#mackenzie reads

[shipatfirstsight]

Favorite books of 2024 4/?

[bisexualchaosdemon]

Twins run in the family.

Aaron and Katelyn get married after graduating from Palmetto, before they go off to med school together. It takes them pretty far from Andrew, but they work to keep in touch.

In the last year of their four year MDs, Kate gets pregnant — A happy accident. Then, they find out they're having twins, just, holy fuck. Kate is determined to not let it slow her down, though, because she's a bad bitch. Then Andrew suggests that they move closer to him and Neil once they graduate.

This leads to a few long and difficult conversations. Andrew admits that he would like to see Aaron more and to have a relationship with his nieces. Aaron admits that he does miss Andrew being close by and that they could use the extra support. In the end, they agree after Andrew actually apologies to Katelyn for the way he treated her in the beginning.

No one regrets the decision. Aaron and Katelyn are beyond grateful for the support as they start their careers. Andrew absolutely adores his nieces, more so than he ever thought he could. Neil is happy because Andrew is happy.

But it isn't always easy. It's hard because they both see it; the girls are what Andrew and Aaron could have been if they were never separated. If Tilda had been capable of being a good mother to her twins. And it fucking hurts.

Somehow, this pain leads to Aaron planting a seed in Andrew's mind — What if Andrew and Neil were to start fostering? Andrew thinks his brother has finally lost it. It's ludicrous, insane, impossible, but– Is it? Helping foster kids could be nice, and it's not like they can't stop if it's too much.

Once Neil has his own separate crisis about it, they decide to go for it. Andrew and Neil sure as hell know how not to raise a kid and they have yet to completely traumatise any of the kids in their lives. So a fuck ton of paperwork and hoop-jumping later, they find themselves in a group home to see if there's a kid there they can help.

That's when they find not one kid, but two. Tucked away in a corner they find twin girls, maybe a year younger than Aaron's girls, who only speak Russian. They hadn't intended to jump in at the deep-end like that, but something about them puts Andrew on alert. So they take the girls home with them.

And it is so, so much harder than they had expected. They had only prepped for one kid, but that's easily fixed. It's not so easy to fix the fact that the girls absolutely do not trust them. But Andrew and Neil are persistent; they don't push for trust, but they make sure to prove to the girls that they are safe at every turn.

Slowly, achingly slowly, the girls start to relax. They start to open up. And Andrew realises something so much worse than the pain that got them here.

Andrew realises that his twins are like him and Aaron too, but if Tilda left them both in the system. They are the real life result of his own worst nightmare.

[ontherocks21]

I didn't expect the suckerpunch to the emotional gut, but here I am wheezing and gasping for air after reading what Mackenzi Lee is putting down here.

She gets it.

The Skywalkers are wildfires, their passions scorching the dirt as soon as they're given a spark.

How different this galaxy would be if the Skywalkers didn't care so much.

The Skywalkers could level planets with their obstinacy. Though, Padmé was like that, too.

From There Is Always Another by Mackenzi Lee, From A Certain Point Of View: The Empire Strikes Back

[dysfunctionalcreature]

idk about yall but one of my most ever favorite aftg headcanons is that Andrew is really good with kids, and in the future when Aaron and Katelyn settle down and have kids, their kids will absolutely adore "Uncle Andrew", and he'll happily suffer through whatever sort of play the kids want to do with an as genuine and un-menacing smile on his face as he can manage, whenever he and Neil (and Kevin) come to visit

[littlefoldedpaperstars]

look i love a good kevaaron fic, but whenever they describe aaron's breakup with katelyn i just can't believe it. like, the girl was willing to keep their relationship a secret, support him through a murder trial, and get threatened by his twin brother, all while being a student athlete AND premed? there's no way they're breaking up after all that, she clearly loves him lmao.

anyway katelyn mackenzie is an icon and i can't believe it took us so long to get her last name.

[mpgis-fangurl]

"you wanna kiss me so bad so bad it makes you look so fucking stupid"

fellas is it normal to be obsessed with your arch-nemesis like this

[libraryleopard]

YA contemporary coming-of-age graphic novel

When sixteen-year-old Phoebe Zito moves to a new school in Los Angeles after recently coming out as a trans girl, she's taken under the wing of popular girl girl Mackenzie, who decides to teach Phoebe how to survive and thrive as a girl in high school

Thrust into a new world of dating and social dynamics, Phoebe must figure out where her heart lays and how to stay true to herself

[lanadelreyluvr76]

i hate reading so much the only books i will read are The Bible american psycho and dork diaries

[takenbtwind]

Theodore Bell AND Mobius M. Mobius

Kick off their acquaintance with Loki by putting him in restraints

Did a lot of research on Loki before meeting him

Bicker with Loki incessantly

Have one of those “oh wow, you’re one of them” moments

Make a point of telling Loki he controls his own fate and he doesn’t have to be a villain if he doesn’t want to be

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

[shipatfirstsight]

Favorite books of 2023 10/?

[mosneakers]

On his walk to the car, Mackenzie's interest shifts to dread as he awaits their scheduled arrival. His anticipation is quickly laid to rest when a thick, black cloud of smoke, billowing and twisting like a writhing serpent coalesces from the corner of his periphery.

As the smoke dissipates, revealed are three ominous figures, unfolding like a tricky hand of cards: Tatiana's vampire henchmen, including Kat Cave, Markus Crow, and their formidable leader, Miss Hell.

