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feelingthedisaster · 1 month
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"aftg is badly written" did we read the same books? did the intrincate chess methaphors were too hidden for you to realized them? did the simplify version of the characters used in jokes made you forget how complex they are? were the awesome quotes too forgetable? have you ever thought about the interpersonal relationships between the characters? how well written they are that psychologist would have a field day with it? did the unconventional plot structure felt different? bc it is and thats probably one of reasons why the books are so amazing but thats a different post
is aftg badly written or did you not like the writing style and/or was the plot too "insane"? if you like, there is a lot of media that could be named with the same level or even more insane plot than aftg
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rumoredtoexist · 16 days
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well,,i think it’s gonna end up taking me a lot longer than initially anticipated to finish tsc bcz of the triggers and for my own mental health (two chapters in and i already wanna throw up 😭) but we’ll make it through 🫡 itll just take time
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tsc thoughts while reading (beware of spoilers) starting with -
david wymack my fucking beloved
also i never rlly liked/cared for thea but her scene with jean and her nickname for him was cute
chapter 3 thoughts:
jeremy being in awe of neil and the foxes is giving me life
fanfics with alvarez in them gonna go crazy now that we actually have a first name for her (and don’t have to invent one)
oh they rich rich (in reference to jeremy’s family butler?!)
jerejean first interaction!!!!
chapter 4:
omg sunshine court mentioned
having the sudden realisation that i can never read fanfics that have jean’s perspective or anything about the how the ravens work, raven!neil/aftermath of the kings men in the same way again
my neighbours are having a party and while i’m loving the music and absolutely jealous i’m not there, it’s really distracting me from reading
ngl i rlly miss neil and andrew and the foxes please let me see my family soon
‘ what you hold onto is less important than the act of holding on itself’ nora sakavic shut the fuck up you philosophical genius i’m gonna cry this is so real to me
renee i love u
WIT WTF JEAN IS NINETEEN I DIDNT KNOW THAT OH MY GOD BABY HE JOINED THE RAVEN LINEUP AT SIXTEEN WTF
i’m drinking red wine while reading and i think that’s appropriate… also i’m listening to that jean moreau playlist someone made and it’s mega depressing https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5zlPt63Ap0AjJQ1Ff5OKrd?si=75oEzLE8SO-bfJwewM8Evw&pi=a-ge04jIlVTJGY
this is so funny to only me but i’ve been hyperfixating on one direction again and zayn just dropped new music so everytime i read about jean’s raven roomate zane i think of one direction and confused myself a bit about what fandom i’m reading rn
fuck riko u sick fucking fuck u put jean into a box with a singular hole for air and left him to die u fucking cunt
KEVIN ASKING JEAN TO PROMISE NOT TO KILL HIMSELF AFTER NORA WROTE COUNTLESS DRAFTS IN WHICH JEAN KILLED HIMSELF WHILE ON THE PHONE TO KEVIN AND THE ONLY TIME SHE DIDNT KILL JEAN OFF IS THE VERSION SHE PUBLISHED AND THE REASON WE GET TO HEAR HIS STORY TODAY IM SO BROKEN
jean’s ‘gift’ from the ravens with his broken magnets, blacked out postcards and angry letters is making me cry he deserves so much better
slowly realising that this book is gonna be super triggering lol whoops
a cool evening breeze 🥲
THAT CREEPY LITTLE GOALKEEPER IS MY FAVOURITE GUY OK
‘kevin saw nothingn but the court, but jean had stopped hoping for more than that years ago’ shut the fuckkkk uppppp i cant do this anymore kevin/jean relationship is so deeply important to me (i say this about everything)
chapter 5:
SECOND NEIL/ JEAN INTERACTION OF THE BOOK IM SO FUCKING EXCITED
‘of course it’d be you, you tedious malcontent’ ‘good morning to you too’ is so ‘morning sunshine’ ‘fuck you’ coded (neil and matt bromance confirmed)
the amount of mitski on this jean playlist is making me sick
FUCKING SCREAMING OMFG THIS IS THE JEAN/NEIL CONTENT I YEARN FOR
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‘abominable cockroach’ aww jean u say the sweetest things 🥰❤️ neil loves u too babe
literally devouring every last scrap of information jean feeds us about neil - his slow, hungry, hateful smile and the madness in his eyes (neil baby i love u never change)
oh jean don’t diss aaron, do u know how many fanfics have been written about u two
tsc is confirmation that jean moreau will come into ur house and judge u based on the contents of ur fridge (and then throw out ur stash of lollies)
‘to have a real match as a palate cleanser’ jean is really trying to win my favour by borrowing neil’s sassiness huh (no wonder i love them so much together) ((and yes i know he’s BEEN sassy ok))
jean reaching for the tv screen as if he could save neil and describing andrew running for neil as if hell was on his heels is making me absolutely giddy idk whether to scream or cry i’m doing both and i’m giggling
I bet on losing dogs is so jean moreau coded omg
holy fuck nora, the moments after the raven/fox match when riko tries to kill neil is fucking amazingly written. reading from jean’s perspective as he watches the game on tv, the tension, the breathless anxiety and confusion of the scene is palpable i coukd fucking taste it, my chest is tight just reading it
JEAN SAYING ANDREW WILL BE COURT IS IMMACULATE
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belle-keys · 1 year
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My Hogwarts House book recs
Okay, ever since some of my favorite booktubers made posts like these many a year ago, I always wanted to make a book rec list like this because I still genuinely do like the Hogwarts Houses. Enjoy!
