarah Moses

Paradise, Toni Morrison

Beloved, Toni Morrison

Persuasion, Jane Austen

All My Rage, Sabaa Tahir

Agnes Grey, Anne Bronte

Kim Jiyoung Born 1982, Cho Nam Joo

The Water Cure, Sophie Mackintosh

I Who Have Never Known Men, Jacqueline Harpman

The Bell Jar, Sylvia Path

The Unabridged Journals Of Sylvia Path, Sylvia Path

Azaadi, Arundhati Roy

The Real Lolita, Sarah Weinman

The Poppy Trilogy, R.F. Kuang

Babel: An Arcane History, R.F. Kuang

If We Were Villains, M.L. Rio

The Secret History, Donna Tartt

The Sati Series, Koral Das Gupta

Aurora Leigh, Elizabeth Barett Browning

Lajja, Tasleema Nasrin

Short Stories, Ismant Chugtai

Gone With The Wind, Margaret Mitchell

The Phoenix King, Aparna Verma

Little Women: With Good Wives, Louisa May Alcott

The Song Of Achilles, Madeline Miller

The Sixth Extinction, Elizabeth Kolbert

The Hindus, Wendy Doniger

Cursed Bunny, Bora Chung

Capitalism: An Unknown Ideal, Ayn Rand

The Underground Girls Of Kabul, Jenny Nordberg

Women, Fire And Dangerous Things, Robin Lakoff

The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand

White Is For Witching, Helen Oyeyemi

Villain Series, V.E. Schwab

The Feminine Macabre, Don't know the writer

Iron Curtain, Anne Applebaum

The Unwomanly Face Of War, Svetlana Alexievich

The Dark Queens, Shelley Puhak

Ice, Anna Kavan

The Royal Art Of Poison, Eleanor Herman

The Temple Is NOT My Father, Rasana Atreya

Beasts, Joyce Carol Oats

The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea, Yukio Mishima

The Last Flight, Julie Clark

Swan Theives, Elizabeth Kostova

The Italian, Ann Radcliffe

Revenge, Yoko Ogawa

Bad Behaviour, Mary Gaitskill

The Color Purple, Alice Walker

Forbidden Colors, Yukio Mishima

Thirst For Love, Yukio Mishima

Sister Outsider, Audrey Lorde

Iron Widow Series, Xiran Jay Zhao

That's it?

I will add on more if I remember....

Pls keep in mind some of these books are purely recommended on their writing style rather than their plot.

Best books you've read written by women? I hate reading stuff written by men lately...

Fiction(ish)

The Memory Police, Yoko Ogawa

A Ghost in the Throat, Doireann Ní Ghríofa

Paris, When It's Naked, Etel Adnan

Dept. of Speculation, Jenny Offill

My Sister, The Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite

Possession, A.S. Byatt

Cat's Eye, Margaret Atwood

The Tenderness of Wolves, Stef Penney

The Doll's Alphabet, Camilla Grudova

Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado

The People in the Room, Norah Lange

Água Viva, Clarice Lispector

Collected Stories, Clarice Lispector

The Empty Book, Josefina Vicens

Four Bare Legs in a Bed, Helen Simpson

The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield

A Tale for the Time Being, Ruth Ozeki

A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, Eimear McBride

The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy

Autobiography of Red, Anne Carson

White Teeth, Zadie Smith

Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte

The Waves and Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf

Non-Fiction:

Second-hand Time: The Last of the Soviets, Svetlana Alexievich

A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Rebecca Solnit

Bluets, Maggie Nelson

Living, Thinking, Looking, Siri Hustvedt

Feel Free: Essays, Zadie Smith

The Need for Roots, Simone Weil

Family Lexicon, Natalia Ginzburg

An Inventory of Losses, Judith Schalansky

Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi

Little Weirds, Jenny Slate

Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer

Women Who Run with Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Journal of a Solitude, May Sarton

Poetry:

