#mike osman

[littlealexhorne]

another alignment chart for your enjoyment~

[thebeckiest]

I'm very bad at making gifs (hence imgflip) but here is Mike Wozniak waggling his eyebrows

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Taskmaster S1-17 contestants and how they'd feel about tumblr

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A tier list ranking the taskmaster contestants from series 1 to 17 and little Alex Horne by their relationship to tumblr

Tier one, a purple square that says "would run their own fan blog of themselves": This tier has a picture of Alex Horne

Tier two, a red square that says "Shameless tumblr girlie (gender neutral)": This tier has pictures of Sam Campbell, Joe Lycett, Joanne McNally, Lucy Beaumont, Lou Sanders, Desiree Burch, Morgana Robinson, Sophie Duker, Sally Phillips, Aisling Bea, Fern Brady, Mae Martin, Mawaan Rizwan and Alice Levine.

Tier three, an orange square that says "has a tumblr but would die of shame if anyone knew": This tier has pictures of Joe Thomas, Rose Matafeo, Ivo Graham, Susan Wokoma and Josh Widdicombe.

Tier four, a dark yellow square that says "would know how tumblr works": This tier has pictures of Nish Kumar, Richard Osman, Iain Stirling, Ed Gamble, Katherine Ryan, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Munya Chawawa, Paul Chowdry and Katy Wix.

Tier five, a light yellow square that says "aware of tumblr's existence": This tier has pictures of John Robins, Tim Key, Charlotte Ritchie, Lolly Adefope, Phil Wang, Jess Knappett and Sara Pascoe.

Tier six, a light green square that says "would enjoy the concept of tumblr": This tier has pictures of Hugh Dennis, Asim Chaudhry, Liza Tarbuck, Sian Gibson, Joe Wilkinson, Rhod Gilbert, Noel Fielding, Sarah Millican, Chris Ramsey, Ardal O'Hanlan, Steve Pemberton, Sarah Kendall, Richard Herring, Al Murray, Dara O'Briain, Diasy May Cooper, Dave Gorman and Russell Howard.

Tier seven, a dark green square that says "has absolutely no idea what tumblr is": This tier has pictures of Bridget Christie, Johnny Vega, Mark Watson, Roisin Conaty, Sophie Willan, Bob Mortimer, Julian Clary, Sue Perkins, Frank Skinner, Paul Sinha, Mike Woziak, Jamali Maddix, Judi Love, Jo Brand, David Baddiel, Alan Davies, Kerry Godliman, John Kearns, Lee Mack, Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan.

Tier eight, a turquoise square that says "would be actively horrified by tumblr": This tier has pictures of Jon Richardson, Mel Giedroyc, Doc Brown, Tim Vine, Nick Mohammed, Katherine Parkinson, Jenny Eclair, Frankie Boyle, Victoria Coren Mitchell, James Acaster and Guz Khan.

END OF IMAGE DESCRIPTION]

[thebeesareback]

Where to find multiple people from Taskmaster outside of the show

Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned: David Baddiel, Frank Skinner

Big Fat Quiz of the Year/Big Fat Quiz of Everything: Mawaan Rizwan, Judi Love, Noel Fielding, Dara O'Briain, Sarah Millican, Jo Brand, Romesh Ranganathan, Asim Chaudhry, Rose Matafeo, Mel Giedroyc

The Cleaner: Greg Davis, Asim Chaudhry, Sian Gibson

Cuckoo: Greg Davis, Asim Chaudhry

Doctor Who: Mawaan Rizwan, Ardal O'Hanlon

The Inbetweeners: Greg Davis, Joe Thomas, Susan Wokoma

Eight out of Ten Cats/ Eight out of 10 Cats does Countdown: Josh Widdicombe, Roisin Conaty, Romesh Ranganathan, Katherine Ryan, Richard Osman, Joe Wilkinson, Paul Chowdhry, Rob Beckett, Sara Pascoe, Lolly Adefope, Aisling Bea, Nish Kumar, Alice Levine, Liza Tarbuck, Jessica Knappett, Phil Wang, David Baddiel, Rose Matafeo, Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas, Lee Mack, Morgana Robinson, Chris Ramsey, Judi Love, Sophie Duker, Fern Brady, John Kearns, Sam Campbell

