#Molly Horan

[layo2-0]

Epically Earnest by Molly Horan (2/12-2/13)

4/5 stars

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Queer

Tags: Adoption, Nasty Internet People, Theatre Kinds Kinda, Fancy Boarding School Kinda

Notes: It was really sweet, the author was working hard to make me hate Alfie at the beginning tho

[alyssalikestoreadbooks]

Epically Earnest - Molly Horan

"In this delightfully romantic LGBTQ+ comedy-of-errors inspired by Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, a high school senior works up the courage to ask her long-time crush to prom all while deciding if she should look for her bio family.

Jane Grady’s claim to fame is that she was one first viral internet sensations, dubbed #bagbaby—discovered as a one-year-old in an oversized Gucci bag by her adopted father in a Poughkeepsie train station. Now in her senior year of high school, Jane is questioning whether she wants to look for her bio family due to a loving, but deeply misguided push from her best friend Algie, while also navigating an all-consuming crush on his cousin, the beautiful, way-out-of-her-league Gwen Fairfax.

And while Janey’s never thought of herself as the earnest type, she needs to be honest with her parents, Algie, Gwen, but mostly herself if she wants to make her life truly epic. With a wink toward Oscar Wilde’s beloved play, Epically Earnest explores the complexity of identity, the many forms family can take, and the importance of being . . . yourself."

Read Date - July 2024

Length - 195 pages

Genre - Romance, LGBTQ+, Contemporary

Rating - 6/10

Stars - ★★★☆☆

Notes - This is a retelling of a play by Oliver Wilde called “the importance of being earnest” and though i haven’t seen it, i can clearly see the inspirations from what i’ve read. I like how everything starts out with the main character Jane and her friend Algie trying to find her birth parents, and THEN it leads into the back story. it’s so different from other books i’ve read, and i love it. I think the plot line of her being a “famous” baby because it gives more dynamic to her story. The living obit parts are really cute as well, and i like how they have multiple in the book for different people. I also like the text messages being included. it really zazzes the book up and makes it feel more unique. For me, the pining in the relationship is cute and isn’t overplayed. It’s not a slow burn and it doesnt play out like one. I like the way that Jane and Gwen have two very different lifestyles and come from different backgrounds. i think the relationships between both Jane and Gwen, and Cecil and Algie are REALLY cute. Like, so slice of life and adorable and sugary sweet that you just have to keep reading to see it all play out. It’s so amazing to me. The parts with reconnecting with her biological family is so interesting to me because it starts out as written as a side plot line, and it’s cool to see the relationship aspect play out with the drama stewing in the background before it slowly becomes apart of the main plot. The prom scenes are adorable, and i think this is a very good retelling

[thecolorsinouruniverse]

photographs were never meant to last forever like those files on your phone. if you think they'll never fade, you don't work as hard to keep your memories from fading.

molly horan, epically earnest

[lisbeth-kk]

May Prompts (18) Blanket

The Luckiest Girl in the World (chapter 18)

Summary: Molly gifts Rosie something the teen never thought she'd get her hands on.

Eighteen Years Old

Molly got me concert tickets to Niall Horan on my eighteenth birthday. I was over the moon. Since I was ten, I’d considered myself a Directioner, and the year I turned thirteen, I had my first celebrity crush. Harry Styles, one of the One Direction members, was destined to be my boyfriend someday in the future, no questions asked.

I got over it. Eventually. When Molly accompanied me to one of their last concerts before they split up, it was more important to sing along and enjoy the music than to pine for the darkhaired young Brit.

Niall, who was a previous member of One Direction, had sold out all his concerts in the UK, and I and my two friends, Leyla and Clare, had tried but failed to get tickets. And now, I suddenly had three of them in my hands.

“Molly! I don’t know how to thank you enough,” I exclaimed and hugged her hard and long. “How did you…”

“Shush now. I have my…sources,” Molly said and winked at me. “Give the girls a call and tell them the good news.”

***

Papa tried to insist that one of uncle Myc’s chauffeurs could drive us to the O2, where the concert was to be held, but Dad and I managed to make him see sense.

“I ride the tube almost every day, Papa. The Jubilee Line will take us straight to North Greenwich station, and then we’re practically there. We can’t always make use of uncle’s privileges, you know. It would be embarrassing and attract too much attention as well if three ordinary girls turned up in a…”

“Nothing ordinary about…” Papa interrupted me, while Dad interrupted Papa with a stern voice calling his name, and that was the end of it.

