I realized I haven’t done one of these in a little bit, however, there are some books that are coming out in the near future that I’m looking forward to.
This book is part of the “Crave” series by Tracy Wolff. In this book, it’s suppose to cover the 4 months of time that Grace lost between book #1 (Crave) and book #2 (Crush).
This is also from the “Crave” series by Tracy Wolff. This book…
Currently looking for book besties.👯♀️ here’s some info about me:
Name: Bek
Age: 27
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Current read: Small Favours - Erin A. Craig
Hunting Adeline - HD Carlton
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Books I like:
King of battle and Blood (+book 2, I need book 3 asap!!) (Scarlet St Claire)
The Scarlet Veil (Shelby Mahurin)
Crave (6 book series, Tracy Wolff)
Butcher & Blackbird (Brynne Weaver)
Daughter of the Moon Goddess (Sue Lynn Tann)
Haunting Adeline (HD Carlton)
The Sisters of the Salt Series (Erin A Craig)
Tropes and themes I usually enjoy:
Enemies to Lovers (actual enemies to lovers not just that they don’t like each other. Give me the ‘I’m gonna wipe out your nation if you don’t declare me king’ type enemy. A real enemy)
Dark Fantasy
Touch her and die
Vampires, Vampires, Fairytale Creatures, plus a bit more Vampires. (Not the twilight kind tho, not for me)
Morally grey characters, and that can go for anyone. Man, woman, child, anybody.
A character that will be brutal to the world but will worship the ground their partner walks on (yes please)
Smut. I do like me some smut. But my god please actually have a good story and character development. If it’s ONLY smut then it’s boring as hell.
Fictional Asian inspired stories/Asian fantasy
I started reading again in December last year. I hadn’t read since I was a teenager. I lost interest in the genre of books I was reading but didn’t have the money, resources or knowledge for acquiring new books. I didn’t know what I wanted to read because I didn’t know how to find what was available. So I stopped reading for like….10 years. Maybe a bit more. I found the transition from YA books to adult books jarring. Especially coming from a sheltered and strict home. But it’s safe to say I’ve officially found what I like, on a complete fluke trip to the bookstore with my sister in law.
I do enjoy other things such as gaming, music, tamagotchi collecting, 3d modelling, studying languages and binge watching shows. But since this is my book blog, that’s what I focus on here💝
My Good Reads 💝
Why is this gif here? Cause I thought it was funny. That is all.
do you have any book recs for books like the atlas six? (Dark academia, found family kind of lol, university/school/secluded setting, mystery, maybe even romance)
hi hi, thanks for the ask! here ya go!
the absolute best dark academia books according to me in addition to TA6:
- Babel: An Arcane History by RF Kuang
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
other enjoyable dark academia recs:
- If We Were Villains by ML Rio
- Vicious by VE Schwab
- These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever
- A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
- Bunny by Mona Awad
kinda fun YA academia-based books in boarding schools:
- Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
- The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Crave by Tracy Wolff
Dark + POC academia satire: Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Choi
Also, this video has tons of recs! Leo never fails to supply recommendations like this!
BARBIE MEME 💚🔮 Luna Wolff - Werewolf Witch OC 🔮💚 Speedpaint by Ninjon-chan 🐇💙 from 2023. - part 7.
She is a werewolf witch 🔮🐺 She is big sister of Lynn and Logan.
In my story she lives in the future around 2300. In these years superhumans rule the whole Solar-system and travel through the Galaxy and visit other exoplanets and alien spieces is absolute normal.
Happy Birthday film director Michael Caton-Jones born in Broxburn, West Lothian, October 15th 1957.
Moving to London at age 17 to pursue a writing career, Caton-Jones paid the rent by working as a stagehand at London’s West End. He decided to attend Britain’s National Film School, where he quickly gained attention when his first project, entitled Leibe Mutter, won the Best Film at the European Student Awards.
After he completed his second student film, The Riveter, the BBC took no time in purchasing it.
By the time he had completed two years of film school, Caton-Jones was offered a job directing the three-part mini-series Brond. By the late 80s, he had decided to direct his first feature length film.
