#adding to my tbr

[spirkme915]

spirk fics i've read recently(ish) and loved

My Heart to Your Heart by greenforsnow @m-b-w - TOS - need a gentle fic? this is it. softness pervades every syllable of this fic!

Through the Wall by Sexy_Lil_Emo - AOS - a fic inspired by nsfw fanart. who needs plot with that?

Malfunction by Maeko - AOS - a nice, short nightcap when you need something sweet to read before bed

Impulse (or, Three Kisses) by decidedlynotheterosexual @decidedly-not-heterosexual - TOS - spock loses control but in the *sweetest* way and they talk about it like adults and this is just soothing and nice

The Proposal by TheKittyCorps @contrascene - AOS - spirk version of "the proposal." laugh out loud funny in parts (yes, hijinks included)

Heirs to the Glimmering World by gunstreet @gunstreet - SNW/TOS - sybok, michael, and sam conspire to get their brothers together!! siblings! tentative first meetings! sex!

De Profundis by Rhaegal (RhaegalKS) - TOS - tmp-era spirk. spock knows he fucked up so he's gonna woo jim

The Kiss by awarrington - TOS - there are some super dated things in this fic (it was originally written in 1994) but this is one of the best i've read dealing with jim coming to terms with his bisexuality and attraction to spock. def don't read if you can't or don't want to take it in context of its time. if you can/have the emotional bandwidth to, then it's well worth it

On the Arrow by Fic_me_senseless - AOS - post-into darkness, heavy read, so much longing, and pain, and it makes you ache in the best way

i'm also in a "watch beyond on repeat phase" so here are my favorite post-beyond fics:

The Steadfastness of Stars by itsnatalie - AOS - this fic. THIS FIC. i was only going to read one paragraph, really. i skipped work, read the whole thing, and now this is in my top five spirk fics

in my life, i love you more by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin) - AOS - idek how many times i've read this now. i watch beyond, i read this fic. if they never make a fourth movie, this will be my canon

And Then I Let It Go by kianspo - AOS - yorktown happens, spock goes missing, jim goes after him. this could so be canon too

on the complete opposite side of post-beyond angst is two (YES TWO, we are so blessed!) "spock makes jim coffee" fics that will both make you smile and feel warm all over:

Home in a Mug by Lizzy0305

certainty relief by itsamew @enterprise-me-capn

and (because i can never quite seem to keep these lists solely focused on spirk) one AOS mckirk fic:

retro/spect by slightlycrunchy @slightlycrunchy - best friends to lovers anyone? this is just so so so lovely!

#spirk #spirk fic recs #fic rec #i have so many i'm subscribed to and waiting for them to be complete! #so many still on my TBR! #and so many tabs! #but please PLEASE send me more recs #i added the tumblrs i knew but let me know if you don't want to be tagged please #if one of these is you and i don't have you tagged please let me know so i can add your tumblr name #also please don't be afraid to self promo #i LOVE self promo

[starswallowingsea]

I made another Enstars vs Literature quiz based on the original Russian lit quiz, but this time with Hispanic/LatAm lit

#shay speaks #ensemble stars #enstars #uquiz #PLEASE SHOW UP IN THE TAGS #also please rb with your results i wanna know what u get :3 #the results page is kinda generic its kinda late and i spent the better part of 3 hours finding quotes and translating them #i translated like 5 of these and i think one book just. doesnt have an english translation so i left the title in esp #i added so many books to my tbr from this though it was v fun and worth it

[podddcasttt]

Just saw a post that was like, "it's funny how ianthe shows up to every bad situation and makes it worse in every book," and like, she's certainly not a good guy, but does she make it worse? Without Ianthe's help, I don't think they would have beaten Cytherea in GTN, I can't see how she could have possibly made the situation better in HTN, and like, she wasn't doing it for selfless reasons, but she helped keep Harrow and Gideon safe in HTN. And what was she supposed to do at the end of Harrow the Ninth? Stand up to God?? The God who could kill her in a heartbeat?? Let Augustine kill God and bring the downfall of the Nine Houses and everyone on them? And how could she have possibly changed the outcome for Nona? What happened at the end of NTN was always going to happen regardless of Ianthe's interventions.

I think we've decided it's funny to hate on Ianthe and so we just keep making jokes about her being evil and while it is funny, and I very much want to see more silly comics and shitposts about Ianthe, she's an evil stinky sopping wet dog of a woman, it kinda blocks any actual analysis of her character and enables misinterpretations.

Like, she's hyper competent, has entirely selfish motives but can see the big picture beyond her motives and isn't just going around lying and killing for no reason. And we don't even fully understand her big picture. We know she wants Corona safe and by her side and she says she wants ultimate power and fame, but what does she want it for? This is a woman who spent years downplaying her necromantic ability to make it seem like Corona had necromantic abilities too, she pretended to be weak and avoided the spotlight in Canaan house so people would underestimate her. She is such an interesting character with so much depth and while I enjoy the jokes and make plenty of jokes myself, I wish people would take her more seriously

(I also think her character contrasts really nicely with Camilla's in a way that made that duel really awesome but that's a post for another day)

#the locked tomb #if you're wondering why i'm posting so much about the locked tomb it's because i really want the tor tumblr account to notice me #and give me an ATN arc #hi tor hi hello if you're reading this i am the perfect person to give an alecto the ninth arc #i have only the best locked tomb takes and have convinced so many people to read these books including my grandma soon #she's added it to her tbr pile #ianthe tridentarius #nona the ninth spoilers #ntn spoilers #nona the ninth

[darlingbudsofrae]

yeah,, grumpy x sunshine is a classic but how about a grumpy x grumpy where these two idiots are angry at the rest of the world save for each other??

