Tag Archives: romance

TBR Playlist: Fall Out Boy Edition

Posted on April 7, 2024 by Ryn PB

Just a few days ago, my sister, dad, and I went to see Fall Out Boy in concert (which was AMAZING), so of course I had to do a FOB edition of TBR Playlist to commemorate the day. Please enjoy … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, polysyllabic spree, TBR Playlist | Tagged act your age, akemi dawn bowman, ali novak, altamont, anna carey, book series, books, cale dietrich, chloe gong, concert, eve brown, fall out boy, fiction, FOB, hafsah faizal, if this gets out, kerri strug, LGBT+, live music, memoir, mental health, micah nemerever, music, music history, my life with the walter boys, novels, pop punk, queer lit, r.f. kuang, reading, rf kuang, rock, rock history, rock music, romance, series, sibling, sister, sophie gonzales, starfish, talia hibbert, tempest of tea, the poppy war, these violent delights, this is not the jess show, trilogy, we didnt start the fire, YA, young adult | Leave a comment

A Christmas Cookie Contest

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Ryn PB

As he set down the cats’ food bowls, Benji’s phone buzzed insistently in his pocket. His parents had promised to check in when they landed, but they’d only left a few hours ago. When the phone had been wrestled out … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, Fiction Short Stories | Tagged books, christmas, christmas eve, christmas romance, christmas story, cookie decorating, cookies, eggnog, family, fiction, fireworks, friends, holiday romance, hot chocolate, kittens, LGBT+, magic, mental health, merry christmas, movies, party, queer lit, romance, santa claus, santa hat, scotland, sister, snow, straight no chaser, sweater, ugly christmas sweater, winter, writing | 1 Comment

“Doubt Comes In”: On Hadestown, Turning Around, and Living with Doubt*

Posted on September 15, 2023 by Ryn PB

The dog you really got to dread Is the one that howls inside your head It’s him whose howling drives men mad And a mind to its undoing… I’ll tell you where the real road lies Between your ears, behind … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, mental health, polysyllabic spree | Tagged anais mitchell, anxiety, broadway, change, city, crisis, doubt, emotion, eurydice, family, friendship, greek myth, greek mythology, hades, hadestown, hermes, hope, life changes, life lessons, lillias white, love, love story, mental health, moving, music, musical, mythology, new york, npr, nyc, orpheus, orpheus and eurydice, persephone, quarter life crisis, reeve carney, romance, stories, story, storytelling, tennis, tiny desk, tiny desk concert, trust, us open | 1 Comment

May 2022: How May showers bring June rainbows

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Ryn PB

What I Got: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson Café con Lychee by Emery Lee De Profundis by Oscar Wilde Zone One by Colson Whitehead The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake What I … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBT+, polysyllabic spree | Tagged a good girls guide to murder, anxiety, books, cafe con lychee, disney, emery lee, fairytales, family, graphic novels, half price books, heartstopper, holly jackson, importance of being earnest, japan, lgbt lit, LGBT+, library, manga, mermaid, mika, murder mystery, music, mystery, nonfiction, oscar wilde, public library, punk, queer lit, reading, romance, sexology, sexuality, the little mermaid, writing, YA, young adult lit | Leave a comment

April 2022: How LGBTQ+ media, sunshine, and a magical readathon are lifting my mood

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Ryn PB

What I Got: This Song Is (Not) for You by Laura Nowlin The Ensemble by Aja Gabel The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King Heart Shaped Fire by P.W. Davies Take My Hand by P.W. Davies The Complete Poetry … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBT+, polysyllabic spree | Tagged a cappella, aiden thomas, alice oseman, anxiety, arcs, bass, book reviews, books, brujo, brujx, burnout, climate, climate change, depression, edgar allan poe, emotions, environmentalism, friends, geoff castellucci, graphic novels, greek myth, healing, heartstopper, hi, im back, latinx author, LGBT+, love, medea, mental health, miscarriage, music, mythology, nature, netflix, nick hornby, plastics, poc, poetry, poison, queer, queer lit, queer literature, reading, return, reviews, romance, seasons, siblings, sister, tell tale heart, the raven, voiceplay, weather, writing, YA, young adult | Leave a comment

August 2021: How I relaxed my reading expectations after losing my job

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Ryn PB

What I Got: The Heartbreak Bakery (ARC) by A.R. Capetta The Prodigal Tongue by Lynne Murphy We Are Not Like Them (ARC) by Christine Pride & Jo Piazza As You Were (ARC) by Elaine Feeney Grievers (ARC) by adrienne maree … Continue reading →

Posted in mental health, new era, polysyllabic spree | Tagged anxiety, ar capetta, arcs, athletes, bakery, baking, bojack horseman, book nerd, bookish, books, bookworm, depression, erin morgenstern, fantasy, fence, getting fired, graphic novels, green day, illustrations, jobs, kevin panetta, LGBT+, life lessons, magic, music, queer lit, reading, romance, romance books, sapphic, skateboarding, sports, the starless sea, work, writing | Leave a comment

February 2021: How I slowed down and found my love for reading again (just in time for Valentine’s Day)

Posted on February 28, 2021 by Ryn PB

What I Got: Punch Me Up to the Gods (ARC) by Brian Broome The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead (ARC) by Emily Austin On the Books by Greg Farrell Out of the … Continue reading →

Posted in polysyllabic spree, stories | Tagged amber ruffin, antiracism, arcs, books, colson whitehead, comics, graphic novels, historical fiction, LGBT, lgbtlit, lit, nigeria, nigerian civil war, nonfiction, queerlit, romance, romance books, self care, sherlock holmes, sherlock holmes retelling, talia hibbert, the nickel boys | Leave a comment

September 2020: How I Discovered That Time Isn’t Money, It’s Books

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Ryn PB

Books I Got: Dune by Frank Herbert Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor Becoming Superman (old ARC) by J. Michael Straczynski Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman The Invention of Sound (old ARC) by Chuck Palahnuik The Humorless Ladies of Border … Continue reading →

Posted in new era, polysyllabic spree | Tagged abfe, audiobook, books, books in verse, bookworm, comedy, comedy book, comics, david levithan, elizabeth acevedo, essays, graphic novels, guernsey literary and potato peel pie society, hank green, kiki's delivery service, memoir, mystery, mystery books, nonfiction, percy jackson, plane crash, reading, rick riordan, romance, romance books, thriller, tillie walden | Leave a comment