to unwind i love to watch relaxing shows like severance and white lotus 🙃

if unputdownable is the ultimate book compliment i'm going to start using unpickupable as the ultimate book insult

the grace of kings is so good SO GOOD it’s been the number one book on my tbr for ages and I waited until my mood was exactly right for this type of thing. and it’s paying off BIG TIME

tell me I did NOT see someone recommend blood over bright haven as a slow burn enemies to lovers romance

starting the grace of kings today! I’m very excited for this series

most romance: 🙄😴🥱 when cordelia says “when he’s cut, I bleed”: 😭😭😭

I also read this super weird fast-paced sci-fi book! it was like a movie. it’s set in future south africa and has robots, demigods, and too much to explain in one post lol. it was quick and fun!

reread of the first two books is done 😎 I had so much fun and will probably keep a slow reread of the rest of the series going through the year. maybe this time I won’t get too scared and will actually read cryoburn

well i started a vorkosigan reread

putting myself on a ban from trying new books for a bit. rereads of faves only, it’s safer that way

do you ever DNF three books in a row and start to wonder if you’re the problem

update I put this one down too 😭 I might come back to it later, but it was getting too instalovey (I have a lower tolerance for this than average so you may not be bothered at all) and some of the dialogue was making me frown from being annoyed at it

the thing about a last now next is that as a mood reader i probably just lied to you about what i'm reading next #booksky

if floppy orbit paperbacks have no fans i am dead

started reading the blighted stars by megan e o’keefe and so far this is so so so good

unfortunately this was a DNF too bad luck this week 😭

next up: lagoon by nnedi okorafor it’s snowing rn and I’m going to read about aliens. maybe I’m more in the mood for sci-fi? let’s see

read 25% of king’s dragon and it’s not bad at all, but I’m not feeling in love with it like I want to be. setting it aside for now and looking for something to get obsessed with instead

rip 🙏 (they’re not dead I am just returning them unread to the library)

king’s dragon is good enough to keep reading it! so far I’d say I like it, not love it, but there’s some interesting stuff happening so I want to see where it will go

truly don’t know what to read next and I have 0 books in progress. going to try out a few and see if I get interested enough to keep going. first book to try is king’s dragon by kate elliott 👀 it’s the first in a series so fingers crossed I like it

also just finished the favorites, which felt like reading a really long gossipy article about figure skating while also thinking about wuthering heights (in a fun way, I think)

this was really good!! the chapters felt almost like essays about different aspects of white feminism and how they harm women of color. the author combines historical context and modern day examples nicely to explain her main points. highly recommend to anyone but especially to other white women!

reading update: I had to pause reading nuclear war: a scenario due to the General State of This Week Causing Anxiety as my new nonfiction read I picked up white tears/brown scars by ruby hamad and for a little fantasy break I started reading the favorites by layne fargo

navola mini review 🤩 the world and plot were complex and very political, the pacing kept me turning the pages (it escalated as the book went on) 🙂 the characters were messy and complicated 😬 it was a little crass for my taste, and it was right at the limit of my violence tolerance ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

omg i love robin hobb

navola reading update: I’m about halfway through and just finished part 2. the plot is picking up quite a bit after a pretty slow-paced beginning, and I’m really interested in the story. on a negative note, some of the descriptions are very written by a man (derogatory) and I hate that 🤢

it’s time to speak my truth: in a lot of trilogies (or maybe most trilogies?), the second book is the best

introduce yourself with one book 📕 one film 🎬 one album 💿 one show 📺

the new episode was quite good and then I spent a long time reading about theories and talking with people about the new developments. so fun!!! a really good weekly show that lots of people are watching is one of my very favorite things

please tell me about the series you love so much that you can’t be normal about them. here are some of mine: 🐺 realm of the elderlings 🪐 the vorkosigan saga 🗡️ memory sorrow and thorn 🟩 the green bone saga 🎭 the masquerade (baru cormorant)

in an effort to find people who have similar reading taste, here are some of the fantasy books I love! -the final strife -the jasmine throne -the sword of kaigen -the shadow of what was lost -fool’s errand -ship of magic -the poppy war -a day of fallen night -the traitor baru cormorant

just found out I can’t watch the new episode of severance until tomorrow. tragic

starting my 12 nonfiction books challenge today with some nice existential dread

september is looking good (if this information is true 🤞)

you all better actually read those gorgeous editions of memory sorrow and thorn

me? absolutely loving the beginning of a book where the setup is someone reflecting on his life story starting from when he was a kid in complicated circumstances? that has rich worldbuilding? and the first sentence of the book mentions a dragon?

this year, my reading time will be a bit more limited, so I want to really focus on quality, not quantity. to me, that means being more intentional about what I pick up and DNFing very freely if something isn’t working. so far I’ve had two five-star reads and three DNFs!

last - now - next last: we could be rats by emily austin (so good, 5⭐️, but check content warnings) now: navola by paolo bacigalupi (trying to read this one slowly because it’s fantastic) next: the heart of what was lost by tad williams (so excited)