#H.K. Browne

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Marbled Monday

It's a mishandled Marbled Monday with this copy of The O'Donoghue: A Tale of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Irish novelist and raconteur Charles Lever, Esq (1806-1872). The book was published in 1845 in Dublin by William Curry, Jun. and Company with illustrations by H.K. Browne (Hablot Knight Browne, 1815-1882), an English artist and illustrator also known by his pen name, Phiz. The first illustration in particular caught my eye—it's a guy (and his gun) being thrown out a window with the caption "The Reckoning." And what a reckoning, indeed!

The marbling is a pattern called Spanish Wave that also features brightly colored veining in red, yellow, and a darker blue. I called it a "mishandled Marbled Monday" because of the abrasions to the front and back covers of the book and the library accoutrement attached to the front inside covers. Certainly not how we would treat a book in our collection these days, though this one was recently transferred to our collection from the library's general stacks.

The bookplate that doesn't have a library pocket glued over it is that of the Earl of Mexborough, though which one we aren't sure. It is likely that it was owned by John Charles George Savile, 4th Earl of Mexborough, as he was alive from 1810-1899 and this book was published in 1845. The bookplate features the arms of the Savile family, with three owls on a diagonal stripe, a lion on either side in chains, and an owl atop a knight's helmet at the top. It includes the family motto: "Be fast."

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-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager

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Batch Ratings for 2019: Contemporary/Romance Edition

This is a list of contemporary books that I read in 2019. I didn’t really write full reviews for them but I still wanted to share my ratings! My full reading list can be found on my [Goodreads] so you can look further into them! Review from Goodreads: “I. FREAKING. LOVED. THIS. SO. HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I WANT MORE!!!!!Oh my god how am I going to sleep now. I am way too awake from all the…

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Fearless TV: An Inspired Reading Recommendations List

Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle (Fearless)

Ellie Pillai Is Brown by Christine Pillainayagam (Fifteen)

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (Love Story)

Better Than The Movies by Lynn Painter (Hey Stephen)

An Abundance Of Katherines by John Green (White Horse)

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (You Belong With Me)

It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han (Breathe)

Today, Tonight, Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon (Tell Me Why)

We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han (You're Not Sorry)

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han (The Way I Loved You)

All This Time by Mikki Daughtry and Rachael Lippincott (Forever & Always)

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (The Best Day)

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Change)

Heartstopper Vol. 1 by Alice Oseman (Jump Then Fall)

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Untouchable)

All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (Come In With The Rain)

Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi (Superstar)

Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell (The Other Side Of The Door)

Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han (Today Was A Fairytale)

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston (You All Over Me)

She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen (Mr. Perfectly Fine)

Dear Heartbreak by Heather Demetrios (We Were Happy)

Any Way The Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell (That's When)

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio (Don't You)

Ellie Pillai Is (Almost) In Love by Christine Pillainayagam (Bye Bye Baby)

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books of 2023

key:

🌔 reread

🪹 no thoughts no praise

🌊 i have to emotionally recover from this

💥 many thoughts not all praise

🌷 enjoyable

🫧 lovely

january

1. annihilation by jeff vandermeer 🌊

2. the uncoupling by meg wolitzer 🪹

3. the interestings by meg wolitzer 🌔

4. sorrow and bliss by meg mason 💥

5. the catcher in the rye by j.d. salinger  🌷

6. brown girl in the ring by nalo hopkinson 🌷

7. astrid parker doesn’t fail by ashley herring blake 🪹

february

8. little eyes by samanta schweblin 🌷

9. we have always lived in the castle by shirley jackson 🫧

10. fight club by chuck palahniuk 🫧

11. salt fish girl by larissa lai 🫧

12. a visit from the goon squad by jennifer egan 🌊

13. wintergirls by laurie halse anderson 🌊

14. oryx and crake by margaret atwood 🪹

15. severance by ling ma 🌊

march

16. olga dies dreaming by xóchitl gonzález 💥

17. the hating game by sally thorne 🌊

18. second first impressions by sally thorne 🌷

19. american royals by katherine mcgee 💥

20. the worst best man by mia sosa 🌷

21. my year of rest and relaxation by ottessa moshfegh 🌔

22. the change by kirsten miller 🫧

23. sealed with a diss by lisi harrison 🌔

24. fledgling by octavia butler 💥

25. the road by cormac mccarthy 🌊

26. intimacies by katie kitamura 🫧

27. le divorce by diane johnson 🌊

april

28. it happened one summer: a novel by tessa bailey 💥

29. fifty words for rain by asha lemmie💥

30. all my puny sorrows by miriam toews 🌔

31. speak by laurie halse anderson 🌔

32. the queen’s gambit by walter tevis 🫧

33. you will know me: a novel by megan abbot 🌷

34. the virgin suicides by jeffrey eugenides 🌔

35. the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse by charlie mackery 🌊

may

36. beautiful world, where are you: a novel by sally rooney 🌷

37. conversations with friends: a novel by sally rooney 🌊

38. a tree grows in brooklyn by betty smith 🫧

39. emergency contacts by mary h.k. choi 🌔

40. i’ll give you the sun by jandy nelson 🌔

41. if i never met you: a novel by mhairi mcfarlane 🌷

42. the girls by emma cline 🌊

43. confessions of a shopaholic: a novel by sophie kinsella 💥

44. second place: a novel by rachel cusk 🌊

45. convenience store woman by sayaka murata 🌔

june

46. the black presidency: barack obama and the politics of race in america by michael eric dyson 🫧

47. i’ll be you by janelle brown 🪹

48. the best american short stories (2020) 🌊

49. crazy rich asians by kevin kwan 🌔

50. the suitors: a novel by cécile david-weill 🌷

51. monster high by lisi harrison 🌔

52. elegance by kathleen tessaro 🌔

53. monster high: the ghoul next door by lisi harrison 🌔

54. monster high: where there’s a wolf, there’s a way by lisi harrison 🌔

july

55. monster high: back and deader than ever by lisi harrison 🌔

56. thin girls by diana clarke 🌊

57. eileen by ottessa moshfegh 🌷

58. china rich girlfriend by kevin kwan 🌔

59. composing a life by mary catherine bateson 🌷

60. in every mirror she’s black by lọlá ákínmádé åkerström 🌊

61. the invasion by k.a. applegate (animorphs) 🌔

62. less by andrew sean greer 🌊

63. the visitor by k.a. applegate (animorphs) 🌔

august

64. when katie met cassidy by camille perri 🌷

65. the message by k.a. applegate (animorphs) 🌔

66. the predator by k.a. applegate (animorphs) 🌔

67. the capture by k.a. applegate (animorphs) 🌔

68. the stranger by k.a. applegate (animorphs) 🌔

69. david kibbe's metamorphosis: discover your image identity and dazzle as only you can by david kibbe (who could have guessed) 🌷