***

Molly had procured us with great Inner Circle tickets and early entry. It must’ve cost her a fortune, and I kept wondering who this source of hers was. (Not that I didn’t have my suspicions.)

With money my grandparents had gifted me, I bought merch. A t-shirt, a few bracelets and a key lanyard.

The concert was brilliant, and luckily, we were already on our way out of the venue when a group of girls started to fight amongst each other over a signed poster of Niall. It got ugly quite quickly. A nail file was put to good use, blood flooded, and hysterical teenagers were running to the tube station.

My phone vibrated in the back pocket of my jeans. A text.

Walk to the parking lot by the Aurora Tower. I will have a car waiting for the three of you. UM.

Clare had started to get a bit freaked out by the crowd pushing on us, and she sighed relieved when I told her and Leyla that we should walk in the opposite direction to be picked up by my uncle, Anthea or just a driver.

“Your uncle is just brilliant, Ro,” Leyla stated. “How did he know? This just happened minutes ago. I’m sure it hasn’t reached the news yet.”

“Not the ordinary news,” I agreed without elaborating further.

When I spotted the car, another text arrived.

Ferguson will be driving you. He already knows Ms. Aldershot and Ms. Carson’s addresses. I hope you had a good time. UM.

Thanks, uncle Myc. You’re a star! Or brilliant as L & C called you. Pick a choice. xx

(Today's prompt is used metaphorically)

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🌈 Queer Romances to Love All Year Round

🦇 Good morning, my beloved bookish bats. We're halfway through pride month, but there are still so many amazing queer books to read! To celebrate that love is love mentality, here are 78 queer romance novels you can add to your tbr! Don't forget to #readqueerallyear, and that none of us are free until all of us are free. 💜

❤️ Delilah Green Doesn’t Care - Ashley Herring Blake 🧡 Skye Falling - Mia McKenzie 💛 The Breakup Lists - Adib Khorram 💚 Prince of the Palisades - Julian Winters 💙 Solomon’s Crown - Natasha Siegel 💜 The Borrow a Boyfriend Club - Page Powars

❤️ Full Shift - Jennifer Dugan 🧡 A Shore Thing - Joanna Lowell 💛 Showmance - Chad Beguelin 💚 Exes & Foes - Amanda Woody 💙 Full Disclosure - Camryn Garrett 💜 When You Were Everything - Ashley Woodfolk

❤️ Playing the Palace - Paul Rudnick 🧡 I’m So (Not) Over You - Kosoko Jackson 💛 When Katie Met Cassidy - Camille Perri 💚 Captive Prince - C. S. Pacat 💙 The Lovers - Rebekah Faubion 💜 That Summer Feeling - Bridget Morrissey

❤️ Wild Things - Laura Kay 🧡 Experienced - Kate Young 💛 Lose You to Find Me - Erik J. Brown 💚 The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School - Sonora Reyes 💙 Nate Plus One - Kevin van Whye 💜 Countries of Origin - Javier Fuentes

❤️ The Passing Playbook - Isaac Fitzsimons 🧡 But How Are You, Really - Ella Dawson 💛 Looking for a Sign - Susie Dumond 💚 The Prospects - KT Hoffman 💙 Last Night at the Telegraph Club - Malinda Lo 💜 Malice - Heather Walter

❤️ You Should See Me in a Crown - Leah Johnson 🧡 Let’s Talk about Love - Claire Kann 💛 Bonds of Brass - Emily Skrutskie 💚 Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places - Claire Kann 💙 The Stars and the Blackness Between Them - Junauda Petrus 💜 In Charm’s Way - Lana Harper

❤️ Everything Leads to You - Nina LaCour 🧡 Marriage of a Thousand Lies - SJ Sindu 💛 I Think I Love You - Auriane Desombre 💚 Lavash at First Sight - Taleen Voskuni 💙 The Bump - Sidney Karger 💜 The Disenchantment - Celia Bell

❤️ The Dos and Donuts of Love - Adiba Jaigirdar 🧡 Riley Weaver Needs A Date To The Gaybutante Ball - Jason June 💛 Epically Earnest - Molly Horan 💚 Out of the Blue - Jason June 💙 Flip the Script - Lyla Lee 💜 Imogen, Obviously - Becky Albertalli

❤️ Café Con Lychee - Emery Lee 🧡 A Little Bit Country - Brian D. Kennedy 💛 Late to the Party - Kelly Quindlen 💚 The Key to You and Me - Jaye Robin Brown 💙 What If It’s Us - Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera 💜 The Falling in Love Montage - Ciara Smyth

