#heather garvin

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“I have a fear of dying in some type of freak accident.”

His face falls. “That’s morbid.”

With a roll of my eyes, I say, “I’m not saying I think I will. It’s just a fear. Like every time I ride the subway, I think about how terrible it would be if something went wrong with the tracks and we collided with another train.”

“You think about that every time you get on the subway?”

My cheeks burn, and I backpedal. “Well, I don’t dwell on it or anything, but it usually crosses my mind at some point.” I wave my hand in the air dismissively.

Crossing the Line by Heather Garvin.

[cathygeha]

REVIEW

Make Your Move by Heather Garvin

Perfect new adult romance for those who love horses, a solid romance, and happy ending.

What I liked:

* Abbie: strong, caring, loves her horse Sully, works hard, has a loving mother and a father who was there for her at the beginning of her riding career, beginning to question her relationship with Seth – with good reason, a good friend

* Carson: farrier, son of a farrier, in town to help his father out, quiet, strong, plans to return to Tennessee, protective, interested in Abbie but knows he is leaving, a good person, communicates openly, respects Abbie

* Abbie’s mother: strong, supportive, owns the ranch she and Abbie live on, divorced, caring, kind

* Carson’s grandfather: wise, friendly, outgoing, a good man, supportive of his grandson

* That there was no cheating on the part of the main characters

* The way Abbie began to see her current boyfriend, Seth, a bit more clearly

* The respect Abbie and Carson had for one another

* The competition and how it played out

* The plot, pacing, setting, and writing

* That there was a happy ending

What I didn’t like:

* Who and what I was meant not to like

Did I enjoy this book? Yes

Would I read more by this author? Probably – though New Adult is not my preference

Thank you to NetGalley and Tuskan Publishing for the ARC – This is my honest review.

4-5 Stars

BLURB

I can do that. I can pretend it didn’t happen. But when he’s standing this close to me, I can’t deny I want to kiss him again. Abbie Linley loves her small-town life. Leaving for college may be the next step for her friends, but she’s not ready to walk away from the horses. She’d happily keep her world the same, but everything around her seems to be changing. Starting with her gruff, new farrier. Carson Daniels’s only job is to shoe horses, but he gets more than he bargained for when he shows up at the Linley’s barn. The last thing he needs is to get distracted by the owner’s beautiful daughter—even if she’s the only good thing he can say about Florida. It would never work. She has a boyfriend. And he’s leaving. Between his dry sense of humor and her ever-growing realization that her boyfriend isn’t all he’s cracked up to be, Abbie and Carson can’t seem to stay away from each other. Abbie thought she had realistic expectations about love. Carson went and raised the bar on all of them. She would never ask him to stay for her. He won’t ask her to go with him. But they’ll make the most of the time they have left. It’s only one summer, but maybe that’s okay—maybe they can put it all behind them. Or maybe it will fuel a love they could never forget. Grab a copy of Make Your Move and fly through this sweet and steamy summer romcom!

[whimsyandbooks]

Make Your Move - Heather Garvin

I devoured this book in one day; it would have been one sitting if I didn’t have stupid obligations. Heather Garvin has written Abbie and Carson to be one of those book couples who would definitely get married, live a long happy life, and die together while holding each other’s hands. They’re that perfect, even if they’re just out of high school.

Carson is in Florida for a few weeks to help his Dad out with his Farrier business. Horrible, sweaty, Florida. Then he’ll get to go back to Tennessee, back to his regular life, back to his home. However, the more he gets to know Abbie Linley the more he’s not so sure where his home is anymore. 

Abbie Linley is one of those girls who’s content with her life, as long as she gets to be around horses. She knows her boyfriend, Seth, will probably break up with her at the end of summer when he goes off to University, and she stays home to help her mom with the Barn. She knows she’s out of his league and is just enjoying the ride while it lasts. And deep down, she knows he is a bad boyfriend.

That’s why, the moment Carson enters the barn for the first time, he becomes a catalyst for everyone.

And thank Heather Garvin he does because the buildup to the inevitable of this romance is pure perfection. From the moment Carson enters the picture, their connection ignites with an instantaneous spark. Carson's stark contrast to Seth serves as a strong reminder of what Abbie should seek in a partner—he shows her that money isn’t what determines ones worth. Meanwhile, Abbie's character resonates easily as her internal dialogue leads us to her conclusions about who she desires and why. Abbie and Carson’s witty and flirtatious banter made me fly through the pages, and left me stuck in smile mode. Garvin's skillful portrayal of their conflict resolution, although possibly unrealistic for college freshmen in reality, effortlessly suspends disbelief, allowing me to giggle like a schoolgirl at their playful, yet wise, exchanges. They held space for each other to make mistakes, to stumble and grow, while cherishing moments of vulnerability and nurturing their sweet connection. Together, they discover what love actually is.

