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14 & 22 :)

hi rosie🥀

14. What books do you want to finish before the year is over?

literally any of the 3-8 books i have open at one time. right now specifically, Parable of the Talents <3. im also reading a sense & sensibility adaptation thats a murder mystery .... but i think ill be done with that within the next 3 days

22. What’s the longest book you read?

David Copperfield😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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hiiii lucia on the dash <3 ummm 4 & 12 for the ask game !!!

HIIII YAS yes indeed its my once in a blue moon return to tumblr

i just answered 12! (thanks deedee)

4. Did you discover any new authors that you love this year?

Sea Change by Gina Chung was awesome and i'd love to read more of her stuff!

also Tracy Deonn bc the quality of the Legendborn books is actually pretty high for YA standards and the plot isnt so cookie cutter

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12 n 24!! 😁💖

DEEDEEEEEEEE😹😹❤️❤️❤️💖💖💖😁😁

12. Any books that disappointed you?

Flux by Jinwoo Chong. loved the idea of it but i got lost and was confused. felt rly short bc it ended and i didnt understand what happened in the story???

also Pride & prejudice & zombies. i didnt read it expecting it to be good but it exceeded my expectations (derogatory)

24. Did you DNF anything? Why?

yes but mainly because my Libby holds keep expiring or i started it but it lapsed and im waiting on my hold of a physical copy at the library to come in. Ive been "reading" The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu and the Iliad translation by Emily Wilson for like 7 months um dont worry about it

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1 and 2 💕

just did 2 but ty for sending!

1. How many books did you read this year?

im at 53 right now🙊 but thinking i can hit 60 in the next two weeks because i get a break off from work and wont have much to do in my parents house.

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hello!!! 2, 3, 11?

hiii thanks for sending taylor :)

2. Did you reread anything? What?

😭😭😭 well. ive maybe not said this on tumblr as much as i seem to think ive said it but every year i have a pride & prejudice spiral (multiple times a year actually.) and it results in me rereading the book or listening to the audiobook or a podcast narrated audio play version of it (the ballarat national theatre) and then consuming 3-5 adaptations of it so TLDR yes. besides p&p though i also reread this unfinished YA series called the many worlds trilogy (but the third book was never published). Tether and Tandem by Anna Jarzab! i wouldnt say its good but...

3. What were your top five books of the year?

in no particular order:

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Horse by Geraldine Brooks

David Copperfield. lol

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Bewilderment by Richard Powers

11. What was your favorite book that has been out for a while, but you just now read?

gonna be honest i read a lot of classics this year so probably Catcher in the Rye or Fahrenheit 451. or the Legendborn series (surprisingly good!)

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end-of-year book ask

How many books did you read this year?

Did you reread anything? What?

What were your top five books of the year?

Did you discover any new authors that you love this year?

What genre did you read the most of?

Was there anything you meant to read, but never got to?

What was your average Goodreads rating? Does it seem accurate?

Did you meet any of your reading goals? Which ones?

Did you get into any new genres?

What was your favorite new release of the year?

What was your favorite book that has been out for a while, but you just now read?

Any books that disappointed you?

What were your least favorite books of the year?

What books do you want to finish before the year is over?

Did you read any books that were nominated for or won awards this year (Booker, Women’s Prize, National Book Award, Pulitzer, Hugo, etc.)? What did you think of them?

What is the most over-hyped book you read this year?

Did any books surprise you with how good they were?

How many books did you buy?

Did you use your library?

What was your most anticipated release? Did it meet your expectations?

Did you participate in or watch any booklr, booktube, or book twitter drama?

What’s the longest book you read?

What’s the fastest time it took you to read a book?

Did you DNF anything? Why?

What reading goals do you have for next year?

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in a slump (the sun starts setting at 415pm here)

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Percy with a cap that says women and men want me, fish respect me

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My friend Sama is the mother of 2 young children who has had her husband murdered in this genocidal campaign, and now her cousin has been killed with her husband, leaving behind a little girl orphaned.

Sama wants her and her children to be safe, so please share this post and donate if you are able to help make that simple wish a reality.

flyers + vet

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im trying not to be mean either bc i get for some ppl this is their first election voting in and all but ur going to survive genuinely u r gonna live and get thru this and u need to quit the tears and go google what can be done in ur community to build more connection and out reach if ur white u need to gulp down fear and start calling out ur family members for their conservatism like im over it im over the pity and the melt downs u people dont listen to those of us on the bottom i survived both the trump and biden presidency and both of them harmed me but many of you are able to turn away because your whiteness allows it, project 2025 does not scare me bc america in its structural core is project 2025 they have already been doing this to my people and all the other ppl of color here im not afraid im annoyed and i need u ppl to put the tissues down and actually push back bc we cannot continue to be the only ppl caring

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happy election day america . i look forward to serving you

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Yeah so the droplets of mango smoothie that spilled when you messed up my order actually spelled out your true name across the marble counter top. Which means I can now make or un-make you and bind you to my word and will. yeah you are pretty much powerless now. Okay so can you make me another one

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happy halloween i was just reminded that blood of olympus came out 10 years ago this month because someone on my local facebook group was selling their copy of it..... the lives ive lived, the discourse ive seen, the posts ive made, the people ive impersonated since that moment.... what a decade it has been

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Checking tumblr at work because i dont want to do my tasks. hey guys. whats everyone reading

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im so normal <- girl who has read 3 different modern austen adaptations in the past week

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alright if ur not already following @patrickriordan that’s where Lucia and I will be doing insane Jorgen posting tonight . Have fun

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about to rewatch interstellar for the first time in possibly 5-8 years wish me luck. i am ready to sob