❤️ The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre - Robin Talley 🧡 Meet Cute Diary - Emery Lee 💛 Love & Other Natural Disasters - Misa Sugiura 💚 Date Me, Bryson Keller - Kevin van Whye 💙 Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster - Andrea Mosqueda 💜 Pumpkin by Julie Murphy

❤️ She Gets the Girl by Rachel Lippincott - Alyson Derrick 🧡 Home Field Advantage - Dahlia Adler 💛 The (Un)Popular Vote - Jasper Sanchez 💚 Melt With You - Jennifer Dugan 💙 Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler 💜 Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating - Adiba Jaigirdar

❤️ I Kissed Shara Wheeler - Casey McQuiston 🧡 Jay’s Gay Agenda - Jason June 💛 Triple Sec - TJ Alexander 💚 Finally Fitz - Marisa Kanter 💙 I’ll Be the One - Lyla Lee 💜 This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story - Kacen Callender

❤️ May the Best Man Win - ZR Ellor 🧡 One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston 💛 Late Bloomer - Mazey Eddings 💚 The Fiancee Farce - Alexandria Bellefleur 💙 Stars Collide - Rachel Lacey 💜 Truly, Madly, Deeply - Alexandria Bellefleur

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So my plan was originally to do these recaps every month, but that didn't happen. So instead, here's a reading recap for the first 6 months of 2024 in which I read 99 books, a concept that is still insane to me considering my goal for the year was 50. Pictured are my highlights, the god-tier books that left me screaming or the ones that I left feeling like a new person.

And here is the full list of everything I've read so far this year. (Bolded are the books pictured and italicised are books reread)

January My Dear Henry by Kalynn Bayron 4/5 The Seven Husband of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 5/5 Padawan by Kiersten White 5/5 Dark Heir by C.S. Pacat 5/5 You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron 3/5 The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones 5/5 Teach the Torches to Burn by Caleb Roehrig 5/5 The Star Host Trilogy by F.T. Lukens 5/5 Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa 4/5 Harley Quinn: Die Laughing by Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner 3/5 Coffee Boy by Austin Chant 5/5 Star Wars: Vader: Dark Visions by Dennis Hopeless 3/5 Caroline’s Heart by Austin Chant 5/5 Stranger Things: Flight of Icarus by Caitlin Schneiderhan 2/5

February Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore 5/5 Pretty Boy by Jett Masterson 1/5 The Prince’s Dearest Guards by Beau Van Dalen 3/5 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 5/5 A House Unsettled by Trynne Delaney 3/5 Bunt! Striking Out on Financial Aid by Ngozi Ukazu 5/5 The Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan 4/5

March  By Any Other Name by Erin Cotter 5/5 From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty 4/5 Family Business by Jonathan Sims 5/5 Hook's Tale: Being the Account of an Unjustly Villainized Pirate Written by Himself by John Leonard Pielmeier 4/5 Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones 4/5 Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori 5/5 Peter Darling by Austin Chant 5/5 Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones 3/5 Darling by K. Ancrum 5/5

April The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull 2/5 A Worthy Opponent by Katee Robert 5/5 Circe by Madeline Miller 4/5 The Never King by Nikki St. Crowe 4/5 Ben and Beatriz by Katalina Gamarra 5/5 Hide: The Graphic Novel by Kiersten White 3/5 The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love by Rachel Feder 4/5 The Dark One by Nikki St. Crowe 4/5 Their Vicious Darling by Nikki St. Crowe 4/5 Ledfeather by Stephen Graham Jones 5/5 The Fae Princes by Nikki St. Crowe 4/5

May  Black Butler by Yana Toboso 4/5 The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture by Grace Perry 4/5 Pan by Christopher Ruz 3/5 Devourer of Men by Nikki St. Crowe 3/5 The Promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu 4/5 A Sea of Unfortunate Sould by Jay R. Wolf 3/5 Someone You Can Build A Nest In by John Wiswell 4/5

June The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 5/5 Red Rising by Pierce Brown 4/5 Neon Gods by Katee Robert 5/5 The Girl From the Well by Rin Chupeco 5/5 The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan 4/5 What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher 4/5 The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan 5/5 Hooked by Emily Mcintire 4/5 Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro 5/5 A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow 5/5 A Thief in the Night by KJ Charles 5/5 How To Bite Your Neighbor and Win A Wager by D.N. Bryn 5/5 His First Bite by D.N. Bryn 5/5 The Lost Boy by Joshua Grant 3/5 Tink and Wendy by Kelly Ann Jacobson 3/5 The Wicker King by K. Ancrum 5/5 Epically Earnest by Molly Horan 4/5 Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens 5/5 White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson 5/5 Dark Heir by C.S. Pacat 5/5 A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow 5/5 Peter Pan in Scarlet by Geraldine McCaughrean 5/5 Night of the Living Queers: A Queer Horror Anthology 4/5

