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Ren the Ghost ([personal profile] quillpunk) wrote in [community profile] booknook2025-04-29 09:22 pm

Booknook Friending Meme, Take 2

Hello, hello! [community profile] booknook is (again) tossing its hat in the ring for [community profile] 3weeks4dreamwidth in the form of a friending meme :D

This is the same meme as last year, as I do not have the brain-space to make a new one, but who knows! You're answers might have changed! You might not have seen the newest entries! You might have completely forgotten to check it out at all, even though you're the admin and you really should have. So let's do this again! <3

Copy and paste the text from the little box below into a new comment on this post. Feel free to remove the questions that aren't relevant for you! (If you want to fill this out in a post somewhere else, you're welcome do so, simply credit [community profile] booknook :D)

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[personal profile] florianschild 2025-04-29 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: I like Flori
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Age Group: Late 30's
Dealbreaker(s): I don't think I really have any hard and fast dealbreakers. I suppose if you post a LOT I might get overwhelmed by that. A lot being multiple times every day.
I Recently Finished Reading: I'm on a rereading kick so I've recently reread Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat and Westmark by Lloyd Alexander (the inspiration for my username, btw)
A Book I Want to Reread: Well funny you should ask… :D My goal for 2025 is to let myself reread to my heart's content so I plan on rereading The Queen's Thief series at some point, finishing my reread of the Westmark Trilogy (currently on Book 2), and possibly also reread The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List:

  • Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty by Robert K. Massie

  • Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb

  • Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer

  • The Guild of the Cowry Catchers by Abigail Hilton

  • To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

  • Price of a Thousand Blessings by Ginn Hale


A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: Right now just a few that have been "coming soon" for so long they might as well be done with forever:

  • The Winds of Winter by George R.R. Martin

  • The Warboy by Karin Lowachee


Related Book News I've Got My Eye On:: I still need to watch The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. I'm way behind on my Hunger Games fandom!
My All-Time Favorite Book(s): The Rifter by Ginn Hale
My Favorite Book Genre(s): LGBTQ+ Fantasy/Sci-Fi
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): Other than The Rifter? It's ok, I've got tons more! Let's go with God Eaters by Jesse Hajicek
A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): First, Become Ashes by K.M. Szpara
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: Danmei for sure at some point
Link to My Latest Book Review: I haven't been writing reviews much lately, but I did write a kind of review/promo for The Rifter during the Snowflake Challenge. Check it out!
Link to My Reading Log: My kind of up to date Storygraph
Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About:Fantasy, sci-fi, adult fiction, especially anything angsty! I'm writing a series of posts about my love of angst in fiction for the Fannish 50 this year.

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[personal profile] anehan 2025-04-30 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
A fellow Capri fan! Hello!
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[personal profile] florianschild 2025-05-02 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi! Yes, very much a fan of Capri and the Dark Rise series too!
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[personal profile] yourivy 2025-05-01 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
I am on the fence of wanting to watch "Songbirds and Snakes" because the book fell kind of flat to me. Maybe I will watch the movie once it comes out on streaming somewhere.
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[personal profile] florianschild 2025-05-02 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I've heard good things about it, but yeah the book was just "ok" to me. When it comes to books where I'm heavily into the fandom, sometimes I just want the authors to step away forever and leave the sandbox to the fans lmao.
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[personal profile] profiterole_reads 2025-05-02 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi! LGBT SF/F is also my fave genre. I love Natasha Pulley's books. I haven't read any danmei, but I've watched a few adaptations. Do you want to be friends?