70. the most fun we ever had by claire lombardo 🌔

71. earthlings by sayaka murata 🫧

72. pageboy: a memoir by elliot page 🫧

73. diary of an oxygen thief by anonymous 🌊

74. bridget jones’s diary by helen fielding 🌷

september

75. idol, burning by rin usami 🫧

76. cleopatra and frankenstein by coco mellors 🌷

77. kitchen by banana yoshimoto 🫧

78. addiction by design by natasha dow schüll 🌊

79. the fellowship of the ring by j.r.r. tolkein 💥

80. smashed: story of a drunken girlhood by koren zailckas 🌊

october

81. american psycho by bret easton ellis 🌊

82. all the lovers in the night by mieko kawakami 🫧

83. peace, love, and baby ducks by lauren myracle 🌖

84. if i had your face by frances cha 🌊

85. milk fed by melissa broder 🪹

86. legally blonde by amanda brown 💥

november

87. seven ways we lie by riley redgate 🌖

88. even the stars look lonesome by maya angelou 🫧

89. airhead by meg cabot 🌖

90. being nikki by meg cabot 🌖

91. runaway by meg cabot 🌖

92. wuthering heights by emily brontë 🌊

93. slouching towards bethlehem by joan didion 🫧

94. the heart principle by helen hoang 💥

95. in the shape of a human body i am visiting earth, edited by ilya kaminsky, dominic luxford, and jesse nathan 🌊

96. good for you by tammara webber 🌖

97. here without you by tammara webber 🪹

december

98. breasts and eggs by mieko kawakami 🌊

99. ender’s shadow by orson scott card 🌖

100. girlfriend in a coma by douglas coupland 🌊

101. altered states by anita brookner 🌊

102. i don’t know how she does it by allison pearson 💥

103. the hunger games by suzanne collins 🌖

104. catching fire by suzanne collins 🌖

105. mockingjay by suzanne collins 🌖

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2022 in books

january:

the architecture of happiness by alain de bottom

an american marriage by tayari jones

filter house by nisi shawl

february:

the metamorphosis by franz kafka

the worst best man by mia sosa

the hating game by sally throne

utopia avenue by david mitchell

march:

people we meet on vacation by emily henry

it happened one summer by tessa bailey

hook, line, and sinker by tessa bailey

the unhoneymooners by christina lauren

the spanish love deception by elena armas

minor detail by adania shibli

get a life, chloe brown by talia hibbert

take a hint, dani brown by talia hibbert

act your age, eve brown by talia hibbert

born to run by bruce springsteen

homesick for another world by ottessa moshfegh

the kiss quotient by helen hoang

the love hypothesis by ali hazelwood

boy parts by eliza clark

fix her up by tessa bailey

before the coffee gets cold by toshikazu kawaguchi

april:

tools of engagement by tessa bailey

nausea by jean-paul sartre

the fine print by lauren asher

the brothers karamazov by fyodor dostoevsky

happy hour by marlowe granados

love and other words by christine lauren

may:

fear and loathing in las vegas by hunter s. thompson

lolita by vladimir nabokov

june:

atonement by ian mcewan

an enchantment of ravens by margaret rogerson

six of crows by leigh bardugo

house of earth and blood by sarah j. maas

house of sky and breath by sarah j. maas

breakfast at tiffany’s & other voices, other rooms: two novels by truman capote

bunny by mona awad

when he was wicked by julia quinn

rebecca by daphne du maurier

fight club by chuck palahtniuk

july:

yolk by mary h.k. choi

milk fed by melissa broder

junky by william s. burroughs

in the dream house by carmen maria machado

august:

breakfast of champions by kurt vonnegut jr

animal by lisa taddeo

one last stop by casey mcquiston

the antichrist by friedrich nietzsche

shop girl by steve martin

a room with a view by e.m. forster

a court of thorns and roses by sarah j. maas

a court of mist and fury by sarah j. maas

a court of wings and ruin by sarah j. maas

september:

orlando by virginia woolf

coraline by neil gaiman

book lovers by emily henry

october:

almond by sohn won-pyung

l.a. woman by eve babitz

catch-22 by joseph heller

exciting times by naoise dolan

november:

tender is the flesh by augstina bazterrica

a grief observed by c.s. lewis

little birds by anaïs nin

cultish: the language of fanaticism by amanda montell

december:

role models by john waters

the hobbit by j.r.r. tolkien

the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid

the awakening by kate chopin

reel to real: race, sex, and class at the movies by bell hooks

tales from the cafe by toshikazu kawaguchi

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book log - 2019

my kind of perfect by hannah ellis

not the girl you marry by andie j. christopher

the wedding party by jasmine guillory

sweet venom by tera lynn childs

obsession by amanda robson

the proposal by jasmine guillory

maybe in another life by taylor jenkins reid

the last librarian by brandt legg

exit west by mohsin hamid

the water cure by sophie mackintosh

the broken hearts' society of suite 17c by leighann kopans

royal holiday by jasmine guillory

the good samaritan by john marrs

fuck marriage by taryn fisher

christmas with friends by hannah ellis

the death of mrs. westaway by ruth ware

gabi, a girl in pieces by isabel quintero

swipe right for murder by derek millman

#therealcinderella by yesenia vargas

shutter island by dennis lehane

the wedding of rachel blaine by amy cross

pieces of her by karin slaughter

these witches don't burn by isabel sterling

a spark of light by jodi picoult

the friend by teresa driscoll

frankissstein by jeanette winterson

how to hang a witch by adriana mather

the bride test by helen hoang

just one bite by jack heath

the babysitters coven by kate williams

blame game by c.j. cooke

about the night by anat talshir

wreckage by emily bleeker

our house by louise candilish

just what kind of mother are you? by paula daly

the other ann by amy cross

in a dark, dark wood by ruth ware

spare room by dreda say mitchell

jar of hearts by jennifer hillier

without remorse by tom clancy

the amateurs by liz harmer

exhalation by ted chiang

the astonishing color of after by emily x.r. pan

all the beautiful lies by peter swanson

batman: year one by frank miller

go by kazuki kaneshiro

the bird and the sword by amy harmon

q is for quarry by sue grafton

guilt by amanda robson

blame it on bianca del rio by bianca del rio

size 14 is not fat either by meg cabot

the banker's wife by cristina alger

a good enough mother by bev thomas

someone we know by shari lapena

the man i thought you were by leah mercer

radio silence by alice oseman

the butterfly garden by dot hutchison

in twenty years by allison winn scotch

what happened at the lake by phil m. williams

the thinnest air by minka kent

you know me well by nina lacour

the waiting room by emily bleeker

sleeping murder by agatha christie

we were mothers by katie sise

bunny by mona awad

the one by john marrs

losing leah halloway by lisa reganby devney perry

the song of achilles by madeline miller

daughters of the lake by wendy webb

remember me? by sophie kinsella

the birthday list by devney perry

a curse so dark and lonely by birgid kemmener

spindle by e.k. johnston

the babysitter by sheryl browne

a serial killer's daughter by kerri rawson

the ex by alafair burke

the meryl streep movie club by mia march

watership down by richard adams

every ugly word by aimee l. salter

the rhythm of blues by love belvin

killman creek by rachel caine

undead girl gang by lily anderson

the turn of the key by ruth ware

smart girls gets what they want by sarah strohmeyer

girl gnoe virals by arvin ahmadi

the perfect roommate by minka kent

brother by david chariandy

that time i loved you by carrianne leung

lock every door by riley sager

the zen man by colleen collins

stillhouse lake by rachel caine

daisy jones & the six by taylor jenkins reid

once upon a river by daine setterfield

the good widow by liz fenton

sadie by courtney summers

dead girls by tim kizer

half past by victoria helen stone

the woo-woo by lindsay wong

ender's game by orson scott card

smoke by catherine mckenzie

the favorite daughter by kaira rouda

xo by jeffery deaver

whiskey in a teacup by reese witherspoon

the truth lies here by lindsey klingele

save the date by morgan matson

i am wathcing you by teresa driscoll

the last time i lied by riley sager

alex and eliza by melissa de la cruz

little fires everywhere by celeste ng

the long deception by mary mccluskey

fast forward by juliet madison

emergency contact by mary h.k. choi

two weddings and a fugitive by donna joy usher

the rules of magic by alice hoffman

i dream of johnny by juliet madison

friends like these by hannah ellids

the perfect mother by aimee molloy

a beautiful poison by lydia kang

girls with sharp sticks by suzanne young

the other woman by sandie jones

from twinkle with love by sandhya menon

the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid

instant mom by nia vardalos

finding claire by lisa regan

the silent patient by alex michaelides

hidden bodies by caroline kepnes

playing with matches by hannah orenstein

the last resort by marissa stapley

robin by dave itzkoff

the perfect child by lucinda berry

sugar run by mesha maren

the afterlife of holly chase by cynthia hand

bright side by kim holden

convenience store woman by sayaka murata

the perfect mother by nina darnton

rush by lisa patton

girls' night out by liz fenton

the tattooist of auschwitz by heather morris

the power by naomi alderman

bird box by josh malerman

all we ever wanted by emily giffin

the haunting of hill house by shirley jackson

this is how it always is by laurie frankel

eligible by curtis sittenfield

the better sister by alafair burke

an anonymous girl by greer hendricks

educated by tara westover

nine perfect strangers by liane moriarty

the good neighbor: the life and work of fred rogers by maxwell king

harry potter and the philosopher's stone by j.k. rowling

five feet apart by rachael lippincott

the seven deaths of evelyn hardcastle by stuart turton

harry potter and the chamber of secrets by j.k. rowling

verity by colleen hoover

the wedding beat by devan sipher

harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban by j.k. rowling

boy swallows universe by trent dalton

the polygamist's daughter by anna labaron

harry potter and the order of the phoenix by j.k. rowling

starstruck in seattle by juliet madison

harry potter and the goblet of fire by j.k. rowling

13 minutes by sarah pinborough

harry potter and the half blood prince by j.k. rowling

the silver star by jeannette walls

harry potter and the deathly hallows by j.k. rowling

the girls by emma cline

the sun is also a star by nicola yoon

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Where every player played during the 2004-05 NHL lockout: Buffalo

Czech Extraliga: Aleš Kotalík (Bílí Tygři Liberec) ECHL: Eric Boulton (Columbia Inferno) HockeyAllsvenskan: Taylor Pyatt (Hammarby I.F. Ishockeyförening) SEL: Henrik Tallinder (Linköping Hockeyklubb) Slovak Extraliga: Miroslav Šatan (H.K. Slovan Bratislava) DEL: Andy Delmore (Adler Mannheim) & Jochen Hecht (Adler Mannheim) Liiga: Brian Campbell (Helsingin Jokerit) & Mika Noronen (Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho) NL: Daniel Brière (S.C. Bern), Jean-Pierre Dumont (S.C. Bern) & Henrik Tallinder (S.C. Bern) RSL: Maxim Afinogenov (K.K. Dynamo Moscow), Dmitri Kalinin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) & Oleksiy Zhitnik (X.K. Ak Bars) AHL: Milan Bartovič (Rochester Americans), Rory Fitzpatrick (Rochester Americans), Doug Janik (Rochester Americans), Jeff Jillson (Rochester Americans), Ryan Miller (Rochester Americans), Norm Milley (Rochester Americans), Jason Pominville (Rochester Americans), Derek Roy (Rochester Americans) & Chris Taylor (Rochester Americans) Didn't Play: Martin Biron, Brad Brown, Chris Drury, Mike Grier, Adam Mair, Jay McKee, James Patrick & Andrew Peters

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2022 in books.

𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐆𝐎𝐀𝐋𝐒:

Read more ✓ Read 52 books

Read more nonfiction from my small collection that’s grown over the past year ✓ Read 10 nonfiction books out of 52 (roughly 19%)

Revisit some old favorites ✓ Reread 8 of my favorite books

Finally get to the books that I’ve had sitting on my TBR for years ✓ Finally read Dorian Gray, Only Prostitutes Marry in May, The Razor’s Edge, and The Yellow Wallpaper

𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐖𝐑𝐀𝐏-𝐔𝐏:

Goal: 50

Overall Count: 52

Average Rating: 3.7

Favorite New Book: Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi, The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham, Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Least Favorite Book: November 9 by Colleen Hoover, Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite, and It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover

𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐋𝐘 𝐖𝐑𝐀𝐏-𝐔𝐏: 𝓳𝓪𝓷𝓾𝓪𝓻𝔂 — 15 books

the kiss quotient by helen hoang ✹ 5.0

bluets by maggie nelson ✹ 3.25

mr salary by sally rooney ✹ 3.75

the cruel prince by holly black ✹ 4.50

the lost sisters by holly black ✹ 3.0

the red scrolls of magic by cassandra clare ✹ 2.0

sharp objects by gillian flynn (reread) ✹ 5.0

dearly by margaret atwood ✹ 3.5

the wicked king by holly black ✹ 5.0

the queen of nothing by holly black ✹ 4.25

how the king of elfhame learned to hate stories by holly black ✹ 3.75

the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid ✹ 5.0

if we were villains by m.l. rio (reread) ✹ 5.0

get a life, chloe brown by talia hibbert ✹ 3.75

daisy jones & the six by taylor jenkins reid ✹ 5.0

favorite book: daisy jones & the six by taylor jenkins reid least favorite book: the red scrolls of magic by cassandra clare

𝓯𝓮𝓫𝓻𝓾𝓪𝓻𝔂 — 0 books

𝓶𝓪𝓻𝓬𝓱 — 4 books

boy parts by eliza clark ✹ 4.75

november 9 by colleen hoover ✹ 1.0

the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde ✹ 4.5

gone girl by gillian flynn (reread) ✹ 5.0

favorite book: boy parts by eliza clark least favorite book: november 9 by colleen hoover

