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literary-lion · 1 year
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Black Butler Vol. 28 | Book Review
I have never been so shook by a manga in my entire life. I can’t believe Toboso has really changed the entire landscape of her story after more than a decade of writing it. More and more I think about things I’d brushed off and realize that they were all leading up to this reveal. I wonder how long she’s really had this planned. From all the way in the beginning? Was this something that was just…
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eemoo1o-animoo · 1 month
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A very innocent review summing up what manga is from presumably a British mother I found when searching for the endangered Black Butler Vol.5.
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lazer-kat-art · 6 months
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Some aimless rambling abt my genderfluid Sebastian hc
So this is an idea that i, surprisingly, haven’t seen explored before and i think that is sad. Therefore, i am taking up that responsibility and writing an entire ass essay about this idea that i have.
A few disclaimers:
1: i have no outline for this and am kind of just writing whatever comes into my head, so please forgive any tangents or just general gay nonsense.
2: i am not caught up on the manga, so this is based mainly off of the anime, the small bit of the manga i have read (vol 1-5), my general knowledge of the series, and small tidbits of the story that I’ve picked up from various sources
3: I am counting all of Black Butler as part of the same story. I know there are people who only use the manga canon when analysing Black Butler, but I prefer to assume that if something is true in, for example, season 1 it will be true in season 3. So if ur manga-only or just one of those ppl who hate everything about the anime, you might wanna leave
Enjoy!
So I’ve basically had this idea ever since i saw this manga panel
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Honestly, when i look at this image, all i can think of is my intense gender envy for this guy AND how genderqueer it is. And that is for multiple reasons. One being that, in general, shapeshifter characters are often coded genderfluid due to the simple fact that they can turn into anything, and that would clearly include another gender. One notable example of this being Nimona. A character that, similarly to Sebastian, normally takes a single human form. But they also occasionally take the forms of different people or even animals. I’m not sure if it’s fully canon, but it’s pretty much agreed that Nimona is genderfluid.
Another reason is that fucking text. “I am no one, yet i can become anyone” you mean you can become a woman 🤨? Ayo? In all seriousness though, that is a very genderqueer thing to say. The idea of “being no one” sounds very non-binary in its own right, but pair that with the "becoming anyone" line, there is a very clear parrallel to the idea of being genderfluid or non-binary.
Sebastian is also just super queer-coded in general. Always going on about his "aesthetic" and have y'all seen those fucking high heels? He is shown to be not tradtionally masculine, what with his long and unkempt hair, black nails (i know it's implied that that just happens when demons take a human form, but i like to imagine they all just paint their nails bc it looks cool), and occupation with fashion and his looks. He has an interesting tendancy to flirt with literally everyone he talks to, including multiple men.
Overall, he is a very genderbending character. He is very effeminate, wears the pointest high heels known to man in his demon form, and is generally very queer coded. Although we aren't really given much info on demon lore, especially when it comes to things like gender, but we do know that angels have the ability to shift from a male body to a female one in a matter of seconds. Ash Landers is another character that I beleive to be at least very coded genderfluid. He has to ability to just...become a woman on a whim and also seems to hate the idea of binary gender. He describes man's separation by gender as the genisis of evil, for god's sake. It is fair to assume that demons live by the same rules.
That is all for now, I may post another one of these later on in time, either about the same topic, or about a different one. Thanks for putting up with my nonsense and I hope you enjoyed :D
In conclusion,
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diceriadelluntore · 1 year
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Storia Di Musica #267 - Black Sabbath, Greatest Hits, 1977
Questo è uno degli album con la storia più strana del mondo rock. Con protagonista una delle band che più hanno colpito un certo immaginario collettivo. Ma partiamo dal filo conduttore delle Storie di Musica di Marzo, le copertina con quadri del Rinascimento. In quello di oggi, vi è una sezione del capolavoro del 1562, Il Trionfo Della Morte, di Peter Bruegel, conservato al Museo Del Prado di Madrid. Quadro di una drammatica bellezza, ha in sè una leggenda niente male: innamorato dello stile di Antonello da Messina, Bruegel, che era fiammingo, viaggiò fino in Sicilia per vedere i quadri del Misterioso maestro. E secondo molti critici lo sfondo di questo e di un altro suo leggendario capolavoro, Caduta Di Icaro (1558), sono ispirate a coste siciliane, e il mortifero cavallo della Grande Falciatrice in questo fu ispirato da quello dell’affresco, omonimo, ma di due secoli più antico, conservato adesso a Palazzo Abatellis a Palermo. E qui parte la storia strana del disco: il quadro non è nemmeno accreditato sulla copertina del disco quando uscì nel 1977 (e ancora adesso non compare in molte discografie ufficiali), perchè probabilmente questa raccolta era una carta di riserva della casa discografica NEMS (fondata da Brian Epstein, ma poi acquistata dal management del gruppo di oggi) preoccupata che qualcuno dei Black Sabbath potesse morire da un momento all’altro, vista la quantità e la qualità di cose pericolose che immettevano nel loro corpo in varie modalità. Dico subito che la storia non si può verificare in alcun modo, e rimane leggenda, ma dato che il disco ebbe diffusione bassissima, la alimentò a dismisura, quasi da considerare il disco una sorta di bootleg