#John Doerr

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tuesday again 6/17/25

crazy how much reading a good book can improve ur mood

listening

reader, i am also surprised that i like a 100 gecs song. unfortunately, along with frequently asking myself shit like where is my beautiful wife? i frequently ask myself where the FUCK my head is at

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reading

still attempting to get my bookshelves under control (the goal is nothing double stacked. still unsuccessful so far) partly bc i want an excuse to drag my bestie out to one of my favorite used bookstores and trade some stuff in for credit. five books came to work with me last week and two of them will stay.

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacogalupi. YA debut, postapoc climate change. read when i was the appropriate age and loved it back then. holds up! hate his adult books bc it is absolutely wretched to be a female character in his books but hey. sometimes if you have to tone down the yuckydisgustingness of your books and cut out any gratuitous sexual assault for a teen audience your books improve. sometimes that’s the way the cookie crumbles. may not hit as hard if you did not grow up within a mile of working docks for all of your most formative years.

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. oooough i loved this one. exactly the right book for me at the right time. i love a framing device of “found this book in a cave/had it told to me/and now i will tell it to you 😌”. follows a fake ancient greek tale and how to barely survives through the ages to the near future. ive been wading through so much terrible scifi and fantasy it was really nice to read a book by someone who knows what the fuck he is doing and has the technical chops to successfully execute a 500 page book. i would be fascinated to see Doerr try his hand at TV bc, like suzanne collins, he is extremely good at leaving a character in peril at the end of a chapter without it feeling cheap. about libraries and books, but not really in the way a performative #content reader who picks fights about if audiobooks are books will enjoy? about books and libraries and the way they can get you through periods of wracking loneliness in both your childhood and adulthood.

Daughter of Witches by Patricia C Wrede. fantasy for adults (not in a horny way. just the age range. very short! 200p) that felt a little choppy and unfinished. felt a bit what we might categorize today as New Adult? i understand wrede wrote some extremely successful YA and im fascinated by that like. interplay between this book and her later ones.

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende. didn’t vibe with the style on this one. kind of sad about it bc i want to read more cowboy westerns that are women focused but there are so few of them im interested by

A Secret Atlas by Michael A. Stackpole. cool geography focused premise, unfortunately lovingly dedicated to former Senator fucking John fucking McCain so i did not even start it. i hate stackpole’s star wars books but couldn’t really put a finger on why and now i know it’s the latent republicanism.

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watching

finished the apothecary diaries. had a tremendous amount of fun with it! what a show!!! the sheer gamesmanship by maomao and how she beautifully and effectively outmaneuvered everyone???? SO fucking excited for s2 in 1.5-2 years

this show is such a perfect blend of trying to solve a murder mystery before it happens and How It’s Made. i would watch several hours of maomao making various potions and ungents and explaining what everything is and how it works. i loooooove a weird little gremlin of a lady. not a trait i value in a partner, but i love watching two people get very possessive about each other and deny it :) hehe you fucking idiots

a final thought: the Gender happening in episode seventeen. much to consider. much to consider.

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playing

genshin is both delightful and really frustrating, in that i can uncover new chests in areas ive been running around in for five years. only ventured back here bc i needed mats for a weapon i got very early in-game and then neglected. apparently i had just Never beaten these four big mecha on this one island bc i needed a crazy DPS (navia) and three carefully tuned support characters (all five star characters of course leveled to the max) and for it to start raining in-game. i pay less attention to elemental reactions than i should bc the fun of this game’s combat (for me) is hitting things Very hard with my umbrella shotgun. the umbrella shotgun really lets me tank a lot of things im sure the developers would prefer i do not tank. anyway new major story (but not :( a new map) update this week yahoo yippee yay

please ignore the crab the octopus the off screen seahorse and the little mobile ice machine.

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making

i have completed my brother’s birthday gift a year late, just in time for his next one, and it is now washed and blocking on my kitchen table. did not do a good job with thread tail management on this one. fortunately it looks fine from the front. i have immediately started one for me bc i don’t have the floss i need to start a different project, and had to abandon the one meant for me mid-WIP due to the moth debacle four years ago. this is the fifth time i will be stitch this pattern i have gotten WAY more than my money’s worth out of it lmao

[theambitiouswoman]

hiya, please can we also have ted talk recommendations like your book recs post? :) for the categories you mentioned ♡ thank you

Here you go angel ♡

Business:

The Single Biggest Reason Why Startups Succeed - Bill Gross

The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers - Adam Grant

The Art of Stress-Free Productivity - David Allen

How to Pitch to a VC - David S. Rose

The Future of Money - Neha Narula

Personal Development:

The Art of Being Yourself - Caroline McHugh

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance - Angela Lee Duckworth

The Power of Believing That You Can Improve - Carol Dweck

How to Stop Screwing Yourself Over - Mel Robbins

Try Something New for 30 Days - Matt Cutts

Mental Health:

The Gift and Power of Emotional Courage - Susan David

Why We All Need to Practice Emotional First Aid - Guy Winch

Depression, the Secret We Share - Andrew Solomon

All it Takes is 10 Mindful Minutes - Andy Puddicombe

The Art of Stillness - Pico Iyer

Relationships:

