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asexualbookbird · 1 year

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guess WHAT yall! I finished Legends & Lattes today which means I got to color in the last book in the Read Books You Own journal spread!

Normally this means I get to Buy A New Book, but considering the state of my bookshelves I think I'll find a different reward lol

Anyway! This is fun! I'm going to go make another!

#bookbird babbles #snapshots #books #booklr #bujo #bujo spread #bullet journal #blah blah tags blah i wanna tag talk #this is the most complicated and time consuming thing i ever do with my journals #because i enhoy it and i have the time #i really should sit down and talk about how i use my bullet journals bc GOD i hate the bujo aesthetic thats taken over a useful tool #but the simple actual daily pages are full of personal info i dont want to share lmao #loke the stuff i use every day is dr appointments chores and gift ideas and no! i dont want those in public!#anyway i like these bc i get to throw paint on paper and not care what it looks like

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lilyharvord · 8 months

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I started reading EragonxRed QueenxFrom Blood and Ashx--oh, shit sorry.... 4th Wing today, because everyone in my reading group said I had to, and... I'm 7% of the way through and I'm already so tired. Did no one edit this book? Did no one... read this book out loud?

Me currently finishing chapter 1 and going through the 5 stages of grief because I know this whole experience is going to RUIN my reading for 2024.

Anyway, I'm writing a whole ass review that is pretty much line by line my thoughts XD If I make a google doc of it I'll let people read it. Might be more entertain than the book. 🤷🏼‍♀️ plus I'll only put like 0.1%-1/4 of it on Goodreads so think about what you might miss out on (me being upset and cranky and rutheless (((: ) Updating that doc might actually help me get through reading it faster.

#about me #fourth wing #who wants to join me on this quest???#cause god damn if it does not feel like a fucking chore already #maybe I should just listen to the audiobook. It would probably go faster #my reading #my tbr for 2024 is exactly 12 books long #and unfortunately this and iron wing or whatever the second one is called are on there #i have never been afriad to be an anti #and I aint starting now #I dont care how dope your YA cardboard cutout male love interest is #I will rip his jugular out with my teeth if he's boring as fuck #and I will tear your “I'm so frail and weak and tiny with curves cause what else makes me a woman” MC apart #I will clean my teeth with her bones #You would think I would have learned my lesson about reading “books booktok is raving about” but no I have not #and I'm about to learn it again #like a dog that keeps pulling on the leash #(*shut up lily*)#(*lily reads fourth wing*)#new tag to follow if you are interested

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errantimpulses · 9 days

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Ugh trying to branch out to different authors and it’s just….annoying. Like, I know Mary sues and Gary Stu’s have been around since writing was invented but it just feels so blatant now. Every protagonist is beautiful and clever, and we know this only by other characters blatantly saying this.

#I did find a book a month ago #it was written wonderfully and I finished it in 3 days #totally calling out of social functions so I could keep reading #but my god the books I’ve been recommended lately #feel like a chore #rant

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orcelito · 1 month

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Remembering that a 4 hour psychological test means 4 hours under the examiner's microscope. I hope they let me listen to music during a written test, but idk if that would defeat the purpose or not. I... really don't know what to expect tomorrow, and it's kind of making me a bit nervous. Lol.