ufficiale e adesso è un pezzo forte del collezionismo (in qualsiasi pur pessima condizione vale almeno 100 €). I Black Sabbath erano esplosi 7 anni prima, quando per qualche centinaio di sterline e 12 ore in sala prove, Tony Iommi (chitarra), Bill Ward (batteria), Geezer Butler (basso) e John “Ozzy” Osbourne (voce), da Aston, periferia di Birmingham (all’epoca, uno dei posti più deprimenti dell’Occidente) creano, partendo dal blues, un qualcosa che mischiato con campane a morte, tuoni nella notte, urla disumane, chitarre lancinanti come lame infernali, un nuovo stile, l’heavy metal. La via esoterica al rock parte con i primi, clamorosi, cinque dischi: Black Sabbath (1970), Paranoid (stesso anno, il Sgt. Pepper’s del metal), Master Of Reality (1971) e gli appena più “affaticati” Vol. 4 (1972) e Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973). Nessuno prima di loro aveva aggredito in modo così “scabroso” gli spettatori, segnando, come raramente è accaduto, un genere. Il disco è semplicissimo: 10 brani, 5 dal fantasmagorico esordio, 3 da Paranoid e Vol. 4., 2 da Black Sabbath e una ciascuna dai restanti due. In scaletta tutti i brani mitici del gruppo, canzoni culto come l’allucinata Paranoid, la brutale e meravigliosa Iron Man, gli 8, incredibili minuti di War Pigs, che stravolgono il blues, la tosse che apre al riff già stoner di Sweet Leaf, ma anche la dolcezza del piano di Changes, il brano più romantico del repertorio, come Tomorrow’s Dream, che apre addirittura al romanticismo: “And let tomorrow's dreams\Become reality to me\So realize I'm much better without you\You're not the one and only thing in my heart\I'll just go back to pretending I'm living\So this time I'm gonna have the star part”. Il terremoto sonoro è completato dalle quasi omonime Black Sabbath e l’altro riff micidiale di Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Mancano alcuni capolavori, riscoperti anche dopo anni, come Electric Funeral (da Paranoid, apocalittica) o la imprescindibile per i fan Children Of The Grave (da Master Of Reality). Quando uscì nel 1970 Paranoid, la rivista Rolling Stones, dopo averli pesantemente criticati per il primo lavoro, che nonostante tutto arrivò nella Top Ten inglese, scrisse: “Sul loro secondo e pesantissimo disco, Paranoid, troviamo lamenti sulla distruzione della guerra e l'ipocrisia dei politici, i pericoli della tecnologia e dell'abuso di droga”, parole che possono andare benissimo per questo disco antologico, introvabile ma magnifico. Va detto a onor di cronaca che la Nems sbagliò di pochissimo le previsioni di uno scioglimento, ma non per decesso, sebbene Ozzy e Iommi facevano a gare di riabilitazioni e entrate in cliniche: dopo il deludentissimo Never Say Die, uscito nel 1978, dove rispetto alla “brutalità” del punk neonato (che prese moltissimo dal loro essere iconoclasti) sembravano quelli di Top Of The Pops, Ozzy abbandona in un primo momento, poi finisce il disco, e se ne va definitivamente, sostituito nel 1980 da Ronnie James Dio, Ma quella sarà un’altra band, ed è anche un’altra storia.
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krenenbaker · 3 months
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53 and 18 for the ask game (^o^)
53: What is the last thing you did before you went to bed last night?
a little reading :) (I finished vol. 4 of Black Butler last night, and just started on vol. 5 today)
18: Are you scared of spiders?
Not particularly. I used to be a bit unsettled by them, but now I think they're alright. I still wouldn't keep one as a pet, but so long as they don't startle me by showing up randomly and walking over my foot or something, I'm fine with them
thanks for the ask, and sorry it took so long to answer it!
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arwainian · 1 month
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Reading This Week 2024 #6-8
sits here. i have been behind on this.... once again... i think i just have to accept that i do these when i do these.
Finished Week 6 (Feb 4-10):
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (skimmed/read the spark notes for class discussion, won't be reading more)
Undoing Gender by Judith Butler (read Chapter 6 "Longing for Recognition", currently won't be reading more)
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin, narrated by Rob Inglis (started the same week, audio book was lots of fun)
i love Tenar...... i think it's really cool that the way the Earthsea books are working is that even tho Ged is a reocurring character, we get a new child perspective for each one
Orange, Vol. 4 by Ichigo Takano, translated by Amber Tamosaitis (started same week)
truly TRULY the love triangle/rivals in this are so primed to be read polyamorously it had driven me crazy. just form a triad, you all like each other
about 10 other smaller things (articles, short stories, excerpts) that i shall not be naming individually bc this post is already too long
Finished Week 7 (Feb 11-17):
Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie (started in Week 6)
this book flips is like reading a multigenerational family drama with each section involving the slowly growing tension of knowing what horrific historical event/conditions they are about to live through
Venus by Susan-Lori Parks (started same week)
The Way of the House Husband by Kousuke Oono, translated by Amanda Haley (started same week)
“Experiential Gender” in Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano
“Black (W)holes and The Geometry of Black Female Sexuality” by Evelynn Hammonds
"Unsexed: A Zero Concept for Gender Studies" by Kath Weston
"Of Catamites and Kings: Reflections on Butch, Gender, and Boundaries" by Gayle Rubin (these four i read for a class that i lead the discussion four so while they fall under the category of articles i'm not mentioning right now, i felt they should be included for that reason)
a shit ton of student papers
6 smaller things (articles and abandoned books that i'm skipping for same reason as above)
Finished Week 8 (Feb 18-24):
Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpragasam (started same week)
very in-depth descriptions of bowel movements in this
Orange, Vol. 5 by Ichigo Takano, translated by Amber Tamosaitis (started same week)
so cute! once again i am advocating for them to just form a poly triad
He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan (started ages and ages ago...)