The War Works Hard, Dunya Mikhail

Barefoot Souls and A Red Cherry on a White-Tiled Floor, Maram al-Masri

Tell Me and Wild Nights, Kim Addonizio

What the Living Do, Marie Howe

What We Carry, Dorianne Laux

Extracting the Stone of Madness, Alejandra Pizarnik

Poppies in Translation, Sujata Bhatt

The Neverfield: A Poem, Nathalie Handal

Women of the Fertile Crescent: An Anthology of Modern Poetry by Arab Women

View with a Grain of Sand, Wislawa Szymborska

The Black Unicorn, Audre Lorde

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I was tagged by @thevagabondexpress!

last song: Mr. Mister, “Broken Wings”

favorite color: Purple

last movie: I’m not actually sure, can I could the Disney’s Living Seas TV special?

last book: The Epic of Flight: The Explorers by Donald Dale Smith and Richard K Smith. (Currently reading Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark by Leigh Ann Henion)

last tv show: Vendée Live if webshows count, if not, Jeopardy!.

sweet/spicy/savory: Savory

relationship status: Celibate

last video game: I have no idea, it’s been ages, but there’s a good chance it was either Tetris or Zuma’s Revenge.

last thing i googled searched on duckduckgo Ecosia: “The Big Duck”, a beloved tourist attraction from my local area

current obsession: The 2024-25 Vendée Globe!

things i'm looking forward to: Going home this weekend to see my family again.

I tag: Anyone who wants to do this.

[ann-leigh]

EMBERBLOOM

Love blossoms not on a branch of logic, nor does it sprout from the seed of expectation. It is a rogue tendril, snaking from the cavernous garden of the soul, drawn by the unseen sun of another's being. It climbs, unbidden, over walls of self-preservation, ignoring the thorns of past heartbreak. 

It’s wild. 

It’s untamed.

—

I had just arrived at the café where Clarissa and I had planned to meet for our appointment when Clarissa rushed over to me. Her phone was clutched tightly in her hand. “You better give me an acceptable good explanation to this, Miss Leigh.” 

She was so keen to show me a picture of Isaiah and me on her phone that she didn’t even let me catch my breath before handing it over. I was about to question the picture’s whereabouts, but before I could ask, Clarissa stopped me. “Don’t answer me with a question.”

“I can’t believe I keep missing things about you.” The young lady dramatically protests upon seeing me, her best friend, casually sitting and sipping my drink. I get used to seeing how Clarissa reacts in every dramatic way possible. Amusing.

“I don’t keep things from you. You happen to find things out before I tell you. Oh, anyway, this one is mine, right?” The table has only two drinks: one matcha latte and coffee. Since I don’t drink anything with matcha, my drink would be coffee.

Clarissa’s lips were pursed into a tight line, her eyebrows furrowed like thunderclouds, and I could tell she was trying to make me feel guilty for something. I found it hard not to laugh at her expression, but I knew that would only upset her.

“Come on,” I coaxed, playing along with her act. “You’re thirty already, Miss.”

“Only if you tell me everything,” she said, relenting. “It’s only fair.”

“Okay,” I said, “I’ll tell you everything. What do you want to know?”

Seven years back, in Boston, I met Clarissa for the first time while working at her elder brother's house. Since then, we have developed a strong bond of friendship that has stood the test of time.

“How come—you two, in a picture together?”

“It’s Isaiah Lee.”

Clarissa is a seasoned veteran of the entertainment industry. Forbes lists and award nominations were commonplace in her world, so Isaiah's name wasn't entirely unfamiliar. However, she didn't know him personally. 

I, her closest friend, stood arm-in-arm with Isaiah, the industry titan whose name graced every "Most Powerful" list— is a complete surprise for her. Clarissa couldn't connect any dots on how Isaiah and I could be seen together.

Not to mention, people assumed a relationship upon seeing the picture. 

Clarissa couldn't help but feel a little left out. Ann was her best friend, yet she found out such an essential thing from someone else.

“Someone introduced him to me about a year ago.”

I can recall with great clarity the moment when Graham introduced his beloved grandson to me. His eyes were filled with pride and joy as he spoke of Isaiah's accomplishments. During this conversation, he extended an invitation to an upcoming event, where, later, someone took a picture of me and Isaiah.