𝓪𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓵 — 4 books

my year of rest and relaxation by ottessa moshfegh ✹ 4.0

pride & prejudice by jane austen (reread) ✹ 5.0

black swans by eve babitz ✹ 3.5

a life cycle: a guide to healing and rediscovering yourself by nicole asherah ✹ 4.0

favorite book: my year of rest and relaxation by ottessa moshfegh least favorite book: n/a

𝓶𝓪𝔂 — 3 books

yolk by mary h.k. choi ✹ 5.0

normal people by sally rooney (reread) ✹ 5.0

things have gotten worse since we last spoke by eric larocca ✹ 2.5

favorite book: yolk by mary h.k. choi least favorite book: things have gotten worse since we last spoke by eric larocca

𝓳𝓾𝓷𝓮 — 0 books

𝓳𝓾𝓵𝔂 — 2 books

the yellow wallpaper by charlotte perkins gilman ✹ 3.75

galatea by madeline miller ✹ 4.0

favorite book: galatea by madeline miller least favorite book: n/a

𝓪𝓾𝓰𝓾𝓼𝓽 — 12 books

trick mirror by jia tolentino ✹ 4.0

malibu rising by taylor jenkins reid ✹ 4.5

bunny by mona awad ✹ 2.75

the risk by s.t. abby ✹ 2.5

sidetracked by s.t. abby ✹ 2.75

scarlet angel by s.t. abby ✹ 2.75

all the lies by s.t. abby ✹ 2.75

paint it all red by s.t. abby ✹ 2.0

the bride test by helen hoang ✹ 2.0

charlotte’s web by e.b. white (reread) ✹ 4.0

the heart principle by helen hoang ✹ 5.0

i’m glad my mom died by jennette mccurdy ✹ 4.5

favorite book: the heart principle by helen hoang least favorite book: paint it all red by s.t. abby

𝓼𝓮𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓮𝓻 — 2 books

the laugh of medusa by hélène cixous ✹ 4.5

empireland: how imperalism has shaped modern britain by sathnam sanghera ✹ 3.0

favorite book: the laugh of medusa by hélène cixous least favorite book: n/a

𝓸𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓫𝓮𝓻 — 2 books

the goldfinch by donna tartt (reread) ✹ 5.0

it starts with us by colleen hoover ✹ 1.0

favorite book: n/a least favorite book: it starts with us by colleen hoover

𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓮𝓻 — 5 books

female chauvinist pigs: women and the rise of raunch culture by ariel levy ✹ 3.0

only prostitutes marry in may by dacia maraini ✹ 4.0

snapshots of a daughter-in-law: poems, 1954–1962 by adrienne rich ✹ 2.0

exquisite corpse by poppy z. brite ✹ 1.0

devotion by patti smith ✹ 3.75

favorite book: only prostitutes marry in may by dacia maraini least favorite book: exquisite corpse by poppy z. brite

𝓭𝓮𝓬𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓮𝓻 — 3 books

trainwreck: the women we love to hate, mock, and fear...and why by sady doyle ✹ 4.5

the secret history by donna tartt (reread) ✹ 5.0

the razor’s edge by w. somerset maugham ✹ 5.0

favorite book: the razor’s edge by w. somerset maugham least favorite book:

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Charles Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) 

English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. (Wikipedia)

From our stacks: Cover detail, title page and frontispiece from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. With illustrations by H. K. Browne. London: Chapman & Hall, 1888.

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do you have any book recommendations? also thank you for taking time to post such beautiful posts, you're an inspiration<3

Thank you 🌼My curious friend, you should've been more specific about what genre you're more interested in for the list seems to be never-ending. I've written down the names according to different colors you might be feeling.

Shades of blue

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong

The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Swimming in the Dark, Tomasz Jedrowski

Letters to a young poet, Rainer Maria Rilke

A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara

The Castle, Franz Kafka

The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky

Shades of green

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, V.E. Schwab

Giovanni’s Room, James Baldwin

Maurice, Howard’s End by E. M. Forster

Call Me By Your Name, Find Me by André Aciman

Shades of brown

Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë

The Metamorphosis and other stories, Franz Kafka

If We Were Villains, M. L. Rio

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Toshikazu Kawaguchi

The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun

Golden

The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller

Circe, Madeline Miller

The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho

Shades of yellow

Almond, Won-pyung Sohn

The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera

The Housekeeper and the Professor, Yōko Ogawa

Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi

The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura

Shades of purple

Luster by Raven Leilani

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Shades of Black, White, Grey

Fish in Exile, Vi Khi Nao

The Trial, Franz Kafka

Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky

No Longer Human, Osamu Dazai

1984, George Orwell

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, Haruki Murakami

Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami

Shades of pink

Where Angels Fear to Tread, E. M. Forster

Death with Interruptions, José Saramago

If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura

Shades of red

Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy

Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov

Damage, Josephine Hart

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

The Autobiography of Red, Anne Carson

Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Poetry

Ariel by Sylvia Plath

Crush by Richard Siken

War of the Foxes by Richard Siken

Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire

Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky

When My Brother Was An Aztec by Natalie Diaz

If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho by Sappho (Anne Carson)

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda

The Complete Collected Poems by Maya Angelou

The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova by Anna Akhmatova

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Best Reads of 2021: Fiction

Oona Out of Order - Margarita Montimore

The Secret Bridesmaid - Katy Birchall

Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry

Finlay Donovan is Killing It - Elle Cosimano

The Charm Offensive - Alison Cochrun

Tokyo Ever After - Emiko Jean

Yolk - Mary H.K. Choi

Feral Creatures - Kira Jane Buxton

Vicious - V.E. Schwab

Fugitive Telemetry - Martha Wells

Fangs - Sarah Andersen

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BOOKS BY ASIAN AUTHORS MASTERLIST #stopasianhate

In light of recent events and the growing anti- Asian hate in the US and UK over the course of the pandemic I wanted to put together a masterlist of books by Asian authors. Obviously, it’s not extensive and there are HUNDREDS out there, but supporting art by Asian creators is a way of showing support; read their stories, educate ourselves. It goes without saying that we should all be putting effort into reading stories of POC and by POC because even through fiction we’re learning about different cultures, countries and heritages. So here’s some books to start with by Asian authors!

Here is a link also for resources to educate and petitions to sign (especially if you don’t read haha). It’s important that we educate ourselves and uplift Asian voices right now. Your anti-racism has to include every minority that faces it.

https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/

for UK peeps, this is a good read: We may not hear about the anti Asian racism happening here, but it is definitely happening. https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/culture-news/a35692226/its-time-we-stopped-downplaying-the-uks-anti-asian-racism/

 THE BOOKS:

·         War Cross- Marie Lu ( the worldbuilding in this is IMMENSE.)

For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn’t just a game—it’s a way of life. The obsession started ten years ago and its fan base now spans the globe, some eager to escape from reality and others hoping to make a profit. 