you've already seen my frantic reblog spam about this. i'm glad i finally finished reading this. the quarter 3 of it was kind a low point but i think it really captured me again by the end (however, i think the like... FINAL two pages are really scream "remember! that this is technically inspired by some real history!" in a way i found unneccesary and kinda too me out of the satisfaction of the end). i think the ending worked for me because Ma was really underused (i know it would have made the book kinda bloated but i would have loved a chapter or two of her perspective holding down the fort and dealing with internal politics while Zhu was away doing war things....), so her role in the finale was what really solidified it for me. this book drove me crazy in a great way, i think so many people should read She Who Became the Sun and then this sequel
Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 11 by Kamome Shirahama, translated by Stephen Kohler (started same week)
the panelling in this manga is simply so fucking good. read this. its so cute
Orange, Vol. 6: Future by Ichigo Takano, translated by Amber Tamosaitis (started same week)
i don't think this volume was necessary lol... i did not need to know how Suwa and Naho got together in the future where Kakeru died, it was better as implications
Ongoing Reads:
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (read another chapter)
i am so sorry to my girlfriend who has to deal with me complaining about this book i am reading to her after every chapter... i am glad she is enjoying it regardless
The Farther Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin, narrated by Rob Inglis (about halfway through)
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (basically read the preface material so far)
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bad-ads · 3 months
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BOOKS I READ IN 2023 ( YES I DO COUNT REREADS)
1. Mind of my mind (butler) 9/10
2. Clay ark (butler) 9/10
3. Patternmaster (butler) 7/10
4. Dawn (butler) 8.5/10
5. Bloodchild (butler) 10/10
6. The Gilda stories (Gomez) 7/10
7. Sandman vol 1 (gaiman) 8/10
8. Slaughterhouse 5 (vonnegut) 10/10
9. The sirens of titan (vonnegut) 9/10
10. Adulthood rites (butler) 9/10
11. Imago (butler) 9.5/10
12. Never let me go 7/10
13. The sandman vol 2 6/10
14. Kindred 9/10
15. Blood feast 10/10
16. The bell jar 9/10
17. Bottle grove 8/10
18. The basic eight 10/10
19. Be gay, do comics 5/10
20. The metamorphosis 7/10
21. The grace year 9/10
22. Wilder Girls 8/10
23. Yours Cruelly, Elvira 6/10
24. The pleasure of my company 4/10
25. Crazy rich asians 6/10
26. China rich girlfriend 5/10
27. Rich people problems 4/10
28. We Run the Tides 7/10
29. Fantasticland 10/10
30. The hunger 7/10
31. The southern book club guide to slaying vampires 8/10
32. My best friends exorcism 7/10
33. Horrorstor 7/10
34. Story Time 9/10
35. We sold our souls 9/10
36. Friday black 10/10
37. Gabi, a girl in pieces 6/10
38. Woman, eating 7/10
39. Gideon the ninth 10/10
40. Harrow the ninth 6/10
41. Nona the ninth 8/10
42. Small game 7/10
43. What moves the dead 9/10
44. The hacienda 9/10
45. The girl with all the gifts 9/10
46. hell followed with us 8/10
47. The boy on the bridge 7/10
48. Station eleven 6/10
49. comforts me with apples 7/10
50. Feed 8/10
51. Deadline 8/10
52. Blackout 8/10
53. Parasite 9/10
54. Symbiont 10/10
55. Chimera 10/10
56. Circe 9/10
57. The junkie quatrain 7/10
58. Certain dark things 5/10
59. Tender is the flesh 9/10
60. Nightbitch 10/10
61. The lamb will slaughter the lion 6/10
62. velvet is the night 7/10
63. Into the drowning deep 9/10
64. sister maiden monster 9/10
65. A very normal family 8.5/10
66. Interview with the vampire 6/10
67. Final girl support group 8/10
68. Bunny 9/10
69. How to sell a haunted house 8/10
70. Vampires of El norte 8/10
71. Silver Nitrate 9/10
72. Mexican Gothic 10/10
73. The Beautiful Ones 7/10
74. Wait for the Night 8/10
75. Moon of the Crusted Snow 8/10
76. We Spread 6/10
77. My heart is a chainsaw 9/10
78. The Spirit Bares its Teeth 10/10
79. The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (6/10)
80. Copykate (9/10)
81. A ballad of song birds and snakes (8/10)
82. The hunger games 8/10
83. Catching Fire 7/10
84. Nona the ninth 10/10
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appareils-futiles · 1 year
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2023 TB(H)R
to be (hopefully) read
I've made a list of books I hope to read in 2023, last year I made a longer list and finished about 8. My goodreads minimum was 20. This year, I've made my Goodreads 10 minimum, and hope to read more than 10. I've also added the non-reads of last year. Those with (*) I started reading and didnt finish before the end of the 2022.
Here's my hopefuls:
*1. Dune by: Frank Herbert
2. Dune Messiah by: Frank Herbert
*3. Crime & Punishment by: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
4. Marabou Stork Nightmares by: Irvine Welsh
5. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by: Oceon Vuong
*6. Time Is A Mother by: Ocean Vuong
7. Of Human Bondage by: W. Somerset Maugham
8. Heartstopper Vol. 5 by: Alice Oseman
9. Tender Is The Night by: F. Scott Fitzgerald
*10. The Beautiful & The Damned by: F. Scott Fitzgerald
11. This Side of Paradise by: F. Scott Fitzgerald
12. The Bell Jar by: Sylvia Plath
*13. King Leopold's Ghost by: Adam Hochschild
14. 1984 by: George Orwell
*15. Veronica: The Autobiography of Veronica Lake by: Veronica Lake
16. The Complete Maus by: Art Spiegelman
17. War & Peace by: Leo Tolstoy
18. The Count of Monte Cristo by: Alexandre Dumas
19. Anna Karenina by: Anna Karenina
20. The Brothers Karamazov by: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
21. Don Quixote by: Miguel De Cervantes
22. Cocaine blues : a Phryne Fisher mystery (Book I) BY: Kerry Greenwood.
23. Flying Too High: A Phryne Fisher mystery (Book II) by: Kerry Greenwood.
24. Pride and Prejudice by: Jane Austen
25. Animal Farm by: George Orwell
26.  Gone With The Wind by: Margaret Mitchell
27.  Hamnet by Maggie O’ Farrell
28. Song of Achilles by: Madeline Miller
*29. REBECCA by: Daphne Du Maurier
30. Black Butler Vol. 6 by: Toboso Yana
31. Black Butler Vol. 7. By: Toboso Yana
32.  No Surrender: My 30 year War by: Hiroo Oonada.
*33. The Lonely Life by: Bette Davis
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monkeyjaw · 1 year
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The Year in Books and Graphic Novels 2022 and an analysis of 20 years of books and comics
January
1.      Temple Alley Summer – Kashiwaba Sachiko, illustrated by Miho Satake, translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa
2.      Dreams From My Father – Barack Obama, audiobook read by the author
3.      X-Men Grand Design Vol. 1 – Ed Piskor
4.      Vera Kelly Is Not a Mystery – Rosalie Knecht
5.      All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team – Christina Soontornvat, illustrations by Karen Minot
6.      X-Men Grand Design Volume 2: Second Genesis – Ed Piskor
7.      Year of the Rabbit – Tian Veasna
February
1.      Deadly Class Volume 1: 1987 Reagan Youth – Chris Remender, Wes Craig
2.      The Eye of the World – Robert Jordan
3.      Pattern Master – Octavia E. Butler
4.      X-Men Grand Design Volume 3: X-Tinction – Ed Piskor
5.      The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History – Margalit Fox
6.      Deadly Class Volume 2: 1988 Kids of the Black Hole – Rick Remender, Wes Craig
March
1.      Once and Future Volume 1: The King is Undead – Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora
2.      Once and Future Volume 2: Old English – Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora
3.      Dragon Hoops – Gene Luen Yang
4.      Ringworld – Larry Niven
5.      Once and Future Volume 3: A Parliament of Magpies – Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora
6.      Princess Jellyfish Volume 8 – Akiko Higashimura
7.      Princess Jellyfish Volume 9 – Akiko Higashimura
8.      The Sheepfarmer’s Daughter – Elizabeth Moon
April
1.      Planetes Volume 1 – Makoto Yurimura
2.      The Library of the Unwritten – A.J. Hackwith
3.      Doom Patrol Volume 1: Crawling From the Wreckage – Grant Morrison, Richard Case
4.      ODY-C Volume 1: Off To Far Ithacaa – Matt Fraction, Christian Ward
5.      Conan of Cimmeria – Robert E Howard, Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter
6.      Doom Patrol Volume 2: The Painting That Ate Paris – Grant Morrison, Richard Case, John Nyberg
7.      Doom Patrol Volume 3: Down Paradise Way – Grant Morrison, Richard Case
May
1.      Doom Patrol Volume 4: Musclebound – Grant Morrison, Richard Case, Kelley Jones, Mark McKenna, John Nyberg
2.      Eragon – Christopher Paolini
3.      The Promised Neverland Vol 1 – Kaiu Shirai, Posaku Demizu
4.      Deadly Class Volume 3: 1988 Snake Pit – Rick Remender, Wes Craig
5.      Once and Future Volume 4: Monarchies in the U.K. – Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora
6.      The Dark is Rising – Susan Cooper
7.      The Forest – Thomas Ott
8.      The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K LeGuin
June
1.      Deadly Class Volume 4: 1988 Die For Me – Rick Remender, Wes Craig
2.      Arthurian Legends – Wace and Layamon
3.      Dune – Frank Herbert
4.      The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K LeGuin
5.      The Lost Years of Merlin – T.A. Barron
July
1.      The Secret To Super-Human Strength – Alison Bechdel
2.      The Promised Neverland Volume 2 – Kaiu Shirai, Posaku Demizu
3.      The New World – Ales Kot, Tradd Moore
4.      Super Sentai Himitsu Sentai Gorenger – Shotaro Ishinomori
5.      Spider-Gwen Volume 0: Most Wanted? – Jason Latour, Robbi Rodriguez
6.      The Deed of Paksenarrion: Divided Allegiance – Elizabeth Moon
7.      Ultimate Miles Morales Spider-Man Volume 1 – Brian Michael Bendis, Sara Pichelli, Chris Samnee
8.      Giant Days Volume 1 – John Allison, Lisa Treimann
9.      Giant Days Volume 2 – John Allison, Lisa Treimann, Max Sarin
August
1.      Lockwood & Co. Volume 1: The Screaming Staircase – Jonathan Stroud
2.      Ultimate Miles Morales Spider-Man Volume 2 – Brian Michael Bendis, David Marquez, et al
3.      Ultimate Miles Morales Spider-Man Volume 3 – Brian Michael Bendis, David Marquez, et al
