#wrapup

[lizziethereader]

January 2024 wrapup

(better late than never) not pictured: - Better than the movies by Lynn Painter - The Fine Print by Lauren Asher - Flawless by Elsie Silver - A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares by Krystal Sutherland

I got a lot of reading done in January, though not all of the books were my own choices (see all the ebooks). It was a bit of a mixed bag, but there were enough really fun reads for me to still consider the month a success overall!

favorites of the month: Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett, System Collapse by Martha Wells

nonfiction of the month (1): The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

classics (1): The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

poetry (1): The Wild Iris by Luise Glück

graphic novel (1): Thieves by Lucie Bryon

#January 2024 wrapup #reading wrapup #book photography #mine #wrapup

[bookishlyvintage]

everything I read in December (& what I thought about them)

#wrapup #december #books #book stack #omen of ice #strange folk #belladonna #lovelight farms #vespertine #spells of forgetting #bookstack #stack challenge #bookblr #booklr #winter #christmas #reading #bookstagram

[cassiesbookishcorner]

April WrapUp•

Another month of reading knocked out of the park.

I found a new series to binge read and devoured it all. Loved every minute of it.

Found a new favorite and now eagerly waiting for book 2 to be released.

This was a much better month rating wise.

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What was your favorite read of April?

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#wrapup #reading wrapup #bullet journal #reading journal #book journal #bujo #read #books #the city of brass #the wolf and the witch #fantasy #romancr #bookworm #bookish

[lantern-hill]

september 2022 wrapup

articles

are you ready to be surveilled like a sex worker?

dirt: tiktok & suburban gothic

researchers gave thousands of dollars to homeless people. results defied stereotypes.

yeah, space tourism is ruining the ozone layer

the double standard of aging

i dabble in everything but can't commit to anything!

i am so extremely embarrassed by my entire life!

i can't stop thinking about him!

how to stop being obsessed

i keep daydreaming about a bigger life!

(been on an ask polly kick sorry not sorry)

books

white trash - nancy eisenberg (dnf)

the castle of otranto - horace walpole

the moomins & the great flood - tove jansson (5/5)

s.t.a.g.s. - mia bennett (1/5)

the shadows between us - tricia levenseller (dnf: atrocious.)

and i darken - kirsten white (gave up 77% through. simply could not do it anymore)

the shadow over innsmouth - hp lovecraft

the end of mr. y (dnf)

here - richard mcguire (4/5) graphic novel/art book about a place along the course of many many years. very creative format very fun to peruse casually or carefully.

the furies - katie lowe (3.5/5, would recommend!)

becoming a visible man - jamison green (still reading)

#essay recs #wrapup #book recs #poetry recs #org

[reguricalendar]

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[summerknowledge]

Summer_Knowledge RYM 2023 Wrapped

Hey everybody welcome to my 2023 rateyourmusic wrapped.

I listened to 137 albums this year. This is 13 less than last year but around 5 more than my average since 2019.

Decade stats:

1960s: 6

1970s: 9

1980s: 27

1990s: 63

2000s: 25

2010s: 5

2020s: 2

None of this really surprises me that much but I did think that the 2000s would have beat the 80s. 70s really fell off from last year.

Genre stats:

These stats are based off of rym primary genres. I listened to 65 genres total. That is almost 10 more than last year.

1. Indie rock (30)

2. Alternative rock (26)

3. Power pop (25)

4. Shoegaze (10)

5. Pop rock (9) and indie pop (9)

Not surprising whatsoever.

Most notable first-listens:

Okay I thought it would be fun to choose my favorite albums and favorite songs that I heard for the first time this year. But it’s not really favorites it’s just what I found to be the most notable and impactful I guess because if I was listing my favorites I would just look at my last.fm account. Also I limited to 1 per artist.

