The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab

(I'VE MET MY READING GOAL FOR THE YEAR).
I honestly checked this book out because V.E. Schwab plus long line. for a digital copy (yes I jump on bandwagons)...And now I'm an emotional wreck. My history nerd is geeking out, and my English major with my love of the arts is geeking out. 
This writing style is really pretty. I really liked how the timelines were weaved together. 
Also I'm sad now. How dare they make me feel things. 
The bi-cons.
I feel personally attacked by this book. How dare there be characters that I relate to on a spiritual level. 
MY BIRTHDAY GOT A DATE. AND I WAS ALIVE THEN. ahhhh I was 18.
And my sister's birthday! Oh my gosh... (June 13)
....why are there always cute boys...
Ok but Henry... I love him...like....I relate to him so much...All of his struggles and feelings, and I can't. He is me, but older (and you know, a guy). Send help.. Can I keep him? 
Like.... struggling with the idea of being known and loved and seen, and being remembered, and being free. 
And the idea of stories and words and I can't.
I do not have words to describe all of my feelings about this book. I am wrecked and I don't know how I will recover from this... Guys...I need someone to scream about this with.....Guys?
V.E. Schwab has murdered me.
448 Pages

Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston

Beauty and the Beast + Fandom. Sign me the frick up. "Let's do this" John Mulaney parking his bike gif.
I am seeing all of the equations...All of the Beauty and the Beast Easter eggs....like...so many.... Beautiful. As in I am seeing the Broadway references, the motifs, the live action and original references.
All of my favorite Beauty and the Beast things.
Beauty and the Beast is my favorite... Like I mean my favorite, so like....I read all of the Beauty and the Beast spinoffs and retellings and literally anything. Beauty and the Beast is my Pumpkin Spice Latte. 
....No this book isn't about me....shhh... I don't work in a library and like organizing books and want a cute boy...I don't have bangs and hazel eyes (ok they're hazel in the middle, and blue the rest of the way, but shhh)
Alexa play "No" by Meghan Trainor.
He gave her.... He gave her.... 
Soft grumpy boy who just wants to be loved and has depression. 
She really did pull a mixture of 10 Things I Hate About You and Frozen there. 

I NEED FANFICTION. SOMEONE HELP ME. 
304 Pages

The Trials of Apollo: The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan

......so it got a little preachy about mental illness, but also like....it's for the kids. and I appreciate that books are actually talking about healthy coping mechanisms, and about manipulative and verbally abusive relationships and how awful that can be. 
"Sometimes you have to let someone else pay [the price]"....so like....don't talk to me about how with mental illness you have to allow people to help you and take burdens of their own volition.
Mt. Dew.....it does indeed do those things...unless you combine them with Starbucks and chocolate within a very short time period or have that all built up in your system.....We're just going to forget freshman year of college.

So I have feelings about my babies. with all their cameos. Percy is too good for this world. 
416 Pages 

Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi

so parents expectations of their children and all of that angst.....
and people being monsters....and I'm the type of person to fall for monsters, and then give them chances because there is good in them, until I'm proved hecka wrong.

I could tell the characters apart this time....
I have more sympathy for the guys (maybe because they're "misunderstood and brooding" shrug emoji).....Like Inan at the end reminded me of that scene in Batman Begins where Bruce is at his party.

Y'all just need to scream at each other and communicate....but like...obviously life is more complex than that. 
Overall: meh. Like.... meh
416 Pages

Haikyu!! Volume 45 by Haruichi Furudate

Alexa play "One Last Time"
I. Am. In. Pain. So much freaking pain. Like I'm happy, but I'm not.

