#olivia hoang

[hoangphuockimchi]

Taking a walk down memory lane today :-) Here's a blog of mine from 2014: oliviahoang.tumblr.com.

[idontknowsarah]

Have you ever been so trapped inside your self that you didn't know how to get out... Thank god I'm digging myself out.

Now back to our original scheduled programming...

Pedro Pascal fanfic, RPDR, smut books, and 🌿here I come. Momma's felling like her old self.

Ps. If anyone else has any recommends for REAL romance novels, could you tell a sister? I love witty banner, detailed sexual content, LGBTQIA+ stories, fantasy shit like SJM stuff because Rhys set the bar it's hard to come down from. 🥵🔥🥵

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

which romance novels have you liked the most and also which ones have you disliked the most??

YEAH LET'S GO!!!

Helen Hoang is my absolute #1 ride or die, anything she writes I'm here for forever. I do think that Kiss Quotient is the weakest of her books, which isn't shocking from a first novel, but the sex is solid and she got SIGNIFICANTLY better for the Bride Test and the Heart Principle. those were the best romances I read in 2023 and the competition is not close, Bride Test in particular is just a heap of fun.

Alexis Hall's A Lady for a Duke is also pretty excellent, just really dreamy trans woman historical romance with the most #woke and fuckable 19th century duke who ever lived. yes the duke gets over his alcoholism and laudanum addiction way too fast. yes there's an insane shoehorned Wickham-running-off-with-Lydia style plot at the end that comes out of nowhere and doesn't really make the story better. no there's no enough sex. but who cares? just have fun with it.

I also really really enjoyed Lauren Kung Jessen's Lunar Love but like... entirely because I was reading the protagonist, Olivia, as like a Rachel Bloom Crazy Ex-Girlfriend type who's so obsessed with the Chinese zodiac because she has an undiagnosed personality disorder. that's definitely not what the intent was but I think Olivia should have been allowed to be way MORE unhinged, tbh. I think Olivia should be allowed to kill.

as for the dishonorable mentions... god.

Tessa Bailey's Unfortunately Yours is ATROCIOUS. unbearable characters and dialogue that feels like listening to a garbage disposal and sex scenes that almost ruptured my spleen because I was laughing so hard. also the premise was just. very dumb. I Cannot Handle fake relationship books where the characters are stupid about it. the only part of it I like was the female protag's mom, a frigid evil milf who could keep me like a purse dog.

speaking of fake relationships, Chencia Higgins' book D'vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding was also a huge letdown. the premise of two strangers having to fake a relationship on a reality tv show is good silly fun but Higgins just seemed like... DEEPLY uninterested in the reality tv aspect except as an excuse for how the characters met? when camera crew politely agreed not to film D'Vaughn coming out to her family, that was some bullshit. the whole book is just really sloppy, it's very disheartening that this is like THE #1 Black lesbian romance that I see recommended because it sucks and Black lesbians deserve soooo much better.

Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun has been one of the hardest books to read because the protagonist/POV character is just soooo whiny and insufferable. she's supposed to be a very #relatable smol bean but god she was exhausting, I couldn't stand her.

[alldancersaretalented]

YAGP San Diego Results

Outstanding Choreographer Award:

Jordan Pelliteri

Comfort In The Storm (?)

These Things (The Collective PHX)

Andrew Brader

Closing (?)

Outstanding School Award:

Li's Ballet Studio

Pre-Competitive Age Division

Hope Award

Sylvie Win Szyndlar, 9 (MBA)

Contemporary (Women and Men combined)

Top 3

Avery Stomberg, 10 (The Collective PHX)

Adalee Grove, 10 (The Collective PHX)

Claire Wu, 11 and Michelle Qu, 9 (Both Li's Ballet Studio)

Top 12

Abby Zhang, 10 (CA School of Classical Ballet)

Akiko Sano, 10 (BISD)

Ali Mazda Shirazi, 11 (The Collective PHX)

Corinne Strabo, 11 (Hasmik Amirian Ballet)

Grace Lee, 9 (Dancers World Productions)

Lauren Thorne, 10 (Bobbie's School of PA)

Natalia Gutierrez, 11 (?)

