Rewatching The Mummy for the first time in forever. O'Connell lighting a match off Ardeth's scruff is the funniest thing I've forgotten about this movie. I can't stop rewinding 🤣 #themummy #moviememories
Britt and Her Lit(erature)
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I spend more time adding to my TBR and watch list than actually reading and watching. Will I stop? No, I can never stop, and if you have any recommendations, my lists always have room for more titles!
Haven’t done a puzzle in a while and now I remember how calming and satisfying it can be
Just finished my current read and off to the reviews I go! #booksky #storygraph #welistenandwejudge #sorrynotsorry
a wooden floor with seducktive written on the bottom right
Alt: a white duck running across a wooden floor and out the door
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Me: *complaining about my current read* My sister: So…what was that name again? Sounds like something I might like 👀✍️ One sister’s 2 star book is another sister’s 5 star. #booksky #readingrecs
It's always funny when authors will try to paint Persephone as if she's only sweet and fragile with her little flowers. Girl was the mistress of the Furies and meted out her own punishments regularly. She was Queen of the Underworld and was as respected and feared as Hades himself.
I’m waiting for the twist where her curse is fake or misunderstood. But in the meantime, Lyra with her “no one can ever love me” just makes me think of Goob from Meet the Robinsons: “They all hated me.”
The only thing I’m taking away from this book is that Hades smells like “bitter dark chocolate”…because we’re reminded in almost every. Single. Chapter. #thegamesgodsplay #booksky
I need publishers to stop marketing books by comparing them to wildly successful series because you said Hunger Games and I’m struggling to get through this cheesy dialogue to get to the Labors
Maybe it becomes relevant later and I haven’t gotten to it yet, but at first glance, this cover makes me think Norse gods, not Greek #booksky #thegamesgodsplay
Man I can’t take any of these Red Tower books seriously. This girl really said, “how can he be evil? He gave me water?” #thegamesgodsplay #redtowerpublishing #hydrateordiedrate
Found an indie bookstore that claims to support local and self-published authors but their signing events require $100 + 50% of book sales for a post on their calendar, a table, and a chair and without any marketing support. Seems borderline predatory, or am I ignorant? #authorsofbluesky #authors
Thank you for the suggestion @thestorygraph.com but please don't tease me with a book that doesn't even release until August 😭😭😭 #accomplicetothevillain #anticipated2025read
Me as a mood reader: There's nothing to read!!! My bookshelf, my Kindle, my public library, Libby, Hoopla, all the book influencers, my many formats of TBR lists: 😒 You're joking, right? #booksky #tbr #moodreader #rightbookwrongtime
a woman says surely you jest while wearing a necklace
Alt: a woman says surely you jest while wearing a necklace
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Found this booktuber who admits they can't get into TikTok or BookTok and yet still has a whole series reacting to BookTok. I understand the cringe that is BookTok, as a longtime scroller, very rare poster, but to have someone outside poke fun to get clicks feels icky to me.
I got approved for the eARC of The Blood Phoenix by Amber Chen! I honestly did not expect that at all because I'm still working in improving my NetGalley percentage. So be audacious! Have the nerve! Ask for what you want. The answer might be no, but there's still a 50% chance of a yes
Welcome to Night Vale is super weird and nonsensical, but they went hard with this speech about single parenthood. (The son wants to meet his dad, and this was his mother's response.) Looking forward to the podcast when I finish this book. #welcometonightvale #booksky
I was checking an author I found on NetGalley to see if I want to put in a request for their book, and it's a repurposed Dramione fanfiction. 🫠 Why are they always ships I don't like and with Berkley? The Reylo fanfictions weren't enough?
Does Berkley scroll through AO3 looking for their next book? Why is it every fanfiction that's been loosely repackaged into a romance book is printed under their imprint? What is this pipeline from romance fanfiction to Berkley?
Me: it's been ages since I got that illumicrate email about my book shipping. let me check where it's at! Email: *received 21 hours ago* Me: 😐 #illumicrate #booksky #whyamiliterallysoimpatient #ihave14morebusinessdays #bookmail
I check my library catalog so often I have my card number memorized. Just learned that is not, in fact, a universal experience, and it will now be my fun fact. #booksky #publiclibrary #funfact
For the first time ever, I don't have any notifications on my mail app. Not sure if it will ever happen again, or last past this very moment, but what an accomplishment! #celebratethelittlethings #zeroinbox
two men in suits and ties are waving their hands in a room .
Alt: two men in suits and ties are waving their hands in a room .
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There are a lot of things I don't anticipate when reading danmei, and the villain removing a skin mask like Mission Impossible or a Scooby Doo villain is absolutely definitely on the list. #danmei #huskyandhiswhitecatshizun #andiwouldvegottenawaywithittoo
Scooby Doo Fred Jones GIF
Alt: Scooby Doo Fred Jones unmasking a bad guy in a ghost disguise GIF
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is Jansport the new Champion? Because why are these basic backpacks made with the flimsiest of fabrics so expensive? And the "exclusive Twilight Bella Swan" bag is just a plain Jansport? They haven't changed anything about the way they look in years except for the price 👀
It's important to branch out and try new authors. At the same time, it's not required to spend money to try these new authors. Libraries, book swaps, free little libraries, Bookbub (has some free ebooks) are just a few options to sample a broader range of books without breaking your budget
a cartoon of a girl holding a book that says library
Alt: a cartoon of a girl, DW from Arthur, holding a library card and saying Now I know what true power feels like
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Me and my TBR are loving whoever started the top 4 books of 2024 chain. It'll be a good thread to come back to if I find myself lacking reading inspiration this year #booksky #readingrecs
Currently reading You May Now Kill the Bride by Kate Weston. Why does it seem like a contest between the childhood friend group of 5 (including Tansy from flashbacks) to see who can be the worst human ever? Like even as adults, they're all just terrible people?
Am I really audacious enough to request the ARC of the second book in a series when I was approved for the first book only to wait 6 months and read it after it came out? #booksky #arc #netgalley #pleaseapproveme #Ipromiseillreaditthistime #Itwassogood #ofjadeanddragons #thebloodphoenix
a cartoon character says yes yes i am
Alt: Phineas from Phineas and Ferb says yes yes i am
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The whole situation with Fable and their response to the reader summaries is giving both "AI will be AI" and "well, damn, Jackie, I can't control the AI" Because regardless of what generated them, no human eyes saw them before they went live? Where was the QC?