#read in may

[princessofbookaholics]

Asian readathon is over! I managed to read only books from Asian authors this month and found new favourites! I got three 5 star reads and I'm so happy with my reads of this month! Here's the wrap up:

The Devil's Flute Murders ⭐⭐⭐

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Room to Dream ⭐⭐⭐⭐

King of Sloth ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Dear Wendy ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Village of Eight Graves ⭐⭐⭐

Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Lunar New Year Love Story ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Kaikeyi ⭐⭐

Pachinko ⭐⭐⭐

Wrapped with a Beau ⭐⭐

The Return of Ellie Black ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Tokyo Ever After ⭐⭐⭐

Tokyo Dreaming ⭐⭐⭐

[booksandrandomfandoms]

JOMP day 31

Read in may

Finished 25 books

[slaughter-books]

Day 31: JOMPBPC: Read In May

My beautiful May, 2024 reading wrap-up! 🩵

[vasira96]

it's always "immortals always lose the ones they love!" and never "this family has had this incredible, powerful, loving figure present through generations of their lineage, all because they are descended from someone the immortal loved long ago" and i think that's a shame!!

[lauraneedstochill]

[every action has consequences]

🔪 inspired by this tweet:

[ruporas]

dragon meat, you, and me

[reinbouxsworld]

twisted wonderland × kimetsu no yaiba (au!)

based on this post here.

I this this on a a japanese song only playlist and a wave of hiperfixation. So heres the context: Yuno (Yuu) and Leona were newly married and lived on his family’s land. On the night after the Town Below festival, Yuno returned home to find not only her husband’s family dead but also her younger brother, Grimm. Leona was the only one still alive, but as she tried to lead him down the mountain, she discovered that he was no longer human.

Silver, a demon slayer, confronted Leona. However, after witnessing him protect Yuno, he chose to spare the newly turned demon’s life, and send the couple to his master, Lilia.

Vil and Rook are the Tamayo and Yuuchiro of this universe. Vil lived more than 300 years only on serving face and hate, nonetheless showed kindness by helping Yuno and Leona after their encounter with the Demon King.

Ace and deuce are both slayers, one ranking above yuu. The three met during a mission, and the two decided to stick by her side from that point on.

[autumnillustration]

"Perhaps a lesser-known gift of Kenobi's was his ability to listen."

(AU where post-banishment Ahsoka gets zapped back to TPM, strapped with a fundamental distrust of the Jedi, an apocalyptic vision of the future, and a mandate to help Anakin Skywalker. So, in all this, it's nice to have a confidant.)

edit: link to the fic

[happyheidi]

｡ﾟﾟ･｡･ﾟﾟ｡ ﾟ. May will bring blessings.

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[bishy437]

oh, please don’t go!

i’ll eat you up i love you so!

[mangozic]

archivist be upon ye

[princessofbookaholics]

May was Asian readathon month! Most of my reads were by Asian authors, I also bought and read a book in the same month: Babel by R. F. Kuang and I loved it. It was definitely my favourite of the month. I'm looking forward to read all the summery reads in June woohoo! Here's the wrap up:

The Kingdom of Back ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Exes and O's ⭐⭐⭐

Diary of a Murderer and Other Stories ⭐⭐⭐

Audition ⭐⭐

Hidden Waters ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Reunion ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Cat Who Saved Books ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Salvation of a Saint ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Well, That Was Unexpected ⭐⭐⭐⭐

We Are Not Free ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Shattered Sea ⭐⭐⭐

Untethered Sky ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Lights (ARC) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

A Midsummer's Equation ⭐⭐⭐

Fake Dates and Mooncakes ⭐⭐⭐

Fractured Sky ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Babel ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Take a Hike ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Perfect Getaway ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[booksandrandomfandoms]

JOMP day 31

Read in May

Definitely didn’t get to many of the books on my tbr 😅 but I did manage to read 1 of my gifted books and 1 mermaid book (even though it’s technically a baby book 😂)

I enjoyed a lot of my reads this month too 🙌

[slaughter-books]

Day 31: JOMPBPC: Read In May

My May, 2023 reading wrap-up! 💞

[starry-bi-sky]

I am loudly pushing the batdad agenda i am loudly pushing the— DPxDC Prompt

“Woah. You look like shit."

Granted, that’s probably not the first thing Danny should be saying to the guy that just bit the curb, but in his defense; he’s not running on 100% right now either.

The man -- tall, towering, and broader than Danny is tall -- whips around on his heel, black frayed cape flaring out impressively. Danny would've whistled in appreciation, but he takes the time instead to wipe the back of his hand across his mouth, smearing the blood running from his nose across his cheek.

"Sorry." He blinks widely, not even flinching as the man with the horns zeroes in on him. "That was rude of me. I have a really bad brain-to-mouth filter; Sam says its what always gets me into trouble."

And she's not wrong either, per say. His smart mouth is what landed him in this situation -- with blood blossom extract running through his veins and cannibalizing the ectoplasm in his bloodstream. Thanks Vlad.

The man grunts at him; a short, curt "hm" that shouldn't make Danny smile, but he does because he's somewhat delirious and probably concussed. The man keeps some kind of distance, sinking towards the shadows of Gotham's alleyway like he dares to melt right into it.

If it's supposed to scare Danny, it doesn't work. Danny's never been afraid of the dark; he's always been able to hide himself in it. He blinks slowly at the mass of shadows.

"You look hurt." The shadows says, blurring together around the edges. Danny squints, and licks his lips to get the blood dripping down his chin off. Ugh, he hates the taste of blood.

"I am." He says, "My godfather poisoned me. M'dying." The agony of the blood blossom eating him from the inside out looped back around to numbing a while ago, so all he feels is half-awake and dazed.

"Hey," Danny stumbles forward towards the man, a bloodied hand reaching out to him. "You-- you're a hero, right? You're not attacking me; which is more than I can say for most costumed people I've met." Maybe it's a poor bar to judge someone at, but he's already established that Danny's not in his right mind.

The man makes no change in expression, but Danny realizes blearily that it's hard to tell with the shadows on his face. He stays still long enough for Danny to latch onto the cape -- stretchy, but almost soft under his fingers.

He looks up blearily into the whites of the man's eyes. "Can you help me? I don't-- I don't wanna die." Again. He doesn't wanna die again. He blinks slow and lizard-like. "I mean- I'll probably get to see mom and dad again, but I told them I'd at least try and make it to adulthood."

There's a clatter down the street, and Danny's ghost sense chills up his spine and leaves a bitter, ashy taste in his mouth. He immediately knows who it belongs to even before the deceptively gentle; "Daniel?" echoes down the way.

"Daniel? Quit your games, badger, Gotham is dangerous for children."

Danny's mouth pulls back, and blood spills against his tongue. "Please." He rasps, and grabs onto the shadow's cape with both hands. "Please. He's going to kill me. Please--"

"Daniel? Is that you?"

His lips part, dragging in air to plead with the darkness again. He doesn't need to, the whites of his eyes narrow, and the cape whirls around him before Danny can blink. Soon swaddled in shadows, the Night lifts him up, and steals him away.