Classical (Women and Men combined)

Top 3

Claire Wu, 11 (Li's Ballet Studio)

Amy Li, 11 (Li's Ballet Studio)

Corinne Strabo, 11 (Hasmik Amirian Ballet)

Top 12

Ali Mazda Shirazi, 11 (The Collective PHX)

Alianna Nassos, 11 (Hasmik Amirian Ballet)

Aliya Yen, 11 (CA School of Classical Ballet)

Anqi Lu, 10 (Li's Ballet Studio)

Isabella Zhou, 11 (Li's Ballet Studio)

Mackenzie Liu, 11 (Li's Ballet Studio)

Natasha Guiles, 11 (?)

Sofia Aliyev, 10 (Bayer Ballet)

Junior Age Division

Youth Grand Prix Award

Ellary Day Szyndlar, 12 (MBA)

Classical (Women and Men combined)

Top 3

Miley Liu, 14 (Bayer Ballet)

Angela Yang, 12 (Li's Ballet Studio)

Katerina Carney, 13 (Southland Ballet Academy) and Haruki Fukase, 14 (BISD)

Top 12

Adler Gorden, 14 (In The Spotlight Dance Conservatory)

Celestyna Park, 13 (?)

Kendall Morgan, 14 (Hasmik Amirian Ballet)

Lauryn Alexander, 14 (The Collective PHX)

Levi Liu, 13 (?)

Sarah Shi, 14 (Li's Ballet Studio)

Victoria Carillo, 12 (MBA)

Top 24

Alexandra Guiles, 13 (?)

Amelie Hoang, 14 (Southland Ballet Academy)

Amor Branco, 13 (?)

Anissa Valdezpino, 13 (?)

Bryn Oh, 14 (Southland Ballet Academy)

Hikari Oda, 13 (BISD)

Karson Koller, 14 (The Collective PHX)

Malia Scott, 12 (Larkin Dance Studio)

Mandy Hur, 14 (Southland Ballet Academy)

Sarah Shi, 14 (Li's Ballet Studio)

Stella Sherman, 14 (?)

Taylor Lorenzo, 14 (North County Academy of Dance)

Toma Watanabe Esparza, 14 (DKCBA)

Contemporary (Women and Men combined)

Top 3

Lauryn Alexander, 14 (The Collective PHX)

Victoria Carillo, 12 (MBA)

Malia Scott, 12 (Larkin Dance Studio) and Karson Koller, 14 (The Collective PHX)

Top 12

Adler Gorden, 14 (In The Spotlight Dance Conservatory)

Hanna Jiu, 12 (?)

Katerina Carney, 13 (Southland Ballet Academy)

Miley Liu, 14 (Bayer Ballet)

Olyve Hill, 14 (?)

Stella Sherman, 14 (?)

Taylor Lorenzo, 14 (North County Academy of Dance)

Senior Age Division

Grand Prix Award

not awarded

Contemporary (Women and Men combined)

Top 3

Reese Millspaugh, 16 (?)

Keona Miles, 17 (WestMet Classical Training, MN)

Ellen Wang, 17 (Xingjian Dance Studio) and Payton Beckman, 16 (WestMet Classical Training)

Top 12

Ailie Fleming, 18 (?)

Armen Kavcioglu, 15 (Hasmik Amirian Ballet)

Kasey Blackmon, 16 (The Collective PHX)

Katherine Yang, 15 (?)

Kiera Lemus, 17 (In The Spotlight Dance Conservatory, CA)

Lyla Briggs, 16 (DKCBA)

Swara D'souza, 15 (?)

Tiana Luna, 17 (The Collective PHX)

Classical (Women and Men combined)

Top 3

Lyla Briggs, 16 (DKCBA)

Keona Miles, 17 (WestMet Classical Training)

Armen Kavcioglu, 15 (Hasmik Amirian Ballet) and Katherine Yang, 15 (?)

Top 12

Emma Power, 16 (WestMet Classical Training)

Iris Yuan, 15 (?)

Julia Prevost, 15 (Southland Ballet Faculty)

Kiera Lemus, 17 (In The Spotlight Dance Conservatory)

Mya-Sylvie Chmel, 15 (?)

Olivia Marquez, 16 (DKCBA)

Payton Beckman, 16 (WestMet Classical Training)

Reese Millspaugh, 16 (?)