This book has earned a place in my rainy day pile for when I need a feel romance featuring a slightly grumpy & sunshine couple, or a quick escape from a reading slump. I highly recommend this read!

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THE TOURNAMENT IS OVER! Eartha Kitt lounges in her deck chair in the sun, dipping her toes in the pool with Toshiro Mifune and sipping a brightly colored fruity something with an umbrella in it.

Far below in the shadow realm, however, the fallen hotties dance in the dark—let's take a minute to look back at them under the cut.

PRELIM PRETTIES:

Claude Gensac, Silvia Pinal, Ewa Aulin, Rita Tushingham, Annette Funicello, Norma Bengell, Catherine Spaak, Brigitte Auber, Micheline Presle, Nanette Fabray, Libertad Lamarque, Vera Miles, Martha Raye, Catherine McLeod, Virginia Mayo, Elizabeth Allan, Belle Bennet, Virginia Cherill, Mary Brian, Ruth Chatterton, Agnes Ayres, Merna Kennedy, Marie Prevost, Corinne Griffith, May Allison, Virginia Brown Faire, Alice Brady, and Jetta Goudal

ROUND ONE WONDERS:

Angie Dickinson, Thelma Ritter, Geraldine Chaplin, Evelyn Preer, Vanessa Brown, Betty Blythe, Susan Hayward, Mae Clarke, Sally Ann Howes, Ossi Oswalda, Adrienne La Russa, Hermione Gingold, Barbara Bouchet, Melina Mercouri, Anna Karina, Edwige Fenech, Charmian Carr, Pina Pellicer, Marlène Jobert, Tsuru Aoki, Alice Roberts, Leila Hyams, Lady Tsen Mei, Geneviève Bujold, Dolores Hart, Anita Berber, Bonita Granville, Vonetta McGee, Claire Windsor, Zizi Jeanmaire, Tuesday Weld, Grace Darmond, Carol Channing, Deanna Durbin, Laraine Day, Mariette Hartey, Wendy Hiller, Candy Darling, Hermione Baddely, Valeria Creti, Ella Raines, Ann Miller, Dana Wynter, Dalida, Martine Beswick, Gale Storm, Simone Signoret, Cristina Gaioni, Mabel Normand, Stéphane Audran, Ruth Weyher, Anna Wiazemsky, Ann Sheridan, Sandhya Shantaram, Alice White, Anne Francis, Gena Rowlands, Lyda Borelli, May Whitty, Cathleen Nesbitt, Jessica Walter, Virna Lisi, Barbara Shelley, Iris Hall, Heather Angel, Anne Shirley, Joanna Pettet, Virginia O'Brien, Joan Collins, Greer Garson, Gracie Allen, Peggy Ryan, Frances Dee, Shirley Maclaine, Geraldine Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Margaret Hamilton, Eva Gabor, Francesca Bertini, Julie Adams, Olga Baclanova, Misa Uehara, Yvette Vickers, Milena Dravić, Jenny Jugo, Madeleine Carroll, Benita Hume, Olive Borden, Shirley Jones, Miyoshi Umeki, Dorothy Lamour, Gale Sondergaard, Mary Anderson, Charlotte Greenwood, Sybil Seely, Mona Barrie, Kathryn Grayson, Katharine Ross, Madge Bellamy, Rhonda Fleming, Sally Gray, Jana Brejchová, Debra Paget, Madame Sul-Te-Wan, Evelyn Brent, Zelma O'Neal, Marie Laforêt, Türkan Şoray, Beatriz Costa, Irene Zazians, Eleanor Powell, Susan Luckey, Patsy Kelly, Lil Dagover, Norma Talmadge, Dorothy Mackaill, Madge Evans, Virginia McKenna, Amália Rodrigues, Mamie Van Doren, Valerie Hobson, Isabel Jeans, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Claire Luce, Aleksandra Khokhlova, Nieves Navarro Garcia, Janet Leigh, Carmen Miranda, Jean Harlow, Aud Egedge-Nissen, Nina Foch, Jean Simmons, Piper Laurie, Katy Jurado, Jayne Mansfield, Anita Garvin, Frances Farmer, Lizabeth Scott, Joan Greenwood, Una Merkel, Arlene Francis, Ethel Merman, Doris Day, Suzanne Pleshette, Ruta Lee, Carolyn Jones, June Richmond, Eva Nil, Diana Dors, Anna Chang, Colleen Moore, Alexis Smith, Yvette Mimieux, Ruby Keeler, Viola Dana, Dolores Grey, Marie Windsor, Danielle Darieux, Jean Parker, Julie Christie, Acquanetta, Leatrice Joy, Ghita Nørby, Julie Newmar, Joanne Woodward, Sandra Dee, Eva Marie Saint, Simone Simon, Katherine Dunham, Birgitte Price, Lee Grant, Anita Page, Flora Robson, Martha Sleeper, Elsie Ames, Isabel "Coca" Sarli, Glenda Farrell, Kathleen Burke, Linden Travers, Diane Baker, Joan Davis, Joan Leslie, Sylvia Sidney, Marie Dressler, June Lockhart, Emmanuelle Riva, Libertad Leblanc, Susannah Foster, Susan Fleming, Dolores Costello, Ann Smyrner, Luise Rainer, Anna Massey, Evelyn Ankers, Ruth Gordon, Eva Dahlbeck, Ansa Ikonen, Diana Wynyard, Patricia Neal, Etta Lee, Gloria Stuart, Arletty, Dorothy McGuire, Mitzi Gaynor, Gwen Verdon, Maria Schell, Lili Damita, Ethel Moses, Gloria Holden, Kay Thompson, Jeanne Crain, Edna May Oliver, Lili Liliana, Ruth Chatterton, Giulietta Masina, Claire Bloom, Dinah Sheridan, Carroll Baker, Brenda de Banzie, Milú, Hertha Thiele, Hanka Ordonówna, Lillian Roth, Jane Powell, Carol Ohmart, Betty Garrett, Kalina Jędrusik, Edana Romney, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Kay Kendall, Ruth Hussey, Véra Clouzot, Jadwiga Smosarska, Marge Champion, Mary Astor, Ann Harding, María Casares, Maureen O'Sullivan, Mildred Natwick, Michèle Morgan, Romy Schneider, Elisabeth Bergner, Celeste Holm, Betty Hutton, Susan Peters, Mehtab, Leslie Caron, Anna Sten, Janet Munro, Nataša Gollová, Eve Arden, Ida Lupino, Regina Linnanheimo, Sonja Henie, and Terry (what a good girl)