Seeing the expression on my face, Clarissa shot the question, “Love at first sight, huh?”

“Anyway, who is that someone?”

My face broke into a smile. “Not really,” I said. “But, I have to admit, he’s attractive.”

“His grandfather.”

“He kindly invited me to their family party,” I explained to Clarissa, satisfying her curiosity. “It was during that event that the photo you asked about was taken.”

From the frown on her forehead, I knew my answer still didn't answer Clarissa's curiosity.

“My father knew his grandfather,” I added.

“Right, sometimes I forget you’re a Leigh,” Clarissa muttered, then excitedly asked. "Spill the beans! How's things going with you guys?"

“Nothing.”

“What? Why?”

“Just because?”

“Just because? Hello, are you really Bernadette Ann?”

“I'm afraid you might consider me crazy if I share how I fell in love with him—”

Clarissa's gaze locked onto me. I could see her expression shift to a judgemental gaze. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she asked me to speak up. “Tell me,” she said.

“I noticed a lot of things when I attended his family event, and it made me realise a few things. I felt sorry for Isaiah for the first time,” I explained. 

However, I can't disclose what I learned from my observations. It's enough for Clarissa to know what she was already aware of from the internet. “After that, I wanted to be there for him and offer my support,” I added.

“That’s all?”

I shook my head, indicating that there was more to tell.

“I tried to get closer to him, but it was quite arduous, just as I had predicted earlier. Despite the efforts, I could not get as close as I had hoped, and I was left feeling a little disheartened by the outcome.”

“And you still have feelings for him after that?”

I nodded in answer.

Love, a mischievous rogue, sneaks into life's tapestry through unexpected threads. One moment, it whispers from a quiet book nook; the next, it bursts onto a crowded dance floor, a kaleidoscope of desire swirling under flickering lights. Logic bows out, its rigid lines replaced by the unpredictable brushstrokes of chance. 

Logically, I should have given up after being repeatedly rejected by Isaiah. However, my curiosity about him only grew stronger.

Clarissa asked for more information or details. “Even until now?”

“Mhm,” I nodded, taking another sip of my drink.

“Your exceptional qualities never cease to amaze me. It's fascinating how your love stories always seem to take an unexpected turn. I wonder how pity could develop into such a strong love for someone. It's fascinating to see how none of your love stories follow the typical, predictable path most people experience.”

“You have everything except for a normal romantic relationship.”

I chuckled quietly at Clarissa's response. Every word she spoke was accurate.

“God is fair.”

“I possess everything except for a normal love story.”

“But I can sense that this time is distinct from the others,” I commented. “Despite his cold demeanour, there are moments when I perceive a hint of concern slipping through. He's not as terrible as he seems.”

Clarissa gave me a thoughtful look as if she was trying to process the story I had just shared with her.

“I’m not going to say much about your relationship. I think my curiosity has been satisfied. I know you understand the potential risks that may come with your decision, and I respect that.”

“But, if that person mistreats you, I won't hesitate to take care of them.”

I waved my hand, signalling that she didn't have to. “No need; my dad will probably do that first.”

Clarissa's gaze softened. A smile tugged at her lips. “Yeah, your dad's a force to be reckoned with.”

I laughed, the tension dissipating. “No doubt. He's like a protective grizzly when it comes to me.”

Conversation flowed easily, skipping from the latest gossip to shared memories of our younger days adventures. 

“You know,” she began, “I never thought I’d see you, the queen of caution, leap into something so—uncertain.”

“It's not like I'm jumping off a cliff,” I protested, though my cheeks warmed.

She snorted, a playful glint in her eyes. “Maybe not a cliff, but a tightrope strung over a crocodile pit.”

I rolled my eyes but couldn't help but smile. “Maybe. But sometimes, the view from the other side is worth the risk.”

Clarissa leaned back, studying the surroundings. “Just promise me one thing, Ann.”

“Anything.”

“Be happy, always.”