[bisexualchrissycunningham]

Readers, I am on the verge of giving up on the romance genre. I need people to recommend books that I won't hate.

Please, I'm dying. I just wanna read cute stories about love without a bunch of regressive gender stereotypes or just straight-up abuse. Is that really so much to ask??? Anyway I'm gonna list things I love and hate about the genre and perhaps some of you kind people could make some suggestions based on that?

Romances I've liked: Emily Henry's Happy Place (I actually cried at this one!); Talia Hibbert's Get a Life, Chloe Brown; Evie Dunmore's A League of Extraordinary Women series; Alexis Hall's Boyfriend Material; Casey MacQuiston's Red White and Royal Blue (although the politics in this one really turned me off the first time I read it); Meg Cabot's The Princess Diaries series (a classic); Sangu Mandanna's The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (I love a romance that has a lovable cast of supporting characters and some other elements going on beyond the love story!); Jen Wang's The Prince & the Dressmaker

Stuff I hate in romance: Most enemies to lovers (cause the most recent wave of this trope is primarily men abusing women in some way, but if you've got a suggestion that isn't that, please tell me), when Being Tall is treated as a entire personality for men, generally men being So Large and women being So Smol cause it almost always leans into weird gender shit that makes me uncomfortable, super innocent virginal girls who are almost childlike being "corrupted" by mean fuckboys, the entire dark romance genre (are you seeing the trend about things I hate... lol), Instalove (Chanel Cleeton's Next Year in Havana was SO guilty of this)

Romances I disliked/DNF'd: Abby Jimenez's Part of Your World (the female lead was insufferable!); Jasmine Guillory's The Wedding Date (some of the character work was interesting but I just got bored with the story tbh); Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan's The Royal We (just SO boring but that's what I get for reading Will & Kate fanfiction); anything that started as R*ylo fic cause they, and Twilight before them, are basically the blueprint for what I find fundamentally un-romantic about a lot of romance (I might be willing to give something by Ali H*zlewood a try, as a few Booktubers I trust have said her writing has gotten better with each new book she's published BUT the word steminist is the most cringe thing I've ever heard so maybe not)

Romances that sound interesting but I've been burned so much I just don't know: Helen Hoang's the Kiss Quotient; Beth O'Leary's The Flatshare; Lyssa Kay Adams' The Bromance Book Club; Olivia Waite's The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics, India Holton's Dangerous Damsels series, Nisha Sharma's Dating Dr. Dil

Heeeelp.

[mermaidsirennikita]

Can you recommend a book where the Heroine has Children?

I keep finding novels where the hero has children who he needs to find a mother for them. Few with mothers falling in love.

Sure!

A Figure of Love by S.M. LaViolette. Historical. The heroine is a widow who starts working as a landscape architect for the hero, a self-made man (who is on the spectrum). He's super adorable with her kid, too.

The Widow's Kiss by Jane Feather. Historical. Both the hero and the heroine are single parents (he has a son, she has two daughters, both lost their spouses). She's been widowed for the fourth time under mysterious circumstances and he's sent in to investigate by Henry VIII. Sexual tension ensues!

This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan. Contemporary. The heroine is a mother of two (I think, maybe three) whose husband is caught embezzling from his company in a BIG way. She later begins a romance with the man who caught him—he's also a single father to two kids. A really soft, heroine-forward book.

Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan. Contemporary. Not sure if this counts, but the heroine and hero are divorced co-parents of two kids following the stillbirth of their third. She realizes as he begins to move on that she's still in love with him.

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang. Contemporary. The hero is on the spectrum and doesn't believe he's capable of love; his mom convinces the heroine to come to America and try to get him to marry her. She does it because she's a single mom and wants the security.

The Art of Scandal by Regina Black. Contemporary. The heroine is married and a mom of one, and finds out her husband has been cheating. He's a politician and asks her to stay with him until the campaign is over.... But then she begins falling for her frenemy's son...

Jana Goes Wild by Farah Heron. Contemporary. The heroine and hero have a fling at the beginning of the book... and she finds out he's married. But oops, she's pregnant. Five years later, they're co-parents and end up at the same destination wedding. But it's not over!!!

