wisteria

￫ i really wanted to like this because a lot of people do, but man... it suffers from debut book syndrome hardcore. a breakneck plot that could have been good if anyone was fleshed out enough, which they sadly weren't because there wasn't enough time spent in one place to do so. plus the writing style itself was... a lot more juvenile than i was expecting? i didn't know anything about the author going on so i suppose if you know of them from their youtube channel you might have expected this kind of tone, but for me it felt misplaced for such a story. i did like the plot itself and thought it had interesting commentaries and aesthetics, but it fell so, so flat for me sadly.

￫ this book... i can't believe how much i liked it to say it's YA. i went in expecting a creepy horror-thriller with small town vibes and a twist of paranormal - which it was, it was like reading life is strange or something honestly. hm. maybe that's why i liked the vibes so much lol - but i didn't expect the plot to touch on homophobia so much and that really hit me. it's so well done. and THIS is a debut novel too so that's even MORE surprising seeing as my track record with debut YAs this year is... well, not great. god. i really did like this. if you like: small town in PNW vibes where everyone knows everyone and everyone is hiding something, gay ghost hunter dads, sapphic characters, ghosts, murder, genuinely frightening moments to say it's a YA horror, devastation... you'll like this. i think this is the most 'me' book ever huh i'm reading over that pitch and i'm like. Yeah you WOULD like this idiot. lol

￫ viscerally uncomfortable with an extremely fucked ending. read the synopsis and you'll see why

￫ it's the halloween month so i rewatched this :) i love this movie. it's so goofy and dorky. there's characters called The Frog Brothers and they're kid vampire hunters who work out of a comics shop and corey feldman does a weird deep voice for seemingly zero reason. it's the best. we do love a fun little vampire flick that is gay AND homophobic. shoutout to the grandpa he's literally who i aspire to be in life. aka a fucking weirdo but like in a fun way

￫ i'll be honest most of the films i watched this month were rewatches i just can't be bothered rehashing my thoughts so i'm just gonna talk about this i guess. it was fine. the vibes were great but also tim burton i will hit you with my monster truck. love how ichabod crane was such a fucking wuss. i know what you did in the wolf among us bitch! and christina ricci was pretty. yeah. it was fine. idk what to say why don't YOU write the review

￫ annual rewatch baby!!! i love this show. we all know this. everyone on earth knows this. i'm so stoked to get my tattoo dedicated to the show in december :) elijah wood can die though. but yeah other than that i do adore this show with my entire being it's just... truly perfect. i cannot go a year without rewatching it or i'll wither away. oh potatus et molassus and all that. <3 <3 <3 <3

￫ i'm so glad i'm writing this while i'm tired because if i wasn't i would be going absolutely fucking insane oh my god this show is SO good. please watch it. you all have to watch it it's on disney plus or you can pirate it i don't give a FUCK please. if you like the film the show develops on the lore and comedy and EVERYTHING soooo well and it ties in to the movie too god FUCK i love this show. i'm insane. nandermo got me. nadja is my beloved. i am unfortunately aware of the fact that colin robinson and i are the same person. laszlo my beloved and also my DETESTED for the SEASON 3 FINALE are you KIDDING ME???? spoilers but AAARRRGGGGHHHH......anyway. please watch it. if you're the kind of person who only watches shit with gay people in: the main cast is 5 characters and all of them are queer. the vampires are all bi and i'm pretty sure guillermo is gay? if not he's for sure bi. and there's other rep too it's genuinely like. so good. it understands that vampires are just horny bisexual idiot bitches <3 so true

1. enhypen (119 plays)
2. tomorrow x together (92 plays)
3. the bedquilt ramblers (33 plays)
4. phoebe bridgers (24 plays)
5. stray kids (23 plays)

1. attention, please! by enhypen (46 scrobbles)
2. no rules by tomorrow x together (32 scrobbles)
3. LOSER=LOVER by tomorrow x together (24 scrobbles)
4. long journey home by the bedquilt ramblers (20 scrobbles)
5. drunk-dazed by enhypen (17 scrobbles)
6. this world is not my home by the bedquilt ramblers (13 scrobbles)
7. tamed-dashed by enhypen (12 scrobbles)
8. cheese by stray kids (11 scrobbles)
9. go big or go home by enhypen (10 scrobbles)
10. silvertongue by young the giant (10 scrobbles)

