The Memory Thief by Lauren Mansy

I feel like this could have been developed more....like....there's a lot of elements thrown really quickly, and the concepts were really cool, but like....there was a lot of telling instead of showing. 
320 Pages

Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

 British people learning the concept of how big America is. Beautiful. And I'm cackling. Cause each state is the size of a European country. 
And Baz hates America almost as much as Americans do....Perfection. If he thinks it's bright in Illinois, he gonna hate California. 
Simon is a puppy. I love him.
....Does Baz have the style sense of Harry Styles?jgkdfsjklgfjdskljfgdsa;fjla;sfjdl;asjflajsfl
416 Pages

The Last of August by Brittany Cavallaro

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I love Charlotte. Like I love the way she speaks about herself... saaaaame. Like there's a chapter that I just want to write in my quote journal.

And I love Jamie. (The way he obsesses over things until they're a part of his identity--same).

All the Germany vibes.

Also all the Sherlock Easter eggs. 

That ending though....
352 Pages

Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh

I am suspicious of all y'all..... Cause you doing shady things...Like I'm suspicious of her brother and the fiancé. 
I love how much Mariko loves to learn.
Fantasy feudal Japan. Awesome
Oh my gosh the Robin Hood vibes and the Mulan vibes (but definitely not retelling vibes).
I live for sneaky sneaks. Alexa play Mission Impossible theme song.
I love Yoshi.
All the pretty words....I love a guy who can say really pretty things about love ok.....I'm fine... Okami is really smooth.....
I love feuding families and the drama that goes with it.
I'm excited to see how Kenshin grows.
432 Pages

Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

......No one talk to me.....Just like...don't...

I love Abraxos. I love his wholesome wholesomeness.

Can we all just...collectively protect Dorian....

So many Anastasia vibes, and so many LOTR vibes... Also Nomu from My Hero Academia....

Everyone is just trying their best..... But man look at all those garbage can fires... Chaol is trying his best.

Ask me about Rowan later.

576 Pages

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

I loved Fangirl... Like I loved Fangirl. A. LOT. So getting to be in the world that Cath loved is amazing.... Plus all the Harry Potter vibes....

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The spells, y'all. I love how they're like...all music/movie references.

Simon.. My baby.

Baz my beautiful boy.

All of the sass and snark.

I really like that the world is still steeped in popular culture. Like I didn't realize how great it was until like....Star Wars references....

....Magic belt buckle...iconic. 
528 Pages

The Queen's Assassin by Melissa de la Cruz

Ok but Disney's Sleeping Beauty vibes with the aunts and the forest. Make it pink. Make it blue. 

Aaaaand one of my favorite tropes--there's only one room

They really be do getting me with the feels and the mutual pining.....

I love Cal. I love him I love him I love him.

...Ok but part 3

...I was expecting a Padme situation....I was incorrect.

I'm not crying. It's September allergies.

400 Pages

Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

....Release the Dragon....like....Release the Kraken....
.....Return of the Jedi scene with Jabba the Hut....
Look at all the bi-cons
So many Star Wars references and vibes. and Star Trek vibes
Also Aurora says "son of a biscuit" .... I love her.
Tyler is so sassy... I love his strategy brain and the snark.
Kal and Auri

.....Lion King 2 Simba's Pride......

CLIFFHANGERS SUCK Y'ALL

512 Pages

Blood and Honey by Shelby Mahurin

Ok so I want to get on my soap box about relationships, and emotional chastity and defining relationships; because my baby boy.

....You can't administer last rites (Anointing of the Sick and hearing confession/receiving communion) to a dead person...at least not Catholic last rites... but ok. 

I love Lou and Reid...I've loved watching their relationship develop....Communication.

Also Lou and Reid learning to accept themselves and mature; learning to handle magic...

Like I just love watching my children struggle and grow....

I need to protect Reid, my sweet tall boy.

......

 

...Don't talk to me. 
544 Pages

Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

 ...When you have two ships for each person and you don't know who to root for....

Hey look at all those Star Trek vibes....
aaaaand Voltron vibes.

Oh my gosh Kal and Tyler.....

Ok so I have a ship now....
But yeah....getting attached to characters...