Enter the Duke by Grace Callaway. Historical. Secret baby book; the heroine got pregnant (against a wall) and the hero had no idea, so she's raised their kid alone for 5-7 years before he shows up in need of help with a treasure hunt lol.

The Recruit by Monica McCarty. Historical. The heroine is a widow with a son, and becomes pregnant by the hero—leading to their shotgun wedding.

The Viper by Monica McCarty. The heroine is a mother, and this drives much of her motivation.

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian. Historical. Marian has a baby (though she's a bit of a hands-off mom) and ends up in a romance with her shitty husband's secret son....

Between the Devil and Desire by Lorraine Heath. Olivia is a widow with a son (baby Lovingdon) and Jack Dodger is the man her late husband designated as the kid's guardian... kicking off the plot.

The Last Wicked Scoundrel by Lorraine Heath. The heroine is a DV survivor with a son, and the hero is a doctor with a mysterious connection to her late husband.

Duchess by Day, Mistress by Night by Stacy Reid. The heroine is a widow with a son who hires a self-made fixer to help her find said son's missing governess... But he doesn't want money for payment.

Then Came You by Lisa Kleypas. Lily's entire purpose in the book is to find her daughter, who was taken from her.

Waiting for Scot Like You by Eva Leigh. The heroine is in her mid to late forties with multiple grown children, and is escorted to an orgy (lol) by her younger Scottish bodyguard.

[jxrm]

