#goodreads updates

[maltmilkshake]

brisingr (inheritance cycle #3) goodreads updates: part 1

#eragon #goodreads #goodreads updates #inheritance cycle #saphira #eragon shadeslayer #christopher paolini #roran stronghammer

[faereads]

Guess who finished their book at like 2am

And immediately started the next book 😂

#I just couldn't help it after THAT cliffhanger #fuck Tamlin #he can kick rocks #acotar #a court of mist and fury #a court of wings and ruin #Goodreads Updates

[eerna]

You're reading fourth wing?? Please share your thoughts. I heard it sucks absolute ass

I'm only 10 chapters in but here are my first impressions

Rebecca Soler of the TLC audiobooks, which I have listened to a small million of times, is doing the narration. Meaning I am imagining Cinder most of the time. Whoopsie.

The MC's hair. That's all I am gonna say.

The lack of description, the vocabulary, and the MC's sarcastic personality and way of speaking made me think we're in some kind of a modern dragon land. Imagine my surprise when 8 chapters in i find out they don't even have PENS because we ARE IN TRADITIONAL OLD TIMEY FANTASY.

There was a scene where the MC is in a very dangerous situation so she decides to take her mind off of it by... reciting basic information about the country she lives in. It's some of the clunkiest worldbuilding I've ever witnessed and I was too busy laughing to pay attention so now I don't know anything about the geography or political landscape. Like imagine if listing the countries your homeland borders on took up so much of your mental capacity that you forgot you were about to die.

My largest impression: this is just Divergent but they are allowed to say "fuck". It's literally Divergent. Not based on worldbuilding, but the tone and the tropes and the writing style and the characters. This book belongs in 2012 by all accounts except its publication date.

All in all: this is a Rat Circle of Hell book club pick so I did not expect to like it, but. Hot damn. I think you're right and it shall suck absolute ass

#eernask #eernanon #i updated my goodreads todays and was like ''hmm i wonder if anyone will notice i am reading it'' and. wouldnt you know. #ty anon for letting me clown~

[writeouswriter]

[Image ID: The Jane Lynch “I am going to create an environment that is so toxic” meme with Jane labelled “Every website I use” and the caption edited to read “I am going to create an update that is so counterintuitive, hard to look at, and overall much worse than what we had before.” End image ID]

#surprisingly not about tumblr for once #websites #updates #this is mostly about: #goodreads #Wikipedia #bookoutlet #nanowrimo #artbreeder #etc etc literally every website is doing it and I despise it #their updates are bad and they should feel bad #goodreads one almost left me having a breakdown and I know other book sites exist but they don’t have the same level of everything as gr #bookoutlet and Nano and artbreeder are unusable on mobile now #the first and latter also impossible to load correctly and the middle just being awful for nav and focus #and just gaaaaah stop it stop it there was nothing wrong with the old ones they were much more user friendly :( #not writing #ah had a typo initially fixed now but it was already reblogged 😭

[the---hermit]

i don't think i have mentioned it in other posts, but i decided to deleate goodreads, so now i will be only updating my storygraph account.

#i've had both simultaneously for a few years but the goodreads app just doesn't work for me anymore #i prefer thestorygraph much more and in the past few months keeping updates of both apps was too much mental energy for me #plus the goodreads app was causing so many problems lately i couldn't take it anymore #cris speaks #the---hermit

[unlimitedsupplies]

it's that time of year again

#wow this meme is worse quality than usual even from me #because i haven't gotten used to the ms paint updates #and i am too tired to try #goodreads #goodreads awards

[gerbiloftriumph]

Floating Castle Liveblog (first read)

The King's Quest series has been graced with a very silly and very wonderful trilogy of adapted novels, and of them all, the first is my favorite. I have read it more times than I should, and liveblogged my musings on Goodreads in real time, er, multiple times.

Below is my first readthrough. Follow along with my initial, baffled, but ultimately delighted, self. Obviously, spoilers for an objectively terrible but subjectively amazing video game novelization from the 90s.