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Lyrics that make me think of my ed and make me cry

"Shut up, count your calories. I never looked good in mom jeans. Wish I was like you. Blue-eyed blondie, perfect body. Maybe I should try harder" -Prom Queen, Beach Bunny

"Why do I always spill? I feel it coming out my throat, guess I better wash my mouth out with soap" -Soap, Melanie Martinez

"And I could lie say I like it like that, like it like that. But nothin' is better sometimes" -When the party's over, Billie Eilish

"Then hate my reflection, for years and years. I wake in the night, I pace like a ghost" -The Archer, Taylor Swift

"I can change everything about me to fit in...And I'm still a believer, but I don't know why. I've never been a natural, all I do is try try try" -Mirrorball, Taylor Swift

"I kinda wanna throw my phone across the room, 'cause all I see are girls too good to be true. With paper white teeth and perfect bodies. Wish I didn't care. I know that beauty's not my lack but it feels like that weight is on my back" -Jealousy Jealousy, Olivia Rodrigo

"Everybody wants you. But I don't like a hold rush. What must it be like to grow up that beautiful?" -Gold Rush, Taylor Swift

"You say to me your jeans don't fit. You don't feel pretty and it's hard to miss" -Perfect Now, Louis Tomlinson (the whole song brings me so much comfort, I can't put it onto words)

"And she's got that body, always gotta flaunt it. Everybody's looking up. When she walks by you wanna be her" -Prom Queen, Molly Kate Kestner

"They say these are the golden years but I wish I could disappear. Ego crush is so severe" -Brutal, Olivia Rodrigo

"Pill diet, piell diet. If they give you a new pill then you will but it. If they say to kill yourself then you will try it. All the make-up in the world, won't make you less insecure. You got weights in your pockets when you go to the doctor's" -Sippy Cup, Melanie Martinez

"I'm a soldier who's returning half her weight" -All too well (10 minute version), Taylor Swift

"From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes. I have my blood, sweat and tears for this. I hosted parties and starved my body. Like I'd be saved by a perfect kiss. The jokes weren't funny" -You're on your own kid, Taylor Swift

"She wants to feel like she did before. She looks into her mirror wishing someone could hear her, so loud" -Mirrors, Niall Horan

"Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby. And I'm a monster on the hill. Too big to hang out" -Anti-Hero, Taylor Swift

"You never want to know how much you weight. You still have to squeeze into your jeans, but you're perfect to me" -Little Things, One Direction

"I wanna eat, I wanna stay thin. I wanna dance but I gotta stay in. Hey, skinny skinny, don't you think about the futur. Hey, skinny skinny too bad, too bad" -Skinny Skinny, Ashton Irwin

And the whole fucking song Smaller than this by Sara Kays, like, every damn line

[ashhearthelpsaa]

Below the cut will be a masterlist of song based names. Each of the names listed are in titles of songs. I will also list the artist who sang the song next to them. There are 40 feminine names, 25 masculine names, and 16 gender neutral names. These are under a read more, because this got long.

Feminine Names.

Anna - Incubus.

Arabella. - Artic Monkeys.

Betty. - Taylor Swift.

Carolina. - Harry Styles.

Cassie - Flyleaf.

Cecelia. - Simon and Garfunkle.

Chloe. - Emblem3

Cornelia. - Taylor Swift.

Delilah. - Plain White T's.

Diana. - One Direction.

Dorothea. - Taylor Swift.

Eileen. - Dexys Midnight Runners.

Emma. - Taylor Swift.

Grace. - Taylor Swift.

Ivy. - Taylor Swift.

Jane. - Breaking Benjamin.

Jennifer. - Hole.

Jolene. - Dolly Parton.

Josie. - Blink 182.

Juliet. - We the Kings.

Lacy. - Olivia Rodrigo.

Lisa. - Panic! at the Disco.

Lucy. - The Beatles.

Lyra. - Breaking Benjamin.

Madison. - Demi Lovato.

Marjorie. - Taylor Swift.

Mary. - Taylor Swift.

Matilda. - Harry Styles.

Molly. - Incubus.

