tagged by @horseproductions thank you bestie
LAST BOOK I READ i recently finished the princess bride with my book club. it was fun but considering like half the dialogue is done word for word in the movie (which i have seen so many times i could probably close my eyes for 90 minutes and replay the entire thing from memory. best movie of all time.) i didn’t feel like i was getting much more out of it and i just kind of wanted to be watching the movie the whole time
A BOOK I’D RECOMMEND i read project hail mary this year and really enjoyed it! i would die for that space rock and i think everyone should read it so they can feel the same way
BOOK I COULDN’T PUT DOWN the last one this happened with was probably the will of the many by james islington. i think i was averaging like 100 pages a night which is a lot for me these days. also the twist at the end had me staring at the wall like the gif of that lady trying to do math for like 15 minutes, and i had to physically restrain myself from simply starting over at the beginning immediately (i waited a respectable two days before caving and starting the audiobook version)
BOOK I’VE READ TWICE OR MORE i am a serial rereader so if i’ve read it and enjoyed it i’ve probably read it twice. but i first read six of crows 10 years ago and i’ve reread at least once a year since so that one might win for sheer number of times.
BOOK ON MY TBR i do plan on reading james islington’s other series at some point but i brought the first book on a plane with me and ended up puking on that flight so i have to wait until i forget i did that before picking that one up again
BOOK I’VE PUT DOWN started reading the ocean at the end of the lane by neil gaiman right before the Allegations. wasn’t super impressed with it even before i knew it was written by a sex criminal
A BOOK ON MY WISHLIST going to interpret this like it’s a genie because when i want a book i tend to just go buy it bc i am an adult who is responsible with my money. but if i could manifest a book into existence it would be a version of soc3 where during the writing process i stand over leigh bardugos shoulder and say “leigh the implications” every time she tries to do something like the rule of wolves bodysnatching plot again
FAVORITE BOOK FROM CHILDHOOD i was a percy jackson kid for sure. the last olympian came out when i was in fifth grade and my friend and i sat on the playground during recess and read it like the little nerds we were. i was also super into neal shusterman’s unwind series through middle school. baby’s first hey woah isn’t this deeply fucked up? anyway i’m rod sterling experience.
A BOOK I’D GIVE TO A FRIEND maybe tress of the emerald sea by brandon sanderson because it has the kind of whimsy i want in the people i surround myself with. also it’s a fun romp and i think there’s probably something in it for everyone
BOOK OF POETRY OR LYRIC THAT I OWN ok i am not really much of a poetry person but i do own a copy of milk and money, which is a rupi kaur parody lmao
WHAT I’M CURRENTLY READING i’ve been reading the count of monte cristo since march lol. i am 900 pages in which means 75% of the way! i fear that like edmond dantes in the chateau dif i will be trapped here for 14 years but i’m enjoying myself. whoever decided to pay alexandre dumas by the line should be shot though.
WHAT I’M PLANNING ON READING NEXT i dont plan my next reads honestly i like to allow them to find me via divine intervention. but my book club is reading agatha christie’s the murder of roger ackroyd, which will be a reread for me, but i’ve got to get through that one in the next few weeks
no pressure tagging: @carolinawrenn @randomcat1832 @sapphofinch and anyone else who wants to do it!
