Today is the 24th July, which means a prompt for #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge #TPRC It is an additional one, +Season 2 - a book that was published in 1991, this month.
Last month's prompt was 1. My Special Agent - recommended by someone special to you.
#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern
No one new to the scene at all, but I only discovered his work only this year:
Japanese mystery author Akimitsu Takagi (1920 -1995).
I devoured The Noh Mask Murder by him in March this year.
#Japan #mystery #TheNohMaskMurder #Netgalley #newfaveauthors
pickThis book nearly destroyed me.
Written in brilliant brittle prose, it shows the main character Grace, come to fame as an actress in her early teens, floating untethered through that no man's land between life and nothingness; between detachment, depression, guilt, insecurity, loneliness, emptiness, self-destruction & utter despair and flickers of hope, trying to cope somehow after being abused sexually and emotionally by her mentor in Hollywood.
Today sees the 24th of May, time for the drawing of #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge 's featured prompt of May/June.
Remember, it is completely optional whether you try to prioritise the prompt or not! It's a bit of added spice for those who feel like it.
This month the prompt is 24. Katherine Martell - a book you had/will have to push yourself through. (This one I've already completed, thankfully... 😮💨)
#TPRC #TwinPeaks
A #SundayFunday I actually know an answer to! 😂
Yes, I do. Not as often as I'd like to, as new reads are always tempting and luring, but I try to make time for rereads.
Those are either all time favourites I have reread several times to experience the atmosphere, mood etc. again or past faves I don't remember all too well and am curious to see how the story plays out & if they live up to the fond memories.
@BookmarkTavern
Wanna play?
#Storysettings #May2024 #nonfiction
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#seaside
Read this one at the seaside as well... 😎
Ooohh, yummy!
Come to think about it, I haven't been to a picnic for years... Time to change that, right?
1. Pasta salads, canapés, falafel, eggs, salads, fruits & desserts, I suppose... 😋
🥗🌺🍉🥂🧆🍛
2. Psychological thrillers or YA thrillers, my go-to beach read choice. Or short stories.
Thank you for the tag, @TheSpineView! Wanna play? @RaeLovesToRead @Powered_By_Plants @Enchanted_Bibliophile @StaceGHost
#picnics #nature #readingoutside
#Storysettings #May2024
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#HauntedHouse
A Japanese horror movie from 1977. A wild experimental mix of styles, original & totally bonkers. You wonder what drugs the whole staff were on while making this.
Certainly gruesome, creepy & slasher in parts, it's visionary, dramatic and also quite feminist for its time.
First and foremost, a hilarious haunted house movie.
🇯🇵🏯🏚👩👁🐈🐱🔪👹🦷🐈⬛🦽🩸🪞🎹👘
#Storysettings #May2024
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#Desert
Set in Jordan (Petra).
#Storysettings #May2024
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#AirportOrPlane
Don't know why I own the English and German version of this when I haven't even read it yet... 😅
1. Don't know whether they're unusual or not, but I have a knack for language, storytelling and literary translation. So much so that all my profs at school & uni said they wanted to read whatever I put out or translate.
2. Bellatine has a penchant for woodwork and can revive things and beings with her hands 😮
Her brother Isaac is much more than a street performer & con artist - he can literally become/be another person in the blink of an eye...
Here's my emergency #Bookspin list for May.
Couldn't come up with anything better. Been battling with a bad phase of depression for the last weeks. Got new meds some days ago, spent yesterday night at the ER (because of an allergic reaction or 'cause they are too strong...).
Now at my doctor's.
I yearn for things to get better and my life to get back on track...
@TheAromaofBooks
Just three?!?😮 How, Denise???😁
I just love 80s music. I cannot possibly decide.
And as a fan of Pet Shop Boys and Depeche Mode, (not only their 80s songs!) I love two groups that had their first success in the 1980s which makes it even more impossible to choose.
3 fave songs from other artists:
1. True Faith by New Order
2. Moonlight Shadow by Mike Oldfield
3. The Loco-Motion by Kylie Minogue
#TLT #ThreeListThursday #1980s #popmusic
Joining #AwesomeApril hosted by lovely @Andrew65
As the last few days have been turbulent and decidedly not about reading, a low-key #readathon as this might just be the thing to get me back on track.
🍀😊🍀
Join the fun if you like!
Yesterday was the 24th of April, time for the drawing of #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge 's featured prompt of April/May. Sorry I'm one day late, but... Yesterday has been incredibly taxing, I just couldn't.
Remember, it is completely optional whether you try to prioritise the prompt or not! It's a bit of added spice for those who feel like it.
This month the prompt is 5. Deputy Hawk - a book by an indigenous author.
