#enchanted to meet you taylor swift coded

[sinnabunii]

lovers waltz

[cr3stawrites]

as requested by @camilaswife (and @daisyjonesgf subtly bc she doesn’t want me to be mean to firecracker) — here’s an aurora song analysis!!

enjoy pookies mwah

“Forced laughter, faking smiles, same old tired, lonely place. Walls of insecurity. Shifting eyes and vacancy vanished when I saw your face.”

this is literally how aurora and finnick first met. they were at a boring capitol party, being forced to pretend they loved the attention.

and then their eyes meet. and suddenly they enjoyed being in the capitol. because they both just saw the reason why to deal with these parties.

each other. at that moment, it was like a spell had been lifted off the both of them, and they couldn’t help but excuse themselves from their capitolite ‘friends’ and go up to each other.

love at first sight. i’m telling you.

“The playful conversation starts, counter all your quick remarks, like passing notes in secrecy.”

another this is so them coded. their first conversation was just like that. they instantly bonded!!!

aurora can easily counter finnick’s quick remarks with a joke, he laughs, she laughs, they’re all smiles. they’re attracting attention — lowkey the capitolites hate it because why is their beloved play toy talking to the girl that made them look like fools??

and finnick HATES the remarks that aurora gets because of this and he fires back at them, basically telling them to shut the fuck up without outright saying it (he’s got mags and later annie to protect from sn*w y’know!!)

time goes on, they’re so close, they love talking to each other. it’s like no one is there when they’re talking. but they also know that once they do get together (circa 70th games) they have to be a secret.

so they’re sharing kisses in secret in the hallway, the privacy of their respective apartments — even outright sending letters to each other and paying peacekeepers off to not read them or send them to snow.

it’s just UGHH i love them guys.

“I’ll spend forever wondering if you knew, I was enchanted to meet you.”

literally the second that they went back to their apartments after the party and later back to their districts — they’re both wondering the same thing.

do they know they just changed my life?

because they did. for finnick, it was like meeting a light at the end of the forced lovers and torture of being at the capitol — especially for a boy who was no older than fourteen when he began being sexualized. aurora gave him some hope in the world that he could be happy.

for aurora, after months of grief and looking for someone to have a reason to hold on to. finnick gave her that; even after a single conversation and one single stare.

they were both in love from day one. they were enchanted to meet each other.

“Please, don’t be in love with someone else. Please, don’t have someone waiting on you.”

THE ANGST HERE OH MY GODDDD

imagine aurora so desperately hoping that finnick didn’t have someone at home, that he hadn’t actually fell in love with a forced lover he had to entertain.

she’s DESPERATE to know if finnick would like her back, or even love her. and when the 70th games come around and he’s mentoring annie—

dear god, she’s so scared that if she doesn’t make a move by now that he’s gone forever. like genuinely she’s hoping that finnick and annie aren’t dating, that annie’s not the girl that was at home waiting for him.

little did she know that finnick was in love with her (and annie is their number one supporter bc she’s heard finnick NEVER shut up about aurora).

[the-inner-musings-of-a-worm]

aftg taylor swift au

hear me out:

instead of being trained in exy, mary convinces the moriyama that they could use nathaniel as a foothold in the music industry. instead of little league, nathaniel wesinisnski gets music and singing lessons

when he turns 15 the moriyama as change his name to neil josten to avoid any ties with the butcher and he releases his debut album. he goes to high school near edgar allen, and was introduced to kevin + riko a while ago and is decent friends with them.

by the time fearless comes out, he is enrolled in edgar allen for music. riko gets more possessive and toxic once an official ravens member, and neil tries to cling on to kevin to escape.

neil meets andrew in his speak now era. riko had dragged him to the first fall banquet as his date, and when neil finally slipped away from the crowds he found andrew minyard. when neil introduces himself, andrew sarcastically says, “enchanted.” as they talk more (not at all bc andrew thought the blue eyed red haired singer was interesting, no) neil jokes that he’ll write a song about andrew so popular he’ll never be able to escape it. when speak now comes out, andrew swore he wouldn’t listen to it but he say a song titled enchanted and his stomach twisted. listening to the song was like a punch in the gut, and neil got the last laugh because the song did in fact haunt him (get the pun?)

after neil’s growing popularity ichirou is getting interested in neil and red is the fall out of that

1989 is neil dealing with riko breaking kevin’s arm and kevin leaving neil behind to go to the foxes. (this album is so them coded, all you had to do was stay, now that we don’t talk, i know places, is it over now, say don’t go)

reputation is after a shitshow. the foxes beat the ravens, riko is dead, and it was revealed to the public who neil’s father is, mb bc he got kidnapped or something. he reconnects with kevin, and by proxy andrew. they fall in love and reputation is born, the rest is history.

[flowery-mess]

don't get emotional on my commute while listening to this song and thinking of enchanted!noah, failed

And the voices that implore / "You should be doing more" / To you I can admit / That I'm just too soft for all of it

I find myself runnin' home to your sweet nothings

Outside, they're push and shovin', you're in the kitchen hummin'

All that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothin'

They are so Taylor coded😩

🚶🏼‍♀️‍➡️omw to listen to I was enchanted to meet youuuu

[sunset-sprinkles]

🍉✨TWINKLING WATERMELON ✨🍉

Enchanted to meet you

“the first day i saw you i got to laugh heartily for the first time in a while. the second time i saw you i felt the sound of my heartbeat for the first time ever. the third time i went to see you although you probably had no idea”

Yichan-Cheongah scream Taylor Swift's "Enchanted" coded ship. There's so much subtly, and importance of silence portrayed in the drama. The theme and the characters hit straight to hearts strings , wasn't thinking of watching this drama but oh my god? It's not that the story is something extraordinary - but it's a story which caries emotions at the backend of every characters. Being so close to my parents , I feel this feels like HOME.

" If I hadn’t let Se Gyeong borrow that T-shirt, would I have been the one standing before you? ”

Please don't be in love with someone else

I was enchanted to meet youuu.....

[beanghostprincess]

Zolu as Taylor Swift lyrics

"All these people think love's for show, but I would die for you in secret." — peace

This is literally Zoro in Thriller Bark willing to die and keeping it a secret from everybody. I want to throw up. They make me mentally ill.

"Your love is a secret I'm hoping, dreaming, dying to keep. Change my priorities. The taste of your lips is my idea of luxury. [...] Is this the end of all the endings? My broken bones are mending with all these nights we're spending. Up on the roof with a schoolgirl crush, drinking beer out of plastic cups. Say you fancy me, not fancy stuff. Baby, all at once, this is enough. And all at once, you are the one I have been waiting for. King of my heart, body and soul." — King Of My Heart

King Of My Heart is so Zolu coded, not only because of, y'know, Luffy being literally the King of Zoro's heart, but because of the devotion and the feeling that nobody else compares to Luffy. Also, the feeling of young love and possessiveness between them is so good with this song.