book log - 2024

diva by daisy goodwin

the heiress by rachel hawkins

only if you’re lucky by stacy willingham

the chateau by jaclyn goldis

just stay away by tony wirt

the other mothers by katherine faulker

middle of the night by riley sager

the disappearance of astrid bricard by natasha lester

every time i go in vacation, someone dies by catherine mack

the last caretaker by jessica strawser

just for the summer by abby jimenez

house of glass by sarah pekkanen

the mayor of maxwell street by avery cunningham

first lie wins by ashley elston

the phoenix crown by kate quinn

murder road by simone st. james

the fury by alex michaelides

happiness falls by angie kim

the house of last resort by christopher golden

run rose run by dolly parton

the chalice of the gods by rick riordan

there should have been right by nalini singh

the mysterious case of the alperton angels by janice hallet

darling girls by sally hepworth

the pieces around us by leigh fields

love, theoretically by ali hazelwood

the teacher by frieda mcfadden

x by jack croxell

iron flame by rebecca yarros

the only suspect by louise candlish

throwback by maurene goo

the housemaid is watching by frieda mcfadden

zara hossain is here by sabina khan

slice by angie caedis

the ways of the dead by neely tucker

orphan train by christina baker

a court of silver flames by sarah j. mass

come and get it by kiley reid

the drowning woman by robyn harding

when i bleed: poems about endometriosis by maggie bowyer

the house in the pines by ana reyes

only say good things by crystal hefner

the mother-in-law by sally hepworth

daughter of mine by megan miranda

lore olympus: volume four by rachel smythe

this time it’s real by ann liang

anna o by matthew blake

the girl with the louding voice by abi dare

where the forest meets the stars by glendy vanderah

a friend in the dark by samantha m. bailey

the wife app by carolyn mackler

howl’s moving castle by diana wynne jones

the spanish love deception by elena armas

divide by jessa russo

lies and weddings by kevin kwan

the foxhole victory tour by amy lynn green

dying to tell by keri beevis

my father, the panda killer by jamie jo hoang

the wedding party by l.r. jones

girl gone mad by avery bishop

starter wife by bethany lopez

the queens of new york by e.l. shen

theater lovers by ciara blume

once upon a broken heart by stephanie garber

the surrogate mother by frieda mcfadden

crying in h mart by michelle zauner

don’t forget to write by sara goldman confino

the next girl by carla kovach

the paradise problem by christina lauren

ivy league liars by grace costello

every summer after by carley fortune

the ballad of never after by stephanie garber

a curse of true love by stephanie garber

the devil’s storybooks by natalie babbit

expiration dates by rebecca serle

the murmur of bees by sofia segovia

growing up hadley by dana harp

the vacation by john marrs

rum punch regrets by anna kemp

the five-star weekend by elin hilderbrand

people to follow by olivia worley

the treasure hunters club by tom ryan

you shouldn’t be here by lauren thoman

trophy wife by bethany lopez

seven summers by paige toon

veridian sterling fakes it by jennifer gooch

the friendship club by robyn carr

women of good fortune by sophie wan

the smuggler’s apprentice of guatemala by lachlan page

this summer will be different by carley fortune

natural selection by elin hilderbrand

the passengers by john marrs

asap by axie oh

island of shadows by christopher kvintus

swan song by elin hilderbrand

lore olympus: volume five by rachel smythe

blue hawaiian by carla luna

the villain edit by laurie devore

hermione granger and the order of the phoenix by sara baines-miller

the hotel nantucket by elin hilderbrand

bummer camp by ann garvin

pink glass houses by asha elias

cut and thirst by margaret atwood

the exception to the rule by christina lauren

#crimetime by jeneva rose

incidents around the house by josh malerman

the mistress by valerie keogh

kiki’s delivery service by eiko kadono

when we were friends by jane green

the honey-don’t list by christina lauren

worst wingman ever by abby jimenez

the perfect couple by elin hilderbrand

home is where the bodies are by jeneva rose

the only good indians by stephen graham jones

roar by cecelia ahern

the wedding people by alison espach

look in the mirror by catherine steadman

fit to die by daniel kalla

uglies by scott westerfield

hideaway by nicole lundrigan

the fortune teller by natasha boydell

crazy rich asians by kevin kwan

the wish by nicholas sparks

how the penguins saved veronica by hazel prior

the plus one by s. c. lalli

the haters by robyn harding

china rich girlfriend by kevin kwan

rich people problems by kevin kwan

the haunting of moscow house by olesya salnikova gilmore

the lonely hearts book club by lucy gilmore

the measure by nikki erlick

somewhere beyond the sea by tj klume

adam and evie’s matchmaking tour by nora nguyen

i was a teenage slasher by stephen graham jones

here one moment by liane moriarity

badass bonita by kim guerra

zetas till we die by amber and danielle brown

shred sisters by betsy learner

one of the girls by lucy clarke

society of lies by lauren ling brown

the radius of us by marie marquardt

fantasticland by mike bockoven

sheets by brenna thummler

the boyfriend by frieda mcfadden

delicates by brenna thummler

no one will know by rose carlyle

lights by brenna thummler

counting miracles by nicholas sparks

the night we lost him by laura dave

ghost stories by ron ripley

the hitchcock hotel by stephanie wrobel

for better or cursed by kate williams

the last one at the wedding by jason rekulak

creation lake by rachel kushner

like mother, like daughter by kimberly mccreight

libby lost and found by stephanie booth

the nosy neighbour by nita prose

needy little things by channelle desamours

the reappearance of rachel price by holly jackson

not another love song by julie soto

we used to live here by marcus kliewer

the stillwater girls by minka kent

yours for the taking by gabrielle korn

52 weeks and a party of one by bianca pensy aba

youthjuice by e.k. sathue

the manicurist’s daughter by susan lieu

the invisible life of addie larue by victoria e. schwab

the housekeeper’s wedding by frieda mcfadden

what does it feel like? by sophie kinsella

the anti-heroes by jen lancaster

the christmas book hunt by jenny colgan

christmas every day by beth moran

cruel winter with you by ali hazelwood

winter in paradise by elin hilderbrand

holiday hideaway by mary kay andrews

merry ever after by tessa bailey

what happens in paradise by elin hilderbrand

the widow's husband's secret lie by frieda mcfadden

trouble in paradise by elin hilderbrand

wrath of the triple goddess by rick riordan

deep dish by mary kay andrews

buried road by katie tallo

25 days by per jacobsen

please tell me by mike omer

[artisticlegshake]

RADIX NATIONALS RESULTS 2023

OTE! award but not in Mini Solo Top 10:

Addyson Paul - PAVE OTE!

Emi Hoang - PAVE OTE!

Kennedy Vanamersfort - PAVE OTE!

Soleil Montes De Oca - THE ROCK OTE!

Brooklyn Singer - DANCEPLEX OTE!

Emily Collins - DANCE DELUXE OTE!

Paige Davis - PAVE OTE!

Halle Forrest - IMPACT (AZ) OTE!