Taking a deep breath, I let the warmth of Clarissa's words settle around the ember-bloom feelings in my chest. Perhaps, like a seed nurtured by sunlight, it could unfurl into something beautiful, something true.

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Okay the new songs from between us... They did not disappoint they said these are gonna be the best 20 minutes you're getting this year cause we're still forcing you to listen to the rappers ruining our older songs

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𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

here’s a list of short names to coincide with my long names list :)

[ disclaimer: my sincere apologies if there are any spelling/meaning/origin mistakes in any of my name lists, i am by no means a professional in this area, i just like creating lists to help aid storytellers. i do try my best to find each name’s corresponding origin/meaning/spelling but i am a human who is prone to make the odd mistake. p.s, i take requests! ]

Female

Ada - German - First born female

Ali - Arabic - High, elevated, champion

Amy - French/Latin - Beloved

Anne - Latin/Hebrew - Favour, grace

Aria - Hebrew/Italian - Air, song, melody

Aura - Latin/Greek - Wind

Ava - Latin - Bird-like

Aya - German/Japanese/Hebrew - Sword, colourful, beautiful, bird

Ayn - Hebrew/Finnish/Russian - God has favoured me, grace, eye

Bay - English/French - Auburn-haired

Bea - Latin - Bringer of happiness

Beau - French - Beautiful, handsome

Belle - French - Beautiful

Bia - Latin/Italian - White, fair

Bindi - Noongar - Butterfly

Blair - Scottish - Plain, meadow, field

Blanche - French - White

Blythe - English - Joyous, kind, cheerful

Bree - Irish - Exalted one, strength

Briar - English - Bush of wild roses

Brook - English - Small stream

Bryn - Welsh - Hill

Buffy - Hebrew - Diminutive of Elizabeth, my god is an oath

Cara - Latin - Dear friend

Chloe - Greek - Blooming, fertility

Cia - Greek/Hebrew - Light,

Clair - French - Bright, clear

Coco - Portuguese/Spanish - Diminutive of Socorro, help, relief

Cora - Greek - Maiden, girl, daughter

Cove - English - Small coastal inlet

Dara - Hebrew/Irish - Pearl of wisdom, gift, compassion

Dawn - English - Sunrise

Doe - English - Female deer

Dot - Greek - Diminutive of Dorothy, gift of god

Dove - English - A bird

Eden - Hebrew - Delight

Edie - English - Prosperous in war

Ella - Greek/Norman/Hebrew/German/Spanish - Beautiful, fairy maiden, goddess

Elle - French - She

Elm - English - Elm tree

Elsa - Scandinavian - Joyful, Noble, god is my oath

Emi - Japanese - Blessed, favour, beautiful

Emma - Germanic - Whole, universal

Erin - Irish - Peace, from the island to the west

Esmé - French/Persian - Esteemed, beloved, emerald

Etta - Latin - Of noble birth

Eva - Hebrew - Giver of life

Eve - Hebrew - Giver of life

Faith - Latin - Confidence, trust, belief

Faye - French - Fairy

Fern - English - Green shade-loving plant

Fiona - Gaelic/Scottish - White, fair

Fleur - French - Flower

Flo - Latin - Flowering, flourishing

Gia - Italian - God’s gracious gift

Grace - Latin - Gracious

Greta - Greek/German/Persian - Pearl

Gwen - Welsh - White, holy

Hope - English - Desire of fulfillment

Ida - Scandinavian - Labour, work

Isla - Scottish/Gaelic/Spanish - Island

Ivy - English - Fidelity

Jade - Spanish - Stone of the colic, precious gemstone

Jae - Korean - Ability, talent

Jane - English - God is gracious

Jessie - Hebrew - He sees

Jill - Latin/English - Child of the God’s, youthful

Joan - Hebrew - God is gracious

Joy - English - Happiness, joyful

June - Latin - Born in June

Juno - Latin - Queen of heaven

Kai - Hawaiian/Japanese - Sea, ocean, shell, restoration, recovery

Kat - English/Greek - Clean, pure

Kate - English/Latin/Greek - Clean, pure

Kim - English/Korean/Chinese/Vietnamese - Gift of God, gold

Kira - Russian/Japanese/Persian/Greek - Mistress, ruler, leader of the people, beloved, light