"And I'm highly suspicious that everyone who sees you wants you. I've loved you three summers now, honey, but I want 'em all." — Lover

Zoro is in love with the future king of the pirates. Everybody wants Luffy. Of course Zoro is going to be jealous.

"Wherever you stray I follow. I'm begging for you to take my hand, wreck my plans, that's my man. You know that my train could take you home, anywhere else is hollow. [...] Wait for the signal and I'll meet you after dark. Show me the places where the others gave you scars." — willow

The devotion. Zoro willing to follow Luffy to hell. Luffy wanting to know Zoro better, deeper. Knowing every detail about his scars and dreams. I'm going insane.

"And if I'm gonna be drunk, might as well be drunk in love. [...] Everyone wants him, that was my crime." — Slut!

Ah yes, being possessive and an alcoholic. Zoro's best character traits.

"'Cause I don't know how it gets better than this. You take my hand and drag me head first, fearless." — Fearless

This is very early Zolu but honestly could just be them being silly and Zoro following Luffy's silly and impulsive shenanigans.

"My thoughts will echo your name, until I see you again. These are the words I held back, as I was leaving too soon: I was enchanted to meet you... Please don't be in love with someone else... Please don't have somebody waiting on you." — Enchanted

Sabaody angst haunts me at night.

"You made a mess of me. I pictured you with other girls in love, then threw up on the street. [...] Oh my, love is a lie, shit my friends say to get me by. It hits different. It hits different this time." — Hits Different

They're so... The one for each other. Their love hits different. For both of them.

"So you were never a saint, and I've loved in shades of wrong. We learn to live with the pain, mosaic broken hearts. But this love is brave and wild. [...] These are the hands of fate, you're my Achilles heel. This is the golden age of something good and right and real." — State of Grace

They're each other's Achilles heel. I'm gonna cry.

"Time, mystical time, cuttin' me open, then healin' me fine. Were there clues I didn't see? And isn't it just so pretty to think all along there was some invisible string tying you to me? [...] Chains around my demons, wool to brave the seasons. One single thread of gold tied me to you." — invisible string

Thinking that they were destined to be together is cheesy af but I don't care <3

"I see how this is gon' go, touch me and you'll never be alone. Island breeze and lights down low. No one has to know. [...] Every lover known in comparison is a failure. I forget their names now, I'm so very tame now. Never be the same now." — ...Ready For It?

Once again saying that they're the one for each other. And also this song is just the vibes. They have these vibes. I don't want to explain it because I got tired of writing this halfway.

"Kiss me once 'cause you know I had a long night. Kiss me twice 'cause it's gonna be alright. Three times 'cause I've waited my whole life. I like shiny things, but I'd marry you with paper rings." — Paper Rings

They're so clingy so sappy so cheesy I don't care what dudebros think.

"You were so magnetic, it was almost obnoxious. [...] I didn't come here to make friends, we were born to be suburban legends. When you hold me, it holds me together. And you kiss me in a way that's gonna screw me up forever." — Suburban Legends

Luffy has always been, ever since they met, magnetic to Zoro. And it kind of bothered him at first, but now Luffy has changed his life forever and he will never love somebody else the way he loves Luffy.

"And, somehow, I know that you and I would've found each other. In another life, you still would've turned my head even if we'd met... [...] 'Cause I believe that we were supposed to find this. So, even in a different life, you still would've been mine... We would've been timeless." — Timeless

Once again saying that I love thinking they're soulmates. Because they are. Argue with the wall.

"I'm yours to keep, and I'm yours to lose." — So It Goes...

I love codependency.

"But we might just get away with it. Religion's in your lips. Even if it's a false god. We'd still worship. We might just get away with it. The altar is my hips. Even if it's a false god. We'd still worship this love. I know heaven's a thing. I go there when you touch me. Honey hell is when I fight with you." — False God

Zoro worshipping Luffy like a God will never not be extremely romantic and passionate. Luffy also sees their relationship like this, kind of. They're each other's world!!! Going crazy!!!

"Put your lips close to mine as long as they don't touch. Out of focus, eye to eye, 'til the gravity's too much. And I'll do anything you say if you say it with your hands." — Treacherous

This is just them pining over each other and being extremely intimate and willing to do anything the other says. I love exaggerating everything.

"They said the end is coming. Everyone's up to something. I find myself running home to your sweet nothings. [...] And the voices that implore, "You should be doing more". To you, I can admit that I'm just too soft for all of it." — Sweet Nothing

I honestly always think about Sanuso with this song because it's way more Sanuso coded- HOWEVER!! I do think Zolu has this domestic and genuine energy whenever they're clingy and don't really ask anything from the other except just being together.

"Big reputation, big reputation. You and me, we got big reputations. And you heard about me. I got some big enemies. [...] I swear I don't love the drama, it loves me. And I can't let you go, your handprint's on my soul. It's like your eyes are liquor, it's like your body is gold." — End Game

Do I really need to explain this one when everybody knows they're literally dramatic pirates wanted by the law? And they're very very in love?

"All I know is this could either break my heart or bring it back to life. Got a feelin' your electric touch could fill this ghost town up with life. And I want you now, wanna need you forever. In the heat of your electric touch." — Electric Touch

When OPLA!Zoro said that Luffy had changed his life. That changed me.

"We blocked the noise with the sound of 'I need you', and for the first time I had something to lose." — Holy Ground

Once again this is about OPLA!Zoro but obviously works with our regular Zolu. Zoro was so lost without Luffy I'm gonna cry.

"One night he wakes, strange look on his face. Pauses, then says: You're my best friend. And you knew what it was. He is in love." — You Are In Love

This is the perfect way to describe a relationship between aroaspec people. Also, this is giving Sanuso too but this is not a Sanuso post I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm so-

"Don't blame me, love made me crazy. If it doesn't, you ain't doin' it right. Lord, save me, my drug is my baby, I'll be usin' for the rest of my life. My name is whatever you decide, and I'm just gonna call you mine." — Don't Blame Me

I don't need to explain this one.

"My hand was the one you reached for all throughout the Great War." — The Great War

I always think about ASL and Marineford with this one but tbh it is very Zolu too.

[alchemist-whisper]

Oh, my starry-eyed gossip goblins! 🌟✨

Your favorite bewildered fortune-teller is back after Grammy energy and... my my!