Gryffindor
Graceling by Kristen Cashore - she walked so these new fantasy girlies could run, fantasy kingdom with assassin main character, the original ya high fantasy killer girlboss imo
A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin - all of the sympathetic leads are classic heroes (dany, jon, arya), adventure and politics and battle and dragons, nuanced outlooks on honor
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - ww2 novel, deals with the french resistance during the occupation, hit every spot in my cold black heart, emphasis on sisterhood and endurance
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - what is bravery if not a broke woman telling a rich man to get a grip, og strong female lead overcoming many challenges, criticisms of polite society
Hufflepuff
Crave by Tracy Wolff - big on found family, paranormal romance shenanigans in a boarding school, somewhat satire, unserious and just very wholesome, steeped in nostalgia uwu
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir - unapologetically written to heal and explore trauma, cathartic, wholesome and pure relationships, emphasis on self-growth and overcoming abuse and pain
The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali - historical, about the value of relationships in war and hardship, themes of growth and acceptance and promises, beautiful story
The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic - what happens when you let a bunch of mentally ill kids play a made up sport, angsty but feels like a big hug, contemporary fiction, just genius ok
Ravenclaw
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake - very slytherclaw, philosophy and physics as the basis, dark academia urban fantasy, character-driven, multiple POVs, morally grey academics
Babel by RF Kuang - this book has been likened to a history textbook, by a nerd girlie for the nerd girlies, linguistics and languages, super well-researched, condemns colonization
Disorientation by Elain Hsieh Chou - witty and sharp narration and dialogue, set in academia and deals with east asian literature, satire and black comedy, explores racial fetishization
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - only a ravenclaw could appreciation its complexity, so many literary references, stylistically immaculate, lots of room to debate its message and themes
Slytherin
Vicious by VE Schwab - perfect moral quandaries demonstrated here, everyone is morally dark grey, supervillains, very angsty and also profound at times, dark academia
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - my man makes a deal with the devil for eternal youth and beauty, everyone here is morally dubious, murder and orgies and philosophy
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - exhausted woman does what she needs to do, female rage book, does some interesting things with pov, justified evil, amy dunne is insane and it's great
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao - tired chinese woman does what she needs to do and kills men, very unhinged queen behavior, ambition and god complexes, pacific rim but in china
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a series of highlights from tfc which is mostly me hyperfixating on every single detail about these tiny and/or disturbed men and women who're basically goddesses playing hybrid lacrosse (emotional support sport)
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lmao
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we are eight pages in
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i love wymack
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i didn't realize there's so much romance in the first book until i started rereading
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he called nicky mom im cryinf
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god ofcourse he did
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they should change the book title to this
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neil
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tune in to watch neil josten disregard every rule written on the list within the next 5 minutes
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nora sakavic you genius
neil abram josten, a summary:
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hE CANT HE HAS AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM
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im cACkling
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HE WANTS HIM TO STAY CAN YOU HEAR ME CRYINF
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this is still just as funny as the first time
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nicky your gaydar is bEEPING why do you not sEE it
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and i was expected to be okay after this?????
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driaswrld · 6 months
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assumption two! there's that one book that you read during school days (maybe high school) that had a poetic hue or maybe it was on the philosophical side (those vibes), and you read it SO many times (either an actual book of poems, or a novel with those characteristics)
+bonus: if you speak spanish, you might or might not have a thing for gustavo adolfo bécquer poems
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p.s: was i,,, too specific,,,,,
ARE YOU IN MY HOUSE????
when i was just staring highschool i read the all for the game trilogy by nora sakavic and teaching my mother how to give birth by warsan shire and they were so gut wrenching-ly raw and i had always enjoyed poetry and fast paced novels ab love and trauma but i never read anything that made me read a line and close the book and want to throw up because of how good it was.
i read all for the game wayyy too young and despite its rlly sensitive topics i kept going back for a whileee 😭 and warsan shire is a genius ive read so much of her poetry
AND! (i wish i spoke spanish lolol) my grandma, who's cuban, has a collection of very old spanish books that i've never read so you might just be giving me a sign to go bother her ab spanish poetry now 😭
send me an assumption you have abt me
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philliamwrites · 3 years
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Ocean Eyes, Golden Mind
Fandom: All For The Game (Nora Sakavic)
Pairing: Neil/Andrew
Tags: #math nerd neil, #neil with glasses, #no exy
Summary: In which Neil hates his new prescribed glasses until they attract the interest of a certain Andrew Minyard.
Commissioner: Ziegenkind
Notes: Title taken from Billie Eilish’s ‘Ocean Eyes.’
Ocean Eyes, Golden Mind
Dude, it’s just a frat party. Who doesn’t go to frat parties?
     The message flashes Neil’s screen white, its sender none other than his roommate Nicky who is supposed to study for an upcoming test in Public Policy in exactly nineteen hours. That’s what Neil writes him. Nicky’s reply comes instantly.
Those who study tend not to party. You know. Like you.
     Neil leaves him on read. If he wants to party, he’ll lock himself inside his room, two bottles of Jack Daniel’s by his side while watching every existing compilation of cats attacking people on the small screen of his phone. He knows how to have a good time, alright. Not everyone has to set their scale like Nicky: More than once Neil has been the spectator of him coming back to the dormitory completely wasted, but still eager enough to get frozen waffles from the fridge. Being too drunk to put them in the toaster, he usually just climbs up to his top bunk and puts them between his thighs to eat them partially defrosted. It’s this fragile line between genius and stupidity that has Neil doubting if he should fill in a request for changing roommates or just live with the fact that Nicky Hemmick is one special kind of man.