4.      The Wheel of Time Book 2: The Great Hunt – Robert Jordan
5.      Howl’s Moving Castle – Diana Wynne Jones
6.      A Study in Scarlet – Arthur Conan Doyle
7.      French Medieval Romances from the Lais of Marie of France – Translated by Eugene Mason
September
1.      Pyongyang – Guy Delisle
2.      Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold – Alisa Kwitney, Kent Williams, et al
3.      The Dead of Paksenarrion: Oath of Gold – Elizabeth Moon
4.      Brave Chef Brianna – Sam Sykes, Selina Espiritu
5.      Fledgling – Octavia E. Butler
6.      At Death’s Door – Jill Thompson
October
1.      We – Yevgeny Zamyatin, read by Toby Jones
2.      The Witch Boy – Molly Knox Ostertag
3.      20th Century Boys Vol. 7: The Truth  – Naoki Urasawa
4.      20th Century Boys Vol. 8: – Naoki Urasawa
5.      Isaac the Pirate Vol. 1: To Exotic Lands – Christophe Blaine
6.      Dungeon Zenith: Volume 4: Outside the Ramparts – Joann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim, Boulet
7.      The Wheel of Time Book 3: The Dragon Reborn – Robert Jordan
8.      20th Century Boys Volume 9: Rabbit Nabokov – Naoki Urasawa
9.      The Haunting of Hill House – Shirley Jackson
10.  Isaac the Pirate Volume 2: The Capital – Christophe Blaine
11.  20th Century Boys Volume 10: The Faceless Boy - Naoki Urasawa
November
1.      Gotham Central Book 1: In the Line of Duty – Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka
2.      Komi Can’t Communicate Vol. 1 – Tomohito Oda
3.      The Promised Neverland Volume 3 – Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu
4.      Sleepless Volume 1 – Sarah Vaughn, Leila Del Duch
5.      R.U.R. – Karel Capek, translated by David Wyllie
6.      20th Century Boys Volume 11: List of Ingredients – Naoki Urasawa
7.      20th Century Boys Volume 12: Friend’s Face – Naoki Urasawa
8.      20th Century Boys Volume 13: Beginning of the End – Naoki Urasawa
9.      20th Century Boys Volume 14: The Boy and the Dream – Naoki Urasawa
10.  The Sandman Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes – Neil Gaiman, Mike Dringenberg, Sam Ketih, Malcolm Jones III
11.  Dodger – Terry Pratchett
12.  The Promised Neverland Volume 4 – Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu
13.  20th Century Boys Volume 15: Expo Hurray – Naoki Urasawa
14.  20th Century Boys Volume 16: Beyond the Looking Glass – Naoki Urasawa
15.  20th Century Boys Volume 17: Cross-Counter – Naoki Urasawa
16.  20th Century Boys Volume 18: Everybody’s Song – Naoki Urasawa
17.  20th Century Boys Volume 19: The Man Who Came Back – Naoki Urasawa
18.  20th Century Boys Volume 20: Humanity in the Balance – Naoki Urasawa
19.  Thursday Next book 2: Lost in a Good Book – Jasper Fforde
20.  20th Century Boys Volume 21: Arrival of the Space Aliens – Naoki Urasawa
21.  20th Century Boys Volume 22: The Beginning of Justice
22.  The Promised Neverland Volume 5 – Kaiu Shira, Posuka Demizu
December
1.      Thrawn Ascension: Book 1: Chaos Rising – Timothy Zahn
2.      Crucial Conversations: Tools for talking when stakes are high - Kerry Patterson,
 Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
3.      Sandman Volume 2: The Doll’s House – Neil Gaiman, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III
4.      My Favorite Thing Is Monsters – Emil Ferris
5.      Please Don’t Step On My JNCO Jeans – Noah Van Sciver
6.      The Sandman Volume 3: Dream Country – Neil Gaiman, Kelley Jones, Malcolm Jones III, Charles Vess
7.      Winterfair Gifts – Lois McMaster Bujold
8.      Sandman Book 4: Season of Mists – Neil Gaiman, Matt Wagner, George Pratt, Dick Giordano, Kelley Jones, P. Craig Russell
9.      Sandman Book 5: A Game of You – Neil Gaiman, Sean McManus, Bryan Talbot, Colleen Doran
 105 books and graphic novels in 2022! 34 novels (and 1 novella) and 70/71 graphic novels. I read one book twice for a book club. That’s 13 more than I read last year.
Now for totals from 2002 to 2022.
Totals:
2002 20
2003 86 – 7.16/month
2004 9
2005 84 – 7/month
2006 79 – 6.58/month
2007 58 – 4.83/month
2008 49 – 4.083/month
2009 51 – 4.25
2010 72 - 6
2011 60 - 5
2012 80 – 6.66
2013 50 – 4.16
2014 144 - 12
2015 92 – 7.66
2016 151 – 12.58
2017 138 – 11.5
2018 116 – 9.66
2019 96 - 8
2020 102 – 8.5
2021 92 – 7.66
2022 105 – 8.75
 Including the years that I have incomplete data for (2002 and 2004 I only have 3 months of data), I read 1734 books and graphic novels from 2002 to 2022, 86.7 per year. If we leave off 2002, and 2004, I read 85.25 per year and an average of 7.89 books per month. I’ll post the graphic novels and regular books break down shortly. 
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novelswithariana · 2 months
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🌸 ARIANA'S BOOK REVIEW 🌸
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Genre: Manga, Graphic Novel, Comedy, Young Adult, Action, Romance
📚 Synopsis: Not one to depend on others, Twilight has his work cut out for him procuring both a wife and a child for his mission to infiltrate an elite private school. What he doesn’t know is that the wife he’s chosen is an assassin and the child he’s adopted is a telepath!
📝 Review: Spy x Family 1, written by Tatsuya Endo, is a thrilling and captivating manga that combines espionage, family dynamics, and humor into an irresistible package. Set in a world filled with political intrigue and espionage, the story revolves around Twilight, a highly skilled spy who receives an unusual mission - to form a "family" and infiltrate a prestigious school.
