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Happy with my reading wrap-up this year. A record year for me. Here’s to trying less hard in 2025 and a goal that’s more reasonable with my work schedule.

now can anyone tell me how to turn the cover collage into a really good book mark?

#bookblr #books #yearly wrap up

susiephone

are there any literary genres you generally dislike? (note: "YA" is not a genre.)

yes; horror

yes; literary

yes; romance

yes; sci-fi

yes; fantasy

yes; romantasy

yes; mystery

yes; thriller

yes; another genre i forgot

yes; multiple of the above

no; there aren't any genres i generally dislike

no; i don't read books

Voting ended onNov 27, 2024

i'm curious, because while i certainly have genres i favor, i genuinely don't think there are any genres i dislike - every genre i can name at least a couple titles i've enjoyed.

bitseventimes

genuinely upset that the Graceling series isn't popular because it's prime Tumblr fandom material like genuinely the world building is fantastic and the whole graceling thing AND seven kingdoms thing makes it perfect for OC creation, the stories are fascinating and entertaining and the leading characters in all 4 books are women, written in an interesting and stereotype defying way, there's explicit poc, queer, disabled representation (both main and side characters!) , discussion of class disparity, a great analysis of how a world would work when a section of the population has randomly assigned magical abilities, THERE'S AN ENTIRE NEW ALPHABET, and most importantly the writing is genuinely entertaining and fun and capturing. if I could change one thing about Tumblr it would be to make this fandom more popular Kristin Cashore deserves the world

liljafish

FR

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kristen cashore should be a NATIONAL TREASURE from this

The library had another used book sale. here’s the haul.

only one accidental duplicate because apparently I hadn’t updated my lists. (A Bad Beginning ASOUE 1)

one duplicate on purpose because my wife wanted the og cover. (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

#bookblr #books #used books #public library #book haul

October Wrap Up

I am falling behind my reading goal. Despite this, I remain determined, though I think the 24 books I read in March may have made me over confident. October was a pretty good month for me, book wise.

The seven books I read last month below the cut.

#bookblr #books #monthly wrap up #october books

September Wrap-Up

Four new books this month and two rereads. Thank goodness for good (and familiar) audiobooks getting me out of that slump at the beginning of the month.

Pride and Prejudice - I have previously talked about the audiobook version I found that made me fall in love with this book. I will be reading it again.

Then, my two rereads, or in this case — relistens. Fire and Bitterblue. Forever favorites of mine. This is at least my fourth time with each of them. They shall be seen again!

In the last weekend of September I finished three books all of which I thoroughly enjoyed.

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston - CMQ writes rom coms I want to read. I read the first 150 pages (Theo’s perspective) all in one sitting bc, to be frank, I did not connect with them as much. As soon as I got to Kit I promised myself I would go to sleep (it was midnight on a work night) but would reading for two more hours bc I couldn’t go to sleep with Kit and Theo apart. I finally went to sleep at 2 am and finished the book the next night. Not my favorite of McQuiston’s books (just so much food and drama, not totally my thing), but very enjoyable.

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune - I had thought about rereading the first book (House on the Cerulean Sea) before this one but realized I just wanted to get into it. I enjoyed this book, but to be honest, it’s not anything amazing. It was fun to see where the characters stories go after the end of book one, but nothing unexpected happened and frankly I would have been happy to stay with my happy imagination. Unless you’re just in love with the Cerulean Sea characters, I can’t recommend the sequel.

This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki with Jillian Tamak - I found this on the banned books table at my favorite local bookshop. I am finding more and more that I like graphic novels like this one which are so rooted in reality. I felt like I was right there in the complexities of middle school with the main characters. A quick read, but definitely worth the money and one I will return to.

Had I finished this post last week when I started it, I would have listed the books I intended to read next, starting with Rick Riordan’s new Percy Jackson book “Wrath of the Triple Goddess” and then moving onto Heather Fawcett’s “Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands”. I did read Wrath but the rest of the plan was derailed. more on that later.

In the meantime. HAPPY READING!