ROUND TWO BEAUTIES:

Evelyn Nesbit, Thelma Todd, Tura Satana, Helen Gibson, Maureen O'Hara, Rocío Dúrcal, Mary Nolan, Lois Maxwell, Maggie Smith, Zulma Faiad, Ursula Andress, Musidora, Delphine Seyrig, Marian Marsh, Leatrice Joy, Sharon Tate, Pina Menichelli, Teresa Wright, Shelley Winters, Lee Remick, Jane Wyman, Martita Hunt, Barbara Bates, Susan Strasberg, Marie Bryant, Diana Rigg, Jane Birkin, Rosalind Russell, Vanessa Redgrave, Brigitte Helm, Gloria Grahame, Rosemary Clooney, Bebe Daniels, Constance Bennett, Lilian Bond, Ann Dvorak, Jeanette Macdonald, Pouri Banayi, Raquel Welch, Vilma Bánky, Dorothy Malone, Olive Thomas, Celia Johnson, Moira Shearer, Priscilla Lane, Dolores del Río, Ann Sothern, Françoise Rosay, June Allyson, Carole Lombard, Jeni Le Gon, Takako Irie, Barbara Steele, Claudette Colbert, Lalita Pawar, Asta Nielsen, Sandra Milo, Maria Montez, Mae West, Alma Rose Aguirre, Bibi Andersson, Joan Blondell, Anne Bancroft, Elsa Lanchester, Nita Naldi, Suchitra Sen, Dorothy Van Engle, Elisabeth Welch, Esther Williams, Loretta Young, Margueritte De La Motte, Ita Rina, Constance Talmadge, Margaret Lockwood, Barbara Bedford, Josette Day, Stefania Sandrelli, Jane Russell, Doris Dowling, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Donna Reed, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Billie Burke, Kyōko Kagawa, Françoise Dorléac, Hend Rostom, Monica Vitti, Lilian Harvey, Marjorie Main, Jeanne Moreau, Lola Flores, Ann Blyth, Janet Gaynor, Jennifer Jones, Margaret Sullavan, Sadhana, Ruby Myers, Lotus Long, Honor Blackman, Marsha Hunt, Debbie Reynolds, Michèle Mercier, Irene Dunne, Jean Arthur, Judy Holliday, Tippi Hedren, Susse Wold, Vera-Ellen, Carmelita González, Nargis Dutt, Purnima, Harriet Andersson, Yvonne De Carlo, Miroslava Stern, Sheila Guyse, Helen, Margaret Dumont, Betty Grable, Joan Bennett, Jane Greer, Judith Anderson, Liv Ullman, Vera Zorina, Joan Fontaine, Silvana Mangano, and Lee Ya-Ching

ROUND THREE ELECTRIFIERS:

Jean Hagen, Sumiko Mizukubo, Mary Philbin, Ann-Margret, Margaret Rutherford, Claudia Cardinale, Eleanor Parker, Jessie Matthews, Theresa Harris, Brigitte Bardot, Alla Nazimova, Faye Dunaway, Marion Davies, Anna Magnani, Theda Bara, Myrna Loy, Kay Francis, Fay Wray, Barbra Streisand, Bette Davis, Hideko Takamine, France Nuyen, Claudine Auger, Miriam Hopkins, Maylia Fong, Samia Gamal, Maude Fealy, Machiko Kyō, Sharmila Tagore, Lucille Ball, Ginger Rogers, Juanita Moore, Anna Fougez, Waheeda Rehman, Ruan Lingyu, Nina Mae McKinney, Ethel Waters, Nadira, Olivia de Havilland, Abbey Lincoln, Louise Beavers, Agnes Moorehead, Lana Turner, Norma Shearer, Maria Falconetti, Reiko Sato, Marie Doro, Clara Bow, Margaret Lindsay, Catherine Denueve, Madhabi Mukherjee, Rosaura Revueltas, Hu Die, Mary Pickford, Fredi Washington, Louise Brooks, Leonor Maia, Merle Oberon, Paulette Goddard, Vivien Leigh, Francine Everett, Savitri, Tita Merello, and Meena Kumari

ROUND FOUR STUNNERS:

Judy Garland, Dorothy Dandridge, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Marilyn Monroe, Irene Papas, Lupe Vélez, Pola Negri, Gene Tierney, Barbara Stanwyck, Gina Lollobrigida, Lena Horne, Nutan, Jean Seberg, Kim Novak, Gladys Cooper, Tallulah Bankhead, Linda Darnell, Julie Andrews, Carmen Sevilla, Gloria Swanson, Glynis Johns, Anne Baxter, Angela Lansbury, Anita Ekberg, Toshia Mori, Deborah Kerr, Hazel Scott, Chelo Alonso, Cyd Charisse, Nancy Kwan, Devika Rani, Shima Iwashita, and Anouk Aimée

ROUND FIVE SMOKESHOWS:

Setsuko Hara, Pearl Bailey, Joan Crawford, Madhubala, Marpessa Dawn, Keiko Awaji, Rita Hayworth, Veronica Lake, Ava Gardner, Greta Garbo, Grace Kelly, Xia Meng, Suraiya, Natalie Wood, María Félix, and Mbissine Thérèse Diop

ROUND SIX SEXY LADIES:

Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren, Vyjyanthimala, Jane Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Josephine Baker, Elizabeth Taylor, and Ingrid Bergman

QUARTER FINALIST GLAMAZONS:

Audrey Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong, and Lauren Bacall

SEMIFINALIST ICONS:

Rita Moreno, Diahann Carroll

FINALIST FABULOSITY:

Hedy Lamarr

ULTIMATE CHAMPION OF THE HOT & VINTAGE MOVIE WOMAN TOURNAMENT:

Eartha Kitt

[jeevesreads]

Teaser Thursday

Kind of a smaller week, several books to choose from! There aren’t a whole lot of big releases next week, but there’s a solid batch of indie releases on the way. Some authors I’ve tried before, others I’ve been meaning to check out – we’ll see what mood I’m in! Take a peek at some of the books releasing in the next week below. March 15: Just Don’t Call Me Yours by Heather Garvin Sometimes it’s…

[leonardbetts]

30 questions

rules: answer 30 questions and tag 5 blogs you are contractually obligated to know better.

tagged by: @verafarmiga  ♡ thanks, alessa ♡

name/nickname: liz

gender: nb

star sign: leo

height: 5'5"

birthday: august 14

time: 08:19

favorite bands: led zeppelin, radiohead, depeche mode, ic3peak, talking heads, the carpenters

favorite solo artists: lana del rey, neil young, lady gaga, future, elton john, beck, girl in red

song stuck in my head: gimme shelter by the rolling stones

last movie: into the wild

last show: txf

when did i create this blog: 2012 

what do i post: anything txf 

last thing googled: mariah carey i don’t know her gif............lol

other blogs: @iamthatblyat is my main (warning tho- it’s a little wild)

do i get asks: yeah sometimes

why i chose my url: leonard betts begins the holy trinity episodes in season 4, so it was just a natural pick for me

following: 208

followers: 404 

average hours of sleep: 6

lucky number: 73

instruments: flute, guitar, piano

what am i wearing: an xl hoodie and shorts with fuzzy socks

dream job: forensic anthropologist

dream trip: iceland

favorite food: thai and indian, anything with a lot of spice

nationality: born and raised in the usofa

favorite song: "since i've been loving you” - led zeppelin 

last book read: case studies in forensic anthropology: bonified skeltons by heather garvin

top three fictional universes i’d like to live in: anything studio ghibli, lord of the rings, and skyrim

tagging: @muldr @scully-look @thespookyintrovert @enwestphalie @ellivia

...love being tagged, hate tagging; ignore this if you want

[beckinblack61]

One Year of Daily Blogging?