Now, where were we before all this delightful chaos? adjusts my turquoise and orange-embroidered shawl while stirring the golden flames in my cauldron Ah yes! Let's return to our regularly scheduled mystical mischief!

As I always say while brewing my most focused potions: even the most enchanting distractions must give way to our magical agenda! ✨

And back with some piping hot cosmic tea! Grab your tarot cards and put on your detective hats, because we're diving deep into the mystical world of Taylor Swift's "loml" (that's "love of my life" for those who haven't cracked the Swiftie code yet).

The burning question on everyone's lips: Is this enchanting tune about our tall, blonde, and fabulous friend Karlie? Well, my dears, the cards have spoken, and they're spilling more tea than a clumsy witch at a celestial café!

Let's see what the universe whispered to us:

25 (The Ring) 💍: Ooh, commitment alert! Looks like this song's about someone who's got Taylor's heart on lockdown.

5 (The Tree) 🌳: Roots deeper than Taylor's song lyrics? Check! This relationship's been growing for seasons, darlings.

12 (The Birds) 🐦: Tweet tweet! There's more to this story than meets the eye (or ear). Secret messages, anyone?

Put it all together, and what do we get? A cosmic cocktail that screams "Kaylor" louder than a banshee at a karaoke night!

The Ring and The Tree are practically slow dancing together, telling us this is about a long-term, deeply rooted connection. (Sound like anyone we know? *wink wink*) And those Birds? They're chirping about complex communication and hidden meanings. Classic Taylor, am I right?

Now, I'm not saying it's definitely about Karlie... but if this were a game of Clue, I'd be slapping down my cards and yelling "Karlie Kloss, in the recording studio, with a heartfelt ballad!"

Remember, my little stardust sprinkles, Mama Swift works in mysterious ways. This could all be an elaborate ruse to throw us off the scent. Or maybe... just maybe... we've cracked the code!

Either way, keep those ears perked and those third eyes wide open. The next clue could be hiding in plain sight!

Stay cosmic, my lovelies! ✨🔮

Yours in eternal perplexity,

Alchemist Whisper

ps.: If you see me frantically scribbling notes at the next Taylor Swift concert, no you didn't! A fortune-teller never reveals her sources... unless Mercury is in retrograde, of course! 😉🤫

ps².: Chappell Roan, sweetheart, you can always be at my sacred chamber 🫢

[grungelvrr222]

okay my opinion but i feel like enchanted by taylor swift IS SO KNARLIE CODED. just see charlie being all sad singing about knox. “i’ll spend forever wondering if you knew i was enchanted to meet you” LIKE YOU CANNOT TELL ME THAT ISNT KNARLIE CODED WTF

[kataraslove]

“love you to the moon and to saturn” jw is that a reference to taylor swift’s song seven? if yes what do you think is the ultimate taylor song for kataang 😊

YES. seven is one of my fave songs from her and one of my fave songs ever. i love that line in particular, but also i adore “passed down like folk songs / our love lasts so long,” which was my previous blog title.

i love this question, but i will admit that it’s so hard for me to choose just one ultimate song! so here’s probably like my list of the most kataang-coded songs from her discography, categorized by each of her albums minus debut:

fearless tv:

forever & always: old katara reflecting back on the promises that aang had told her throughout her life of them growing old together. i love a good kataangst.

jump then fall: from aang’s perspective, telling katara to not be afraid of falling in love. also a reference to one of his first bending lessons to her: “if you want to be a bender, you have to let go of fear.”

untouchable: it can go with any kataangst context, but specifically katara realizing that aang as the avatar might be an entity far too much for her to comprehend and far out of her reach at times.

speak now tv:

enchanted: kataang’s initial meet cute. enough said. they were enchanted to meet each other.

back to december: you can think of this as a sort of au in which katara and aang get together but it doesn’t last, so it unfortunately strains their friendship. which is why they think back to that first time they’ve met in the southern water tribe (“december.”)

superman: katara recounting what it’s like to love someone who belongs to the world. can take place right after their kiss on the day of black sun part 1 when aang flies away.

I can see you: those times when they catch each other in secluded corners in between important world meetings.

red tv:

everything has changed: katara and aang’s respective “oh” moments. i like to think of it as occurring after aang’s death.

the very first night: I saw an amazing edit of them to this so now it’s their song.

run: this is such a cute song. it reminds me of aang wanting to take katara and just escape from it all. all of his responsibilities.

1989:

out of the woods: where does their relationship stand in the latter part of book 3 amidst the war?

this love: do me a favour. just search up the chorus. and tell me that’s not aang’s conflict in book 2/subsequent death/rebirth at katara’s hands.

you are in love: there’s a lyric referencing letting go of your fears. which is exactly what aang says to katara about becoming a bender. also: “one night he wakes / strange look on his face / pauses then says / you’re my best friend / and you knew what it was / he is in love,” works so well with the “it’s reminded me how I feel about appa. and how I feel about you.”

reputation:

end game: they want to be each other’s endgame <3

delicate: can take place in the very initial stages of their relationship after the balcony kiss and learning how to navigate their newfound relationship

king of my heart: katara realizing that aang is the one she wants. the king of her heart.

call it what you want: just adult katara being in love. i like to specifically think that this is adult katara during a particularly bad time (maybe having to relive the horrors of war and bloodbending during her mission to ban bloodbending) but it’s okay because she has aang - love of her life - at her side.

lover: (THEIR ALBUM!!!!)

lover: “have i known you 20 secs or 20 years.” just katara and aang’s relationship throughout the years.

paper rings: “i hate accidents except when we went from friends to this.” THE FRIENDS TO LOVERS ANTHEM!!

false god: aang is the avatar that people worship, but he literally worships katara 😉

it’s nice to have a friend: just platonic kataang appreciation because I adore their friendship

i haven’t forgotten folklore (the best album), evermore, and midnights!! i promise i’ll reblog this with the rest. also, I dedicate this to @antizutara, who is probably the biggest kataang swiftie that i know.

feel free to reblog this with your own editions, as well. taylor’s discography is very versatile based on your shipping needs.

[disneybrandautism]

here are some taylor swift songs i think each of the sides would like! (with some explanation)

nobody asked for this but im doing this instead of my APUSH homework. i’m going to start with roman and go through all of them!

(some ships are mentioned but it’s only a couple times. i promise it’s not all the songs.)