Frankie Boyle's New World Order: Frankie Boyle, Sara Pascoe, Nish Kumar, Desiree Burch, Fern Brady

Feel Good: Mae Martin, Charlotte Ritchie

Fresh Meat: Joe Thomas, Charlotte Ritchie, Rob Beckett

Ghosts: Lolly Adefope, Charlotte Ritchie, Jessica Knappett, Katy Wix, Bridget Christie, Keill Smith-Bynoe

The Great British Bakeoff: Rob Beckett, James Acastar, Sue Perkins, Mel Gierdroyc

Hypothetical: James Acaster, Josh Widdicombe, Roisin Conaty, Liza Tarbuck, Phil Wang, Lou Sanders, Rose Matafeo, Guz Khan, Victoria Cohen Mitchell, Judi Love, Dara O'Briain

Have I Got News for You: Roisin Conaty, Dave Gorman, Mel Giedroyc, Nish Kumar, Alice Levine, Liza Tarbuck, Phil Wang, Jo Brand, Richard Herring, Desiree Burch, Munya Chawawa, Sarah Millican, Ivo Graham, Julian Clary, Lucy Beaumont

Off Menu Podcast: James Acaster (host), Ed Gamble (host), Greg Davis, Nish Kumar, Alex Horne, Dara O'Briain, Katherine Ryan, Joe Thomas, Joe Lycett, Lolly Adefope, Bob Mortimer, Jamali Maddix, Morgana Robinson, Bridget Christie, John Kearns, Keill Smith-Bynoe, Mae Martin

Outnumbered: Hugh Dennis, Katy Wix, Lee Mack

Late Night Lycett: Joe Lycett (host), Katherine Ryan, Daisy May Cooper

The Last Leg: Josh Widdicombe (host), Romesh Ranganathan, Lolly Adefope, Jessica Knappett, Johnny Vegas, Sophie Duker, Lucy Beaumont, Jo Brand, Frank Skinner, Joe Thomas, Katherine Ryan, Greg Davis, Russell Howard, Roisin Conaty, Aisling Bea, Joe Lycett, Victoria Cohen Mitchell, James Acaster, Sally Phillips, Nish Kumar, Alex Horne, Kerry Godliman, Phil Wang, Jamali Maddix, Guz Khan, Desiree Burch, Munya Chawawa, Susan Wokoma, Rose Matafeo, Kiell Smith-Bynoe

Miranda: Joe Wilkinson, Mel Giedroyc, Sally Phillips, Liza Tarbuck, Katy Wix

Mock the Week: Dara O'Briain (host), Hugh Dennis (every episode), Frankie Boyle, Josh Widdicombe, Romesh Ranganathan, Katherine Ryan, Al Murray, Mark Watson, Nish Kumar, Kerry Godliman, Rhod Gilbert, Ed Gamble, Desiree Burch, Chris Ramsey, Sophie Duker, Sarah Millican, Ivo Graham

Man Down: Roisin Connarty, Greg Davis, Mike Wozniak

Not Going Out: Lee Mack, Hugh Dennis, Tim Vine, Katy Wix

Parenting Hell: Josh Widdicombe (host), Rob Beckett (host)

Paul Sinhar's TV Showdown: Paul Sinhar (host), Rob Beckett

QI: Romesh Ranganathan, Katherine Ryan, Richard Osman, Dave Gorman, Sara Pascoe, Hugh Dennis, Lolly Adefope, Aisling Bea, Mark Watson, Nish Kumar, Tim Vine, David Baddiel, Jo Brand, Rose Matafeo, Johnny Vegas, Alan Davis, Desiree Burch, Victoria Cohen Mitchell, Bridget Christie, Dara O'Briain, Ivo Graham, Jenny Eclair, Julian Clary, Sue Perkins

