Booknook Friending Meme

[quillpunk]

Hello, hello! booknook is tossing its hat in the ring for 3weeks4dreamwidth in the form of a friending meme :D

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<b>Name:</b> <b>Pronouns:</b> <b>Age Group:</b> <b>Dealbreaker(s):</b> <b>I Recently Finished Reading:</b> <b>A Book I Want to Reread:</b> <b>Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List:</b> <b>A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About:</b> <b>Related Book News I've Got My Eye On:</b> (adaptations etc.) <b>My All-Time Favorite Book(s):</b> <b>My Favorite Book Genre(s):</b> <b>A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s):</b> <b>A Book I Don't Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s):</b> <b>A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out:</b> <b>Link to My Latest Book Review:</b> <b>Link to My Reading Log:</b> <b>Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About:</b>

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[wearing_tearing]

Pronouns: she/her
Age Group: 30+

I Recently Finished Reading: Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum - it was so cozy!
A Book I Want to Reread: it's time for my annual reread of The Others series by Anne Bishop.
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: One of Us Knows by Alyssa Cole, The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo, Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant.
A Book Not-Yet-Published I'm Excited About: Model Home by Rivers Solomon! I got approved for an eARC and I can't wait to get to it \o/

My All-Time Favorite Book(s): probably Written in Red by Anne Bishop!
My Favorite Book Genre(s): Fantasy and Horror!
A Book I Recommend in My Favorite Genre(s): Rook & Rose trilogy by M.A. Carrick (Fantasy) and The Indian Lake trilogy by Stephen Graham Jones (Horror).
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: more Literary Fiction! I could also do with more Sci-Fi and Romance tbh.

Link to My Reading Log: you can find all of my book related posts on my reading: books tag.

Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: any and all! I'm always willing to try new books that sound interesting. I would love some Sci-Fi and Romance recs too!

[silversea]

Ooh, I'm currently waiting for my library hold of Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop to come through. It looks so lovely, so I'm hoping it'll be good.

I heard a lot of good things about The Indian Lake trilogy, but I'm not very familiar with the horror genre. Would this be a good starting place?

[wearing_tearing]

It was honestly such a cozy and feel-good book! I hope you enjoy it :D

I wouldn't rec Indian Lake for someone not very familiar with horror. It has a buuunch of Horror movie references and the writing is... interesting, to say the least. I think any Darcy Coates novel could be a good introduction! Erin A. Craig also has some great YA Horror books to dip your toes in.

[silversea]

Looking forward to it then! My library hold says it'll be ready in a month so fingers crossed.

Thanks for the recommendations, I'll check Darcy Coates out. Is there any specific novel you would suggest, or should I just randomly choose one?

[wearing_tearing]

*fingers crossed*

I think with Darcy, you can just start with the book that sounds more interesting to you! She's written haunted house horror (The Carrow Haunt), winter/apocalyptic horror (Dead of Winter and Voices in the Snow), survival horror (Hunted), aquatic horror (From Below)... there are a lot of possibilities :D

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[ysabetwordsmith]

>>it's time for my annual reread of The Others series by Anne Bishop.<<

LOL I put the first volume in my response. I pretty much reread the set whenever a new one comes out.

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[wearing_tearing]

It's such a comfort read for me at this point! I love the world-building sooooo much :D

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[ysabetwordsmith]

I like the Lake Silence books too.

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[wearing_tearing]

Same! I wish she'd continue to add more to the world.

[verdande_mi]

Hi! I am also trying to read more Sci-Fi and some Romance. To start my journey I have read the first Murderbot book and Becoming Ted. Not fully sold on the first, but will read the second book, loved Becoming Ted.

Your media posts reminded me I need to continue with Shogun!

I post a mix of books, fandom and real life, would you mind if I friended you?

[wearing_tearing]

I don't mind at all! :D

I loooove Murderbot, but I also had a bit of a difficult time getting into the first book. It's one of those series that keeps getting better and better, though!

And yeeeesss, go watch Shogun and feel all the range of emotions \o/

[verdande_mi]

:D :D

I have feeling I will grow to like the Murderbot series as I read more, as I did with Rivers of London.

I really liked Shogun when I stared, but wanted to wait until I could watch more episodes at a time, and then life happened.

[wearing_tearing]

\o/

At least now Shogun is all out! No need to wait a week in between cliffhangers. I hope you enjoy the rest of the show!

[verdande_mi]

Weekend plans :D

[wearing_tearing]

Have fun with it! :D

[hamsterwoman]

I enjoyed the first Murderbot book, but the series really took off for me with book 2 and the introduction in it of my favorite character in the series. So hopefully it'll have an upward trajectory for you as well.

[verdande_mi]

I have a feeling this will be the case. I have decided to listen to the second book, I just have to finish a few others first.

[peaceful_sands]

If you are listening to the version narrated by Kevin R Free - I love them, he will forever be the voice of Murderbot in my head. I think there's also a dramatised version available but I've not tried those.

[einhornmaedchen]

Hello there!
"One Of Us Knows" and the "Indian Lake Trilogy" are both on my to-read list and I enjoy Fantasy and Horror as well. Would you like to give this friend thing a try? :)
My answers are here: https://booknook.dreamwidth.org/7810.html?thread=99970#cmt99970

[wearing_tearing]

Let's do it! :D

[einhornmaedchen]

Awesome, I just added you :)

[wearing_tearing]

Yay! :D

[goldentunes]

Ohh!!! I have Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop but I haven't started it yet! I'm really looking forward to it, but I've been distracted by my brand-new copy of The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories. Maybe I'll read them both at the same time haha!

[wearing_tearing]

I honestly loved it so much! I'm waiting for my physical copy to be delivered so I can reread it <3