#sarah creech

[heyteenbookshey]

I decided to restart this blog because I had gotten back into reading YA

But I tripped backwards and have read 6 middle grade novels in the past few weeks? Oh my god I'm loving it???? They are are so good?????? They are creative and use words efficiently and are so right for my attention span???????

If you're curious (because apparently I don't review books anymore) here's what I've read:

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany Jackson (4/5 eeeee I didn't know middle grade could still go this intense!!!)

So B. It by Sarah Weeks (A classic for a reason, I love when books have ONE fantastical element like Heidi's luckiness 4/5)

Soof by Sarah Weeks (A So B. It sequel, kind of! This lacked the charm and heart of it's original, not impressed 2.5/5)

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (I love Sharon Creech and hadn't read this yet! It was okay, I don't see why it's so widely read in schools but I am neither a middle school teacher or a middle schooler 3.5/5)

Bloomability by Sharon Creech (This was my favorite book in fifth grade! I was a drama drenched kid and searched "kidnapped" in the school library catalog and this came up, but the "kidnapping" was Dinnie's aunt and uncle taking her to an American boarding school in Switzerland and she has such fun adventures and grows so much 4.5/5)

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (500/5 WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW do you ever read something and get mad because you'll never write anything this good??)

Do you want to see full reviews of any of these? Reply if you do! I know it's not heymiddlegradehey but that's what's happening right now!

[halflingkima]

15, 20, 44

wait i meant to type 43, answer 43, too!

thanks b! 💕 my dnd session caught me in the middle of answering 😅

15. Which genre(s) are your favorite? The easy answer to this is romance; but last year I had a run of bad (i.e. boring) romances that set me off of mainstream romance altogether. I'm always down for a queer indie, but it's more of a gamble with the writing styles out there.

I think my real favorite genre is literary fiction, but it's like that post about poetry where 99% of it is pretentious crap except for that 1% that speaks to your soul AND that 1% is different for everyone. I think lit fic is like that, except it's more like 75% is bullshit, 20% you can generally appreciate that it's for other people, and 5% rewrites ur dna.

20. Where and how do you find new books to read? I can't tell if this is asking literally where I get books or how I hear about new books, but we'll do the latter. I do work at a library but we're REAL behind on orders (thx covid). I mostly hear about new books through youtube. my absolute favorite channel was allisonpaiges, but she's not posting right now. my current rotation is booksandlala, megwithbooks, stephaniebookish, and bookslikewhoa, but i will drop my whole sub list if anyone wants booktube recs.

43. Title of a book you own that's in the worst physical condition you have. Explain what happened to it. Post a picture if you want.

The Hobbit is definitely the most long-suffering book in this house, but it's technically my mom's. But the bookshelves are in my room, so 😈 It's probably from the first run of mass market paperbacks and it is crumbling from age lol

Otherwise, avoiding hp properties and quite a few secondhand college textbooks bc I don't wanna talk about them, I think my most scuffed book is the copy of Dracula I used for my high school senior thesis. All my copies of Dracula (4 I think?) are in roughly the same condition, but this one at least emotionally Went Thru It.

Since I get almost all of my books secondhand, it's not egregiously worse than the rest of them, but it is definitely worn. This was annotating to my advisor's specifications and lord, do I hate it now. I'd like to take a stab at annotating this again once I get a system for myself down.

44. The book(s) whose stories have become part of your very makeup. I don't even know if you intended to ask this or if it was a typo for 43 but I'm gonna answer it lol.

There are titles that affect my makeup because I read them so young and they affected me deeply then:

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen

Probably also the Hunger Games.

Then there are books that affect my makeup as a writer myself, that will simply always be a part of my own writing style now:

Library of the Unwritten trilogy by AJ Hackwith

London Calling duology by Alexis Hall

You Feel it Just Below the Ribs by Janina Matthewson & Jeffrey Cranor

probably also Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

Then there's books I read as an adult that changed the axes of my world and brought the concept of life into sharper focus (I do recommend but YMMV):

A Line Made By Walking by Sara Baume

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney (before which, Normal People would've made the list)

Maybe also the Radiant Emperor duology by Shelley Parker-Chan but that could be recency bias. It did fuck me up though