Brooklyn Raney - PAVE OTE!

James Iwamoto - PAVE OTE!

Addilyn Lewis - IMPACT (AZ) OTE!

Aria Bongiorno - DANCE DELUXE OTE!

Madison Skapyak - SUMMIT OTE!

Isabella Dyer - DANCEPLEX OTE!

Charlotte Rathjen - DANCE STUDIO C OTE!

Summer Dalrymple - THE BASE OTE!

Adriana Bernhardt - NOR CAL OTE!

Zoey Brooks - SUMMIT OTE!

Olivia Gonzales - AVANTI OTE!

[kpop-france-actu]

2 Février: D82/ Rawhyun (Ntx) & Chris (Blitzers)

3 Février: Ive/ Plave/ Generations

4 Février: All(h)ours/ Chanmin/ Timethai/ Toil

5 Février: NiziU/ Be:First/ Fantastics/ Moonbyul (Mamamoo débuts japonais)/ Rescene

6 Février: Lee Raon

7 Février: One Pact (pré-release)/ Babymonster (performance video)/ Madein (pré-release)/ Hanhae & Moon Seyoon

8 Février: Doyul

9 Février: Daychild (single japonais) / Hwang karam

10 Février: Evnne/ Rockhyeon (Fave1) /Ash Island/ Not true/ Wooseok (pentagon)

11 Février: Kevin Woo/ Hyunkyu/ Wena (single japonais) /Song Gain / Izykite/ samuel & Hoang my an (collaboration)

12 Février: Younghoon/ Suhwan/ JustB/ K-Soul (débuts solos)/ Chungha/ Soohyun (U-Kiss pré-release) / Kongthap Peak

13 Février: Boyfriend (single japonais)/ Olivia Marsh

14 Février: Jisoo (Blackpink)/ I'll-It (single japonais)/ Madein/ One Pact/ I:Mond/ Xodiac (pré-release) /Proxie

16 Février: Sunho/ Awin

17 Février: Pow

18 Février: Onf/ Xodiac/ ARrC

19 Février: The Jet Boy Bangerz / Lun8

21 Février: One Ok Rock

24 Fevrier: J.Soul Brothers/ ZeroBaseOne/ Hearts2hearts (Débuts)

25 février: G-Dragon (Big Bang)

26 Février: YB/ NouerA (débuts) /Gyubin

27 février: Hwang Chiyeul

28 Février: Lisa (Blackpink)

[enchantingpolicecupcake]

El show de Big Show | Doblaje Wiki | Fandom

"Personaje Actor original Actor de doblaje

Personajes principales

Paul Wight "Big Show" Diego A. Nieves

Cassy Allison Munn Liliana Barba

Lola Reylynn Caster Itzel Mendoza González

Mandy Lily Brooks O'Briant Regina Tiscareño

J.J. Juliet Donenfeld Estefanía Piedra

Personajes recurrentes

Terry Jaleel White Emmanuel Bernal

Entrenador Fener Ben Giroux Edson Matus

Bennett Asif Ali Javier Olguín

Taylor Dallas Young Emiliano Ugarte

Srita. Regge Jaime Moyer Gloria Obregón

Sra. Goodpasture Marisa Chen Moller Karina Altamirano

Kennedy Jolie Hoang-Rappaport Alicia Vélez

Monica B. Tessa Espinola Nycolle González

Olivia Emma Loewen Varenka Carrillo"

https://doblaje.fandom.com/es/wiki/El_show_de_Big_Show#:~:text=Personaje,Varenka%20Carrillo

[mccarty-metric]

2025 TBR - Books I Own

Romance Books (or at least books i think are romance)

Spoiler Alert - Olivia Dade

The Charm Offensive - Alison Cochrun

The Heart Principle - Helen Hoang

One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston (maybe it leaves the dnf pile this year)