The Secret to Desire in a Long-Term Relationship - Esther Perel

The Power of Vulnerability in Relationships - Tracy McMillan

Rethinking Infidelity... a Talk for Anyone Who Has Ever Loved - Esther Perel

The Mathematics of Love - Hannah Fry

The Hidden Influence of Social Networks - Nicholas Christakis

Success:

The Happy Secret to Better Work - Shawn Achor

Embrace the Near Win - Sarah Lewis

Why We Do What We Do - Tony Robbins

Keep Your Goals to Yourself - Derek Sivers

Why You Will Fail to Have a Great Career - Larry Smith

Goals:

The Power of Setting Goals - John Doerr

The Puzzle of Motivation - Dan Pink

Smash Fear, Learn Anything - Tim Ferriss

Why We Do What We Do - Tony Robbins

The Skill of Self-Confidence - Dr. Ivan Joseph

Self Love:

The Art of Being Yourself - Caroline McHugh

The Power of Vulnerability - Brené Brown

Your Elusive Creative Genius - Elizabeth Gilbert

The Psychology of Your Future Self - Dan Gilbert

The Surprising Science of Happiness - Dan Gilbert

Confidence:

Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are - Amy Cuddy

The Art of Self-Confidence - Dr. Ivan Joseph

Dare to Lead - Brené Brown

The Hidden Influence of Social Networks - Nicholas Christakis

The Confidence Gap - Katty Kay and Claire Shipman

Health & Wellness:

The Brain-Changing Benefits of Exercise - Wendy Suzuki

How to Make Stress Your Friend - Kelly McGonigal

The Science of Cells That Never Get Old - Elizabeth Blackburn

Why Dieting Doesn't Usually Work - Sandra Aamodt

The Art of Stillness - Pico Iyer

[the-ghost-king]

I will read in whatever order is determined by this poll because I'm too indecisive otherwise

[specificpollsaboutbooks]

Submissions for books about books :

Assistant to the Villain (Hannah Nicole)

A Month of Sundays (Liz Byrski)

The Grandest Bookshop in the World (Amelia Mellor)

Lirael (Garth Nix)

Inkheart series (Cornelia Funke)

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Satoshi Yagisawa)

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)

The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)

The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)

House Of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)

Book Lovers (Emily Henry)

Beach Read (Emily Henry)

The Jane Austen Book Club (Karen Joy Fowler)

The Neverending Story (Michael Ende)

Secret Identity (Alex Segura)

The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)

Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr)

Possession (A.S. Byatt)

Long Live Evil (Sarah Rees Brennan)

Afterworlds (Scott Westerfeld)

Mr Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore (Robin Sloan)

The Sentence (Louise Erdrich)

The Bromance Book Club (Lyssa Kay Adams)

Stoner (John Williams)

Bookshops and Bonedust (Travis Baldree)

Parnassus on Wheels (Christopher Morley)

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows)

The Well of Ascension (Book 2 of Mistborn series) (Brandon Sanderson)

The List (Patricia Forde)

The Book of Lies (James Molonet)

Princess Bride (William Goldman)

Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)

Matilda (Roald Dahl)

The Starless Sea (Erin Morgenstern)

The Labyrinth House Murders (Yukito Ayatsuji)

The Prague Cemetery (Umberto Eco)

Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)

The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)

Ink Blood Sister Scribe (Emma Torzs)

The Book Eaters (Sunyi Dean)

Magpie Murders (Anthony Horowitz)

Ban This Book (Alan Gratz)

Between the Lines (Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer)

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Garth Nix)

The Library of the Unwritten (A. J. Hackwith)

The Cat Who Saved Books (Sōsuke Natsukawa)

Suggested Reading (Dave Connis)

The Truth about the Harry Québert Affair (Joël Dicker)

Hygiène de l’Assassin (Amélie Nothomb)

84 Charing Cross Road (Helen Hanff)

[dertaglichedan]

Eighty-eight corporate leaders endorse Harris in new letter, including CEOs of Yelp, Box

Eighty-eight corporate leaders signed a new letter Friday endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president.

Signers include former 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch, Snap Chairman Michael Lynton, Yelp boss Jeremy Stoppelman and Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen.

If the Democratic nominee wins the White House, they contend, “the business community can be confident that it will have a president who wants American industries to thrive.”

WASHINGTON — Eighty-eight current and former top executives from across corporate America have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in a new letter shared exclusively with CNBC.

Among the signers are several high-profile CEOs of public companies, including Aaron Levie of Box, Jeremy Stoppelman of Yelp and Michael Lynton, chairman of Snap

. 

Other signers appear to be issuing their first public endorsements of Harris since she became the de facto Democratic nominee in July.

They include James Murdoch, former CEO of 21st Century Fox and an heir to the Murdoch family media empire, and crypto executive Chris Larsen, co-founder of the Ripple blockchain platform.

Other notable signers are philanthropist Lynn Forester de Rothschild, private equity billionaire José Feliciano, Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson, and D.C. sports magnate Ted Leonsis, owner of the NBA’s Washington Wizards, WNBA’s Mystics and the NHL’s Washington Capitals.

The three-page list also includes a slate of longtime Democratic political donors, like Kleiner Perkins’ John Doerr, Insight partners Deven Parekh, and Jeffrey Katzenberg, founder and managing partner of Wndr and former chairman of Walt Disney Studios.

