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swanmittens · 1 year

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૮꒰ ˶• ༝ •˶꒱ა 🦢🎀🍒🥣

. ྀི ⊹ “We never joke about bunnies, Bunny.”

⁺ ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ -Bunny by Mona Awad ⋆୨୧˚ ⋆

(My most favorite book ever)

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belovedapollo · 5 months

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little moments 🕯️ reblog is ok, don’t repost/use

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mybookdiaries · 2 months

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The girl in the tower - Katherine Arden

Book review!!

Stars: ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯/5

Do I recommend: YES!!!

Will I reread: probably!

Release date - 2017

Author - Katherine Arden

Page count- 347

Chapters - 27

Prologue/epilogue - prologue (+ glossary)

Setting - Russia, Moscow

What to expect:

❄️Russian mythology

❄️magical story

❄️Russian winter setting

❄️Kind of forbidden romance

❄️Lots of secrets 🤫

❄️ atmospheric fantasy!

❄️ castles, prince, towers, kingdoms

Look out for: violence, pedophilia

Synopsis:

The Bear and the Nightingale, Katherine Arden's enchanting first novel, introduced readers to an irresistible heroine. Vasilisa has grown up at the edge of a Russian wilderness, where snowdrifts reach the eaves of her family's wooden house and there is truth in the fairy tales told around the fire. Vasilisa's gift for seeing what others do not won her the attention of Morozko

-Frost, the winter demon from the stories-and together they saved her people from destruction. But Frost's aid comes at a cost, and her people have condemned her as a witch. In The Girl in the Tower, Vasilisa faces an impossible choice. Driven from her home by frightened villagers, she has only two options left: marriage or the convent. She cannot bring herself to accept either fate and instead chooses adventure, dressing herself as a boy and setting off astride her magnificent stallion Solovey. But after she prevails in a skirmish with bandits, everything changes. The Grand Prince of Moscow anoints her a hero for her exploits, and she is reunited with her beloved sister and brother, who are now part of the Grand Prince's inner circle. She dares not reveal to the court that she is a girl, for if her deception were discovered it would have terrible consequences for herself and her family. Before she can untangle herself from Moscow's intrigues-and as Frost provides counsel that may or may not be trustworthy-she will also confront an even graver threat lying in wait for all of Moscow itself.

Review:

I really enjoyed reading this!! Loved how atmospheric the book is, and how easy it is to imagine not only characters, but also the background. The only con is that the chapters are too long for me, and that made it difficult to find motivation for reading.

Quotes:

Every time you take one path, you must live with the memory of the other: of a life left unchosen. Decide as seems best, one course or the other; each way will have its bitter with its sweet.

#book diary #book review #books #reading #the girl in the tower #the bear and the nightingale #the winternight trilogy #morozko #vasya petrovna #solovey #russian fairytale #russian mythology

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buffythevampirelover · 3 months

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Monday, January 15th

Ahhhhh. I’ve been so stressed about school. Not the classes themselves, especially since I’m a week in, but a lot happened this past week and I almost dropped out of uni and moved provinces to attend a college to get an environmental science diploma. The issue is my local uni doesn’t have the science major i actually want, and geology is the closest option. Which I have loved so far, but I’m more interested in palaeontology or archaeology which we barely even have classes for. So I could transfer to semi-close city for their uni, except my uni does have an amazing film department and that school doesn’t. I’ve also been thinking about whether I should get a double major, or a major and a minor. And then I have to decide which one I’m more passionate about and what should be the major. My parents of course think I should get a science degree so they’re super biased and no help. Sorry, very long rant but this is eating my brain away! Otherwise my first week this semester was great :) I’m taking anthropology of death, a political journalism class, a black and white photography class (my favourite by far! I’m so excited to learn how to use the darkroom and the prof is super cool), and a film production class.

Recent watches: Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, Liz And The Bluebird, Saltburn, Belle, and I plunged through both seasons of The Sex Lives Of College Girls

Recent reads: reread Solitaire, and now I’m trying to read Pride and Prejudice

Recent works: besides homework I’ve been working on what I’m now calling Safe As Burning Houses (my horror film screenplay)

#diary entry #digital diary #film diary #book diary #writer #writeblr #booklr #film student #university student #lgbtq #writers on tumblr #writing community #small rant

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noodledesk · 3 months

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i love u libby i love u so much . just learned u can get GRAPHIC NOVELS from the library online ... 💛💛💛

#book diary #i read in by will mcphail and LOVED IT !!!!