    So instead of spending his night curled into himself, wall against his back and eyes on every stranger distributing awful shots, Neil sits at the Math Tutoring Centre on the west side of the campus and gives group tutoring sessions.
    Math comes to Neil like breathing. Like Bertrand Russel said, not only does Mathematics possess truth, but supreme beauty—a beauty cold and austere, like that of a sculpture. It is sublimely pure, and capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show. It is poetry—elegant and deep—of logical ideas to create harmony in a written line. Once he tried to explain that to Nicky over microwaved Mac n Cheese with Girls running in the background, clearly overestimating him, because Nicky only stared into space for a few seconds, and replied, “You really need to get laid, man.”
    Reluctant at the beginning, Neil only agreed to join the Tutor Program because his math professor promised to throw in some extra cash. Something about raising the graduate numbers in order to get the board of education off his back. That’s where Neil’s jurisdiction of interest ends, but he has enjoyed it more than expected—the empty hallways, the harsh light of the ceiling lamps, the smell of chalk, the faint echoes of students still lingering in classrooms. There’s this magic about the Palmetto State University at night—a vulnerability that can only live once the sun sets behind the horizon. When else would he find a kid sleeping under a table in the library, or seniors breaking down in tears for exact 10 minutes before continuing their studies as if nothing has happened.
    There’s another reason he’d rather spend his evening on campus, one Nicky doesn’t need to know because then Neil won’t hear the end of it. That reason being 5’0’’ tall chemistry prodigy Andrew Minyard, sitting in the last row of Neil’s math sessions each Friday. He only knows about him thanks to Nicky’s never-ending complaints, but that never really stopped him from throwing a few or more glances in Andrew’s direction. Just curiosity, of course.
    So when he stands in front of the blackboard now, putting away his lesson papers which are full of numbers and equations—the kind that has enough letters to look like sentences—he feels dozens eyes burn holes in the back of his neck, and one pair belongs to Andrew. No one asks why he’s here, but everyone knows he doesn’t need to be.
    In his one year of giving tutoring sessions, Neil has learnt that exactly three types of students exist: Students who are really good, certainly not in need of the extra lessons, but going anyway for some extra ego-buff and unnecessary brain-flexing. The second type is students who are okay, doing their tasks, following the lesson, not really attracting any attention safe for some crude jokes. The last type has Neil questioning his belief in the educational system of the whole state because he doesn’t understand how they are allowed inside the sacred halls of PSU.
    Andrew is a special type on his own—the enigma that keeps Neil awake at two in the morning because he’s desperate to solve it, but without knowing where to start, he’s just running in circles. His fingers itch to solve an equation with multiple variables, to find the solution to a problem and get it off his mind.
    He doubts it will be this easy with Andrew.
    “Before we continue to look at scalar products in R- and C-vector spaces, we’ll consider bilinear and semi-bilinear forms in general, and link them to matrices for their representation to chosen bases.” Neil’s hand flies across the board, leaving letters and parenthesizes that look like bizarre drawings—art in its most complex form. Once he’s finished, he takes a step away, wipes the chalk on his fingers off on his jeans, and turns to his audience. “What happens to this equation with the semi-bilinear form σ?”
    Two hands shoot up immediately. He ignores them; no need to feed their ego, and instead picks a freshman who’s been staring at his phone for the last ten minutes. Making way, Neil moves back to the student’s seats and leans against a desk.
    Is it the farthest place away from the board? It is.
    Is it the closest that will get him to Andrew? Might be so.
    It certainly gives him a good look at what Andrew’s been doing since Neil started—and that is not solving a single task on the paper Neil has handed out at the beginning of the session. Andrew, apparently bored before it even started, has taken out a slip of paper with a sudoku puzzle on it and is solving it against his leg, completely linked out of the instruction.
    Neil tries not to stare too much at Andrew’s bare arms, and instead looks back at the board.
    “Does that look right?” the freshman—Rhys or Rheeze or something like that—asks, turning around.
    Neil narrows his eyes and squints at the board. He can’t make out a single thing, and that’s bad, yes, but his feet betray him, staying rooted where they are instead of reducing the distance until he can distinguish σ from a.
    “Where does the l come from,” he asks. Multiple heads snap in his direction.
    “That’s a j, Josten,” someone says from the other side of the room.
    Neil squints harder. “And the u?”
    “A μ.”
    “No, it’s a v,” a girl next to Neil says, and that’s when the everyone starts shouting about what’s on the board and what isn’t.
    Neil bears it for a solid minute before he surrenders. He pulls a small case from his pocket, opens it. Puts his glasses on.
    The whole room goes silent.
    Neil checks the equation, nods. “Correct. Who’s next?”
    Multiple people stir, one manages to get up, and walks straight into a table leg. Neil questions that ‘straight’, because only then the freshman guy stops staring at Neil and steers his attention to the equation on the blackboard.
    It was a bad idea, and Neil still hates Allison for forcing him to go. She’d dragged him to the doctor last week to get his eyes tested, annoyed by his never-ending questions of ‘What’s written there?’ or ‘Is that a six or an eight?’.
    “They’re my eyes,” Neil had said, arms crossed as he sat in the office and waited for his turn.
    “And it’s me who has to see your ugly squinting face,” Allison had replied.
    Two hours later Neil had finally his prescriptions but that didn’t mean he was free from Allison’s clutches. He would have been fine with some glasses from the dollar store, but she insisted that if he’s going to wear them more than once a day, he should get designer glasses—thin frames and a color that matches his copper hair. She suggested gold. Neil picked black. The look of disappointment on Allison’s face was something that deserved its own painting to commemorate it. But once they’d finally chosen the right pair, she’d given him the very same look most of the students are giving him now—a mix between slight awe and disbelief as if he’s grown a second head. Or owes them all a month’s worth of lunch money.