Another subset of names are people who have supported Harris in particular since her political campaigns in California, like the philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, and NBA Hall of Famer and billionaire businessman Magic Johnson.

More than a dozen of the signers made their fortunes on Wall Street: Tony James, former president and COO of Blackstone and founder of Jefferson River Capital; Bruce Heyman, former managing director of private wealth at Goldman Sachs; Peter Orszag, CEO of Lazard; and Steve Westly managing director of the Westly Group and a former Tesla

board member. 

Still more are prominent in Silicon Valley, including the venture capitalist Ron Conway, entrepreneur Mark Cuban and former LinkedIn CEO Reid Hoffman.

***Cuban just said her plans would destroy the stock market.. Oh well... WOW

[livingasaghost]

okay @permanentreverie did this in honor of book lovers day (aug 9) so here i am being obnoxious and sorting my favorite books based on genres bc i'm procrastinating editing

put it under read more because i'm annoying and this is longer than i thought it'd be ahjflksd

classics:

les miserables by victor hugo

1984 by george orwell

a midsummer night's dream by william shakespeare

hamlet by william shakespeare

the crucible by arthur miller

the great gatsby by f scott fitzgerald

contemporary romances:

red white and royal blue by casey mcquiston

with you forever by chloe liese

everything for you by chloe liese

beach read by emily henry

happy place by emily henry

a very merry bromance by lyssa kay adams

crazy stupid bromance by lyssa kay adams

love, theoretically by ali hazelwood

the love hypothesis by ali hazelwood

not in love by ali hazelwood

let's talk about love by claire kann

roomies by christina lauren

the hating game by sally thorne

fantasy:

tower of dawn by sarah j maas

kingdom of ash by sarah j maas

a court of mist and fury by sarah j maas

a court of silver flames by sarah j maas

the starless sea by erin morgenstern

a storm of swords by george r.r. martin

a feast for crows by george r.r. martin

wizard's first rule by terry goodkind

temple of the winds by terry goodkind

prince's gambit by c.s. pacat

kings rising by c.s. pacat

a discovery of witches by deborah harkness

jade legacy by fonda lee

the dragon republic by r.f. kuang

babel by r.f. kuang

every heart a doorway by seanan mcguire

the magician's nephew by c.s. lewis

priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon

strange the dreamer by laini taylor

sci-fi:

the host by stephenie meyer

nona the ninth by tamsyn muir

graphic novels / comics:

monstress by marjorie liu & sana takeda

check please by ngozi ukazu

the boy the mole the fox and the horse by charlie mackesy

heartstopper by alice oseman

lore olympus by rachel smythe

fence by c.s. pacat & johanna the mad

heart of gold by eliot baum & viv tanner

the prince & the dressmaker by jen wang

historical fiction:

cloud cuckoo land by anthony doerr

the book thief by markus zusak

literary fiction:

evenings & weekends by oisín mckenna

henry henry by allen bratton

a little life by hanya yanagihara

piranesi by suzanna clarke

malibu rising by taylor jenkins reid

if we were villains by m.l. rio

the invisible life of addie larue by v.e. schwab

real life by brandon taylor

s by doug dorst

horror:

house of leaves by mark z danielewski

imaginary friend by stephen chbosky

night film by marisha pessl

don't let the forest in by c.g. drews

middle grade:

magyk by angie sage

a kind of spark by elle mcnicoll

sir callie and the champions of helston by esme symes-smith

holes by louis sachar

the mighty heart of sunny st james by ashley herring blake

new adult:

loveless by alice oseman

obsidian by jennifer l armentrout

masters of death by olivie blake

alone with you in the ether by olivie blake

angelfall by susan ee

the sunshine court by nora sakavic

the king's men by nora sakavic

vicious by v.e. schwab

queenie by candice carty-williams

hell bent by leigh bardugo

nonfiction:

into the wild by john krakauer

it was vulgar and it was beautiful by jack lowery

the last lecture by randy pausch

what i want to talk about by pete wharmby

furiously happy by jenny lawson

ace by angela chen

blood sweat and chrome by kyle buchanan

refusing compulsory sexuality by sherronda j brown

the great divorce by c.s. lewis

the cancer journals by audre lorde

the dark interval by rilke

inverse cowgirl by alicia roth weigel

translated works:

the memory police by yōko ogawa

vita nostra by marina dyachenko

the strange library by haruki murakami

young adult:

the mask falling by samantha shannon

check & mate by ali hazelwood

i was born for this by alice oseman

the hunger games by suzanne collins

just listen by sarah dessen

ignite me by tahereh mafi

the unexpected everything by morgan matson

save the date by morgan matson

tash hearts tolstoy by kathryn ormsbee

neverworld wake by marisha pessl

the spirit bares its teeth by andrew joseph white

compound fracture by andrew joseph white

the wicked king by holly black

short story collections:

the tangleroot palace by marjorie liu

what is not your is not yours by helen oyeyemi

the late americans by brandon taylor

filthy animals by brandon taylor

seven empty houses by samanta schweblin

[identity-library]

Disability (Books)

A:

A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)

Tiny Tim (Unspecified Disability)

