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all the books i read in 2022!

why be happy when you could be normal? by jeanette winterson

paul takes the form of a mortal girl by andrea lawlor

pride and prejudice by jane austen

shrill by lindy west

three women by lisa taddeo

kissing tolstoy by penny reid

the duke and i by julia quinn

shout by laurie halse anderson

transcendent kingdom by yaa gyasi

dancing in odessa by ilya kaminsky

the diviners by libba bray

neon gods by katee robert

females by andrea long chu

the powerbook by jeanette winterson

vladimir by julia may jonas

jane eyre by charlotte bronte

empire of pain by patrick radden keefe

the right to sex by amia srinivasan

a touch of jen by beth morgan

crying in h-mart by michelle zauner

conversations with friends by sally rooney

woman, eating by claire kohda

honey girl by morgan rogers

writers & lovers by lily king

the hellion's waltz by olivia waite

everyone in this room will someday be dead by emily austin

the scorpio races by maggie stiefvater

the hating game by sally thorne

tomorrow sex will be good again by katherine angel

beach read by emily henry

we run the tides by vendela vida

the highwayman by kerrigan byrne

the deal by elle kennedy

girl, woman, other by bernardine evaristo

practical magic by alice hoffman

nevada by imogen binnie

the companion by e.e. ottoman

station eleven by emily st. john mandel

the anomaly by hervé le tellier

the hunter by kerrigan byrne

everything i need i get from you by kaitlyn tiffany

gregor the overlander by suzanne collins

the highlander by kerrigan byrne

gregor and the prophecy of bane by suzanne collins

beautiful world, where are you by sally rooney

sarahland by sam cohen

the bride test by helen hoang

the song of achilles by madeline miller

a lady for a duke by aliexis hall

the rogue of fifth avenue by joanna shupe

people we meet on vacation by emily henry

the prince of broadway by joanna shupe

the great believers by rebecca makkai

cleopatra and frankenstein by coco mellors

the devil of downtown by joanna shupe

maybe in another life by taylor jenkins reid

fight night by miriam toews

eligible by curtis sittenfeld

the marriage of opposites by alice hoffman

franny and zooey by j.d. salinger

book lovers by emily henry

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More prose than anything

Mmm. Okay. Well, since you didn’t specify any genres or anything, this list will seem weirdly broad...but here goes!

Bird Box by Josh Malerman

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Delicate Edible Birds by Lauren Groff (short fiction)

Difficult Women by Roxane Gay

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Wool by Hugh Howey

Shrill by Lindy West

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

1984 by George Orwell

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger (short fiction)

Franny & Zooey by J.D. Salinger (short fiction)

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

Butter by Erin Jade Lange

Icelander by Dustin Long

Here They Come by Yannick Murphy

One Hundred and Forty Five Stories In A Small Box by Dave Eggers (this might not be at the library now that I think about it)

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Fault In Our Stars by John Green

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

On Beauty by Zadie Smith

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride

Night by Elie Wiesel

Drown by Junot Diaz

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

China Dog: And Other Tales From A Chinese Laundry by Judy Fong Bates (short fiction)

Circling the Drain by Amanda Davis (short fiction)

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Feed by MT Anderson

The Passage by Justin Cronin

Redshirts by John Scalzi

So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson

And of course The Girl Who Would Be King and Storykiller by me! ;) But you’re unlikely to find either of those in a library unfortunately!

Happy reading, hope you find something you love!

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AAAANNNND... Jack/Lindy: 6, 14, 26, 29

6) What is their favorite feature of their partner’s?

Lindy loves Jack’s hair and hands; Jack loves Lindy’s lips and thighs.

14) Who kisses the hardest?

Depends on the day, tbh. But they’re usually on the same level.

26) What would be their theme song?

“Fall To Pieces” by Avril Lavigne, which is also the title of fic (who knows when I’ll write it).

29) one headcanon about this OTP that breaks your heart

That they barely speak to each other after high school. After they graduate, Lindy goes to LA to pursue her dream to be an actress, and Jack goes wherever the wind takes him to become a rockstar. They don’t see each other again until Evelyn’s funeral.

