Tag Archives: translated lit

Days Well Spent: The Building Doesn’t Fall Down

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Ryn PB

A few nights ago, as I lay in bed, waiting to fall asleep, I was hit by the vision of the building around me crumbling down. No matter what I tried to do, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, mental health, original writing | Tagged 2024, 2025, anxiety, books, day well spent, fortune, hope, hwang bo-reum, intrusive thoughts, korean lit, life, life lessons, life well lived, mental health, misfortune, miyazaki, new home, new year, new year's eve, nye, reading, shanna tan, the boy and the heron, translated lit | 1 Comment

Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Ryn PB

This is a tag I’ve seen on booktube and book blogs alike. Here is the original tag for anyone interested. So far this year, I’ve read 27 books, which means I’m a tiny bit ahead of my 52-book goal. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, polysyllabic spree | Tagged adeem the artist, anna-marie mclemore, blog, books, booktube, chloe gong, coffee, fantasy, favorites, gabrielle zevin, graphic novels, hobie, hobie brown, julia drake, lakelore, lakes, legends, legends and lattes, LGBT+, list, movie, music, new, queer lit, reading, releases, sequels, siblings, sister, spider-man-spiderman, spider-punk, spider-verse, spiderpunk, spiderverse, tag, tea, the mountain goats, tomorrow, trans, trans experience, trans lit, trans stories, translated lit, transphobia, wrap up, wrapup, writing | 2 Comments

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

December 2021: How I read some pretty good books this year while trying to escape reality (a.k.a. my favorite books of 2021)

Posted on January 2, 2022 by Ryn PB

2022 still doesn’t feel like a real year… and yet here we are! Like 2020, this past year was challenging, but some good things did come out of 2021. I got top surgery, my parents got an amusing new dog, … Continue reading →

Posted in polysyllabic spree | Tagged adaptations, anthropocene reviewed, anxiety, books, chella man, chloe gong, classics, colson whitehead, continuum, erin morgenstern, favorites, fence, graphic novels, grishaverse, hawaii, john green, leigh bardugo, lgbt lit, LGBT+, life lessons, maggie stiefvater, magic fish, mental health, new year, nickel boys, pandemic lit, phantom of the opera, poppy war, queer lit, raven cycle, reading, starless sea, these violent delights, trans stories, translated lit, writing | Leave a comment

January 2021: How I started off the new year by reading about ghosts, music, and intelligent kids

Posted on February 7, 2021 by Ryn PB

What I Got: The Toll by Neal Shusterman How Do You Live? (ARC) by Genzaburō Yoshino Brown Girl Ghosted by Mintie Das Roving Pack by Sassafras Lowrey An Abundance of Katherines by John Green Nobody Likes You by Marc Spitz … Continue reading →

Posted in mental health, new era, polysyllabic spree | Tagged an abundance of katherines, books, books about music, comics, doodle, Indian lit, japanese classic, john green, miyazaki, music commentary, muslim rep in lit, new puppy, new year, nick hornby, phantom of the opera, pop music, pop science, queer lit, songbook, the great gatsby, the mysterious benedict society, translated lit, yesimhotinthis | Leave a comment