The charm of Spy x Family lies in the unique members that make up this unconventional family. Twilight's "daughter" turns out to be a psychic with mind-reading abilities, adding an unexpected twist to their mission. Meanwhile, his "wife" is an assassin, creating a delightful tension as the family members navigate their dual lives while keeping their true identities hidden from one another.
Endo masterfully weaves a sitcom-like narrative, blending exhilarating action sequences with heartwarming and hilarious interactions within the family. The temporary family unit finds themselves facing not only the challenges of entrance exams but also the impending world crisis, further heightening the stakes and keeping readers on the edge of their seats.
The author's unique storytelling style is complemented by lively and expressive artwork, enhancing the overall reading experience. The illustrations vividly bring the characters and their emotions to life, allowing readers to fully immerse themselves in the story.
One of the standout aspects of Spy x Family 1 is its ability to seamlessly blend genres. The combination of spy thriller, comedy, and family dynamics creates a captivating blend that keeps readers engaged from start to finish. The unexpected revelations, witty dialogue, and clever plot twists add layers of depth to the narrative, making this manga an enjoyable read for a wide range of audiences.
In conclusion, Spy x Family 1 by Tatsuya Endo is a must-read for fans of thrilling espionage stories, comedy, and heartwarming family dynamics. With its unique premise, engaging characters, and skillful storytelling, this manga delivers a delightful and entertaining experience. Prepare to be captivated by the adventures of this temporary family as they navigate the challenges of both the world crisis and their own secrets.
🔍 Rec: People who have read ‘Black Butler Vol. 1’ (Yana Toboso), ‘Attack On Titan Vol. 1’ (Hajime Isayama) and ‘Death Note Vol. 1’ (Tsugumi Ohba) may like this book.
🦋 Have you seen the anime version of Spy x Family?
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literary-lion · 1 year
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Black Butler Vol. 27 | Book Review
The summoning is finally revealed! We’ve gotten glimpses of it in previous chapters. Hints of what it was like when Ciel summoned Sebastian to him but we’ve never seen the full thing. So much of Ciel was a secret that we couldn’t possibly explore the whole contract until this moment in the series. It has been a decade in the making but finally the place where this story started is revealed and…
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mouser26 · 3 months
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Books Read 2023
Howl’s Moving Castle
*A Man and His Cat #7*
*The Demon in The Wood*
*The Old Guard vol 1*
*The Old Guard vol 2*
*The Old Guard Tales Through Time vol 1*
*Gilded*
*Cursed*
*Other Happily Ever Afters*
Light and SHadows
*Six Sacred Swords*
*Diamantine*
Tales of the Kingdom vol 1
*Tales of the Kingdom vol 2*
*Tales of the Kingdom vol 3*
*The Torch that Ignites the Stars*
No Fate But That Of Which We Make
*A Man and His Cat vol. 8*
*Black Butler vol. 32*
* The Adventure Zone: The Crystal Kingdom *
*True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem*
No Fate But That Of Which We Make
*Lady Killer vol 1*
Melted Love
*Soulbrand*
FAKE VOL. 1
FAKE VOL. 2
FAKE VOL. 3
FAKE VOL. 4
FAKE vol. 5
FAKE vol. 6
FAKE vol 7
*Old Fashioned Cupcake*
*Old Fashioned Cupcake with Cappuccino*
*The Wayne Family Adventures Vol. 1*
*The Other World's Books Depend on The Bean Counter vol 1*
**The Wayne Family Adventures Vol. 2*
*The Other World's Books Depend on The Bean Counter vol 2*
*The Other World's Books Depend on The Bean Counter vol 3*
*Bumblebee movie comic*
*Lady Killer vol. 2*
* Why Don't You Eat Me, My Dear Wolf?*
*The Silence of Unworthy Gods*
Reread- 13
*New reads*- 30
Total- 43
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awpcomics · 4 months
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Black Friday Mega manga & TPB Sale
Black Friday Mega manga & TPB Sale! $5 each!!