ALL OF MY BABIES. MY ROOSTER BOY. I HAVE MISSED HIM. And I love him.
sfdajklsfdajklsfdajklsfdajksfdjkl
How am I supposed to handle friends and rivals switching bakc and forth. Oikawa and friend on opposite side. I'm in pain.
Owl head.
Nishinoya and Asahi
232 Pages

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

It is November which means I am reading The Scorpio Races.... I'm fine....Yeah no I'm not. Send help. 
STEVE WEST'S VOICE Y'ALL. TIS THE VOICE OF AN ANGEL AND I CAN'T. I CAN'T. I CAN'T. I CAN'T.
I love Sean and Corr together. fjkdslfsjklda
I say this every time, but I love Maggie's writing style.
I read a post about how Dove would have her winter coat (because November)...so picturing that fluff ball racing.
Puck and her relationship with confession #same
I love Sean making friends...A cute awkward Mr. Darcy sharing his feelings. Also George Holly. George Holly and Annie... I can get behind this ship. Like Church Bells by Carrie Underwood minus all the murder.
We stan Finn.
Tommy whyyyyy
But like.... I love Sean and Puck. And Sean and Corr. And Corr and Dove. And Dove and Puck..... And Puck and Corr.....LIKE WHY ISN'T THERE MORE FANART AND FANFICTION AND FANDOM. COME ON PEOPLE. THIS SLAPS.WHY ARE Y'ALL SLEEPING ON THIS BOOK...granted I was a horse girl, but like....still... THIS FRICKING SLAPS AND SEAN COULD STEP ON ME
Don't mind me, I'm a crying mess, and I'm dying alone. I love Sean and I love Corr and why can't I just be Puck.
416 Pages

Serpent & Dove by Shelby Manhurin

 

Summary: "Bound as one to love, honor, or burn.

Two years ago, Louise le Blanc fled her coven and took shelter in the city of Cesarine, forsaking all magic and living off whatever she could steal. There, witches like Lou are hunted. They are feared. And they are burned.

Sworn to the Church as a Chasseur, Reid Diggory has lived his life by one principle: thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. His path was never meant to cross with Lou's, but a wicked stunt forces them into an impossible union—holy matrimony.

And love makes fools of us all."

I FINALLY FINISHED A BOOK! YAY, ME!

This story checks almost all of my boxes - brave yet foul-mouthed heroine, golden boy hero, literal enemies-to-lovers, marriage of convenience, found family. It was so, so, so delicious.

513 pages

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Week of October 30

 The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl by Theodora Goss 

This is the third volume in The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club. I highly recommend the whole series. If you enjoy weird adventure stories this one has a lot to offer. In the pages of this book you will get to know Mary Jekyll, Diana Hyde, Justine Frankenstein, Katherine Moraeu, Lucinda Van Helsing, Sherlock Holmes and more.
464 pages-

 

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 

The name of this one says it all! I didn’t like this as much as I expected I would but it was still a fun Halloween read.
424 pages-

 

Real Murders by Charlaine Harris 

A small town librarian gets caught up in solving a real murder instead of just reading about them.  I really liked this book. Aurora “Roe” Teagarden may be familiar to some since several movies have been made from this series for the Hallmark channel.
304 pages-

Red Harvest by Joe Schreiber

 

Star Wars and... zombies?! 

Yep. It's that kind of book. But, the zombie theme surprisingly fits within the galaxy pretty well. I personally love any kind of ancient Sith biogenetic experiment lore anyway, so I enjoyed this one a lot! We also get to see the Jedi bio-experiments and communing with plants through the Force, which we don't really get to see in later periods. Towards the end of the Republic, the Jedi are mostly martial arts and peacekeeper focused, with a diminished Agricultural Corps. (Yes, I'm a huge Star Wars nerd, I know...) A Sith Lord trying to achieve mortality would reasonably end up unleashing a zombie plague which consumes every ounce of life on the planet. I mean really, what else would happen?

256 pages

My Hero Academia: Volume 28: The Thrill of Destruction by Kohei Horikoshi

My chicken boy
ok but my babies working together. Enemies to friends to rivals to friends. 

Aizawa sfdjklsfdjaklfsjdakljdfklas I LOVE YOU

All my chilren working together.

....Shigaraki.
(Chapters 268-276)
184 Pages

Night of Cake and Puppets by Laini Taylor

Little sister brain!!! Yes! Younger siblings unite!
I love Laini Taylor's writing style. fdsaklfjdaskljfkasjfl;j
My ship.
256 Pages

The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston

All the fandoms.
PUMPKIN CAMEOS
"She's a total monster" ....Come on....
LaDyBuG PaJaMa ShOrTs?!?! AS IN MIRACULOUS LADYBUG ONE OF MY FAVORITE FANDOMS.fdsjklfjsdaklfjS'L
THE BURNT HUFFLEPUFF AND THAT SORTING SYSTEM. YAAAAAS
PIZZA THE HUTT
fdjklsafja;fjasfjladjlf
I do love my ships
336 Pages

A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

I will protect Monty with my life. He is stupid and I love him. 

