Snow White with the Red Hair by Sorata Akiduki

Volume 1
In which we get the origins.
Shirayuki not wanting to have to rely on her connections to Zen

200 Pages

Volume 2
We meet precious 12 year old Ryu.
Shirayuki working to heal a fortress of people.
Side character development

208 Pages

Volume 3
The brief return of Raj
Big brother: "I'm only cryptic and Machiavellian cause I care"
The first balcony scene
Obi taking care of Shirayuki

192 Pages

Volume 4
The first kiss.
Obi being the ultimate....not wingman, but the "run I'll distract him" guy
The confessing feelings and fluff.
Mistuhide and Zen's first meeting. And lil Zen.

192 Pages

Volume 5
Zen being protective (surprise) hen people want to use or threaten Shirayuki
Big brother testing Shirayuki
It's the late night hug for me.
Obi being aware of his surroundings and being protective.
SECRET TUNNELS
The Ryu Obi side story. Chef's kiss
192 Pages

Volume 6
Zen and his big confession to his brother
Zen and Obi being protective
Kiki being a boss
192 Pages

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

Ok but working in a library has like...actually given me opinions on like....making information accessible to all versus keeping it for the elite and the privileged... .like...
Once again I say, y'all gotta be careful with absinthe 
I'm re-reading the Atlas Six because the Atlas Paradox came out and like...
416 Pages

A Silent Voice Volume 1 by Yoshitoki Oima

Volume 1

Ok but bullying.

Do I want to strangle the teacher for like...not handling the bullying properly. Yes. Yes I do.

Also how bullying can drive a person to dark places.
Don't mind me while I go buy this entire series.
192 Pages

Noragami: Stray God Volume 1 by Adachitoka

We meet the warrior god Noragami who just wants to be worshipped and rich.

The concept of monsters bringing clouds of depression.

200 Pages

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

 Pages: 416

"When Springville residents—at least the ones still alive—are questioned about what happened on prom night, they all have the same explanation... Maddy did it. An outcast at her small-town Georgia high school, Madison Washington has always been a teasing target for bullies. And she's dealt with it because she has more pressing problems to manage. Until the morning a surprise rainstorm reveals her most closely kept secret: Maddy is biracial. She has been passing for white her entire life at the behest of her fanatical white father, Thomas Washington. After a viral bullying video pulls back the curtain on Springville High's racist roots, student leaders come up with a plan to change their image: host the school's first integrated prom as a show of unity. The popular white class president convinces her Black superstar quarterback boyfriend to ask Maddy to be his date, leaving Maddy wondering if it's possible to have a normal life. But some of her classmates aren't done with her just yet. And what they don't know is that Maddy still has another secret... one that will cost them all their lives." 

This was a retelling of Stephen Kings Carrie with a twist that explores the racism still rooted in small communities. I really liked the podcast feel at the beginning of the chapters. I really fell for Maddy's character and kept hoping the ending would not come and everything would work out for her. Its a heartbreaking story and very well done.

The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling

Also....like.... cranberry vodka being the classic college girl drink.
All the Halloweentown vibes.
Also I really want to fight all these hipster witches for looking down on my girl....Cause like.... just because someone doesn't use a ton of magic or like...doesn't show that doesn't mean they're not....
The integration of popular culture into this-- like the ah you were a Harry Potter witch, not finding out until like....
bro I was going to throw hands if like....the last two chapters did the thing that it hinted it, but then there was the door.
talking kitty.
320 Pages

Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai

....don't @me. we all know I love illustrated covers...
Ok but like...*eye roll* cause he like...had money, ordered her a dessert she couldn't eat, broke up with her, and then made her pay for all of it....
Naveen trying to loosen the zip ties like a pleb....like....of course it's the man who doesn't know how to get out of zip-ties...
Me not understanding poker or any of it's variants....the extent of my knowledge is from Lindsay Lohan's The Parent Trap and the fact that a royal flush is boss...
Mira when Naveen says ok to a bonkers idea:

Didn't call the first twist, but I did call the second.
Also....the softness......
400 Pages

Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong

I don't know As You Like It as well as...you know...Romeo and Juliet, so like..... fjkdsljklfda
but when you recognize an obvious Shakespeare quote
It's the demisexual rep for me....
It's also the "Beloved" and the "my wife" for me.
istg....don't just drop those initials and expect me to be calm....like...please don't be messing with me...my heart can't. Like....If it's who I want it to be.....I will not be functioning.... I won't be functioning if it's not, but like...please please please...it would confirm my theory.
528 Pages

Longshadow by Olivia Atwater

ok. I was mostly here for Hugh, Elias, and Theodora. 
I loved the cameos.
Imma be honest I wasn't paying attention cause Midnights was coming....
288 Pages

Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

Pages: 688

"Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents and avenging her losses. Together with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn, Emma must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. If only her heart didn’t lead her in treacherous directions…Making things even more complicated, Julian’s brother Mark—who was captured by the faeries five years ago—has been returned as a bargaining chip. The faeries are desperate to find out who is murdering their kind—and they need the Shadowhunters’ help to do it. But time works differently in faerie, so Mark has barely aged and doesn’t recognize his family. Can he ever truly return to them? Will the faeries really allow it?"