(and if you want to read the Floating Castle yourself, well, [I'm sure there are avenues online] but you didn't hear that from me)

May 7, 2018 –

page 0

Let it be officially known: I am terrifically excited to read this, and a little nervous, too. Please be good. Please be good. But please don't be SO good that I want to break my wallet trying to get a copy of See No Weevil. [side gerbil note: at the time, one of the only copies of See No Weevil, the third book in the series, available for purchase online was selling for $8k. No, that's not a joke.]

page 6

I miiiight be wrong, but wasn't Merlin's Mirror blank for all the years Alexander was missing, too? I have a feeling I read that somewhere...eh. I should read the actual game manuals sometime.

page 9

It's a touch on the fluffy side. A whole paragraph is dedicated to Alexander getting out of bed. But, let's be clear, that fluff worked really well a few pages ago with the storm, so. Plus, it's from the 90s, so. For some reason fantasy from then seems to be fluffy

page 10

You out of shape magician boy, you. Then again, 4 deep flights of castle steps (probs rough flagstone, rather uneven) is probably hard to climb, so. Fair.

page 14

Graham is such a good king. Like. Really really good.

page 26

Come on, magician prince. You can think of somethiiiing.

page 18

Sir Brian of House Blessed, I presume.

page 40

A: Oh, you stuck Graham's soul in a crystal? Very Ocarina of Time of you. What year did this come out? B: ...why is this actually kind of a good book? Like, from an honest fantasy novel perspective, not just a King's Quest adaptation perspective, it's actually not that bad. Slightly dated with its fluffy descriptions, but I've read plenty of worse fantasy before.

page 47

I didn't expect to enjoy a magician turning into a tree as much as I am, and I love Alexander being all good and diplomatic and not swearing anyone out for Cyril's complete uselessness.

page 49

I wonder how old Alexander is. I don't think it's said. How far past Manannan are we? Has KQ5 happened yet? These are not crucial questions, and yet. I'm curious. Do we know about Crispin? He's probably fractionally more useful than Morowyn. But only fractionally, cos he's still mostly useless.

page 54

Alex (paraphrased): So. All I have to do is sneak into Telgrin's evil doom castle, figure out where he hid a crystal of undetermined size with King Graham's soul in it, steal it (it had better not be car sized), sneak out without getting caught, and get home before his empty body dies, and you can put the soul back in? Cyril (quote): Oh, yes. Almost certainly. Probably. I think. Sounds like a PLAN, guys. Let's go!

page 54

Addendum to the above REALLY AWESOME PLAN. Do it before Telgrin tortures Graham's soul into hideous unrecognizability. Y'know. No pressure or anything.

page 58

I like Cyril. Road trip with the boys!

page 65

What sort of spooky ringwraith nonsense....

page 74

That’s....that’s just lembas bread. Literally just lembas.

page 81

Okay, there’s a thing I don’t like. Little episodic things periodically happen but so clumsily. I think it’s to give Alexander “items” to solve later puzzles, like the games. Direct quotes here: “Good apple,” Cyril said. “Very good.” “Sweet.” “Mmm.” And that’s the end of the exchange. Like. I get it, apples will probably be important later but. That dialogue is less than riveting

May 8, 2018:

page 87

"He’s going to try to ride a kelpie. I’ve never been so excited about a plot development in all my life!

page 108

I very much enjoyed that bit with the ogre, and now we’re hiding in barrels to sneak in. This book is like, nothing but all the best possible Fantasy Highlights.

page 123

Also, I’m fond of this exchange: “You are an evil man.” “So it has been said.” Telgrin shrugged. “Personally I’ve always found that such abstractions do not apply well to the real world. They make matters that are by their very nature complex seem rather too simple, don’t you think?” “Evil,” Alexander repeated."

page 133

Ewwww what is that thing. That’s a horrible beastie.

page 139

Where was he? Yes. Who was this beside him? Yes. Alexander those are not answers to your questions.

page 146

“All I’d have to do is wait until Telgrin is out of the room, step through the mirror, reclaim my father’s soul, and return through the mirror.” Alexander *liked* this plan."