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

by Mark Creech | Sarah was a hardworking college student who received an email from her professor informing her that her final project was due on Friday. The message read, “Be sure to bring you’re A-game; failure is not an option!” However, Sarah took the professor’s statement figuratively. She assumed the professor was emphasizing the importance of doing well on the project. Rather than interpreting it literally as a warning about the consequences of failure…

[librarylexicon]

In no particular order:

The Westing Game – Ellen Raskin The Phantom Tollbooth – Norton Juster Walk Two Moons – Sharon Creech The Wednesday Wars – Gary D. Schmidt The Seventeenth Swap – Eloise Jarvis McGraw In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson – Bette Bao Lord The Winged Watchman – Hilda van Stockum Seven Daughters and Seven Sons – Barbara Cohen Shadow Spinner – Susan Fletcher The Good Master – Kate Seredy The Singing Tree – Kate Seredy (sequel to above) The Sherwood Ring – Elizabeth Marie Pope Strawberry Girl – Lois Lenski Number the Stars – Lois Lowry The Endless Steppe – Esther Hautzig Sarah, Plain and Tall – Patricia MacLachlan The Witch of Blackbird Pond – Elizabeth George Speare Understood Betsy – Dorothy Canfield Fisher Hope Was Here – Joan Bauer

Looking for book recommendations!

But a very specific type.

So as some light fun between horror novels, I’ve been re-reading or reading for the first time classic books that are generally read by 10-12 year olds. Newberry medal-type stuff.

Recently I have done:

My Side of the Mountain Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Island of the Blue Dolphins The Giver Holes Pax Lord of the Flies Bridge to Terabithia and currently reading Hatchet

Bought but haven’t read yet: War Horse and Beyond the Bright Sea

So any book recs along this line that you enjoyed as a child (or as an adult!) are welcome! Any genre really.

Thanks!

P.S. - If you haven’t read these at all or haven’t read them recently, I would recommend it. It’s been a delight.

P.P.S. - Feel free to reblog this so I can get more recs :) ty

[smartposh]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: The Whole Way Home by Sarah Creech.

[animezinglife]

4, 13, 16, 24, 28, and 30 for the bookworm asks! 📚🐛

4. physical book or e-book? Physical all the way. E-books lack character.

13. what books make you happy? The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor, Book Lovers by Emily Henry, Would You Rather by Allison Ashley (this book just brought an unreasonable amount of joy across the board), The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (I don't even know if "happy" is the word so much as "mesmerized," but here we are), The Wanderer by Sharon Creech (childhood fave), the LOTR series (in Tolkien we trust), about a million others. My teenage favorite I always think back on fondly would be Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen. I squealed far too many times to count like a teenage fangirl when I watched the movie. Auden and Eli still hold such a special place in my heart and make me feel seventeen again.

16. how do you bookmark books? I usually just stick the receipt in them. 

24. do you read nonfiction? Answered here!

28. do you always finish a book, even if it is dull? It depends on how it’s dull. I’m surprisingly patient when it comes to “nothing happening,” but the characters then have to work even harder to hold my attention. The author also has to have a lush prose style and have interesting yet firm control at the sentence level of his or her craft. One example of an author like this would be Patrick Rothfuss. I’m not a big fan of his, and I did eventually give up on The Kingkiller Chronicle (for now) because I was sick of the constant bitching about student debt when the main character is incapable of making a single good decision. However, Rothfuss does have an appealing enough writing style (something I deeply respect) that I kept hanging on despite being bored out of my mind. That said, I didn’t end up finishing the second book. You’ll occasionally see me reblogging fan art and such from the series out of curiosity and because the fanbase is extremely talented both artistically and musically. The main character, for context, is a talented lute player among other things. 

I try to finish books I start even if they’re dull. However, as I’ve gotten older, I hit my limit far faster than I used to. 

30. favourite book this year? Answered here, but that would be Book Lovers.

[ramblingromance]

So the way I've begun reading is going between historical romance novels to just any sort of novel, then back again. This time around I decided to check out Season of the Dragonflies, a novel about a family of witches that run a perfume business from the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

This novel should have had everything that I love; witchy vibes, the blue ridge mountains (practically my home) as the backdrop, and the importance of familial love. Unfortunately everything fell incredibly flat, and the characters certainly proved to be people that I couldn't love. Nothing about them was particularly likeable, and while I'm all about seeing past family hurts being mended, it would be nice seeing that spread throughout the novel instead of just thrown in at the bitter end.