Archer's Voice - Mia Sheridan

A Novel Love Story - Ashley Poston

All Fired Up - Dylan Newton

Just Haven't Met You Yet - Sophie Sousens

The Graham Effect - Elle Kennedy

The Dixon Rule - Elle Kennedy

Late Bloomer - Mazey Eddings

Musical Chairs - Amy Poeppel

Just My Type - Falon Ballard

Love & Other Disasters - Anita Kelly

Five Feet Apart - Lippincott, Daughtry, Iaconis

The Voting Booth - Colbert

Romantic Comedy - Curtis Sittenfeld

The Party Crasher - Sophie Kinsella

The Charm Offensive - Alison Cochrun

Dungeons and Drama - Kristy Boyce

Dating and Dragons - Kristy Boyce

Anything But Romance

Finlay Donovan is Killing It - Elle Cosimano

How to Make Friends with the Dark - Kathleen Glasgow

Some Girls Do - Jennifer Dugan

It goes like this - Moreland

Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell

The Music of What Happens - Konigsberg

I Kissed Shara Wheeler - Casey McQuiston

The Pivot Year - Brianna Wiest

Gmorning, Gnight! - Lin Manuel Miranda

Firekeepers Daughter - Boulley (I know this is technically a reread but i want to read it so it counts)

Warrior Girl Unearthed - Boulley

The Anthropocene Review - John Green

You Are a Badass - Sincero

The Jawbone of A Carnivore - Billy Still

White Fragility - Robin Diangelo

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man - Emannual Acho

Night - Elle Wiesel

No Time Like the Future 0 Michael J Fox

Justice - Michael J Sandel

Girlhood - Melissa Febos

Untamed - Glennon Doyle

Option B - Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant

The Watch that Ends the Night

Lessons in Chemistry

[tangledinourstrings]

Favorite First Time Watches of 2024 (Animation, Part 2)

31. Curious Alice (1971) directed by Dave Dixon

32. Nimona (2023) directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane

33. 大鬧天宮/大闹天宫 (Havoc in Heaven/Uproar in Heaven, 1961) directed by 萬籟鳴/万籁鸣 (Wan Laiming)

34. Barbie in the Nutcracker (2001) directed by Owen Hurley

35. The Monkey King (2023) directed by Anthony Stacchi

36. The Bad Guys (2022) directed by Pierre Perifel

37. Red Hot Riding Hood (1943) directed by Tex Avery

38. Witch's Night Out (1978) directed by John Leach

39. Rapunzel (2019) directed by Juan Pablo Machado

40. ベルトかいじゅう王子 (Beauty and the Beast, 1976) directed by 渡辺和彦 (Kazuhiko Watanabe)

41. Вій (Viy, 1996) directed by Леонід Зарубін (Leonid Zarubin) and Алла Грачова (Alla Grachyova)

42. La jeune fille et les nuages (The Young Girl and the Clouds, 2001) directed by Georges Schwizgebel

43. Снежная королева (The Snow Queen, 1957) directed by Лев Атаманов/Լևոն Ատամանյան (Lev Atamanov)

44. 逃猫ジュレ (Runnin' Away Gelée, 2016) directed by 株式会社ディー・エル・イー (DLE Inc./Dream Link Entertainment)

45. 哪吒鬧海/哪吒闹海 (Nezha Conquers the Dragon King, 1979) directed by 王树忱 (Wang Shuchen), 严定宪 (Yan Dingxian), and 徐景达 (Xu Jingda)

46. 少女ノスフェラトゥ (Nosferatu Maiden, 2017) directed by 谷口ちなみ (Chinami Taniguchi)

47. Destino (2003) directed by Dominique Monféry

48. Dance with the Seashells! (2023) directed by Théo Carme, Julie Fournier, Alessandra Rosamarino, and Anaëlle Saba

49. 世界名作童話 白鳥の湖 (Swan Lake, 1981) directed by 矢吹 公郎 (Kimio Yabuki)

50. I Am from Palestine (2023) directed by Iman K. Zawahry [Operation Olive Branch, Gaza Funds, Decolonize Palestine, eSIMS for Gaza, & arab.org]

51. Blood Bound (2023) directed by Lyly Hoang

52. Candy.zip (2017) directed by 見里朝希 (Tomoki Misato)

53. Chainsaw Maid Episode 0 (2010) directed by ていえぬ (Takena Nagao)

54. Girl X (2019) directed by ていえぬ (Takena Nagao)

55. MAID OF THE DEAD (2013) directed by ていえぬ (Takena Nagao)

56. The Name (2023) directed by Alexander Aguilar

57. Pandemonium (2023) directed by Lucille Rizzo, Louise Bailliet, Candice Loret, Olivia Gombault, and Lilou Martin

58. My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas (2005) directed by Vic Dal Chele

59. The Gruffalo (2009) directed by Max Lang and Jakob Schuh

60. Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999) directed by Steve Moore

