summer round-up (1 star rant, netgalley ARCs, translated lit, danmei, non-fiction)

TW: flashing timestamps below ↳05:15-05:36 ↳07:25-07:50 ↳08:04-08:19 huge thank you to ‪@alexafiera5482‬ ‪@Lunaliiii‬ and ‪@ameng5‬ for your questions!!!!! also apologies for the focus going in and out and the blurriest unhelpful map of the united states ever...oops TABLE OF CONTENTS: 02:01 PNW Trip 03:48 My Chemical Romance at MetLife Stadium ↳New Jersey Show:    • My Chemical Romance - Full Show - MetLife ...   08:38 Wrap-ups on Substack ↳June: https://open.substack.com/pub/jennacl... ↳July: https://open.substack.com/pub/jennacl... ↳August: https://open.substack.com/pub/jennacl... 10:13 Updates on my Translation challenge 10:47 The Summer Book 11:50 Minor Detail 12:37 The Shadow of the Wind + What Kingdom 14:10 The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy At All 16:11 The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World ↳GR Review:   / 7359676984   17:19 Hot Wax ↳GR Review:   / 6228690217   18:48 You Weren't Meant to be Human ↳GR Review:   / 7681110897   20:19 Minor Black Figures ↳GR Review:   / 7417585508   22:02 Heated Rivalry ↳GR Review:   / 7652676570   24:07 Pairing Songs and Books ↳Add me on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/1259433... ↳Taylor but make it Hollanov playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4KB... ↳Hot Wax Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4oD... ↳Raven Cycle Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ep... 26:00 The Spear Cuts Through Water ↳GR Review:   / 6006804202   27:02 Erha Vol 9 28:02 Bing An Ben ↳1 Star Rant Review:   / 7831385124   33:18 How to Survive a Plague ↳Watch the documentary:    • Видео   ↳GR Review:   / 6591810819   34:53 On Photography ↳GR Review:   / 7144461317   36:53 Tips on Reading Non-Fiction ↳My favorite NF books: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list... 44:34 Recommending Blood, Sweat, and Chrome 45:22 Priority TBR for end of the year 47:26 Favorite Tropes 48:42 Netgalley ARC TBR 49:50 Ship of Magic 50:46 Looking for German Translation recs 51:54 Danmei TBR 52:46 Reread TBR 54:18 Surprise secret announcement (ish) 55:30 TAYVIS IS ENGAGED 56:14 Thoughts on The Life of a Showgirl announcement substack: https://jennaclarek.substack.com/ goodreads:   / jennaclare   storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile... website: https://jennaclarek.com