A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Brigid Kemmerer)

Harper (Cerebral Palsy)

A Different Kind of Beauty (Sylvia McNicoll)

Kyle (Blind, Diabetes)

A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Mackenzi Lee)

Percy (Epilepsy)

Alchemy and Meggy Swann (Karen Cushman)

Meggy Swann (Bilateral Hip Dysplasia - Crutch User)

A List of Cages (Robin Roe)

Adam Blake (ADHD)

Julian (Dyslexia)

All Our Broken Pieces (L.D. Crichton)

Kyler (Facial Difference - Scarring)

All The Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)

Marie-Laure (Blind)

All the Right Reasons (Bethany Mangle)

Connor (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome)

American Girl (Series - Various Authors)

Blaire (Food Allergy)

Gabriela (Stutter)

Josie Myers (Paralyzed, Wheelchair User)

Joss Kendrick (Deaf)

Joy Jenner (Deaf)

Maryellen Larkin (Limited Mobility)

Sam Walker (Amputee)

An Accidental Woman (Barbara Delinsky)

Poppy Blake (Paralyzed, Wheelchair User)

Animorphs - Series (K.A. Applegate)

Collette (Paralyzed)

Craig (Unspecified Disability)

Erica (Unspecified Disability)

James (Paralyzed, Wheelchair User)

Jessie (Unspecified Disability)

Judy (Unspecified Disability)

Julio (Unspecified Disability)

Kelly (Cystic Fibrosis)

Liam (Unspecified Disability)

Ray (Unspecified Disability)

Timmy (Cerebral Palsy, Wheelchair User)

Tricia (Unspecified Disability)

A Step Toward Falling (Cammie McGovern)

Anthony (Down Syndrome)

Belinda Montgomery (Low Vision, Unspecified Developmental Disability)

Douglas (Unspecified Developmental Disability)

Eugene (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

Francine (Down Syndrome)

Harrison (Autistic, Blind)

Sheila (Autistic)

A Time to Dance (Padma Venkatraman)

Veda (Amputee)

B:

Because You'll Never Meet Me (Leah Thomas)

Moritz Farber (Blind, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy)

Oliver "Ollie" Paulot (Epilepsy)

Owen Abend (Mute)

Blind (Rachel DeWoskin)

Emma Sasha Silver (Blind)

Blind Curve (Annie Solomon)

Danny Sinofsky (Blind)

Blindsided (Priscilla Cummings)

Arnab (Blind)

Eve (Blind)

Gabriella "Bree" (Blind, Seizure Disorder)

JJ (Blind)

Karen (Blind)

Mark (Blind, Wheelchair User)

Murph (Blind)

Natalie O'Reilly (Blind)

Paula (Blind, Cerebral Palsy, Wheelchair User)

Serena (Partially Blind)

Sheldon (Blind)

Blind Sighted (Peter Moore)

Callie (Blind)

Blind Spot (Laura Ellen)

Roswell "Roz" Hart (Blind - Macular Degeneration)

Breathe and Count Back From Ten (Natalia Sylvester)

Verónica (Hip Dysplasia)

Bruised (Tanya Boteju)

Caihong "Cai" (Deaf)

C:

Catching the Light (Susan Sinnott)

Cathy (Unspecified Learning Disability)

Cemetary Boys (Aiden Thomas)

Julian Diaz (ADHD)

Chapel of the Ravens (Paul Bishop)

Ian Chapel (Partially Blind)

Charlotte Kent - Series (Mary Kittredge)

Joey Kent (Paralyzed)

Chronicles of Isaac of Girona - Series (Caroline Roe)

Isaac (Blind)

Connection Error (Annabeth Albert)

Josiah Simmons (ADHD)

Ryan Orson (Multi-Limb Amputee)

Connor Westphal - Series (Penny Warner)

Connor Westphal (Deaf)

Crime on the Cuff (Henri Weiner)

John Brass (Amputee)

Crown of Feathers - Series (Nicki Pau Preto)

Sparrow (Blind)

D:

Dan Fortune - Series (Michael Collins)

Dan Fortune (Amputee)

Darkest Powers - Series (Kelly Armstrong)

Chloe Saunders (Stutter)

Daughter of the Deep (Rick Riordan)

Ester Harding (Autistic)

Dear Mothman (Robin Gow)

Noah (Autistic)

Death From - Series (Brigitte Aubert)

Elise Andrioli (Blind, Mute, Quadriplegic)

Docken Dead (John Trench)

Martin Cotterell (Amputee)

Dr. Douglas Baynes - Series (Vicars Bell)

Douglas Baynes (Amputee)

Dr. Evan Wilding - Series (Barbara Nickless)

Evan Wilding (Dwarfism)

Duncan Maclain - Series (Baynard Kendrick)

Duncan Maclain (Blind)

E:

Every Time You Go Away (Abigail Johnson)

Rebecca (Paralyzed, Wheelchair User)

F:

Far From You (Tess Sharpe)

Sophie Winters (Limp, Scarring)

Fault Tree (Louise Ure)

Cadence Moran (Blind)

Finding Phoebe (Gavin Extence)

Phoebe (Autistic)

For a Muse of Fire (Heidi Heilig)

Jetta (Bipolar Disorder)