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professionalintrovert · 1 year

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If only there could be an invention that bottled up a memory, like scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when you wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again. 🌸

Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

IG: jeffreyreads

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caramelapplesauce · 1 year

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HAKXJIWND I DESCRIBED ONE OF THE MAIN GIRLS IN “SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY” BY KELLY QUINDLEN AS “GAY GINNY WEASLEY”😭😭

#i swear i don’t remember half the things i write but they are always so great #gay ginny weasley #as if she isn’t gay #ginny weasley #harry potter #harry potter universe #she drives me crazy #kelly quindlen #book #book diary #just ranting

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prlogue · 9 days

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i fell in love with hope, lancali (2023)

genre | romance, fiction, contemporary, queer

content hospitals, chronic illness, death, suicide, mental illness, angst, tragedy, disordered eating, abuse, bullying, homophobia

ac makshin_

disclaimer, this is not a book review, more just an entry about how i felt while reading

i followed the writing of this book closely, excitedly awaiting every update lancali posted to their social media. it was released shortly after i got my first job and with my first paycheck i bought it.

this was a time in my life where i was making changes to my life faster than i ever thought i could, and i was maturing each day — when the book had arrived, i made the decision to read it aloud to my partner every day after my tiredsome work days. this greatly engaged the two of us in the love portrayed in this book, romantically and platonically as we related to the characters, connected our beloved friends to them, and our own lives and struggles.

i felt i could connect to characters like neo & hikari the most, as someone who struggles with similar things to them, as well as when reading, my physical body was failing to function and my mental health wasn't doing me any favors.

this book hit home with a lot of things, and i came out of it taking a lot of good lessons and reminders; my partner shared that same sentiment.

i enjoyed the prose lancali writes with, and with this book as her official debut, i think it's a strong showcase of her passion. by the end of the book we were cheering for the main cast, hoping things would turn out against the odds, and i felt myself scanning over the book many times after completion, staring at the words that resonated with me.

i look forwards to blue's shadow & death's children, and any other stories lancali decides to write!

#i fell in love with hope #lancali #ifilwh #bookblr #book diary #book discussion #this book made me cry

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thora-sniper · 18 days

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Find this in my notes. It's a quote from book series "Annihilation" Jeff VanderMeer.

Контроль уже начал представлять Голос в образе мегалодона или еще какого-то левиафана, сидящего в мозговом тресте, в аквариуме, заполненном соленой водой, в подвале некой сверхсекретной спецслужбы, столь сверхсекретной и столь специальной, что никто не упомнит ее назначения, хоть все и продолжают разыгрывать ее ритуалы. Вообще-то это мозговой стресс. Или мозговой секс. Хотя Голос или мать вряд ли удостоят это хоть смешком.

When we were reading it in our book club we all was excited about it's strange form, hypnotic atmosphere and surreal vacuum around.

In the start of this I knew that there's film by this book with Oscar Isaac in a role of main character husband.

When I start second book and we have new character named Control and we have no any description of him I began to think about him like Diego Luna.

The third book was about the island and tell about lighthouse keeper and I said to myself: ok, would you like to look like Pedro Pascal.

And I understand that Star Wars catch my brain a lot, and I'm very very interesting in visualisation when I'm reading. Especially when we have no description of person in a book.

#annihilation #pedro pascal #diego luna #oscar isaac #thoughts #book diary #reading

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wellsometimes · 1 year

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— white oleander by janet fitch

#book diary #quotes

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augment-techs · 4 months

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Book/Movie Diary: What I watched/read 12/2023

The Deer King: An anime that is something you would watch if you are a fan of Princess Mononoke largely for the style, and if you liked The Phantom Menace and the Fellowship of the Rings for the lore and vibes. Unfortunately, I have been reading up on all the Drakkon/Coinless Jason by @ajgrey9647 and that means I spent the whole movie expecting the stoic protagonist and pretty Doctor to beat the shit out of each other or devolve into sloppy makeout sessions. 4/5