Seriously, this novel read like a hallmark or lifetime movie, which I have nothing against, but it's one of those things that you'd rather watch than read, if that makes any sense. This was the author's first novel, so I'll try to be a little more forgiving, but lord I almost couldn't finish it due to the amount of times she was using the word 'said'. I'm not even against the word being used at all, but she was seriously using it so often that it was distracting.

And lord, the way the issue is solved?? I'm all for love being the winning motivator in the end but SPOILERS the magical flowers seriously want the main character to fuck and make a baby, and they suddenly get all better once she does. I mean yes, I think the bonds restored between the sisters and the mother was a partial reason things went back to rights, but they seriously weren't gonna be happy unless she was popping a baby out, not even kidding.

So yeah, I'm stubborn and forced myself to finish this one, and t took me over a week, but I got it done.

I'm more than ready to drown inside a historical romance novel now please and thank you!

[universitybookstore]

Excited to see the new novel from the author of Season of the Dragonflies, Sarah Creech, The Whole Way Home, new from Morrow.

[gildedautumnvelvet]

“It had already started to darken, as it did too soon in the autumn months.  The leaves were golden, ruby, and orange and fell with the large wind gusts.  The grass had already begun to disappear beneath the blanket of leaves.”

From Season of the Dragonfly by Sarah Creech (via gildedautumnvelvet)

[godzilla-reads]

The Big List of Cat Literature

Nonfiction Books About Cats

“The Tribe of Tiger” by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

“On Cats” by Doris Lessing

“Cat Sense” by John Bradshaw

“The Cat: A Natural History” by Sarah Brown

“Secrets of the Cat” by Barbara Holland

“Cathedral Cats” by Richard Surman

“Cat Confidential” by Vicky Halls

Catty Children’s Books

“Splat the Cat” by Rob Scotton

“Six Dinner Sid” by Inga Moore

“Millions of Cats” by  Wanda Gág

“Comet’s Nine Lives” by Jan Brett

“The Tale of Tom Kitten” by Beatrix Potter

“Kitten’s First Full Moon” by Kevin Henkes

“Pete the Cat” by Eric Litwin and James Dean

“They All Saw a Cat” by Brendan Wenzel

“Mog the Forgetful Cat” by Judith Kerr

“The Chinese Siamese Cat” by Amy Tan

Middle Reader Books for Cat Lovers

“Warriors: Into the Wild” by Erin Hunter

“Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl” by Daniel Manus Pinkwater

“Travels of Suki the Adventure Cat” by Martina Gutfreund and Leigh-Anne Ingram

“Royal Rescues: The Naughty Kitten” by Paula Harrison

“Varjak Paw” by S.F. Said

“The Cat Who Came in Off the Roof” by Annie M.G. Schmidt

“Catlantis” by Anna Starobinets 

“Crenshaw” by Katherine Applegate

“Catwings” by Ursula K. Le Guin

“The Witches of Worm” by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

“Carbonel: The King of the Cats” by Barbara Sleigh

Feline Classics

“Classic Cat Stories” edited by Becky Brown

“The Cat in the Hat” by Dr. Seuss

“Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” by T.S. Eliot

“The Guest Cat” by Takashi Hiraide

“The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe

“The Cats of Ulthar” by H.P. Lovecraft

“Jenny and the Cat Club” by Esther Averill

Cat Literature

“Tailchaser’s Song” by Tad Williams

“Felidae” by Akif  Pirinçci

“Thomasina: The Cat Who Thought She Was God” by Paul Gallico

“How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You” by The Oatmeal

“The Cat Who Could Read Backwards” by Lilian Jackson Braun

“The Book of Night With Moon” by Diane Duane

“Catfantastic” edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Andre Norton

“The Incredible Journey” by Sheila Burnford

“Alfie” by Rachel Wells

“Of Cats and Men” by Sam Kalda

True Cat Stories

“Homer’s Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale” by Gwen Cooper

“Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World” by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter

“The Dalai Lama’s Cat” by David Michie

“A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope On the Streets” by James Bowen

“Cat Stories” by James Herriot

“Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat” by David Dosa

“Casper the Commuting Cat: The True Story of the Cat Who Rode the Bus and Stole Our Hearts” by Susan Finden