496 Pages

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

....His name is Alex....yes my brain went there.... (edit: 3/4/2021: I think my brain went to Hamilton and the fact that he might have been bi, but I have no idea)

Alex being like "I hate Henry. I don't like him":

THE TURKEY.

Alex. The man. The myth. The bi-con. (Is he also a simp?...kind of). (Malfoy level obsessed)

I love Henry. Baby. Precious. Good boy. THE STAR WARS. Must protect. 

....The Han Solo
Writing letters. fkalsfjdkljgslkfjdglsjgf;sldg. I'm crying. 

This happened, right? (kind of):
I can't find it right now, but the gif of all of the characters in VEEP running through the halls.....

Someone let Zahara sleep.....
Alexa play "There! Right There!" from Legally Blonde the Musical. IT FITS SO MUCH

.....We're in this 2020, right? ...RiGhT?!

432 Pages

The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner

I love the cave story....like... fdjkalfjdsklfjlsdjaf. Like...Beauty and the Beast and Hades and Persephone...
Gen my sassy boy
416 Pages

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

I love a Hufflepuff who makes sure their friends eat

COME IF CONVIENENT!!!!

oh the calling the brother chubby....iconic
352 Pages

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J Maas

 Arobynn...... I'm not even gonna start...because honestly I just can't....Nope nope nope.
Celaena: A Memoir: 

I miss my boy.
Sand....
THE SPIDER SILK (Give me a LOTR side adventure y'all)
HORSES I LOVE HORSES


SAAAAAAAAAAAAAM

Y'all...this novella....

Celaena's goals:

A Character named Wesley...yes my brain thought of Dred Pirate Roberts. 
Hey look that's abusive behavior and gaslighting, and he's not apologizing. Stab him. 

SHEET MUSIC
wait. WAIT. WAIT... Is that my son?!?!?

Eddie Redmayne and Hugh Jackman covered in sewage from Les Mis.....
Rose from Titanic yelling in the flooded halls

He done did you wrong, baby. 
464 Pages

Gathering Frost by Kaitlyn Davis

So Sleeping Beauty.

I love Asher.....Also he has purple eyes.

I really liked the concept of the two worlds colliding.
The curse was really interesting.

338 Pages

We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

So there are so many quotes in this book that just like  jksfdslajfla;jlj;dsf my heart and my brain. I love the writing style. 
Iconic.
The world building. The food. I love food.
The sass; the snark; and the dramatic boys.
I love angsty boys who see themselves as monsters, and girls who fall in love with them.....I love enemies to lovers.....stop staring at me..
I loved the system of magic in this world! The way that it works as a whole, and how it works for and with each individual person
Give me all the metaphors about darkness and evil and love and memory and pain. This is what I live for.
Also I love me an emo angsty boy with tattoos and tortured souls.
Zafira. So fierce. She could step on me and I would thank her.
Nasir and all his brooding and darkness.
Also the importance of names...like y'all....
I loved the plot and all of the Beauty and the Beast vibes it gave off....like.... I'm crying. Like.... all of the iconic scenes y'all. 
On the bright side, the next book is coming out in January. Goodbye 2020.
480 Pages

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas

Hogwarts girls following Krum. Chaol is Krum.
Chaol walking elegantly:


John Mulaney's joke about 13 year olds, but it's about Dorian's little brother
Pterodactyl screeches. Whenever I picture Dorian dancing, I picture him dancing like a combination of a Charlie Brown character and a toddler.

Meanwhile:

Also Chaol is Robert from Enchanted.



....someone stab Dorian for the way he treated the library books
Chaol my baby. My baby has a birthday. Birthdays are great. 

I cannot be everywhere at once people
If you stand for nothing Burr.

Alexa play "No Good Deed"

Oh my baby boy. He really do be drinking respect women juice. Also...like....these are my favorite kinds of scenes....Chaol laughs manically in the background cause he knows.... It's that Spongebob TikTok about Krabby Patties

Chaol in the library....Same....

Alexa play "It's Quiet Uptown"...Alexa?

Lord of the Rings and FMA vibes.
But yeah. This book was awesome. 

448 Pages