The Man Who Came Down the Attic Stairs, by Celine Loup: A beautiful not-a-memoir in graphic novel format that the artist/author wrote as a what-if scenario covering the effects of pregnancy in the pre-War 1900s; complete with post-partum depression. It's smooth as silk with the art in stunning black and white. 4/5

Manga Classics' King Lear, by Richard Appignanesi: An interesting and visually lovely concept, resetting Shakespeare's story into a Native American vs Colonial landscape. I really wanted to like it, but I felt like it really missed the mark? 2.5/5

Komi Can't Communicate vol. 1, by Oda Tomohito: I finally get to read the first gn in the series and was not disappointed in finding that, yes, it was Tadano who made the first move, and Komi is ADORABLE. 4/5

Commute, by Erin Williams: An examination of being a woman who has experienced many assaults and the results thereof through alcoholism, poor dating choices, dissociation, and finally, motherhood. excerpts I had to write down include: -"What's your part in this abuse?" "That I kept getting drunk?" "You kept going to the gas station for oranges. They don't sell oranges at the gas station. If you want oranges, you go the grocery store. I don't know QUITE how to feel about the art style as a GN. 4/5

Stitches: A Graphic Memoir, by David Small: Sort of a twilight examination on generational trauma and mental illness through the youngest son of a closet lesbian with multiple health issues and a radiologist in a time when it was believed that x-rays could also cure rather than just provide an image of internal problems. The spooky art style made me very uncomfortable, but I quite liked it. 5/5

Literary Witches, by Taisia Kitaiskaia: A collection of witchy femme writers in a poetic presentation, done much like spellwork used through epithets. 5/5

Searching for Bobby Fischer: Just as good, and all the more better, than I thought it would be. It had taken me DECADES to finally see this on DVD after seeing part of it ONCE on VHS when I was tiny and couldn't really remember it. It's the kind of family movie that really isn't made anymore. It's quiet, it's contemplative, it's HONEST. I LOVED IT. 6/5

Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space; by Amanda Leduc: Actually uses both memoir and popular culture as fairly good references to the reality of perfectionism and "the other." It used Disney, changelings, "The Bloody Chamber" and her own medical history. Must take note of this for later because it is very good. 5/5

Spit Three Times, by Davide Raviati: Yet another graphic memoir, this one laying out the growth of a teen/teens in Italy around the 1980s(?), with the author being of Romani descent. It had a lot of stuff I couldn't differentiate between euphemism and actual truth, but I'm pretty sure the extremely mentally ill girl insisting on sexual activity and getting beaten almost to death until she gave birth to a baby that a drunken teenage boy had to deliver on the fly was pretty real. I really did not understand a lot of what happened, but there was one scene that felt very honest apart from the incredibly violent one: "The only person I know who could beat off while doing the backstroke." >> THIS. This was so weird, and yet something teen boys just DO. 3-4/5

Snow White: A Graphic Novel, by Matt Phelan: A retelling of the old tale with a twist. The setting in 1920s New York, the wicked queen is an extremely popular flapper on Broadway, the dead king as a rich mogul that survived the Black Thursday crash, Snow is a boarding school girl back to see the will. We see butchers, detectives, private eyes, and the seven are all street orphans that DO chase the witch down to death. The Macy's Window was an especially nice touch. 4/5

Komi Can't Communicate vol. 2, by Oda Tomohito: -Yamai IS a total psycho at first blush, omg. Poor Tadano, he did not deserve this crap. -The Ramen Chef that shares Komi's disorder must get on GREAT with Agari. -Wow. I was not expecting Tadano to be THAT embarrassing in middle school. -Agari being both a dog-girl and an awesome, honest food critic was a nice touch. -Najimi is VERY cheap. -The dress show was not something I thought I'd see, but I'm not at all surprised that Tadano was always going to be the best choice. 5/5

Komi Can't Communicate vol. 3, by Oda Tomohito: -Chiarai, Sonoda, and Shinobino might be incredibly awkward and can't NOT end up being queer somewhere down the line, but at least they're honest with their judgement of the girls (plus Najimi) in bathing suits. -Both Komi & Tadano look awesome in yukatas. -Komi alone on the playground was so wholesome I wanna scream. -No surprise that Komi is great with babies, but it was still cute to see. -Komi continues to wear the dress Tadano picked out EVERYWHERE. 5/5

#what I watched/read: 12/2023 #refence #book diary #movie diary

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swanmittens · 1 year

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૮꒰ ˶• ༝ •˶꒱ა 🔪

. ྀི ⊹ “We never joke about bunnies, Bunny.”

