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[naomiknight-17]

[insomniac-arrest]

Hi there! I'm doing sort of what you did last year with the "here's all the books i read in 2020" post, as part of a resolution to myself to get myself back into reading. I wanted to see if you had a final list - I can't seem to find that post but I remember seeing a couple titles I wanted to read when I made the time :/ And have you read anything in the new year yet? I've read 2 books so far - Beyond the Ruby Veil and Serpent & Dove! The first is about a girl who gets whatever she wants and murders the person who makes water in her city out of people's blood, and subsequently finding out a LOT about the reality of her world. She is hella gay and her best friend is ALSO Hella Gay but it 2 different ways. I kind of hate her but also her story and her emotions are very compelling still???? The second is a typical opposite sides fake!married story with witches and witchhunters set in quasi-Medieval "France." Its very cute and Ansel is now my child. Plus the "twist" writing isn't for shock value like GoT was, the foreshadowing and payoffs actually make sense BUT the payoffs still blow you away!

Hello! Yes, here is my post with most of the books I read in 2020. You can also check out my Goodreads which has even more!

Here were my all-time favorites from 2020 by genre:

Fantasy: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, a money-lender gets in trouble after bragging she can turn silver into gold and is kidnapped and ordered to do so by a fey creature. It has a truly compelling main character and some awesome female friendships. I loved this book!

Literary Fiction: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong, a son writes a letter about his life to his illiterate mother. The language in this is truly dazzling and the prose absolutely stunned me to the point of tearing up. 

Romance: Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert, Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. After almost—but not quite—dying, she’s come up with seven directives to help her “Get a Life.” I just thought this was a really funny and sweet romance novel! 

I also read “Red, White, and Royal Blue” this year which was pretty good and gets an honorable mention. However, despite the later being gay, I enjoyed Chloe more as a character so that’s why it ended up being my favorite.

Science Fiction: Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel, a post-apocalyptical story about a group of traveling Shakespeare actors and a symphony. Soft! Apocalypse! A fascinating look at a world ravaged by a terrible disease (ahem) and the society that comes after it. There is something quiet and compelling about this book that I can’t explain.

Gideon the Ninth: I’m not putting this in any category because I honestly had no ideal what was going on in this book most of the time. BUT I HAD SO MUCH GODDAMN FUN IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. I laughed, I cried, I screamed out loud at the ending. This book reminded me how much I love reading.

I have finished one book in the new year! It was “Sharp Objects” by Gillian Flynn and I hated it so much that I thought to myself “huh, I guess I don’t like the entire thriller genre” and then the next day, still filled with rage, I was like “maybe I just don’t like books anymore, I’m going to become illiterate.”

Anyway, I am back to reading now and I’m doing “One to Watch” by Kate Stayman-London which is a romance novel about a plus-sized fashion blogging becoming the star of a reality dating show! I’m enjoying it well-enough so far, it is a bit heavy for me, but I hear it gets really juicy later on so I’m excited for that. 

[pangur-and-grim]

hi, ive always been a fan of the pangur shenanigans since she stumbled across my dash - what a lovely gremlin - but i only recently followed you and i just stumbled across the post about Wheat Thick in the cat tree and your complaints in the #'s about others' complaints about her dewlap just had me dying. the Language Was Beautiful. im also interested to see how the wolf-to-seals essay/video turned out? any links for those? i dont think ive found one.. maybe im blind :p give grim and grem <3!

thank you! and no, the Wolf/Seal vid isn’t posted yet - hope to have it up tomorrow, or Thursday at the latest

(here’s a screenshot from the Speciation section)

[futzingbarton]

I just saw your "I am Nora Valkyrie" post and, wow, you really are the live action version of her... Do you have a Ren-looking person in your life, too? That would be pretty cool :)

Hehe, thank you!! And no, I don't have anyone in my life that expressly looks like Ren, but I do have someone who acts a lot like him. He's constantly dealing with my hyperactivity and excitement and is generally calmer and more soft spoken than me. Anyone with the patience to put up with me for HOURS AT A TIME is a freaking saint--I mean half of the people that do that are as overenthusiastic as I am so it's just a mesh of same energies, but usually he's just idk this calm kind of anchor. He's great. And he looks like Hiccup from How to Train Your Dragon!

[chelletheroc]

Tagged by lmw-dreaming

Rule #1: Post the rules 

Rule #2: Answer the questions the tagger st for you in theri post and then make eleven new ones.

Rule #3: Tag eleven people and link them in your post.

Rule #4: Let them know they've been tagged.

Questions:

How do you feel right now?  What are you thinking about?             -I feel tired.  It's late late late and I've had a long week.  I'm thinking about a new story I'm writing. 

What's your favorite joke?    -it's a long one.  here's a link to it 

Are you an introvert or and extrovert?   -I like to consider myself a social introvert

Do you cry easily?  -no, which is sometimes unfortunate 

If you could visit any country, where would you go? -either Japan or South Africa

Any siblings?   -yes, 5, not including siblings-in-law

If Hollywood made a movie about your life, what would it be rated and who would star as you?  -R for language and adult themes and I think I'd like Scarlett Johanson, because she would be able to capture the self-induced psychological imbalance 

What's the craziest thing you've ever done?  -I recently transferred from public school to homeschool in my senior year

Are you athletic?   -on a good day? no

How would you describe your dream house?  -a warehouse converted into a loft in New York 

Biggest celebrity crush?  -I don't know many celebrities near enough to my age to not be creepy, so I'll just be honest.  Johnny Depp from like five years ago.

My Questions:

What would you blog about if you could not blog about what you currently blog about?

Which sense do you use to appreciate beauty more (including the usual 5 and any other sense you could think of)?

Would you rather live in a world we'd consider in this one to be fantasy or science fiction?

Have you read all the Harry Potter books? 

Think hard on this one- if you had to give up your access to electronic gadgets (phones, computers, toasters, refrigerators, etc.) for the next ten years in order to save one anonymous person's life, could you do it?

Dragons or AI?

Tea or coffee (or some other preferred beverage)?

Sex?

Why is a raven like a writing desk?

What do you think is the best thing about yourself? What do others think is the best thing about you?

If you had the chance to become a character of your own choosing, would you choose a character that already exists or create a character of your own?

chanyerrrrrr, littleribs, lmw-dreaming, peyton-chan, rtlppotatoes 

(Yeah, not eleven but still slightly greater than half, so... that should be good right?)