#speculation nation #i dont like to be psychologically analyzed. god i just remembered i have therapy this week too.#which that at least. i mean it's uncomfortable but ultimately it's just talking.#psychological testing they are gonna be Watching me. there will be the questions but also they will be judging my actions #and im so used to masking but that would actually go against me in that instance.#and i really hope theyll let me listen to music bc 4 hours of silence sounds like hell on fucking earth.#but i dont know if that's. part of the process??? put me through stress to see what makes me tick???#my goal is to get an adhd diagnosis but im also scared theyre gonna pick up on the autism.#im gonna be honest. but i didnt plan to get the autism diagnosed bc i dont want the downsides of that #ya know. societal and institutional ableism. etc etc. they might take away opportunities from me.#but it goes hand in hand. and surely it couldnt be too bad if they pick up on it...#i could manage through 4 hours without music but itd be hard. and it could do bad things to my brain.#i think im preemptively prickling up. like a porcupine. i dont want them Looking at me.#i need to just... chill out. whatever comes will come. and it's ultimately in my best interests.#this is what i need to get my adhd meds. it'll be worth it.#..... but im also worried about what else might show up. i know i got Problems. but i dont want them to... know about them.#all sorts of awful invasive questions about me and my past.#for someone who acts like such an open book i really am so allergic to actual emotional vulnerability huh?#decent chance i'll just dissociate thru the whole thing. to get through it.#cut the emotions off. who needs em. the brain can factually answer things without the emotions' input.#anyways im gonna go do some chores. peace #negative/#lol.

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crimeronan · 1 year

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i seem to finally be coming off a flare that's lasted....... fuck knows how long. most of the month at least. i woke up today only wheezing a little and not having a headache even before taking my meds. took a heavy-duty anti-inflammatory just now to kill the remaining symptoms, i'm gonna do some dishes and then go pick up yet Another prescription for More heavy-duty anti-inflammatory drugs, bc that's my life now. send prayers or good vibes into the universe that i have more than a day or two of freedom from The Hellfires. i need this So Fucking Bad.

#i never realize how unbelievably sick i've felt until i stop feeling so sick #like wow. girl none of your organs work right. what gives #also send prayers and good vibes that the rheumatology office CALLS ME OR ONE OF MY PARTNERS SOON TO SCHEDULE #i have job work and chores and errands to do but if i manage to do all of that #i might even be able to hold a PEN right now. and COLOR in a COLORING BOOK #what sweet marvelous freedom. my hands have been too fucked up to do this for weeks.#autoimmune tag #i'm sick in a way that has partners/friends flying here impromptu to make sure i'm taken care of if there's a Bad bad emergency #and WHILE SICK i'm always like. hm idk if things are bad enough to warrant this #then upon feeling better i'm like. NEVER MIND THANK YOU FOR SAVING MY LIFE #god. bodies are stupid.

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bondsmagii · 2 years

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the way books are advertised these days on god. it's either "[hit YA series] meets [recent TikTok sensation]/[widely accepted unproblematic TV show/movie] in this gripping story of love, acceptance, and healing from trauma" or it's every buzzword ever crammed into one sentence. like wow way to give me absolutely nothing girl

#i'm getting the feeling this is just how people decide what to read these days and marketing is responding to it #you know #the emphasis on tropes and representation over plot and character etc #and like if that's how you decide what to read whatever you do you #but i hate all this schmoozy peppy advertising that assumes i'll be even remotely interested #just because the summary has the word 'queer' in it #also i gotta admit all that feel-good/reading as activism shit? i'm a hater #i do not have a problem with people reading purely as escapism or to feel good because like.#none of my business.#but the assumption that everyone does? god it pisses me off #like that is NOT why i read.#do have a problem with people who read books from the 'correct' authors with the 'right amount' of rep #and act like it's activism though #like one no it's not #and two ticking off authors of colour or queer authors like some kind of morality bingo is so fucking disresctful lmao #if you read widely enough you will get a wide variety of authors naturally #you don't need to tick them all off a list like a chore just to say you have #what in the world #.txt

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crabbarts · 8 months

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my first impression of arhys dy lutez vs my impression of dy lutez 50 pages later

#lois mcmaster bujold #paladin of souls #world of the five gods #GIRL...I think that man is a corpse...or a vampire or something or demon-possessed #at first they were like 👀 handsome commander guy in his 40s 👀 fights like a berserker 👀 very strong 👀👀 polite and shrewd 👀👀#ista was thinking about propositioning him all was good and well #but now I Do think there's something up with this guy he's acting so sus!!!! and what was going on with the sword wound #it must be smth he can't conceal with a glamour or whatever when he's 'sleeping'#anyway I'm enjoying this book SO MUCH I can't remember the last time I picked up a book and committed to it this hard #unlike some books I've read recently it doesn't feel like a chore to pick up again #makes me want to give the curse of chalion another try since technically it's book one and this is book two