I’m watching the Unus Annus livestream right now, (may they R.I.P. by the way, hope I don’t fall asleep before the the end of it all,) and Mark and Ethan have inspired me to commit to doing something for one year in hopes of personal growth and to prove to myself that I can finish things if I simply put my mind to them (because procrastination is a b***h.) So... I might try blogging daily/online journaling starting tonight?

I don’t know if this is going to stick, or if at the least that this will stay on tumblr and not migrate to either a physical journal or something else, but I hope this will. I only started my tumblr account merely days ago, and I’m still unaware of whether or not tumblr is truly “dead” or not, as many people have suggested. I was half expecting that the website wouldn’t even work, so there’s that.

I have no plans for this. This may devolve into extremely stupid, short posts that I only make to fulfill my goal of journaling daily, or maybe (hopefully) I take this more seriously. Either way, here goes nothing.

Here is my last-minute idea of writing down my possible goals for this endeavor:

Improving my writing, vocabulary, grammar, etc. (I might pursue a career in English, but who knows as I surely don’t.)

Learning about myself/recording my advances in figuring out my gender, sexuality, identity, and other cliché things to say.

Helping my sanity through expressing myself during this pandemic and presidential election mess (oh lovely America, what a time to be alive.)

Mimicking Veronica from The Heathers (the first musical I ever saw, albeit illegally uploaded to YouTube) and having a “diary” so-to-speak during my senior year of high school. Maybe one day I can look back on this and laugh or cry or both or neither.

… And now my clock reads midnight. Staying up until 3AM is probably not a great decision, given I have a bowling match tomorrow. It’s not until 1PM though, so I should have ample time to sleep in. Sleeping from 3-9AM results in around 6 hours of sleep, which should be alright (although I know I won’t fall asleep that fast; I never can.)

This might not be the only thing I commit to doing for a year, as I have a lot of other ideas, though this is likely the one I am most likely to stick to. I would like to draw daily. I used to draw far more than I do now, which I regret leaving behind. I used to post my attempts at what some would call art on Instagram, which I quickly abandoned. I would also like to stay more on track with reading, another thing I recently have fallen behind on. My collection of the BNHA manga is staring me down from my bookshelf out of the corner of my right eye, alongside my book one of the newly released Fangirl manga, which I need to read soon to lend to my best friend that I unapologetically got hooked on Rainbow Rowell.

Is this getting too long? Quite possibly so. But if I stop doing something I fear I will fall asleep and miss the end of Unus Annus, so I will continue.

Let me get some things off of my chest to start, as I plan on being brutally honest to myself here as an outlet and to help figure out myself more easily. I may or may not be doing so as also inspired by Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin. I highly recommend you read the book if you are in need of some new literature to feed on. That book likely opened my eyes to my own gender exploration.

But as I was saying, about getting things off of my chest. I currently identify as genderqueer, under the non-binary umbrella. I’m fairly unsure of my gender, and am open for it to continuously change, so I am inclined to refrain from labeling it. If I were to try and clarify further, I might go with demi-boy, genderfluid, or gray-gender. I think I lean more masculine than anything, though I’m not certain. I feel fairly unattached to the idea of gender for myself, personally. The lines are blurred for me as far as what it means to be a “boy” or a “girl”. (Side-note: I need an Unus Annus tattoo.)

Something that adds to this confusion is my sexuality, in an odd way. Is this TMI? I don’t know. No one is likely seeing this anyways. I’m either pansexual or bisexual, depending on your definition of either. I think I can love anyone of any gender identity, if I simply love them as a person. I may have a strong bias for men. And, I think I prefer the thought of a guy who refers to me with male pronouns? So who knows, I may be trans and also gay. Or entirely queer, both in the sense of sexuality and gender. I’m still figuring things out and may never will. Is that slightly terrifying? Yeah, maybe.

But, the catch is that I’m not out yet IRL. One person in my life, my best friend, knows I am pansexual. I’ve been considering telling them about being genderqueer and leaning masculine. I haven’t yet. I don’t know if I should bring it up yet? Because I don’t know my gender fully, I’m concerned about telling someone one thing and then deciding that I’m not that the next day. Is this technically imposter syndrome or something? I don’t know. I feel like I’ve heard somewhere that if you’re worried about not being trans, you’re likely trans as a comfortably cisgender person wouldn’t be worried about not being trans. Who knows if that’s true.

So. I’m genderqueer and bi/pan and in the closet basically about all of it to basically everyone. Lovely.