Avatar the last air bender: the search vol. 3 
Five Nights at Freddy’s : the silver Eyes 
Amulet TPB’s vols 1,2, 3,4,5,
Love as a Foreign language vol. 1 
Soul chaser Betty vol. 1
Vampire Doll vol. 2 
Attack on Titan  vols  33,34, 
Runaways vol. 7 
Archie at riverdale High
One Piece vol. 5 
Just princesses vol. 1 
Lumberjanes  vol’s 5,10,11,12,13,
Bleach  vol’s 1, 4, 
Princeless vol’s  4,5,6,7,8,9,
Marry Me : big celebrity wedding vol. 2 
Warrior Nun Dora vol. 1 
Naruto vols 1,11, 
Naruto Chibi Sasuke vol. 2 
Naruto  the movie legend of the sone of gelel 
PVP at Large  vol. 1 
Kevin Smith Green Hornet  vol. 1 
Shadow roads vol. 1 
Kaijumax season 1 
Speed Racer vols. 1 ,2,
Overwatch anthology vol. 1 
Dragonball z. Vol. 26
Dragonbal Super vol. 6 
Voltron: defender of the universe a legend forged vol. 1 
The stuff of legend  vol. 1 
Mouse Guard Fall 1152
Transformers Lost Light vol’s 2,3,
Onegai teacher vol. 1 
My Little Pony  friendship is magic  vol. 2 
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Vol. 12 
Grimm Fairy Tales : escape from wonderland 
Can’t lose you vols 1,2, 
Cheeky Angel vol. 5
Go west vol. 1 
Please save my earth vol. 16
Hot Gimmick vols 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,
Fairy Cube vol. 1 
The plain janes vol. 1 
Nimona vol. 1 
Happy Mani vol’s 5,7,
Komomo confiserie vols 1,2,
Nightmare inspector  vols 1,3, 
Get Backers  vols 1,2, 4,
Inubaka vols 1,2,
Mamotte! Lollipop  vol. 6 
Here is Greenwood vol. 5 
Ninja High School pocket vol. 4 
Tidesong vol. 1 
The Black Mage vol. 1 
The hidden Witch 
Zodiac Starforce  vol. 2 
Batman the manga  vol. 3 
Black Butler vol. 1 
witch& wizard vol. 1 
Date a live.  (Light novel) vol. 5 
My Hero Academia. Vol. 1, 2, 7,8,9,10,12,
Saber Marionette J vol’s 1,2,3,4,5, 
The devil is a part timer vols 9,10,
Splatoon  vol’s 1,3,4,5,6,7,
Chobits vol. 1 
Otomen  vol’s  1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,
Kamui vol’s  2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,
Rising Stars of Manga. Vols 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,
Honey Hunt  vol’s 1,2,3,
Ragnarok vol’s  1,2,5,6,
Warriors vols 1,2,3,
Warriors: the rise of scourge 
Vampire Kisses: blood relatives  vols 1,2,3,
Peach Girl Change of Heart  vol’s 1,3,
Peach Girl vol. 4
Snow Drop vols 2,9, 
Black bird. Vols 1,2,
Candy color paradox. Vols 1,2,5,
Sand chronicles  vols 1,2,
Oyayubihime Infinity  vols 1,2, 
Akuma no riddle vol. 1
Escaflowne  vol. 6 
Twin Star Exorcists vol. 1 
He is my Master vol. 1 
Strawberry Panic vol. 1 
Arifureta vol. 1 
Wild Ones vol. 7 
Kami Kaze vol. 6 
Sgt. Frog vol. 6 
Rave Master vol. 3
Ai Yori Aoshi vol. 14
Jujutsu kaisen. vol. 3
Undead unlock vol. 2 
Mad love chase vol. 1 
Doubt vol. 1 
Fiancee of the wizard vol. 1 
Kat & Mouse vol. 1 
Deathnote vol. 12 
Vermonia vol. 2 
Steady beat vol.1
Say I love you vol. 1 
12 beast vol. 1 
Crest of the stars vol. 1 
Kashimashi vol. 4 
Sacred vol. 1 
First love monster vol. 1 
Black rose Alice vol. 1 
Le Chevalier d’eon vol. 7 
Monster  vol. 2 
Princess Ai vol. 3 
Jinki Extend vol. 1 
7th Garden vol. 1 
Sweat and honey 
Cherry juice vol. 1 
Starcraft ghost academy  vol. 2 
R2 vol.1 
Steel angel Kurumi  vol. 4 
Dawn of the arcana vol. 2 
Candidate for Goddess vol. 1 
Alive vol.2 
Digital Charat theatre :piyoko
The saints magic power is omnipotent vol. 5 
The last Airbender vol. 1 
Liberty liberty vol.1 
Immortal Rain vol.4 
Wicked lovely  vol. 1 
A certain scientific railgun  vol. 1 
Yotsuba & !  Vol. 1 
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ridley-was-a-cat · 6 months
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231. Black Butler, Vol. 5 - licensed - The curry cookoff showdown played out a bit differently in the manga compared to the anime, and I have to say that I kind of dig Queen Victoria wearing sunglasses and riding in on a horse. If you're gonna do an AU, you might as well have fun.
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Books Read in 2022
[2017] [2018] [2019] [2020] [2021]
January (3 books)
The Way of Fire and Ice by Ryan Smith (Non-fiction) The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (Fiction) Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire (Fiction)
February (3 books)
Still Life by Sarah Winman (Fiction) Night Watch by Terry Pratchett (Fiction) Middlegame by Seanan McGuire (Fiction)
March (3 books)
Don’t Panic by Neil Gaiman (Non-fiction) Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth Macneal (Fiction) On Basilisk Station by David Weber (Fiction)
April (5 books)
A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw (Fiction) The Maid by Nita Prose (Fiction) The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova (Fiction) When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo (Fiction) Black Orchid by Neil Gaiman (Comic)
May (9 books)
Deadpool Classic Vol. 12 by Victor Gischer (Comic) Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (Fiction) Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling (Non-fiction) Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) Talking Dirt by Annie Spiegelman (Non-fiction) Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett (Fiction) This is Just My Face (Try Not to Stare) by Gabourey Sidibe (Non-fiction) The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward (Non-fiction) Half-Off Ragnarock by Seanan McGuire (Fiction)
June (23 books)
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) Orleans by Sherri Smith (Fiction) The Power by Naomi Alderman (Fiction) Good to Great by Jim Collins (Non-fiction) I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O’Farrell (Non-fiction) Pocket Apocalypse by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo (Non-fiction) Delicious in Dungeon Vol 10 by Ryoko Kui (Manga) I Want to Be a Wall Vol 1 by Honami Shirono (Manga) Sorry for My Familiar Vol 3 by Tekka Yaguraba (Manga) Sorry for My Familiar Vol 4 by Tekka Yaguraba (Manga) Sorry for My Familiar Vol 5 by Tekka Yaguraba (Manga) The Daily Lives of High School Boys Vol 1 by Yasunobu Yamauchi (Manga) Penguin & House Vol 1 by Akiho Ieda (Manga) Dragon Goes House Hunting Vol 1 by Kawo Tanuki (Manga) Dirk Gently: The Interconnectedness of All Kings by Chris Ryall (Manga) Penguin & House Vol 2 by Akiho Ieda (Manga) Hina Matsuri Vol 4 by Masaaki Otake (Manga) Hina Matsuri Vol 5 by Masaaki Otake (Manga) Boys Run the Riot Vol 1 by Keito Gaku (Manga) Bad Blood by John Carreyrou (Non-fiction)
