the love and respect female athletes have for one another (for the most part) is really beautiful like the way simone biles talked about rebeca andrade with almost this sense of awe, the way sha’carri richardson immediately celebrates with her teammate who came in their but also with julien alfred the person who beat her and there was just this joy and excitement on the track, the way katie ledecky’s first instinct after breaking another record was to hug and compliment the ‘rival’ from australia she was continuously pit against and the was ilona maher was so excited to trade pins with simone biles and women showing up at different events to support each other it’s just! like the whole internet and world at large wants to put them at odds with one another and ‘no medal but gold is worth anything’ and they refuse to play that game! it’s just!!!
It's hard for a short story collection to hit the same way a novel does. This one is a banger, start to finish, and it made me want to write more.
The Year I Stopped Trying by Katie Heaney
I wish I had read this book when I was an overachieving, people-pleasing teen.
Babel by R.F. Kuang
Top-tier fantasy. Absolute masterpiece. If you haven't read it, you are missing out.
If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang
Invisible girl digs up dirt on her rich classmates, falls for one of them, has feelings about it. Another totally excellent book about a teenage overachiever.
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix
A fantasy about books and magic and everything that I, personally, would love.
True Biz by Sara Novic
Mind-expanding and totally compelling novel set at a school for the Deaf.
Our Biggest Experiment by Alice Bell
Read this to understand where we are and where we need to go.
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
I discovered Holly Black again this year, and I'm so thrilled about it. i think she lives inside my brain.
Always Coming Home by Ursula K. LeGuin
I'm slowly but surely reading my way through everything LeGuin has written. She is a genius, and this one in particular was a revelation.
A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone
I guess I'm a sucker for a holiday romance! Who knew? This one is pitch-perfect; funny, sexy, sweet.
The way I kept thinking of your Saturn, Inverted!Frankie while watching Joel… viciously protective father who would do, would have done, anything for his girl…
okay but the moment he showed up on screen i was like 'thats frankie and katie. oh my god' and immediately went to screeching about it with @joel-mlller because the actress for sarah is also how I imagine katie to look when she was younger!!!
Added Explosive Eagles! I think that it has the coolest logo yet (alongside Deadly Deer). Glad that only one team is left to draw, and the banner will be complete. Yipee!
(btw, I forgot that Courtney x Scott was a thing, until I started drawing Scott, and saw an image with them on the wiki. I gotta rewatch TDAS to make sure I don't write them bladly)