half of my soul, as the poets say

+saima, 24, she/they. “I am made of memories." #usersaima

[rhodeslibby]

@storyseekers event 14: book to read to understand me

— At the end as at the start, and through all the in-betweens, I love you.

[mayahart]

happiest (belated) birthday, @harrisons ♡

he fell quietly from her arms. he was a king.

[metamorphesque]

― Ali Smith, The Whole Story and Other Stories

[text ID: It was a Sunday in September. There would only be four.]

[mohtz]

lush

[lirapheus]

ronsey throughout the series

What a pair the two of them were.

[kitconnor]

BOOKS READ IN 2022: ➤ Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins-Reid

“Your whole world can be falling apart, she thought, but then Springsteen will start playing on the radio.”

[wylanvnneck]

ONE LAST STOP, by casey mcquiston

…she reminded me who i was. she had soft lips and green eyes and a body that wouldn’t quit.” august elbows her, jane smiles.

[dearsreader-deactivated20221113]

It was 6:21.

@lgbtqcreators event 1 | get to know the members

insp : x.

happiest birthday hayden loml !! @reinasmoris <3

[sitpwgs]

since greek mythology has so clearly bypassed ya, here's a quick list of some ya greek mythology retellings:

never look back by lilliam rivera: a latinx take on orpheus & eurydice

orpheus girl by brynne rebele-henry: a sapphic orpheus and eurydice love story between two teenage girls who are sent to conversion therapy after being caught together in an intimate moment

the star-touched queen by roshani chokshi: loosely based on hades & persephone

this poison heart by kalynn bayron: a sapphic ya fantasy inspired by greek mythology & has secret garden vibes

some other diverse ya books inspired by myths & folktalkes:

an arrow to the moon by emily x.r. pan

a song of wraiths and ruin by roseanne a. brown

a thousand ships in the night by traci chee

blood scion by deborah falaye

daughter of the moon goddess by sue lynn tan

dauntless by elisa a. bonnin

the candle and the flame by nafiza azad

wicked fox by kat cho

[swordanddaggerarts]

Hell hath no fury like a Ronan scorned… 

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[librarysource]

@librarysource event iii - pride: One Last Stop by Casey Mcquiston.

Because you got what you need. And sometimes, the universe has your back.

[fictionnet]

@fictionnet event 03 — archetypes.

every single one of us is missing something. we are all too powerful, too extraordinary, and don’t you see it’s because we’re riddled with vacancies? we are empty and trying to fill, lighting ourselves on fire just to prove that we are normal — that we are ordinary. that we, like anything, can burn.

THE ATLAS SIX. (insp)

[sunshinecourts]

@librarysource mission IV: book alphabet ↪ i for if we were villains, by m.l. rio

❝”for us, everything was a performance.” a small, private smile catches me off guard and i glance down, hoping he won’t see it. “everything poetic.”❞

[jordanshenessy]

“Intimacy was allowed as long as it revealed nothing truthful.”

“Which wasn’t very intimate at all”

- Maggie Steifvater, Call Down the Hawk

[redskiesandsailboats]

“I was more when I was alive.”

“You’re enough now.”

[haniishu]

@chaptersnet event vii: dynamics (kanej).

❝ She’d laughed and if he could have bottled the sound and got drunk on it every night, he would have. It terrified him.❞

[kitconnor]

BOOKS READ IN 2022: ➤ Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins-Reid

I think you have to have faith in people before they earn it. Otherwise it’s not faith, right?