oh my goddd i am fucking oBSESSED with this art for the ministry of time seriously i need y'all to please read this book. i need y'all to swoon over graham gore with me. it's not just a gorgeous romance novel, nor just a spy thriller, nor just a fantastic twist on time travel, nor just a way to obsess over the franklin expedition (for all you the terror girlies) but an incredible evisceration of the british empire that follows a British-Cambodian character by a British-Cambodian author. just. GOD. and graham gore is so dreamy. have i said that yet? he’s so dreamy and i adore the narrator (she’s a crunchy character with some incredible flaws and i adore her for them) and it's so good. 5/5 stars. if i could give it more i would. (also contrary to what i'd said before based on what i'd heard, it does end happily imo!)
What is the feeling when you're driving away from people, and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.
'On the Road' by Jack Kerouac
I will find you," he whispered in my ear. "I promise. If I must endure two hundred years of purgatory, two hundred years without you---then that is my punishment, which I have earned for my crimes. For I have lied, and killed, and stolen; betrayed and broken trust. But there is one thing that shall lie in the balance. When I shall stand before God, I shall have one thing to say, to weigh against the rest." His voice dropped, nearly to a whisper, and his arms tightened around me. "Lord, ye gave me a rare woman, and God! I loved her well.
'Outlander' by Diana Gabaldon
Grown-ups don't look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, they're big and thoughtless and they always know what they're doing. Inside, they look just like they always have. Like they did when they were your age. Truth is, there aren't any grown-ups. Not one, in the whole wide world.
'The Ocean at the End of the Lane' by Neil Gaiman
I’ve had an amazing reading year this year (mostly due to the super-boost I got last January from starting my reread of The Saddle Club) so I wanted to highlight some of the best books I had the pleasure of reading. Feel free to ask me questions about any of these books or you can find my reviews of them by searching the title or author on my blog 😊
I’ve listed the titles below in the order they appear in the collage above (which is no particular order lol) and I’ll mark them with rainbow flags and wheelchair symbols to denote queer and disability rep!
The Other Side of Perfect by Mariko Turk ♿️
Social Queue by Kay Kerr ♿️ #LoveOzYA
The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones ♿️
The Boy From the Mish by Gary Lonesborough 🏳️🌈 #LoveOzYA
(US release March 2022, also titled “Ready When You Are”)
Stars in Their Eyes by Jessica Walton & Aśka ♿️🏳️🌈 #LoveOzYA
Near the Bone by Christina Henry
Growing Up Disabled in Australia (ed.) by Carly Findlay ♿️🏳️🌈
The Monster of Her Age by Danielle Binks 🏳️🌈 #LoveOzYA
Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh
Every Single Lie by Rachel Vincent
The Degenerates by J Albert Mann ♿️🏳️🌈
How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi 🏳️🌈
Burden Falls by Kat Ellis (also titled “Wicked Little Deeds)
The Iron Raven by Julie Kagawa
Stay Another Day by Juno Dawson ♿️🏳️🌈
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero 🏳️🌈
Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare 🏳️🌈
Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller #LoveOzYA
Echo After Echo by AR Capetta 🏳️🌈
Girls on the Verge by Sharon Biggs-Waller
Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan 🏳️🌈
Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron ♿️🏳️🌈
These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling 🏳️🌈
This Is Not A Ghost Story by Andrea Portes
I Kissed A Girl by Jennet Alexander 🏳️🌈
Haymitch every reaping
"Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth."
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