Quickly Kevin, Will He Score?: Josh Widdicombe (host) (busy guy), Ivo Graham

Rob and Romesh vs...: Romesh Ranganathan (host), Rob Becket (host)

Russell Howard's Good News: Russell Howard (host) (obviously), Roisin Conaty, Romesh Ranganathan, Doc Brown, Joe Wilkinson, Aisling Bea, Iain Sterling, Lou Sanders, Ed Gamble, Chris Ramsey

The Russell Howard Hour: Russell Howard (host) (obviously), Paul Chowdhry, Jessica Knappett, Lou Sanders, Desiree Burch

Would I Lie to You: Richard Osman, Bob Mortimer, Phil Wang, Rhod Gilbert, Joe Thomas, Lou Sanders, Sian Gibson, Jo Brand, Katherine Parkinson, Lee Mack, Sarah Kendall, Desiree Burch, Ardal O'Hanlon, Judi Love, Munya Chawawa, Sarah Millican, Lucy Beaumont

Very Modern Quests: Alice Levine, Greg James, Joe Lycett, Phil Wang

Enjoy!

[3dprintcess]

🔒 (48 hours outside of TM? Doing TM tasks? It’s up to you 😎)

🔒- which taskmaster contestant would you choose to be handcuffed to for 48 hours?

Oh heck - 48hrs? That means:

Going to the toilet?!

Eating meals (one handed I suppose)

Sleeping, probably!

I'd get a bit smelly because oh heck I'm not showering/stripping I don't think?!

Assuming we can't get the handcuffs undone by any means, ofc.

There are definitely contestants that are a hard NO. Folks that have that angry edge to them, or who I think wouldn't suffer fools gladly, or who would get real grumpy after the first 3 hrs. Josh Widdicombe for example, or Lou Sanders - both on my very nope list.

A shortlist:

Mel Geidroic might be a good one - she is, after all, incredibly nice, with the added bonus of probably having already seen everything there is to see and not being especially bothered about it.

Victoria Coren Mitchell would tear me a new one, of course - not suffering fools gladly - but she'd be just so very practical about it, I'm not sure I'd mind. She might help me get my life in order, in fact. I could imagine her going "Oh for goodness sakes - just make the phonecall. Look, I'll type in the number..."

Tempted to go for Ivo Graham, just to see how his brain works, but I think the poor man would have a breakdown. Not that I'm especially difficult to be around, I don't think - just that I imagine Ivo would turn into a pretzel over the awkwardness of the situation.

Sophie Duker is too cool to be handcuffed to me, but if we were, I'd want to go on a 48hr escape room bender with her. I think that'd be hilarious and by hour 20 we'd be an absolute mess.

Lastly, maybe Mike Wozniak or Richard Osman for "terribly lovely seeming men who'd likely try to work with me to make it as smooth as possible" - I think they'd also be fantastic to chat to with great conversation.

Final answer - Sophie Duker, but only if she's up for the escape room thing (or equally fun days out). Otherwise VCM with the hope that she'd show me how to be a proper grown up!

[xenopoem]

Official Report on The Intransitionalist Chronotopologies of Kenji Siratori (TRS 109)