    “Well,” had Allison said at least, turning away to pack up and go home. “Tigers have their stripes. I have my eyeliner.” She threw him another scrutinizing look over her shoulder. “You have your glasses.” If it was supposed to make him feel better, it didn’t work, and right now he regrets nothing more than allowing Allison to drag him around.
    Neil’s eyes land on Andrew’s sudoku puzzle, now half-hidden under his papers, and he sees now that he isn’t even solving the thing, but simply coloring in the empty squares.
    He takes a second too long and meets Andrew’s eyes staring back at him.
    “Problem, Josten?” Andrew asks with a blank expression, tapping the end of his pen against his monochrome picture of black and white squares.
    Neil wants to see how far he can push until he walks against a brick wall and breaks something. He returns his gaze to the board but feels Andrew’s eyes like a solid touch on the back of his neck.
    After the session, the students hurry outside, still throwing curious glances over their shoulders at Neil and if he could merge with the back of his chair and disappear forever, that would be totally okay. It isn’t until a shadow looms above him that he looks up from his own homework and draws in a careful breath when Andrew towers above him.
    Neil raises an eyebrow. “Problem, Minyard?”
    Andrew’s face gives nothing away, and when he stretches out a hand, Neil doesn’t flinch. His glasses slip off easily, held between Andrew’s thumb and index finger.
    “Nicky told me he’s trying to convince you to join him tomorrow,” Andrew says. Neil needs a second, because that is the most words he’s heard out of Andrew’s mouth.
    “I have no reason to go,” Neil says, his eyes jumping up and down, from the equation that makes his sight blur to Andrew leaning his slender waist against the table.
    “You have one now.” It’s barely neutral enough to not sound like a threat, but Neil stares at Andrew nonetheless, and when he puts Neil’s glasses on, Neil’s heart does a weird stutter. He’s still starring at Andrew when he leaves the room, and no, his eyes don’t stray, they stay on Andrew’s broad back, and if they dip lower it’s because of the light.
    Once he’s alone, Neil takes a deep breath, exhales slowly. Puts his head in his arms and counts to ten in French first, then again in German. His heart still does this weird thing, trying to bruise his ribs from the inside.
    He gets his phone, texts Nicky he’ll go to the frat party tomorrow and puts it away, not interested in his roommate’s reply. There’s still the equation he needs to solve, but for the first time Neil’s heart isn’t really into math, and he is quite alright with it.
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since Kevin is equal parts jock and history nerd do you think he’s sort of fascinated by Andrew’s memory/the way his mind works I’ve always thought that
well now u’ve got me thinking abt it anon. bro i think kevin would 100% pester andrew abt his memory. and utilize it mercilessly. like having andrew memorize an impromptu grocery list right before they go to the store. or asking him to recall what that shady brand of vodka was to send off to aaron so that neither of them wind up in the hospital for lead poisoning. orrrr. 
to Learn. store historical facts and mysteries and romances like stocking a library in a human vessel. kevin goes all sparkly-eyed when andrew recites old poetry line by line from the oldest annals whenever kevin offers them up to him and the look on his face is the only reason why andrew doesn’t set the books on fire. 
and this becomes a thing. andrew just throwing an obscure line from some great epic out there between them like a lifeline and kevin just going quiet so his nerd brain can process where it comes from. 
“15th century?”
“Decade, junkie.”
“1460s.”
“Hm. Close enough.”
and andrew uses this to disrupt kevin’s occasional fanatic habits, as a way to snap him back, to break him out of heated arguments with the coach, a teammate, a reporter or whatever. this occurs in high frequency in the weeks leading up to a make-or-break match when kevin is intolerable and obnoxious, going through the motions of his self at evermore. so andrew steps up when matt’s voice pitches a new low and when kevin’s hands flex into fists and says:
“it’s rotten work,” nearly under his breath, but tunneled straight into earshot.
“not to me,” kevin says instantly, turning away from matt and levelling green-gold eyes andrew’s way, glazed over with something almost like gratitude. “not if it’s you.”
(and the foxes unlearn their rude knee-jerk name-calling. they stop calling kevin an exy freak and start calling him nerd: a softer, kinder endearment for most. except for maybe allison, but even she has her limits. 
the foxes stop calling andrew a monster entirely. they call him by relatively harmless things instead, like romantic, or old man, or sap. these, however, serve to agitate andrew more, so--two birds in one stone, ey? aaron uses all of it, launches them from his verbal arsenal with great spite, and says sap like he means to stab andrew or kevin dead with it. but he’s an unceasing dick, so ha, ha.)
and andrew eventually frequents kevin’s hoard of history books on his lonesome to pick out stories and lines and quotes, and finds that. he kinds of enjoy it, remembering things as if to pick them like yellow daisies from a lush field, and offer them as a notion of promise, commitment, reminder. maybe even a pleasant surprise. (andrew finds, to his utmost dismay, that this is the exact manner in which a romantic would act. but he doesn’t mention it bc he knows every single one of the foxes would never. let him. live it down.) andrew recognizes that this is the precious part of kevin that evermore/riko doesn’t have their nasty claws in. and he knows how dear that is.
he is secretly pleased to have this key, this metaphoric gate that will always open under his light hand, and oh! to be the one to possess the heart key, the door to home! how he cherishes and adores it. 
safe to say--andrew gets better and better at selecting and reciting poetry, to the point he even starts making up some of his own--Magnifique spoken word--and like an genius asshole, forces kevin to spot the difference.
