#meghan reads

[polycraftory]

The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur

60 Second Book Pitch

We decided to try something new, both because we thought it would be fun and also because we have a terrible habit of starting to talk about favorite books and just not stopping. So: a way to force ourselves to keep it short and sweet!

Welcome to our new series: 60 Second Book Pitch! The rules are simple: our partners pick out a book and surprise us with it, and we have 60 seconds to quick pitch the book. The book has to be one we've read (and liked!). If we run overtime, we get hit with a nerf dart. If we do it in time, we get a piece of candy!

First up was me getting to pitch the contemporary sapphic romance: The Fiancée Farce. This is one of my favorite books with the fake dating / fake engagement troupe. If you want more videos of us yelling about our favorite books, please check out our TikTok (or Youtube). All our links are in our pinned post <3

[nico-di-angelfish]

I’m watching Suits for the first time… WHY IS THIS THE GAYEST SHOW EVER MADE??? S2E12, when Harvey sees Mike’s bruised face and goes all, “who did this to you? I’ll kick his ass” HELLO????

[mysteriouslytransparentwitch]

Tarot reading Meghan Markle, January, February, March 2025. Today is 12/20/2024

This is a trend, we start with oracle of energies. We start with deception, falsehood from 2025… She is working on new projects. She is less in conflict with her emotions and thoughts. She is looking for partnerships and new openings. She is observing if she can have someone else in her life. Currently, things are not as pretty at home.

Akashic tarot: the energy is so heavy!!! ok there is movement in the air, she is coming towards her ascension (being at the top of a mountain) The environment is quite chaotic around her. A lot of toxic communication, crises and arguments. The exchanges are stormy. I have another major arcana here, birth (English landscape) a king of keys to recharge in his castle. More stormy exchanges. The karmic reunion card is in transition. Things are not as good with Harry. She tries to find a place for herself. She communicates with the universe by asking it to get her out of her karmic cocoon because things are evolving in a negative way.

tarot: she made a decision about her marriage of convenience. She is still stuck because it is not yet the right time. There is still a project or a proposal here. this project requires a lot of investment from her and she still needs the aura. A lot of dissatisfaction about her professional career. A lot of semi-failures.

well she is boring to read, I'll stop here!!!

[rubypomegranates]

“I know many people who are suspicious of diagnoses—they think of them as labels that reduce or stigmatize. I knew, already, that a diagnosis was not going to answer all my questions. But I craved a diagnosis because it is a form of understanding.”

Meghan O'Rourke “The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness”

[batcavescolony]

I'm rereading Dark Crisis: Young Justice and..... What the fuck was that?

[charlotte-of-wales]

please I might die of second-hand embarrassment 💀

https://www.instagram.com/p/CtNGXUSvlIw/?igshid=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==

not sure what's worst: the fonts, the attempt at a royal-like response, using their titles 30 times or the fact that they accepted a free bike for their kid 😭

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THIS CANNOT BE FOR REAL

[mamawasatesttube]

tdr is literally 2013 era tumblr fanfic — gay relationship with zero substance, too afraid to give anyone a personality or conflict, complete disrespect of legacy characters, and blatant misogyny. truly the best of all worlds thanks megan

genuinely i did have the thought while reading it that 13yos on fanfiction.net have written better stories than this. at least i can forgive a 13yo for not knowing what character flaws are. but the fact that megfitz got paid for this shit? insane. there's so much that's just so bad in here. the misogyny also cannot be dismissed it's true. acting like he was just settling in all his previous relationships? that line pissed me off soooo bad. i Know meghan doesn't even know who zoanne wilkins is lmao

[revvethasmythh]

how my group chat's discussion of What Doesn't Break is going

[darknutmeg]

I never annotate books when I'm reading but this one is making me want to. I'm going to get some page flags. There's so many good parts. And priest writes romance in such a delicate way. It's heart wrenching and swoonworthy. *clutches chest*

[truetarottalk]

I’ve missed you all! Apologies for my little hiatus—life was truly life-ing, but I’m back, refocused, and feeling deeply connected to my cards. Let me know what you'd like me to focus on next—whether it’s royal drama, personal insights, or anything else you’re curious about.