YOU CANNOT ESCAPE THE INEFFABLE FOREST

Official Report on The Intransitionalist Chronotopologies of Kenji Siratori: Appendix 8.2.3 is a xenopoetic data/dada anthology that documents the activities of the artist collective The Ministry of Transrational Research into Anastrophic Manifolds. The anthology results from an experimental approach to impersonal literary composition. Similar to surrealist definitions, but on the scale of a technical document, members of the Ministry—poets, musicians, novelists, painters, curators, artists, scientists, philosophers, and physicians—were asked to offer a microfiction, poem, essay, fictional citation, or computer code, in the form of a footnote or annotation to a glitch-generated novel by iconoclastic Japanese artist Kenji Siratori; however, each participant wrote their contribution without any access to or knowledge about the nature of Siratori’s source text. After collecting the contributions, the “footnotes” were each algorithmically linked to an arbitrary word from Siratori’s novel. The result is a work of xenopoetic emergence: a beautifully absurd, alien document scintillating with strange potency. Bringing together algorithmically and AI-generated electronic literature with analogue collage and traditional modes of literary composition, the Ministry refuses to commit solely to digital, automated, or analogue art and instead seeks technological mutualism and a radically alien future for the arts. Accompanied by a groundbreaking original score by electro-acoustic duo Wormwood, the anthology offers the radical defamiliarization and weird worlds of science fiction, but now the strangeness bites back on the level form. Readers should expect to discover strange portals from which new ways of thinking, feeling, and being emerge. A conceptual and experimental anthology, Official Report on The Intransitionalist Chronotopologies of Kenji Siratori inaugurates collective xenopoetic writing and the conceit that the future of art will consist of impersonal acts of material emergence, not personal expression. Consume with caution.

AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS Rosaire Appel, Louis Armand, David Barrick, Gary Barwin, Steve Beard, Gregory Betts, Christian Bök, Mike Bonsall, Peter Bouscheljong, Maria Chenut, Shane Jesse Christmas, Roy Christopher, Tabasco “Ralph” Contra, Mike Corrao, R.J. Dent, Paul Di Filippo, Zak Ferguson, Colin Herrick, S.C. Hickman, Maxwell Hyatt, Justin Isis, Andrew Joron, Chris Kelso, Phillip Klingler, Adam Lovasz, Daniel Lukes , Ania Malinowska, Claudia Manley, Ryota Matsumoto, Michael Mc Aloran, Andrew McLuhan, Jeff Noon, Jim Osman, Suarjan Prasai, Tom Prime , David Leo Rice, Virgilio Rivas, David Roden, B.R. Yeager, Andrej Shakowski , Aaron Schneider, Gary J. Shipley, Kenji Siratori , Sean Smith, Kristine Snodgrass, Sean Sokolov, Alan Sondheim, Simon Spiegel, Henry Adam Svec, Jeff VanderMeer, R.G. Vasicek, Andrew C. Wenaus, William Wenaus, Eileen Wennekers, Christina Marie Willatt, Saywrane Alfonso Williams, D. Harlan Wilson, Andrew Wilt

early September release

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Roundtable: Brown & Storms vs. Peters & Osman In a four-hour roundtable discussion, Justin Peters, Jim Osman, Michael Brown, and Sam Storms sit down to discuss disagreements in person for the first time. This roundtable discussion was recorded on April 1, 2023, six months before the news related to Mike Bickle's sexual abuse became public.

[journey-to-the-attic]

ok now i wanna hear about everyone else's brit celebrity crushes.....

now THIS is the ask i was always meant to answer

lucifer: david mitchell, not necessarily because he finds him attractive, but because he respects david's dedication to being a Normal Man. also greg davies, and this time it is because he thinks he's hot

mammon: aisling bea, jess knappett, ed gamble (if you have seen any of them on taskmaster you'll understand why. mammon would watch jess fall off the stage and fall in love)

levi: charlotte ritchie and lolly adefope because they're just lovely, also noel fielding because he's a weirdo

satan: peter capaldi (as i've said), but tbh it'd be anyone who's ever played the doctor - the doctor as a character just massively appeals to him. tragic morally-grey fast-talking smart-ass? take him already. also richard osman (he likes a smart guy)

asmo: bruno tonioli off strictly, josh widdicombe (he thinks he's cute), and also greg davies again

beel: gordon ramsay. you understand why. (also not so much a crush but i feel he'd be super endeared by how bewildered johnny vegas was for his entire taskmaster run)

belphie: katy wix because she's just very chill and sweet, and rose matafeo because she's cool. also peter capaldi again

diavolo: i've already said claudia winkleman, but also mel giedroyc. i think he'd just have a soft spot for sweet but also slightly chaotic middle-aged women

barbatos: i was going to jokingly say paul hollywood from bake-off but i hate that man so much i can't even bring myself to do it. so instead i'm going to say rob brydon, because barbatos finds his little impressions endearing

simeon: bob mortimer and mike wozniak for their down-to-earth charm, and also joe lycett for his flamboyancy

solomon: hugh dennis and rhod gilbert (he just thinks they're attractive), sara pascoe (she's funny)

