Bridgerton 1.01: Diamond of the First Water

I decided to rewatch Bridgerton from the beginning again and things kind of got out of hand.

The Whistledown Report
I may be paraphrasing some of this.

• "It has been said that of all bitches, dead or alive, a scribbling woman is the most canine. If that should be true, than this author would like to show you her teeth." That is a KILLER opener, but my god, Whistledown, who the hell actually said that?
  
  
• Featherington has three ladies on the marriage market and their mother has shit taste in clothes and also manners.
  
  
• Violet Bridgerton and her late husband churned out a clutch of ridiculously attractive children, but Lady Whistledown finds their alphabetical naming convention utterly banal.
  
  
  
  This is, for the record, accompanied by a couple of portraits that are hilarious mostly because it's clear they were painted somewhere in the recent past, which means poor Gregory and Hyacinth got shoved into a closet or something for the space of a month or so.

Could You Repeat That? CXCIV

The Grace of Kings, Ken Liu
"I refuse to believe in the futility of change, because I have seen how the lowly dandelion, with time and patience, can crack the strongest paving stone."

The Chosen and the Beautiful, Nghi Vo
Nick laughed, and I wondered if that was what love was, making someone forget the pain that gnawed at them and would not stop.



The Silvered Serpent, Roshani Chokshi
Before Enrique could start talking about the mythological significance of eggs, Tristan had loudly asked: "What came first, the chicken or the egg?"
Zofia was the first to answer: "Scientifically speaking, the rooster."

The Bronzed Beasts, Roshani Chokshi
"What do you think you're doing?" hissed Eva, under her breath.
Severin raised an eyebrow. "I assume 'watching and waiting with bated breath for my apotheosis' is not the answer you're looking for."

A Rogue of One's Own, Evie Dunmore
"Society is dumber but stronger than you," he murmured. "Be devious. Be subtle. If you can."

Could You Repeat That? CXCII

Girls of Fate and Fury, Natasha Ngan
I called her heartless in my rage and despair once, but it wasn't fair. Not once has that been true. Wren has always had a heart.
She's just been taught to ignore it.

The Heart Goes Last, Margaret Atwood
Are you having qualms, Charmaine? asks the little voice in her head.
No, silly, she answers. I'm having dessert. Plum crumble.
The women at her table are making mmm sounds. Red crumbs cling to their lips.

Libertie, Kaitlyn Greenidge
You thought he was braver than he was. You thought he had a bigger imagination. His imagination was a cooking pot with the lid on, boiling.

First Comes Scandal, Julia Quinn
And so she continued in her apparent quest to have the most awkward conversation of her life.

Could You Repeat That? CXCI

So much Dresden Files. So many Bridgertons. And a TON of AAPI authors.


Version Zero, David Yoon
It scared Max to his core to realize that when people saw one another, they saw different things.

The Silence of Bones, June Hur
The four-hour-long journey had filled my heart with one prayer--a prayer so immense, it felt as though I'd swallowed a heap of cloud.

Dial A for Aunties, Jesse Q Sutanto
Trust Ma to take pride in my etiquette when I've just shown her my date, whom I've killed, in the trunk of my car.