Frankie's World (Aoife Dooley)

Frankie (Autistic)

Sam (Wheelchair User)

Fred Carver - Series (John Lutz)

Fred Carver (Cane User, Past Injury)

Freezing (Penelope Evans)

Stewart Park (Stutter)

Future Girl (Asphyxia)

Piper McBride (Deaf)

G:

Gifted Clans (Graci Kim)

Sahm (Limb Difference)

Girl, Stolen (April Henry)

Cheyenne Wilder (Blind)

Give Me a Sign (Anna Sortino)

Isaac (Deaf)

Lilah (Hard of Hearing)

Good Kings, Bad Kings (Susan Nussbaum)

Joanna Madsen (Paralyzed, Wheelchair User)

H:

Handle With Care (Jodi Picoult)

Willow O'Keefe (Osteogenesis Imperfecta)

Harper Connelly - Series (Charlaine Harris)

Harper Connelly (Chronic Pain)

Hello, Universe (Erin Entrada Kelly)

Valencia Somerset (Deaf)

Highway Bodies (Alison Evans)

Jojo (Amputee)

House Rules (Jodi Picoult)

Jacob Hunt (Autistic)

How to Dance (Jason B. Dutton)

Nick Freeman (Cerebral Palsy, Walker User)

How to Speak Dolphin (Ginny Rorby)

Adam (Autistic)

Zoe (Blind)

I:

Inspector Anders - Series (Marshall Browne)

Anders (Amputee)

J:

J.D. Hawkins - Series (W.R. Philbrick)

J.D. Hawkins (Paralyzed, Wheelchair User)

Jerk, California (Jonathan Friesen)

Sam Carrier (Tourette's Syndrome)

Jimmy Jenner - Series (John Milne)

Jimmy Jenner (Amputee, Hard of Hearing)

Joe Binney - Series (Jack Livingston)

Joe Binney (Hard of Hearing)

John Rodrigue - Series (Ken Grissom)

John Rodrigue (Partially Blind)

K:

Keep This to Yourself (Tom Ryan)

Junior Merlin (Partially Blind - One Eye)

L:

Learning Curves (Ceillie Simkiss)

Cora McLaughlin (ADHD)

Light a Single Candle (Beverly Butler)

Cathy Wheeler (Blind)

Lincoln Rhyme - Series (Jeffrey Deaver)

Lincoln Rhyme (Quadriplegic)

Love and First Sight (Josh Sundquist)

Cecily Hoder (Facial Difference)

William "Will" Porter (Blind)

Love Letters for Joy (Melissa See)

Joy (Cerebral Palsy)

M:

Maddy and Alex Phillips - Series (R.D. Zimmerman)

Maddy Phillips (Blind, Paralyzed)

Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl (Brianna R. Shrum, Sara Waxelbaum)

Margo Zimmerman (Autistic)

Matt Sinclair - Series (Tony Fennelly)

Matt Sinclair (Epilepsy)

Max Carrados - Series (Ernest Bramah)

Max Carrados (Blind)

Maximum Ride (James Patterson)

Iggy (Blind)

Maya Plays the Part (Calyssa Erb)

Maya Robertson (Autistic)

Mongo - Series (George Chesbro)

Robert "Mongo" Fredrickson (Dwarfism)

Motherless Brooklyn (Jonathan Lethem)

Lionel Essrog (Tourette's Syndrome)

Murder, I Presume (Gilliam Linscott)

Peter Pentland (Amputee)

Murder On Wheels (Mary Scott)

Bryan Greyshott (Paralyzed, Wheelchair User)

N:

Naomi Blake - Series (Jane A. Adams)

Naomi Blake (Blind)

Nestlings (Nat Cassidy)

Ana Greene (Paralyzed, Wheelchair User)

Nora Callum - Series (Thomas McCall)

Nora Callum (Amputee)

Not If I See You First (Eric Lindstrom)

Parker Grant (Blind)

O:

Odelia Gray - Series (Sue Anne Jaffarian)

Greg Stevens (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

One For All (Lillie Lainoff)

Tania de Batz (Unspecified Chronic Illness)

On the Edge of Gone (Corinne Duyvis)

Denise (Autistic)

Out of My Mind (Sharon M. Draper)

Ashley (Unspecified Physical Disability)

Carl (Unspecified Developmental Disability)

Freddy (Unspecified Disability - Wheelchair User)

Gloria (Autistic)

Jill (Unspecified Mobility Disability - Walker User)

Maria (Down Syndrome)

Melody (Cerebral Palsy - Wheelchair User, Synesthesia)

Willy Williams (Unspecified Motor Disability)

Owen Archer - Series (Candace Robb)

Owen Archer (Partially Blind)

P:

Percy Jackson - Universe (Rick Riordan)

Amphithemis (Short Term Memory Loss)

Ben (Unspecified Mobility Disability - Wheelchair User)

Ethan Nakamura (Partially Blind)

Halcyon "Hal" Green (Mute)

Hearthstone (Deaf)

Hephaestus (Facial Differences, Limb Differences)

Leo Valdez (ADHD, Motion Sickness)

Phineas (Blind)

Thalia Grace (ADHD, Dyslexia)

Peter and Georgia Marsh - Series (Amy Meyers)