[polycraftory]

Dragon Falls (How to Tame a Husband) by Davis Lavender

Reviewed by Meghan 💜

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.5/5 | 🌶️🌶️ 2/5

GENRE: Cozy Portal Fantasy REP: mlm, achillean demi male mc, gay male mc, queer scs CW: mentions of cheating, manipulation, minor injuries LENGTH: 357 pgs

If you are looking for a sweet and funny gay romcom in a fantasy setting, I highly recommend this book! It manages to deliver an interesting isekai / transmigration narrative with a cast of incredibly lovable characters. This is exactly the sort of novel I had wanted when I was growing up looking for queer romance in a fantasy setting. Added to that just a little bit of spice and a whole lot of humor. It's technically an adult novel, but it's a lighthearted one that is also light on the smut. Also, I desperately want this to be a new au setting so fanfic writers please read this. Overall, this is a delightful indie book that I am very glad I got. I really love this Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate edition from their Cozy Fantasy box.

Below the cut you can find my full review! You can find more reviews like this on my Storygraph or in our "meghan reviews" tag. Check out our pinned post for links!

If you want to avoid spoilers skip the section labeled "The End".

The Main Characters / Core Romance Feliks is an incredibly relatable and very sweet ADHD hot mess. He isn't explicitly neurodivergent, but the way he describes his "brain squirrels" and the everything else about him was deeply relatable to me (my whole household is some flavor of neurodivergent). He is an absolute ray of sunshine, and he gets isekai-ed into a dragon riding warlord with the Ruthless as his moniker. It is incredibly funny to watch him try to do damage control on all the awful things that the old Ryszard did. To differentiate them both in the narrative and for the reader, Feliks has people start to call him Rys. I found him absolutely charming, even though he so often speaks before thinking and puts his foot in his mouth. I thoroughly enjoyed watching him win over everyone, including his husband. Also! He's demisexual and demiromantic! I have literally never read a book before where I saw myself represented like that! It was honestly so wonderful and validating even though its inclusion is very subtle.

Marek is a classic and wonderful example of the grumpy half of the grumpy/sunshine dynamic. He has incredibly good reasons not to trust his husband, who reappeared after being presumed dead for two years. Yet, he can't resist Rys' charm no matter how much he doesn't trust his husband's new polar opposite personality. From his best friend Kasia to the denhands he teaches, I enjoyed how much he cares for everyone despite being so very grumpy. I feel like that personality type tends to be portrayed as a loner, but Marek is at the heart of his community and they all adore him. The relationship between him and his dragon is also incredible, and there is quite a lot of humor in how infuriated he is that his dragon suddenly adores his husband who used to treat them both horribly. Rys calls their dragon Honey Bunny despite there being a Whole Thing (TM) about Dragons not being owned and therefore not being named. It does not at all infuriate Marek that his dragon now only responds to Bunny! Don't be ridiculous!

Their dynamic is everything you'd expect from this sort of grumpy/sunshine pair up, especially with the added component of Rys often saying exactly the wrong thing to Marek since he doesn't know their theoretically "shared" history from before he transmigrated into the story. Rys has absolutely no knowledge of the plot or world he gets thrown into at all, so it leads to quite a lot of unintentional hurt. Still, they have an incredibly sweet romance and both work hard for their happily ever after. For me, this was a very low spice book but I didn't come here for that.