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OC Halloween Challenge Day 27 — Do an edit of a non-Marvel OC as a Marvel character.

Lindy Salinger as Emma Frost

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🖊+ Lindy Salinger

Thank you!

I watched Four Brothers last year, and after that I kept thinking “what if Jack had a steady girlfriend in high school?”, so that’s how I came up with Lindy. 

Lindy’s my first OC that isn’t exactly a good person, at least not at the beginning. She’s self-centered, hypocritical (looks down on Jack, his family, and his friends because they’re criminals, when her own mom is a con artist), and thinks she’s better than everyone else because she’s popular and has perfect grades. She and Jack don’t like each other right away, they argue a lot and it takes a long time for them to catch feelings for each other.

When will I write her story? Someday, hopefully, lol.

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TO ALL THE GIRLS I’VE CREATED THIS DECADE

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would it be alright to ask you to break down Lindy/Jack?

Hey, I’m sorry it took me a while to reply. Thank you for sending me this, tbh I haven’t thought about Lindy and Jack in a while (I should probably rewatch the movie, but I know I’ll get sad again when Jack dies, lol).

How did they meet?

They’ve seen each other in the halls at their school, but they don’t officially speak to each other until Lindy is forced to tutor him.

Who developed romantic feelings first?

Probably Jack.

Who is their biggest “shipper?”

Maybe Bobby? He’s just glad to find out Jack isn’t gay (spoiler alert, in my story he’s bisexual, and he and Lindy kind of bond over that, since she is too, and their town is homophobic af).

When did they have their first kiss and under what circumstances?

Still not sure about this one.

Who confessed their feelings first?

Jack.

What was their first official date?

Probably something lowkey, like a movie.

How do they feel about double dates/group dates?

It’s not their thing.

What do they do in their downtime?

Jack teaches Lindy how to play guitar, and they write songs together.

What was the first meeting of parents as an official couple like?

Evelyn loves Lindy immediately. Lindy’s mom (haven’t picked a name for her yet, but the face claim is Katey Sagal) doesn’t really approve of Jack at first, but she comes around.

What was their first fight over and how did they get past it?

I don’t know what to count as a first fight, because they’ve been fighting since they first spoke to each other lmao

Which one is more easily made jealous?

Both, tbh. But I think Lindy is worse.

What is their favorite thing to get to eat?

Evelyn’s cooking. Lindy goes to the Mercer’s whenever she can just to eat whatever Evelyn prepares.

Who’s the cuddly one? What their favorite cuddling position?

Lindy is. She likes to sit on Jack’s lap and wrap her arms around him.

Are they hand-holders?

Yes, definitely.

How long do they wait before sleeping together for the first time? What’s the circumstances?

They literally don’t wait a second after they officially get together and stop dancing around their feelings.

Who tops?

Depends on the day.

What’s the worst fight they’ve ever gotten into?

They get into some fights over Lindy’s obsession with popularity, and being kind of ashamed of Jack at the beginning, and Jack keeping secrets about the illegal shit he does with his brothers. But I think the worst will be when Bobby sleeps with Lindy’s mom... (gross, I know). Lindy isn’t going to be happy, and she’s going to take it out on Jack.

Who does the shopping and the cooking?

Lindy does the shopping, but neither of them can’t cook to save their lives.

Which one is more organized and prone to tidiness?

Lindy. Jack’s a damn mess.

Who proposes?

That would be Jack.

Do they have joined Bachelor/Bachelorette parties or separate?

Separate.

Who is the best man/maid of honor? Any other groomsmen or bridesmaids?

Best man is Bobby, maid of honour is Joy (Lindy’s best friend, haven’t chosen a face claim yet). Other groomsmen are Angel and Jerry, and other bridesmaids are Sofi and Camille.

Big Ceremony or Small?

Probably a big one.

Do they have a honeymoon? If so, where?

They’ll probably just go on a road trip. No idea where yet, though.

Do they have children? How many?

Probably three, or four. A big, happy family.

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ALL MY OCS SO FAR

FANFICTION

WATTPAD

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Do you any plot bunnies you are planning on writing stories for soon?