Albums:

1. Whale Music - Rheostatics

2. Whatever and Ever Amen - Ben Folds Five

3. The Walking - Jane Siberry

4. Sweet Homewrecker - Thrush Hermit

5. Operation Infinite Joy - Martin Tielli

I only picked five because while trying to pick albums I realized that the vast majority are not very impactful. Also four of these are Canadian.

Songs:

1. Palomar - Rheostatics

2. Behind This Wall - Turning Point

3. Stood Up - Matthew Grimson

4. The White Tent the Raft - Jane Siberry

5. Emaline - Ben Folds Five

6. Sally Ann’s (Style Denial) - Local Rabbits

7. Winnipeg - Martin Tielli

8. Darkness - The Police

9. North Dakota - Thrush Hermit

10. Being With You - that dog.

Nothing really of note here except there’s a lot of Rheostatics songs I could have chosen. Also 6/10 of these are Canadian.

Other notable things:

The Rheostatics obsession was reallyyy bad I scrobbled them almost 5,000 times since first listening in May. I can’t overemphasize that. Also I want to just mention the thing I had for heartland rock in May and also my brief obsession with 90s country pop hits that happened earlier this month. Also I was really obsessed with Leave this City by the Sundays but because I didn’t listen to it for the first time this year I couldn’t include it in my top 10 but if I could include it in my top 10 it would be like number 3. Also I reached 1k Blake Babies scrobbles.

My predictions:

So last year I predicted that I would listen to more shoegaze and I did!!! I also predicted that I would listen to more new wave and I listened to (1) new wave album this year so that did not happen. The surf phase that I tried manifesting also didn’t happen. Instead I had a weird Rheostatics phase, a subphase of the main canrock phase that has been dominating my life for a year and a half. I predicted I would listen to less albums overall which is true!!!!!! And that I would listen to more 80s albums which also happened.

My future predictions are that the Rheostatics phase will be strong for around another 6 months and then finally die out. After that I literally can’t imagine how the canrock phase will continue so I’m predicting that twait no I think that Sloan will tour Smeared in 2024 reviving my canrock phase and shifting its focus to noisier material. I also predict that I will develop a weird phase for something like cabaret or if it’s less weird than that like. Chamber pop. I predict that I will listen to slightly less albums overall. I predict that the 90s will continue to be my most popular decade.

Thank you everyone I would like to thank sonemic and last.fm and discord for these extraordinary stats. Happy new year

#2023 #music #listening #wrapup #rym

[naoadays]

Q: What was your favorite read of February?. *waves from under the abyss* Hello, I am in-fact still alive and did remember that I once did monthly wrap up posts! I haven’t one of these since -checks- October 2022….its been a hot minute. I’ve missed doing these though and am going to try and go backdate the previous months, but for now, let’s see how my February went! ✈️ I traveled to Atlanta, GA for 6 days for work, which was actually incredibly stressful and not at all fun sadly! I attended the book launch for Revelle by Lyssa Mia Smith at Books of Wonder in NYC, and I attended an early screening of Daisy Jones & The Six which included a talk with the cast/creators afterwards! 🎭 I attended 3 concerts and saw 3 Broadway shows. And last but not least – I read 4 books this month. Life isn’t slowing down anytime soon but I’m trying to fit reading in when and where I can! My favorite February reads: 💎 Revelle by Lyssa Mia Smith - If you tell me a story is inspired by Moulin Rouge, I’m immediately interested. Add a magic system and make it a historical fiction with fantasy – I’m sold! I’ve been eagerly anticipating Revelle and it did not disappoint! It sparkled like the jewels used in this story. 🎶 Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (reread): Not to be dramatic, but this is one of my favorite books of all time and it’s truly perfect. I love music. I love books. I love books about music. This story is incredible and I’m so glad I decided to reread it! Why is it that Taylor Jenkins Reid’s best books will always make me cry at the end? SO MUCH EMOTION IN THIS STORY!! #FebruaryWrapUp #WrapUp #MonthlyWrapup #MonthlyReads #FebruaryReads #BookReviewer #BookBlogger #Bookstagram #Bookish #Bibliophile #Bookworm #BoostingYA #BookishLife #BooksOfIG #Bookstagrammer #boostingya #TenThousandDoorsofJanuary #Revelle #RevelleBook #DaisyJonesandtheSix #TheLuminaries https://www.instagram.com/p/CplCaecAKQE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[consistentsquash]

monthly wrapup

Short month but big month!

