Officially a third of the way through the year (holy shit???) so I wanted to do a little reading challenge progress update, complete with a fancy little accountability chart 😊
January:
Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets of The Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz (★★★☆☆)
Before I Go To Sleep - S.J. Watson (★★★☆☆)
Clown In A Cornfield 2; Frendo Lives - Adam Cesare (★★★★☆)
Don't Let Go - Harlan Coben (★★★☆☆)
Escape Room - Megan Goldin (★★☆☆☆)
February:
Find Her - Lisa Gardner (★★★☆☆)
Gorgeous Gruesome Faces - Linda Cheng (★★☆☆☆)
March:
Heart Shaped Box - Joe Hill (★★★☆☆)
In Silence - Erica Spindler (★★★★☆)
Eeny Meeny - M.J. Arlidge (★★★☆☆)
The June Boys - Court Stevens (★★★☆☆)
April:
The Kept Woman - Karin Slaughter (★★★☆☆)
Long Road To Mercy - David Baldacci (★★★☆☆)
My Best Friend's Exorcism - Grady Hendrix (★★☆☆☆)
Notorious Nineteen - Janet Evanovich (★★☆☆☆)
The Other Girl - Erica Spindler (★★★★☆)
DNF'd:
Beauty Queens - Libba Bray
Damned - Chuck Palahniuk
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Fannie Flagg
Currently Reading:
Bad Dreams in the Night - Adam Ellis
One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston
The Foxhole Court - Nora Sakavic (audiobook)
TBR:
Panic - Lauren Oliver
Queen Of Teeth - Hailey Piper
Sadie - Courtney Summers
This is How You Lose the Time War - Max Gladstone & Amal El-Mohtar
Vicious - V.E. Schwab
Wren Martin Ruins It All - Amanda DeWitt
X - Davey Davis
Yesterday is History - Kosoko Jackson
Ziggy, Stardust & Me - James Brandon
I'm on storygraph (monsieurbluesky) if you wanna see my half-assed reviews and progress!
“omg you’re so creative. how do you get your ideas” i hallucinate a single scene in the taco bell drive thru and then spend 13 months trying to write it
"There are ghosts in the basement!" | "This basement?" | "Of course this basement! What is it with you people? If it was the basement next door I wouldn't give a shit, would I?"
Horror Character Appreciation - Matthew Lillard as Dennis Rafkin in Thir13en Ghosts (2001) dir. Steve Beck
The rough stretch of beard burn across his thighs was a new sensation, though not entirely unpleasant. Everything about this was new, thrilling and terrifying, and Buck enjoyed picking at the seams that had sewn this part of him up for so long. He liked dismantling this wall he hadn't even known he'd constructed until he met Tommy, who came into Buck's life like a sledgehammer, shattering Buck's preconceptions of himself. It was funny, in a way, that Tommy seemed to know Buck better than he knew himself, and he was a guiding hand– mouth, cock– through this exciting time.
Future AU where Buck and Tommy are established and in a serious long term relationship, living together, happy and content. And then something happens to Eddie, he ends up in the hospital (again) and Buck takes care of Christopher (again), only this time he's not alone. Maybe Chris stays with Buck and Tommy this time, and Tommy starts to pitch in. He takes care of Chris while Buck's at work, he takes Chris to visit Eddie, he helps Chris with his homework and takes him to school, and Tommy never really thought about having kids, but now he is. He knows Buck wants kids, he sees the way he is with Christopher and Jee-Yun, and he knows Buck would be an amazing dad. Tommy has just never felt like he was in a stable enough place in his life for kids, but now maybe he is.
And then Eddie gets out of the hospital and he's still not 100% so he stays with Buck and Tommy, too. He can't take care of Christopher on his own right now, he can't even take care of himself. So Buck and Tommy help him, too. They drive him to physical therapy, they help with Chris, they become their own oddly shaped family. So as Eddie gets better, he starts doing what he can and the three of them (Buck, Eddie, and Tommy) find a rhythm. Slowly they become ingrained in each other's lives, even more ingrained than before.
Eddie gets better and he feels like he's imposed enough, so one night over beers after Christopher has gone to bed, he tells Buck and Tommy he's going to move back to his own house. Buck knew this moment was coming but he's not ready for it. He makes futile excuses: is Eddie sure, what if he's not ready, maybe he should wait a little longer... but Eddie has been cleared to go back to work. There's nothing really keeping him here anymore.
Nothing except Buck and Tommy, and this family they've forged. It's Tommy who eventually, calmly and casually, says, "You could stay."
Like it's simple. Like it doesn't change everything between them. But of course they all know things have been changing between them for months. Eddie has seen the way Buck and Tommy are together, those small touched and intimate moments, and he wants that. Not with just anyone, but with them.
Tommy nudges Buck and they have this heated conversation with their eyebrows until Buck concedes and scoots across the couch. When he kisses Eddie, it's soft and slow and it should feel like the world is tilting on its axis but it doesn't. It feels safe and warm and sure. It feels like Eddie is finally home.