Tag Archives: leigh bardugo

TBR Playlist: Saviors by Green Day

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Ryn PB

I’m starting a new blog installment purely for my own enjoyment… again. As we all know, I love pairing songs and books together, but I’m running out of books I’ve read that I want to recommend and that go well … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, LGBT+, original writing | Tagged 1990s, 2000s, 7fates: chakho, alice waler, alice walker, anna-marie mclemore, book, book tag, books, brian broome, bright young things, bts, chloe gong, classic lit, classics, emo, evelyn waugh, foul lady fortune, graphic novels, green day, hayley kiyoko, historical fiction, janelle monae, kpop, laura hankin, laura taylor namey, leigh bardugo, LGBT+, literature, memoir, mental health, mtv, music, music lit, nick hornby, ninth house, nonfiction, pop punk, punk, punk rock, queer lit, reading, rock, rock music, sci fi, science fiction, shanghai, sonora reyes, the color purple, the great gatsby, these violent delights, vile bodies, YA, YA lit | Leave a comment

December 2021: How I read some pretty good books this year while trying to escape reality (a.k.a. my favorite books of 2021)

Posted on January 2, 2022 by Ryn PB

2022 still doesn’t feel like a real year… and yet here we are! Like 2020, this past year was challenging, but some good things did come out of 2021. I got top surgery, my parents got an amusing new dog, … Continue reading →

Posted in polysyllabic spree | Tagged adaptations, anthropocene reviewed, anxiety, books, chella man, chloe gong, classics, colson whitehead, continuum, erin morgenstern, favorites, fence, graphic novels, grishaverse, hawaii, john green, leigh bardugo, lgbt lit, LGBT+, life lessons, maggie stiefvater, magic fish, mental health, new year, nickel boys, pandemic lit, phantom of the opera, poppy war, queer lit, raven cycle, reading, starless sea, these violent delights, trans stories, translated lit, writing | Leave a comment

Repeat Rewind Book Tag #2: How I learned to love cheesiness as much as angst

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Ryn PB

I’m back with another Repeat Rewind Tag! After doing that first one, I’ve been pairing songs and books together in my head all the time. It’s so fun! So I decided to give myself another challenge and let Spotify choose … Continue reading →

Posted in polysyllabic spree | Tagged 5 seconds of summer, 5sos, bo burnham, book, book tag, books, booktube, harry styles, im just a kid, laura dean, leigh bardugo, LGBT+, maggie stiefvater, mental health, molly knox ostertag, music, one direction, perks of being a wallflower, reading, repeat rewind, simple plan, six of crows, sleeping with sirens, tag, the poppy war, the raven cycle, the witch boy, writing | Leave a comment

September 2021: How the Magical Readathon helped me find purpose in the simple things

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Ryn PB

What I Got: Lost Boi by Sassafras Lowrey The Girl Who Became a Beatle by Greg Taylor Vogue Dec. 2020 What I Read: King of Scars (reread) by Leigh Bardugo The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen Rule of Wolves … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBT+, mental health, polysyllabic spree | Tagged adaptations, bees, black history, books, challenges, dark academia, discrimination, emily m danforth, fairytales, fear, ghost stories, ghosts, graphic novels, grisha, grishaverse, historical fiction, horror, justina ireland, leigh bardugo, LGBT+, life lessons, literature, magic, magical, memoir, mental health, middle grade books, movies, nonfiction, novice path, orilium, paranormal, queer lit, queer literature, queer women, racism, readathon, reading, six of crows, supernatural, the devil all the time, tom holland, wasps, writing | Leave a comment

November 2020: How I Participated in NaNoWriMo, Didn’t Finish a First Draft Even After 50,000 Words, and Barely Read Anything with My Eyeballs

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Ryn PB

What I Got: Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger Every Day Failures Issue #1: A Punk Stuck in Suburbia (zine) by Sarah B. What I Read: The Final Revival of Opal & Nev (ARC) by Dawnie Walton CW: racism, racist violence, … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBT+, polysyllabic spree | Tagged advanced reader copy, antiracism, arc, author, black cat, booknerd, books, books about music, bookworm, cat, chuck palahniuk, creative writing, crooked kingdom, e lockhart, elliot page, fight club, graphic novels, in progress, indigenous artists, indigenous writers, jason reynolds, leigh bardugo, lemony snicket, lgbt lit, mental health, music, nanowrimo, novel, queer lit, series of unfortunate events, six of crows, stephen king, trans, trans lit, transgender, writing, writing advice | Leave a comment

November 2019: How I Read Two New Favorite Books and They Were Both Memoirs About Identity

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Ryn PB

What I Read: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band by Michelle Cruz Gonzales The Body by Stephen King Sorted: Growing Up, Coming … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBT+, new era, polysyllabic spree | Tagged books, favorites, harry potter, juliet takes a breath, leigh bardugo, LGBT+, literature, memoir, ninth house, queerlit, stephen king, the body, trans experience | Leave a comment