#tahereh mafi is amazing

[midiosaamor]

I JUST FINISHED IT. OH MY GOD EVERY TIME I SEE KAMRANS POV I ALWAHS THINK “oh my god SHUT UP KAMRAN I DONT WANT TO SEE YOU” LIKE BRJNG ME BACK TO ALIZEH AND CYRUS???

[slaughter-books]

Day 21: JOMPBPC: Hello, Winter Summer

It's Summer here in Australia right know, so I took a photo of a few beautiful, summery coloured books! 💕

[lizzybugg]

Nouria is insane.

Petty Kenji is the best.

I will not elaborate. If you know, you know.

Also: 3 days till the podcast releases!!!

[zoueriemandzijnopmars]

Anyways, has anyone been reading This Woven Kingdom? Because I just finished part 2 (these infinite threads) this weekend and I have conflicting feelings and I wanna talk about it

[amaiithyst]

Shatter Me Series

I'll start by saying THIS IS MY FAVORITE BOOK SERIES SO FAR!!! I loved every bit of it. From the way the characters had their own traumas and backstories, to them being there for each other all the way to the end, it was absolutely amazing. Aaron Warner Supremacy FOR SURE. Tahereh Mafi did an excellent job at showing the internal/mental struggles Juliette goes through and her dedication to overcoming them.

MC: Juliette Ferrars || Love Interests: Adam Kent & Aaron Warner

Individual Ratings:

Shatter Me: ★★★★★

Destroy Me: ★★★★★

Unravel Me: ★★★★★

Fracture Me: ★★

Ignite Me: ★★★★★ FAVORITE

Restore Me: ★★★★

Shadow Me: ★★★★★

Defy Me: ★★★★★

Reveal Me: ★★★★★

Imagine Me: ★★★★★

Believe Me: ★★★★ Contains more spice than the rest!

Unpopular Opinion: Adam is over-hated.

[acourtofthought]

hi there! do you read a lot of other romance? if you do, do you have favorites?

Hi!!!

Up until about 4 years ago, I didn't really read romance books because I liked topics that felt "heavy". Medical thrillers, true crime books, science fiction, etc. I did enjoy fantasy / dystopian but it was along the lines of Lord of the Rings, Hunger Games or Harry Potter where the romance wasn't really center stage (though I will say I got sucked into the Twilight series when I was younger).

But after having kids and then when covid happened, the heavy stuff began feeling too heavy and it drove me to feeling too anxious. At that point I began reading almost only romance and according to my Kindle Reading Insights, I've read a total of 665 romance books since 2021.

A few of my favorites outside of SJM are the Shatter Me Series by Tahereh Mafi, Binding and Keeping 13 by Chloe Walsh, Bohemian by Kathryn Nolan, He's Not My Type by Meghan Quinn, Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score, Waking Olivia by Elizabeth O'Roark, Archer's Voice by Mia Sheridan, The Beautiful Hearts Duet by Emma Scott, and not quite a HEA but still an amazing read is The Idea of You by Robinne Lee.

There have been so many more I've loved and I have a list somewhere but the above are ones that will always be top reads for me.

I hope you're having a wonderful day so far! ❤️

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Okay so now that m done with shatter me book 1

Full book review

1. At first it was very boring and slow but so is every other Sci fi but it was kinda annoying and made me go back to my reading slump

2. The scenes with Aaron Warner some of them werent " it" ya know... like I just didn't like em

3. THE KISS SCENE that was so non consensual it made me uncomfortable and then she kisses him again but the whole scene was just not as amazing as I thought it was tiktok overhyped it there were better scenes in the book than this one

4. Also the fact that later on in the series when Aaron and juliette will be together and they'll look back to their first kiss and Aaron will be like YoU sHoT mE

5. When kenji was properly introduced the whole book was lit from there

6. OMEGA POINT IS AMAZING and I love it

7. I love Adam and juliettes relationship and I'm seriously not looking forward for their break up it will break me

TAHEREH MAFI IS A QUEEN

Overall id give the book an 7/10 ( bcs this book was more background and the real deal hasn't started yet so )

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

📖 24 Books to Read in 2024 📖

🦇 Good afternoon, my beautiful bookish bats! Last year, over 90% of the books I read were ARCs, which I prioritized (sometimes there's comfort in deadlines). Unfortunately, that meant a TON of books ended up on my TBR, waiting for my attention. In an effort to dig myself out of the hole I've created, I'm using the 24 Books to Read in 2024 challenge to tackle new books coming out this year AND the books I didn't read (but am certainly hoarding) in 2023!

💭 Are there any books you see here that are on your own 24 in 2024 list?