Mona. - Panic! at the Disco.

Polly. - Nirvana.

Olivia. - One Direction.

Rhiannon. - Fleetwood Mac.

Roxanne. - The Police.

Sally. - Amy Lee.

Stacy. - Fountains of Wade.

Tiffany. - Deep Blue Something.

Valerie. - Amy Winehouse.

Wendy. - Maisie Williams.

Willow. - Taylor Swift.

Masculine Names.

Aaron. - Lin Manuel Miranda.

Adam. - Blink 182.

Alejandro. - Lady Gaga.

Alexander. - Lin Manuel Miranda.

Alfred. - Eminem.

August. - Taylor Swift.

Brian. - Eminem.

Bruno. - Hop Along.

Buddy. - Weezer.

Denis. - Blondie.

Floyd. - Nirvana.

Hugh. - Demi Lovato.

Jack. - System of a Down.

James. - The Who.

Jeremy. - Pearl Jam.

Jimmy. - The Who, Eminem.

John. - Taylor Swift.

Johnny. - System of a Down.

Jones. - Counting Crows.

Ken. - Ryan Gosling.

Mike. - Eminem.

Ronan. - Taylor Swift.

Stan. - Eminem.

Stephen. - Taylor Swift.

Tim. - Taylor Swift.

Gender Neutral Names.

Angel. - Harry Styles, One Direction, Breaking Benjamin, Niall Horan.

Billie. - Michael Jackson.

Bobby. - Flyleaf.

Dusk. - Zayn.

Holly. - Weezer.

Isadore. - Incubus.

Jean. - Michael Jackson.

Jude. - The Beatles.

London. - Taylor Swift.

Lucky. - Britney Spears.

Rain. - Breaking Benjamin.

River. - Charlie Puth.

Sam - Flyleaf.

Sunny. - Faith No More.

Vega. - Breaking Benjamin.

Vernie. - Blind Melon.

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Hotel Adlon Kempinski

In the heart of Berlin, facing the Brandenburg Gate and only a few steps from the government district, you will find the legendary five-star luxury Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin. A total of 385 elegant rooms and suites, 3 top-tier restaurants, including Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer, which has been awarded with 2 Michelin stars, and a spacious spa meet the highest demands of every guest!

Under the cut is the roommates list. Couples have been roomed together and everyone else was randomized by a generator. If you have been roomed with another fc that you play, please message us politely and we will fix it asap! Roommates are subject to change due to unfollows, follows, activity check etc. so please like this post to keep up to date on any changes.

UPDATED 9/27 @ 7:20 PM EST

Demi Bennett (Rhea Ripley) - Ashley Fliehr (Charlotte Flair) 

Fergal Devitt - Renee Young

Hwang Hyunjin - Bang Chan

Sarah Paulson - Jessica Lange

Lee Know (Minho) - Lee Felix

Park Jinyoung - Lim Jaebeom

Awsten Knight - Miley Cyrus 

Kim Jisoo - Christian Yu

Choi Minho - Kim Ahyoung (Yura)

Tyler Hoechlin - Maura Higgins

Maika Monroe - Dylan O'Brien

Kim Mingyu - Sana Minatozaki 

Zoey Deutch - Geoff Wigington

Kelsea Ballerini - Joe Keery

Shay Mitchell - Andy Biersack

Zendaya - Timothee Chalamet

Vanessa Hudgens - Austin Butler

Dua Lipa - Maya Hawke

Yoo Siah (Yooa) - Kim Minjeong (Winter)

Xiao Dejun (Xiaojun) - Yoo Jimin (Karina) 

Min Yoongi - Kim Namjoon

Kim Hongjoong - Diamanté Quiava Valentin Harper (Saweetie)

Julianna Margulies - Cate Blanchett

Jung Yoonoh (Jaehyun) - Lee Taeyong

Jackson Wang - Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul (Ten)

Sebastian Stan - Margot Robbie

Colby Lopez (Seth Rollins) - Rebecca Quin (Becky Lynch)

Pamela Martinez (Bayley) - Mercedes Justine Varnado (Sasha Banks)

Lucas Wong - Kim Jungwoo 

Lee Taemin - Kim Jongin 

Tom Holland - Natalia Dyer

Akanishi Jin - Lee Sunmi

Mark Lee - Lee Donghyuck (Haechan)

Zoë Kravitz - Lili Reinhart

Beyoncé Knowles - Gong Yoo

Lupita Nyong'o -Tessa Thompson

Sarah Drew - Brett Tucker

Gareth Southgate - Kendall Jenner

Choi Soobin - Sofia Carson

Ryan Gosling - Cha Eunwoo

Jensen Ackles - Jonathan Good (Jon Moxley)

