the.swiftie.bookworm

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My Taste

The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)

Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)

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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)

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Don't Let the Forest In

C.G. Drews

Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his heart and given it to this boy, and he was very sure Thomas had no idea that Andrew would do anything for him. Protect him. Lie for him. Kill for him. High school senior Andrew Perrault finds refuge in the twisted fairytales that he writes for the only person who can ground him to reality—Thomas Rye, the boy with perpetually ink-stained hands and hair like autumn leaves. And with his twin sister, Dove, inexplicably keeping him at a cold distance upon their return to Wickwood Academy, Andrew finds himself leaning on his friend even more. But something strange is going on with Thomas. His abusive parents have mysteriously vanished, and he arrives at school with blood on his sleeve. Thomas won’t say a word about it, and shuts down whenever Andrew tries to ask him questions. Stranger still, Thomas is haunted by something, and he seems to have lost interest in his artwork—whimsically macabre sketches of the monsters from Andrew’s wicked stories. Desperate to figure out what’s wrong with his friend, Andrew follows Thomas into the off-limits forest one night and catches him fighting a nightmarish monster—Thomas’s drawings have come to life and are killing anyone close to him. To make sure no one else dies, the boys battle the monsters every night. But as their obsession with each other grows stronger, so do the monsters, and Andrew begins to fear that the only way to stop the creatures might be to destroy their creator…

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Death in Venice

Thomas Mann

The world-famous masterpiece by Nobel laureate Thomas Mann -- here in a new translation by Michael Henry Heim. Published on the eve of World War I, a decade after Buddenbrooks had established Thomas Mann as a literary celebrity, Death in Venice tells the story of Gustav von Aschenbach, a successful but aging writer who follows his wanderlust to Venice in search of spiritual fulfillment that instead leads to his erotic doom. In the decaying city, besieged by an unnamed epidemic, he becomes obsessed with an exquisite Polish boy, Tadzio. "It is a story of the voluptuousness of doom," Mann wrote. "But the problem I had especially in mind was that of the artist's dignity."

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Thoughts from 1%

Just on the first page we got a quote from George Orwell William Blake and David Hume about manipulation and truth. I haven't even started the book yet and Suzanne Collins already has me enraged at the REAL world. This is going to be a wild ride, and I am all for it!

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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)

Suzanne Collins

As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves. When Haymitch’s name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He’s torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who’s nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town. As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he’s been set up to fail. But there’s something in him that wants to fight . . . and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena.

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alienation

by yoongiboongi

21 books

all about it in one way or another

please leave recommendations

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the.swiftie.bookworm

Aug 23, 2025

4.5

Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0

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There is no comparison with how magical the movie is, but I dont know what we would've done if we had never gotten Todd's lost poem. Indeed, I will be rereading this every month from now on, just like with the movie! Although, it was maybe too fast-paced at times and some great original scenes were erased, this piece of art will never not warm my heart and bring tears to my eyes ❤️🍁

the.swiftie.bookworm wants to read...

Heaven

Mieko Kawakami

Hailed as a bold foray into new literary territory, Kawakami’s novel is told in the voice of a 14-year-old student who subjected to relentless torment for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, the boy chooses to suffer in complete resignation. The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate who suffers similar treatment at the hands of her tormentors. These raw and realistic portrayals of bullying are counterbalanced by textured exposition of the philosophical and religious debates concerning violence to which the weak are subjected. Kawakami's simple yet profound new work stands as a dazzling testament to her literary talent. There can be little doubt that it has cemented her reputation as one of the most important young authors working to expand the boundaries of contemporary Japanese literature.

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From Bookshelf to TV

Bronze: Finished 5 Main Quest books.

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Thoughts from 20%

The writing is quite blunt and feels like a recount. While I don't fully understand the setting, it doesn't spark any curiosity yet. I hope it gets better...

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Short classics for when you want to feel intellectual but not drained

by the.swiftie.bookworm

9 books

Some of these are more depressing than others... ☕

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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)

Suzanne Collins

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Katabasis

R.F. Kuang

Two graduate students must set aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save their professor’s soul, perhaps at the cost of their own. Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick. She has sacrificed everything to make that a reality—her pride, her health, her love life, and most definitely her sanity. All to work with Professor Jacob Grimes at Cambridge, the greatest magician in the world—that is, until he dies in a magical accident that could possibly be her fault. Grimes is now in Hell, and she’s going in after him. Because his recommendation could hold her very future in his now incorporeal hands, and even death is not going to stop the pursuit of her dreams. Nor will the fact that her rival, Peter Murdoch, has come to the same conclusion.

the.swiftie.bookworm commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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Are you all on your computer or phone/tablet?

I’m just curious! I have been mainly on my phone but I’m now wondering if I should start on my computer because I find myself scrolling here so much lately and my screen time is crazy haha

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Death in Venice

Thomas Mann

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the.swiftie.bookworm

Aug 07, 2025

4.5

Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 4.5

A very insightful and short read commenting on society's banal worries and how they ultimately fall apart in the time of death, very recommandable!!

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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)

marvelous_maddie

Reread

I’m so glad I’m doing my reread cause life has been crazy lately so being able to back to a world I know and love has been great. Like a nice warm and loving hug❤️

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Weirdest Thing You've Found in a Book

I just opened a book that I got from a used book sale last year and it had a leaflet about some weird medicine in it? So random, why would someone use that as a bookmark? And to then give the book away too?? I'm baffled. One library book I read a few years back had a sticky note message on the back cover and whoever wrote it seemed to have left the rest of the sticky note pad in the book as well. I've also seen my fair share of random bookmarks. A few weeks ago I found one that was covered in Olivia Roderigo stickers lol 😂

I'd love to hear from y'all tho. What's the weirdest thing you've ever found in a book?

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Peony

whats your niche???

Everyone has a favourite genre but what is your niche in that genre. For me my favouite genre is crime but within that i have a whole shelf of Japanese crime novels. Anyone has a very specifc group of books you will always buy?

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Forgetting a book 💕📖

People always ask, if you could read a book for the first time again what would it be? But what they don't ask is which book do you wish you never read? As in, it was so bad you could only hope to forget it ever existed.

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The Death of Ivan Ilych

Leo Tolstoy

Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the story of a worldly careerist, a high court judge who has never given the inevitability of his dying so much as a passing thought. But one day, death announces itself to him, and to his shocked surprise, he is brought face to face with his own mortality. How, Tolstoy asks, does an unreflective man confront his one and only moment of truth? This short novel was an artistic culmination of a profound spiritual crisis in Tolstoy's life, a nine-year period following the publication of Anna Karenina during which he wrote not a word of fiction. A thoroughly absorbing, and, at times, terrifying glimpse into the abyss of death, it is also a strong testament to the possibility of finding spiritual salvation.

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