Helena and the string. I'm dead. Send help. 
Ok but like......coming to terms with trauma and accepting yourself. A+
Percy is honestly my favorite. I would die for him.

Felicity is so fierce and wonderful. She's got female Sherlock vibes. (Or Molly Hooper?)
544 Pages

Silver Dragon Novels by Katie MacAlister

 

Gabriel Tauhou, wyvern of the silver dragons, has found the one woman who can withstand his fire. Too bad May Northcott is already bound to a demon lord. But when the demon orders May to steal one of Gabriel's treasures:An immensely important relic of all dragonkin - Gabriel has to decide which to protect: his love or his dragons.(I am not a fan of this new formatting. Practice makes perfect I guess!)Playing with Fire: 331 pagesUp in Smoke: 328 pagesMe and My Shadow: 352 pages

Turn of the Screw by Henry James

 

 I watched the show, so of course I had to read the book! It was alright.

pages: 121

All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace

This has the vibes of Three Dark Crowns, A House of Salt and Sorrows, and Bone Crier's Moon.
"I'm not looking to start a war" Alexa play Miley Cyrus's Wrecking Ball. 
Pirates, y'all. I love pirates. And Mermaids. 
Bastian is cool.
The magic system.
And now I'm stressed about the next book....Because....that happened. 
400 Pages

The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White

...I am so stressed out because there are so many ways that the King Arthur story can end (ALL OF THEM IN SADNESS, MIND YOU).
Oh my gosh the deception y'all.
The plot twists.
Lancelot.
Arthur is a cinnamon roll...
352 Pages

A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab

"We're all here for a reason. Some reasons are just bigger than others."
I love my Prince, Rhy. He is too good for this world. He needs a hug and a nap. He deserves so much better. I would die for him.
I love the competition and the pirates and I could go on and on. I just love the plot and the characters and the feels. 
Kell, honey....
Lila is so fierce. 
I am so stressed for the next book.
512 Pages

Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas

Chaol is my spirit animal....cause....therapy...
The kitty cats.
Alexa play the SING scene from Miss Congeniality
We stan all of the queens. Nesryn and Yrene are queens and you cannot convince me otherwise.
How did I miss this shipping....I'm smarter than this...
CHAOL HAS HIS AIRPODS IN! HE CAN'T SEE THE FEELS COMING.
THERE ARE BIRDIES. THEY FLOOF. 
.....a horse named Butterfly..
More iconic than the ice cream scene from The Princess Diaries.
Character development y'all.

I have so many feelings. Chaol is one of my favorite characters (because he is so stupid..so so stupid), so like.....Yrene is a queen. She is wonderful and I love her and I would die for her. I love my Hufflepuffs. 
I miss Aelin, but like....To be expected. I'm in pain. So much pain.
672 Pages

Geekerella by Ashley Poston

....So Darien's eyes just inherently twitch when he's surrounded by the snob fanboys, don't they....
....A wiener dog named Frank.....seriously.
On your left... fjkldsajfkla

The step-sister "ruining of the dress" scene in any Cinderella adaption always kills me....like...ow.

fjkldsajfkljsdakldfjsklajflakj

sfjkldsfdjkla;sjkld

Oh my gosh the Con....

Someone send help. I have the feels. I am dead. 
336 Pages

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown

Ok but the way that this book shows anxiety and mental illness!!!! fdjklsajfdjklsajklfds;a
I love Malik. He is so strong and precious and beautiful.
I loved the world and the magic and everything.
Hyena is iconic.
I would die for Karina. She must be protected. 
496 Pages

Dream a Little Dream by Kerstin Gier

...Jumanji vibes
THERE'S A CHARACTER NAMED TOM HOLLAND.....COME ON
....So part of me wants to like....not touch this with a ten foot pole because...ummmm......let's not talk about doing those things....Let's not mess with demons....
My brain keeps thinking this is going to be a Clueless situation with Grayson.....and ummmm...kind of don't want that anymore..
Henry is a sweet treat. 
352 Pages