Tag Archives: punk rock

27 Books for 27 Years: Ryn’s Reading History (Part 3)

Posted on February 22, 2025 by Ryn PB

Welcome back, my friends! Though I’m uploading this a little late, I’m happy to present the last installation of my 27-year reading history! Thanks for making it this far, if you have. This last leg of the race is mostly … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, polysyllabic spree | Tagged after, anna todd, anxiety, birthday, book review, book reviews, books, history, jackson bird, james joyce, john green, LGBT+, life lessons, mental health, music, music lit, nick hornby, punk, punk rock, queer lit, reading, trans lit, ulysses, ve schwab | Leave a comment

TBR Playlist: Saviors by Green Day

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Ryn PB

I’m starting a new blog installment purely for my own enjoyment… again. As we all know, I love pairing songs and books together, but I’m running out of books I’ve read that I want to recommend and that go well … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, LGBT+, original writing | Tagged 1990s, 2000s, 7fates: chakho, alice waler, alice walker, anna-marie mclemore, book, book tag, books, brian broome, bright young things, bts, chloe gong, classic lit, classics, emo, evelyn waugh, foul lady fortune, graphic novels, green day, hayley kiyoko, historical fiction, janelle monae, kpop, laura hankin, laura taylor namey, leigh bardugo, LGBT+, literature, memoir, mental health, mtv, music, music lit, nick hornby, ninth house, nonfiction, pop punk, punk, punk rock, queer lit, reading, rock, rock music, sci fi, science fiction, shanghai, sonora reyes, the color purple, the great gatsby, these violent delights, vile bodies, YA, YA lit | Leave a comment

Author Spotlight: Michelle Cruz Gonzales, The Spitboy Rule

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Ryn PB

Michelle “Todd” Cruz Gonzales claims that her journey from punk rock drummer to college English professor was not all that far-fetched. For a Xicana from a small town who taught herself how to drum and started her own hardcore feminist … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alice bag, author, books, chicanx lit, latinx, life lessons, literature, los crudos, music, punk, punk rock, reading, spitboy, spotlight, writing, xicana, xicanx | Leave a comment

May 2021: How I read my entire Asian Readathon TBR but made little time for anything else (sorry, unnamed novel I need to edit)

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Ryn PB

What I Got: Sigh, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In by Phuc Tran Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist’s Freedom Song (ARC) by Marlon Peterson The Poppy War & The Dragon Republic by … Continue reading →

Posted in polysyllabic spree | Tagged aapi, asian, banned books, black cat, blog, books, cat, cats, crying, domesticity, emotions, family, graphic novels, history, japan, literature, manga, pets, philipinnes, punk, punk rock, readathon, reading, siblings, sister, tbr, the poppy war, the way of the househusband, to be read, travel, vacation, visit, zines | Leave a comment

May 2020: How I Am Dealing with the Sad Chaos of the World with Books… and Punk Rock Mermaids

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Ryn PB

What I Got: Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau This is What it Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow The First … Continue reading →

Posted in mental health, polysyllabic spree | Tagged agatha christie, books, diy, first rule of punk, gender, graphic novels, hercule poirot, hiv, hiv/aids, intersectionality, jonathan van ness, LGBT+, lumberjanes, murder mystery, music, mystery, nonfiction, nonfiction books, nyc, poc, poetry, punk, punk rock, queer, queer eye, sex pistols, sexuality, short stories, zines | Leave a comment

April 2019: How I Read and Loved My First Graphic Novel

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Ryn PB

What I Read: The ABC’s of LGBT+ by Ash Hardell Black Flag and punk rock zines Under the Feet of Jesus by Helena María Viramontes An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England by Brock Clarke The Dew Breaker … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBT+, new era, polysyllabic spree | Tagged 2000s, ash hardell, books, freddie mercury, GBBO, graphic novels, great british bake off, harry potter, library, life lessons, mental health, punk rock, punk rock jesus, queen, reading | Leave a comment

March 2019: How I Made it Through a Rollercoaster of Reading and Buying and Sickness

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Ryn PB

What I Read: King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo Part of Let Fury Have the Hour: The Punk Rock Politics of Joe Strummer edited by Antonino D’Ambrosio This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy … Continue reading →

Posted in polysyllabic spree | Tagged agatha christie, badgers bookstore, book buying, books, daisy jones and the six, duologies, gay, grisha, grishaverse, handmaid's tale, harry potter, LGBT+, oral history, our dark duet, punk rock, quidditch, reading, toni morrison | Leave a comment

February 2019: How Reading Through my Emotions Helps, a.k.a. February Was Weird

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Ryn PB

What I Read: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab The Tea Dragon Society (graphic novel) by Katie O’Neill Autoboyography by Christina … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBT+, new era, polysyllabic spree | Tagged autoboyography, books, jack kerouac, jk rowling, one the road, owlcrate, punk rock, queer lit, reading, this savage song, victoria schwab, zines | Leave a comment