I'm officially calling it! I'm in Ireland of the rest of the year at a family wedding which will NOT be a peaceful reading environment, so:
Things This Infographic Does Not Include: pretty much all of the ‘info’ in ‘infographic’ because it’s ugly as hell this year (again)
my TOP 15* IN 2023 are:
Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall
The Night of Baba Yaga by Okira Otani
Dark Heir by C S Pacat
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo
All the World Beside by Garrard Conley
When Among Crows by Veronica Roth
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
Penance by Eliza Clark
The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle by Neil Blackmore
The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
Girls That Invest by Simran Kaur
No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
*in the order I read them in from most to least recent because cba
there were a lot of rereads this year. I'm not listing them because mortifyingly there are MANY that I would have to list TWICE.
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Getting the Dracula Daily notification in my inbox today and reacting like Aragorn noticing the beacons of Gondor have been lit
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What you can't bury
Part 18 of Lure
Rated: E
Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
Pairing: Jounouchi Katsuya/Kaiba Seto
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Tags: Alternate Universe - Yakuza, Organized Crime, Internal Conflict, Power Imbalance, Power Dynamics, Gun Violence, Hurt/Comfort, Sex as Coping Mechanism, Unhealthy Relationships, Trauma Bonding, Codependency, Porn with Feelings, Porn With Plot, Explicit Sexual Content, Degradation, Masochism, Impact Play, Asshole Spanking, Anal Sex, Barebacking, Breeding Kink, Sex Toys, Rough Sex, Painful Sex, Mild Painplay, Punishment, Cock & Ball Torture, Mild Breathplay, Come Feeding, Praise Kink, Under-negotiated Kink, Somnophilia, Sexting, Dick Pics, Semi-Public Sex, Workplace Sex
As discontent swells amongst the Aoryu-kai's ranks, those wishing to seize power for themselves emerge. They threaten everything—Kaiba's leadership position, the tiny sliver of peace Jounouchi's managed to carve out for himself, and whatever tenuous bond exists between the two of them.
Will saving Kaiba's hide save Jounouchi too? Or is this finally his chance to escape from under the kumicho's thumb?
Read Chapter 4 on AO3
Series Masterlist
As of late, though, new headaches were piling up: a rash of turf battles with the Sumiyoshi, repeated debt collection failures, and revenue falling across the board for several major establishments. Someone—multiple someones—had become derelict in their duties.
Or they were sowing trouble.
The missing shipment was the final straw. This was not some under lieutenant overcharging on protection fees and pocketing the difference, or skimming off the top of a bar's till.
Roughly 21 million yen worth of weapons—gone. Poof into fucking thin air. He had buyers lined up, but nothing to sell. Just the thought made Seto want to shoot someone.
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TBOSAS review
The film is so fast-pace, plot focused, some scenes was cut from book, some scenes was adapted for better because it's adaptation, it did a great job to source, movie was spilt as 3 acts, the first and middle acts is the best, complex and so intense, the final is good, thriling but need more time to process, it's a little rushes, it came from A1, A2,B1,B2 to C1, that's it, it's my point, but it's not a big deal, because the final is so good that made you forgive that.
Cast
Tom as Snow, this is breakout role, he showed how complex snow was, and yeah, you might fall for his charm but in the end, he's still Snow that you love to hate, he nailed it, people will fall in love in Tom.
Rachel as Lucy Gray, you can take her frame, but you can't take her talents, she is Lucy Gray, who's charming, mysterious, her acting is oscar worthy, her singing is the one of the best part that I couldn't wait to see her as Snow White. she is the star of generation.
Josh as Sejanus, he did a great job for baby mama who want to change society but still naive to understand human, his range is so good, when he cried, I'm heartbroken.
Hunter as Tigris, she is natural, her scene is not much, but she showed how minimal Tigris that connect to us, and it's so good.
Peter as Casca, he didn't do much but as his standard, ate.
Viola as Volumnia, she gave us haunting, terrifying, powerful nightmare.
Jason as Lucretius, hot and scene stealer, his dark humor made people laugh awkward.
Burn as Commander Hoff, HE IS SO HOT, but his role is so cameo, we need more of him!!
8.5/10
I recommended all of you, book fans, movie fans, moviegoers
Don't miss this film.
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