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101 Amazing Food Jokes by Jack Goldstein
funny
fast-paced
it’s hilarious! perfect for your next family dinner
i only read this to fulfill a reading prompt (end-of-year panic read 😅), but it was great
i only read this to fulfill a reading prompt (end-of-year panic read 😅), but it was great
The Ballad of Darcy and Russell by Morgan Matson
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
thoughts while reading
30%: WOWWW that is literally the last thing i suspected! i guessed he might be rich but not this! i didn’t even clock his bare arms
31%: ah merde, so she did
62%: oh heck nah girl, you lying to yourself
72%: they’re gonna end up driving all the way back to LA together i just know it 🤞🏻
85%: it’s ok, russell can just drive you to the airport
89%: i knew something was off in the last Friday section! also random thought: i really hope darcy’s dad doesn’t show up rn…
98%: 🤣 i knew it’d be something like that
99%: fun fact: the only morgan matson books i’ve read are her two about “california kids falling for each other and a road trip”
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Cursing
Noughts & Crosses Graphic Novel by John Aggs, Malorie Blackman
challenging
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
this makes me wanna reread the novel! i loved the illustrations and thought the writers managed to condense the original story excellently
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Racism
Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Murder, and Pregnancy
Minor: Abortion
Love, Off the Record by Samantha Markum
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
i loved this so much! very predictable, but veryyy cutesy
thoughts while reading
23%: one day this dude is gonna slip up and ask wyn a would you rather, and she’ll know he’s hayes
25%: GIRL do not throw your manky shoe in the pool
I'd rather work to love the way it looks than work to change the way it looks, which is often fruitless effort anyway.
Content Warnings
Minor: Body horror, Fatphobia, and Sexual content
NLT Thinline Reference Bible, Filament Enabled Edition by Anonymous
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and War
Minor: Alcoholism, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol
Conditions of a Heart by Bethany Mangle
emotional
informative
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
i loved this, thank you SimonTeen for making this one of your december free reads! literally the only thing that could have enhanced my reading experience any more would have been to have longer than 24h to finish it (but that’s the fun, and challenge of it, so it’s ok).
thoughts while reading
10%: yeah maybe trust the girl who’s lived this reality all her life. i think she’d know when something’s dislocated
Quotes
these stuck out to me because of my own mental health struggles
I wanted to see you one last time to say goodbye. I love you, but I'm sick. I'm falling apart piece by piece. And I think the only thing worse than having it happen in the first place is making you watch.
i feel so down and broken sometimes that i wonder whether it’s fair to burden others with my feelings
I did this to myself, and the thing that no one ever tells you about digging your own grave is that you're never meant to climb back out.
i struggle with letting people in, and letting them help me. i back myself into a corner, and can’t escape all that easily
It's not that I don't want to be alive anymore—it's that I don't know how to live the life I have.
relatable, i feel like a ship with no anchor sometimes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness
Moderate: Ableism and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Mental illness, Grief, and Medical trauma
Romanov by Nadine Brandes
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
i’d never heard of the romanov’s before so this was very interesting! i have a lot to research
thoughts while reading
2%: ah, isn’t lenin one of the dictators?
24%: completely random and slightly inappropriate thought—if this was a mainstream historical romantasy zach would eventually discover the doll when he succumbs and rips her clothes off
28%: it seems a kind word does indeed turn away wrath
40%: which is sadly not going to work
42%: all i can say is zash better not be faking
44%: ah merde
46%: zash is either hiding in the building or he’ll come back with the white army
52%: potential plot twist, what if the bolshevik is right?
53%: um…WHAT
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement
Moderate: Death, Blood, Death of parent, and War
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
adventurous
challenging
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
thoughts while reading
p55: oh my goodness, i see what people meant when they said the book was darker
p147: it’s writing like this that makes you wonder whether suzanne collins secretly planned The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes all along. she strikes me as the type of writer that already has several stories lined up, but i simply waiting for exactly the right moment to release each one
p157: the deleted film scene 🙀
A pang of jealousy hits me. Not for either Finnick or Annie but for their certainty. No one seeing them could doubt their love.
i know how that feels
p237: gale is an all-in kinda guy, he doesn’t do anything by halfs. this is how love dies, slowly, then all at once
p365: 💔💔💔💔💔
p402: gale is telling you to shoot him , even i know that and i’m not his best friend. you’re just subconsciously ignoring him
p406: i would love to know what political reason suzanne collins has for killing off prim
He just asks if I feel like talking, and when I don't answer, he falls asleep in his chair. In fact, I think his visits are largely motivated by his need for a nap. The arrangement works for both of us.
p454: imagine having to deal with your kid knowing such a traumatic part of your past
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Murder, and War
Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, and Grief
The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr
adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
flora banks is the most unreliable narrator that ever narrated
thoughts while reading
p33: honestly flora, i don’t remember what the flyer said either
p61: oh please don’t send him a nude
p63: also i have doubts that you are mutually in love
p99: i thought they were dead!
p105: dun dun dun, funnily enough, drake is just not that into you
p138: oh flora. oh sweet naive flora
p225: i knew it.
p235: oh gosh this is even worse! flora must have made the whole thing up! possibly not the kiss but everything else
p285: oh this is tragic 💔
Content Warnings
Graphic: Dementia
Moderate: Confinement and Stalking
Minor: Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Car accident, and Gaslighting
Fawkes by Nadine Brandes
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
thoughts while reading
9%: i find it ironic that guy fawkes is a keeper rather than an igniter, when his entire thing was literally 🧨💥! but i suppose keeper and igniter are meant to represent protestants and catholics
10%: paedyn gray would do it 💰
11%: oop 👀
15%: i think it’s black that’s calling out to him, not white. surely white doesn’t sound sinister
23%: oh please don’t ask for reward money 🤦🏼♀️
25%: ooooft, emma’s a fiery one 😶
39%: i really thoughtnorwood would be part of the plot
52%: emma havingdark skin was not something i expected
53%: ah, the women-are-my-possession phase, my favourite
55%: thomas has a lot of thinking to do
69%: whaaat 😨
75%: well now white sounds like God
77%: it is 100%thomas who ruins the plot
78%: oh i think this is different
81%: …..swallowing paste isn’t gonna make it seep into your lungs bro
82%: wow i was not expectingwhite to intervene like that
94%: oh thomas i wish you didn’t have to see that
10%: paedyn gray would do it 💰
11%: oop 👀
15%: i think it’s black that’s calling out to him, not white. surely white doesn’t sound sinister
23%: oh please don’t ask for reward money 🤦🏼♀️
25%: ooooft, emma’s a fiery one 😶
39%: i really thought
52%: emma having
53%: ah, the women-are-my-possession phase, my favourite
55%: thomas has a lot of thinking to do
69%: whaaat 😨
75%: well now white sounds like God
77%: it is 100%
78%: oh i think this is different
81%: …..swallowing paste isn’t gonna make it seep into your lungs bro
82%: wow i was not expecting
94%: oh thomas i wish you didn’t have to see that
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, and Violence