page 162

It's absolutely just The Best Parts of Any Fantasy shoved together in one frantic ball of fury, with maybe three pages at most devoted to each new Fantasy Segment. I'm so into it. It's not a challenge to read by any stretch--I'd say it's middle grade fiction level--but, like, yo. It's crazy fun so who cares. (darn it, book, you broke my theory about where Telgrin had stuffed Graham. Boo. I was enjoying my guess.)

page 163

If my baby boy has broken his arm punching this ringwraith there will be hell to pay from me. I will protect this scarf-wearing lad at all costs. I say, when he's probably my age and knows at least a little magic and how to use a sword and has no problem crawling around dungeons and enemy castles.

page 165

Alexander is SUCH a pile of snark. Yeah, this is going well, he thinks. Now we have *four* knights chasing us.

page 168

“Cyril, I really don’t think—“ “*Enough.* there’s no time for discussion. Prepare yourself.” “No, Cyril, I— Aieeeeeeee!” Boys please

page 170

Are you KIDDING. It took us ages to get INTO the castle. And now we’re stuck outside again. P sure Telgrin is going to raise security after that debacle and kerfuffle you just caused.

page 175

Cuss the ever loving frick out of that tree root. You’ve earned a little less-than-princely reaction after this hell day.

page 181

Graham’s been soul-less for about a week at this point if I’ve added up right. He can wait a bit more, probably.

page 183

THIS IS NOT A HELPFUL SOLUTION TO THE MANY PROBLEMS AT HAND.

page 185

“Did you speak, Sir Frog?” “That’s Prince Frog to you.” Alex, please reign back the sass a little bit. You’re not helping matters.

page 194

We’ve found a princess, convinced her to smooch, he turns human again, and the first thing she says is “but....you’re *beautiful.*” Agreed, yo.

page 204

He’s been walking around with a hat this whole time? I hope it has a feather in it.

page 219

My baby Grahaaaaaam. Sorry about the week of agonizing torture. We came quick as we could. That whole scene with you and Telgrin was so cool and you’re so brilliant and I love your stupid regal face. Also. This exchange; “What happened?” “I’m not exactly sure. All I know is that Telgrin came uncomfortably close to killing me.” Y’know, no big deal.

page 223

"It opened its eyes, blinked, and said, “Hmph. What’s happening? Where am I?” “It’s all right, dear,” the first head said. “Go back to sleep. I am just going to kill this man here.” “Oh, that’s all right, then.”

page 228

I’m amazed Telgrin hasn’t raised hell and panic after losing Graham and his staff. Like. This isn’t a good event for our villain but we everyone seems remarkably calm.

page 231

“Is *everyone* in Daventry this obstinate?” Yes. You messed with the wrong royal family, tbh.

page 234

I love this. I love this book. In ways I cannot express because truly it is not a good book and yet. And YET. The setting is phenomenal, the cast both old and new entertaining, the language occasionally dips beyond melodramatic into actually decently lyrical, the action is relentless, and EVERYONE IS SASSY. Be it Alexander, Graham, this new princess, Telgrin. Everyone.

page 243

“I don’t suppose that you’ll tell me what you were up to.” “I don’t suppose.“ The sass is too strong. It’s blinding. I don’t want this book to end.

page 248

“You know, Alexander, I am not normally given to strong emotions. I do not often make declaration of animosity, for these do not agree with my usually thoughtful and scholarly nature. I must, however, tell you that I hate you.” The sass.

page 249

“The wonderful thing is, I have the power to make it all come true. All of it – the pain, the disfigurement, the death. I tell you, sometimes it’s a truly marvelous thing to be me.” Stars above I’m dying this is so good

page 250

This book is amazing. I am dying.

page 252

No, seriously. I am actually laughing out loud at this point. I love this. “She shall marry me unwillingly, or not at all!“

page 255

“Oh, I see the way of it. It’s blame-everything-on-Telgrin time, is it?” It hurts. My joy hurts too much. I’m crying with joy.

page 260

Cool guys don’t look at explosions.

page 269

This castle even has murder holes. Like. This is actually a good solid piece of fantasy, with accurate castles.

page 273

“I could attempt to fly you down.” All in all, Alexander thought he would rather just jump."

page 293

Graham is such a flirt.

page 297

No there’s no more page to turn!!!!!! Nooooooo I want moreeeee. .....aahHahdhsbdjdhdbuebfjxi.

