#still reading those damn books

[splookiee]

IM GONNA CRY MY BAGGINSHIELD OBSESSION IS SLOWLY SLIPPING AWAYYY

[mwagneto]

i left my phone in my room and picked up an actual physical book and sat down on the balcony and read the whole thing can everyone please be so so proud of me

[daftmooncretin]

its 2023 and people are still hating on boromir and completely misunderstanding his whole point as a character… like babe there is an absolutely revolutionary concept called media literacy that i think you will absolute LOVE.

[captainshyguy]

hey so i know i dot have an official dni, but like. like if ur not only gonna be an open h*rry p*tter fan- but also champion SN*PE of all people like honestly get off my blog holy shit

[scholar-of-yemdresh]

As this year comes to a close here's hoping for more (I.e. any) Morally grey aroace protagonists in (adult) fiction. Because as much I love Ymir by Rich Larson, I can't just keep reading one book over and over again. I'm starving for Dirtbag Aces in media.

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

Flicked back through my a-level copy of Frankenstein recently - shoutout to 16 year old me for the only annotations in the entire section where Victor made the Creature being ‘plosives’ ‘imago dei’ and ‘ironic, he’s sexist’. I stand by all of those statements.

[sandraugiga]

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[sunbunnyyy]

i know i just got here, but seeing all of the laughably bad takes from both sides of the spectrum is convincing me that no, i don’t actually need to be on social media again.

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2024: September Wrap-Up.

Delighted to report I am VERY far behind on my NaNo prep reading goals, and now September is gone (oops). However! This month I did manage to carve nine (9) pages out of a behemoth scene, write a newsletter article for the nonprofit I volunteer at, and alpha/hype read a friend's manuscript, so I still had a fairly wordy month (I say, as if all of my months are not Wordy™).

Photos/reviews linked below:

THE HAUNTED BOOKSTORE, Vol. 1 & 2 - ★★★½ These were cute! I liked them enough that I went ahead and ordered the next two volumes, and I'm glad I did--turns out there are only four manga in the series, so I'll have the whole thing :) I plan on returning to these after November/as part of Driscoll prep again, because they match the vibe I'm trying to channel really well.

CITY OF SAINTS AND MADMEN - ★★★½ (rating subject to change upon series completion) So on my shelf, this book doesn't LOOK like a brick, but it's 704 pages (according to Goodreads, because the pages in the back half of the book are not numbered sequentially lmaooo). It's told in several novellas strung together and then An Appendix full of all sorts of (sneakily?) relevant bits and pieces--fascinating anthology of a book, very meta-textual. It grew on me! If you can get through the first story, it's worth sticking with, and the whole series is turning into a puzzle box. And speaking of...

SHRIEK: AN AFTERWORD - 135/451 pages read; will report back later. I definitely had to dual wield CITY and SHRIEK last night to compare passages that are, in fact, duplicated across books, and I feel like the calculus meme about it. This one is structured interestingly, too: It's written by a sister (first person) about her brother, but the brother is annotating her manuscript in his own first person (in parentheticals wedged into or tacked onto paragraphs, also first person). I'm very excited to finish this, and equally excited to see what's going on with FINCH after that, so. Back to reading I go!!

Under the Cut: A Note About ~*★Stars★*~

Historically, I have been Very Bad™ about assigning things Star Ratings, because it's so Vibes Heavy for me and therefore Contingent Upon my Whims. I am refining this as I figure out my wrap up posts (epiphany of last month: I don't like that stars are Odd, because that makes three the midpoint and things are rarely so truly mid for me)(I have hacked my way around this with a ½). Here is, generally, how I conceptualize stars:

★ - This was Bad. I would actively recommend that you do NOT read this one, no redeeming qualities whatsoever, not worth the slog. Save Yourself, It's Too Late For Me. Book goes in the garbage (donate bin).

★★ - This was Not Good. I would not recommend it, but it wasn't a total waste or wash--something in here held my interest/kept my attention/sparked some joy. I will not be rereading this ever. Save Yourself (Or Join Me In Suffering, That Seems Like A Cool Bonding Activity).

★★★ - This was Good/Fine/Okay/Meh. I don't care about this enough to recommend it one way or another. Perfectly serviceable book, held my interest, I probably enjoyed myself (or at least didn't actively loathe the reading). I don't have especially strong feelings. You probably don't need to save yourself from this one--if it sounds like your jam, give it a shot! Just didn't resonate with me particularly powerfully. I probably won't reread this unless I'm after something in particular.

★★★½ - I liked this! I'll probably recommend it if I know it matches someone's vibes or specific requests, but I didn't commit to a star rating on Goodreads. More likely to reread, but not guaranteed.

★★★★ - I really enjoyed this!! I would recommend it (sometimes with caveats about content warnings or such--I tend to like weird fucked up funny shit, and I don't have many hard readerly NO's). Not a perfect book for me by any means, but Very Good. This is something I would reread! Join me!!

★★★★★ - I LOVED THE SHIT OUT OF THIS, IT REWIRED MY BRAIN, WILL RECOMMEND TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE AT THE SLIGHTEST PROVOCATION (content warning caveats still apply--see 4-star disclaimer). Excellent book, I'll reread it regularly, I'll buy copies for all my friends, I'll try to convince all of Booklr to read it, PLEASE join me!!

[suck-mein-pokeballs]

Opened up to my therapist about my questionable relationships with adults growing up (aka being groomed and abused by adults growing up to different degrees ranging from mildly inappropriate to holy shit that person should be in jail)

And started discussing the guilt I feel about those relationships and events, and stuff

It's one of those things I just couldn't bring myself to talk about

She sent me an assignment to go out and get something for those kids I was growing up that would've made them smile

It was an interesting experience

[spin-in-time]

Ninjago s1 and s2 i miss you so fucking bad . ;;;;;;;;;;;; i have to rewatch them, My God....

Lloyd and garmadon angst around the s1 finale, I MISS YOU, DO YOU WANT ME TO BAWL MY EYES OUT . ;;;;;

[amnesiaguy]

^ this user has been told they were reading into things too far too many times that they are surprised they spotted antisemitism correctly in the wild

[ge]

when you read the novel did you start from where you left off in the manhwa or did you start from chapter 1?

im currently in the zhongnan conference arc rn but i feel so slow reading ARGH

i started where i left off in the manhwa! season one of the webcomic ends in chapter 117 of the novel so if uve read that far in the webcomic u can just skip..

if uve caught up w season two though i have no idea which chapter correlates w them setting off for the beast palace (where id recommend u start) ERMMM.. in the 200chapters or something i thinks.. someone lmk..

[piniatafullofblood]

thinking about all the Manhattan citizens who just fell asleep one random Tuesday and then woke up on the street, cellphone-less, with half the city destroyed

[mosscrab]

mgsv has so many literary references to books i have essays abt it kind of makes me.

[artsysurvivor]

[Image ID: A passage from The Ruins of Gorlan. The highlighted words are “came up the tower wall like a spider.” /End ID]

[Image ID: A passage from The Battle of Hackham Heath. The highlighted words are “To anyone watching, he thought, he must look like a giant grey spider, spread out on the rock.” /End ID]

Parallels….