Tagged by @karlmarxverstappen to talk about BOOKS!!
an estimate of how many physical books I own: less than 100, I'm largely a kindle girlie. I keep a running wish list of what I want to read and wait for sales. And not needing a light to read by is so nice.
favorite author: what kind of impossible question is this?! I'm going to say David Sedaris though. We put one of his essays in our wedding ceremony and he's the nicest person - gave me chocolate on my birthday once!
a popular book I've never read and never intend to read: call me by your name. there is absolutely no way this book lives up to the hype so I'm going to pass.
a popular book I thought was just meh: the girl on the (motherfucking) train. I also blame this book for the influx of garbage "thrillers." Either they all suck and are not thrilling at all or I'm psychologically damaged and easily bored.
longest book I own: due to aforementioned kindle girlie status I have no idea.
longest series I own all the books to: Harry Potter, A Song of Ice and Fire (rest in rip), Red Rising.
prettiest book I own: again, I am so boring. I'm trying to start buying more physical books again, but I'm really excited to start building our collection of children's books.
a book or series I wish more people knew about: The Library at Mount Char for the single book. It is FUCKED UP but so good; I should re-read. Series: Red Rising by Pierce Brown, The Great Library by Rachel Caine, The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir (I feel like this one is sort of popular on tumblr but I never encounter it in the real world!).
book I'm reading now: Ordinary Monsters by J.M. Miro.
book that's been on my TBR list for a while but I still haven't got around to it: I've picked up so many recently, I'm hoping this winter I can knock some out I've been looking forward to like Babel, Our Share of Night, Nightbitch, Mary, the new Locked Tomb, and the new Red Rising to name a few.
do you have any books in a language other than english: no because I'm a lousy American who only knows one language.
paperback, hardcover, or ebook?: ebook!
tagging @ricstappen @toastandvegemite @beerin @eff41 @onboardsorasora and anyone else who wants to play!
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"Absolutely no one comes to save us but us."
Ismatu Gwendolyn, "you've been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress)", from Threadings, on Substack [ID'd]
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please i love you i'm begging you bring back suspension of disbelief bring back trusting the audience like. i cannot handle any more dialogue that sounds like a legal document. "hello, i am here to talk to you about the incident from a few minutes ago, because i feel you might be unwell, and i am invested in your personal wellbeing." "thank you, i am unwell because the incident was hurtful to me due to my childhood, which was bad." I CANT!!!!
do you know how many people are mad that authors use "growled" as a word for "said"? it's just poetics! they do not literally mean "growled," it's just a common replacement for "said with force but in a low tone." it's normal! do you hear me!! help me i love you please let me out of here!!!
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it's always "immortals always lose the ones they love!" and never "this family has had this incredible, powerful, loving figure present through generations of their lineage, all because they are descended from someone the immortal loved long ago" and i think that's a shame!!
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There's something hilarious about how so much subsequent media has positioned Vampires and Werewolves as, like, binary opposite entities, and then you read Dracula (1897) and realize that wolves are that guy's preferred solution to every problem. You'd say something to Dracula about "ah yes, werewolves, vampires' great eternal enemies," and he'd just be like "you mean my subcontractors?"
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