BOOKS I READ IN 2022 → Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
“I am afraid of losing. I am afraid of how it will look to the world. I’m afraid of this match being the last match my father ever sees me play. I am afraid of ending this all on a loss. I am afraid of so much.”
"can I say that? can I say I love your laugh?
"I don't know. I mean, I guess yes. sure."
— carrie soto x bowe huntley
“Is that a yes?” Delilah asked between kisses. Claire pulled back. “To which part?” “All of it. You. Me. Us.” “It’s a yes,” Claire whispered against her mouth. “Yes to all of it.”
—Delilah Green Doesn’t Care | Ashley Herring Blake
The Love Hypothesis | Ali Hazelwood
I'm starting to wonder if this is what being in love is. Being okay with ripping yourself to shreds, so the other person can stay whole.
books read in 2021: iron widow by @xiranjayzhao
The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. It doesn't matter that the girls often die from the mental strain.
When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it's to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister's death. But she gets her vengeance in a way nobody expected—she kills him through the psychic link between pilots and emerges from the cockpit unscathed. She is labeled an Iron Widow, a much-feared and much-silenced kind of female pilot who can sacrifice boys to power up Chrysalises instead.
To tame her unnerving yet invaluable mental strength, she is paired up with Li Shimin, the strongest and most controversial male pilot in Huaxia. But now that Zetian has had a taste of power, she will not cower so easily. She will miss no opportunity to leverage their combined might and infamy to survive attempt after attempt on her life, until she can figure out exactly why the pilot system works in its misogynist way—and stop more girls from being sacrificed.
books I've read in 2022 - daisy jones & the six by taylor jenkins reid
I'd believe your soul mate was somebody who had all the things you didn't, that needed all the things you had. Not somebody who's suffering from the same stuff you are.