Also, as you could probably guess, Briar is a name I only recently chose to go by. Recently meaning in the past few days. I hope Briar leans masculine, though I’m unsure of whether it truly does or not. I just think it fits me better. I’m AFAB (assigned female at birth.) Only some of my social medias have received the name change: my Instagram, my Reddit, and my Pinterest. My Instagram technically hasn’t fully been changed yet, as I am currently locked from changing my name for 2 weeks for no reason, but my technical username has changed. I need to change my google account name, but, being tied to my YouTube, which my brother is subscribed to, I don’t want to set off any possible alarms just yet.

Why “BriarInBlack61″ then? Well, black is one of, if not my only, favorite color. It makes up the majority of my closet. (Yes, so originally edgy, I know.) The number 61 is in reference to what is arguably the best chapter of Carry On by Rainbow Rowell, another book I highly suggest you read. Carry On is likely my favorite book I’ve ever read. I adore Simon and Baz with all of my heart and am very curious as to what Anyway The Wind Blows brings.

Again, I apologize for the length of this post. Alas, it has only reached 1:19AM now. Should I retire this post?

I probably should, in hopes of leaving something to elaborate on tomorrow. Good day or good night to whoever has stumbled upon this book of a post. May I hopefully not fall to sleep before 3.

Sincerely, 

               Briar

Saturday, November 14, 2020, 1:26 AM

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Books Read in 2017

I really don’t know what else to say at this point. Other than I toned it down a bit from last year. ;)

OH actually: I noticed I was being a failure at listing the illustrators of graphic novels. So I’ll try to do that from now on. I apologize to all those artists I’ve neglected to include in my bylines, but thankfully I believe you are all listed on the linked pages. Which is better than no credit at all....

Total: 144

All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister

Please Excuse This Poem: 100 New Poets for the Next Generation ed. Brett Fletcher Lauer and Lynn Melnick

But What If We’re Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past by Chuck Klosterman

Culture and Customs of Korea by Donald N. Clark

Making Whiteness: The Culture of Segregation in the South, 1890-1940 by Grace Elizabeth Hale

サイレントヒル by Sadamu Yamashita

A History of Nepal by John Whelpton

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

I Little Slave: A Prison Memoir from Communist Laos by Bounsang Khamkeo

Game On!: Video Game History from Pong and Pac-Man to Mario, Minecraft, and More by Dustin Hansen

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Last One by Alexandra Oliva

Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

DC Universe: Rebirth - The Deluxe Edition writ. Geoff Johns, illus. Gary Frank, Ethan van Sciver, Ivan Reis, and Phil Jimenez

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Pegasus by Robin McKinley

Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Silver Child, Silver City, and Silver World by Cliff McNish

The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman

A Modern History of the Somali: Nation and State in the Horn of Africa by I. M. Lewis

Uzumaki Vols. 1, 2, and 3 by Junji Ito

Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route by Saidiya Hartman

One-Eyed Doll by James Preller

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J. K. Rowling

Girl on a Wire by Gwenda Bond

The Vikings: A History by Robert Ferguson

Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1-5 and The Kane Chronicles #1-3 by Rick Riordan

Draw The Line by Laurent Linn

Somalia: A Nation Driven to Despair: A Case of Leadership Failure by Mohamed Osman Omar

Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse

Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology by Valerie C. Scanlon and Tina Sanders

Ultraviolet and Quicksilver by R. J. Anderson

Harmony House by Nic Sheff

Me Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan, and Rwanda by Scott Peterson

Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey by Isabel Fonseca

Cultures of the World: Somalia by Susan M. Hassig and Zawiah Abdul Latif

The Somali Diaspora: A Journey Away by Abdi Roble and Doug Rutledge

Half Bad by Sally Green

The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800 by Christopher Ehret

Omega City by Diana Peterfreund

Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

The Dragons of Noor by Janet Lee Carey

Asylum, Sanctum, Catacomb, and The Asylum Novellas by Madeleine Roux

Unraveling Somalia: Race, Violence, and the Legacy of Slavery by Catherine Besteman

A Tragic Kind of Wonderful by Eric Lindstrom

Unnatural Creatures ed. Neil Gaiman and Maria Dahvana Headley

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

The Politics of Dress in Somali Culture by Heather Marie Akou

The Foundry’s Edge by Cam Baity and Benny Zelkowicz

Diagnoses From the Dead: The Book of Autopsy by Richard A. Prayson

House of Secrets by Chris Columbus and Ned Vizzini

The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear by Seth Mnookin

A Silent Voice #2-7 by Yoshitoki Oima (read the first one last year)

Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America by Jeff Ryan

Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks by Ken Jennings

Printer’s Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History by Rebecca Romney and J. P. Romney

The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley

Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey

You’re More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen’s Guide to Making Things Happen by Eric Liu