￫ i... guys it's too late for this. the clock is about to strike midnight i'm about to go running like cinderella away from talking about what happened to me with this era and accidentally leave my glass shoe, which is my top scrobbled song, on the stairs for someone like sunny to discover and then Never Let Me Forget. it's a good comeback! i hate the styling for the title track. why did they do a sporty summer song in OCTOBER? it's the VAMPIRE MONTH. you FREAKS. it was a fucking banger song though i can't lie it did do a grow on me. some really solid b-sides too!! i really like upper side dreamin' and go big or go home, i'm glad they decided to promote them. oh wait sorry guys do you see that elephant in the corner? the corner of this room? that we're in? wearing an 'attention, please!' nametag? yeah let's just ignore him for a bit maybe he'll leave. (i really, really like that song. for the guitar solo. NOT! heeseung. so what if he's my boy girlfriend i CANNOT legally talk about it.) ummm. jungwon :) he's perfect to me <3 perfect sonboy

￫ oh yeah this happened! i did like the title don't get me wrong but i was occupied with other stuff (blacking out in a daze to see heeseung had apparated into my camera roll like some kind of shitty magician). the b-sides....were not great! actually that's a lie. to you is PERFECT. what a perfect seventeen bside. i miss when they used to make those all the time. because these unit b-sides were pure ass and hole and i do not know what crossed their fucking minds. i'm going to run at woozi with an axe like i'm patrick bateman or something

￫ i i really wanted to like this more than i did, but it ended up being really disappointing. it's a queer zombie apocalypse novel with a twist, but i REALLY didn't like the twist, plus every single character felt so boring and flat that i didn't care for a single one. also the relationship between the mc and his boyfriend felt so rushed and also just....annoying? like, there was this interaction they had that was something like:
"peter."
"what?"
"nothing. just wanted to say your name."
which if they'd done it once would have been cute. but no joke it happened about five times. write something else to fill the word count dude! yeah i didn't like it at all. but the cover is really nice, so. there's one plus! oh it had other positives i just forgot because i made myself mad again. i thought the development of the locations and landscape in the book were really well done and wonderfully written....just a shame that this book wasn't simply describing places, i guess, because the rest sucked.

￫ this book follows seven students who are avoiding going to school for their own personal reasons, who are magically able to travel through their mirrors to a beautiful castle where they are able to meet the other students and have a place to pass the time in the day, with a twist: the wolf queen, a mysterious young girl in the castle, tells them they can find a key hidden the castle that will grant the finder one wish; after wishing, all of their memories of the castle will vanish. god...i loved this book. it's really simple and not much happens, really, it's just these seven students getting to know each other and facing their own fears about education and bullies and whatever other personal reasons they have for avoiding school, but it really got me. it's so beautiful and well crafted. i still don't really know how to pitch it to people, but it's a new fave of mine i think. it's also the only one i'm going to describe the plot of, so. don't get used to that!

￫ i had a hit with a YA fantasy book let's goooooo! i was pleasantly surprised i enjoyed this so much seeing as i very much picked it up because of its cover, lmao. but it was honestly great! interesting mc who develops so well over the course of the book, a slowly-blossoming romance that i don't hate for once but also has a cool twist to it (the mc is cursed and so the love interest doesn't know that she's actually the bratty princess he was to be married to before shit went down), a gripping plot and some really interesting villain writing....honestly it was a fun old ride. we WILL be reading the sequel

￫ i only read this last year but i did not remember a single part of it other than it was about lesbians, so i gave it a reread seeing as the sequel is out soon! and honestly i enjoyed it WAY more the second time around. i remember being really confused about the worldbuilding when i first read it, but this time i grasped it quickly and it was sooooo good. SO well done and also the lesbians? love those. and the TWIST AT THE END? BROOO....the sequel is out september 9th so i can't wait to break my book buying ban on that day. these reviews are getting lazy but i don't care <3

￫ i still don't know what to feel about this book, so i'm just going to put my goodreads review here: " i straight up have no idea what to rate this, so i'm not going to. i genuinely don't know if i liked this or hated it, but i do know that i'll be thinking about certain aspects of this book for a good while. this is the only horror book i've read so far that has actually made me feel sick to my stomach, so i guess it gets props for that? i don't know, man. i will say that if you read the description and it sounds like something you might like, give it a try - but please check up on the trigger warnings."

￫ this is a retelling of dracula from the pov of one of his brides and it's soooo good...very dark and sexy and an exploration into toxic relationships, and how you know someone is bad for you but because of their manipulation and gaslighting you still can't help loving them. REALLY really good, and pretty short! i think a lot of my friends will like this, but once again do check the trigger warnings, there's a lot of gore and really delves into toxic relationships.

