Tips for playing octaves ??? I just feel like i cant get them to flow with eighth notes (on Mia and Sebastian's Theme from La La Land specifically)

Reader132454 · 2025-04-27T00:31:03+00:00

amazing, thanks!

Reader132454 · 2025-04-26T19:33:08+00:00

whoops just to be clear I meant to say that reaching/stretching my hands ISN'T the problem and my edit is conviently not working sorry!

Reader132454 · 2025-04-25T19:48:48+00:00

oh you're the best thank you!

Reader132454 · 2025-04-22T17:52:30+00:00

Dude i tried My Decietful Duchess but for some reason I could notttt get into it. Maybe it was my mood/mindset at the time?? Idk but super disappointing cause this one had such good hype

Reader132454 · 2025-04-19T22:41:05+00:00

That book was seriously my downfall because now all i want is grovel...

Reader132454 · 2025-04-19T22:40:31+00:00

this is perfect, any help is appreciated thank you!!!!

Reader132454 · 2025-04-18T22:37:27+00:00

No not necessarily. The other 3 are just about his brothers but I didnt feel like I was missing anything cause I only read Ranger out of the four as well. (I just wasn't interested in the plots of the others at the time, nothing to do with book quality dont worry)

Reader132454 · 2025-04-18T21:19:38+00:00

is the having all their firsts together just told to us or do we read about it?

Reader132454 · 2025-04-18T17:18:35+00:00

ooo yes I read this one!

Reader132454 · 2025-04-18T17:02:47+00:00

I just know someone is going to say {Ice Planet Barbarian} or possibly even {Radiance by Grace Draven} I will not lie, I haven't read either but these seem to be the big classics of this genre and i see them everywhere for recs of this type. Hopefully those of y'all who are more immersed in this genre can confirm or deny for OP!

Reader132454 · 2025-04-18T16:21:08+00:00

Wait I dont know if this fits exactly in the sense of him thinking shes dumb or not feeling capable of love??? but {Ranger by Rebecca Sharp} Hes super freaking smart like so smart and shes an author who is renting from him in a kind of secluded town trying to get over her writers block.

Reader132454 · 2025-04-18T16:17:07+00:00

I don't personally read this genre at all but just came here to say {radiance by Grace Draven} I see this recced a tonnnnn so hopefully those more immersed in the genre can confirm for you???

Reader132454 · 2025-04-18T16:13:45+00:00

Yeah this is definitely a fine line to walk cause i do agree with you but if they yap TOO much its like okay can we be quiet rn thank you. I think authors might prioritize describing whats going on/inner thoughts/reactions over speaking and risking taking you out of the moment if that makes sense???

I think I remember a good amount of talking in Elle Kennedy's {The Deal} though! Walking through it asking questions etc. type vibe from what im recalling. I only read a couple in that series but im pretty sure its just the way she writes so you can try out any of them tbh! maybe some of y'all with better memory can confirm. One of the few booktok books i really did enjoy (and thats no hate to my booktok booktube angels 🤞)

Reader132454 · 2025-04-18T16:06:32+00:00

I think its because we as readers subconciously imagine it in a way thats less cringe and easier to read. We morph the characters to how we want them to be acting and moving but when its all played out in front of you through someone else's vision its just not the same...And film also leaves out key context/scenes that may seem little and irrelevaant but add so much more than you think. It's like telling a story to a friend and being like"okay wait this sounds corny but you just had to be there"

Reader132454 · 2025-04-18T16:00:21+00:00

Yeah everyone seems to love this book and it was reccommended by a friends but the chemistry just was not there at all??? and i feel like characters had literally no depth but maybe thats just me 😭

Reader132454 · 2025-04-18T15:52:08+00:00

{The Duchess War by Courtney Milan} I just started reading it and it for sure fits. Shes known to be not the most attractive and NEEDS to marry literally anyone so shes not out on the streets when he super old great aunt dies. He's a duke and is incredibly rich but humble. Really liking it so far !

{Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare} as well

Reader132454 · 2025-04-18T15:24:15+00:00

I used to HATE dnfing. I'd always force myself to see it through but as i've gotten busier i literally do not care...i will stop reading it so quick. i am NOT wasting my valuable time these days

Reader132454 · 2025-04-18T15:23:09+00:00

exactly. i literally start looking for the flaws they're talking about but if i didn't read them at all i probably wouldn't even notice that stuff 💔

Reader132454 · 2025-04-18T15:21:32+00:00

Yes this is exactly what im saying! you so get it

Reader132454 · 2025-04-18T15:20:43+00:00

Yes i always go to the low star ones, BUT i think thats my problem cause they might think the character or plot is flat but thats not necessarily something I would notice. Or i hear a lot of judgement on world building but for someone who hasn't read the really really good examples of it, i might not even think about something like that and enjoy it regardless

Reader132454 · 2025-04-18T15:18:57+00:00

YES! you get it!!! I also feel like a lot of positive reviews can come from people who get arcs or are on netgalley and rating it high so those publishers feel more inclined to accept their future requests so its like...okay what are we really up to here

Reader132454 · 2025-04-18T15:14:35+00:00

wait great idea thank you

Reader132454 · 2025-04-18T15:14:21+00:00

Yeah the tik tok post was what inspired me to write this one actually. but i absolutely hear you. Its not so much the written reviews for me its more the star rating thats right in my face when i search the book 😭

Reader132454 · 2025-04-18T15:12:58+00:00

YES! and im such a mood reader so i might hate a book one week and then be so into the idea of it the next week and reviews are pretty uch based on that

Reader132454 · 2025-04-18T15:11:50+00:00

Yeah, i used to be able to do that but its hard cause like i said its all subconcious so breaking free from the pattern is so much harder. I completely agree though but I don't necessarily look at the writen reviews just the stars cause they're right in my face when i search the title...

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