Reading

Finished reading Snapecase fics. Lots of awesome Snape fics. You can read them on AO3. Need to write comments but that’s going to be a March project.

Read the latest updates on The Afterlight. I am not really a WIP reader but PI’s fics are my one big exception. Like give me a good reason not to read 10K of hot Snarry mess updates. Gosh they are so messed up and perfect.  Need to write a comment which is not just GUH!!

Started catching up with Danni’s prolific February. Gray Eyes (Tell No Lies) is the hottest Draco/Sirius I have read. Also Hatefuck is perfect Snarry vibes. Also Lovestruck has tons of possessive Harry which is one of my favorite things ever. Plus it’s set in Contemptverse, my fav Snarry fic of 2022!!  HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!

Started reading ALOTO series Love & Baseball by Billsfangearring who had a prolific February with some amazing fics. Also behind on commenting.

Finished group crying with some HotD friends about the last cut piece from eldritcher’s Ossuarium. This was pretty emotional because the fic was so huge for us in the last few months. Also respect for eldritcher who not only completed 250K of the formal fic in like 2 months but also posted every single last cut/draft when folks requested it...which was an additional 320K. So we got 570K of Ossuarium and it’s honestly the best thing I have read. Sometimes fics drag on for too long or kind of drag in the beginning/middle/towards the end. Ossuarium is super compact despite the word count and doesn’t really have a single dragging moment. Absolutely phenomenal. I was also personally really sad to see it ending because eldritcher has been pretty vocal for months that this is the last symphonic cycle they are doing in fic which is why they went above and beyond. I hope that’s not the case. But it’s definitely the best series I have read. It was super thrilling to follow it from the beginning. Also really behind on commenting

Recs

10 Femslash Fic recs with 10 Age Gap Pairings with Hermione for Femslash February.

5 snapecase recs

Need to make AO3 collections for them.  Pretty behind on reccing. 

Movies/Books

I saw Cocaine Bear! Life changing. Is it any good? Nope. But it’s definitely more fun compared to MCU anything. YMMV of course.

Also finished reading The Furrows by Namwali Sepwell. Actually if you like imagery/poetry you are probably going to like this book. I liked the first half but I feel like it didn’t really emotionally connect with me after that. Which is pretty unexpected because normally I am a sucker for this type of prose. Maybe I need to read it again sometime. 

RL has been busy so I am just kind of behind on fandom stuff.  Layoffs at work but I kept my job for now which is nice. Super busy and somehow doing more work to compensate for the folks laid off... Also into capitalism sucks memes right now for some reason :D 

#wrapup #february #personal

[finweanladiesweek]

Wrapup 2022

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in Finwean Ladies Week 2022! You make the event what it is, and it’s amazing to see the passion and creativity in this fandom!!

A reminder that we accept late submissions!! If you didn’t quite finish your submission, or you’re struck with information after the event, feel free to submit your content anyway! We are always excited to boost your content!

That being said, in a week or so the mods will stop tracking the tag, so if you don’t get a quick response please double check to make sure the @ mention function is working and/or reach out to a mod (either @arofili or @elesianne) directly!

Thank you all again! See you next year!