📖 Faebound by Saara El-Arifi 📖 Hearts That Cut by Kika Hatzopoulou 📖 The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab 📖 Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin 📖 Evil Eye by Etaf Rum 📖 Much Ado About Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin 📖 Hope Ablaze by Sarah Mughal Rana 📖 The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty 📖 Your Driver is Waiting by Priya Guns 📖 As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh 📖 The Wedding of the Year by Jill Mansell 📖 This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi 📖 Bunny by Mona Awad 📖 Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler 📖 Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao 📖 Sunshine Nails by Mai Nguyen 📖 She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan 📖 All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

💜 The amazing @booked.with.allie is cooking up something fun via @loveandlitshop, and I can't wait to take part! Let us know if you’re doing this challenge in the comments!

[miareadsbooks]

Unravel me (Tahereh Mafi) - MY REVIEW

⭐️⭐️⭐️.7

“Hell is empty, All the devils are here.”

This book is the second book of the shatter series! And I have so many thoughts about these books, So buckle up❤️

I love love LOVE Adam and Juliette. I don’t hate Aaron anymore, I’m just not 100% about him, But i’m convinced Adam And Juliette were made for each other in another lifetime. Kenji was amazing (as usual) and as well as this, all the characters felt so real!! We got the opportunity to meet Aarons dad (I HATED the mf) but his character kept me guessing as he was unpredictable.

Unravel me had me laughing, crying, screaming and loving ALL IN ONE. I enjoyed the writing, the quotes were beautiful :) I will say, I wish it was Dual POV, So we could see from the other characters POV (IE Kenji and Adam) but I appreciate that we have the novellas.

This book did take a bit to get into, but once it got good, it was hard to put down. Will be continuing the series!!

[midiosaamor]

in the middle of reading these infinite threads.

SPOLIERS

LITERALLY KAMRAN WHO??? LIKE I DOKT WANT KAMRANS POV I WANT ALIZEHS SO I CAN SEE MORR OF CYRUS AND HER BUT IM FORCED TO BECOME ITS FOR THE PLOT AND UGHHHH BUT NOW SHES LITERALLY IN HIS BED AND HES DELUSIONAL RN BUT HES TREATING HER LIKE THEYRE DATING AND “angel” AND “sweetheart” HHSHEHEH IM DYING I SWEAR TO GOD IF SHE GETS WITH KAMRAN I WILL EXPLODE AND NOT IN THE GOOD WAY

[slaughter-books]

Day 23: JOMPBPC: Book Dedication

[thechildofshadows]

Alright, I’ve been on this website long enough that I think I’m starting to be viewed as a bot.

I’m not a bot, I swear, I’m the child of shadows for no reason other than the fact that that’s my Ao3. Teenage me thought that was cool, current me agrees, haters can keep hating (there are no haters yet so let’s not make that a thing, yeah?)

you can call me shadow 🙃.

im Indian (south indian, I know Tamil and Hindi and also Spanish), but I’ve never spent more than two months at a time in India. Actually, I spent about 90% of my life in Canada and the US.

My Ao3

my sideblog -> @shadow-the-photographer

My Fandoms:

I tend to drift a lot, and I’m obsessed with everything, so we’re going to split it down the middle.

I’ve forgotten a lot of the books I’ve read, so a lot might not be on the list. Feel free to DM me with arguments, agreements, book recs, or just anything, I love conversation.

Stuff I’ve written/read for:

Percy Jackson and the Olympians (as of July 2024, I’ve only ever written PJO)

Star Wars (sue me, I love the prequels)

Harry Potter

HTTYD

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Big Hero 6

Books I LOVE:

The Inheritance Games (By Jennifer Lynn Barnes, her work is incredible)

Powerless (Lauren Roberts)

Ana Huang and Rina Kent are two authors who never grew out of their Wattpad phase, but their work is pretty good.

Shatter Me (Tahereh Mafi)

Once Upon a Broken Heart (Stephanie Garber)

Caraval (Stephanie Garber, and im scared to finish legendary bc apparently Scarlett and Julian break up?)

(booktok has me on a chokehold)

KOTLC (Shannon Messenger)

A Good Girls Guide to Murder (I read this when I lived in Canada, it’s a trivia point)

The Lunar Chronicles (Marissa Meyer)

The Land of Stories (Chris Colfer, iconic and always connects to good memories)

Warrior Cats (I binge read it in sixth grade and somehow still keep up)

(I’ve read a lot of books, just dm me, idc if you don’t follow me)

Books that I have read, but didn’t exactly enjoy:

the love hypothesis (ali hazelwood)

icebreaker (Hannah Grace, 🤮)

Bridgerton kinda deserves to be on this list, To Sir Philip, With Love specifically.