The Father of Forensics: The Groundbreaking Cases of Sir Bernard Spilsbury, and the Beginnings of Modern CSI by Colin Evans

Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime by Val McDermid

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson

It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg

The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class - And What We Can Do About It by Richard Florida

An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal

The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It by W. Chris Winter

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire by Jack Weatherford

Dissecting Death: Secrets of a Medical Examiner by Frederick Zugibe and David L. Carroll

Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture - And What We Can Do About It by Kate Harding

ワンパンマン Vol. 1 - 3 writ. ONE illus. Yusuke Murata

Buried in the Bitter Waters: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America by Elliot Jaspin

Forensic Nurse: The New Role of the Nurse in Law Enforcement by Serita Stevens

So Brilliantly Clever: Parker, Hulme, and the Murder that Shocked the World by Peter Graham

The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute by Zac Bissonnette

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper

The Silence of the Sea by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Beyond Monongah: An Appalachian Story by Judith Hoover

Earthlight by Arthur C. Clarke

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favelli and Francesca Cavallo

The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth

These Vicious Masks by Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas

Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley

Inferno by Dan Brown

Paper Girls Vol. 1 writ. Brian K. Vaughn, illlus. Cliff Chiang, Jared K. Fletcher, Matthew Wilson

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

Warcross by Mary Lu

Life on Mars: Poems by Tracy K. Smith

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World by Reshma Saujani

Head First C: A Brain-Friendly Guide by David and Dawn Griffiths

A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain

Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting it Done by Andrea Gonzales and Sophie Houser

Coding for Beginners in Easy Steps: Basic Programming for All Ages by Mike McGrath

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening writ. Marjorie Liu, illus. Sana Takeda

Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan

Native Son by Richard Wright

Courage is Contagious: And Other Reasons to be Grateful for Michelle Obama ed. Nick Haramis

This is the Part Where You Laugh by Peter Brown Hoffmeister

The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness by Jill Filipovic

Coding for Dummies by Nikhil Abraham

A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab

Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond by Marc Lamont Hill

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Artemis by Andy Weir

Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy by Tressie McMillan Cottom

C Programming: Absolute Beginner’s Guide by Greg Perry and Dean Miller

The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz

An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything by Chris Hadfield

To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey

The Memory Code: The Secrets of Stonehenge, Easter Island, and Other Ancient Monuments by Lynne Kelly

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

[hpldreads]

A list of books with characters that are famous on the internet:

Follow Me Back by A.V. Geiger

At First Blush by Beth Ellyn Summer

Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee

Internet Famous by Danika Stone

Girl Online by Zoe Sugg

Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin

Girl Last Seen by Heather Anastasiu and Anne Greenwood Brown

Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde

Don’t Call Me Baby by Gwendolyn Heasley

Adorkable by Sarra Manning

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

This Is How It Happened by Paula Stokes

[azuisreading]

“I want to try, Abbie. Let me.”

Make Your Move by Heather Garvin.

[amr102]

Realistitic representation of Mental Illness

With Split coming out I thought I’d make a list of Books and other forms Entertainment that properly (to an extent not sugar coated but still respectful) show a mental Illness I don’t have many so put the on the list also try to avoid spoilers by not having an explanation Please correct me if any of these are in fact a very bad representation:

Impulse by Ellen Hopkins: Depression and Bipolar Perfect by “: Anorexia, Addiction

Identical by ” : Depression + sexual Abuse victim

Crank/Glass by “: Substance abuse ( Based on daughter’s experience)

Elena Vanishing: Anorexia

Letting Ana Go (‘Anonymous’ diaries) : Anorexia

Six Of Crows/ Crooked Kingdom (Leigh Bardugo): PTSD

Court of Thorns and Roses/ A court of Mist and Fury: Trauma, PTSD, Depression

The Rest of Us Just Live Here (Patrick Ness) :Anxiety, Anorexia, OCD tenancies, maybe more ( I’m 4 chapter’s in)

Manic/ The Darker Side of Innocence: Bi-polar memoirs

The Symptoms of Being Human (Jeff Garvin) : Anxiety, Dysphoria, Probably Depression

All the Bright Places (Jennifer Nivin) : Depression

Looking For Alaska (John Green) : Depression

It's Kind of a Funny Story: Depression, etc. about being Inpatient

Less prevalent in plot:

The Maze Runner (Jame Dashner) : Depression

Fangirl (Rainbow Rockell) Posable social anxiety

Throne of Glass (Sarah J. Maas): Trauma, Depression —

Musicals: Next to Normal: Bipolar, Substance Abuse (I’m not sure how great this is but it doesn’t romanize the issues so I’m including it unless it’s wrong)

Heathers: Teen Depression

You can add on however you want

[betweenshelves]

