#reading reccomendations

[lavendarneverlands]

Pick a series from my TBR:

Belladonna

Caraval

Crowns of Nyaxia

Divine Rivals

From Blood and Ash

Girls of Paper and Fire

Once Upon A Broken Heart

Powerless

Red Rising

Serpent & Dove

Shatter Me

Zodiac Academy

Voting ended onOct 21, 2025

[fsawt]

book asks! 1 and/or 4 :]

oh hi!!! I forgot I reblogged that ahsjau

1: What's something you read recently and enjoyed?

Flowers for Algernon! It was the last fiction book I read and I really liked it. It's a 1960s sci-fi centring on an intellectually disabled man subjected to an experimental intelligence-enhancing surgery. It's fascinating how Keyes goes about writing a character who's capabilities to narrate his own story changes so drastically. Especially for the 60s, I think he approached the problems encountered by mentally disabled people with empathy, which is a key theme in the book. A gut-puncher, I'd say.

4: What are your top 3 comfort reads?

The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith is my ultimate comfort read. I notice something else that's silly or cool every time I read it, and I've read it like... 7 times? I do have a Goldsmith obsession tho. So this is biased.

Gullivers Travels, esp Book 4, is what I open when I'm euughhh but I want to read. Very funny, very cool, and I love Swift's style. Horse superiority.

A Clockwork Orange I've read a lot, too, for comfort. Its fascinating, short, and so dense in its strangeness and smartness that theres a lot to entertain and intrigue you every read. I think what makes a comfort book to me are the sorts that have a lot of little details to them, so they feel fresh every time and let you stretch your mind when you need it.

[bulletnotestudies]

similar to last year, here are the best books we read this year in the Studyblr w/Knives Server! these are just a couple of our absolute fave reads, feel free to take them as friend recommendations for the 'recced by a friend' prompt(s) in our reading challenge :)

our favourite reads of 2022:

in no actual order, these are all bomb reading experiences:

The Anthropocene Reviewed by J. Green

She Who Became the Sun by S. Parker-Chan

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

The Cruel Prince by H. Black

Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei

The Scholomance Trilogy by N. Novik

Her Body and Other Parties by. C. M. Machado

I'm Glad My Mom Died by J. McCurdy

The Dreamer Trilogy by M. Stiefvater

Hamnet by M. O'Farrell

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by S. L. Tan

All the Bright Places by J. Niven

The Six of Crows Duology by L. Bardugo

Malibu Rising by T. Jenkins Reid

Deeplight by F. Hardinge

Spy x Family by T. Endo

Whose body? by D. L. Sayers

The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by S. Turton

Girl Meets Boy by A. Smith

The Tarot Sequence by K. D. Edwards

Lost Boy by C. Henry

for our honorable mentions, check below the cut!

This year we also really enjoyed:

Iron Widow by X. J. Zhao

The Charm Offensive by A. Cochrun

Piranesi by S. Clarke

Ella Minnow Pea by M. Dunn

The Hunger Games Trilogy by S. Collins

The All for the Game Trilogy by N. Sakavic

The Importance of Being Earnest by O. Wilde

The Locked Tomb Series by T. Muir

[beethetogruta]

Question. Are Jane Austen books worth reading? Is Herman Melville wort reading? What classic authors like these are worth reading and which of their books. You have until the 25th...

[skiplo-wave]

Do you have any webtoon recommendations?

Half of these are completed but these are what I’m currently reading

Guy upstairs- cat and mouse of introvert girl vs serial killer neighbor currently on hiatus

Coffin Jackson- band of misfits and mortician try sell a dead body while against two monsters completed

Everything is fine- dystopia kinda like brave new world-1984 but lots of trauma and everyone has giant cat head currently on hiatus

It’s mine- Yandere stalker boy X girl but there’s legit plot to this as reason why characters are way they are. Starts of slow as a heads up completed

The boxer- OP character tries find meaning of life/will to live via boxing and meeting colorful cast of characters. On of my personal favorite webcomics of all time completed

Witch creek road- love craft horror plus hot monster babes. Also stay in circle completed

Rockababy- 1950/ greaser but also an alien adopts alien clown sister ( same creator for camp crystal lake via junkmixart ) completed

He loves me not- literally brand new I’m reading cause it’s Artist I follow on Twitter. Two bara men one looks like he can kill you lol ongoing

Batman Wayne family adventures- it’s batfam need I say more ongoing

Zomgan- OP character tries find meaning of life/will to live via boxing and meeting colorful cast of characters but make it post apocalyptic. Also don’t get attach to characters cause they will get killed off :) ongoing

SPCTR- very behind on this one but it’s sci-fi girl shares a body with an alien to save her brother ongoing

Homesick- monster apocalypse with literal colorful cast of characters. Lots of body horror/gore but Artist is very good giving trigger warnings ongoing

Boyfriends- lgbt+ comic, polycue with your typical jock/nerd/prep/jock very wholesome plus cast is Asian. If ou want break from irl queer troubles this is great escape from that ongoing

Heartstopper- another lgbt+ comic it’s wholesome but also tackles topic queer kids go through like coming out, mental health etc. ongoing this has a live action adaptation on Netflix which I also recommend

[abiblogger]

“I can reach right into my body and change its shape, comb myself into another physical existence, as if I were made of the whipped cream on my own birthday cake. I am white and soft now, and I am God, but who cares, I don’t care about am, about being, I only care about becoming”

- Jenny Hval, Girl Against God

[mstepenwolf]

october 2023 jams 🦔

"ROADTRIP -Animated Short Film" by Xaver Xylophon (about insomnia and search for meaning)

"It's a Snail World After All" by Grace Ebert (miniature sets inhabited by snails)

"Tips on making routines less miserable & goals more attainable" by The Thought Spot (very affirming reflections and advice geared towards autistic people)

"The Denial of Death" by Louise Glück (vignette on the passing of time and attachments)

"Everything Will Change" by Anna-Laura Sullivan (beautiful realization)

"The Horror of Having a Body" by Clark Elieson (video essay on feminine viscera, encounter with sickness as key to joy, and body horror)

"FKA twigs: 'I don't have secrets. I'm not ashamed of anything'" by Kadish Morris (interview on facing racism as a performer and staying resilient)

"The Hero Gen Z Needs" by Elise Hannum (on the significance of Snoopy)

[everythings-whithering]

You are reading. You have turned the page to a new set, and begin anew.

What do you do next?

Time to turn the page. How?

My finger rests behind the top of the right page already, prepared.

I wait until i am finished with these pages, then turn to the next.

Its a secret my love (other, in tags/want to see)

Voting ended onMar 25, 2024