(kevin can, half the time. the other half, andrew is just too fucking good. kevin thinks that andrew would be bomb at poetry slams, but he could care less, predictably. andrew is only doing this to soothe kevin’s nerves. to bring back some sun and chip away at the ice. but andrew will never tell him that, but kevin knows it to the marrow of his bone, anyway.)
>>>>>ok now im. obsessed with this headcanon. sorry this devolved into kandrew but i couldn’t help it. this can read as platonic tbh, but they’re soulmates through and through! rip to nora sakavic but im different
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beidouwanning · 4 years
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you know how ya novels often describe the protagonist meeting the love interest like a punch in the gut and nora sakavic had andrew literally smash a racket into neil’s gut? it’s genius, it is trope subversion and sticking to the cliché at the same time
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rei-the-head-shaker · 3 years
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"His left hand's pretty much out," Nicky said. "He's playing as a rightie from now on."
Neil stared. "What?"
Nicky grinned, obviously pleased to have dropped that bombshell. "They don't call him an obsessive genius for nothing, you know."
"It's not genius," Aaron said. "It's spite."
"That's too," Nicky said.
_"The Foxhole Court" by Nora Sakavic
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feelingthedisaster · 2 months
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i could talk for hours about the chess metaphors/allegories in aftg
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blurrypetals · 3 years
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The Raven King by Nora Sakavic - blurrypetals review
originally posted feb. 15, 2021 - ★★★★★
Each time I have read this series, specifically this book, I have always walked away from the experience with the feeling that it was painful yet infinitely rewarding. And that's sort of the philosophy on life, love, and family in this story: it might be painful, but the reward of going through that pain is so much sweeter than the pain was ever harmful. It's okay to spend weeks with the Ravens if it means the Foxes are okay, if it means Andrew gets home safe. I think Sakavic does just about everything right here. It's so intense, this feeling that you're reading pure genius, but it's true, and it's every crazier when you consider that The King's Men is somehow even better. The exy here is so unbelievably well-written, it still blows me away on even the fourth time how heart-pounding it all is in this book. I think The King's Men is a better book, but exy is at its best here in The Raven King, especially in the first part of the book when the team is operating at reduced capacity because of everything with Seth and Allison, as it cranks up the stakes, it stretches the Foxes as thin as they can possibly go, and it's fantastic. Painful, yet rewarding. I'm excited as always to read the finale so I'll catch you in my re-review for The King's Men!
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iicaarus · 4 years
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Reading List for June/July 2020
Hey there, this is my first (real) post so uhm hello?  This is my current list of books I would like to read by the end of July! - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid.    I’ve heard of and been reccomended this book dozens of times so I finally decided to cave and order it from Amazon. I’ve heard the book is about an underrated reporter names Monique who gets employed by a famous 60′s actress named Evelyn Hugo to do an exlusive interview. Evelyn Hugo was known for her sexpot persona and her besst actress oscar, and now after several years of seclusion she’s decided to share the story about her seven husbands to the world. That’s about all I know so far so I’m going in a little blind. I’m very excited to read this though, it’s received great reviews and the cover is gorgeous. - Nevernight by Jay Kristoff    All I know about this book is that you either hate it or you love it, it’s about a sixteen year old assassin, and it’s dark fantasy.  - After by Anna Todd   Okay, okay, I know this is a Harry Styles fanfiction turned book turned movie that everyone hated. But can you blame me for wanting to get it? It’s a horrible romance book that only cost $5.99 and I could potentially make a big ol’ rant review about it. Sounds like a good deal to me.  - The Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo    Everyone hyped this up and it’s fantasy with a ragtag team of theives and ruffians so of course I got it. - The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson   I’ve heard amazing reviews about this series and I read a preview from the first book and I’m very, very excited to read the series. Brandon Sanderson is a genius- we can all agree on that. The hard magic system is intriguing and it’s high fantasy politics- two things I’m a sucker for.  - The Lux series by Jennifer L. Armentrout   I’ve actually read this series maybe five times and I love, love, love this series. It’s hilarious and pulls your heartstrings and has great characters. Also, hello?? paranormal romance anyone??  I’m going to make a review for the series later so I won’t go into detail here, but I 10/10 recomend this series.  - The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic   I have no idea what this about so it’ll be a surprise. - Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas   I’ve read this series and though I recognize there are quite a few problems with this series I still really enjoy reading/rereading these books. Rowaelin for the win! - Doctor Sleep by Stephen King   It’s Stephen King.  - Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James   Literally fight me. This is rant review material with BDSM.  - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste NG   According to google this is a book about a rich family who adopts a biracial child in the 1990′s in Shaker Heights, Ohio. It’s supposed to be about poverty, adoption, racism, and representation. It’s also a show (which I might watch). - Beneath the Dead Oak Tree by Emily Carroll   A horror book about Aristocratic foxes. Need I go on? - The Star Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi    A fantasy book about a girl whose horoscope says she’ll get married and become queen. I have no idea what else this is about.  - The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater   I’m probably the only person on the planet who has never read this so I got it and I’ll read it. That’s the current list of books I hope to read (I’ll definitely read more than what’s on this list) in June/July of 2020.    
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drchristineputnam · 7 years
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M/M romance recs
Here’s a list of my favourites! Organised by genre, with very broad summaries. All of them have HEA, all the m/m romances are the central ones. 
Names in bold have POC protagonists, names in cursive have disabled protagonists (be it physical disability, mental illness or chronic illness). In series with multiple couples, it’s usually one or more.
Feel free to ask me about triggers for any of them!