Hwang Yeji - Camila Morrone

Park Seonghwa - Romee Strijd

Lee Jeno - Louis Tomlinson

Jung Wooyoung - Mazz Murray

Byun Baekhyun  - Harry Kane

Choi San - Taylor Zakhar Perez

Olivia Rodrigo - Elizabeth Olsen

Hailey Baldwin - Megan Jovon Ruth Pete (Megan Thee Stallion)

Florence Pugh - Carrie Underwood

Selena Gomez - Anya Taylor-Joy

Liam Hemsworth - Kang Seulgi

Adelaine Kane  - Chace Crawford

Jang Gyuri - Molly-Mae Hague

Jessica Chastain - Ross Lynch

Sydney Sweeney - Park Seoham

Park Jihyo - Sam Claflin

Ben Feldman - America Ferrera

Taylor Momsen - Blake Lively

Bill Skarsgard - Jacob Elordi

Nicholas Galitzine - Mason Mount

Sabrina Carpenter - Jenna Ortega

Niall Horan - Ariana Grande

Kim Taehyung - Wong Kunhang (Hendery)

Samantha Gibb - Leati Joseph Anoa'i (Roman Reigns)

Joey King - Joshua Wong

Lauren Jauregui - Min Yoongi

Taylor Swift  - Naomi Scott

Lucy Hale - Emma Mackey

Jeon Jungkook - David Corenswet

Otto Wood - Madelyn Cline

Halle Bailey - Brittany Baker (Britt Baker)

Cillian Murphy - Chris Evans

Chris Hemsworth - Na Jaemin

Lily James – Glen Powell

Olivia Culpo - Danny Amendola 

Bruno Mars - Gigi Hadid

Josephine Skriver - Aaron Taylor Johnson

Harry Styles - Sofia Carson

Nick Jonas - Jennie Kim

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Read in June 2024

I finally had some down time in June so I got to do some reading :D if only I'd found the energy to post more reviews too 🙈

Series read: The Shepherd King duology by Rachel Gillig

One Dark Window - 3/5

Two Twisted Crowns - DNF

Veronica Speedwell Mysteries by Deanna Raybourn

A Grave Robbery - 5/5 (audio)

Backlog books:

The Nesting by CJ Cooke - 3/5

Nimona by ND Stevenson - 5/5

The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder - 3/5 (audio)

Other reads:

Metal From Heaven by August Clarke - 5/5 (ARC)

Where He Can’t Find You by Darcy Coates - 4/5

Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie - 4/5 (audio)

May the Best Man Win by ZR Ellor - 2/5 (audio)

Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin - 5/5

Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey - 4/5 (audio)

Into the Mouth of the Wolf by Erin Gough - 1/5

Good Girls Don’t Die by Christina Henry - 3/5 (audio)

Epically Earnest by Molly Horan - 3/5 (audio)

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson - 5/5 (audio/reread)

A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee - 4/5

Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie - 4/5 (audio)

You Don’t Have a Shot by Racquel Marie - 5/5 (audio)

A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid - 2/5 (audio)

The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes - 4/5 (audio)

The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes - 4/5 (audio)

If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St Jude - 4/5 (audio)

The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay - 3/5

[louisupdates]

BEHIND THE CAMPAIGN: LOUIS TOMLINSON

MUSICALLY | 19 Apr 2023

3. The radio conundrum

We have seen historically that it has been tricky to get radio for him – but not because of any artist proposition issue. It’s just sonically that he wants to do something different to what radio wants to play.

It’s tricky because it falls through the gaps a little bit with what he wants to do. We’ve always looked at it as: let’s just assume there are zero promo opportunities at radio, TV and press. Let’s just take out promo entirely.

What you have got is a global, engaged, fanatical fanbase. You can do more with that than you can with those other things if you don’t have fans.

I would much rather have an artist who’s got an absolutely berserk global fanbase and that gets absolutely no support from traditional media – because you can work with that – than have an artist that’s not really got a particularly big fanbase but radio loves them and TV loves them. What does that matter if you’ve not got the fans?

We did always want to get promo because we would love to be able to expand Louis’ fanbase. But you’ve got to compete against Harry [Styles] and Niall [Horan]. They’re the first people you’ve got to compete against because, to play three One Direction members on the radio, I don’t know if radio stations would. Then you’ve got the sonic battle as well where he wants to keep it pretty raw.