#TPRC #TwinPeaks #indigenousauthors
1. Yup. A trip with my boo from Friday till Tuesday next week. Looking forward to that 😊
2.Nothing atm, as it's night outside and the blinds are closed. At daytime: neighboring houses, a backyard with some fir trees.
3. Stuttgart, Germany. It's been overcast today, about 55 degrees Fahrenheit. About an hour ago, a storm has broken loose... 🌬️☔
Perfect for reading on the couch!
#MotivationalMonday @Cupcake12
#stormyweather #April #surprises
pickGunhild is trying to prevent Ragnarok, i.e. The Great Battle and subsequent perishing of the Gods and the End of the World, with the help of Loki, trickster god par excellence of Old Norse mythology.
🔽
Thank you for the tag, @The_Pennyless_Author #Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
1. Nope. There are no heroes in humankind. If you'd like a better worded answer, take a look at @The_Pennilesss_Author 's post!
2. Done. Can highly recommend this. It offers great illustrations and a slightly feminist look on the Ancient Greeks, which you don't find too often.
pickSuch a sweet book! Nearly all picture and wordless, the illustrator, Carolina T. Godina, cannot be praised high enough. The eponymous moon bear is the just the cutest little one and the stardust/moonlight he's made of adds magic sprinkles.
Moon Bear is a quick, magical read. 4,5/5⭐
Thank you, NetGalley and Quarto Publishing plc, for the chance to read a copy in exchange for an honest review! All viewpoints are entirely my own.
#WondrousWednesday @Eggs
+paperback
+fiction
+both, although both genres are a bit outside of my comfort zone
+both
+coffeeeee!
+physical
+print
Tagging everybody 😊💗
I just realized that two of my #weekendreads qualify for #ItTakesAllKinds
#F&NFWithSameTopic
= forensic psychiatry, forensic psychology
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs @rachelsbrittain
My #Bookspin list for April.
I included a lot of #Roll100 picks to somehow get me to finally read them - and a lot of mood pick opportunities in case that plan doesn't work... 😁
#April #spring #readinginspring #springishere #thrillers #backlogreads
@TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper
These three.
The Therapist is a Netgalley ARC;
The colour of blood is my March #Doublespin pick, an Irish hard-boiled mystery set in Dublin I'm not enjoying too much so far, sadly;
The tagged is a non-fiction about psychopathy in females by a very cool and well-known forensic psychiatrist in Germany.
Much #forensicpsychiatry this Easter!😂
#weekendreads #Bookspin #Ireland #Dublin #Netgalley #TheTherapist #psychopathy #LydiaBenecke
1. Tagged. The Earthquake Bird by Susannah Jones. I remember being obsessed by it some years ago. - I even once missed my commuter train stop on my way home from work at theatre in the middle of the night because I was so hooked 😅
2. Unheimlich (=eerie, uncanny), a YA romantic thriller omnibus by Ursula Isbel. Got it on my 13th b'day. Still reread it every once in a while.
3. After Dark and/or Dance Dance Dance, my two faves by Haruki Murakami.
Thank you for the tag @Eggs😊💖
These questions are not as easy as they seem at first🤔
1. Haruki Murakami, Mona Awad, Peter Swanson, Megan Abbott
2. Tagged. I have many fave genres, but I think 'soft', gothic psychological horror is 'my thing'. And my appreciation for Bunny knows no bounds.😄
3. Don't read series much, I'm afraid.
#WondrousWednesday #favourites #favouriteauthors #readinginspring
Tag @The_Penniless_Author @Enchanted_Bibliophile
pickAn old seaside mansion. Dark gothic atmosphere. An exotic setting. Sinister locked-room mystery. Depraved and broken characters. A public prosecutor in search of the truth. Unreliable narrators.
Japan, unsettled nation during the aftermath of WWII. Multiple elaborate murders. Elegant, refined prose. An outstanding translation.
...
I've been participating in #Gottacatchemall hosted by @PuddleJumper since the beginning of 2024.
Until now, however, I wasn't sure about how I wanted to play the challenge. Did I want to use a book for multiple fitting prompts or did I want to do “1 book for just 1 exact prompt“?
I've now decided to do the 'One book = one prompt' approach this year, it's more difficult and more fun 😊
Just logged my first books and caught my first #Pokemon 🥳
#ItTakesAllKinds @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#RoadTrip
#Mythical
#War
#Fantasy
#WithMurder
I love love loved this book! 🐥🦵🏃🥀🖤🏚️💂📝🖋️🕯️🎻🪄🎭⚔️🚬⚰️🪦🗿🦿🐔🗣️
#ItTakesAllKinds @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#Mythical
Also, I've realized I've reached two milestones yesterday:
1. The 500th post with my latest drawing of the featured prompt for the #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge
2. hit 10k Litfluence !!!
🥳🎉🩷
![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png){kind=icon}
3d