Hi, thanks for the question! I have three plot bunnies actually.

Harmony Sheridan (Lost). Story name should be ‘Somewhere Only We Know’.

(In case you’re not familiar with the show), Lost is about a group of people who are on a plane, and each one of them has their own backstory and reasons to be on that flight. The plane crashes, and they get stuck together on an island where lots of weird stuff happens.

Harmony is in her early 20′s, she lives in Los Angeles, California and is an art student who works as a stripper to pay for her studies. Her kid brother Ian accidentally died in the park while he was playing; Harmony was supposed to watch him, but she got distracted talking on the phone. Her parents blamed her and abandoned her after that, and moved to Sydney, Australia. She went there for her father’s 50th birthday to try and make amends, but it didn’t work out. She got into Oceanic Flight 815 to return home, but the plane crashed and she got stranded on the island with the rest of the passengers. Over there, she tries to survive and ends up making new friends and more (I already know Sayid will be her love interest, and have an idea of how her relationships with other characters are going to play out). Harmony is sensitive, sarcastic, compassionate, and likes to help people. She deals with a lot of self-hatred and guilt due to what happened to her brother, and has [Trigger Warning] even attempted suicide (I know the backstory sounds super dramatic, but in this show everyone had a terrible life, lol).

So I pretty much had her whole character in my head, but the show is 6 seasons long and I just can’t bring myself to start writing yet… maybe later on this year.

Lindy Salinger (the movie Four Brothers). Story name should be ‘Fall to Pieces’.

(In case you haven’t seen this movie), Four Brothers is about four foster kids who were adopted by the same woman, who ends up being murdered. They reunite for her funeral after not seeing each other in a while, and attempt to avenge her. I want the story to take place way before that event, where Lindy goes to the same school as Jack (the youngest one of the brothers), and she’s forced to tutor him by the principal, who just wants to make sure he graduates, so he can finally get rid of him. Lindy is going to be different from my other OCs (who are all pretty nice people). I want her to be a bit mean and difficult to deal with. She’s book smart but doesn’t wanna go to college, she just wants to leave her home in Detroit to go to LA and be an actress (in contrast to Jack who wants to be a musician). Her dad is MIA, and her mom is a con artist (which will get them both in trouble later on in the story). Her romance with Jack is going to be difficult (I’ve noticed a pattern with my OCs, and it’s that they all feel lust at first sight with their love interests, and are way too nice to them… I want Lindy and Jack to clash a lot and not be attracted to each other right away).

I think that’s pretty much all I have… Evelyn (Jack’s adoptive mother), and the other three brothers (Bobby, Angel, and Jerry), and Sofi (Angel’s girlfriend) will be involved as well, but I’m not so sure how I’m going to handle all those characters yet.

Alma Vega (Élite). Story name should be ‘With You’.

(In case you’re not familiar with the show), Élite takes place in Spain, and it’s about three working-class kids who are given scholarships to go to the best and most expensive school in Spain, Las Encinas. They clash a lot with the rich kids, who don’t want them there. There’s a murder and the victim is revealed at the end of the first episode, and at the end of the season the killer is revealed. It’s sort of Gossip Girl meets How to Get Away With Murder.

Alma is a student the school who’s been living in Spain for a year (her parents sent her there as punishment for causing trouble, before that she was living in Argentina). She’s always been without much supervision because her parents are famous musicians, who are always on tour. She’s a musician just like her parents (plays the piano and violin), sometimes throws parties and used to have an unrequited crush on Ander, her only real friend at the school. Alma’s kind of a loner at the school, mostly because she misses her friends from back home, and believes everyone at Las Encinas is fake.

Alma’s got this ‘I’m not like these other rich kids’ attitude because she doesn’t look down on the new students, and falls for Samuel, who is one of them. Their relationship is going to be kind of tricky (in the first season Samuel is involved in a love triangle with a girl and his brother, and I don’t want to erase all that since it was a pretty big deal), but I sort of have an idea of how it’s going to play out.

… and I think that’s pretty much all I have, lol. Sorry for such a long answer. I don’t know which story I’m going to write first, but it’ll probably be ‘With You’.

Thanks again for the ask!

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