2016: A Review in Books

I did a lot of reading in 2016, both for school and for fun; I hit a total of 58 books! I usually make it a goal to read about 50 books a year, which has varied depending on what school work I had and what was going on in life. Not having to stick to a schedule has been super awesome, and I'm excited to see what great books 2017 has to bring! I like the way my friend Alyssa did her post of books for 2016, so I'm going to copy a similar format. You can check out her list of books here! I'll follow my list with the top five books I read this year, and a brief explanation as to why they were my favorite (or a link to my review if I reviewed it!). Books Read 1. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (thriller) 2. Jessica Jones: Alias Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis (graphic novel) 3. Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld (YA, fantasy) 4. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Victorian Lit) 5. Bleak House by Charles Dickens (Victorian Lit) 6. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (Victorian Lit) 7. Jane by April Lindner (YA) 8. Dark Companion by Marta Acosta (YA) 9. The Heights by Brian James (YA) 10. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (YA, graphic novel) 11. Black Spring by Alison Croggon (YA) 12. This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz (fiction) 13. Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley (YA) 14. Noggin by John Corey Whaley (YA) 15. How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon (YA) 16. The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick (fiction) 17. Unwind by Neal Shusterman (YA, dystopia) 18. Walden by Henry David Thoreau (memoir) 19. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (YA, fantasy) 20. Audacity by Melanie Crowder (YA, historical fiction) 21. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (YA) 22. The Accident Season by Moira Fowley-Doyle (YA) 23. Death Coming Up the Hill by Chris Crowe (YA, historical fiction) 24. Dime by E.R. Frank (YA) 25. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (YA, fantasy) 26. The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black (YA, fantasy) 27. I'll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios (YA) 28. Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman (YA) 29. Infinite in Between by Carolyn Mackler (YA) 30. Bone Gap by Laura Ruby (YA) 31. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (YA) 32. The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma (YA) 33. I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (YA) 34. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (horror) 35. Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin (YA) 36. Mosquitoland by David Arnold (YA) 37. The Tightrope Walkers by David Almond (YA) 38. Every Exquisite Thing by Matthew Quick (YA) 39. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (children's) 40. Before We Go Extinct by Karen Rivers (YA) 41. Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff (children's, fantasy) 42. Junior Hero Blues by J.K. Pendragon (YA, fantasy) 43. If I Fix You by Abigail Johnson (YA, romance) 44. Blankets by Craig Johnson (graphic novel) 45. Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone (YA) 46. The Glass Republic by Tom Pollock (YA, fantasy) 47. Brooklyn Burning by Steve Brezenoff (YA) 48. Between You & Me by Marisa Calin (YA, screenplay) 49. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (thriller) 50. Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz (YA) 51. None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio (YA) 52. Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies by Lindsay Ribar (YA) 53. We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson (YA) 54. More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera (YA) 55. Kids of Appetite by David Arnold (YA) 56. The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner (YA) 57. A World Without You by Beth Revis (YA) 58. Spontaneous by Aaron Starmer (YA) As I'm writing this, I'm realizing that this list doesn't include any of the picture books that I read for my picture book class last spring, and there were a lot of those! The most notable was I Yam A Donkey by Cece Bell, which everyone should read at some point. I read a lot of YA, so maybe a goal for 2017 should be to branch out of that particular genre a little more! Out of the 58 books I read, here are my top five from the year, in no particular order: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness If you haven't read this book, do it now. Not only is the story gut-wrenchingly beautiful, but the illustrations by Jim Kay will absolutely blow you away. Fun fact: Jim Kay also does the illustrated versions of Harry Potter! Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin I rave about this book to everyone; here's my review if you missed it! Carry On by Rainbow Rowell I have yet to read a Rainbow Rowell book that I haven't loved, and Carry On was no exception. We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson This book was beautifully written, and my review almost doesn't do it justice. Spontaneous by Aaron Starmer This one almost didn't make it into the 2016 list, but it was a fun read, one I'll post a review for soon! In 2017, I'll get to be exposed to a lot of new stuff in the children's and YA realm, as I'll be working for Booklist, so I'm super excited to see what this year will hold! Here's to branching out and reading something new in the new year! via Blogger http://ift.tt/2iX9pKA

[azuisreading]

“I want you. I want you more than all of that.”

Make Your Move by Heather Garvin.

[azuisreading]

“I just know I wanted to put it off as long as I could because nothing beats seeing you happy. Nothing.”

Make Your Move by Heather Garvin.

[azuisreading]

He stares down at me and swallows hard. “How’s your…” He points to my own face.

My eyes narrow. “How’s my cheek after you slapped me?”

His eyes dart around the party. “Can you keep it down?”

“No.”

Make Your Move by Heather Garvin.