Peter Marsh (Unspecified Disability - Wheelchair User)

Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (Jonathan Auxier)

Peter Nimble (Blind)

Pinned (Sharon G. Flake)

Adonis (Limb Difference, Wheelchair User)

Autumn (Unspecified Learning Disability)

Planet Earth is Blue (Nicole Panteleakos)

Nova Vezina (Autistic)

Punk 57 (Penelope Douglas)

Ryen Trevarrow (Allergies, Asthma)

Q:

R:

Rainbow Magic (Daisy Meadows)

Camilla (Deaf)

Elsie (Unspecified Mobility Disability - Wheelchair User)

Harper (Down Syndrome)

Riley (Limb Difference)

Remember Dippy (Shirley Reva Vernick)

Remember "Mem" Dippy (Autistic)

Retina Boy (Ben Shaberman)

Doug Anderson (Blind)

Marcy (Unspecified Mobility Disability - Wheelchair User)

Roll With It (Jamie Sumner)

Lily "Ellie" Cowan (Cerebral Palsy - Wheelchair User, Seizures)

S:

Sadie (Courtney Summers)

Sadie Hunter (Stutter)

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Carlos Hernandez)

Floramaria Vidón (Diabetes)

Salvador "Sal" Vidón (Type 1 Diabetes)

Scholomance (Series - Naomi Novik)

Dinesh (Facial Scarring)

Hideo (Unspecified Tic Disorder)

Jowani (Stammer)

She is Not Invisible (Marcus Sedgwick)

Laureth Peak (Blind)

Shooter (Caroline Pignat)

Noah Waters (Autistic)

Silence Between Us (Alison Gervais)

Maya (Deaf)

Silent Joe (T. Jefferson Parker)

Joe Trona (Facial Difference)

Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo)

Kaz Brekker (Chronic Pain - Cane User)

Wylan Van Eck (Dyslexia)

Sixteen Souls (Rosie Talbot)

Charlie Frith (Amputee)

Skull Session (Daniel Hecht)

Paul Skoglund (Tourette's Syndrome)

Something More (Jackie Khalilieh)

Jessie (Autistic)

Song for a Whale (Lynne Kelly)

Grandfather (Deaf)

Grandmother (Deaf)

Iris Bailey (Deaf)

Wendell (Deaf)

Stick Foster - Series (Kevin Robinson)

Stick Foster (Paralyzed - Wheelchair User)

Strange Fire (Melvin Jules Bukiet)

Nathan Kazakov (Blind)

T:

Tall Story (Candy Gourlay)

Bernardo (Gigantism)

Tender is the Flesh (Augustina Bazterrica)

Dr. Valka (Unspecified Mobility Disability - Cane User)

The Body in the Woods (April Henry)

Nick Walker (ADHD)

Ruby McClure (Autistic)

The Boy Who Steals Houses (C.G. Drew)

Avery (Autistic)

Sam (Anxiety)

The Good Hawk (Joseph Elliot)

Agatha (Down Syndrome)

The Heart of Applebutter Hill (Donna Hill)

Abigail Jones (Blind)

The Hunger Games - Series (Suzanne Collins)

Chaff (Amputee)

Hy (Asthma)

Martin (Unspecified Developmental Disability)

Peeta Mellark (Amputee)

Ripper (Amputee)

Woof (Hard of Hearing)

The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)

Lev Myshkin (Epilepsy)

The Locked Tomb (Tamsyn Muir)

Cytherea the First (Cancer)

The Luis Ortega Survival Club (Sonora Reyes)

Ariana Ruiz (Autistic, Situational Mutism)

The Naturals (Jennifer Lynn Barnes)

Michael Townsend (Limp)

The One Thing (Marci Lyn Curtis)

Ben Milton (Spina Bifida)

Maggie Sanders (Blind)

The Second Opinion (Michael Palmer)

Thea Sperelakis (Asperger's Syndrome)

The Storm Runner (J.C. Cervantes)

Renata "Ren" Santiago (Allergies, Epilepsy)

Rosie (Amputee)

Zane Obispo (Leg Length Discrepancy - Cane User)

The Tragedy Paper (Elizabeth LaBan)

Tim Macbeth (Albino, Blind)

The Wheel of Time (Robert Jordan)

Mat Cauthon (Blind)

The Window (Jeanette Ingold)

Mandy (Blind)

Things Not Seen (Andrew Clements)

Alicia Van Dorn (Blind)

Things the Eye Can't See (Penny Joelson)

Libby (Low Vision)

Thousand Worlds - Series (Yoon Ha Lee)

Myung Juhwang (Amputee)

Quartermaster Yang (Deaf)

Toby Peters - Series (Stuart M. Kaminsky)

Gunther Wherthman (Dwarfism)

Tristian Strong - Series (Kwame Mbalia)

Jessica "Jess" (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

Troubled Waters (Carolyn Wheat)

Ron Jameson (Quadraplegic)

U:

Unseelie (Ivelisse Housman)

Iselia "Seelie" Graygrove (Autistic)

V:

W:

Warriors (Erin Hunter)

Berrynose (Amputee)

Briarlight (Limited Mobility)

Brightheart (Partially Blind)

Cinderpelt (Limited Mobility)