His breakthrough film was the excellent Scandal, a compelling look at the Profumo-Keeler sex scandal of the early 1960s. Not unlike his earlier films, Scandal became a critical and popular international hit resulting in numerous awards and nominations, including the Camera D'Or at Cannes, the European Oscars and the Golden Globes.
The exposure led to a demand for his talents in Hollywood; so he crossed the pond to direct features like Memphis Bell, Doc Hollywood and This Boy’s Life based on Tobias Wolff’s poignant autobiographical novel.
He returned to his roots in the mid-90s to film the story of one of his country’s most heroic patriots - Rob Roy. The film starring Liam Neeson, Jessica Lang, Tim Roth and John Hurt, earned critical acclaim and won Roth an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
I loved his film Urban Hymn, which has an outstanding soundtrack, Caton-Jones described it as “one of the best film making experiences I’ve had.” and the period miniseries World Without End. The film, Hitman Redemption, which stars Sons of Anarchy actor Ron Perlman as a Mossad member-turned-gun-for-hire in New York got a few mixed reviews, but I enjoyed it.
By far my favourite film from Michael Caton-Jones so far is Our Ladies, which he directed an co-wrote the screenplay. It is based on an excellent book by Alan Warner called The Sopranos, but the name being so well known it they changed so as to avoid any confusion and possible lawsuit? Anyway, my favourite moment is when the girls go to a Northern Soul Karaoke in Edinburgh, if you want to watch it I will post a link for it. Warner previous wrote Morvern Callar which was made into a film by Lynne Ramsay and starred Samantha Morton.
In October 2017, Michael Caton-Jones revealed he had chosen Sophie Okonedo, to star in B. Monkey. However producer, Harvey Weinstein, decided the actress was not "fuckable".
Caton-Jones and Weinstein discussed the matter heatedly and Caton-Jones said, "'Don’t screw up the casting of this film because you want to get laid', whereupon he went mental." Weinstein then told Variety that Caton-Jones had left the production due to "creative differences".
Asia Argento, who replaced Okonedo, was one of three women who in 2017 were reported in The New Yorker to have been raped by Weinstein; she said she submitted to Weinstein because, "I felt I had to, because I had the movie coming out and I didn’t want to anger him."
Michael Caton-Jones’ Our Ladies has scooped up two nominations for the Bafta Scotland awards.
🎉 The Top 10 Teen Shows of the 2000s - The Ultimate Countdown! 🎉
Welcome back, everyone! Today, we're diving into the best of the best—The Top 10 Teen Shows of the 2000s. If you grew up glued to your screen watching Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, or even the more niche networks, you know exactly the magic these shows brought into our lives.
In this video, I'm counting down the most iconic seasons from the shows that defined a generation—those that gave us characters we loved, storylines we related to, and moments we still quote today. From Miley Cyrus living a double life in Hannah Montana to Miranda Cosgrove’s wild web show antics in iCarly, these series were the soundtrack to our childhoods. And while I've picked the top 10, we can't forget to give a shoutout to other amazing teen shows that rocked the 2000s:
Disney Channel: Lizzie McGuire (Hilary Duff), Even Stevens (Shia LaBeouf), Phil of the Future (Ricky Ullman), The Proud Family (Kyla Pratt), Kim Possible (Christy Carlson Romano), The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (Dylan & Cole Sprouse), That’s So Raven (Raven-Symoné), Hannah Montana (Miley Cyrus), Wizards of Waverly Place (Selena Gomez), Sonny with a Chance (Demi Lovato), The Suite Life on Deck (Debby Ryan)
Nickelodeon: Drake & Josh (Drake Bell & Josh Peck), Zoey 101 (Jamie Lynn Spears), Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide (Devon Werkheiser), The Naked Brothers Band (Nat & Alex Wolff), Unfabulous (Emma Roberts), iCarly(Miranda Cosgrove), True Jackson, VP (Keke Palmer), Big Time Rush (Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos PenaVega, Logan Henderson), Victorious (Victoria Justice, Ariana Grande), Just Jordan (Lil’ JJ), All That (Amanda Bynes, Kenan Thompson, Nick Cannon)
These shows had it all—from laugh-out-loud comedy to real-life drama—and they played a huge role in shaping our pop culture. In today’s video, I’ll be breaking down what I think are the top 10 teen shows of the era, with a special focus on their most iconic seasons.