Kyla - Hebrew/English/Scottish - Narrow channel

Lacy - English/Latin/French - Lace, cheerful, unbridled

Lake - English - Body of water

Lana - Slavic/Gaelic - Little rock, light

Lark - English - Songbird

Lea - Hebrew/English - Delicate, weary, meadow

Leda - Greek - Woman

Leigh - English - Delicate, meadow

Lia - Greek - Bearer of good news

Lily - English/Latin/Greek - Pure, passion, flower

Lisa - Hebrew - God’s promise

Liv - Norse - Shelter, protection, life

Lois - Greek - Superior

Lucy - English/Latin - Light

Lula - German/English - Famous warrior

Luna - Italian/Spanish/Latin - Moon

Lux - Latin - Light

Luz - Portuguese/Spanish - Light

Lyla - Arabic - Night

Mae - French/Latin - Month of May

Maeve - Irish/Gaelic - Intoxicating

Mara - Hebrew - Bitter, strength

Mary - Aramaic/Latin/Hebrew/Greek - Bitter, beloved, rebellious, marine, drop of the sea

Maude - German/French/Hebrew - Powerful battler

May - English - Month of May

Meg - Greek - Pearl

Mia - Scandinavian - Of the sea, bitter

Mila - Slavic - Gracious, dear

Mina - German - Love

Mira - Latin/Slavic - Wonder, wonderful, peace

Moon - English - The moon

Mya - Greek/Arabic/German/Persian - Sea of bitterness

Nelly - Greek - Light

Nia - Gaelic/Swahili - Lustrous, goal, purpose, resolve, brilliance

Nina - Spanish/Hebrew/Russian/Babylonian - Enclosure of fish, little girl

Noa - Hebrew - Motion

Nora - Irish/Latin/Arabic - Honour, light

Nova - Latin - New

Nya - Swahili/Gaelic - Purpose

Opal - Sanskrit - Gem

Ora - Latin - Pray

Paige - Latin/Greek - Assistant

Paris - Latin/Greek - Pouch, wallet

Pearl - Latin/English - Smooth round bead formed by a mollusk

Pia - Latin - Pious, reverent

Pixie - Celtic/Swedish/Cornish - Fairy

Quinn - Irish/Gaelic - Counsel

Rae - Hebrew - Ewe, female sheep

Rain - English - Rain

Reese - Welsh - Ardent, fiery

Remi - French - Oarsman

Ren - Japanese - Water lily, lotus

Rita - Spanish - Pearl

Rose - Latin - Flower

Ruby - Latin - Red gemstone

Rue - English/Greek - Regret, herb

Ruth - Hebrew - Friend

Sadie - Hebrew - Princess

Sage - Latin - Wise

Shae - Gaelic/Irish - Admirable, full of majesty

Sky - Norse - Cloud, scholar

Sloan - Irish/Gaelic - Warrior

Sue - Hebrew - Lily

Suzy - Hebrew - Lily

Tara - Sanskrit - Star

Tate - English/Norse - Cheerful

Taya - Japanese - Young

Tess - English/Greek - To harvest, to reap

Teva - Hebrew - Nature

Thea - Greek - Goddess

Tia - Spanish - Aunt

Uma - Hebrew/Sanskrit - Nation

Una - Irish - The personification of truth, beauty and unity

Velma - German - Determined protector

Vera - Slavic - Faith

Wren - English - Small bird

Zara - Arabic - Radiance

Zelda - German - Grey fighting maid

Zia - Arabic - Light

Zoe - Greek - Life

Zuri - Swahili - Beautiful