“Oscar the Bionic Cat” by Kate Allan

“The Cat Inside” by William S. Burroughs

Cat Poetry

“Hate That Cat” by Shannon Creech

“The Owl and the Pussy Cat” by Edward Lear

“I’m Not Sorry: Poems by Cats” by Rosa Silva

“Poetry for Cats: The Definitive Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse” by Henry Beard

“Cat Poems” by Elizabeth Bishop

“The Great Cat: Poems About Cats” edited by Emily Fragos

“On Cats” by Charles Bukowski

Three Cat Documentaries on Netflix

The Tigers of Scotland (2017)

Catwalk: Tales From the Cat Show Circuit (2018)

#CATS_The_Mewvie (2020)

Famous Authors’ Cats

Mark Twain and Bambino

Ernest Hemingway and Snowball

Stephen King and Smucky

Alice Walker and Frida Kahlo

Doris Lessing and El Magnifico

William S. Burroughs and Smoke

Haruki Murakami and Sundance

[rockislandadultreads]

In Love & Music: romances & musicians

The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez

Two years after losing her fiancé, Sloan Monroe still can't seem to get her life back on track. But one trouble-making pup with a "take me home" look in his eyes is about to change everything. With her new pet by her side, Sloan finally starts to feel more like herself. Then, after weeks of unanswered texts, Tucker's owner reaches out. He's a musician on tour in Australia. And bottom line: He wants Tucker back. Well, Sloan's not about to give up her dog without a fight. As their flirty texts turn into long calls, Sloan can't deny a connection. There's no telling what could happen when they meet in person. The question is: With his music career on the rise, how long will Jason really stick around? And is it possible for Sloan to survive another heartbreak?

Songs in Ursa Major by Emma Brodie

The year is 1969, and the Bayleen Island Folk Fest is abuzz with one name: Jesse Reid. Tall and soft-spoken, with eyes blue as stone-washed denim, Jesse Reid's intricate guitar riffs and supple baritone are poised to tip from fame to legend with this one headlining performance. That is, until his motorcycle crashes on the way to the show. Jane Quinn is a Bayleen Island local whose music flows as naturally as her long blond hair. When she and her bandmates are asked to play in Jesse Reid's place at the festival, it almost doesn't seem real. But Jane plants her bare feet on the Main Stage and delivers the performance of a lifetime, stopping Jesse's disappointed fans in their tracks: A star is born. Jesse stays on the island to recover from his near-fatal accident and he strikes up a friendship with Jane, coaching her through the production of her first record. As Jane contends with the music industry's sexism, Jesse becomes her advocate, and what starts as a shared calling soon becomes a passionate love affair. On tour with Jesse, Jane is so captivated by the giant stadiums, the late nights, the wild parties, and the media attention, that she is blind-sided when she stumbles on the dark secret beneath Jesse's music. With nowhere to turn, Jane must reckon with the shadows of her own past; what follows is the birth of one of most iconic albums of all time. Shot through with the lyrics, the icons, the lore, the adrenaline of the early 70s music scene, Songs in Ursa Major pulses with romantic longing and asks the question so many female artists must face: What are we willing to sacrifice for our dreams?

The Whole Way Home by Sarah Creech

Playing to packed houses while her hit song rushes up the charts, country singer and fiddler Jo Lover is poised to become a big Nashville star like her idols, Loretta, Reba, and Sheryl. To ensure her success, Jo has carefully crafted her image: a pretty, sassy, down-to-earth girl from small-town Virginia who pours her heart into her songs. But the stage persona she’s built is threatened when her independent label merges with big-time Capitol Records, bringing Nashville heartthrob JD McCoy—her first love—back into her life. Long ago Jo played with JD’s band. Then something went wrong, they parted ways and took their own crooked roads to stardom. Now, Jo’s excited—and terrified—to see him again. When the label reunites them for a show, the old sparks fly, the duet they sing goes viral, and fans begin clamoring for more—igniting the media’s interest in the compelling singer. Why is a small-town girl like Jo so quiet about her past? When did she and JD first meet? What split them apart? All too soon, the painful secret she's been hiding is uncovered; a shocking revelation that threatens to destroy her reputation and her dreams. To salvage her life and her career, Jo must finally face the past—and her feelings for JD—to become the true Nashville diva she was meant to be.