￫ this is a book that's been on my shelves for years because i started it once during a reading slump and couldn't get past the first 20 pages. i'm really glad i gave it a second shot though because i'm very much enjoying it! there's two main characters (one of which is the titular strange) but honestly i prefer the other pov....it's about gods and lost cities and stories and dreams and moths and war and trauma. and it has a romance that drives the story but i honestly really like it. i'm so intrigued to see what happens seeing as it has a second book....i literally have sixty pages left (my six key is broken i think. girl help) i just am taking my sweet time with it LOL

￫ i fucking love the first scream, and the sequels...get progressively worse. but this one was pretty good! i have less to say about them compared to the books because well. i watched ELEVEN FILMS and this was right at the beginning of the month so i don't really remember it LMAOOOO i just know it's better than the other scream sequels imo. sidney prescott you are a lesbian do you know? do you know that? actually this film has a horrid scene where her bf sings to her in the cafeteria. if a man did that to me i would kill him

￫ this film....isn't good. and also kinda homophobic. but it's also gay cinema. like seriously it's very much a plotline about queer identity and being afraid of people knowing that side of you (and also thinking that side of you is horrific and disgusting...which COULD be about accepting yourself for who you are but in this film's case is pretty much just homophobia lolz) and i think it going a "freddy possesses someone and makes them confront the sides of their psyche they're afraid of" route was interesting. PLUS it has a final boy! which is cool.....but the film is. pretty bad! however the actor playing the main character is a gay man and a lot of gay people have reclaimed this as a queer film and there's a whole documentary about the production of this film and its queer elements that i still need to watch, so. idk! it's not great but it's stuck with me because of its relationship with queer identity, i think. it's really interesting to me. also i reclaim this film <3

￫ ginger snaps more like ginger SLAPS!!! this film is so good. it's like a snapshot of the early 2000s and emo/goth teens back then i'm like obsessed with the vibes. a werewolf film that's a metaphor about getting your period and the fears of coming into womanhood and puberty but it's about GIRLS....so true bestie. katharine isabelle is hot as hell in this film also. the ost is also really good idk i think the overall vibes and weird nostalgia it gives me despite the fact i was A Year Old when it was released is part of why i like it so much. also werewolves :)

￫ gets a bit shit in the last couple episodes but it's SO solid. a great study on puberty, girlhood, bullying, suicide, trauma, trans+lesbian identity briefly....it's really heavy honestly, but it's surprisingly so much fun to watch. despite its kinda shitty ending (even though i honestly like the last episode a lot) i would really recommend it, i think it's a great watch. all four girls it follows are so fucking good too. ai ohto my beloved <3

￫ i started this show in...2019? and then didn't watch til august because i was told the spider arc was next and i was scared <3 but honestly it wasn't that bad. anyway this show is fucking great i'm so excited for more. i don't have anything to say i can't lie guys my brain is absolutely fried! but my fave characters are: tanjiro, nezuko, inosuke, and shinobu. i have the film to watch next and i'm pretty pumped i can't lie.

￫ this show is so fucking good i'm sorry. IT'S CAMP! i caught up on season 5a just in time for sammy and i to watch 5b as it's airing and it's fucking insane i can't even describe what's going on to you. and i don't have to. you just have to know that it's the best show ever. and 5b is starting off surprisingly solid? the flashback episode about hiram was....honestly amazing. and the night gallery was fucking solid too? AND JOSIE'S BACK NEXT WEEK? everyone who isn't watched riverdale is a coward i think.

￫ ok well as i said. i just watched a single lee know fancam and i'm having to lie down on a fainting couch or something. i also watched All The Seungmin Ones before that so that helps ease the pain of prolonged exposure to lino. anyway this album is FUN....i do love me some delicious soup (stray kids noise music). the title is a lot of fun i am loving felix's atrocious mullet extensions he looks like legolas. i need to listen to the album a couple more times because i don't really remember my faves but i do know i had a grand time listening to it...only skz could name a song CHEESE and LIST TYPES OF CHEESE and it be an absolute banger. a true knee slapper. idek what to say i've already pointed out how perfect seungmin and lino are. actually you know who else is kind of owning this era other than the usual suspects? JEONGIN. love that kid he seems to be having the time of his life performing thunderous...truly the maknae on top.

￫ i'm counting TCC:F under this as well because i only really checked it out this month but OHHHHHH MY GOD. i could talk for HOURS about how perfect txt are to me and these last two comebacks are only cementing that....we'll do the vibes first. small town kids who hate their town and will do anything to get out, especially together? with bike rides and angst and found family? THEY'RE EVERYTHING TO MEEEEE....i thought nothing would be able to top cysm? for me (and honestly. it might still be number one that mv and that song are genuine perfection) but 0x1=LOVESONG is like. THEEEEE song it's the moment it's the era it's the vibe it's amazing it's beautiful it's never going to die it's immortal it's showstopping *insert lady gaga gif here*....fuck i adore it so much. AND THE EMOCORE REMIX ONLY IMPROVING IT???? and THENNNN there's LOSER=LOVER which is ALSO incredible....i'm going to break into hybe and get the explicit version for spotify asap but no seriously it's amazing. the mv is also up there. that epic moment where you thelma and louise it with your pals? we've all been there. anyone else agree beomgyu is the moment btw? his hair right now suits him SO much plus his styling.....i'm kind of obsessed with him since tiktok keeps shoving txt tiktoks in my face and he's just the weirdest guy going. studying him in a lab as we speak. also very much loving soobin i LOOOOVE his vocal tone so bad...i always have but this cb has really cemented that for me bc in loserlover he suits it SOOOOO BAD. perfect introvert <3 ok i'm stopping myself here because if i started talking about the bsides (NO RULES????) i would start spinning so fast i would rocket up into the sun and die violently.