(roman has the most because he would be the biggest swiftie leave me alone)

Roman

enchanted- you cannot tell me roman wouldn’t love the disney romcom vibes of this song. he would love how sweet it was. it’s like meeting your hero.

i bet you think about me - he’s so petty. he would eat this song up.

mirrorball - i feel like this is a given. he would relate an insane amount to this song.

hoax - “your faithless love is the only hoax i believe in” be so fr. this could apply to any of his friendships or relationships with the other sides. his blind faith in the other sides. yeah.

the archer - we all knew this was coming. he would sob listening to this song.

jump then fall - again with the hopeless romantic bit. he would just thing this song is really cute.

question…? - i just think he’d have fun with song. he’d like the beat and just how much of a bop it is.

tolerate it - do i really have to explain myself? come on. he tolerates all the insults. this is his like standing up for himself era.

king of my heart - king is literally in the title. he would again just have fun with this song. so disney prince of him.

champagne problems - feeling the bad guy and knowing you fucked up. it’s so him oh my god don’t even with me.

i could continue. i won’t. next up is logan!

Logan

say don’t go - i just feel like logan would really relate to needing to hear someone tell him not to leave when he gets into an argument.

innocent - i can’t explain this one i just feel like he would get it.

the lakes - he would love the lakes and just this idea of loving someone like this. “take me to the lakes where are all the poets went to die”. this is his song.

marjorie - i feel like he would appreciate that taylor used her grandmothers vocals for this. i feel like he’s more in it for the genius behind her lyrics.

delicate - he lacks understanding of social cues often. “i know that it’s delicate”. he would eat this song up.

glitch - he would get this song in ways i can’t even describe. he would love the beat. his vibes fr.

no body, no crime - a story based song. he would think about this all the time.

lover - idk a reason i just think he’d really enjoy this song.

Patton

never grow up - he’s like a dad. so. watching his kids grow up. it would destroy him.

invisible string - i feel like he would love the idea of the string of fate. he would like the idea that he was just supposed to know these people.

you’re on your own kid - he would feel the pressure of just being on his own and feeling the pressure of being the moral compass.

state of grace - he feels like everyone is the “worth while fight”. yeah you know what i’m saying.

ivy - “you pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand” THE CARETAKER AGAIN

Me! - listen i know it’s not everyone’s favorite but this makes so much sense. the bright colors. the message of the song. the whole thing screams patton.

long live - he would think it’s a really sweet song. he adores the whole message and just how sweet it is. the nostalgia aspect. yeah.

love story - if anyone was getting this song it would be patton. queue the scene of richie from the bear where he is singing this in the car. that’s pat.

Virgil

electric touch - this is so in your face obvious. of course virgil would love the song with fob on it.

clean - i feel like he would relate to this. he’s finally not an “other side” and he’s just virgil. but he sometimes still misses them.

today was a fairytale - i feel like he would be unapologetically a fearless fan. he’s more of a hopeless romantic than i’m willing to admit. it’s so prinxiety coded idk.

closure - idk just very like “other sides apologize” to virgil. (i believe firmly in sympathetic other sides but i think virgil would struggle for a bit to forgive them)

my tears ricochet - “an i can go anywhere i want, anywhere i want just not home.” home was confusing for a bit. where did he belong? yk?

afterglow - the bridge sounds like asking for reassurance during a panic attack. he would love this song.

the lucky one - he for a bit thought that he was the lucky one but realized that all the sides are messy and no one is perfect.

new year’s day - this is so analogince and it would remind him of his boyfriends. he would pick up bottles with them on new year’s day.

holy shit this is getting long. i’m sorry.

Janus

mastermind - he is so this song. he would love this song. he masterminds everything so i just know he would adore this song.

foolish one - i don’t know but i feel like he would love this song in a way no one can understand.

bigger than the whole sky - he probably feels remorse for all he did to roman. maybe he’s saying goodbye to the possibility of friendship? i don’t know but he would like this song.

you’re losing me - i really don’t have explanations for all these. i feel like janus angst always. he would like how this songs has a lot of self blaming.

bad blood - he has beef with a lot of people. i think he would enjoy this song ironically at first. then he didn’t.

so it goes - he is rocking out to this in his room. i just know it in my heart and soul and it makes me nuts.

dear reader - “if it feels like a trap, you’re already in one” this just feels like janus’ internal monologue. all the contradictions feels like deceit. yeah.

cowboy like me - he just wants someone to want the things he wants. he loves this song. it makes sense in his head.

Remus

cruel summer - he would love the beat. he could and would shake ass to this song.

getaway car - i think he’d endorse the message of this song and think it’s a lot of fun.

cardigan - he comes out when people are bored of roman. he definitely struggled being pushed aside so he likes cardigan a lot.

the way i loved you - he would love the idea that even after fighting with someone an insane amount you can still miss them.

i don’t have anything else for remus. i hope this makes sense. if not i apologize. if you think of anything else for remus let me know. i am just slightly nuts about taylor swift.

[escapingrealitywithmatchalatte]

My Taylor Swift The Eras Tour Film experience

This is the closest thing I could have since I wasn’t able to get tickets for Singapore and Japan. 🥺 If she ever decides to held a concert here in the Philippines-I am not sure if I can afford it.

So here it is, my The Eras Tour film experience. 💖🦋

I remember when I was in grade school (5th grade exactly) I heard about “Our Song” and I instantly got hooked. I started printing Taylor Swift songs, buying music magazines (from my own allowance), and writing Taylor Swift lyrics all through out my diary. I remember it was mostly Fearless and Speak Now (I was starting HS that time).

In HS, most of the girls in my batch dislikes Taylor because of her dating history. I got bullied sometimes especially I always defend her. I also got labeled as “weird” because my notebooks are full of Taylor Swift lyrics.

Fast forward when I was in third year HS, I had this “I was enchanted to meet you” situation with a guy in my class. But it was only a moment, yet it left like a crumpled piece of paper. In the same year that I had my heart broken, Taylor released Red ❤️.

I navigated my life with Taylor, her musics, her lyrics. I really don’t care that I got bullied because I love her and her music. For me, she’s the big sister I never had. Her music feels like a cardigan wrapped around me in a cold chilly night. The words are my cry for help when I cannot even communicate how I feel.

The day came when she released Speak Now TV, I also started queuing for tickets at SG. Unfortunately, since I don’t have a code or something, I wasn’t able to secure one.

It really made me sad. I did not survived the great war. I remember crying in my room, thinking I failed my younger self. I remember going to my workplace the next day with my eyes so puffy.

When she announced the film, my friendS (super plural because so many friends helped me because they know I was really really crying when I wasn’t able to get concert tickets), helped me secure the film tickets.

It was a great experience! There were so many people that the cinema is packed.

Some went into cute outfits, some had light sticks, and I was crying and singing the whole time because this girlie, who was bullied all throughout HS and college for being a swiftie, can’t believe that Taylor Swift is now loved by everyone and I even made a lot of friends from people I don’t even know before. 🦋💖

No matter what era you are Taylor, I will always be here.

