We back!! I don’t know for how long but we back!! 😆 Let me just start by saying this past year has been A LOT! I got into a car accident the month after my last post I made on this blog. That was ongoing for a whole fucking year, finally over and done with that. Also, my dad passed away back in January, a couple days before my birthday actually. This is not something I care to go much into detail but like I said this year has been a lot. My dad’s birthday is also on the 15th so it’s been a hard time and it’s just a lot to put in words right now. It’s all thanks to my dad that I have interests in reading and writing and movies and film and editing. I get all my hobbies and interests from him, he actually had all of the same interests so it’s crazy how that worked out and was passed on down to me. My dad used to read to my mother’s stomach when she was pregnant with me and I was the only child he did that for… and I’m the only one of my siblings that is a reader. So I’ve been reading since I was a fetus 😂 I miss my dad a lot and wish he were still here ❤️
But, for today’s post I guess I’ll tell you about the good and bad of what I’ve read so far this year. In general my reading has been very meh! I’ve watched more movies this year than read books. It’s definitely been a year of prioritizing my watchlist than TBR list. A bitch is 14 books behind schedule, y’all 😬 I thought mangas could save me but if I’m still out here reading at a snail’s pace then… I ain’t gonna catch up to shit. So next I’m moving back to audiobooks and seeing if that’ll help with picking things up.
1. We know you at least read something good? What was it?
~The best book I’ve read so far this year was a manga called Soichi by Junji Ito. I remember Soichi from Ito’s previous work Shiver and I enjoyed him from that. I remembered him as a character so when I seen that he was about to have his own book I was excited to get my hands on it. Of course the cover is lovely, Junji Ito’s work has some of my favorite book styles. This book was hilarious, Soichi is such a menace and I thought it was funny. It was great! And the ending was perfecttt!
2. Aiight, now it’s your time to shine, girl. What’s the worst book this year?
~Like I said, reading has been very meh this year. Worst book so far is gonna have to go to No One Rides For Free by Judith Sonnet. I tapped into my dark horror bag a little bit with this. I want to read more of this genre and author but I gave this a ⭐️⭐️ This book was definitely gross as promised but I find myself not knowing what to say or how to think about this one. It definitely wasn’t something I enjoyed, though.
3. It’s a question from the tag even though we know you don’t fuck with series but… what’s the best sequel you’ve read?
~ Yeah, I don’t even know why you bothered asking me that one but I’ll go with Mieruko-chan Vol. 7 by Tomoki Izumi. I recently read this and gave it a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I really liked this one. The first half was kind of confusing and I didn’t really know what was going on but in the second half the story changed gears for the better and it got interesting again realllll quick. This one was also funny and I’m currently reading Vol. 8 because I just had to read it after what went down in this volume.
4. Sorry to do this to you again, girl, cause we know you don’t keep up with what’s new and hot but… what’s a book you want to read that just came out?
~Yeah, I really don’t be keeping track of shit like this… and I work in a bookstore 😑 Let me dig around real quick and see if I can find a book that’s new and on my watchlist. *Elevator music*
*More elevator music*
*Sexyy Red starts playing*
Aiight, I got it! It’s gonna be We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer. This book is pretty hot right now. I was initially drawn to the cover of the book. I was gonna read it just for that but the synopsis also sounds really good. I may just read this for Gabby’s (gabbyreads) Book Troop Pick. Now that I think about that… I got to put that last copy we got at my job on hold 🏃🏾♀️💨
5. Aiight, what about the second half of the year?
~Bitch, I don’t know ☹️ I see Junji Ito is coming out with a book called Uncanny: The Origins of Fear in October soooooo I’ll go with that.
6. What book let you down?
~I guess I’ll say The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun. I did like some things about this here and there but I fucking hated the main character. He was hella repulsive and just nasty, I don’t know why the author thought he made for an attractive love interest. The book was cool otherwise.
7. What shocked ya?
~You know what? I’m glad you asked cause I see that I have at least 3 books I could mention but I really want to mention one. I think I’m gonna go with Goodbye, Janette by Harold Robbins. This was a book I first read when I was 14 😳😬 Spoiler alert: This isn’t a book that a 14 year old should be reading. But growing up my mom had a box full of romance books and I would always sneak down to the basement and grab one or two before retreating back to my room, so I was reading those Harlequin Romance books at 14 😂 This was one of those books and at the time I loved it! Gave it a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and it was a fave. I tried to reread it when I was 16 but only got less than a 3rd into it. I’ve been wanting to reread it all this time and this year I made it the year, 18 years later! And I was surprised that I still enjoyed this. It’s an easy read for one and it was still interesting and I was able to still remember some parts and storylines from when I was 14. I also remembered liking a character from here and I love that character twice as hard now. I was shook. It’s still a fave too but I did bring it down to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ But, girl, I don’t even remember why. It might as well have stayed ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
8. Any new author you now fucking with?
~Nah, not really.
9. What fictional character are you now in love with?
~I’m gonna go with Jacques from Goodbye, Janette 🤩 He was the character I was talking about earlier that I liked even more after reading this book for the second time. So I’ve been into this man since I was 14, it just grew extra hard and became solidified this year 😂
10. Kind of redundant buuuuttt newest favorite character?
~The ones I’ve written. Next question.
11. What made you cry?
~Big Booty by Cairo… because the shit finally ended.
12. What made you happy?
~Ehhh 🤷🏾♀️ I need to read more books.
13. We know you don’t be buying books like that but we saw you at Barnes and Noble the other day 🌾👀🌾 What book was the prettiest that you bought?
~Damn, bitch, nosy much? 😒 And you wrong. I actually haven’t bought it yet. Hmph! I have it on hold at my job and it’s Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I wasn’t all that interested in owning a copy but I seen the cover for this new edition and had to have it, it could use a reread too.
14. And lastly, what books do you got to read by the end of the year?
~The ones on my TBR. Follow and friend me on Goodreads, y’all 😁
Type sooooon 😜
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