July (8 books)
Educated by Tara Westover (Non-fiction) Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler (Fiction) Bad Girls Throughout History by Ann Shen (Non-fiction) A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett (Fiction) How Not to Get Shot by D.L. Hughley The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders Broad Band by Claire Evans All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda
August (9 books)
Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) Effin’ Birds by Aaron Reynolds (Fiction) Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis (Non-fiction) Boys Run the Riot Vol 2 by Keito Gaku (Manga) Murder Mysteries by Neil Gaiman (Comic) How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (Non-fiction) Chaos Choreography by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) To Boldly Grow by Tamar Haspel (Non-fiction) Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (Fiction)
September (10 books)
Magic for Nothing by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) Thud! by Terry Pratchett (Fiction) The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman (Fiction) Where’s My Cow? by Terry Pratchett (Fiction) Resistance by Halik Kochanski (Non-fiction) Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett (Fiction) Boys Run the Riot Vol. 3 by Keito Gaku (Manga) The Girl with Seven Names by Lee Hyeon-seo (Non-fiction) Saving Vegetable Seeds by Fern Marshall Bradley (Non-fiction) Wild Swans by Jung Chang (Non-fiction)
October (6 books)
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller (Non-fiction) Wish You Were Here by Nick Webb (Non-fiction) Tricks for Free by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) Blood at the Root by Patrick Phillips (Non-fiction) Lute by Jennifer Thorne (Fiction) Florida Woman by Deb Rogers (Fiction)
November (7 books)
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean (Fiction) We Gon’ Be Alright by Jeff Chang (Non-fiction) That Ain’t Witchcraft by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni (Non-fiction) How to Take Over the World by Ryan North (Non-fiction) Dead Boy Detectives Volume 1: Schoolboy Terrors by Toby Litt (Comic) Backyard Farming no author (Non-fiction)
December (13 books)
Captivated, By You by Yama Wayama (Manga) Delicious in Dungeon Vol. 11 by Ryoko Kui (Manga) Our Dreams at Dusk Vol. 1 by Yuhki Kamatani (Manga) Skip and Loafer Vol. 1 by Misaki Takamatsu (Manga) The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions Vol. 1 by Narise Konohara (Manga) The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions Vol. 2 by Narise Konohara (Manga) The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions Vol. 3 by Narise Konohara (Manga) The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions Vol. 4 by Narise Konohara (Manga) Ran and the Gray World Vol. 1 by Aki Irie (Manga) Dai Dark Vol.1 by Q Hayashida (Manga) Boys Run the Riot Vol. 4 by Keito Gaku (Manga) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Other Stories by Lewis Carroll (Fiction) Sisters in Law by Linda Hirshman (Non-fiction)
TOTALS:
Books: 99 Fiction: 39 Non-fiction: 29 Comics/manga: 31
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beforenightfalls · 2 years
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2022 Books I intended on reading and IDK what happened.
Est: 04-12-22, updated periodically
BOOKS I'VE ACTUALLY FINISHED: 1. CALL ME BY YOUR NAME by: André Aciman
2. For you Mom, Finally by: Ruth Reichl.
3. Heartstopper Vol. 1 by: Alice Oseman
4. Heartstopper Vol. 2 by: Alice Oseman
**STARTED READING THOSE WITHOUT STARS I'VE YET TO READ THOSE SLASHED I GAVE UP ON. **1. REBECCA by: Daphne Du Maurier (Started with physical book, continued with audio)
**2. Dune by: Frank Herbert
3. Dune Messiah by: Frank Herbert
4. The Bell Jar by: Sylvia Plath
5. Black Butler Vol. 6 by: Toboso Yana
6. Black Butler Vol. 7. By: Toboso Yana
7. Black Butler Vol. 8. By: Toboso Yana
8. Black Butler Vol. 9 By: Toboso Yana
9. Black Butler Vol. 10 by: Toboso Yana
**10. King Leopold’s Ghost by: Adam Hochchild
**11. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by: Taylor Jenkins Reid
12. Crime and Punishment by: Fyodor D.
**13. CMBYN: A little book that touched so many lives by: Barb Mirell
**14. The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
15. No Surrender: My 30 year War by: Hiroo Oonada.
**16.  Veronica: The Autobiography of Veronica Lake by: Veronica Lake
17.  God-Level Knowledge Darts: Life Lessons from the Bronx by Desus Nice
18. Reclaim Your Heart: Personal insights on breaking free from life’s shackles by: Yasmin Mogahed
**19. Bones and All by: Camille Angelilis
**20. Death on The Nile by: Agatha Christie
**21. Find Me (Call Me By Your Name II) by: Andre Aciman (the pain of this book will be my end)
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Extras (if I get to them):
21.  Cocaine blues : a Phryne Fisher mystery (Book I) BY: Kerry Greenwood.
22. Flying Too High: A Phryne Fisher mystery (Book II) by: Kerry Greenwood.
23. Pride and Prejudice by: Jane Austen
24. The Jungle by: Upton Sinclair
25. 1984 by: George Orwell
26. Animal Farm by: George Orwell
27. How to Win Friends and Influence People by: Dale Carnagie
28. Gone With The Wind by: Margaret Mitchell
**29. Hamnet by Maggie O’ Farrell
30. Song of Achilles by: Madeline Miller
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