The Worldbuilding I had to give this it's own section because the worldbuilding is so fun and I want people to immediately adopt this as a new fun AU setting for fanfiction. Only nobility can become Dragon Riders. In order to be a Rider, you have to court and marry yourself a Dragon Tamer. Each Tamer has one Dragon that they tame and train. Tamers can be anyone who earns the position, and they often start out as Denhands (basically, like, squires; they help with upkeep around the Den and help care for your dragon). Denhands get adopted by a Tamer and a Rider, so their entire family structure is based around the dragon riding system and I just think that's such a fun build! Once a Tamer and Rider get married, the Rider starts to bond with their dragon and learns how to ride. Once you are done training as a Rider, you have your final test which is the Claiming Ceremony. You take a leap of faith off the cliff and if your dragon catches you, you are a fully fledged Rider. If they don't, well, you fall to your death. Womp womp. Until their Claiming Ceremony, Tamers must protect their Riders from all harm so you get an extra layer of bodyguard romance. Seriously, I need this as an AU setting for every ship I've ever seen immediately. The Plot Very straightforward! Rys thinks his only way back to his world is to survive till his claiming ceremony so he can reuse the whistle at the top of the Falls to reopen the portal. Most of the narrative is a combo of the training leading up to the ceremony, the building romance, and Rys figuring out how to be a good husband (and father lol they adopt a kid. Damon/Demon I adore you). You also see Rys unravel all the harm the character he took over did to all the people of this training camp and home city. It has plenty of found family vibes, and honestly I loved the whole main cast. Overall, this was a very lighthearted plot even though murder / being trapped in another world / falling to his death were all theoretically on the table. The humorous tone keeps the plot from getting dark or serious. It has a good pace and was exactly the right amount of plot based on what I was expecting, which is basically a romcom in a fantasy setting.

The End Spoilers time! It almost goes without saying, but this is a nice, easy, unequivocal happily ever after. I was pleased that there was still plenty of book left after the climax. We got a really nice falling action with the main characters getting together and figuring out how to stay together. Also, this nicely side-stepped any of the usual portal fantasy or transmigration angst from having to choose between returning to their world and staying with their love interest. Feliks/Rys gets to have the best of both worlds since he has a portal he can open and close with the whistle reforged. I do wish we got to see Marek meet his brother and mother, I am dying to know how that went. Also, my edition had a nice little bonus story, The Trouble With Tybald, about two of the side characters getting together as well as a closer peek at the side romance between Demon (Rys and Marek's son) and the son of the bartender. It was a fun little surprise snack at the end, even though the bonus content wasn't for the main couple!

[cenestpasaudrey]

200 books in 2024 Q3 update 📚

End of Q3 - I managed to finish 49 books (148 in total) 🎉

The books I liked were:

Downpour - Maggie Gates

The Housemaid - Freida McFadden

Best Served Cold - Maya Alden

Play Along - Liz Tomforde

A Love Letter to Whiskey - Kandi Steiner

The Rules We Break - Katelyn Taylor

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me - Mariana Zapata

Still Beating - Jennifer Hartmann

The Paradise Problem - Christina Lauren

Bridesmaid Undercover - Meghan Quinn

Lock Every Door - Riley Sager

Part of Your World - Abby Jimenez

[instantmanifestation]

Women with moon in Hasta nakshatra & their hands + warm/bronze tones

[mysteriouslytransparentwitch]

Ok, there is a physical separation (see photo) she is in a place where she takes the time to recharge and become strong again. She is trying to find peace. Harry is heartbroken but he is ready to turn the page and go find his happiness. This is the first time that the cards are so clear.

With the tarot, she is waiting for something, she feels alone. There is a decision that was made with several people. She is moving forward and trying to find a solution for her, status, money.

She will come back with a slightly better state of mind.

[little-miss-romance]

“He by no means was using me. He by no means was trying to take advantage of me. He helped me at points, he was my rock through these past couple competitions, and he made me realize that I could step past my fears and tackle big things.”

[a-ramblinrose]

The moment my local comic shop had a copy I ran down to obtain it for my hoard like the bookwyrm I am!!! 📚