May 8, 2018 – Finished Reading

five stars out of five stars

#the other liveblogs for the exact same novel will be coming--that's less a cheerful promise and more like an intimidating stare #please understand how heavily i fall in love with telgrin's bad emo villain game in future readings #this is but a taste of how fiercely he grabs my attention #yes i'm mostly doing this because goodreads is fed up with my liveblogging and is overwriting my status updates and i find that offensive #king's quest #kings quest #alexander (king's quest) #rosella (king's quest) #king's quest novels

[readerupdated]

What women vs. men like to read and review

There are only four genres that are read and reviewed by relatively more men than women: philosophy, comics, graphic novels, politics, and graphic novels.

(via What women vs. men like to read and review (chart))

#books #reading #goodreads #chart #infographic #comparison #report #reader #reader updated

[voidmade]

i wondered do you have any book recs

i do, but rn my repertoire mostly includes fiction classics or fashion books, i can give you some:

i do have more, i just need to get through my list of books i've read, and lmk if you want non-fiction recs also?

#i have a goodreads acc also...that has barely been updated in 1-2 years but yeah :)

[maltmilkshake]

eldest (inheritance cycle book 2) goodreads updates: the highlights

thought y’all would enjoy since you found my silly TBOSAS & fourth wing thoughts enjoyable

#eragon #inheritance cycle #eldest #saphira #goodreads #goodreads updates #nasuada #roran stronghammer #fantasy #i don’t know what else to tag this because no one has a last name #christopher paolini #the inheritance cycle #arya drottningu

[faereads]

Ahhh the intensity of Chapter 4 had me feeling anxious the whole time for Feyre. Her feelings are 100% justified!

#ACOMAF #ACOMAF spoilers #A Court of Mist And Fury #books #fantasy #books I'm reading #2024 reading #January Reads #Goodreads #Goodreads Updates

[sterekbros]

Update on my A03 Fics.

If you are looking for some of my fanfics and can’t find them it’s because I put them into an unrevealed collection because someone put them on Goodreads and Goodreads refuses to remove them or let me claim my own work as the author so I can remove them myself. Don’t put my stuff on Goodreads or you won’t get to read them anymore. They are mine and you are not a professional critic. This is not a job for either of us. This is supposed to be fun for everyone.

Fics that are now unreadable and unrevealed due to people putting them on Goodreads and Goodreads refusing to take action because they allow people to put fanfiction on their site, but not the fanfic authors to claim their own works:

Holding On & Letting Go - Kudos at shelving: 3894 Letters from Home - Kudos at shelving: 1672 Snacks from Up Above - Kudos at shelving: 1439 Stripped & Polished - Kudos at shelving: 1437 From the Wreckage - Kudos at shelving: 1378 Never Let Go - Kudos at shelving: 1096 Tangled Up In You - Kudos at shelving: 929 Sweet Serendipity - Kudos at shelving: 927 Last First Kiss - Kudos at shelving: 688 And Then There Were Five - Kudos at shelving: 469

If I find any more added to Goodreads, I'll just add them to the collection too so no one can read them again.