·         Star Daughter- Shveta Thakrar

A beautiful story about a girl who is half human and half star, and she must go to the celestial court to try to save her father after he has fallen ill. And before she knows it, she is taking part in a magical competition that she must win!

·         These Violent Delights- Chloe Gong (I told my little sister to read this book yesterday bc she has a thing for a Leo as Romeo- so if you want deadly good looking Romeos, badass Juliet’s and to learn about 1920s Shanghai- this is for you.)

The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. A Romeo and Juliet retelling.

·         The Poppy War- R.F Kuang (My fave fantasy series just fyi- it’s soul crushing in the best way. Rebecca Kuang is a god of an author).

A brilliantly imaginative talent makes her exciting debut with this epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic, in the tradition of Ken Liu’s Grace of Kings and N.K. Jemisin’s Inheritance Trilogy.

·         Loveboat Taipei-  Abigail Hing Wen  (Really heartwarming and insightful!)

When eighteen-year-old Ever Wong’s parents send her from Ohio to Taiwan to study Mandarin for the summer, she finds herself thrust among the very over-achieving kids her parents have always wanted her to be, including Rick Woo, the Yale-bound prodigy profiled in the Chinese newspapers since they were nine—and her parents’ yardstick for her never-measuring-up life.

·         Sorcerer to the Crown- Zen Cho (if anyone is looking for another Howl’s Moving Castle, look no further than this book)

At his wit’s end, Zacharias Wythe, freed slave, eminently proficient magician, and Sorcerer Royal of the Unnatural Philosophers—one of the most respected organizations throughout all of Britain—ventures to the border of Fairyland to discover why England’s magical stocks are drying up.

·         Emergency Contact- Mary H.K. Choi (very wholesome and fun rom-com!)

For Penny Lee high school was a total nonevent. When she heads to college in Austin, Texas, to learn how to become a writer, it’s seventy-nine miles and a zillion light years away from everything she can’t wait to leave behind.

 ·         Jade City- Fonda Lee (I am reading this currently and can I just say- I think everyone who loves fantasy and blood feuds in a story should read this.)

JADE CITY is a gripping Godfather-esque saga of intergenerational blood feuds, vicious politics, magic, and kungfu. The Kaul family is one of two crime syndicates that control the island of Kekon. It's the only place in the world that produces rare magical jade, which grants those with the right training and heritage superhuman abilities.

 ·         A Pho Love Story- Loan Le

When Dimple Met Rishi meets Ugly Delicious in this funny, smart romantic comedy, in which two Vietnamese-American teens fall in love and must navigate their newfound relationship amid their families’ age-old feud about their competing, neighbouring restaurants.

·         Rebelwing- Andrea Tang

Business is booming for Prudence Wu. A black-market-media smuggler and scholarship student at the prestigious New Columbia Preparatory Academy, Pru is lucky to live in the Barricade Coalition where she is free to study, read, watch, and listen to whatever she wants.

·         Wings of the Locust- Joel Donato Ching Jacob

Tuan escapes his mundane and mediocre existence when he is apprenticed to Muhen, a charming barangay wiseman. But, as he delves deeper into the craft of a mambabarang and its applications in espionage, sabotage and assassination, the young apprentice is overcome by conflicting emotions that cause him to question his new life.

 ·         The Travelling Cat Chronicles- Hiro Arikawa

Sometimes you have to leave behind everything you know to find the place you truly belong...

Nana the cat is on a road trip. He is not sure where he's going or why, but it means that he gets to sit in the front seat of a silver van with his beloved owner, Satoru. 

 ·         Super Fake Love Song- David Yoon

From the bestselling author of Frankly in Love comes a contemporary YA rom-com where a case of mistaken identity kicks off a string of (fake) events that just may lead to (real) love.

  ·         Parachutes- Kelly Yang

Speak enters the world of Gossip Girl in this modern immigrant story from New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang about two girls navigating wealth, power, friendship, and trauma.

·         The Grace of Kings- Ken Liu ( One of the Time 100 Best Fantasy Books Of All Time!)

Two men rebel together against tyranny—and then become rivals—in this first sweeping book of an epic fantasy series from Ken Liu, recipient of Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards.

·         Wicked Fox- Kat Cho

A fresh and addictive fantasy-romance set in modern-day Seoul.

 ·         Descendant of the Crane- Joan He

In this shimmering Chinese-inspired fantasy, debut author Joan He introduces a determined and vulnerable young heroine struggling to do right in a world brimming with deception.

 ·         Pachinko- Min Jin Lee

Richly told and profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. From bustling street markets to the halls of Japan's finest universities to the pachinko parlors of the criminal underworld, Lee's complex and passionate characters--strong, stubborn women, devoted sisters and sons, fathers shaken by moral crisis--survive and thrive against the indifferent arc of history.

·         America is in the Heart- Carlos Bulosan

First published in 1946, this autobiography of the well known Filipino poet describes his boyhood in the Philippines, his voyage to America, and his years of hardship and despair as an itinerant laborer following the harvest trail in the rural West.

 ·         Days of Distraction- Alexandra Chang

A wry, tender portrait of a young woman — finally free to decide her own path, but unsure if she knows herself well enough to choose wisely—from a captivating new literary voice.

·         The Astonishing Colour of After Emily X.R Pan

Alternating between real and magic, past and present, friendship and romance, hope and despair, The Astonishing Color of After is a novel about finding oneself through family history, art, grief, and love. 

·         The Gilded Wolves- Roshani Chokshi

It's 1889. The city is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. Here, no one keeps tabs on dark truths better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. When the elite, ever-powerful Order of Babel coerces him to help them on a mission, Séverin is offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance.

·         When Dimple met Rishi- Sandhya Menon

Dimple and Rishi may think they have each other figured out. But when opposites clash, love works hard to prove itself in the most unexpected ways.

·         On Earth we’re briefly Gorgeous- Ocean Vuong

Poet Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling.

·         Fierce Fairytales- Nikita Gill

Complete with beautifully hand-drawn illustrations by Gill herself, Fierce Fairytales is an empowering collection of poems and stories for a new generation.

 BOOKS BEING RELEASED LATER THIS YEAR TO PREORDER:

·         Counting down with you- Tashie Bhuiyan- 4th May

A reserved Bangladeshi teenager has twenty-eight days to make the biggest decision of her life after agreeing to fake date her school’s resident bad boy.

How do you make one month last a lifetime?

·         Gearbreakers- Zoe Hana Mikuta- June 29th

Two girls on opposite sides of a war discover they're fighting for a common purpose--and falling for each other--in Zoe Hana Mikuta's high-octane debut Gearbreakers, perfect for fans of Pacific Rim, Pierce Brown's Red Rising Saga, and Marie Lu's Legend series

·         XOXO- Axie Oh- 13th July

When a relationship means throwing Jenny’s life off the path she’s spent years mapping out, she’ll have to decide once and for all just how much she’s willing to risk for love.

