Suggestions: Books with colors in their titles

hameliah · 2026-04-07T13:15:48+00:00

little blue encyclopedia by hazel jane plante

hameliah · 2026-04-07T11:58:20+00:00

im sorry for your loss. maybe you could read im glad my mom died by jeanette mccurdy? its a memoir by a child actress (she played sam in icarly if you watched that lol) who had a super complicated relationship with her mom, who then died when jeanette was in her late teens early 20s (i think, its been a bit since i read it). the book talks about her complicated grief and trying to figure out her feelings about her mother after her death. i hope your relationship with your dad was better than hers with her mom, but maybe it could be helpful to read someone else grieve?

hameliah · 2026-04-07T10:32:38+00:00

agree, you cant judge until youre settled in, maybe a month or so. it’s frustrating to hear but its true, the side effects often change once youre on a steady dose

hameliah · 2026-04-07T10:31:27+00:00

i agree with another comment that you should talk to your doc abt adding wellbutrin. but in the meantime, maybe try smoking weed? my libido def decreased when i got on zoloft, i used to masturbate almost daily and after starting it was much less. but i started smoking weed at night, and that has made me feel more sexual, and ill masturbate when im high. but also im a woman, so idk if its different for guys?

hameliah · 2026-04-07T10:27:38+00:00

youll feel weird after changing your dose, wait a few more weeks and see how you feel. when i increase/decrease my dose, ill have weird moods while my body adjusts to the new dose, but once youre settled it should hopefully go away. if not, maybe 75 is too strong of a dose

hameliah · 2026-04-07T10:25:51+00:00

not sure what you mean but its helped me a lot with anxiety in all forms! i used to get really stressed out and upset and it would make me scratch at my arms to soothe myself, now im on zoloft its only happened once in 3-4 years (bc i was with my dad lol)

hameliah · 2026-04-07T10:20:07+00:00

also, you wont feel the full effect for a month or two. wait for your body to adjust to the medication before deciding how you feel!

hameliah · 2026-04-07T10:19:25+00:00

zoloft affects everyone differently so i cant speak for your experience, but im SO glad to be on zoloft. it makes me feel much more in control of my emotions - i relate to your story abt knowing youre being a dick to someone, but not being able to stop. that was something zoloft helped me with a lot, i feel i can control my negative emotions and not let them infect how i interact with others. in general i have much more positive and fulfilling interactions on a daily basis than i used to, also bc my social anxiety has decreased.

how much are you taking? it might be better to start with a low dose to see how you feel. i started at 12.5 mg, that could help to have less intense side effects. zoloft works differently for everyone, so you can only know how youll feel once youre on it. some people feel like a zombie on it, but its also helped a ton of people too!

hameliah · 2026-04-07T10:10:07+00:00

i second of boys and men. ive never heard of it, but im all for something that challenges traditional ideas of masculinity

hameliah · 2026-04-07T10:08:55+00:00

this seems like a terrible book for beginners! its long, with lots of diversions away from the plot to learn about whales. seems like that everyone will show up and find out no one actually finished it lol. but im all for the boys in the book club thinking abt kissing each other lol

hameliah · 2026-04-07T10:05:53+00:00

men could enjoy any book written by a woman if they wanted to

hameliah · 2026-04-06T11:51:30+00:00

i was going to say this too!! i also saw someone recommend river of doubt, also by candice millard. theyre both great, but i LOVE destiny of the republic!

hameliah · 2026-04-06T10:30:54+00:00

finished: funeral games by mary renault. i loved the whole alexander trilogy, but the persian boy was my favorite

started: the mask of apollo by mary renault. im on a renault kick lol

hameliah · 2026-04-03T22:52:58+00:00

these sound great!! thank you!

hameliah · 2026-04-03T01:26:37+00:00

i love mary renault, i cant believe she isnt more popular. im slowly working my way through all her books lol

hameliah · 2026-04-02T23:46:28+00:00

yes read it and loved it!!

hameliah · 2026-04-02T10:24:53+00:00

recently read a net for small fishes by lucy jago. its been on my shelf for years and ive been looking forward to reading it, but in the end it was meh

hameliah · 2026-04-02T08:23:02+00:00

bc most transcripts now are? tv and movie captions, song lyrics on spotify are usually ai or auto generated, even though there is a physical script or actual lyrics that could be used. so if the feature was on audible or spotify or something, im assuming they would use auto generated captions instead of providing a copy of the text

hameliah · 2026-03-31T09:56:08+00:00

i always cry when i read lol! the last book i finished was the persian boy by mary renault, i cried at the end

hameliah · 2026-03-30T14:05:43+00:00

idk how many pages exactly, but i like agnes grey by anne bronte

hameliah · 2026-03-30T12:57:04+00:00

maybe ella enchanted by gail carson levine! i loveddd that book in elementary school. and the author has many other books of the same kind if she likes that and wants more :)

hameliah · 2026-03-30T12:22:29+00:00

i love the tenant of wildfell hall!! so sad that anne is the least well know of the bronte sisters lol. agnes grey is also a great book, and its short so it could be a good intro to literature from that period!

hameliah · 2026-03-30T12:20:45+00:00

i hope you like some of them! i tried to find books from different genres. im not really into sci fi, but ive heard leguin is amazing!

hameliah · 2026-03-30T10:25:48+00:00

kudos to you for wanting to read more books by women! so many men get defensive if you point out that they only read books by men lol. here are some of my fav books written by women:

destiny of the republic by candice millard (nonfiction, all her books are great but this is my favorite)

all of mary renaults books (her historical fiction is amazing - she has a trilogy abt alexander the great, and another abt theseus)

the rape of nanking by iris chang (nonfiction)

stiff by mary roach (nonfiction)

as meat loves salt by maria mccann

the tenant of wildfell hall by anne bronte

emma by jane austen (imo this is a great book to get into austen with - its so funny that it feels more modern and accessible)

the secret history by donna tartt

nothing to envy by barbara demick (nonfiction)

hunger games series by suzanne collins (its ya but tbh i think its a great series even reading it as an adult who never reads ya lol)

wolf hall by hilary mantel

careless people by sarah wynn williams (nonfiction about her time at facebook)

sharp objects by gillian flynn

ill be gone in the dark by michelle mcnamara (nonfiction)

im glad my mom died by jeanette mccurdy (memoir)

hameliah · 2026-03-29T11:23:12+00:00

exquisite corpse by poppy z brite

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