Deadpaw (Limb Difference)

Fallowfern (Deaf)

Finleap (Amputee)

Halftail (Amputee)

Jayfeather (Blind)

Leopardstar (Diabetes)

Lilywhisker (Paralyzed)

Longtail (Blind)

Moth Flight (ADD)

Oddfoot (Limb Difference)

One-Eye (Partially Blind)

Petalfall (Epilepsy)

Shadowsight (Epilepsy)

Snowkit (Deaf)

Whitewater (Partially Blind)

Where You See Yourself (Claire Forrest)

Effie Galanos (Cerebral Palsy, Wheelchair User)

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the East (Gregory Maguire)

Nessarose Thropp (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

Wild and Crooked (Leah Thomas)

Gus Peake (Aphasia, Astereognosis, Asthma, Cerebral Palsy)

Wings of Fire (Tui T. Sutherland)

Addax (Limp)

Battlewinner (Fantasy Disability)

Chameleon (Facial Difference, Limited Abilities)

Clay (Limp)

Dune (Amputee)

Jerboa ||| (Amputee)

Mayfly (Amputee)

Onyx (Limited Mobility)

Osprey (Blind, Paralyzed)

Peregrine (Partially Deaf)

Sapphire (Amputee)

Scarlet (Facial Difference)

Sequoia (Amputee)

Snowflake (Limited Mobility)

Starflight (Blind)

Stonemover (Limited Mobility*)

Tamarin (Blind)

Tau (Limb Difference, Limited Mobility)

Vengeance (Facial Difference)

Wasp (Facial Difference)

Wonder (R.J. Palacio)

Auggie Pullman (Facial Difference)

X:

Y:

You're Welcome, Universe (Whitney Gardner)

Julia (Deaf)

Z:

Zen Moses (Elizabeth Cosin)

Zenara Moses (Cancer)

#:

100 Days (Nicole McInnes)

Agnes (Progeria)

100 Sideways Miles (Andrew Smith)

Finn Easton (Epilepsy)

13 Gifts (Wendy Mass)

Angelina D'Angelo (Facial Difference)

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February books

What I read: 

Solito by Javier Zamora. A haunting, lyrical memoir about a young boy who migrated from Guatemala to California alone. It was a hard read but beautiful and important. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. It took a little while for this story to develop, but I really loved the last few chapters. Cloud Cuckoo Land by Antony Doerr. Friend recommendation. Lots of interwoven stories from several different time periods. The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush. I enjoyed learning about the different astronauts, but it also felt like Wikipedia articles in places. Poverty. by America by Matthew Desmond. Audiobook. Will break your heart, make you despondent about how poorly we are carrying for a significant portion of our society, but is also hopeful. Well worth listening to. Beartown by Fredrik Backman. Friend rec. A very different novel than Anxious People, but as a person who grew up in a struggling small town, it also felt very real. The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher. This may be one of my favorite fairy tale retellings of hers. It felt very much like a Robin McKinley book. Starter Villain by John Scazi. Friend rec. My first Scazi. It was a lot of fun and the unionized dolphins were the best. Artificial Condition by Martha Wells. Audiobook. The second Murderbot book. I enjoyed meeting ART (although I cannot picture what it looks like). Looking forward to continuing the series. Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett. I loved every minute of this book. Such an excellent sequel and I can't wait for book 3. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers. The second Monk and Robot book. Again, I really loved the last quarter of the book.

What I'm reading:

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith. Audiobook. The author is primarily a poet, so listening to it is a beautiful experience. Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey. Book club book. It's a short book, but it is so repetitive that it should have been a magazine article. There's good ideas here, though, so I'm determined to finish it. The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstein. The first chapters of the book drew me in entirely into this magical world of books and it stayed that way for about the first quarter. I'm about 3/4 of the way done with it and I've lost that feeling a little. There are parts that I just absolutely adore (the slow building romance, the way that all of these little stories are coming together), but that magic is fraying a touch. I think it's one that would benefit from rereading.

What I plan on reading next:

My to-read list keeps getting longer. I hope to finish The Summer Tree and A Short History of Nearly Everything, which I put on hold, the third Murderbot book, and Tom Lake. And I don't know what else.

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short stories i read in may

i was in a different country visiting relatives with whom i did not share a language. i spent a lot of time looking at my phone. not doing summaries or warnings on these because i Don't Want To, but i'll bold the ones i especially liked.

The Hunter's Wife by Anthony Doerr

Girls, At Play by Celeste Ng

The City Born Great by N. K. Jemisin

The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere by John Chu

St. Lucy's Home For Girls Raised By Wolves by Karen Russell

Queenie by Alice Munro

Spider the Artist by Nnedi Okorafor

The Equations of the Dead by An Owomoyela

Three Partitions by Bogi Takács

Bones in the Rock by R. K. Kalaw

The Mermaid Astronaut by Yoon Ha Lee

This Is I by KT Bryski

The Path of Water by Emma Törzs

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Get to know you game! Answer the questions and tag people you want to know better!

