🧍book Ask. 2 + 6 + 20 :^)
🧍book ask. 2 + 6 + 20 :^)
2. top 5 books of all time
ok i’m going with non-childrens lit novels 🤨 so
the tombs of atuan (ursula leguin)
annihilation (jeff vandermeer)
east of eden (john steinbeck)
royal assassin (robin hobb)
parable of the sower (octavia butler)
6. read this month
the golden compass (philip pullman)
powers (ursula leguin)
20. what i look for in a book
for getting into a book, i want “disappearing” prose that doesn’t distract me from the scene with unnatural rhythm or silly word choice, dialogue that’s either naturalist or theatrical but NOT forced to set up stupid lil quips, place descriptions that take me away, a feeling of promise that smth will happen.
for remembering & loving it after i’m done reading—a striking turn & sudden illumination towards the end of the book about what it all meant (even if the answer is “nothing” or “we don’t get to know”), a main character who got to be selfish, magnetic, and cunning, a world that felt wider & deeper than what was seen in this story, an ending that satisfied. doesn’t have to be uplifting or unpredictable as long as i hear the door click shut behind me on my way out yk.
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the raven king was a rly fun book, genuinely scary in moments and had excellent beats for blue gansey ronan & adam, im so glad i finally read this series to the end 13 YEARS after starting it as a kid, but every time i think of a character who vanished from act 3 with zero follow-up or even a passing mention in the epilogue i take another half star away. where are my sweetie peas. artemus maura calla seondeok helen declan gwenllian mr gray laumonier i said where the FUCK are my FUCKING sweetie pees
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Do you know this queer character?
Tonkee is transgender and wlw, and uses she/her pronouns!
I want to write a book called “your character dies in the woods” that details all the pitfalls and dangers of being out on the road & in the wild for people without outdoors/wilderness experience bc I cannot keep reading narratives brush over life threatening conditions like nothing is happening.
I just read a book by one of my favorite authors whose plots are essentially airtight, but the MC was walking on a country road on a cold winter night and she was knocked down and fell into a drainage ditch covered in ice, broke through and got covered in icy mud and water.
Then she had a “miserable” 3 more miles to walk to the inn.
Babes she would not MAKE it to that inn.
✨ that’s a wrap! ✨ my goal was to read 1 book per month so this year was more than successful (ㅅ´ ˘ `)♡ and so many 4-5 starrers!
Invisible Cities • Italo Calvino 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Severance • Ling Ma ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Tombs of Atuan • Ursula LeGuin 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
🔁 Fallen Hero: Rebirth (IF) • Malin Rydén @fallenhero-rebirth ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fallen Hero: Retribution (IF) • Malin Rydén @fallenhero-rebirth ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🔁 The Amulet of Samarkand • Jonathan Stroud ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
The Golden Compass • Phillip Pullman 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Powers • Ursula LeGuin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Gideon the Ninth • Tamsyn Muir 💀 DNF.
The Subtle Knife • Phillip Pullman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Here There Be Dragons (Webcomic) • Steve Horton & co-creators @htbdcomic 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
The Farthest Shore • Ursula LeGuin ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Nimona • Nate Stevenson 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Moon of the Crusted Snow • Waubgeshig Rice 💀 DNF.
Ain’t I A Woman • Bell Hooks ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ship of Magic • Robin Hobb 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
The Empress of Salt & Fortune • Nghi Vo 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
The Pillars of the Earth • Ken Follett 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Braiding Sweetgrass • Robin Wall Kimmerer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
🔁 Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone • JK Rowling ⭐️⭐️
Mad Ship • Robin Hobb 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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