#aftg #all for the game #the foxhole court #the raven cycle #trc #neil josten #andrew minyard #ronan lynch #adam parrish #summer sons #andrew blur #sam halse #the way i only know three pairings off the top of my head HELP— #i accept recommendations if u have any ♡ #i'm pretty sure i know more but i'm too lazy to go thru my reads so we're sticking with the ones i remembered #but drop titles if u have any i'm adding it straight to my tbr lolz #in booklr i trust #books #tropes #andreil #pynch #andrew x neil #i've been gone for so long i have yet again forgot how to tag sht #these tags are messy af #you read thru them anyway i love u ♡ #raeraegoaway

[wiltkingart]

a couple more nb/gender book recs from the people!

#echopraxia also has lesbian with a dead (or dying? cant quite remember) wife rep #adding conspiracy of truths to my own tbr post haste

[canonicallysoulmates]

More reading from the writer's room! 📖

#iwtv #interview with the vampire #iwtv s2 #iwtv spoilers #possibly #imma be adding this to my tbr 👀 #we're getting zombielike mindless vamps in s2 i'm so excited! #mine #non spn

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

JOMP BPC - November 1st - TBR This Month

what d'you mean 16 books is too ambitious a TBR during NaNoWriMo? that's totally manageable! what? oh yeah, I do have 30 modules left for that first aid course to do. and yeah, I spose I should be getting better sleep. but it's Known Author November too! and so many books fitting that description were available from the library! I can do it. I think. we'll see 😅

#andrew joseph white #chuck tingle #jason june #shaun david hutchinson #jompbpc #justonemorepage #trcc original #booklr #bookblr #portraits #yes there are only 14 books in that photo #i forgot to grab the stephanie garber ones #my head's in 30 different places please just try to understand #edit: i may have added another book to the tbr since scheduling this #only maybe though

[tiredstressedemotionalmess]

pete wentz posting a picture of all the books he read this past year is soooo fucking bad for me actually

#im finally back to reading consistently and my tbr is like 5 miles long I CANNOT BE ADDING MORE TO THIS PETER #i see several books are already on there tho so

[alialucille]

Why do people keep producing hot as fuck characters then stock em up with red flags? hmm? WHY

#dark romance #zade meadows #alex volkov #haunting adeline #hunting adeline #twisted love #twisted series #I ain't adding Rhys Larsen here #I can't view him as on the same level #as Alex sorry not sorry #hmmm... reminds me #I should go finish the series... #SEND RECS I NEED TO BUILD UP MY TBR #ana huang #h. d. carlton #bookworm

[hollowistheworld]

Being a history nerd makes reading dystopias or crime novels kind of sad tbh. The author is like 'these people are awful!! Sometimes... they... KILL people!!!' And I'm like 'hmm. I've been on a deep dive into the shit that went on in Chile in the 70s and 80s, do you need like... some ideas?'

#if killing is the worst thing you can imagine your imagination needs some exercise #anyway i just finished the twilight zone by nona fernandez #and my brain chemistry has been altered and ive added like 10 new history books #to my tbr

[stuckinapril]

hi, cianna!! i love your blog so much and you inspire me to study and keep my life together <3

recently, i’ve been reading bell hook’s “communion: the female search for love” and idk if you’ve read it already, but it’s something i think you would find interesting! it talks a lot about our cultural ideas of love and romance, as well as the ways in which that can be disappointing (esp. for women dating men)

anyways i hope you have a great day :))

Omg ok I’ve never committed to reading a bell hooks book before but this synopsis is making me want to buy a copy rn. I am a 21 year old w a stacking pile of disappointments by men I think I could make use of this

#Adding it to my tbr bc I HAVE to see what this book is about #Thank u anon I cannot wait to delve in <3 <3 and ur words r so kind I am floored #BY THE WAY I hope these don’t need to be read in order bc I haven’t read her previous works. Pls tell me I can jump around and be fine

[mistninja]

Scientists need to find a way for me to read every single fantasy book ever written and still have time to reread my favorites and read non-fantasy books. This is what really matters

#constantly adding new series to my tbr and constantly wishing i had time to reread my faves #sighs. i want to reread kings of the wyld

[gwyns]

hey uh does anyone have any long series recommendations? it can be fantasy or modern or whatever really. i just want something i can escape into for awhile

#doesnt even have to follow the same characters every book. just set in the same world #i ask for book recommendations all the time im sorry i keep adding things to my tbr 😭 #tp

[coffeeshelves]

starting reading you made a fool of death with your beauty as my first book of 2024 and its already starting off strong w the immediate sex

#.txt #log #i had it in my tbr and i coukdnt remember why i added it #maybe because the author is nb? #anyway i didnt know anything about it beyond the romance tag so the immediate smut was a surprise #you made a fool of death with your beauty

[hawnks]

if that very kind previous anon ever finds the fic again, would u pls share it with us ? i wanna see i'm curious

@andypantsx3 is a star, is the moment ✨

#adding this to my tbr 👀 #perhaps I will read this tonight…. to cope #everyone go say hi to Andy #league of soulmate au enjoyers

[ofliterarynature]

These are my TBR shelves. I’ve been working on paring down my collection but there are still Too Many and I’d like to ask: which of these just aren’t worth my time? Terrible, bad, or just meh, I just need a reason to get rid of it and not think about it again.

#think like…1-3 stars or even DNF #some will not be going regardless but I still want to know your thoughts #my tbr shelf used to be 2/3 of my books it was awful #it’s maybe 1/4 to 1/5 now #also most have been on there for a while I’ve only added like 5 in the last two years #bec posts #2022 #books #tbr #unhaul