More Than Maybe by Erin Hahn

Growing up under his punk rocker dad's spotlight, eighteen-year-old Luke Greenly knows fame and wants nothing to do with it. His real love isn't in front of a crowd, it's on the page. Hiding his gift and secretly hoarding songs in his bedroom at night, he prefers the anonymous comfort of the locally popular podcast he co-hosts with his outgoing and meddling, far-too-jealousy-inspiringly-happy-with-his-long-term-boyfriend twin brother, Cullen. But that’s not Luke’s only secret. He also has a major un-requited crush on music blogger, Vada Carsewell. Vada's got a five year plan: secure a job at the Loud Lizard to learn from local legend (and her mom's boyfriend) Phil Josephs (check), take over Phil's music blog (double check), get accepted into Berkeley's prestigious music journalism program (check, check, check), manage Ann Arbor's summer concert series and secure a Rolling Stone internship. Luke Greenly is most definitely NOT on the list. So what if his self-deprecating charm and out-of-this-world music knowledge makes her dizzy? Or his brother just released a bootleg recording of Luke singing about some mystery girl on their podcast and she really, really wishes it was her?

[rbreads]

2021 Wrap Up 12/29/21

Hello! My 2020 my quarantine hobby was snail mail and my 2021 quarantine got me back into reading. I’ve wanted to create a blog to categorize and record my reads for this upcoming year.

2021 Stats

~22,000 Pages

57 Books read

175 Books on my shelf

Top genres: YA, LGBT+, Fantasy

2021 Book Superlatives

Favorite - Red, White, and Royal Blue

Favorite series - The Raven Cycle and All For the Game

Cried the most - All the Light You Cannot See, All the Bright Places

Laughed the most - Red, White, and Royal Blue

Least favorite - Big Red Tequila and Noggin

Longest - A Court of Wings and Ruin

Shortest - Brokeback Mountain

Most read authors - Rick Riordan, Maggie Stiefvater, Sarah J. Maas, Rainbow Rowell, Nora Sakavic

Reread - Red, White, and Royal Blue

Book that started it all - The Song of Achilles

2021 Books (in order)

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Millder

The Tyrant’s Tomb by Rick Riordan

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

Red, White, and Royal Blue (x1) by Casey McQuinston

Noggin by John Corey Whaley

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Big Red Tequila by Rick Riordan

Circe by Madeline Miller

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley

Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters

Ash by Malinda Lo

Love Her Wild by Atticus Poetry

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

Wringer by Jerry Spinelli

The King’s Men by Nora Sakavic

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

Red, White, and Royal Blue (x2) by Casey McQuinston

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Two Boys Kissing by David Leviathan

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan

The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan

Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Autoboyography by Christina Lauren

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

The Hating Game by Sally Thorn

Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren

Normal People by Sally Rooney

[fresh-coast-reader]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge | May 18, 2020: “Book Gradient”

Kingdom of Ash, by Sarah J. Maas

The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells

The Festivals and Their Meaning, by Rudolf Steiner

Rules, by Cynthia Lord

The Priory of the Orange Tree, by Samantha Shannon

The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh, by A.A. Milne

Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson

My Basmati Bat Mitzva, by Paula J. Freedman

Radiance of Tomorrow, by Ishmael Beah

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson

Spilling Ink: A Young Writer’s Handbook, by Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter

Ghost, by Jason Reynolds

The Complete Middle School Study Guide: World History

The Teachers and Writers Guide to Walt Whitman

Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court, by John Wooden

Love that Dog, by Sharon Creech

Shakespeare’s Book of Insults, Insights, and Infinite Jests, by John W. Seder

A Grief Observed, by C.S. Lewis

Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie

Hamlet, by William Shakespeare

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, by Robin Sloan

[the-forest-library]

All done! This challenge was good for me as it pushed me to get to some books that had been lingering on my TBR forever.