[prawns-are-cannibals]

Hi! TM ask! 10 & 17?

10. If you could pick any old contestants to come back for a special, who would they be?

Ohh I do always enjoy this question, as it changes slightly fairly often. At the moment, it's Richard Osman, Mike Wozniak, Nish Kumar, Rose Matafeo, and Judi Love.

17. Critique your favourite series, and compliment your least favourite series.

Series 10 is my favourite. My main critique is that there wasn't a capable contestant in the whole series. Which did lead to some funny moments, but it does make things interesting to have contestants with a range of usefulness. I can really see why people don't like it.

Series 8 is probably my least favourite. But it does have my favourite task of all time, which was the hide and seek one in the train station/train yard. It just looked so fun to do, and really showed the contestants personalities.

Taskmaster Asks

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Ranking Every Taskmaster Contestant*

Just a list I’ve worked on for the last few years in my drafts and never published, because why would anyone bother to do this without write-ups or statistics, without ever being asked to do it in the first place? But, it’s time to just get it out there.

Basically I judged this on: were they fun to watch, did they bring a character to the show I enjoyed, did they seem to enjoy it themselves, or did they seem to care at all? 

I noticed a few patterns. My least favorite seem to be the women who showed up and didn’t really have any familiarity with the show or any interest in competing. Just up from there is a grouping of hapless middle-aged men who I felt weird watching as they failed. 

On the other hand, if they were too competitive, I didn’t appreciate that, either. I feel bad putting Ed Gamble down at #20—I listen to him on two podcasts, but he was way too aggressively competitive in Taskmaster. It’s also part of why Iain Sterling, who otherwise would’ve had a higher spot on the list just by nature of being Scottish, but he really made an ass of himself throughout Series 8. 

Bias is probably the reason my #1 is my #1. A major theme of many of my top favorites seems to be that they are lanky, smart-dumbass types. 

I know there are several people will disagree with me on. Would love to hear what y’all think! 

Anyway, here it is, updated through season 14.

James Acaster 

Jessica Knappett

Liza Tarbuck

Mike Wozniak

Sarah Kendall

Sara Pascoe

Sally Phillips

Morgana Robinson

Rose Matafeo

Noel Fielding 

Bob Mortimer 

Joe Lycett

Joe Thomas

Fern Brady

Nish Kumar 

Sian Gibson

Romesh Ranganathan

Charlotte Richie

Desiree Burch

Ed Gamble

Sophie Duker

Sarah Millican

Aisling Bea

Asim Chaudhry

Lolly Adefope

Phil Wang 

Dara Ó Briain

Mawaan Rizwan

Chris Ramsey

Russell Howard

Bridget Christie

Katy Wix

Jamali Maddix

Rob Beckett

Josh Widdicombe

Munya Chawawa

Kerry Godliman

Doc Brown

Dave Gorman

Ardal O’Hanlon

Alice Levine

Alan Davies

Paul Sinha

Guz Khan

Al Murray

Jon Richardson

Victoria Coren Mitchell

Iain Sterling

Rhod Gilbert

Richard Osman

Frank Skinner

Hugh Dennis

Mark Watson

David Baddiel

Katherine Ryan

Lou Sanders

Richard Herring

Tim Key

Lee Mack

Joe Wilkinson

Paul Chowdhry

Mel Giedroyc

Johnny Vegas

John Kearns

Tim Vine

Catherine Parkinson

Judi Love

Roisin Canaty

Jo Brand

Daisy May Cooper

*Does not include New Year Treats or any international versions. I’ve only watched Taskmaster UK, I swear someday I’ll get to NZ and Australia! (I have tried Finland but it didn’t stick for whatever reason.)