Forever and always,

S✨🦋

[beyondthedustjacket]

2024 Book Haul

January

Hilda and the Hidden People

Hilda and the Great Parade

Hilda and the Nowhere Space

Hilda and the Time Worm

Hilda and the Ghost Ship

Hilda and the White Woff

Hilda’s World: A Guide to Trolberg, the Wilderness, and Beyond

Hilda’s Sparrow Scout Guide

A Fragile Enchantment

Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend

What Lies Between Us

February

The Lightning Thief ⁕ Deluxe Collector’s Edition

I Wish My Teacher Knew

Bride

March

Lore of the Wilds

Big Panda and Tiny Dragon

Stone Blind

This Winter ⁕ Additional Copy

Radio Silence ⁕ Additional Copy

Give Me a Sign

April

Fourth Wing

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

June

By Any Other Name

A Crane Among Wolves

Bittersweet in the Hollow

Late Bloomer

If He Had Been with Me

August

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

I’m Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

Love, Theoretically

The Love Hypothesis

Love on the Brain

Not in Love

Check & Mate

Loathe to Love You

Red Dead’s History: A Video Game, an Obsession, and America’s Violent Past

September

Some Girls Do

Wild Love

Flawless

Agnes at the End of the World

The School for Good and Evil ⁕ Collector’s Edition

October

Collide

Daydream

Night Shift

Not Another Love Song

Wicked Serve

Of Mice and Men

Roots

Done and Dusted

Prince of the Sorrows

Kaleidoscope Song

Burn Our Bodies Down

Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail

The Once and Future King (4-Book Combo)

November

Let’s Meet Taylor: Story of a Superstar

Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour Encyclopedia

Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy

The Ruby Code

Stranded

The Storyteller

Nightmare King

Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs

Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses

Out of Place

What Beauty There Is

The Book of Bill ⁕ Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition

Out of My Mind

The Truths We Hold

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Natives, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

A Framework for Understanding Poverty

Poverty, by America

Talking Appalachian: Voice, Identity, and Community

The Cultural Nature of Human Development

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

The Handmaid’s Tale

December

Love’s Labor’s Lost

The Way of the Scout

Sign Languages: Structures and Contexts

Lord of the Flies

America’s Women: 400 Years of Doll, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines

Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study

Parable of the Sower

Fahrenheit 451

[j0urneymercies]

Enchanted

I can't sleep. I had to write this down with Mark Lee in my mind. Kinda inspired by Taylor Swift's Enchanted. I didn't bother on editing anything or checking the grammar. I just wanted to dump it here.

Mark Lee / OC (y/n)

All I can say is I was enchanted to meet you

“Earth to ___!” Mark snapped his finger in front of your face. You were daydreaming again with your headphones on, staring in the distance as you try to hold your pen up, your notebook obviously littered with scribbles and dots. The last thing you want your best friend, Mark Lee, to know is you were zoning out again writing mindless scenarios in your head while listening to sappy love songs.

“AS I WAS SAYING BEFORE, I would like to know what you think about this? I’m not 100% sure about the code, but I did not get the same output. I think I’m using the code wrong.” Mark was tapping his pencil against his laptop, his frustration visible just by the look of his face. You leaned in closer to him, trying to get a better view of his laptop screen, shoulders touching, Mark snaked his arm behind your chair so you could lean in closer. It took almost all your will power to focus on the blob of code in front of you, you don’t want to do anything weird to make it seem awkward.

“You missed a closing bracket right here.” You pointed at the laptop screen and rushed back to your normal seating position and crossed your arms, “Aaand a semicolon here, dumbass.” You pointed once more in the screen as you chuckle at the sight of his frustration. He stared at his laptop for a few seconds before typing the adjustments, a small smile forming in his lips.

“Yo!HowthefuckdidInotseethat?” He was now giggling in his seat, shaking your arms as he victoriously showed his laptop screen to you. “I totally had that one earlier. We can now submit this, I’m so totally done with this subject. Thanks, ___.” He continued to fixate his attention to his laptop, typing feverishly as to not miss the deadline for this assignment. “Good thing I did mine last night and I did not spend the whole night doing god knows what, Mark.” You rolled your eyes at him as you put your things back in your bag, occasionally checking him under your glasses. “Don’t forget to attach it in the email.” You playfully warned him as he scrolls his laptop. He was still smiling from ear to ear, delighted that this requirement is now finished, no more major subject requirements for the both of you for the rest of the week. “Fucking finally.” He folded his laptop and chucked it in his backpack. Both of you left the study hall to walk around the campus and to get something to eat. The weather couldn’t be more perfect, the sun was shining, college students strolling around as if a huge burden has been lifted after the grueling hell weeks of exams, requirements, and reporting. The academic year is finally ending in a few days. But to you, it was bittersweet, it would mean that you would be seeing Mark less and less through the summer, he has been your constant person ever since the 1st year of university and you can still vividly remember the first time you met. You used to be a stuttering mess back then, asking him if the desk next to him during your first class together. Right now, it seems that you two are inseparable. You shared the same circle of friends, same corny taste in humor, bickers like an old couple (according to his other best friend, Haechan) and almost shared the same interests; each conversation between the two of you are just endless. One time at a beach party hosted by one of your friends, he found out that you were drinking alone by the shore and he accompanied you until sunrise, talking about anything and everything. Both of your friends are still scratching their heads on how both of you are still not together. But you have an answer for that, like how you have an answer for almost anything, “We don’t see each other that way!” It’s almost like a default response. You know his type, well, to accurately put it, he told you his type. “Long hair, soft girl, has a cute voice, and a nice smile.” And he did have a couple of “long haired-soft girl” girl friends in the past few years. How could he not? He is a head turner, he’s talented, he’s charming, he’s a gentleman, He IS Mark Lee. He’s had a couple of confessions from a handful of girls in the campus in which he politely rejects. It’s safe to say that everyone is whipped for Mark Lee – and with you being an arms distance from him, is not even exempted. As for you, you had your few fling experiences but nothing seems to stick. A couple of happy crushes here and there, but none of them are long term and you know the reason why, you’re just too scared to accept what it is.

It seems that the walk to the coffee shop was long, but you never complained. Mark was there, you were there. Conversations between the two of you were chaotic, having multiple topics at once but you don’t mind. He opened the door for you being the gentleman that he was and you just snickered at his face, masking the butterflies that you just experienced in your stomach. The coffee shop was a little busy and with students trying to meet deadlines, most of the tables were occupied.

“I’ll go get us food and drinks. What do you want?” He pointed at the menu chalkboard in front. “Oatmilk latte?” and his head tilted sideways.