Historical:
Soldier’s Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian
Disabled regency war vet aristocrat decides to hang around a self-proclaimed ex-criminal helping those who need help. Said ex-criminal tries not to be charmed, ends up catching feelings instead
The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian
Confidence artist grows a conscience and angers dangerous people, so he needs to pose as a secretary to a scientifically minded, but eccentric Lord. Really beautiful portrayal of people on autistic spectrum and anxiety.
The Ruin of a Rake by Cat Sebastian
Posh and straight-laced gentleman has to help a famous scoundrel aristocrat to restore his image after a raunchy novel supposedly based on his exploits gets published. Contains ridiculous amounts of adorable kittens, tasty pastries and also wonderful portrayal of chronic illnesses
Sins of the Cities by KJ Charles
Trilogy set in victorian London, during the horrible London Fog of 1873. Three wonderful and diverse couples (one is half-indian with dyspraxia, one is non-binary, one was born with partial arm, one is near-sighted), murder mystery, fake mediums, lost earls, intrigue! It’s so good 
Wanted, a Gentleman by KJ Charles
A delightful and frankly hilarious regency romp through British countryside. An unlikely couple of men need to travel to Gretna Green to save a young girl from potentially dangerous marriage. One of the protagonists is a black ex-slave merchant and the book touches upon his experiences (very respectfully!)
Society of Gentlemen by KJ Charles
A Society of gentlemen who like other gentlemen, centered around Lord Richard Vane and his friends and acquitances. Set during the radical uprising during the Regency, it has everything- friendships and families, sedition, intrigue, bookstores and good wine, valets being the mightiest strategists and amazing lovable radicals. This trilogy is honestly my favourite thing EVER.
Think of England by KJ Charles
Wounded during the Boer war, seemingly because of treason and betrayal, Archie Curtis sets off to a countryside mansion to get to the bottom of the matter. Completely unprepared for the task, he teams up with Daniel da Silva, the elegant jewish poet, who is much more capable than he seems. Absolutely delightful <333
HISTORICAL PARANORMAL
Whyborne and Griffin series by Jordan L. Hawk
The adventures of a shy sorcerer linguistic nerd, his detective husband, the most badass lady archeologist (the actual love of my life) and more, as they save the world from otherworldly beings bent on destroying it. Will make you cry about found families, strong and wonderful friendships and broken people finding strength in each other. Has magic, archeology, monsters, reluctant travels, lesbian warrior fishes and the best ginger cat in the world.
Hexworld series by Jordan L. Hawk
Turn of the century New York witch detectives and their familiars must fight to uncover a conspiracy plan to change the world. Really amazing worldbuilding, the magic system is very cool and it will make you furious about the treatment of familiars. The familiars are, generally speaking, fucking hilarious.
A Charm of Magpies by KJ Charles
Filthy-mouthed dominant earl falls in love with a stubborn and heroic wizard, together they create magic. A lot of people want that magic though, and it gets ugly. First KJ book I’ve ever read and I fell in love instantly. Has two more books set in the same universe with different protagonists and those are also amazing. (Rag and Bone is the one with black protagonist)
A Death by Silver by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold
University-era friends need to figure out their confused emotions, while investigating a murder that brings out bad memories. Very good and soft, with even a better sequel
Downtime by Tamara Allen
When in London for a case, FBI agent gets sent back in time to Victorian London. While there, he finds out magic is real. Decides that since he’s there anyway, might as well investigate who Jack the Ripper was. Very sweet and soft
Restless Spirits by Jordan L. Hawk
A medium and a scientist bent on proving said medium to be a fraud get chosen to be in a contest to prove which side is better. They end up having to team up to save lives of people around.
The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal by KJ Charles
Journalist and writer Robert Caldwell has been a close friend and lover of ghost hunter Simon Feximal for years and has been chronicling their adventures. Now, he finally writes the true story of their life together. Warning: this book will absolutely ruin you for years to come. You will be a mess whenever you think of the book and you will enjoy every second of it.
Green Men by KJ Charles
Set in the world of The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal. Only few years after WW1, Britain is still recovering from the war. Having lost an entire generation of youth and most of the sorcerers the country had, those left are completely unprepared for what’s to come. Wonderful characters, the softest romance I’ve read possibly ever and beautifully melancholic. Best KJ book, in my opinion.
CONTEMPORARY
Shadow of the Templar by M. Chandler
FBI agent and his team are tasked with catching a famous international art thief, they end up kinda sorta accidentally adopting him instead. One of the funniest series I’ve ever read, honestly.
Cut&Run by Abigail Roux and Madeleine Urban
The incredible adventures on an unlikely pair of FBI agents go from enemies to lovers. Includes serial killers, undercover luxury yacht trips, tiger trafficking, drugs, marine buddies and one of the genuinely best character developments I’ve read. Warning, the first book is a bit shit. The rest is absolutely incredible though.
The General and the Horse-lord by Sarah Black
Retired ex-military lovers need to figure out what to do with their relationship, now that they’re civillians. A soft look at older gay people still figuring out their sexuality.
The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic
Neil Josten is on the run from his mafia murderous father and gets signed up for a professional college sports team, while people are still after him. It’s a really powerful emotional journey, but contains a large amount of a very triggering content, so be safe please.
 CONTEMPORARY PARANORMAL
THIRDS series by Charlie Cochet
FBI like team consisting of shifters and their partners must investigate conspiracy and threats against the new shifter population. Ridiculously hilarious at times, absolutely heartbreaking at other.
Deep Magic by Gillian St. Kevern
A story steeped in welsh folklore, with beautiful mermaid princes and knights who will save them. Shows the power stories have to change our lives. Plus it’s free so what are you waiting for?