Thanks @appalesbian for the tag! I appreciate u bud 😘

Last Song Listened To: Ashes by the Longest Johns

It’s a sea shanty that goes really hard and emotional okay. Judge me if u want but I am cringe and free and have impeccable taste

Currently Reading: All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Have I been reading this for two months on and off? Yes. Do I still plan to finish it? Yes!!! It’s so good. Honestly kicked myself into reading it bc there’s a Netflix miniseries adaption of it and I love Mark Ruffalo (he’s the dad in the movie) but the book itself is also just. *chef kiss* amazing

Currently Watching: Percy Jackson and the Olympians

If you ask me more about this I’m just gonna start sobbing okay

Currently Obsessed With: Worlds Beyond Number — The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One

It’s a D&D actual play podcast with Brennan Lee Mulligan, Aabria Iyengar, Lou Wilson, and Erika Ishii and it’s SO. FUCKING. GOOD!!!!!! AND ITS FREEEEEEEEEEEE (though their Patreon content is also amazing, best $5 a month I’ve ever spent tbh) also Taylor Moore sound design wizard my beloved, teach me your ways o master of the sound waves

Tagging @damagedspinach, @drarry, and @gurrenhime if you’d like to participate!!!

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2023 book log/year in review!

here is a comprehensive of breakdown of every book I read this year!!

Terry Pratchett's Discworld

this was THE YEAR OF DISCWORLD for me. I read more disc books than non disc books. I'm probably gonna take a break from the series for a few weeks to get my breath back. I read my first ever disc book, Going Postal, in december of 2022 so it doesn't technically count as being part of this year, but here's every one that I read starting in january, in the order I read them:

Making Money

Raising Steam 

Guards! Guards! (x2)

Men at Arms (x2)

Soul Music

Feet of Clay

Mort

Jingo

The Fifth Elephant

Night Watch

Wyrd Sisters

Faust Eric

The Wee Free Men

Witches Abroad

Thud!

Monstrous Regiment

The Truth

Lords and Ladies

Hogfather

Rereads

The Fourth Bear is kind of whatever but rereading all the others has cemented them as some of my favorite books and I'm really glad I got to experience them again because I hadn't read them in years 😁

The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

How I Killed Pluto (and Why It Had It Coming) by Mike Brown

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul by Douglas Adams

Other Books

It's kind of embarrassing to see how this list pales in comparison to all the disc books but I WAS reading other stuff I swear!! look!!

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

Sacrifice by Mitchell Smith

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

Did Not Finish

Some of these I got through more of than others. the really bad ones I dropped only after 50 pages or so. im sorry women.

Closing Time by Joseph Heller

Early Riser by Jasper Fforde 

The Real and the Unreal, vol. 2: Outer Space, Inner Lands by Ursula K. Le Guin

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

Total Stats

Books started: 36

Books finished: 31

Books finished that I hadn't read before: 26 (19 Discworld, 7 not)

I PROMISE I'm not trying to be one of those "30 books in 30 days!" type booktok people, I wasn't aiming for any specific number. I only read this many books because i genuinely really loved them and couldn't stop reading them!!!!!!!

Reading List for 2024

I have an even longer list than this with a bunch of books that I saw or were recommended to me and I thought "oh that seems interesting maybe I'll check it out" but who knows if I will actually get to them. this list below is basically a new years resolution, books that I fully intend to read this year:

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (already currently reading this one, just need to finish it)

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami by Gretel Ehrlich

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley

The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

Maus by Art Spiegelman

Discworld Reading List

Yes, I am keeping this one separate. I don't necessarily intend to get to all of these by the end of 2024, just some time in the future (I probably will end up reading them all next year anyway LOL). Once I finish these, only the Rincewind and Tiffany Aching series remain. I'm not as interested in those based on the small sampling I got of them, but I'll probably read them all at some point just for the sake of completion.

Moving Pictures

Snuff

Reaper Man

Pyramids

Small Gods

Equal Rites

Maskerade

Carpe Jugulum

it's kind of scary to think that this is all thats left..... idk what im gonna do after that man..... kill myself? start over from the beginning? I guess ill just have to cross that bridge when I get to it ☹

happy new year everypony!!!!

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What I Read in 2023

Green= would recommend

Purple = would not recommend

The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr--MY FAVE OF THE YEAR

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

Ghost by Raina Telgemeier

The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

The Sea Witch by Katee Roberts

Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Your Table is Ready by Micheal Cecchi-Azzolina

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P Dejli Clark

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

Three Women by Lisa Taddeo

The Shadow of the Gods by John Gywnne

The Hunger of the Gods by John Gwynne

Smile by Raina Telgemeier

Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson

First Gen by Alejandra Campoverdi

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

Heartstopper Volume 1-3 by Alice Oseman

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Good morning. 🌜🌘🌚

8 November 2023

Waking up in the morning is better than not waking up. I think that is the case anyway, who knows. For sure, the coffee is better this morning I threw out the "on sale" stale Italian roast beans and opened a fresh bag of French roast.

I was at Barns and Noble in Shreveport a couple of days ago, I purchased the latest John Grisham book, but I picked up and held in my hand a book titled "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr, I didn't get it, though I wish I had. At home I found out it was also a short Netflix series and watched. I thought it was excellent, emotionally moving. I'll get my hands on the book.

I like the quote I found this morning. Too many people have strong opinions about things that they know nothing about, don't you think?

“Think before you speak. Read before you think.” - Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader