## here’s a mid-year reading tag for you

here’s a mid-year reading tag for you: personal growth edition!

you can use the sound or share your own answers to these prompts in the comments. :) ...Show more

### some horror books I adore written by Indigenous authors!

📚 books mentioned:
- Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories
- The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
- Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
- The Unfinished by Cheryl Isaacs

👗💄:
- shirt is from Anthropologie, rented from Nuuly
- eyeshadow is Sickly Sweet Palette from Blend Bunny Cosmetics
- eyeliner is Vegan Longwear Eyeliner (Lilac) from Pacifica Beauty
- mascara is from Badi Lash from Kulfi
- lip combo is Matte Fix Lip Pencil (Midnight Seduction) from about-face and ShineOn Plumping Lip Jelly (Act Natural) from Tower28

thank you to Saga Press and Heartdrum / HarperCollins for the gifted copies!

## your friend really, really needs to read these books …

📚 books mentioned:
- Our Sister’s Keeper by Jasmine Holmes
- Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado
- Delicate Condition by Danielle Valentine
- Girls Who Play Dead by Joelle Wellington
- Canon by Paige Lewis
- You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom by Vincent Tirado
- Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz
- The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
- Open Throat by Henry Hoke
- Singer Distance by Ethan Chatagnier
- Until the Clock Strikes Midnight by Alechia Dow
- Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
- Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
- The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
- Fury by Shirley Marr

👗💄:
- shirt is from Hill House Home
- eyeshadow is The Lord of the Rings Middle Earth Palette from Glamlite and In A Trance from Colourpop
- eyeliner is Vegan Longwear Eyeliner (Ocean) from Pacifica Beauty
- shimmer is a single (Enchanted) from Adriana Nichole Cosmetics
- mascara is Clean Volume from Merit
- lip combo is Suede Matte Lip Liner (Moonwalk) from NYX Cosmetics and Wonder Blading Top Gloss (Holographic) from Wonderskin

thank you to Bindery Books, Sourcebooks Landmark, Simon Teen, Viking Books, William Morrow, Tordotcom, and Tin House for the gifted copies!

## ready to dive into horror, but not totally sure where to start?

i’ve got you covered 🫡

📚 books mentioned:
- The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
- Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
- Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
- Lakewood by Megan Giddings

👗💄:
- dress is from Cider and cardigan is from Mure + Grand
- eyeshadow shimmer is Dreamy from Ourbella Cosmetics
- eyeliner is Epiphany Glow Melt-On (Solaris) from Kaleidos
- mascara is Tartlette Tubing from Tarte Cosmetics
- lip combo is Suede Matte Lip Liner (Moonwalk) from NYX Cosmetics and Jelly Job Lip Gloss (Jelly Jammin’) from NYX Cosmetics

thank you to Saga Press and Berkley Books for the gifted copies!

## recommending books using their opening lines (a series!)

📚 books mentioned:
- You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White
- Hazelthorn by C.G. Drews
- A Forbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwan
- Model Home by Rivers Solomon
- These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma
- The Midnight Shift by Cheon Seon-ran, translated by Gene Png
- Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
- I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea
- Beasts of Carnaval by Rosália Rodrigo
- These Vengeful Gods by Gabe Cole Novoa

thank you to Saga Press, Fierce Reads, Mariner Books, Bloomsbury Books, MIRA / HTP Hive, and Get Underlined for the gifted copies!