Psycop series by Jordan Castillo Price
A medium detective and his partner investigate a series of supernatural crimes. People are horrible, corporations are horrible, ghosts are horrible and lbr, everything is kinda horrible, but it gets better.
Wriggle and Sparkle by Megan Derr
The adventures of Lynn the Kraken shifter and Anderson the unicorn shifters, their detective careers, and their life together. Honestly adorable. And when I say adorable, I mean sparkles-on-rainbow-filled-cupcake kind of adorable. Also, Lynn’s gender-presentation is fluid and it’s absolutely wonderful.
FANTASY
Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat
Prince gets betrayed and sent as a slave to his sworn enemy, they end up working together to save their countries and fall in love. The best enemies to lovers example. Has amazing and complex politics, unreliable narrator and great worldbuilding. You’ve probably already heard of this book, but if you’re worried about triggers, please ask someone who actually read it, because there’s a lot of misinformation flying around.
Nightrunner series by Lynn Flewelling
The fantasy series of your dreams. There is ancient evil being revived, war is coming, everyone is bisexual and the kingdom is ruled by an ancient line of warrior queens. Everyone is wonderful and charming, characters are complex and the story will make you laugh and cry.
The God Eaters by Jesse Hajicek
Western-style world, where gods are reborn as humans, and one of them tried to control the whole world. It doesn’t go exactly as he planned.
Lord of the White Hell by Ginn Hale
Teenage genius inventor gets accepted to a prestigious boarding school in enemy territory. His room-mate might be demon-possesed and there’s some evil magic lurking around.
Champion of the Scarlet Wolf by Ginn Hale
Somewhat sequel to Lord of the White Hell. Disgraced noble travels to a faraway country, where he saves an injured dog. Turns out the dog isn’t just a dog, magic is everywhere around them and there’s a witch war coming.
Fairytales Slashed vol. 1 by Megan Derr
A collection of gay fairy tales. All kinds of stories with all kinds of characters (my favourite one is the one with the jester <333)
Dance with the Devil by Megan Derr
Adventures of half-ghost detective, his demon husband, imp partner, witch colleague and a vampire. Really cute and intriguing, with mysteries and conspiracies.
Dance in the Dark by Megan Derr
Set in the same universe as Dance with the Devil (there’s an entire series). Human son of a dracula becomes a detective, moves out to the city to help others, and gains a lover who only visits him in the dark.
The Rapier Brothers by Megan Derr
A collection of short stories centered around swordsmen. Three different couples, three really cute stories. Love it.
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movies, tv shows, and books of 2018
((as before,  * is a rewatch/reread; currently watching; can’t get through))
Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Hanna (2011)
20th Century Women (2016)
Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver
The Disaster Artist (2017)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway *
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
The Big Sick (2017)
Call Me By Your Name (2017)
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi *
The End of the F***ing World (s1)
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
13 Going on 30 (2004) **
I, Tonya (2017)
Room (2015) *
Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi *
Must Love Dogs (2005) *
The Shape of Water (2017)
Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi *
Black Mirror (s4, s3, s2, s1)
The White Album by Joan Didion
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) *
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Kedi (2016)
Training Day (2001)
Notes from Underground & The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
The Good Place (s2, s3)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
My So-Called Life (s1*)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas
When We First Met (2018)
The Preppie Connection (2015)
Blackfish (2013)
The Reivers by William Faulkner
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) *
The Truman Show (1998)
Good Time (2017)
Goon: Last of the Enforcers (2017)
Ariel by Sylvia Plath
The Babysitter (2017)
When Harry Met Sally (1989) *
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Cool Runnings (1993) *
Game of Thrones (s1*)
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
World War Z by Max Brooks *
The Stranger by Albert Camus *
Undercover Boss (s1, s2)
The Princess Bride (1987) *
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke *
Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke
Shaun of the Dead (2004) *
Black Panther (2018)
Coco (2017)
The Florida Project (2017)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) *
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson *
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) *
Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson *
7 Days in Hell (2015) *
Adventureland (2009)
Adore (2013)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Looper (2012)
Seven Seconds (s1)
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel *
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) *
I Am Legend (2007) *
Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut
Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides trans. Anne Carson
A Series of Unfortunate Events (s2)
The Kingdom of Ordinary Time by Marie Howe
The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin
Why Did I Ever by Mary Robison
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Decreation by Anne Carson
Troy: Fall of a City (s1)
The Stranger Manual by Catie Rosemurgy
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
Sunshine Cleaning (2008)
The Valley of Horses by Jean M. Auel *
The Hours (2002)
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
The Complete Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
The 100 (s5)
The Handmaid’s Tale (s2)
The Mammoth Hunters by Jean M. Auel *
The Beauty of the Husband by Anne Carson **
The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon
Real World by Natsuo Kirino 
John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City (2018)
Oh Hello on Broadway (2017) *
The New Clean by Jon Sands
What the Living Do by Marie Howe
Glass, Irony & God by Anne Carson & *
White Flock by Anna Akhmatova trans. Andrey Kneller
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey *
An Oresteia: Agamemnon by Aiskhylos; Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by Euripides trans. Anne Carson
Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist (s1)
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
The Dead Eat Everything by Michael Mlekoday
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
13 Reasons Why (s2)
You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn
War and the Iliad by Simone Weil and Rachel Bespaloff
Battle Royale (2000) *
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult *
Annihilation (2018)
Love, Simon (2018)
A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
