Well, I have officially entered the depression stage of grief over the beach read m*vie. thinking about gus’ monologue in chapter 17 and i’m genuinely distraught over the idea of patrick schwarzenegger being cast as him. i think about Yulin Kuang’s instagram post where the caption talked about casting gus based on january’s casting and not necessarily based on the book all the time and get so unbelievably upset. then, i saw a tik tok where someone pointed out that even casting/the director didn’t choose gus and now i’m legitimately crying over this fictional character. emily henry, if you have a secret pagebound account and you’re reading this, im so sorry they’re doing this to y(our) book 💔

Inspired by @Lixxie222's earlier post: What was the last book you bought, and why did you buy it?*

*(for example - a pretty cover, the plot sounded cool, it was recommended, you loved it and wanted your own copy, you were treating yourself, etc etc.)

The last book I bought was The Names by Florence Knapp because it was a 5 star book that I couldn't stop thinking about and I wanted my own copy. I was at a bookstore where I had store credit so I figured why not (and I was able to get a used copy too so it was a bit cheaper!)

Ok help why do I already LOVE Jacks?

Comfort re-read. This is one of Ali’s where I like the story more than the steamy dynamics, and I genuinely get invested in the career and academia stuff.

It’s been over a month since I first picked up this book- I AM STRUGGLING😩

A friend of mine loved the series and I wanted to love it too but I think the writing style is not to my taste unfortunately. I thought even after waiting for the hype to die down and going in with no expectations would help, but I’m still gonna finish it- surely it can only get better🥹

By chance, is there a big crossover of fans of Naomi Novik’s books and Madeline Miller’s? I’m on chapter 5 of this novel and really enjoying soaking up the world through El’s long internal-monologues. I think the reason some readers might not like this style isn’t because it’s “too much exposition” or “info-dumpy” but because they don’t connect to characters/worlds best with this particular writing style (and that’s okay!). I think of Madeline Miller’s novel, Circe, and how beautifully long and deliberate the world of gods and mortals was shown through Circe’s eyes. The themes of that story lent itself to being shown and not told even better by allowing us to really steep in Circe’s perspective✨

I absolutely love each author’s books and way of bringing a massive world of lore and external characters through the intimate internal monologues of the MC’s, even across age groups and genres!