Male

Ace - Latin - One; unity

Amir - Arabic/Persian/Hebrew - Prince, chief, immortal

Araz - Arabic - Provisions, commodities

Arik - Norse - Eternal ruler

Arlo - English - Fortified hill

Arris - Greek -Best

Asa - Hebrew/Japanese - Healer, physician, born in the morning

Ash - English - Ash tree

Atlas - Greek - To carry

Axel - Hebrew - Father is peace

Bane - Slavic - Glorious defender

Bear - French/German - As strong and brave as a Bear

Beau - French - Beautiful

Beck - Norse - Small stream

Blaire - Scottish/Gaelic - Plain, field

Blake - English - Fair-haired, dark

Bodhi - Sanskrit - Awakening, enlightenment

Bolt - English - Bar, arrow

Bran - Scottish/Irish/Gaelic - Bramble, thicket of wild gorse

Brock - English/Celtic - Badger-like

Brody - Scottish - Broad eye, broad island

Bron - English - Son of a dark man

Buck - English - Male deer

Cade - English - Round, barrel

Cain - Hebrew - Something produced, spear

Cash - English/Latin - Hollow

Chase - English/French - To catch, to seize, hunter, huntsman

Clark - English - Scribe, secretary

Cody - English - Helpful, pillow

Cole - English - Swarthy, coal-black, charcoal

Colt - English - Young horse

Crew - Latin - Chariot

Dane - English - From Denmark

Dax - French - Leader

Dean - English - Valley

Drake - English - Dragon, snake

Duke - English - Leader, son of Marmaduke

Eden - Hebrew - Place of pleasure, delight

Eli - Hebrew - Ascent

Evan - Welsh - Youth, young warrior

Ezra - Hebrew - Help, helper

Felix - Latin - Happy, lucky

Fig - English - Fruit

Finn - Norse/Irish - Finn, Sámi, white, fair

Fox - English - Cunning, sly

Gage - French - One who is defiant

Gale - English/Greek - Jovial, tranquil

Grant - English/Gaelic - Tall, big

Grey - English - Grey-haired

Guy - French - Guide, leader

Heath - English - Someone who lives by a moor or heath

Hugh - English/French/Germanic - Mind, spirit

Ian - Scottish - The Lord is gracious

Ike -Hebrew - Laughter

Iker - Basque - Visitation

Jack - English - God is gracious, supplanter

Jax - English - God is gracious

Jay - Latin - Bird in the crow family

Jeb - Hebrew - Beloved friend

Jed - Hebrew - Beloved of God

Jet -English - Black, airplane

Jody - English/Hebrew - Jehovah increases

Jon - Hebrew - God is gracious

Joss - German - One of the Goths

Jovi - Latin - Father of the sky

Judd - English - To flow down

Jude - Greek - Praised

Kade - Scottish - From the wetlands

Kai - Hawaiian/Japanese - Sea, ocean, shell, restoration, recovery

Kiam - Unknown - Unknown

King - English - Monarch

Kit - Greek - Bearing Christ

Knox - Scottish/English - Hillock, round-topped hill

Koa - Hawaiian - Warrior, brave one

Kye - Welsh/Scandinavian/Gaelic/Greek - Keeper of the keys, earth, narrow, straight