Fantasy: The Lady Alchemist by Samantha Vitale Historical: Caroline: Little House, Revisited by Sarah Miller Retelling/Adaptation: Pride, Prejudice, & Other Flavors by Sonali Dev #OwnVoices: The Bride Test by Helen Hoang Non-American Author: The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe LGBTQ+: Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner Author of Color: Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev

Rom-Com: Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert Ensemble Cast: The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan Mystery/Thriller: The Safe-Keepers’s Secret by Sharon Shinn Disability/Mental Illness: Disability Visability by Alice Wong Graphic Novel: Snapdragon by Kat Leyh Paranormal: My Calamity Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows Award-Winning Book: Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi First-Person POV: Bloomability by Sharon Creech Feminism: The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee Illustrated: You Matter by Christian Robinson First Book in a Series: The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

One Word Title: Vactionland by John Hodges Middle Grade: Alchemy and Meggy Swann by Karen Cushman On TBR Forever: Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

YA Gems BOTM: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor Made Into a Film: Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis Found Family: Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

[snowdropheart]

The lovely @feeisamarshmallow​ tagged me in this 30 questions tag meme and I’m procrastinating studying rn so here we go:

Rules: Answer 30 questions & tag 20 blogs you want to know better (if you want)

1. Name / Nickname: I’ve said my name before on here but for Internet Safety, I’m going back to just being called Av on Tumblr

2. Gender: I am Woman

3. Star Sign: Aries, babey!

4. Height: I'm on the short side of average

5. Time: 4:43PM

6. Birthday: I’m an April baby

7. Favourite Bands: The Wailin’ Jennys, The Good Lovelies, boygenius, The Civil Wars, Mountain Man, Better Oblivion Community Centre, Tegan & Sara, Hem, The Weepies

8. Favourite Solo Artists: Joanna Newsom, Regina Spektor, Tori Amos, Kate Bush, Dar Williams, Phoebe Bridgers, Haley Heynderickx, Kimya Dawson, Julien Baker, Taylor Swift, Lorde, Adrianne Lenker, Angelo De Augustine, Coeur De Pirate, Tomberlin, Ingrid Michaelson, Sarah Slean, Mitski

9. Last Movie: I watched Arthur Christmas with my roommate last night and it was adorable 

10. Last Show: New Girl (bc it’s my comfort show and exams are stressing me out)

11. When Did I Create This Blog: June 2017 but I’ve been on Tumblr much longer

12. What I Post: Anything I think is pretty (I try to only reblog stuff with the artist’s name on it), poetry, GIFs / art of my favourite TV shows, my own writing, a lot of pictures of Joanna Newsom bc she’s beautiful 

13. Last Thing I Googled: Arthur Christmas to make sure I was getting the title right for the previous answer lol

14. Other Blogs: I have a joke blog with my pal but it doesn’t have any followers and we don’t do much with it. Apart from that, that’s it

15. Do I Get Asks: Sometimes! My ask box is always open & I love talking to people so don’t feel shy! 

16. Why I Chose My URL: “Suspended in Gaffa” is one of my favourite Kate Bush Songs

17. Following: 120

18. Followers: 129! Wow! I never check my follower count; that’s neat!

19. Average Hours Of Sleep: About 9. I sleep a lot

20. Lucky Number: 18!

21. Instruments: I sing a lot but by no means am I a professional. I took piano lessons until I was 12 but all of that knowledge has long left my brain. I also briefly learned the ukulele a few years ago, but I don’t own one so I don’t play much

22. What Am I Wearing: Leggings & a sweater my roommate gave me for Christmas that has cats on it. I love it dearly

23. Dream Job: I have so many -- a comedian, a singer-songwriter, a poet, a florist, a mother, an actress, an antique shop owner . . .

24. Dream Trip: Ever since I read Bloomability by Sharon Creech as a kid, I’ve always wanted to visit Switzerland 

25. Favourite Food: My mom’s peanut butter squares

26. Nationality: Canadian

27. Favourite Song: There are far too many to choose a favourite song of all time, so I’ll just do right this moment -- “Marjorie” by Taylor Swift

28. Last Book Read: Under a Cruel Star by Heda Margolius Kovaly. I had to read it for a class and I accidentally stayed up and read it all in one night. Nothing makes you feel connected to humanity quite like sobbing at 1AM over a man’s unjust execution that occurred decades before you were even born 

29. Top Three Fictional Universes I’d Like To Live In: Narnia from The Chronicles of Narnia will always be my number one (but without the overt racism plz), the seaside city from Kiki’s Delivery Service, Avonlea from Anne of Green Gables, and also while I’m here, I would really really like the afterlife from The Good Place to be real 

I’ll tag @sadpeacelily and anyone else who wants to do this!

[cuppachaotic]

@sunflowers-and-sabers tagged me!