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biblicalhorror · 2 years

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Reading a court of thorns and roses bc it's been rec'd to me many times (by the same two friends mostly) and also I've never really read a smut novel before and Jesus christ this protagonist is insufferable

#first of all its like the author tried to recreate katniss everdeen without any fundamental understanding of her character #like the reason the whole 'i hunt and provide for my family because no one else will' thing works for katniss is that her mother is ill #and her sister is like 8 years old #so like yeah obviously she'd be the one to provide #but feyre is like 'i have to do everything around here because my two OLDER sisters simply dont feel like doing chores'#like what????#i get that her dying mother for some reason put the responsibilities on her but it makes 0 sense #like whoever wrote this was clearly a youngest sibling with a martyr complex because its just. so heavy handed #also her insistence that nesta is simply too shallow and vapid to do what she does makes me roll my eyes every other page #honestly justice for nesta #1) if my sister started doing all of the hunting and providing without ever communicating why i would probably assume she wanted to do it #2) if after our mothers death she started completely resenting everything i do and glaring at me constantly id think she blames me for it #3) being around that kind of smug negative energy would absolutely make me start to be a little mean too even just as a defense mechanism #4) shes constantly assuming the worst in nesta and is proven at least twice to be an unreliable narrator in regards to nestas priorities #also that comment feyre made about how smug she felt after leaving knowing that her family would 'starve without her' god what an asshole #like you cant present yourself as so much morally better than your sisters and then turn around and say shit like that #anyway im hoping she becomes less insufferable as the story goes on #im told the first book is the worst in the series so i just gotta power through for the sake of world building #j reads acotar series #<<<feel free to blacklist if u dont want spoilers and/or critiques of this series bc i plan to vent on here a lot abt it

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cuddlytogas · 2 years

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taika waititi's edward "ed" "blackbeard" teach may be cooler and hotter and more interesting than me in almost every way, but bad left knees are one thing we have in common, and in these dark times, one must take solace in that

#pointless post is pointless #guess who fucking sprained their fucking knee again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this fucking loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!#ya wanna know how??? by skidding in a slimy puddle while hanging up the washing!!!!!!!!!#now i'm booking a physio appointment in FIVE DAYS because of course it's fucking CHRISTMAS #what a lovely way to close out the first week of my four weeks off where i was going to #go out and do lots of chores and see people and enjoy summer!!#guess that's off the fucking table now isn't it???????#because god forbid i do ANYTHING FUCKING RIGHT #''wah wah maybe i'll finally join a gym in this time off'' GUESS FUCKING NOT HUH #here's hoping my liver really does deriorate and kills me asap because i am at the end of my fucking rope i swear to god

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haojun · 1 year

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Just finished A Little Life

#i didnt cry the entire book until the last like 200 pages #like holy fucking shit #its the GRIEF!!!! the unbearable chore of surviving with the grief!!!!!#harold... god harold i love you julia i love you #still actively sobbing and i finished the book 15 minutes ago #5/5 stars but will not be reading again #a little life

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steelycunt · 2 years

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im freeee!!!!!!! worst experience of my fucking life (<- finished american psycho)

#that was such a fucking chore. god.#going to read small things like these now tho :-) absolutely loved claire keegans other book foster so this will be #hopefully a nice change of pace!! woman at waterstones said it was very good she would have a chat with every person at the till about one #of the books they were buying and i want to. be her i think #reading tag

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katierosefun · 1 year

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we're not even halfway done with october yet, and i've somehow read 11 books . . . ?