Rina Kent is on that list above bc her books sound good in summaries, but she writes like an eleven-year-old on fanfiction.net

Twilight (Stephanie Meyer, Edward and Jacob should’ve ditched Bella and run off together, bc that is a story I would pay to see)

Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros, it’s good but I wouldn’t want everyone knowing every time I had sex, and violence is a terrible nickname)

Movies/TV Shows I LOVE:

fantastic beasts (10/10)

Every single Deepika Padukone movie ever.

almost every single SRK movie ever

DEADPOOL (convinced me to go to a middle school talent show and do standup comedy)

The Adam Project (walker scobell is iconic)

on that vein, I absolutely LOVE the new PJO series

most things in the MCU (she-hulk was traumatizing)

The AGGGTM series (no comment bc it was amazing)

im always looking for new friends, so just dm me and I will def bother you until you file a lawsuit.

[fairysbookshelf]

This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi

Book Stats:

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐(4/5)

Spice Rating: ❤️YA❤️

Tropes: Love at First Sight, Knife to Throat, Long Lost Princess

Publisher: Harper Collins

Review:

Alizeh is a long lost Jinn princess just trying to make it to the next day. Serving as a "Snoda"(The lowest class in this society) in a Duchess's home, Alizeh is trying to make a living as well as a seamstress. While out one morning trying to sell her clothing but she gets cornered by a hungry orphan boy. This one interaction leads to Alizeh meeting the prince, and setting in the motion the steps for Alizeh to start to claim her crown, what she was raised to do.

First off, this is written in dual p.o.v. Typically I don't like books with dual p.o.v, but I believe the author uses it very well in this case. While were on it, I think the dual p.o.v. allows for the characterization of the prince. I loved that he had some real depth to him.

The banter and tension? *Chefs Kiss* hats off to the author for perfecting it!

This book is advised as mostly a romance novel. While I do agree, I think it's more of a secondary plot. Not insignificant enough to be viewed as a subplot, but not enough of it to be on a bright red banner on the book. This first book is mostly tension of the fantasy world itself I feel.

I will say though the romance gives me "Rewrite the Stars" from The Greatest Showman vibes.

The plot had me on the edge of my seat, it carries a very adventurous pacing.

Also, the diction is absolutely amazing. I feel analyzing some of these paragraphs would be more beneficial to my English class than some of the other novels we read.

If you are a romantasy girl and you haven't pick this up, your missing out! Go now! The third book just came out so what are you waiting for?

[ablatheringblatherskite]

1, 8, 16? 😁 (for the movie/tv asks)

HEY IM SO SORRY I'M SO LATE WDHWHKJWHWD. There was so much happening lately and I haven't had the time to actually write out a thought out post 😭 but I'm finally here!! Let's do this!!

1.What’s the most depressing movie you’ve ever watched?

This is kind of hard because I haven't watched REALLY depressing films lol?? But one of the more depressing films I've watched was Breathe (the one starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy). It's about how Robin Cavendish was struck by polio and his life afterwards, and how his and his wife's relationship was affected by it. It really does sound depressing when I summarize it like that, but it's actually really hopeful and most especially triumphant, which I loved. An absolutely beautiful film btw, which I HIGHLY recommend (I can send you a copy if you want to watch it and are having trouble finding it!).

But yeah, that's probably one of the more depressing films I've watched so far. I'm sure there are others, but I can't actually remember them right now smh

8. Which book would you like to see adapted into a film/TV Show?

You know, one of my favorite book series, Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland, was actually supposed to become a Netflix series. AND THEY CANCELLED IT. So I'd really like it if they would pick that up again. I'd also love to see a show adaptation of the Zodiac Legacy by Stan Lee! It'd be EPIC. I'd also love to see a short film of Once Upon A Time In The North by Philip Pullman so I could see Lin-Manuel Miranda play that version of Lee Scoresby! I did enjoy his portrayal of Lee in the His Dark Materials series, but I really wanna see him play a version of Lee that fits his style of Lee better! It'd be a lot of fun, and I could never say no to more Lee Scoresby! I also think a Studio Ghibli adaptation of Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi, and a Laika Studios adaptation of The Wonderling by Mira Bartok would be absolutely gorgeous!

16. A film/TV Show you love but everyone else hates?

Oh okay this is good, because I'm kind of known in my circle as someone who's really forgiving towards films and series that aren't that good. It's not that I can't tell it isn't that good, or that I can't see its flaws, it's just that I generally know how to enjoy it despite that. Because that's how I like to enjoy things!!