“You.” As if you could say that in front of him. Your intrusive thoughts are much louder than before. “I-uh uhmmm, can you get me a large one with 2 extra shots of espresso I need to get buzzed and a ham & cheese croissant.” Why on earth were you a stuttering mess?

“I-uhmm.” He made face while he playfully mimics your stutter, you can’t help but playfully slap his arms in his childishness. “2 shots? No you can’t have that, why do you need to get buzzed for? We’re finished in most of our deadlines! You’re going to get palpitations. You’re getting a regular oatmilk latte with the appropriate amount of espresso shots.” He didn’t even blink while lecturing you about excessive amounts of caffeine intake and it was completely obvious that he was concerned.

“All this concern and for what?” Only if he could read your thoughts. “Fine. But you’re paying! I saved your ass during that assignment.” You avoided his gaze and made looking for a table as an excuse. “Here!” you called his attention as you sat in the booth near the window. You popped your earphones on while trying to catch a quick glimpse of Mark as he queues to the barista counter.

Across the room, your silhouette

Starts to make its way to me

The playful conversation starts

Counter all your quick remarks

Like passing notes in secrecy

And it was enchanting to mee you

All I can say is I was enchanted to meet you

As if fate was holding your playlist, of all songs it had to be this. You just slumped your head down to the table. “Not a good time, Taylor.” You mumbled to yourself and continued to scan your playlist for another song as you wait for Mark to return.

“You’re listening to her, again.” Mark settled the tray of food down your table. “Also, that’s disgusting. Don’t sleep on their table you don’t even know if this table is 100% clean.” He was always this playful with you, teasing and bickering all through out the day. He told you about his vacation plans to go to Canada with his parents for a quick vacation to visit some family. You were planning to look up some internships or part time work to earn some money for yourself.

“Ah, such a hard worker! That’s what I like about you. but don’t forget to take some vacation days, dimwit. They’re not going to give you a trophy for over exhausting yourself.” Mark always had a way with compliments, he was so good at it, and you almost caught yourself blushing.

DING!

You guys coming tomorrow? Friday night – 7pm at Chenle’s. Year end party. BRING A DATE!! – Haechan.

You showed him your phone with Haechan’s text message to your circle of friend’s group chat.

“He says bring a date. His ass is not bringing a date.” You took your phone back and started typing frantically as you settled your sandwich down. “You plan to come tomorrow?” You looked over Mark who’s obviously staring at his phone as well, as if waiting for another notification to pop up.

“Uh yeah, you?” He looked up to you and flashed a smile.

Please don’t smile like that at me. You mumbled to yourself.

“Yeah, I’ll go. I miss seeing everyone after hell week and I need a drink.” You can’t deny that the exhaustion from the last few weeks of university has caught up to you. When was the last time you tried to put some effort on how you looked? You almost forgot when the last time was you had a drink.

“I’ll come pick you up at 6:30 PM tomorrow.” It was always you and Mark coming in together in a party. Your friend’s theories about the two of you are almost becoming normal every time you hear about it. You wanted to say that it didn’t bother you, but it did. Because all this time that you and Mark were hearing about their speculations about the two of you, you wished, even prayed, that one of them could be a part of your reality. But you were firm to believe in your mantra, “Mark doesn’t see you that way.”

The lingering question kept me up

2am who do you love?

I wonder ‘til I’m wide awake

What you and Mark had was special, well maybe just for you, and you didn’t want your stupid feelings getting in the way of your friendship. You were content on cheering for him in the sidelines, you were content on driving him back home when he’s hammered at 4am after a night of drinking with friends, you were content on answering his late night text and calls when he couldn’t sleep, you were content on watching each other on video calls to have impromptu study sessions, you were content on doing silly little tasks with him like going to the grocery to stock up on supplies, you were content with having long talks over drinks with him on spontaneous occasions. And it’s not like he’s making you a pushover, he was also the same with you. When you were crying your eyes out on your first serious relationship breakup, your roommate called him to comfort you, when he had to drive the speed limit just so you can go home to your parents during a family emergency, or when the two of you took care of a little cat you found walking around the campus, taking turns on hiding the cat in each other’s dorm room until he got adopted, and when you cried, again, when parting ways with the adopted cat. He has been there, through your highs and lows, through his ups and downs. It seems cheesy, but if you believed in having soulmates, then maybe he is the one for you. But Mark, as honest as he may seem, is still hard to read. He was playful, he jumps from one girl from another. As soon as she no longer sparks joy in his eyes, he would break up with her or find some excuse to let her know that he’s no longer interested. You don’t want to risk it. You don’t want to be dropped and be replaced by the next girl, that’s why you’re settling for comfort. And right now, this setup, is comfort for you.

DING!

It was his phone, a notification pops up but you can’t even read it through your glasses, but he was eager to reply. Probably Jeno and Chenle asking him to join them for a quick basketball game. You don’t even bother on asking anymore. You just refuse to count the days left with him. Today was… comfortable.

You were waiting for Mark to pick you up to go to Chenle’s. What’s taking him so long? You looked at your clock, it was 6:38 PM. You left another text message to his number, all still unread.

Where are you? Drive safe. I’m at home. I’ll wait for you here.

6:45 PM. Still no replies from Mark. Your group chat is now looking for the two of you. It was unusual for him to be this late. He usually texts you if he’s going to be late. Why wasn’t he responding? You started messaging everyone outside the group chat if they know where Mark is, but no one even knows where he is. You were now starting to get worried. He always reminds you how much of an overthinker you are, you could hear him reason something logical on why he was still not picking you up, but you feel like you had all the reasons to get worried.  You were typing even faster on your phone, you even left some missed calls and voice messages to his number. “Call me on the next red light. Be safe.” You were a pacing mess and now starting to tap your nails on the table.

6:58 PM. You heard a car pull up and you immediately say, “MARK!”. But when you opened your door, you were greeted by another face.

“____! Haechan asked me to pick you up. I’m also on my way to the party. Sorry for not letting you know in the chats, I was driving.” It was Jaemin. He was also part of your circle. A quiet boy who usually keeps to himself, but not socially awkward. You had a couple of stories to share with each other before. He’s taking up Medicine and planning to be a doctor after his Pre-Med courses. “Thanks, Jaemin. Do you know why Mark is not picking up his messages? I’m starting to get worried.” You asked him, hoping he knows about Mark’s whereabouts. He’s just confused as you are, he knows Mark wouldn’t ditch her without any good reason. “Maybe he’s just driving. I’m sure we’ll meet him at the party.” Jaemin was just trying to reassure her, he didn’t even initiated any kind of small talk with her since she’s obviously worried.

“___, I can drive you back home if you don’t feel like going.” Jaemin said firmly, his gaze not leaving the road.

I’m on my way to the party. Jaemin picked me up along the way.

Drive safe, Mark.

“No, I-I want to see everyone.” You sank deeper to the passenger’s seat and looked at your phone. Still “0 Notifications”. You can hear Mark’s voice in your head saying that he’s fine and there’s no illogical reason why he’s not replying. You looked  at your watch, it’s now 7:20 PM and you’re almost near Chenle’s house. You were almost close to shedding a tear.

DING!

Mark’s here. His phone battery died. – Haechan

You let out a big sigh of relief, you told Jaemin that Mark is now at the party. You composed yourself as Jaemin parks his car near the curb of Chenle’s house. You looked at yourself at the dashboard mirror and flashed a big smile as if you weren’t anxious just 10 minutes ago.

“Let’s go?” Jaemin opened your door and both of you walked to the front door greeting everyone in sight. You were hugging and smiling at everyone. You missed your circle and right now all you want to do is drink your poor little heart out.

“Can I also get a hug?” You turned around and you saw him. He was grinning sheepishly as if the next thing he’s going to do is apologize. “You didn’t overthink, did you?”

You wanted to get mad. But not here, not around your friends, not right now. You’re not going to nag him about how he should charge his phone before leaving or at least bring a charging cord with him in his car. “You’ll hear from me later.” You smiled at him sarcastically as you pull away from his hug. You know you can’t stay mad at him. His battery died, it’s not entirely his fault, right?

“Hey I tried to text you, you know? See? I’ll be there soon.” He pointed at your phone messages. “At 4:39 PM you dumbass! I was just coming in the shower!” You didn’t want to nag, you didn’t come to this party to nag. You’re obviously in no mood to lecture him about charging cables. Whatever worry you had before is now changing after chugging shots.

“Just… don’t do that again, Mark. I was worried.” You said to him while sipping your drink. You feel like you can’t stay mad at him. You were ready to accept whatever apology he was ready to spew out that night.

“I know, I know. I’m sorry. I take accountability.” He said as he wraps his arms around your shoulders. You looked up to him, his eyes were sparkling than the usual. He met your gaze with a smile and you just chuckled and handed him a drink.

“Why were you out so early? We talked about meeting up at 6:30.” You can’t help but wonder, maybe he had some last minute errands to run?

“I can’t wait to tell you.” He unwrapped his arm around you, his smile still visible, but you can feel your heart racing at a faster pace. You were nervous, multiple scenarios are popping up in your head and you can’t even keep up which ones to entertain. You fixed yourself another drink, maybe this will calm down the nerves. What was Mark talking about? You sat down the sofa next to Haechan and feel immediately at ease when he tries to tell everyone a story about his bald professor. You were now laughing with everyone. Watching them bicker over a story they just heard and you were joining the banter as well. Everyone stopped when Mark walked into the living room, obviously giddy over the announcement he is about to make. Your eyes were fixated to him and you gave him a big smile as you too were looking forward to what he was about to say.

Please don’t be in love with someone else

Please don’t have someone waiting on you

“This is Grace, my girlfriend.” He said as he held the girl’s hand, with his eyes sparkling in the dimly lit room.

[dizzythegreat]

is it just me or is enchanted by taylor swift such a sokeefe coded song? like it can be applied to so much of Them

keefe during sofitz: please don’t be in love with someone else, please don’t have somebody waiting on you

neverseen (when keefe is Not Doing Well and they have the window slumber party): “there I was again tonight/forcing laughter, faking smiles/same old tired, lonely place/walls of insincerity/shifting eyes and vacancy/vanished when I saw your face”

unlocked (when keefe leaves) (also applies to keefe letter): “this is me praying that this was the very first page/not where the storyline ends/my thoughts will echo your name until i see you again/these are the words i held back/as i was leaving too soon/i was enchanted to meet you” AAAAAAAHHH IM SICK

“your eyes whispered, "have we met?"/across the room, your silhouette/starts to make its way to me/the playful conversation starts/counter all your quick remarks” LIKE COME ON. their first meeting and also just them in general

in conclusion, i’m so unwell about them

[otrtbs]

regulus is reputation, James is lover

Rosekiller is just reputation

Remus is Red and Sirius is 1989

Dorcas seems like Red and Marlene is Reuptation

this THIS is something I can and WILL talk about forever !!!!!! (Sorry in advance!!)

James is Lover! This is something that is so right and true!! Tell me he would not obnoxiously scream London Boy at Regulus just to annoy him so much !!!!! Dancing to Lover w Regulus in the kitchen at night !! Blasting Paper Rings while he cleans the house, mopping and doing laundry and humming it to himself when he does dishes and he doesn’t see regulus blush PROFUSELY EVERYTIME BC HE KNOWS JAMES IS THINKING ABT HIM

Regulus gives me such Folklore vibes (to me) the 1, THIS IS ME TRYING, PEACE, ILLICIT AFFAIRS, even my tears ricochet are so Regulus Black coded to me !!

Rosekiller is Reputation!! Definitely Reputation!! I Did Something Bad, Call It What You Want,,, yeah YEAH they’ll pretend not to listen to Taylor swift but they will defend this album w their lives if u speak bad abt it

Lily Evans is Fearless !! Love Story, You Belong With Me,,,, she’s belting this album out so loud alone in her room dancing in her pajamas using her hairbrush as a microphone and PERFORMING!!

Marlene gives me Speak Now vibes ngl she went home and played Enchanted 28304927 times after meeting Dorcas but would rather die than tell anyone bc she knows it’s cheesy she screams Better Than Revenge in her car even though she feels slightly bad at the anti-feminist nature of it, The Story of Us, Mean!! She lives for it!! She crusades against John Mayer because of Dear John!!!