The first single was ‘Bigger Than Me’, which is a big song to sing. It was a good bridge between the last album and this album. It gave the fans what they wanted.

We had really good feedback from radio. They played it to Clara [Amfo, Radio 1] without telling her who it was. She loved it and she did actually play it as one of the hottest tracks of the week. Greg James’s producers said it was brilliant. They absolutely adored it. Matt Edmondson and Mollie King’s team loved it. They thought it was great. But it got blocked at playlist conversations. It was like, Come on!

That was really disappointing because, pre-release, we were getting incredible feedback from producers, but we just couldn’t get it through the playlisting. We’d always planned for it not to go on radio, but if it got on radio that’d be just a brilliant bonus. So it didn’t harm our campaign strategy at all.

He’s too pop for indie stations and he’s too indie for the BBC [Radio 1]. It’s frustrating, but he’s making the music he wants to make and the fans love it. So what do you do?

‘Silver Tongues’ came out just before the album dropped, which was the official second single. That bridged the gap between those two singles. It was much more guitar based. It was up-tempo but it wasn’t too indie.

On the day that the album was released, fans bombarded Greg’s show on the 10 Minute Takeover [on the Radio 1 breakfast show]. And he played it! It was lovely but you could tell it was done like, “OK, I’ve done it now. Go away.” Which is just so sad because his demographic is right in that lane. It’s 18-25.

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i personally believe every moment in your life is a moment to be bold

molly horan, epically earnest

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Good wlw books with a happy ending?

Legends & Lattes (Cozy Fantasy, A)

The Valkyries Daughter (Mythology Fantasy, YA) By Tiana Warner

Make You Mine This Christmas (A, Romance, with spice.) By Lizzie Huxley-Jones

Epically Earnest (Coming of age, Romance, YA.) By Molly Horan

Those Who Wait (Romance, A with spice) By Haley Cass

Count Your Lucky Stars & Written in the Stars (Romance series, can read in any order, spice.) By Alexandria Bellefleur

Mamo (Graphic novel about a witch & a girl who helps her; it’s fairly sad in parts but the ending is beautiful.) By Sas Milledge

And incase anyone is looking for MLM, The Other Ones by Fran Hart (YA, Romance / Spooky with mental health and found family. On a similar vibe to Heartstopper ish.)

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💙💜💖 Young Adult Books to Read During Bisexuality Visibility Month

I don't know if you've noticed, bookish bats, but a MEGATON of bi books have come out (hehe) this year! While there's not enough time in the day to read them all, they do deserve to shine all year round. As it's Bisexuality Visibility Month, I wanted to create a series of guides for bi books to spread the love. Here are a few Young Adult books featuring bi characters to add to your ever-growing TBR!

💙 Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler 💜 If You Still Recognize Me by Cynthia So 💖 Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar 💙 Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 💜 Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli 💖 Then Everything Happens at Once by M.E. Girard 💙 Faith: Taking Flight by Julie Murphy 💜 The Girl Next Door by Cecilia Vinesse 💖 Radio Silence by Alice Oseman 💙 Autoboyography by Christina Lauren 💜 This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender 💖 They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 💙 Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler 💜 You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson 💖 You Don’t Live Here by Robyn Schneider 💙 Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan 💜 Miss Meteor by Tehlor-Kay Mejia & Anna-Marie McLemore 💖 We Are Totally Normal by Naomi Kanakia 💙 Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann (asexual & biromantic) 💜 The Disasters by M.K. England 💖 If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich 💙 Last Chance Dance by Lakita Wilson 💜 The Kindred by Alechia Dow 💖 Crumbs by Danie Stirling 💙 Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie 💜 Felix Ever After by Kacen Callendar 💖 Perfect on Paper by Sophia Gonzales 💙 When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey 💜 Flowerheart by Catherine Bakewell 💖 Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer 💙 Let’s Call it a Doomsday by Katie Henry 💜 Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters 💖 The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes 💙 Epically Earnest by Molly Horan 💜 Heartstopper by Alice Oseman 💖 Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli 💙 Running With Lions by Julian Winters 💜 I'll Be the One by Lyla Lee 💖 Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan 💙 Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee 💜 Flips the Script by Lyla Lee 💖 The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe

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Berger saves the shoot-out’s final penalty to send Chelsea through to the Champions League semi-finals.

‘The celebration came out of nowhere – why the hell did I do that?’