Kylo - Latin - Sky

Lane - English - Small roadway or path

Lars - Latin/Scandinavian - From Laurentum, crowned with laurel

Leif - Scandinavian - Heir, descendent, beloved

Leo - Latin/Greek - Lion

Leon - Latin/Greek/French - Lion, son of a Lion

Levi - Hebrew - Joining, attached

Luka - Italy/Slavic - A person from Lucania

Luke - Latin - The bright one, the one born at dawn

Max - Latin - The greatest

Milo - German - Soldier, merciful

Nash - English - By the ash tree

Neo - Latin - New, gift

Nico - Greek - People of victory

Noah - Hebrew - To comfort

Oak - English - Oak tree

Otis - German/English - Wealth, son of Otto

Pax - Latin - Peaceful

Piet - Dutch - Rock

Pike - English - A person who lives on a sharp hill

Poe - English - Peacock

Quana - Native American - Aromatic

Ray - English/German - Counsel, mighty protection, guards wisely

Reed - English - Red-haired

Remi - French - Oarsman

Ren - Japanese - Water lily, lotus

Rhett - English/Dutch - Advice

Roan - Gaelic - Little red-head

Rory - Irish - Red-haired King

Ross - Gaelic - Promontory, headland

Roth - English/German - Red, wood, renown

Roy - Gaelic - Red

Rudy - German - Famous Wolf

Ryan - Irish - Little King, illustrious

Saint - English - Holy person

Saul - Hebrew - Ask, question

Sid - French/English - Wide meadow

Slade - English - Valley

Tate - Norse - Cheerful

Teo - Spanish - God

Tim - English - One who honours God

Toby - English - God is good

Torin - Gaelic - Chief

Troy - Irish - Descendent of a foot-soldier

Tye - English - Someone who lived near a pasture

West - English - Western stream

Wolf - German - Travelling Wolf

Zane - Hebrew - God is gracious

Zeke - Hebrew - God strengthens

Zen - Japanese - Peace

Zev - Hebrew - Wolf

[fluoresensitivearchived]

mx yah yah may I ask for the list of books you included in your uquiz? and I hope you're having a lovely day! (❁´◡`❁)

SURE! All the books on my book rec quiz, by section,

THE MELODRAMATIST

You're very melodramatic, and you like to read books that match your melodrama. Anything that's full of emotion and tragedy is the perfect pick for you. You probably cried over Rose and Ten being separated in middle school, and you know what, I can't even fault you because I did the exact same thing. Here's a tissue. Group therapy is at five; bring snacks!

A SINGLE MAN by Christopher Isherwood

SONG OF SOLOMON by Toni Morrison

CRUSH by Richard Siken

JUST ABOVE MY HEAD by James Baldwin

THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by Zora Neale Hurtson

A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini

THE THINKER

You like for books to linger with you for a while, I get it. The longer you have to think on them, the longer you have to consider what you just read the better! You want books to haunt you, to creep you out, to make you yearn...

MR. FOX by Helen Oyeyemi

BELOVED by Toni Morrison

OIL! by Upton Sinclair

CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN by Sayaka Murata

THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold

THE RAPTURE by Claire McGlasson

THE ROMANTIC

Please, okay, PLEASE, stop crying I literally just off-handedly mentioned 'In the Mood For Love'! You're so sappy and emotional, so you like your books to be sappy and emotional. You know those Tumblr posts that are like, 'you can read smut with a straight face but your face gets all warm seeing people being tender with one another'... That's you. You're that person.

ATONEMENT by Ian MacEwan

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK by James Baldwin

THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE A TIME WAR by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone

JAZZ by Toni Morrison

RED, WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE by Casey McQuinston

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN by Anne Proulx

THE FANTASIST

You've got a massive imagination, but your brain is way too big for Harry Potter. You need more! You need excitement, books that grab you, books that take you away! You need rabbits with a complex political system! You need dragons! You need magic! Ahh!

WATERSHIP DOWN by Richard Adams

NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo

THE CITY WE BECAME by N.K. Jemisin

THE WIZARD OF EARTHSEA by Ursula K. Le Guin

THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER by Octavia Butler

THE FIFTH SEASON by N. K. Jemisin

THE WILD CHILD

I literally cannot figure you out, but that's okay, because listen! Sometimes it's hard to pick just one thing to be, and you are a literal multitude of feelings and emotions. Here's five books that I think you might enjoy because they're so radically different from one another!

I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS by Maya Angelou

THROUGH THE WOODS by Emily Carrol

TWELVE NIGHTS AT ROTTER HOUSE by J. W. Ocker

MOSTLY DEAD THINGS by Kristen Arnett

FALSE BINGO by Jac Jemc

MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER by Oyinkan Braithwaite

[youre-on-your-ownkid]

A proper about me I guess?