#caroline talks #most of them are audiobooks #but guys. not me saying for the gazillionth time 'please get a library card'#but genuinely please get a library card #because i think i've been either listening to audiobooks or reading books on my phone #and it's been SUCH a life changing moment for me oh my GOD #i didn't even think it was possible for me to get through 11 books in a month let alone half a month #i think it's just because i walk around a lot and therefore i listen to a lot of audiobooks #or i'm riding the bus/train a lot and therefore have time to listen to those audiobooks or just read on my phone #or even in the quiet minutes in between class/chores #i catch myself just opening a book on my phone instead of scrolling through social media #and it's been. SUCH A LIFE CHANGER

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roomba-mangga · 2 months

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update on fics: had to revise the plot of one of them from the ground up since the tone was getting further and further divorced from the intended genre (basically went 1st idea -> 2nd idea -> no actually 1st idea was better, do that again). feeling pretty tired as a result. also there are four of them now—the most recent is a lighter piece i'd been working on to cool down in between the other ones—and atm i am only actively working on that one. will take a break for a day or two.

#making the mature decision to heed the warning signs and take a break 🫡#they're all oneshots/novella length so it's less of an undertaking than a novel but that's not saying much #(through gritted teeth) things i'm Not Allowed To Do: write. research writing techniques. binge watch analyses on stories.#read books solely to study the writing. re-read my drafts. god forbid edit my drafts.#things i Should do: house chores. cook. organize files. play piano. learn thai.#allowing myself to engage with media so long as it's either Mindless Entertainment or non-fiction #roomba writes

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camellia-thea · 5 months

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i am being Productive (has animated something for the first time in. years.)

#it is a gift for a very very dear friend. you know who you are.#writing things (figured out twine code that i'd forgotten). rereading the two books of the odyssey. it's been a good day. first for a while #brainfog has been so so bad since i was sick and my energy is no where near where my old baseline. but it's been slightly higher today #so i got some chores done. and now i'm trying to not overdo it #mum's back in the country so i get to see her tomorrow (plus my sister and the puppy! and my dad i guess)#i'm kidding about my dad. he's a lot better right now (thank god) and so he's generally better to be around #(despite dropping absolutely horrific pieces of information about himself into random conversation.#such as suddenly mentioning random times he's witnessed his friends almost die. it's uh. a surprisingly high number of times btw.)

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llama-head · 7 months

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Listening to my landslide playlist gets me feeling things

#GOD THEY ARE SO IN LOVE #and so sad….#I’ve been thinking abt max and Lucas a lot cuz I’m working on the story for school #making it a comic book #just….changed the names lmao #I’ll post abt it when it’s done #also fun cuz I gotta finish the story for class so I’ll have a very concrete plan for the ending whereas rn it’s just kind of…there #I don’t smoke by mitski ahhhhh #a lil more toxic than they are but ughhhh the vibes #one day I will return from the war #I’m graduating in a couple weeks so hopefully I can mess around with my guys #I’m also moving in a couple months and getting a desktop so my game won’t be a chore to jump into #like it is now #I really miss posting and working on my sims stories #I also miss reading them #one day #I will not rest until landslide and garcias is done #I have an ending for garcias btw #not for a while but a natural end with a pick up if I feel like it #ngl sometimes I feel like restarting #but it’s okay I won’t I’ll just rework some stuff and make a more concrete story from here on out #in my personal version I’ve rewritten so much #anyway #I’ll prolly disappear again for a bit #kk thoughts

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toastsnaffler · 10 months

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eaten and showered and sat in bed listening to mizu asobi on loop maybe life isn't so bad

#and flatmate left me sticky toffee pudding :^) gonna heat it inna sec hehe #soooo tired and still a little cold i can feel the misery battering at the hatches but its ok we stay silly #not to be tmi but god have i been looking forward to this weekend bc ive been so tired every day from work i cant even jack off before bed #but now i have 2 whole days to myself peace and fucking love baby #i have a ton of chores to do but im gonna try and cram them all in tmr and then i can chill all of sunday and maybe play a new game #and i have a haircut booked tmr as a treat yayyyy.. cant wait to feel like myself again #YAWWWWNNNS okay lemme go heat this mf up #.diaries #nvm im too tired to get out of bed ill save it for tomorroe

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