[sunochanda]

Aapne anon ki help nahi ki 🎀

Okay *rolls up my sleeves*

Let's get started with romance

Cute cute feelings

1. Check and mate, Ali hazelwood

2. Half a soul, Olivia Atwater

3. Red, white and royal blue ( don't remember)

4. Act your age, Eve Brow by Talia Hibbert

Romantic angst

1. Before I let go, Kennedy Ryan

2. A thousand kisses, don't remember

3. Seven days in June, Tia williams

4. The heart principle, Helen hoang

Bit of everything romance

1. This is how you lose the time war

2. Book lovers

3. The song of Achilles

4. The cruel prince

5. Sun burn

6. Part of your world

hi, do you have a list of romance books you would recommend? <3

ive read few books worth recommending in the genre so theres not much. seven husbands of evelyn hugo, better than the movie, seven year slip and the blue castle. maybe if you wanna read the cheat sheet, its a classic bestfriends to lovers lwk cliche but fun overall.

edit: and how did i forget about fault in our stars its a wonderful book and i never wouldve started reading without it

[milliondollarbaby87]

Monsoon (2019) Review

Kit is a British Vietnamese man who returns to Saigon for the first time in over 30 years, after his family fled during the Vietnam-American War. Not recognising the place and coming to terms with the deaths of both his parents. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (more…)

[the-forest-library]

Best Reads of 2022: Fiction

Standouts of the year were the Regency Faerie Tale books by Olivia Atwater, but I want to call special attention to Love & Saffron - it’s a love letter to foodies and long-distance friends - that I don’t think has gotten the attention it deserves.

Longshadow - Olivia Atwater

Ten Thousand Stitches - Olivia Atwater

Half a Soul - Olivia Atwater

Marmee - Sarah Miller

Dracula - Bram Stoker

Time’s Convert - Deborah Harkness 

Nettle & Bone - T. Kingfisher

Swordheart - T. Kingfisher

Love & Saffron - Kim Fay

Thank You for Listening - Julia Whelan

The Heart Principle - Helen Hoang

Book Lovers - Emily Henry

Acts of Violet - Margarita Montimore

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care - Ashley Herring Blake

Here’s to Us - Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - C.S. Lewis

Oddball - Sarah Andersen

On a Sunbeam - Tillie Walden

[bookcub]

my favorite romance novels

hold me by courtney milan- low key you've got mail but with more communication and featuring stem nerds. I actually love all of courtney milan's books, but this is the one I reread the most (trans character, bi character, latinx characters, asian characters)

get a life, chloe brown by talia hibbert- this is actually a series about a trio of sisters and I can't choose a favorite. with an emphasis on a happy and strange family, all of these romances have the emotional depth we all crave from literature (black characters, bi character, chronically ill character, autistic characters)

soulless by gail carriger- steampunk fantasy romance, my first romance novel actually, filled with werewolves and vampires. has a more standard plot but still plenty of character and relationship development and a fantastic sense of humor and fashion. also a series (queer characters) (harder to pin rep down in this one as it's been a while since I've read it and historical time periods use different labels)

how to be a normal person by tj klune- a story about feeling out of place and realizing who your family is. borderline satire sometimes and less traditional than the others but a wonderful love story. (ace characters, gay characters)

girl gone viral by alisha rai- a billionaire and bodyguard romance that finally delivers on the trope that has been built up. very sweet and heartwarming. (I maintain the mcs are both aspec but canon does not confirm this) (asian characters, black characters, characters with anxiety and ptsd)

trial by desire by courtney milan- rounding off the list with another courtney milan, historical this time. a husband and wife falling in love after being married and separated. (characters with depression)

honorable mentions: the ex talk by rachel lynn solomon, the kiss quotient by helen hoang, spoiler alert by olivia dade, something to talk about by meryl wilsner, the austen playbook by lucy parker, the truth about love and dukes by laura lee guhrke