Name: Sarannya / Saru || Indian, Bengali || Pronouns: She / her || Zodiac sign: Libra || Rising sign: Aquarius || Moon sign: Virgo || Birthday: October 6th || Personality type: INFP || Favourite colour: blue and green

Fandom info:

Slytherclaw || Cabin six || Daughter of Athena || District 3 || Team Nat || London Institute || Tidemaker

Fandoms (literary):

Percy Jackson (Uncle Rick is a king, bow down to the real author of our generation) (Percabeth, solangelo is LIFE)

The Maze Runner (Thominho is real bitches I said what I said) (also, no teresa slander accepted)

The Grishaverse (Leigh Bardugo is a GENIUS)(KANEJ KANEJ KANEJ) (WESPER WESPER WESPER) (HELNIK HELNIK HELNIK) (ZOYALAI ZOYALAI ZOYALAI)

The Shadowhunter Chronicles (Jem Carstairs is bae <3) (Official Matthew Fairchild and Will Herondale simp)

The Folk of the Air trilogy (JURDAN MY BELOVED 😭)

Hunger Games (team Peeta cause he's the sweetest)

Little Women (maturity is knowing Amy and Laurie are deservedly endgame) (Stan Jo March for being the best female character in literature, ever)

Red White and Royal Blue (CAN I JUST SAY WHAT A BEAUTIFUL BOOK THIS IS ;-;)

Dan Brown books in general

Harry Potter (but in no means do I support JK R*wling who is a transphobic jerk)

Artemis Fowl (super underrated series)

Fandoms (TV show/ series/ movies):

Marvel Cinematic Universe (The. Best. Fandom. Ever.)

Umbrella Academy (the series) (#protectvanyahargreeves2021) (also, Elliot Page is an ICON)

HSMTMTS (I started watching it as a joke and now I'm addicted) (I watch it for the plot; the plot = Portwell)

Stranger Things (In this blog we stan Steve Harrington and Will Byers)

Teen Wolf (Stiles Stilinski is hands down the best character in tv show history bye) (also, Stydia= life)

BBC Sherlock

GoT (Arya marry me challenge)

Dead poets' society

Glee

Five Feet Apart

F.R.I.E.N.D.S. (Chandler Bing is my spirit animal)

JATP (Reggie Peters supremacy)

Fandoms (music):

|| Taylor Swift || One Direction || Little Mix || 5SoS || The Vamps || Panic! at the Disco || Anne Marie || Lady Gaga || Queen || Hozier || Olivia Rodrigo || Dear Evan Hansen || Hamilton || Six ||

YouTube fandoms (?):

Kurtis Conner || Danny Gonzalez || Drew Gooden || Trin Lowell || Dylan is in Trouble || Hannah Byles || With Cindy || Filtercopy || Slayy Point || Alex Meyers || Coleydoesthings || Anthony Aiken Jr || Jasmine Zade

In this blog, you shall find:

LOTS OF FANDOMS, A NEW ONE EVERY MONTH PROBABLY

Me simping over James Potter, Sirius Black, Steve Harrington, Kaz Brekker, Julian Blackthorn, Matthew Fairchild, Neil Perry, Stiles Stilinski, Fred Weasley, Reggie Peters, Will Herondale, Nikolai Lanstov, James Carstairs, Leo Valdez, Yelena Belova & Taylor Swift.

asks and long as fuck posts with mostly @i-dream-of-idk or @louthefish-28 or @i-dont-like-a-gold-rush or @thatbooksimp or @noselessness-forever

my shitposts / random thoughts that I get when I'm sleep deprived (ie, everyday) tagged #saru shitposts

a lot of random shit

Anything but sane content.

DNI: homophobes, transphobes, biphobes, misogynists, terfs, pedophiles, racists, pornbots, and bigots. 🗑️ Here's a trashcan for you to dwell.

This is the third time I'm updating this smh. I tried this schedule post thingy and idk if it works or not imma just keep this in my drafts and publish it later.

I'm supposed to tag people ig? So um here @i-dream-of-idk @i-dont-like-a-gold-rush @louthefish-28 @noselessness-forever @deanhouselocked @mik-in-chaos @ninazenikfanatic @thatbooksimp @edgarallanpoebutworse @your-true-north @pearljamislife @chrysalism-sonder @bi-n-high-vibes @buttcrflys-rose @justanaveragebookworm @anotherplaceintheuniverse @burn-like-starss @deadpoetsbythelakes