- mod anna @arofili <3

#mod post #wrapup #2022 #finweanladiesweek

[roricomics]

That time of year again? 2022 was feral, but I didn't have room on the grid to touch on every project I did; so I can say it was at least a productive chaos 😅

L-to-R art from: DarkPunk Zodiac; Coloring StL exhibit; SweetHot Artbook; Adult Casual Ep. 2; Mah Face; Whoa, Nellie! GN (written by Gibson Twist); She Becomes Death Book of Art & Verse; Nessie Who Never Was (written by Dani Colman); and Sugar: Little Earthquakes Graphic Album (written by Gibson Twist)

#yearend #2022 #wrapup #comics #cartoonist #illustration #womenartists #romance #adventure #goth #mythology #nelliebly #architecture #abortion is healthcare #tori amos #sugar #kissing #artvsartist

[winterwindhymn]

thankful that Netflix and Disney+ don’t have a wrap up ☺️🙏🏼 . . . #yearend #wrapup #applemusic #goodreads #taylorswift #twentyonepilots #blackpink #themaine #music #books #reading #netflix #disney #disneyplus #streaming https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm6xIgOrJWu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[lizziethereader]

March 2024 wrapup

not pictured: - Final Offer by Lauren Asher

March was fun! I decided to try to get around to some sequels and I managed to get through quite a few of them AND really enjoyed most of them as well - a definite win!

favorite of the month: The Narrow Road between desires by Patrick Rothfuss

nonfiction of the month (2): Refusing Compulsory Sexuality by Sherronda Brown, Eichmann in Jerusalem: Ein Bericht von der Banalität des Bösen by Hannah Arendt

classics (1): Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

poetry (1): Hardy:Poems by Thomas Hardy

graphic novel (1): The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mar Barnett and Shawn Harris

#March 2024 wrapup #reading wrapup #book photography #mine #wrapup

[bookishlyvintage]

Everything I read in February (& my thoughts)

#wrapup #february #silver in the book #children of ragnarok #the book of doors #merciless saviors #what the woods took #bookstagram #reading #reading wrap up #books #kindle #ebook #arc #bookblr #booklr #fantasy #ya fantasy #owlcrate

[cassiesbookishcorner]

•January 31, 2023•

Reading WrapUp

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I was really feeling the romance this month. It was calling to me!

I had a fun time reading.

My favorite read during this month is The Hookup Plan by Farrah Rochon.

I read 3 ebooks and one physical/audio.

1,323 pages

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What was your favorite read of January?

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#bookish #bookstagram #bibliophile #bookworm #read #books #tbr #bookaddict #currentlyreading #candle #fantasy #bookaholic #book #booklover #WrapUp #bulletjournal #bujo #reading journal

[lantern-hill]

december wrapup 🎄

👍= recommend / 📌 = added to commonplace book

books

how to be animal - a new history of being human (IPR)

short nonfiction

the rise and rise of the "disposable black girlfriend" (👍)

how white feminists appropriate slavery (👍)

love song to costco (👍📌)

personal style is dead and the algorithm killed it

the whitewashing of the art hoe movement

enoughness

solstices (👍)

selfcare as warfare (👍)

elon musk doesn't care about twitter outside of america (👍)

netflix's wednesday: why it's actual queerbaiting

white transmen holding ourselves accountable to audre lorde’s legacy

how american culture ate the world (👍)

short fiction

some of us had been threatening our friend colby (👍📌)

movies

glass onion (⭐⭐)

the girl with all the gifts (⭐⭐⭐)

no time to die (⭐⭐)

#org #wrapup #december 2022 #barely read this month it was exam season. ah well

[litandroses]

2022 Notable Reads

In no particular order! Books included here does not necessarily mean I rated them highly or that I rated them at all. These are the ones that pleasantly surprised me, that had me thinking, made me feel (scarily) seen, and for some the lasting impact (on me) was simply inexplicable sadness.

Should you choose to read whichever book seems interesting to you or one that is not yet familiar to you, I hope you enjoy too.

You may also find this list here <3

#wrap up #2022 wrap-up #book recs #book recommendations #wrapup #litblr #bookblr #book blog #literature #simon jimenez #hannah kent #mia alvar #elizabeth wein #shokoofeh azar #catherine chidgey #louise nealon #tove jansson #elisa shua dusapin #donatella di pietrantonio #magda szabo #literary fiction #historical fiction