·         She who became the sun- Shelley Parker-Chan- 20th July

Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in Shelley Parker-Chan's She Who Became the Sun, a bold, queer, and lyrical reimagining of the rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty from an amazing new voice in literary fantasy.

·         Jade Fire Gold- June C.L Tan- October 12th

Two girls on opposite sides of a war discover they're fighting for a common purpose--and falling for each other--in Zoe Hana Mikuta's high-octane debut Gearbreakers, perfect for fans of Pacific Rim, Pierce Brown's Red Rising Saga, and Marie Lu's Legend series

  Keep sharing, signing petitions and donating where you can. The more people who are actively anti-racist, the better. And if your anti-racism doesn’t include the Asian community then go and educate yourself! BLM wasn’t a trend and neither is this. We have to stand up against white supremacy, and racism and stereotypes and we have to support the communities that need our support. Part of that can include cultivating your reading so you’re reading more diversely and challenging any stereotypes western society may have given you.

 Feel free to reblog and add any more recommendations and resources of course!

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𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮. || h.k 💫

╰─▸🖤 ❝ @[@𝐛𝐮𝐠𝐬𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠.. ]

✎𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐡𝐞𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐢 𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫

✎ 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐲!

✎ 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭; 2.5k

𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒; 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞

a/n; I was told that I don’t do enough fluff so I’m taking all kinds of fluff ideas you can think of!!

after a tiring week of work all you could do was sleep. with staying late nights at the office and waking up early mornings, sleep was very hard to come by. so it was a no brainer that on a rainy saturday morning such as this one you were sedated in the sea of your dreams wanting absolutely nothing more. 

cuddling your pillow though you felt something soft brush against your neck. you shrugged it off, slipping back into your slumber before you felt the light touches again. it annoyed you really. one of the only days you had off and you were being interrupted by the littlest things. 

but the light touches continued while the rain pattered against your window. you were about to settle back into your dreams until you realized the light touches you were feeling were lips, kissing the back of your neck over and over again. you groaned a bit knowing it was no one other than your boyfriend heuning kai. 

“kai please, I need sleep”. you begged. his warm body pressed against the back of yours and he slides his arms under you, holding your frame near and dear to his chest. he lays his head down on your back. 

“good morning, I’m sorry cupcake. I just miss you a lot. i’ve been at practice and you’ve been working so we don’t see each other that often”. he says softly yet monotoned, and you could tell just by the sound of his voice he had just woke up as well. probably woke up and immediately slid his way over to you. 

“you don’t have to apologize, i miss you too kai. I’m just tired so i’m a little grumpy”. 

he sighs and sits up with his chin pressing against your back. “well can grumpy give me kisses?”. you turn over and playfully roll your eyes at the smug grin on his face. you cup his cheeks and give him the kisses he wanted, one after the other and his smile grew wider with each before you stopped. 

“okay I’m going back to sleep now”. you say, not really planning on doing so but waiting to see kai’s reaction. you roll over and kai pulls you back down laughing. “no please give me more”. 

“beggers can’t be choosers”. 

“I’m not begging i’m asking you. pretty please?”. he says once more puckering his lips and closing his eyes. you laugh at his ridiculous face and pluck him on the nose before turning over and hiding underneath the blankets. 

“ow! you’re so mean!”. he shrieks and laughs anyways. he grips the blankets trying to lift them over your head but you grip them harder. “noo leave me alone I’m hibernating!”. you whine. 

“it’s not even winter time!”. he says trying to get them off of you once again. “give me kisses! I want your kisses”. he pleads. you make a mock snoring noise as loud and obnoxious as you can possibly make it. kai chuckles “you know what? you don’t want to come out for me how about I just do this!”. he says just before clasping his teeth down over your blanket protected arm. you shriek in pain. 

“ow! kai!”. you jokingly pretend to cry. “now i’m never coming out ever!”. 

“I’m going to bite you again if i don’t feel your lips within the next five seconds”. 

“you’re a meanie”. you whine. he smirks and counts, “five, four, three...”. 

“stop counting! I’m never coming out you injured me”. 

he lowers his face down preparing to bite you in the thigh this time, “two...two in a half...”. you’re eyes widened once you felt where he was. “two in a quarter...two in three quarters...”. 

you lifted the blankets over your head immediately, “okay I’m out! I’m out don’t bite me!”. a relieved kai inched his way towards you but you instead ran, only making it as far as the living room before being tackled on the living room couch. 

“I’m sick of you!”. kai laughs with his hands pinning your arms against the sofa. “I’m sorry I’m sorry don’t kill me please I love you”. you beg as if you were pleading for your life. kai looked so cute above you with his brown disheveled locks and oversized sweater. “I won’t kill you if you give me kisses”. 

“fine!”. you finally agree and he takes no time leaning down planting kisses on your neck before tickling you lightly under your arms. you yelped. “that wasn’t part of the plan!”. he chuckles against your skin but you couldn’t help but laugh with him and beg for him to stop since your stomach hurt and you were now out of breath. with your chest heaving he kisses your cheeks before trailing to your lips. your wrap your arms around his neck inching them up to get tangled in his soft locks while you finally kissed back. 

his lips always fit perfectly in yours and the kisses were always so dainty and never-ending. he rubs his thumb over cheeks admiring the way you always kissed him with passion that always made his heart go wild. or maybe it was just you, you always made his heart go wild. 

you intertwined your fingers around a thick strand of hair in a blissful trance until kai pulled away. you fluttered your eyes open. “thank you. now i’m hungry”. 

you were too of course but now, it was you who wanted more kisses and definitely agreed that kai shouldn’t have broke your kisses like that. “well, I can make you pancakes if--”.

“if?!”.

you laugh at his surprised expression. “if you give me another kiss”. you continue. 

“wowww you’re boyfriend is over here starving and you’re holding me hostage for kisses?”. you smile up at him with your hands wrapped around his neck. “yes that’s exactly what I’m doing”. 

he wrinkles his nose. “and of course i’ll give you what you want because you’re spoiled”. he leans in and plants another chaste kiss on your lips before pulling away yet again. “now please make me pancakes”. 

you sigh not really wanting the kissing to end but you insisted on feeding your cute hungry giant. you hadn’t realized how long you were staring into kai’s eyes until he actually said something. 

“what? you’re so spoiled you want to be carried to the kitchen too?”. you laugh before you could answer and kai was already lifting you over his shoulder and walking over to the kitchen. you were surprised at his strength because you weren’t exactly the lightest person in the world. 

nevertheless you kicked your legs and smacked his back begging for him to put you down in utter fear. he finally plopped you on the countertop ignoring your playful hits about how much of a jerk he was, laughing and taking out the ingredients for you. 

“here look, see you have everything you need”. 

you roll your eyes laughing and scoot to wash your hands, prepping the mix like so. you made it so they could be fluffy just how kai liked it. including eggs, sugar, milk and vanilla extract. 

all the while kai is leaning on the counter watching you closely and feeling sorry remembering that you said you were tired. as soon as you inserted your last teaspoons of sugar kai scooted the bowl closer to him and mixed it with the whisk.

