Tag Archives: readathon

August 2022: How I gave myself homework even though I’m not in school anymore

Posted on September 1, 2022 by Ryn PB

What I Got: What I Read: Another month, another excuse to give myself fake homework instead of actually being productive. If you want the details of the Orilium: Autumn Equinox 2022 Readathon, I’ll link it here, but the basic facts … Continue reading →

Posted in polysyllabic spree | Tagged anxiety, arcs, audiobooks, booklover, books, booktube, david arnold, drink, dystopian, emery lee, emily austin, fantasy, going crazy, graphic novels, hockey, joan he, LGBT+, library, maggie stiefvater, magical readathon, mental health, mental illness, millenial stories, new zealand, orilium, post-apocalyptic, queer lit, readathon, readathons, reading, school, sci fi, science fiction, tea, the raven boys, the raven cycle | Leave a comment

September 2021: How the Magical Readathon helped me find purpose in the simple things

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Ryn PB

What I Got: Lost Boi by Sassafras Lowrey The Girl Who Became a Beatle by Greg Taylor Vogue Dec. 2020 What I Read: King of Scars (reread) by Leigh Bardugo The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen Rule of Wolves … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBT+, mental health, polysyllabic spree | Tagged adaptations, bees, black history, books, challenges, dark academia, discrimination, emily m danforth, fairytales, fear, ghost stories, ghosts, graphic novels, grisha, grishaverse, historical fiction, horror, justina ireland, leigh bardugo, LGBT+, life lessons, literature, magic, magical, memoir, mental health, middle grade books, movies, nonfiction, novice path, orilium, paranormal, queer lit, queer literature, queer women, racism, readathon, reading, six of crows, supernatural, the devil all the time, tom holland, wasps, writing | 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

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

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