#bookblr #books #september wrap up #storygraph #monthly wrap up #Somewhere beyond the sea #the pairing #this one summer #tj klune #casey mcquiston #graceling realm #lady fire #fire #bitterblue

I stayed up all night reading a book I should have read a long time ago. Work in six and a half hours. I was tired today, I can be tired tomorrow right?

The book is Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli. Resonated with me and hurt me in a good way. I cannot emphasize enough how much this would have meant to me in high school. Much the way Simon vs the Homosapiens Agenda did. No one should ever have to be outed or come out before they’re ready or in a way that isn’t about them.

#imogen obviously #becky albertalli #bookblr #books #current reads

I managed to convince myself to hold off on the next Graceling Realm audiobook (Bitterblue) and finished Pride and Prejudice!

I know I should not promote audible because amazon sucks, but their version of the P&P audiobook read by Rosamund Pike held my attention in a way the one I had access to on Libby did not. Pike gave an excellent performance!

Pride and Prejudice was a delightful read for me. I am such a fan of modern rom-com novels and movies that I fully expected to enjoy it as quintessential of the genre. I was right! I had a great time reading it – I switched between the audiobook and a physical copy depending on where/when I was reading – and plan to read it again someday.

Next I Iisten to Bitterblue while reading some new releases from the last two months. First up, Casey McQuiston’s The Pairing.

Happy reading!

#bookblr #current reads #books #currently reading #graceling #graceling realm #bitterblue #pride and prejudice #kristen cashore #jane austen #casey mcquiston #the pairing

turtles-reads

it will surprise no one who knows me that I am now listening to the Fire audiobook

I LOVE this series, and i’ve never read them in chronological order before so this’ll be fun

turtles-reads

I finished it. I fucking love that book. Everyone go read the Graceling Realm books right now. Especially Fire. But read Graceling first. And then read Bitterblue. fuck. I need to finish Pride and Prejudice but i’m probably going to read Bitterblue now anyway.

#bookblr #graceling realm #graceling #lady fire #fire #bitterblue #pride and prejudice #current reads #currently reading

it will surprise no one who knows me that I am now listening to the Fire audiobook

I LOVE this series, and i’ve never read them in chronological order before so this’ll be fun

#fire #lady fire #graceling realm #current reads #currently reading #books #audiobooks

Reading so for in September has been a struggle… trying to read Pride and Prejudice for the first time. I like it, but i’m struggling to hold onto the prose. It requires me to have no distractions when I read it. That’s hard for me to do. 🤞🏼 Hopefully i’ll finish it this month.

also can someone please convince me not to start listening to the Graceling series again? I need to focus on my current reads. But fuck if i’m not dreaming about those books again.

#pride and prejudice #current reads #currently reading #graceling #books #september reads

love the library used book sale!

A haul from my local library’s used book sale. I love the public library and I especially love getting to build up my collection. Lots of new reads in this collection and one for childhood memories (Ingrid Law’s “Savvy”).

Now back to reading!

#exit west #savvy #a tale for the time being #books #puzzles #the book of lost things #invisible cities #where the crawdads sing #hidden figures #mr penumbras 24-hour book store #the secret life of bees #the vagina monologues #son of a witch #one day #hollow city #used books #public library

Story Graph August Wrap-Up

A good month of mostly re-reads for me. I listened to the last few Artemis Fowl audiobooks in my reread of the series of my youth. Then I was feeling sappy so I listened to the Red, White, and Royal Blue audiobook for the second time this year. It’s my favorite at the moment. When queer people get to be in love and get a happy ending. That’s my comfort read.

My serious read this month was Ruth Ozeki’s “The Book of Form and Emptiness”. I started it shortly after a series of very non-serious reads so it took me a bit to get into it. I needed to adjust my mindset to match the tone of the novel before I truly enjoyed it. I really liked this book. It was esoteric and full of deep cogitations on human nature. And also it says a lot about story telling. I love it when a book is meta about itself. I am keeping this book on the list of books to read-read and now much looking forward to reading Ruth Ozeki’s other books. Starting with “A Tale for the Time Being”.

Happy Reading!

#bookblr #books and reading #queer books #artemis fowl #red white and royal blue #the book of form and emptiness #monthly wrap up #storygraph

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