Whether you’re here for a nostalgic trip down memory lane or to debate which show really deserves the top spot, this video is for you. So sit back, relax, and get ready for a major dose of 2000s vibes as we celebrate the shows that made growing up just a little more fun!
do you have any novels recs? i’m a emily henry girl and i’m finding it hard to read novels that are not hers
better than the movies by lynn painter, one last stop by casey mcquinston, the very picture of you by isabel wolff (a little more drama-heavy than anything emily henry but it has romance in it too and it’s my all time favorite book and i think you’ll like it), and pride and prejudice by jane austen (great for getting out of a reading slump)
But THR, suspecting that’s painting with too broad a brush, and aware that many usually busy people had some time on their hands during the first simultaneous strike of actors and writers in 63 years, reached out to hundreds of distinguished members of the global film community and asked them to share their picks for the greatest books related to film — autobiographies, biographies, novels, how-to, making-of and every other sort — factoring in quality, impact and influence. They each received a “ballot” listing some 1,200 notable titles, plus slots for write-ins.
Among the 322 respondents were directors (including Steven Spielberg, Ava DuVernay, Oliver Stone, John Waters and Celine Song); actors (Liza Minnelli, Alec Baldwin, Laura Dern, Colman Domingo and Sarah Paulson); producers (Jerry Bruckheimer and Amy Pascal); writers (Tom Stoppard, Paul Schrader and John Mulaney); executives (David Zaslav, Sherry Lansing, Michael Barker, Tom Rothman and Bela Bajaria); documentarians (Ken Burns, Sheila Nevins and Errol Morris); animators (Floyd Norman); composers (Nicholas Britell); agents (Toni Howard); the heads of the Academy, Academy Museum, Golden Globes, BAFTA, MPA, AFI, American Cinematheque, Black List, Alamo Drafthouse theater chain and Sundance, Toronto and Karlovy Vary film festivals; journalists (Maureen Dowd, Graydon Carter, Roxane Gay, David Remnick, Lynn Hirschberg, Michael Wolff and Lawrence O’Donnell); film critics; academics; and, yes, a host of top authors of film books.
There have previously been “greatest film books” surveys of some of these constituencies, but never all of them, and never of this size and scope. It’s with the hope that THR readers will be inspired to check out these books and learn more about the art form and business that we cover that we proudly present — in order from fewest votes to most — the 100 greatest film books of all time (click here for a printable checklist), as chosen by the people who would know best.
who would you rather see? finn hudson, ryder lynn or noah puckerman? and can you please give me some alt fcs for finn and ryder? thanks!
Why not all three? Any of them would be loved, but I do have to say that there is room for a connection with the Quinn applicant with Noah. I want to chime in to let you know that I personally love Finn too, if that helps.
Here are some alt Ryder Lynn fcs:
David Alvarez
Josh Andrés Rivera
Ricky Ubeda
Ricardo A. Zayas
Alberto Rosendre
Wentworth Miller
Laz Alonso
Stony Blyden
Eddie Cibrian
David Lee Gallagher
Robert Gant
Jencarlos Canela
Angel Arce
Alt Finn fcs:
Devin Druid
Antoine Olivier Pilon
John Boyega
Lucas Hedges
Bowen Yang
Tye Sheridan
Liam James
Hasan Minhaj
Tony Revolori (I looked at a Willow gif hunt and idk for sure if you’ll have resources of him smiling, his face is just the right kind of cute)
Charlie Rowe
Nat or Alex Wolff, but more Nat than Alex
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Connor Jessup
Chad Michael Murray
Manny Jacinto
Marshall Williams played Spencer on Glee, but his look fits