Top Ten Things:

Movies:

1. Heathers (it's my favorite movie)

2. Remember The Titans (bromance, sports, sad, but wholesome, true story)

3. Coraline (creepy doll animation but it's iconic)

4. Blind Date (cute french movie)

5. Dark Phoenix (x men)

6. The Babysitter (horror comedy)

7. Boy Bye (hilariously bad)

8. Twilight series (why the hell not just appreciate the bad CGI)

9. Into The Woods (it's on some serious crackhead energy, I have never laughed at a movie more)

10. Lion (true story)

11. Slumdog millionaire (true story)

I don't really watch movies so this took a while. These are not in order and otherwise for Heathers these may or may not be my favorite movies. I don't have a favorite movie list all I know is that Heathers is my favorite.

Books/Stuff You Can Read:

1. I Was Born For This by Alice Oseman (my favorite book)

2. All For The Game Series by Nora Sakavic (my favorite book series, the main focus of my blog, trigger warning: slurs are used, rape, self-harm is mentioned, will emotionally hurt but you can't imagine your life without it once you fall in love with it)

3. In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan (Definitely one of my favorite, fantasy, queer)

4. Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech (Realistic fiction I guess, I read this for school summer reading but I liked it)

5. Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan (I don't know if the book is a true story, if not realistic fiction, I read this for school summer reading but I liked it)

6. Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst (fantasy, lesbians (or wlw), a series but I don't know the name of the series cause I only read the first book)

7. The Outsiders by S.E Hinton (I know it's a classic but if you haven't read it you should, I read this for school but I liked it)

8. More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera (queer, science fiction, trigger warning: depression, self-harm, attempt at suicide)

9. Royals by Rachel Hawkins (I'm gonna admit it's not that original but I'm trash for it, royalty, outsider welcomed to royal life)

10. Montague Siblings series (History fiction, gay)

This list is pretty wack. I love books but the moment I had to make this list they all kind of left mind. Also, the person who tagged me already used some books I would recommend. This is not a favorites list and this is not in order. These are just random recommendations.

Songs:

(definitely going to be more than 10)

1. Are You Bored Yet by Wallows ft. Clairo

2. Wait A Minute! by Willow Smith (my ringtone)

3. Feels by Calvin Harris ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry, Big Sean (I listened to this song while reading all for the game cause Andrew and Neil 😂)

4. Spectrum by Zedd ft. Matthew Koma

5. W.D.Y.W.F.M by The Neighborhood

6. On My Own (lofi) by Tessa Violet

7. Just Add Water by Cavetown

8. Dead Roses by Blackbear

9. Meteor Shower by Cavetown

10. Novocain by Fit For Rivals

11. The Kill (Bury Me) by Thirty Seconds to Mars

12. Shiver by The Gazette

13. Bird Song by Florence and The Machine

14. Revenge by xxxtentacion

15. Cult of Dionysus by The Orion Experience

16. Verbatim by Mother Mother

17. Peach Scone- Hobo Johnson and The LoveMakers

18. Greek Tragedy- The Wombats (tik tok remix)

19. I Threw Glass at My Friend’s Eyes and Now I’m on Probation by Destroy Boys

20. Aftermath- Caravan Place

21. Let Me Down Slowly- Alec Benjamin (polarrana cover)

22. Sad- xxxtentacion (polarrana cover)

(I have so many i’m sorry)

23. Crave You by Flight Facilities

24. Ultraviolence by Lana Del Rey

25. Keep On Lying- Jessica Ware

26. and 27. True Colors and Die For You by The Weeknd

28. New Light- John Mayer (found this song from a snowbaz edit and lemme tell you it still makes me wanna cry-sing and dance at the same time)

29. This Is Home by Cavetown

There are so many more but it was only meant to be 10 (some singers not on this list that I love listening to are: Halsey, BTS, Panic! At the disco, Melanie Martinez, Marina and the Diamonds, Seventeen, Red Velvet, LP, Harry Styles, Billie Eilish)

Yeah I know I didn’t stick to the rules and none of these are lists of ten but... I couldn’t possibly be forced to choose only ten

I’m just going to tag random people I follow (or follow me) because I don’t know who to tag. I don’t know anyone on tumblr (except @sunflowers-and-sabers) and i’m a bit scared. So if I tag you you’re not obligated to do it! You can do it if you want to though: @thebilociraptor @thegreatbookhoarder @tyrannussnow @alithkoi