Ann-Katrin Berger and Jess Carter, the Chelsea team-mates and partners, talk to Molly Hudson about their dramatic win over Lyon and the test that awaits them against Barcelona

Something strange happened to Ann-Katrin Berger in the seconds after she dived to her right and forced Lindsey Horan’s penalty away from goal to seal Chelsea’s progression to the semi-finals of the Champions League.

“It was weird. I didn’t know how to celebrate,” Berger, who had also saved Wendie Renard’s penalty, says. She ran out from her goal, shimmied her shoulders and then did a knee slide in front of the jubilant Chelsea fans, before being engulfed by her team-mates.

“My brain just switched off,” she adds, covering her face in embarrassment as she relived her celebration. “I have no idea why that came out of me, it just happened and afterwards I was like, ‘What the hell did I just do?’ The girls were laughing about it.”

While Berger’s penalty heroics may have come as a surprise to some, it did not to her Chelsea team-mates. The 32-year-old is a specialist at spot kicks. “I’m sure she’s already told you, she loves penalties, it’s where she likes to shine,” says Jess Carter, her Chelsea team-mate and partner.

Chelsea were seconds from elimination against the holders Lyon, before Maren Mjelde’s 128th-minute penalty kick took the tie to a shoot-out. While Emma Hayes, the Chelsea manager, couldn’t bear to watch, Berger was ready for her moment in the spotlight.

“It’s my job to be calm,” Berger says. “If you have a clown in the back [of defence], that probably won’t help the team. I didn’t prepare. I was confident enough in my team that they would score their penalties, especially after Maren took the penalty. I already knew it was going in because I know her abilities.

“I don’t have the pressure. I love penalty shoot-outs because as a goalkeeper you never have pressure on it, because everyone expects people to score from 12 yards out. That’s why I think I was as calm as I was because there was no pressure at all. They [gestures to Carter] had more pressure.”

Carter showed her cool to score the fifth penalty in the shoot-out.

Against Lyon, Berger and Carter — who blasted the fifth spot kick into the top corner — looked unflappable, but that was no act, as the couple are as laid-back away from the pitch as they are on it.

They have enjoyed most of their careers away from the spotlight, meeting during their time at Birmingham City in May 2016. By February 2017 they had moved in together as friends, before later realising they had developed romantic feelings.

In June 2018, Carter moved to London to play for Chelsea. Berger joined the club in early 2019, and the pair live together in London. Now they are adapting to the increased attention after the Lionesses’ European Championship victory last summer took women’s football to new heights.

Carter, No 3, was part of the England squad who won the European Championship last summer.

That day, the couple were in opposing dugouts as unused substitutes for their respective nations, but the impact of England’s victory on club football continues. The pair have just finished an event with the Chelsea FC Foundation where they surprised local schoolgirls and gave them tickets to tomorrow’s Champions League semi-final against Barcelona.

Both are genuinely touched by the reactions of the girls, who squealed in disbelief before looking up at their heroes with starstruck faces. It is a reaction neither is particularly used to.

“I was really surprised they even recognised me, I’m not going to lie,” says Berger, while Carter says that their reaction made her day. It was a moment of joy in a high-pressure week that culminates with the biggest game of Chelsea’s season so far.

The mere mention of Barcelona is enough to remind most fans of an evening in May 2021 that began as a dream for Hayes and Chelsea, but quickly turned into a nightmare. Berger and Carter both started that Champions League final, in which they conceded an own goal after 33 seconds, and three more goals in the opening 36 minutes. Barcelona went on to win 4-0.

Barcelona claimed the Champions League trophy in 2021 after thrashing Chelsea 4-0 in the final.

“I don’t think about it any more,” Berger says. “I can’t change it. We learn from our mistakes, hopefully, we have analysed it over the two years. They’ve changed, we’ve changed. It will be a completely different game. That’s why there’s no time to think about it. It happened and it made us stronger as well.”

Tomorrow’s game, in front of more than 25,000 fans, will be the true test of a squad that Hayes describes as “mentality monsters”. Barcelona are widely considered the favourites to win this competition and have a flawless domestic record, winning all 25 of their games so far, scoring 105 goals and conceding only five.

This is the only trophy missing in Hayes’s collection, but Carter believes their mental strength will help them to live up to the occasion.

“It’s something that obviously Emma has spoken about,” she says. “That mentality, some people are just given it, you’re born with it and some people have got to work hard to get that. To me, having a strong mentality in football is what’s going to get you to the top and you’re going to have so many setbacks. We’re trying to figure out how you can overcome those setbacks and turn them into positives.”