2, 9 and 17 for the book asks! ❤️
2- did you reread anything? what?
I revisited my feluda collection for a book challenge :) I also reread halloween party by agatha christie (which I honestly think is one of the creepiest poirot mysteries). besides those, i returned to the following 2020 reads multiple times because they were impossibly good:
we are okay by nina lacour
the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid (so. many. times.)
the secret history by donna tartt
sharp objects by gillian flynn
9- any new genres you got into?
17- did any book surprise you with how good it was?
SO MANY. it's always such a delight when something absolutely exceeds expectations!
the colour purple by alice walker: don't misunderstand, I didn't think it will be bad or anything, but I didn't know it was wlw. I felt like screaming into my pillow, and I think I cried a bit!
the coldest girl in coldtown by holly black: because I don't like vampire romances in general or those edgy dark modern fantasies, but this book is SO witty, well written and interesting. It has a clear vein of satiric social commentary to it which made the vampire aspect more enjoyable.
the daughter of smoke and bone trilogy by laini taylor: SO SO BEAUTIFUL. I fell in love with the strange steampunk/studio ghibli/fairytale-ish characters, the aesthetics, the writing style and the storyline. I've seldom been this invested in a fantasy series before. ONLY laini taylor is allowed to write purple prose.
the henna wars by adiba jaigirdar: I thought it will be a sugary fluffy romcom but the diasporic experience, the feeling of being a desi wlw in a white country and the interrelationships of the characters were written so poignantly it was almost too real. cried with this one too.
the hating game by sally thorne: sometimes your fave characters are privileged, unreally pretty straight white people and that's okay. jokes apart. I thought it would be a mediocre story about a white Netflix prototype couple and it is!!!!! but it it's still so fun to read and quite sexy too.
end of the year book asks!