Remus is Red !! I l Knew You Were Trouble and he thinks abt Sirius,,, He drunkenly sings We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together w the girls after him and Sirius “break up” for the 3949328 time, he argues that Jake Gyllenhaal is worse than John Mayer w Marlene

Sirius gives me Reputation vibes idk I feel like New Years Day is his favourite off the album but it’s tied w Don’t Blame Me. Also …READY FOR IT? That is Sirius abt Remus !!!!!!!!! Gorgeous,, these are Sirius Black

Dorcas gives me 1989 vibes!! She sings How You Get The Girl with Marlene and laughs because she’s so overwhelmed w happiness!! I Know Places!! Shake It Off is her guilty pleasure song! She listens to Style religiously

Mary is TS (is this controversial?? maybe) but Should’ve Said No is her song!!! Also Picture to Burn !!! Our Song changed her life when it came out she watched the music video obsessively

Peter listens to Weezer (JK JK IM NOT GONNA DO HIM LIKE THAT) Peter gives me Evermore vibes. Tolerate It!!! Closure !!! Right Where You Left Me!! These are Petter Pettigrew coded !!! Also he related every couple he can to Champagne Problems!! Watching Little Women w Jo and Laurie “it’s just like Champagne Problems when Taylor says…” The Notebook when Noah and Allie are going through it “It’s just like in Champagne Problems when…” lmaoooo

[snoopysfriendwoodstock]

book recs based off of taylor swift songs!

so, we all want taylor to share her reading recs with us but she still hasn’t! so instead, here are book recommendations based on taylor swift songs! these recommendations are based on both the content of the songs, the vibe of the songs, and the themes present!

goodreads pages for each book are linked for more about them!

A Place in this World - coming of age novels

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (YA novel told in verse)

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (classic)

A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi (YA realistic fiction)

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth  (YA realistic fiction / tw: conversion therapy, religious abuse, homophobia)

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (children’s/middle grade poetry)

The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf by Mohja Kahf (adult realistic fiction / tw: islamophobia, racist hate crime)

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (classic)

there are a lot here, so the rest are under a read more!

ME! - memoirs and autobiographies that are one of a kind

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden (tw: substance abuse)

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (tw: abuse)

Little Weirds by Jenny Slate

Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer by Chely Wright

Know My Name by Chanel Miller (tw: sexual assault)

Accidental Saints by Nadia Bolz-Weber

My Soul Looks Back by Jessica B. Harris

The Lucky One - novels about the perils of fame 

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Tara Jenkins Reid (adult historical fiction)

Daisy Jones and the Six by Tara Jenkins Reid (adult historical fiction / tw: substance abuse)

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert (adult historical fiction)

Fame Adjacent by Sarah Skilton (adult contemporary)

Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon (nonfiction/memoir)

Famous in a Small Town by Emma Mills (YA romance)

Fake Plastic Girl by Zara Lisbon (YA mystery)

It’s Nice to Have a Friend - novels about perceived friends with who turn out to be lovers OR who spend the novel with homoerotic tension

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (YA historical fiction)

Emma by Jane Austen (classic)

Dare Me by Megan Abbott (YA/adult thriller)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (YA realistic fiction)

Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden (YA romance)

Only The Young - novels about young people making major change/experiencing societal upheaval

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (YA realistic fiction / tw: police brutality, murder, racism)

Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine (middle grade/YA historical fiction)

Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes (middle grade historical fiction/fantasy / tw: police brutality against a black child, depiction of emmett till)

Orleans by Sherri L. Smith (YA dystopian)

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (YA dystopian / tw: depiction of genocide against native americans)

The Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness (YA science fiction)

The Best Day - songs about mother/daughter relationships (both meaningful and difficult)

Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel (adult graphic novel)

Restless by William Boyd (adult spy novel)

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (adult realistic fiction)

The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick (middle grade contemporary)

Love Story - a reimagining of a classic story

Pride by Ibi Zoboi (YA contemporary / reimagining of Pride and Prejudice)

The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer (YA science fiction / reimagining of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Snow White)

Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalauddin (adult contemporary / reimagining of Pride and Prejudice)

Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie (adult contemporary / reimagining of Antigone, tw: islamophobia, depiction of torture)

You Need to Calm Down - these are just a variety of books strictly abt LGBT characters not just a gay side character <3

Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins (YA romance)

Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (YA romance)

Charity & Sylvia by Rachel Hope Cleves (nonfiction)

The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater (YA nonfiction / tw: transphobia, transphobic hate crime, misgendering)

Autoboyography by Christina Lauren (YA contemporary)

Treacherous - a love that teeters between labels for too long as neither can resist the pull of the other

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken (YA science fiction)

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (classic)

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (classic)

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi (YA romance)

Don’t Blame Me - an all-encompassing, maddening love

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (classic)

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (classic)

The Way I Loved You - love stories about people who are always attracted to the more dangerous option, even when they’re safe where they are

Anna K: A Love Story by Jenny Lee (YA romance)

Playing With Matches by Hannah Orenstein (adult romance)

My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick (YA romance)

Heartless by Marissa Meyer (YA fantasy / retelling of Alice in Wonderland from the Queen of Heart’s perspective)

The Awakening by Kate Chopin (classic)

Speak Now - weddings/wedding related activities gone wrong!

Save the Date by Morgan Matson (YA romance)

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren (adult romance)

In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware (adult thriller)

Look What You Made Me Do - women getting their revenge, whether it’s justified or not

Sadie by Courtney Summers (YA thriller / tw: physical and sexual abuse, pedophilia, murder, substance abuse)

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (adult thriller / tw: sexual/physical abuse, murder, suicide mentions)

Find Her by Lisa Gardner (adult thriller / tw: physical abuse, kidnapping, rape, murder, graphic depictions of violence)

I’m Only Me When I’m With You - books with a strong focus on platonic relationships, how they grow and change

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (classic)

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (adult thriller / tw: physical abuse)

This One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki (YA graphic novel)

Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson (YA mystery)

Sula by Toni Morrison (classic / tw: racism, rape mention, physical abuse, sexism)

A Separate Peace by John Knowles (classic)

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (adult contemporary / tw: racism)

Haunted - novels about feelings of loss combined with supernatural elements

Beloved by Toni Morrison (classic / tw: depictions of slavery, rape, sexual abuse, physical assault, racism, racist language)

Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult (adult mystery)

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand (YA fantasy/horror)

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (middle grade fantasy illustrated novel)

You Belong With Me - young adult novels with a LOT of pining

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon (YA romance)

Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson (YA romance)

First & Then by Emma Mills (YA romance)

Tweet Cute by Emma Lord (YA romance)

Begin Again - novels about people getting another chance at love

Beach Read by Emily Henry (adult romance)

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (adult romance)

Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson (YA romance)

Persuasion by Jane Austen (classic)

The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver (adult romance)

Enchanted -  love at first sight OR meet cutes!

Meet Cute by Various Authors (collection of YA short stories)

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith (YA romance)

The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson (YA romance)

What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera (YA romance)

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera (YA romance)

Lovely War by Julie Berry (YA historical fiction / tw: racism)

Long Live - fighting monsters, both literal and figurative 

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi (YA fantasy / tw: sexual abuse)

A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney (YA fantasy / reimagining of Alice in Wonderland)

When You See Me by Lisa Gardner (adult thriller / tw: sexual abuse, physical abuse, rape, murder, kidnapping)