“here, I got it”. 

“I can do it kai I’m a big girl”. 

he chuckles while sitting a pan on the stove and cutting the fire low. he grabs a stick of butter from the fridge and places it on the counter top. you sucked your teeth and hopped off the counter grabbing the bowl from him. 

“I can do it kai I swear. just sit back. plus i don’t want you to burn the house down”. 

“wow is that what you think of me? to have you know, I can flip a pancake or two while staying in perfect condition”.

“really? have you ever done it before?”. 

“no but--”. 

“exactly”. you laugh once more while buttering the pan. you grab a ladle and pour the batter into a perfect circle. 

“see? how are you so perfect at this?”. 

“I’m not that’s just the way they come out”. 

“teach me”. 

“last time I tried we had to throw away half a box of pancake mix”.

“that was your fault though”. 

you stare at him a bit, giving him an “are you serious?”. gaze. he laughs and holds his hands up in surrender. 

“okay maybe it was my fault but still”. 

you shake your head in disbelief and continue cooking despite kai’s pleads. it was 3 pancakes in where you decided to give up and finally try to teach him again. 

“it’s simple, okay?”.

you go behind him and take his hand grabbing the ladle and scooping some mix out of the bowl. “you take this, and gently pour it in the pan like this. always add butter first though so the pancake can have crisp edges”. together you both carefully pour the batter into the pan. you couldn’t say the circle was as perfect as yours but it was something. a start at least. kai laughed at it’s shape. 

“see what happens when I teach you like this? no messes”. 

kai nods, “I like when you teach me like this”. 

he turns and smiles down at you and you scoff playfully. “stop flirting with me you’re going to burn it”. 

“it’s not going to burn we just put it up there. plus you’re blushing”. 

your cheeks burned while you walked away. you thought it was always fun denying the butterflies you got around kai.  “no i’m nottt”. 

“awww? does my little baby want kisses?”. 

your cheeks burned even more while you began to wipe the counters. “no and don’t call me that I’m not little”. 

you felt him turning you towards him just to caress your cheeks softly. he puckers his lips. “you’re so grumpy today. just admit you want kisses and i’ll give them”. 

you try your best not to crack a smile. “i don’t though”. he stares down into your eyes with admiration. 

“you’re so pretty”. 

and that was it. it turned into a blushing frenzy from there. you tried to push him away while you smiled. “stop kai!”. 

“don’t walk away”. he laughed before pulling your body closer to his. he grabs your chin and kisses your lips again and again. he gave small pecks until they became longer and you got lost in the softness of his lips. okay, maybe it was what you wanted. 

and maybe the pancake was starting to burn. 

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An Inspired Reading Recommendations List: Yellow Covers

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman

Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

Recursion by Blake Crouch

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

The Bookish Life Of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Ellie Pillai Is Brown by Christine Pillainayagam

Heartstopper Vol. 3 by Alice Oseman

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney

100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Broken by Jennie Lawson

Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi

The Lesbiana's Guide To Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

Have I Told You This Already? by Lauren Graham

Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh

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❝ IF LOOKS COULD KILL! HELLO, WE’RE GOD COMPLEX! ❞

GOD COMPLEX is a 7 membered boy group that’s co-signed by three separate companies: REDRUM RECORDS, AOMG, and KOZ ENTERTAINMENT and officially debuted MAY 12TH 2023 with their full album, DANTE’S INFERNO. Before, each subunit respectively released a EP/mini album a few months prior. The rap-line released INFERNO, performance-line released PURGATORIO, and vocal-line released PARADISO. 

⸻  ⧓  BASICS

DEBUT ALBUM — DANTE’S INFERNO

type of album: full album title song: KISS OF DEATH how many songs: 10

NUMBER OF MEMBERS — 7

age range of members — 1996 - 2001

CONCEPT — biblical, philosophical, literature, greek gods, sins, criminal

FANDOM NAME — VICES

OFFICIAL COLORS — [#672C0F] Seal Brown, [#003052] Prussian Blue, [#01141C] Rich Black

⸻  ⧓  MEMBER LINE-UP

Lee ‘HEEJUNG’ Chunghee . . . [ 2001 ] . . . Vocalist

Yeo ‘H.K.’ Hak-Kun . . . [ 1999 ] . . . Rapper ; Vocalist ; Dancer

Choi ‘TAE’ Taehoon . . . [ 1997 ] . . . Dancer ; Vocalist

Kim ‘JUN’ Seojun . . . [ 1996 ] . . . Vocalist

Kang ‘SUNKWANG’ Kwang-Sun . . . [ 1997 ] . . . Rapper

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Charles Laughton.

Filmografía

Películas

- Bluebottles, The Tonic, Daydreams (1928) Dir.: Ivor Montagu

- Piccadilly (1929) Dir.: Ewald Andrea Dupont.

- Wolves (1930).

- Down River (1931) Dir. Peter Godfrey

-El caserón de las sombras (The Old Dark - House, 1932) Dir. James Whale

- Entre la espada y la pared (The Devil and the Deep, 1932) Dir. Marion Gering

- Justicia divina/El asesino de Mr. Medland (Payment Deferred, 1932) Dir. Lothar Mendes

- El signo de la cruz (The Sign of the Cross, 1932) Dir. Cecil B. De Mille

- Si yo tuviera un millón (If I Had a Million, 1932) Dirs. Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Taurog, Stephen Roberts, Norman McLeod, James Cruse, William A. - Seiter y H. Bruce Humberstone

- La isla de las almas perdidas (Island of Lost Souls, 1932) Dir. Erle C. Kenton

- La vida privada de Enrique VIII (The Private Life of Henry VIII, 1933) Dir. Alexander Korda

- White Woman (1933) Dir. Stuart Walker

- The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) Dir. Sidney Franklin

- Nobleza obliga (Ruggles of Red Gap, 1935) Dir. Leo McCarey

- Los miserables (Les Misérables, 1935) Dir. Richard Boleslawsky

- Rebelión a bordo (Mutiny on the Bounty, 1935) Dir. Frank Lloyd

- Rembrandt (Rembrandt, 1936) Dir. Alexander Korda

- Yo, Claudio (I, Claudius, 1937) Dir. Joseph von Sternberg.

- Bandera amarilla (Vessel of Wrath, 1938) Dir. Eric Pommer (Laughton es actor y coproductor de esta película).

- Las calles de Londres (St. Martin's Lane, 1938) Dir. Tim Whelan (Laughton es actor y coproductor de esta película).

- La posada de Jamaica (Jamaica Inn, 1939) Dir. Alfred Hitchcock (Laughton es actor y coproductor de esta película).

- Esmeralda, la zíngara (The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 1939) Dir. William Dieterle

- Laughton en la película Ellos sabían lo que querían (1940), con Carole Lombard y Frank Fay.