￫ i'm not as big of a deobi as i used to be but i am thrilled (lol) that tbz decided to put a pause on being sexy and release a fun little summer song with some really good bsides. it's just fun! and i love to have fun personally :) i wish they'd stop slutting up juyeon so much and let him return home (he is my husband he is not at war. although i guess being sexy on stage could be a war) but i mean he looks excellent so what else is there to say. jichang is also PERFECTTTT he really is the perfect kpop idol isn't he. god i love that guy so bad. yeah i have less to say this time around just bc i wasn't fully #DEOBI this comeback and neither was my tl really but that's okay. they're still my boyz :) thrill thrilling ride thrill thrilling ride

￫ yeah this was the month i finally gave in and decided to see what those vampire kids were up to. did you guys know they're up to vampirism? and it FUUUUUUCKS? god i kind of avoided them bc i hate survival shows but now that's over i'm so glad i looked into them. their music videos are EVERYTHING. the given-taken japanese ver might be one of my fave ones going i love it so bad. and the songs....bro....i have to listen to their titles + 10 months + not for sale at least once a day or i'll wither away i'm addicted. plus the members are all so sweet and funny i've had a blast watching a couple eps of en-o'clock with sunny :) i usually don't like watching reality shows for kpop groups which is hilarious bc that just leaves me here for the music only (the ideal sitch tbh) but enha are all so weird and kind it's fun. jungwon<3 is everything to me. that's my kpop son guys. same with perfect sunghoon he's such a freak he has NOTHING going on upstairs and that's the ideal state of mind. and heeseung..... :/ i don't want to talk about it i have a type when it comes to kpop boys and that's okay but it doesn't make it any less humiliating when my friends go "you'll like this guy" and then i do. but yeah enha are fun. the only kpop boy group that have given me a room raining blood and someone dancing in it so they get props for that

￫ i give a speech about golcha near every day at this point so i'll be brief this time but they are ITTTT. their music videos are genuinely short sci-fi films at this point and it's insane. THEY STRAIGHT UP KILLED DAEYEOL IN RA PAM PAM? WHAT THE HELL? didn't know we were allowed to do that boys! plus the music video's dystopia being a commentary on how the rich take from the poor and leave them to fend for themselves while doing nothing up in their perfect lives...very bold of woollim to do that when they're going into NFTs but i digress. anyway the album is FUN the title track is GREAT i am OBSESSED with BAE SEUNGMIN. he's genuinely the best. ever since golcha started doing mature concepts and they gave him a good haircut he's been absolutely unhinged he's ready to fuck at any given moment. and good for him!!!! this era they really let him go off as well the red hair looks amazing on him and he's just looked like he's having the time of his life. plus the line distribution for the title track this time around seemed much fairer than usual? like it's still the y and joochan show but....less so lmao. all these words just to say i think we should give bae seungmin a country

￫ i just realised how much i've written about kpop groups and now i'm overwhelmed so the last two will be brief but i THIIINK it was august where toni hit us all with sf9 fever? and it's the fucking best. tear drop is the horniest song i've possibly ever heard and i've listened to taemin. yoo taeyang and his gyrating birthing hips really just does that to a song. but yeah their music is so fucking good....i still need to check out their bsides properly but even if i don't i am very content listening to their titles because they're all: so fucking good. zuho your nose is perfect rowoon you are so tall hwiyoung you're my friend and i will throw pencils at you in class. CHANI YOU ARE PERFECT YOU'RE EVERYTHING YOU'RE THE MOMENT YOU'RE THE SUN YOU'RE THE MOON WE ALL ADORE YOU SO BAD. after bae seungmin i think chani should get dibs on getting a country next.

￫ sunmi finally getting to release something other than a single album we love to see it....she's singlehandedly keeping the retro vibes in kpop alive and i can't thank her enough. even if the rap in the title track makes me cringe LMAO. the mv was soooo good too we love zombie mvs *looks at golcha*. yeah i don't have much to say really it's just a good time and i love women :)