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britcom comedians & panel show personalities who share your sign

AQUARIUS ♒ dara ó briain • frank skinner • glenn moore • guz khan • hugh dennis • lucy porter • maisie adam • mark watson • phil wang • vic reeves

PISCES ♓ aisling bea • alan davies • dave gorman • ed gamble • jenny eclair • katy wix • michael mcintyre • rose matafeo

ARIES ♈ andy parsons • desiree burch • ed byrne • gary delaney • jamali maddix • john kearns • josh widdicombe • josie long • roisin conaty • romesh ranganathan • rory bremner

TAURUS ♉ al murray • alex brooker • catherine tate • greg davies • joe wilkinson • john robins • mae martin • milton jones • morgana robinson • rhys james • rob brydon • sally phillips • sandi toksvig • sean lock • stephen mangan

GEMINI ♊ alan carr • bob mortimer • david baddiel • fern brady • judi love • julian clary • london hughes • mel giedroyc • noel fielding • paul sinha • rich hall • richard ayoade • sara pascoe • sarah millican • shappi khorsandi • sindhu vee • tom allen

CANCER ♋ adam hills • alice levine • david mitchell • katherine ryan • harriet kemsley • ian hislop • jack whitehall • joe lycett • paul merton • peter serafinowicz • phill jupitus • rosie jones

LEO ♌ bridget christie • cariad lloyd • chris ramsey • daisy may cooper • frankie boyle • isy suttie • lee mack • jo brand • nish kumar • victoria coren mitchell

VIRGO ♍ alex horne • dane baptiste • darren harriott • ivo graham • jimmy carr • johnny vegas • lolly adefope • miles jupp • nina conti • stephen fry • sue perkins • tim key

LIBRA ♎ diane morgan • harry hill • jack dee • jon richardson • limmy • nick helm • rhod gilbert • robert webb • tiff stevenson • zoe lyons

SCORPIO ♏ angela barnes • chris addison • elis james • ellie taylor • holly walsh • liza tarbuck • jonathan ross • kerry godliman • kevin bridges • matt forde • mike wozniak • sofie hagen • susan calman

SAGITTARIUS ♐ adam riches • david o'doherty • jessica knappett • larry dean • miranda hart • richard osman • seann walsh • simon amstell • steven k. amos

CAPRICORN ♑ ahir shah • angus deayton • bill bailey • claudia winkleman • james acaster • mark lamarr • paul foot • rob beckett • suzi ruffell

[thismustbetheblog]

Heyyy bestie I know you're a fan of Mike Wozniak so I thought you'd like to know if you don't already that he's currently on this week's Richard Osman's House of Games. ok bye love ya x

Thank you!!!!

Do you know what? I saw a post saying he would be on this week, on here yesterday.

Then between then and now I completely forgot.

So myself and my adhd thanks you.

I hope that absolute icon is still uploading the episodes to YT. Either way I will track today's episode down!

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Woz, as a House of Games champion, is back on House of Games next week, from 21/11/2022!

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2022 Book Wrap!

In total I read 29 books this year meaning I was only 1 book of my reading goal of 30. That is okay thought because this year I really got back into reading and considering last year I read about 14!

Books I read:

The Turn of the Screw - Henry James

The World's Greatest Miracle - Og Mandino

The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman

Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens

The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson

The woman in Black - Susan Hill

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

The Man Who Died Twice - Richard Osman

The Girls I've Been - Tess Sharpe

As Good as Dead - Holly Jackson

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman

How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You - The Oatmeal

Heartstopper - Alice Osrman

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Trial by Fire - Josephine Angelini

Firewalker - Josephine Angelini

Witches Pyre - Josephine Angelini

Midnight Sun - Stephanie Meyer

New Moon - Stephanie Meyer

Eclipse - Stephanie Meyer

The Candid Life of Meena Dave - Namrata Patel

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins

One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston

Daisy Jones and the Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky

Little women - Louisa May Alcott

Good wives - Lousia May Alcott

The Bullet that Missed - Richard Osman

My 5 top books of the year that weren't rereads are probably The Woman in Black, Midnight Sun, The Candid Life of Meena Dave, Daisy Jones and the Six, and One Last stop.