Molly’s Game (2017)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (s4)
Arrested Development (s4:FC)
Naked by David Sedaris
Miracle (2004)
Set It Up (2018) & *
The Staircase (s1)
Killing Eve (s1)
Queer Eye (s1, s2)
The Tale (2018)
Letterkenny (s1, s2, s3, s4)
Thoroughbreds (2018)
The Death of Stalin (2018)
The Princess Diaries (2001) *
A Cinderella Story (2004) *
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
Sharknado (2013)
The Covenant (2006) *
A Quiet Place (2018)
Leon: The Professional (1994)
Orbiter 9 (2017)
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
America’s Sweethearts (2001) *
Short Talks by Anne Carson
Sense and Sensibility (1995) *
Sharp Objects (s1)
Timeless (s2)
Far From the Madding Crowd (2015)
The Waves by Virginia Woolf
The Secret History by Donna Tartt *
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Anne with an E (s2)
The Bonesetter’s Daugher by Amy Tan
Lady Bird (2017) *
Superstar (1999)
Selected Poems by Anna Akhmatova trans. D.M. Thomas
The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic
Fire to Fire by Mark Doty
A Christmas Story (1983)
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Casablanca (1942)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 by Frank Bidart
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
The Remains of the Day (1993)
The Libertines Bound Together by Anthony Thornton/Roger Sargent
I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
Calypso by David Sedaris
The End of the Tour (2015)
The Idiot by Elif Batuman
Tenth of December by George Saunders
The Love of a Good Woman by Alice Munro
The Raven King by Nora Sakavic
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018) & *
Insecure (s1, s2, s3)
Threepenny Memoir: The Lives of a Libertine by Carl Barât
The Magicians (s1, s2, s3)
The King’s Men by Nora Sakavic
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
The House of Names by Colm Toibin
Atlanta (s1, s2)
Hereditary (2018)
South and West: From a Notebook by Joan Didion
Ocean’s Eight (2018)
The Sundial by Shirley Jackson
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
The Counterfeiters by Andre Gide
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
The Great British Baking Show (s5, s6)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Game Night (2018)
American Animals (2018)
Two Weeks Notice (2002) *
The Spectacular Now (2013)
Maurice (1987)
Ordeal by Innocence (s1)
American Vandal (s2)
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
Maniac (s1)
Circe by Madeline Miller
Table 19 (2017)
All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Man Up (2015)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Eighth Grade (2018)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (s1, s2)
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
Bojack Horseman (s5)
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen *
Persuasion by Jane Austen *
Veep (s1, s2, s3)
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
The Haunting of Hill House (s1)
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges
Copycat (1995) *
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Dare Me by Megan Abbott *
Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion *
North & South (s1) *
Cam (2018)
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments by David Foster Wallace
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Venom (2018)
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Dumplin’ (2018)
Bird Box (2018)
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
The White Queen (s1*)
Pastoralia by George Saunders
Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday
The Man in the High Castle (s1)
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt *
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the-north-star · 7 years
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Reader’s Questionnaire
Thank you @literarynonsense for tagging me. <3
1.Which book has been on your shelves the longest?
I think City of ashes by Cassandra Clare.
2.What are your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next?
My current read is Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. I’m halfway through. My last read is The king’s men by Nora Sakavic(which is really good, go read it). I never know what is going to be my next read, so yeah.
3. Which book does everyone like and you hated?
I honestly don’t know. Actually, I do. I don’t like Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell.
4. Which book do you keep telling yourself you’ll read, but you probably won’t?
I honestly don’t think I have one. Oh, maybe the Bane chronicles by Cassandra Clare. Yep,I said I’ll read it and I didn’t.
5.Which book are you saving for “retirement?”
I don’t think I have one.
6. Last page: read it first or wait till the end?
Uhh, I’m quilty. I don’t really read the last page, but just the last one or two lines. I always do that…(don’t hate me).
7. Acknowledgements: waste of ink and paper or interesting aside?
If I really like or love the author, then yes, I’ll read them. But I’m okay with them being there.
8. Which book character would you switch places with?
Probably Tessa Gray. I would probably die immediately, but I really like the period of time she lives in, and I’m a fangirl of the Shadowhunters Chronicles.
9. Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time)?
Well, And I darken by Kiersten White takes place in a period of time in Europe, where I live. And I think the plot took place in the neighborhood countries from my country. I don’t know, I’m not good at history or geography.
10.Name a book you acquired in some interesting way.
I don’t have one. L
11.Have you ever given away a book for a special reason to a special person?
I don’t think so, no.
12. Which book has been with you to the most places?
Hmm, I don’t know. Maybe Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell.
13. Any “required reading” you hated in school that wasn’t so bad ten years later?
Nope.
14. What is the strangest item you’ve ever found in a book?
Well,I think it was my Romanian school book, where I think every kid had to find at some point some old tests or just some ink on paper from other past kids.
15. Used or brand new?
This is a little weird, but I like to buy old classic books even if I won’t read them. But otherways, brand new.
16. Stephen King: Literary genius or opiate of the masses?
I haven’t read any book from him, but I’ve heard good things about him.
17. Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book?
Nope.  
18. Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid?
The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare. Don’t you dare touch these books and then screw them up. Don’t.
19. Have you ever read a book that’s made you hungry, cookbooks being excluded from this question?
I don’t think so.
20. Who is the person whose book advice you’ll always take?
No one in my real life reads the kind of books I like to read. L
21. Is there any books you have no recollection of reading, but you know you did?
I don’t.
 So, I’m gonna tag @bookscaptivefangirl @feysandsmut and @kittrook. If you don’t want to do it,that’s okay with me. I hope you you guys have an amazing day!
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