#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!!

[ruporas]

dragon meat, you, and me

[lauraneedstochill]

[every action has consequences]

🔪 inspired by this tweet:

[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!

[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 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[mangozic]

archivist be upon ye

[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! 💞

[sparkleofstardust]

in light of the recent news that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been found dead after a helicopter crash you might be wondering 'who the hell is this guy and why are so many people celebrating his death??' and i'm here to answer that!

to fully understand what's going on we need to look into Iran's history: when the Iranian revolution in 1979 happened the authoritarian king who was ruling at that time was overthrown, but the ensuing power vacuum lead to the islamic regime seizing power and establishing Iran as an islamic republic

the following years were incredibly cruel to the Iranian people; thousands of people (especially minorities) have been protesting against the strict islamic regime leading to many being jailed, tortured and executed.

and this is where Raisi played a big part: in 1988 he was part of a committee that ordered the execution of thousands of political prisoners who were protesting the islamic regime, earning himself the title of "the butcher of tehran"

do not be fooled by what the state media wants you to believe, the Iranian people are celebrating his death. he was a cruel mass murderer who has destroyed the lives of thousands of people, his death should be used as a time to mourn for all the suffering he has caused, and bring new attention to the political prisoners still being held in Iranian prisions today

because sadly the fight is far from over. many of you have probably heard of the murder of Mahsa Jina Amini back in 2022, causing a new wave of nationwide protests and establishing the "woman, life, freedom" movement. the regime has gotten increasingly cruel in their treatment of the Iranian people, especially women, but the people of Iran are not deterred and keep fighting for a free Iran.

if you want to know how you can help, please keep talking about us. the one thing the regime hates is international attention, and in the past it has been proven that international pressure has stopped the regime from executing various political prisoners. people like Toomaj Salehi are under imminent threat of execution and spreading their names could save their lives. so whether you share social media posts or talk to your family and friends about what is happening in Iran, anything helps 🙏🏼

jin, jiyan, azadi ✌🏼

[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.