The Woman in Black is my new favourite horror book ever. It made me feel so unsettled (my imagination is very active) and had me peeking around corners before exiting a room incase the Woman in black was waiting for me. The plot twist at the end really got me as I genuinely thought that he had broken the curse but wow. It was sick but also amazing and I couldn't read anything for a few days once I finished it because I was still hooked.

Funnily enough Midnight Sun is in my top 5. I know alot of people disliked this book because it was too similar to Twilight but I really enjoyed it. I love how we really get to see Edwards character more in depth. What I loved is how dramatic he was and how funny he was. My favourite part was when Mike was speaking to Bella and Edwards decides to be the most dramatic man ever and start thinking about how he could just kill Mike. So silly.

The Candid Life of Meena Dave is incredible. I love the characters, especially the dog! The romance in this book was so cute and I loved how Patel didn't make Meena have her whole life and story revolve around Sam after meeting him. It didn't just focus on love but also on Meena trying to find herself before even thinking about getting into a relationship. Was an amazing read that had me kicking my feet.

Now at first I didn't like Daisy Jones and the Six because of how it was written. But then I grew to love it with my whole heart. I wanted to learn how to pkay bass guitar before reading this book but after it made me get up and actually learn. I'm so glad Reid didn't glamorise or romanticise drugs because drugs quite literally almost ruined Billy's life. I loved seeing how he changed and dealt with everything. Anyway I'm so excited for the show to come out in March!

Finally, One Last Stop, arguably my favourite overall this year. THIS REALLY HAD ME KICKING MY LEGS IT WAS SO CUTE. I think I also fell in love with Jane. When I say this book had me crying I mean actually sobbing. The end had me facing so many emotions. I don't even have the words to say how much I love this book.

I reread quite a few books too. My top 5 were definitely the Worldwalker Trilogy (Trial by Fire, Firewalker and Witches Pyre), The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Little Women. These 5 books are my comfort books. Every single one of them has broken spines and damaged covers because of the amount of times I've read them. I highly HIGHLY recommend them, especially the Worldwalker trilogy and anything by Josephine Angelini. The trilogy has my ultimate book crush, Rowan Fall, too! So underrated definetly go read it!

Anyway, that is everything I have to say about this year. Its a shame I only had one book left to read but I'll achieve it next year!

[doyouwanttoseeabug]

This is all amazing advice and I just want to add something. If you're in the pre-capeable of hope phase which I spent a lot of time in, if you're utterly hopeless that the world is going to change terribly very soon, then may I offer you the mindset of "enjoy it while stocks last"

Across England the arts are being defunded more and more every year leading to an eventual total collapse in the quality and quantity, but RIGHT NOW there are loads of cool art exhibitions/plays/music events going on for vv cheap/free. The future may be entirely Richard Osman books and Mike Bartlett plays, so I should go to a shit ton of these while I still can.

Climate change means that the woods I loved as a child have a life span of, idk, fifteen years left? That's devastating. Im going to go and visit the bluebell glades as often as I can while stocks last.

I can no longer afford my own place. I'm moving back in with my parents. It's horrible. So every day, after I've finished packing, I go on long walks around all the parts of the neighborhood I've loved for three years. Enjoy it while stocks last.

Eventually you will probably meet people through loving these things who also love these things, and maybe you can band together and do something about that and follow all the advice above. But sometimes you've got to do the step between. If you know Rome is going to burn tomorrow, that's the best time to go sightseeing.