#mine #my fics #update #sterek #teen wolf #dont put fanfics on goodreads #thanks for coming to my ted talk #winchesterek #winchesterekk #sterekbros

[swiftiephobe]

books read in 2024

royal assassin by robin hobb (02/01, epic fantasy) ★★★★★

assassin's quest by robin hobb (06/01, epic fantasy) ★★★★★

my sweet audrina by vc andrews (10/01, gothic horror) ★★★★★

this ragged grace by octavia bright (12/01, memoir) ★★★

nightbirds by kate j armstrong (14/01, historical fantasy) ★★★

the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon (21/01, epic fantasy) ★★★★

a day of fallen night by samantha shannon (02/02, epic fantasy) ★★★★

nothing more to tell by karen m mcmanus (04/02, mystery thriller) ★★★

death in her hands by ottessa moshfegh (06/02, psychological fiction) ★★

a pale view of hills by kazuo ishiguro (07/02, psychological fiction) ★★★★★

before the coffee gets cold by toshikazu kawaguchi (11/02, magical realism) ★★★★

tales from the cafe by toshikazu kawaguchi (20/02, magical realism) ★★★★

before your memory fades by toshikazu kawaguchi (12/03, magical realism) ★★★

before we say goodbye by toshikazu kawaguchi (14/03, magical realism) ★★★★

#yeah yeah ik i said i probably wasn't gonna do this but i've had a good start to the year and i changed my mind #approaching things a bit differently so i probably won't update this super regularly just every so often when i've read a handful of books #also ditching the half star ratings because you can't do them on goodreads (yes ik storygraph exists) and i wanna simplify my ratings #wanna get back into writing detailed reviews so will be hopefully doing that on goodreads. #but again just every so often when i've read a few books and have had time to think about them #books 2024

[writeouswriter]

Chapters just updated their site to suck now, too, can I never be free of this horrid user unfriendly counter intuitive hideously simplistic and yet harder to use website design spreading across the web like a plague, is there no innoculation against it? Anyway, I'm going back in time to the 90s, anyone else want anything?

#internet #websites #kill kill bite bite #goodreads bookoutlet chapters tumblr nanowrimo pinterest etc etc they all updated to suck more i hate them

[luckystrike-x]

Through all the thick mists of the dim doubts in my mind, divine intuitions now and then shoot, enkindling my fog with a heavenly ray. And for this I thank God; for all have doubts; many deny; but doubts or denials, few along with them, have intuitions. Doubts of all things earthly, and intuitions of some things heavenly; this combination makes neither believer nor infidel, but makes a man who regards them both with equal eye.

Moby Dick, Chapter 85: The Fountain by Herman Melville

#i'm dumping this here because this quote it too long for the goodreads written update thingy and i want this around #moby dick #herman melville

[zombiesun]

do you have a list of favorite books or something like that? would love to get a few recs, supernatural/spiritual or just in general. hope this doesn’t bother you :)

I love answering questions like this, not bothering me at all. I'm not sure if you're looking for non-fiction occult books or fiction books that have to do with supernatural/spiritual things, but these are some things I enjoyed reading recently:

if you want to check any book lists I have/what I've been reading, my storygraph is mountainzombie

FICTION

the murders of molly southbourne by tade thompson supernatural/horror novella about a girl who sprouts murderous clones whenever she bleeds. very good execution of a concept.

the darkness outside us by eliot schrefer cosmic horror novel about two boys who are sent on a space mission to answer a distress signal. I cried no less than ten times while reading this. one of those once in a lifetime reads.

the family fortuna by lindsay eager supernatural novel about a monster girl born to a circus family who wants to reclaim her narrative. family tragedy done very well with one of the best approaches to monster girls (let them be monsters)

NON-FICTION

existential kink: unmask your shadow and embrace your power by carolyn elliott using masochism as a form of emotional and physical healing. really interesting approach to shadow work/approaching your "negative" qualities that affected my thinking in ways I still use.

I'm looking through you: growing up haunted by jennifer finne boylan one of the most interesting memoirs I've read. it's about a trans woman who grows up in a haunted house. if you want a good supernatural/spiritual read that is also a very touching memoir, would recommend.

the immortal life of henrietta lacks by rebecca skloot this isn't supernatural but the impact of this woman's life on modern medicine makes it feel like it. one of the most interesting (and important) reads on the way that black bodies have been erased from history despite their immense impact.

#mailbox #anoncore #moved from goodreads this year so my lists only include books I've been reading in the last year #but I read about ten books a month and have pretty updated bookshelves! #bookshelf