Miss Hell: The lucky winner isn’t heading home without claiming his prize now, is he?

Her voice is low and menacing, causing Mackenzie’s skin to crawl. He puts on his best pokerface and approaches the vampire gang, feigning confidence.

Mackenzie: Ah, Miss Hell… And… friends. I see you’ve finally made it. I was wondering when you were going to… pop up. Are you ready to talk business?

Miss Hell’s eyes narrow.

Miss Hell: That all depends on you. Whether or not you held up your end of the deal.

Markus: [Chuckle laced with disdain] You’re a weird little freak, you know that?

Miss Hell: Now Markus, we’re not here to judge, this is a transaction that we agreed upon. [Grin]

Kat: So what’s the deal, punk? Are the votes taken care of or what?

Mackenzie grimaces guiltily, double-checking his phone to ensure the information he's about to provide is accurate.

Mackenzie: Yes. I’ve utilized my connections and skills using the position I'm in, and the votes obtained from deceased and missing persons have successfully been secured for Salas. Markus: So you pulled some strings? Mackenzie: ...I pulled some strings.

Kat: And you’re sure she’ll win?

Mackenzie: Absolutely. Unless Smith is also pulling something illegal, Salas will win by a landslide.

Miss Hell: [Sinister grin] Good, good…There’s no chance Tatiana knows we're involved with this, right?

Mackenzie: of course not! She can’t know, about any of this! I’d be fired instantly. She's definitely dead set on winning the race fair and square. And... I couldn’t bear to imagine what Sandra would think of me if she found out.

Kat: [Snickers] ...Pathetic.

Mackenzie: [Sheepishly] Uh...speaking of Sandra... The other end of the bargain...

Miss Hell: Yeah yeah. The daughter is all yours. Markus grins at Mackenzie, and shakes his head in disgust.

Mackenzie: A-are you sure about this? I can’t imagine how you’d ever arrange something like that. I mean she's married to Landgraab, and—

Miss Hell: We talked about this, Romeo. You have your ways of playing the game and I have mine. Trust me, soon Sandra Salas will be in your arms, just like you wanted. Now why don’t you go pick out a suit and let us play, alrighty?

As the sun begins to peak over the mountains, Mackenzie nods and strides away down the cobblestone path. The vampire henchmen's eyes follow him until he vanishes from view. Then, with a sinister smile from Miss Hell, Markus and Kat receive the signal they've been waiting for.

Miss Hell: Light him up.

Moments later, a blaze rages at the end of the cobblestone street, enveloping the screams of what once was Mackenzie Vespertine.

[bookaddict24-7]

(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (January 21st, 2025)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Releases:

The Rival by Emma Lord

Song of A Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout

Love On Paper by Danielle Parker

The Wilde Trials by MacKenzie Reed

Where the Heart Should Be by Sarah Crossan

Tarnished by Erica Rose Eberhart

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Happy reading!

[milocholy]

I honestly wish there was going to be more than five episodes of wintermute for the long dark. It still feels like we're at the beginning of the story.

SPOILERS FOR WINTERMUTE

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For the first three episodes you have an average of two characters to interact with. You get three in episode one, two in episode two (along with your possible brief interaction with the forest talker). One of episode twos characters is from episode one so you only get to properly talk with one character the whole time. In episode three you're technically around more people, but you only have real conversations with two of them. Finally in episode four you get five new characters, three of whom are criminals that teeter between multi/dimensional and evil bad guys who do crime because fun.

The most variety we get of people is in episode four. I don't think this would be a problem if we got some more time with all the characters. I know wintermute is meant to serve as a kind of tutorial for survival mode, but I think it's narrative should be a bit more important considering no super new survival mechanics are introduced. At least in episode three you have to learn about timberwolves and experiment with some different weapons.

It feels like everything's going to be crammed into the last episode. We get hints of a narrative in the first two, but we don't get a whole lot of elaboration in the third and fourth. The only character you meet that seems to have any idea what's going on is completely absent from anything beyond episode two. Methuselah doesn't show up at all for Astrid, which I can think up some kind of explanation for. But he's nowhere to be seen in four when we're back with Mackenzie again.

There's also the player choices featured in the first two episodes. One is easily missable if you're just trying to follow the main plot. The other is commented on by another character as if it was one of many tests of your morals. They didn't have to include player choice in the narrative, but I feel like it opens up a lot of missed opportunities for how the survivors may be changing in this new kind of world.

I hope this long post doesn't sound like I'm complaining to much, but I genuinely care about the story hinterland is trying to tell in wintermute. It nowhere near as popular as survival mode but it's something I (and others I believe) are genuinely interesting. I hope episode five isn't the last that we're going to get of these characters and this story, because I think we'd be missing out on a lot of potential that way.

I love the long darks wintermute but it feels really cobbled together sometimes. I hope at some point in the future we get some edits to previous episodes to help fix some of the issues.

I don't think a whole lot of people are going to read this long post, but please talk with me and others about wintermute because I love to see peoples in depth takes on the story.

[huariqueje]

Three Observer's Books  -  Lucy Mackenzie ,  2014.

Sudanese, b. 1952  -  

Oil on board ,  3.25 x 5.75 in.     8.3 x 14.6 cm.

[chardwic]

Books I've Read in 2024: The Rule Book by Sarah Adams

"I know we're already married Nora. But it would mean the entire world to me if you would stay married to me. For real. For always. For eternity. Stay with me. Let me love you fully and desperately forever and ever."