Tag Archives: pandemic

Boy Band Music Critic 9: When Facing the Things We Turn Away From by Luke Hemmings

Posted on May 31, 2024 by Ryn PB

Introduction Last month, Luke Hemmings—of the Australian pop rock boy band 5 Seconds of Summer—released his second album, boy, so I figured now would be a good time to get started on his solo music! When Facing the Things We … Continue reading →

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Boy Band Music Critic 4: ZAYN, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson & Harry Styles

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Ryn PB

Introduction In early 2021, when half the world was still taking COVID-19 seriously and the other half were pretending it never happened and wasn’t happening, I started listening to One Direction. And 5 Seconds of Summer. And eventually BTS. My … Continue reading →

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October 2022: How I got locked in a cemetery with the undead

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Ryn PB

What I Got: What I Read: Well, I survived the weirdest Halloween I’ve ever had. But more on that later. First, books! Usually for October I pick a spooky classic to read, like Frankenstein by Mary Shelley or Pet Sematary … Continue reading →

Posted in polysyllabic spree, stories | Tagged books, bookworm, cemetery, colson whitehead, graphic novels, graves, gravestones, halloween, LGBT+, life lessons, one piece, pandemic, pirates, plague, reading, spooky, the maze runner, the walking dead, undead, walking dead, world war z, zombie literature, zombies | 1 Comment

June & July 2022: How I got the world’s most popular virus (but at least COVID waited until after Pride Month)

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Ryn PB

What I Got: I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman This Winter by Alice Oseman Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman Heartstopper, Vol. 1, 2, & 4 by Alice Oseman Solitaire by Alice Oseman I Want to Die but … Continue reading →

Posted in polysyllabic spree, stories | Tagged alice oseman, artemis, book nerd, books, covid, graphic novels, greek myth, heartstopper, history, illness, korean lit, LGBT, lgbt lit, LGBT+, lgbtq, memes, middle grade lit, music, nonbinary, nonfiction, pandemic, queer, queer lit, quinta brunson, reading, sickness, translated lit | Leave a comment

June 2021: How a pile of Hydra heads fell on top of me and my reading life reflected it, or How I’m all bullshitted out

Posted on July 9, 2021 by Ryn PB

What I Got: Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi L’arbre généreux: l’école de loisirs by Shel Silverstein Honing Your Craft: Developing Your Writing Skills on a Budget (zine) by Lydia Rogue World War Z by Max Brooks is5: poems by e.e. cummings … Continue reading →

Posted in mental health, new era, polysyllabic spree | Tagged ace rep, alice oseman, anthropocene reviewed, anxiety, bo burnham, books, comics, dark humor, depression, elatsoe, freshwater, inside, james baldwin, john green, julia kaye, LGBT, LGBT+, lgbtq, loveless, maggie stiefvater, mental health, mister impossible, pandemic, queer lit, readathon, reading, tea dragon, the dreamer trilogy, the raven cycle, trans | Leave a comment

The Mini Apocalypses in My Life: How I’m watching doors close around me with no way to open them back up … yet

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Ryn PB

CW: mentions of suicidal ideation, fatphobia, transphobia, JK Rowling, depression, anxiety My life has been full of endings lately. And the unsettling part is that these endings haven’t been followed by new beginnings. I’m stuck in place while things I … Continue reading →

Posted in mental health, new era | Tagged anxiety, apocalypse, bookstore, chosen family, colorado, depression, doctor who, endings, found family, graduation, grief, grishaverse, harry potter, hydra monster, indie bookstore, jackson bird, jk rowling, job, john green, LGBT+, loss, pandemic, podcasts, quarantine, safe space, school, six of crows, spider-man, spidey, trans, trans experience, transphobia, unemployment, work | Leave a comment

April 2020: How I read about plagues and the world ending during a pandemic

Posted on May 3, 2020 by Ryn PB

What I Got: Lumberjanes Volumes 1-5 by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Faith Hicks, Shannon Watters, and Carolyn Nowak (sorry if I left someone out!) Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection Books 1-2 by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley Every Heart a … Continue reading →

Posted in new era, polysyllabic spree | Tagged aliens, alison bechdel, comics, dystopian lit, end of the world, fun home, graphic novels, harry potter, legend, legend series, marie lu, marvel, owls, owls magical readathon, pandemic, peter parker, plague, psychics, readathon, seanan mcguire, self care, self harm, spider-man, spidey, stephen king, superheroes, the outsider, wayward children series, witches, young adult | Leave a comment