I absolutely loved this book. The angst was a little drawn out for me, but the characters and plot made up for it. I was not expecting the neurodivergent representation and fell in love with Ty. I hope we get more of him in the next two books. I really liked the weaving in of the poem into the story and could not stop reading the last 200 pages. Everything was happening at once and so many reveals were made. I cannot wait to start the next book!

Umbrella Academy Volume 1: Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way

So it's like the first season, but different...
184 Pages

Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young

I'm sorry... the male MC's name is August... like.... already dead. and it's Dan Bittner and I love his voice. send help. Was Taylor Swift's August replaying in my head. Yes. 
fjkldssfjkdl Emery has heterochromia fjkldsajklfdssfjklda
The fall witchy vibes.
Me living in a tourist town, so like.... the love hate relationships with the tourists. 
I just like....want to sit with the characters and stare at them. Like.....Emery and August are just...chef's kiss.
368 Pages

Soul of the Deep by Natasha Bowen

So I probably should have physically read this book instead of listening to it....cause like..... I missed stuff and there were new characters....'

the ending was cool.
Me still only knowing vague bits of West African mythology, so I'm kind of clueless
304 Pages

Ten Thousand Stitches by Olivia Atwater

So it's got some Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin vibes...so I kept expecting it to twist with a Rumpelstiltskin twist.
Also the magic of embroidery and using it as a coping mechanism and like....the magic. fjkld
288 Pages

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

 

Pages: 206

"Set in the author's girlhood hometown of Lorain, Ohio, it tells the story of black, eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove. Pecola prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be as beautiful and beloved as all the blond, blue-eyed children in America. In the autumn of 1941, the year the marigolds in the Breedloves' garden do not bloom. Pecola's life does change- in painful, devastating ways.

What its vivid evocation of the fear and loneliness at the heart of a child's yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment. The Bluest Eye remains one of Toni Morrisons's most powerful, unforgettable novels."

Late Banned Books week read. I was able to get the audiobook version read by Toni Morrison and I always love it when authors record their own books. It adds a depth to the story and this one is already beautiful in its prose. Definitely would recomend.

Defend the Dawn by Brigid Kemmerer

The fox. Smirks.
Also like....I wish I had written down my crack theory from the first book because like....it might have helped with the second book.
The ending.. Me looking for the publication date of the next book and it's not even on GoodReads....also like....
I'm a HarriSTAN. haha. I'm funny. Also I totally called it... like....I knew it.
When you get the queer vibes and you were RIGHT.
Oh it's the dawn cause...yeah that makes sense...
The last three chapters....like.... at leas there was some comfort in the last chapter, but like....
448 Pages

In a Garden Buring Gold by Rory Power

yeah I picked this for the cover. cause it's pretty
......when it's not tagged as romance, but I have a ship....istg.....


......when you think either a character is really good at lying and faking feelings, or they genuinely have feelings and they're going to die... I'm fine. I'm not anxious for one specific character.
The epilogue: ok ok ok....I can dig this.
448 Pages

Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

Yeah so I'm re-reading this so I can actually remember what's happening for the next book.
ok ok ok cool cool cool. 
All the mythology
336 Pages

Voyager by Diana Gabaldon

Does Fergus make me think of the French knights from Monty Python....yes.
I love Ian.
I was wondering how they were going to cover both sides of the story.
Brianna and Roger. Just. My ship.
Me over here waiting for commentary on how slavery and indentured servitude is bad and how the people are being mistreated and treated as animals....
Sir Gray....same bro... We don't have to talk about; I gotchu. and I love you.
I really hope we don't make a pattern of villainizing characters that are larger (like I know we hate her and she's like....a crappy person)...or are already in marginalized groups....
Me being anxious for all the chilren.
Do I picture Brianna as Sadie Sink...yes. shut up
912 Pages

The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber

We get more of Jack's backstory. I'm here for it.
Also like....Did and did not see the twist coming, but called the last part.
Sometimes I keep forgetting that Stephanie Garber and Marissa Meyer aren't the same person, so I keep thinking that it's going to be a Wonderland retelling.....
The obsession with apples.
416 Pages

TS Song: ....The Archer...obviously.