Wayward Son 2/?

SPOILER ALERT

This is my immediate reaction to reading Wayward Son. Hopefully after some sleep and rereading and thinking things over and seeing fan reactions/posts/pictures/etc I’ll feel better/different about...everything. At that point, hopefully tomorrow, I’ll share a longer, fuller, brighter post about the glories of Wayward Son. 

Know that the following is mostly driven from doing not much more than reading for the past half dozen hours.

I cried during prologue. And the first chapter. And the second. 
I don’t know if it was my excitement for rainbow finally brining me back into this world or having my babies back or my babies not communicating or how I knew I hated that elitist club thing from the beginning or the overall ominous tone of sheer dread and defeat and heartbreak. 

Hated it after I finished. Hated how they never said they loved each other. Hated how they only have a few soft bf moments. Hated how they hated each other so often. Hated how everyone seemed to be backstabbers. How so much seemed unsolved. How Simon didn’t get his magic back, I really held out hope that he would. How Agatha’s redemption hard wasn’t quite big enough. How the secondary romance plot wasn’t more hinted at. How their parents never found out. How they got away with so much illegal magic usage. How it ended in a fucking cliff hanger. How my boys didn’t resolve their issues. How the entire book pointed out albeit with so much poetic beauty and skilled writing that they were still so different. How I had no doubt the book would end well for them because how much rainbow is dedicated to them. 

I just...feel so much disappointment and I hate myself for feeling this way. I want to cry (we’ll have been for a while now) and throw things. I want to be able to go back and unread this. I want a third book now. Yesterday. 

I want everything to be better. 

#waywardson #carryon #rainbowrowell #books #lgbtbooks #bookstagram #bookphotography #ilovebooks

Wayward Son 1/?

PREFACE: be sooo prepared for a major influx of Wayward Son posts in the next couple of days, weeks, etc. Because I'm so fucking obsessed with Carry On, and I just...no words for how excited I am to finally, FINALLY crack open this bad boy here. Stay tuned, folks.

ALSO, ALSO, ALSO: Look at these BEAUTIFUL signed copies I got!! So amazing. So speechless. So blessed.

Yeah, my order got all mixed up and confused, so I somehow ended up with TWO signed copies of Wayward Son and TWO signed copies of Carry On. Not AT ALL disappointed, thank you very much.

#waywardson #carryon #rainbowrowell #books #yabooks #LGBTbooks #drarrybutcanon #worstchosenonetoeverbechosen #thefrontseatisforpeoplewhoveneverbeenkidnappedbybloodynumptiesjesuschristbaz #sogettingthattattooedonmybody #ilovebooks

Pumpkinheads, revisted

Do you see this cute little Pumpkinheads signed poster?! God, I can't stop looking at it. Its too much! I love it!!! Thank you, Rainbow and and Faith!

#pumpkinheads #rainbowrowell #faitherinhicks #graphicnovel #signedposters #books #bookstagram #bookphotograph #ilovebooks

Writing Help

I also haven't had a consistent writing schedule/habit in what feels like sooo soo so long.

Please help me here, too. Well, more here than reading. I just...I get in the habit of things, and then, I fall out of it.
And I've been doing a whole lot of falling lately.

I want to write, I feel it so strongly sometimes, but I just...can't seem to find the time.

I need tips!
I need them now!!

#books #bookstagram #bookphotography #ilovebooks

Reading Help

Do you see this TBR pile? I need help.

Tell me where to start. Tell me where to skip around. Tell me what to do.

I haven't have a consistent reading schedule/habit in what feels like sooo soo so long.

I need tips.
I need them now.

Note that this TBR pile is missing AT LEAST ehhhh 6-10 books...yeah.

#books #bookstagram #bookphotography #tobereadpile #ilovebooks

New Book Tuesday

Ever notice how books always seem to be released on a Tuesday? Ever wonder why?

Apparently, its a industry standard, and not just for books. CDs and DVDs are also released on Tuesdays. It's a few things combined, actually:
(1) Bestseller lists calculate sales from Saturday to Saturday, giving each new product ample time to rack up sales before the weekend.
(2) Tuesdays are traditionally the lowest sale days of the week, and having new products debut on Tuesdays gives consumers incentive to buy.
(3) If books do well on Tuesdays, bookstores have plenty of time to buy more for the weekend rush.

Any other reasons that you've seen for such an influx of book release dates being held on Tuesdays?

Take a look at my September 24 New Book Tuesday book-haul.

After I read each book, hopefully soon, I'll have a personalized post for each book. :) Wish me luck!

#waywardson #rainbowrowell #tyrantsromb #rickriordan #theinfinitenoise #laurenshippen #newbooktuesday #bookhaul #books #bookstagram #bookphotography #ilovebooks

Goodbye August

August, it was nice knowing you...I think.
September, take it a bit slower now, please.

Here I am again checking in with my 2019 resolutions:

(1) Keep learning

(2) Write [almost] every day

(3) Don't stop reading

(4) Complete something (e.g. a manuscript)

(5) Get [a little] professional 

This month went better. I mean not my best, but a lot better than I have been doing.

(1) Again, no real "evidence" of this to share. 

(2) I did better. 17-20 pages written. Sounds better typed out like that, makes me feel more accomplished then I actually was 

(3) I read 6-7 books in August (including the first 3 Percy Jackson books again (yes, I caved)).

(4) So I switched manuscripts. I didn't abandon my "new/2019" project, just set it aside for a while. I picked up my project from 2017. Have some new ideas and some interesting stories to tell. Before I started writing this month my "new/2019" text had 164 pages (I think), and now it has 166 pages. Before My "old/2017" text has 189 pages, and now it has 204-206 pages. Progress. Slow (yes) and steady (meh).

(5) Posts in August: 9 (that includes this one).

I'm going to (try) to do this at the end of every month, or close to it (that is, if I remember, and my life isn't too too crazy at that time).

What are your big September reads?

Anything I should check out?

As we say at the daycare I work at during circle time:

"Goodbye, August!"

"Hello, September!"

It sounds silly, but just imagine 6-10 two year olds repeating that after you. It could make almost anyone smile.

#newyearsresolutions #keeplearning #writeeveryday #dontstopreading #completesomething #getprofessional #goodbyeaugust #helloseptember #bookstagram #books #bookphotography #ilovebooks