- They Knew What They Wanted (1940) Dir. Garson Kanin

- Casi un ángel (It Started with Eve, 1941) Dir. Henry Koster

- Se acabó la gasolina (The Tuttles of Tahiti, 1942) Dir. Charles Vidor

- Seis destinos (Tales of Manhattan, 1942) Dir. Julien Duvivier

- Stand by for Action (1943) Dir. Robert Z. Leonard

- Forever and a Day (1943) Dirs. René Clair, Edmund Goulding, Cedric Hardwicke, Frank Lloyd, Victor Saville.

-Esta tierra es mía (This Land Is Mine, 1943) Dir. Jean Renoir

- The Man from Down Under (1943) Dir. Robert Z. Leonard

- The Canterville Ghost (1944) Dir. Jules Dassin

- El sospechoso (The Suspect, 1944) Dir. Robert Siodmak

- El capitán Kidd (Captain Kidd, 1945) Dir. Rowland V. Lee

- Su primera noche (Because of Him, 1946) Dir. Richard Wallace

- Arco de triunfo (Arch of Triumph, 1947) Dir. Lewis Milestone

- El reloj asesino (The Big Clock, 1947) Dir. John Farrow

- El proceso Paradine (The Paradine Case, 1948) Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

- On our Merry way/A Miracle can Happen (1948) Dirs. King Vidor, Leslie Fenton, John Huston, George Stevens.

- The Girl from Manhattan (1948) Alfred E. Green

- Soborno (The Bribe, 1949) Dir. Robert Z. Leonard

- El hombre de la torre Eiffel (The Man on the Eiffel Tower, 1949) Dir. Burgess Meredith (codirectores no acreditados: Charles Laughton y Franchot Tone).

- No estoy sola (The Blue Veil, 1951) Dir. Curtis Bernhardt

- The Strange Door (1951) Dir. Joseph Pevney

- Cuatro páginas de la vida (O. Henry's Full House, 1952) Dir. Henry Koster

- Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) Dir. Charles Lamont

- Salomé (Salome, 1953) Dir. William Dieterle

- La reina virgen (Young Bess, 1953) Dir. George Sidney

- El déspota (Hobson's Choice, 1954) Dir. David Lean

- La noche del cazador (The Night of the Hunter, 1954) Dir. Charles Laughton (no aparece como actor en la película).

T- estigo de cargo (Witness for the Prosecution, 1957) Dir. Billy Wilder

- Bajo diez banderas (Sotto dieci bandiere, 1960) Dir. Diulio Colletti

Espartaco (Spartacus, 1960) Dir, Stanley Kubrick

- Tempestad sobre Washington (Advise and Consent, 1962) Dir. Otto Preminger.

Documentales

- The Epic That Never Was (1965). Dirigido por Bill Duncalf y presentado por Dirk Bogarde. Documental de la BBC sobre el rodaje de I, Claudius con diversas escenas acabadas. (VHS, DVD).

- Callow's Laughton (1987). Documental de la Yorkshire TV-ITV dirigido por Nick Gray y presentado por Simon Callow sobre Charles Laughton.

- Charles Laughton Directs The Night of the Hunter (2002). Documental dirigido por Robert Gitt a partir de tomas descartadas de la Película.

Teatro

Debut teatral (1913). Stonyhurst College, Reino Unido

- The Private Secretary per Charles Hawtrey

Teatro amateur (hasta 1925). Scarborough, Reino Unido

- The Dear Departed por Stanley Houghton

- Trelawney of The Wells por Arthur Wing Pinero

- Hobson's Choice por Harold Brighouse

1926

- The Government Inspector. por Nicolai Gogol. Dir. Theodore Komisarjevsky

- Los puntales de la sociedad por Henrik Ibsen. Dir. Sybil Arundale

- El jardín de los cerezos por Antón Chéjov. Dir. Theodore Komisarjevsky

- Las tres hermanas por Antón Chéjov. Dir. Theodore Komisarjevsky

- Liliom por Ferencz Molnar. Dir. Theodore Komisarjevsky

1927

- The Greater Love por James B. Fagan. Dir. James B. Fagan y Lewis Casson

- Angela por Lady Bell. Dir. Lewis Casson

Vestire gli ignudi por Luigi Pirandello. Dir. Theodore Komisarjevsky

- Medea por Eurípides. Dir. Lewis Casson

- The Happy Husband por Harrison Owen. Dir. Basil Dean

- Paul Y por Dimitri Merejovski. Dir. Theodore Komisarjevsky

- Mr. Prohack por Arnold Bennet y Edward Knoblock. Dir. Theodore Komisarjevsky

1928

- A Man with Red Hair por Benn W. Levy, a partir de la novela de Hugh Walpole. Dir. Theodore Komisarjevsky

- The Making of an Immortal por George Moore. Dir. Robert Atkins

- Riverside Nights por Nigel Playfair y A.P. Herbert. Dir. Nigel Playfair

- Alibi per Michael Morton, a partir de la novela de Agatha Christie. Dir. Gerald duMaurier

- Mr. Pickwick por Cosmo Hamilton y Frank C. Reilly, a partir de la novela de Charles Dickens. Dir. Basil Dean

1929

- Beauty por Jacques Deval (adapt. inglesa: Michael Morton). Dir. Felix Edwardes

- The Silver Tassie por Sean O'Casey. Dir. Raymond Massey

1930

- French Leave por Reginald Berkeley. Dir. Eille Norwood

- On the Spot por Edgar Wallace. Dir. Edgar Wallace

1930

- Payment Deferred por Jeffrey Dell, a partir de la novela de C.S. Forrester. Dir. H.K. Ailiff

1931

-Gira americana (Chicago y Nueva York) de Payment Deferred y Alibi (esta última retítulada The Fatal Alibi y dirigida por Jed Harris).

Old Vic: temporada 1933-34. Londres. Reino Unido. Todas las obras dirigidas por Tyrone Guthrie.

El jardín de los cerezos por Antón Chéjov. Dir. Charles Laughton

1951-52 Estados Unidos y Reino Unido (Gira).

Don Juan in Hell de Man and Superman por George Bernard Shaw. Dir. Charles Laughton.

1953 Estados Unidos (Gira).

John Brown's Body por Stephen Vincent Benet. Dir. y Adaptación: Charles Laughton (no apareció como actor).

1954 Estados Unidos (Gira).

The Caine Mutiny Court Martial por Herman Wouk, a partir de su novela. Dir. Charles Laughton (no apareció como actor).

1956 Nueva York, Estados Unidos.

Major Barbara por George Bernard Shaw. Dir. Charles Laughton

1956 Londres, Reino Unido

The Party por Jane Arden. Dir. Charles Laughton

1959 Stratford-upon-Avon, Reino Unido

El sueño de una noche de verano por William Shakespeare. Dir. Peter Hall

El rey Lear por William Shakespeare. Dir. Glen Byam Shaw.

Créditos: Tomado de Wikipedia

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Laughton

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