Anyway some movies that a lot of people hated that I absolutely loved actually is Andrew Garfield's The Amazing Spider-Man duology. Yes, I know it isn't perfect, but things don't have to be perfect for you to love them anyway!!! I love those films!! He's my favorite Spider-Man and everything 😭 yes I DID watch both the Sam Raimi and MCU Spider-Man films too, but there's just something about The Amazing Spider-Man that I really love. BESIDES how cute Andrew Garfield is in it :>>>

Anyway thank you so much for sending this ask and I'm sorry again for answering it so late!! I really appreciated it and I hope it doesn't make you not wanna send asks again in the future 😭

If anyone else wants to send me some film/tv asks, feel free!!!

[andrea1717]

Andrea's monthly recommendations :)

Hello and welcome to my first monthly rec's post. I am including all kinds of entertaiment, art, music etc that has moved and interested me in the last month.

It will be sometimes more, sometimes less depending on how much time & brain capacity i had lol. So this is october. Hope you enjoy!

(sorry in advance if i won't be able to link everything but platforms like spotify, disney plus etc are pretty easy to search on)

music:

Tara Nome Doyle - i went to her concert without knowing her before and i am so happy i went because she's so amazing! Her concept album is stunning and it's new.

Kristina Bazan - she used to be a fashion blogger and makes music now too. Her EP is stunning and the videos are also so great. This is my favorite song - click

You can find them both on spotify.

podcast:

The Diary of a CEO - very inspiring and with great guests. I am still listening to all older shows too. - on spotify

YouTube:

Simon's Cat - it ALWAYS cheer's me up!

instagram:

Lovely Penguin Poetry - so so beautiful!

tiktok:

Hunter Prosper - i love these inspiring videos from real people!

book:

Shatter me by Tahereh Mafi - it's a series and i am on a re-read now. The writing, the characters. I love it so much and can only recommend! I am also excited to re-read because then i can finally read part 4 to 6.

shows:

Roswell New Mexico - @werebird got me hooked and i really need to continue watching. I am at season 2 now and love it.

A Teacher - (Disney plus) It's a show that follows a teacher who has an affair with her student. It's very character driven and interesting.

Young Royals - (Netflix) This swedish show follows a Prince that comes to a new school and he falls in love with one of the other students.The lead actors are incredible. Season 2 comes tomorrow!

Dahmer - (Netflix) This one is controversial but personally i liked it very much. Evan Peters is absolutely brilliant.

documentaries:

Conversations with a Killer - The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes -(Netflix) Very haunting but also very interesting to hear him personally.

The September Issue - Little shoutout to @lapwing-em who was excited for fashion content haha - this movie follows the making of the september vogue which is the biggest issue of the year due to NY fashion week. (Maybe i can find it online and add a link later)

movies:

Trial of the Chikago 7 - (Netflix) very good movie that follows the trial of a group who demonstrated against the vietnam war. Great actors!

Single all the way - (Netflix) very cute holiday movie that follows two best friends that come home to one of the friend's home and everyone knows they are in love but them. (someone might wanna write it and make it Stucky?!)

Purple Hearts - (Netflix) i love this movie! It's a love story that follows a couple who marries for the army benefits but ultimately fall in love.

The Last Full Measure - i re- watched this movie and noticed how incredibly important and well acted it is again. It's truly one of my favorite Sebastian movies and it always has me in tears.

fics:

Some of my favorite fics i read recently as a list :)

Kinktober by Pandafish @myexplosion

Flufftober by @plincess-cho

all we need is time by @itsfeistyred

Eclipse Seasons by @dreamsinthewitchouse

i could have chained your heart to a star by @stuckyflangst

I've never been so happy to be alive @bittersweet-in-boston

The Olive Groves by AgentCoop

Be kind, Rewind by @sparkagrace

Here we go! I hope you like these kinds of posts. I plan to post always on the last day of the month. Let me know if you want more or less etc :) Thanks for reading! <3

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Ignite me (book#3) by tahereh mafi book review

1. So this book was everything?? I don't feel human after this book. It was just so good

2. Okay um I see why y'all were hating on Adam. I want him to be dead. Bye.

3. Aaron warner is THE man. Why is he fictional. He was just so...amazing and vulnerable and oh god he's amazing

4. Okay the character development of juliette??? SHE WENT FROM A SCARED GIRL TO ANYONE WHO'S AGAINST ME CAN COME FIGHT ME. like damn girl I'm on my knees for you

5. Kenji kishimoto lore hit tho...and their friendship is everything to me..

6. Also it's so weird how paris is dead so easily?? Ykwim?? Like is he somehow gonna survive and come back later I sure hope not but still...it just felt weird

7. OMG AARON'S MOTHER LORE. I wanted her and Juliette to meet so bad. Atleast once idk. I just wow I was shocked

8. I'm ready for badass Juliette. Gimme more. I'll eat all of it up.