#What I Read

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mid-year roundup

note: favourites in color & askterisked

current affairs

The Real Reason Israel Attacked Iran by Ori Goldberg

social commentary

why is social media not fun anymore? by Mina Le*

A cure for individualism by Tim Connolly

The Importance of real Things by Ted Kutina

the rise of conservatism in gen z by Madisyn Brown

Our diverse togetherness by Chelsea Wallis

Antisocial Goods by Tell the Bees*

Why Social Media Screen Time Is So Bad for Sleep by Brian Chin

How America Keeps Its Citizens Uneducated by ashley viola

The TRADWIVES of TikTok by FunkyFrogBait

What about the men though? by Caro Clarke

Humble by Catherine Shannon

science

How Nostalgia Keeps Friendships Alive by Kuan-Ju Huang

Why People Feel More Energised with Less Sleep by Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

books

Notes on Her Colour by Jennifer Neal

Foster by Claire Keegan

Yellowface by RF Kuang

Nightcrarwling by Leila Mottley

films

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024)*

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

12th Fail (2023)

Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam (2022)

When Harry Met Sally (1989)*

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Past Lives (2023)

Dunkirk (2017)

Uptown Girls (2008)

Darlings (2022)

documentaries

Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke (2025)

[xxxyzart]

"It doesn't matter how charming you are if there's no one to charm.”

― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

[disorder-alice]

Just me and my silly little current reading

(This cover is so aesthetically pleasingggggg i love it)

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2023 Wrap-Up!

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What I read in spring 2024 🐌

The book of form and emptiness by Ruth Ozeki The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan Can the Subaltern Speak? by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

[swampmanticore]

Trying to end second trilogy of Drizzt, and it's VERY DIFFICULT. Idk, is it my problem, or all the books of the 80s were written so dryly and epic and a bit unrealistic, or this is specifically Salvatore's problem of that period. Only Entreri saves me.

the long noisy sip of karkade

And how did you read the Dale?

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Пытаюсь дочитать вторую трилогию Дзирта, и всё идет очень ТУГО. Хз, моя это проблема, или все книги 80х писались настолько сухо, эпично и слегка нереалистично; или это проблема конкретно Сальваторе того периода. Меня спасает только Энтрери.

громкий сёрп каркаде

А как вы читали Долину?

[nictelsm]

I have read Problem Sleuth. I have read Jailbreak. I have read Bardquest. I've read And It Don't Stop, Whistles, all the scribblettes, every Sweet Bro & Hella Jeff, every 6 Cool Dude and Stoner Lous, Neon Ice Cream Headache, and anything else the big lipped dick at Massachusetts has made, written, and drew.

But what did I not read, and somehow have an interest in? Homestuck. Everybody wants to latch onto Homestuck first, but screw that. I got the good shit instead. I'm one of the more fortunate followers of Andrew Hussie's works, the kind who is lucky to not sit through shit like the Epilogues or Beyond Canon.

Y'know why I keep mentioning Homestuck and it's stuff a few times? Because it's actually sucking me into the convoluted, digital shitpost storyline of 4 kids and a reality bending video game, and I can't pick wether I wanna read it or not.

I know it's flaws, I've been heard about the flaws, I've remembered hearing about the flaws as early as the start of this year, when I was browsing old HSG posts from 2012-2013 (although not entirely because I was a pussy), yet the webcomic...

It beckons...

And thank fuck I didn't dive into Psycholonials. The art in that game ranges from "poor imitation of Homestuck's beanhero mode" and "lineless, pixelated mess," and all of that is a no for me.

[emily-reads-books]

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my cruel prince binge: november reading

The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson 4.5/5. Chilling, but not scary. the ending snuck up on me then stuck with me.

The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros 3.5/5. I loved the vignettes, but it went a little slow (while trying to acknowledge that not speeding through a book does not necessarily constitute a lower rating)

The Cruel Prince, The Wicked King, The Queen of Nothing, How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories, Holly Black. 4/5 ummmmmmmmmmmmm... this series had me in a chokehold for about seven days. now, about a month later, i realize it was because of Jude - driven by a need of power, not necessarily love. as a twin myself, the dynamic between Taryn and Jude was perfect. and the SLOW BURN ROMANCE. Cardan was perfectly tortured. I read them like one big saga, which was helpful to deal with its surface level world building.

If We Were Villains, M.L. Rio 4.5/5. YES YES. almost perfect. it just would've been everything to me if I saw a BIT more with Oliver and James. even if it wasn't them together together, we needed more to convince me of oliver's action in the end. like why was he sleeping with meredith so much??? it threw me off

[gloomshroomstudio]

Late night hobonichi trials in my old book because I’m too scared to start my new one…

[wecandoit]

bimonthly roundup | dec-jan

notes: trying out a new layout and name for these bimonthly updates. i'll tag them now under #roundups (including the past posts). i'm using summer break to get back into watching films and tv!

lifestyle

101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think by Brianna Wiest (book)

How to end a toxic relationship

At what point does the Santa myth become a harmful deception?

What does switching from paper to screens mean for how we read?

youtube: third places, stanley cup mania, and the epidemic of loneliness

youtube: Make Body Language Your Superpower

youtube: How every child can thrive by five

culture, history, race

The day the Taliban banned women like me from working

youtube: the LOSS of architectural BEAUTY: america's ugly housing developments

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (book)

misc interests

Mirrorless or DSLR Cameras—which is right for you?

How do Credit Cards work?

How Suppliers Design Traditional Ornamental Ceilings

youtube: NEVER TOO SMALL: Iconic Tokyo Architect’s Tiny House - 19sqm/194sqft

youtube: The importance of documenting my (boring) life

entertainment

youtube: i rated places with 0 reviews

movie: Minari (2020)

movie: Luca (2021)

movie: The Handmaiden (2016)

movie: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2001)

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“Some of us exist just a little too loudly for the comfort of those who would prefer we did not exist at all”

― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Brothers Hawthorne

[werewolfteacher]

What I Read: Alan Scott Green Lantern No. 6

[goga-je-pieroga]

First edition cover

Prince Caspian 1951 by C.S Lewis

[thewavesbrokeontheshore]

What I read in summer 2024 🍨🐚

Babel by R. F. Kuang

Blutbuch by Kim de l'Horizon

Ο μπιντές by Μάριος Χάκκας

Η ξεπάρθενη by Λιλίκα Νάκου

Λοιμός by Ανδρέας Φραγκιάς

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde trans. in greek by Ismini Theodoropoulou

Gérard ή το σπαθί στην πλάτη του by Στηβ Στιβακτής

The Wind that Lays Waste by Selva Almada