October 2nd
my tbr for the month and the cutest (also most distracting) study buddy you could ask for
I’m being optimistic with this book stack but I want to read everything this month so fingers crossed I actually read something from it
🎧 Francesca by Hozier
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Birthday book haul 🎉
I got some b&n gift cards for my birthday last month, and went to my b&n today and bought these beauties
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As always, my favorites of the year list was beset by last minute changes, doubts, and decisions, especially because this year I forced myself into a top 10!
Second photo is my honorable mentions...I literally already have regrets! Ask me anything about these top choices—I'm happy to share my reviews, thoughts, and more!
My Top Ten of 2023:
Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki Shikibu tr. Seidensticker
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon
Ace by Angela Chen
Babel by R.F. Kuang
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez tr. McDowell
Honorable mentions:
Now Go: On Grief and Studio Ghibli by Karl Thomas Smith
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami tr. Gabriel
The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang
White Cat, Black Dog: Stories by Kelly Link
The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
When the Hibiscus Falls by M. Evelina Galang
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal
Bleed: Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care by Tracey Lindeman
Never a City So Real by Alex Kotlowitz
The Crown Ain't Worth Much by Hanif Abdurraqib
Sons of Darkness (Jan ’24) by Gourav Mohanty
The End of August by Yū Miri tr. Giles
(Unpictured): Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
(Unpictured): The Thick and the Lean by Chana Porter
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Dark Academia Book Stack
Pictured from top to bottom: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Never Let Me Go, The Secret History, These Violent Delights, The Wicker King, If We Were Villains, Vicious, Vengeful, Ninth House, Maurice, Catherine House, The Ravens, The Goldfinch
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