⁺ ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ -Bunny by Mona Awad⋆୨୧ ⋆ ˚｡

(i love this book with all my heart)

#girlblogging #bunny mona awad #mood board #books #coquette #cute horror #creepy cute #new fiction #tumblr diary #book diary #witch coven #witch #magical girl #dollette

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thehourofthestars · 9 months

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The Castle - Kafka

#franz kafka #kafkaesque #kafka quotes #the castle #literature #book excerpt #currently reading #mine #book diary

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mybookdiaries · 2 months

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The thousandth floor - Katherine McGee

Book review!

Stars: ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯/5

Who do I recommend this for: readers who enjoy Gossip Girl

Will I reread: probably not

Release date - 2016/08/22

Author - Katharine McGee

Page count- 448 (kindle)

Prologue/epilogue - Prologue (+ deleted scenes)

What to expect:

🪩 Lots of drama

🪩 Many plot twists

🪩 Five main characters

🪩 Big party

🪩 Murder or maybe suicide??

🪩 Many secrets

🪩 A futuristic world setting

🪩Lots of technologies!

Before reading you might want to check tws!

Synopsis:

NEW YORK CITY AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE. A thousand-story tower stretching into the sky. A glittering vision of the future where anything is possible-if you want it enough.

WELCOME TO MANHATTAN, 2118. A hundred years in the future, New York is a city of innovation and dreams. Everyone there wants something...and everyone has something to lose.

LEDA COLE's flawless exterior belies a secret addiction-to a drug she never should have tried and a boy she never should have touched. ERIS DODD-RADSON's beautiful, carefree life falls to pieces when a heartbreaking betrayal tears her family apart. RYLIN MYERS's job on one of the highest floors sweeps her into a world-and a romance-she never imagined...but will this new life cost Rylin her old one? WATT BAKRADI is a tech genius with a secret: he knows everything about everyone. But when he's hired to spy for an upper-floor girl, he finds himself caught up in a complicated web of lies. And living above everyone else on the thousandth floor is AVERY FULLER, the girl genetically designed to be perfect. The girl who seems to have it all-yet is tormented by the one thing she can never have. Amid breathtaking advancement and high-tech luxury, five teenagers struggle to find their place at the top of the world. But when you're this high up, there's nowhere to go but down.... (Goodreads)

Review:

this book kept me entertained with all the drama, plot twists, and interesting characters. Loved the prologue, and how it intrigued me. The characters were crazy:

Avery fuller - the most perfect girl to ever exist… obsessed (in a crazy way) with her adopted brother LIKE WHAT? WHY?

Leda Cole - I DESPISED EVERY SECOND OF READING CHAPTERS FROM HER POINT-OF-VIEW. SHE IS JUST SO ANNOYING AND FULL OF NEGATIVE ENERGY.

Eris Dodd-randson - a girl with lots of family drama. Throughout the book I was so sorry for her and all she had to endure.

Rylin Myers - loved her story so much!! Probably the only character I resonated with.

Watt Bakradi - his chapters I enjoyed SO much! The inner dialogues with Nadia were *chef’s kiss*

Songs:

Rich Kids - Frank Ocean

Flashing lights - Kanye West

Lyrics:

“Super rich kids with nothing but loose ends

Super rich kids with nothing but fake friends”

-Rich Kids - Frank Ocean

Quotes:

“I just like making everyone wait so they’ll be that much more excited to see me,”

“May my actions be purposeful. I am my own greatest ally. I am enough in myself.”

#book review #dystopia #fantasy #romance #drama #books #reading #four stars #bookworm #gossip girl #the thousandth floor #book recommendations #book diary

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buffythevampirelover · 5 months

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Sunday, December 10th

Got work today and my first final tomorrow! My last one is the 18th and then I will hopefully catch up on my reading and writing. And I plan to see the new Ghibli movie with my friends! Including one who is coming home from out of town for the holidays :) I’m so excited to see her!!

Recent watches: Doctor Who (rewatch)