THIS IS DEDICATED TO THE MARSHMALLOWS, CELESTE, KATE, NAINIKA, MIRA, JENNIE, (AND ME) FOR BEING SO NICE AND NURTURING AND FOR BEING SO AMAXING. NEW MALLOWS HAVE JOINED BUT THESE ARE THE ORIGINALS. THESE BOOKS WILL CHANGE OVER TIME, THEY ARE NOT SET IN STONE FOREVER. HAPPY NEW YEAR, LAST STORY OF 2020!!!
10. Keeper of the Lost Cities
“No. Absolutely not.” Celeste took the pencil from me and broke it in her hands. “I refuse to put that on the list behind the Great Gatsby. I never got the storyline of Gatsby and Daisy, but KotLC is awesome.”
Jennie kept on nodding in agreement, and she inched closer to Celeste to pick up the shards of my pencil before breaking it again.
“All right, all right, I’ll take it off.” No I wouldn’t. They can say what they want about my choices, that doesn’t mean I’m changing them. I shoved Celeste lightly, and Jennie fake-fell to enunciate the HEINOUS CRIME I COMMITTED BY PUSHING OVER CELESTE. If I’m not allowed to push my friends, I might as well be a criminal.
9. The Great Gatsby
“YOU LIAR!!! YOU SAID YOU WOULD PUT KOTLC BEFORE THIS!!!” Jennie and Celeste spoke almost in tandem, as if they were playing a mega-game of jinx.
“Come on, guys, this is like a classic. It’s one of the most famous American novels, give him a break.” Nainika, obviously the only one to actually have read it, chimed in with a smile. There we had it, team Gatsby and team Foster-Keefe.
8. Beloved
“Have you even read this book?” Mira was always questioning me, always skeptical of my book-nerd omnipotence.
“Eh, I skimmed through it.” This was around the time that Kate chimed in, shoving me right over the log. We were at a campout, toasting some marshmallows while discussing booknerdom. Of course, Kate had read Beloved. She’d read all of the books that we hadn’t.
“Well, why did you include it then?!?!?” Mira was yelling now, as loud as I’d always expected her comments to be IRL.
“Even if I haven’t read it, Toni Morrison is a queen above queens. She’s the Ailee of books.” Mira started cackling the way she always did, but don’t worry, she’s not a dark witch, that’s just how she laughs.
7. One Hundred Years of Solitude
“Ok, I have no objections to this one.” Kate gave me a fist-bump from across the fire.
“See?? Kate’s with me!! This one slaps you right in the face.” None of the other Mallows had read it, but they trusted our combined judgment.
“How’re everyone’s marshmallows?” Mira was already playing around with hers, mushing it into the graham crackers. Mine was burning up, charring just the way I like it.
“Luke, you’re gonna kill us all with that demon monster.” We all laughed, but my marshmallow kept roasting.
6. The Wife
“Ok, is Luke the only one that’s read this one?” Kate nodded, which made everyone gasp in awe. Other than my all-time favorite book of all time, there were only a couple of books that all of us combined hadn’t read.
“Really?? No Anton Chekhov fans?? How dare you?? YOU CALL YOURSELVES WRITERS!?!?!” This was how I was sometimes, fire-monster crazy about the books I loved. They’d gotten used to it by now, they just rolled with it and repented.
5. 1984
As soon as I said the “4”, they all nodded their head and started spouting crazy stuff about “Big Brother” and “Ingsoc”. Ha, the children, they thought that they knew books. WERE THEY FLUENT IN THE ENTIRE LANGUAGE OF NEWSPEAK??? I thought not.
“You people. I took the time to learn all of the languages of Newspeak and I CREATE NEW WORDS EVERY YEAR!!!” Mira started fake-falling backward to be dramatic. Well, it’s true!
4. And Then There Were None
“No. This is not high enough.” Jennie started flying into a full-on rage, smashing her skewer everywhere and yelling about Lawrence Wargrave.
“I adore this book, Jen, you know I do. Howeverrrrrrrr, the other books in front of this are better. I’m so sorry, Agatha Christie.” I prayed to the lords of literature that they would forgive me.
“And Then There Were None is an amazing book. It slaps. IT SLAPS!” Celeste started emphasizing the slaps, slapping her legs as hard as she could.
“I am aware of that. I understand…” I had to keep trying to appease them, and eventually they calmed down a little more, but I was glad to have such faithful Christieites as my friends.
3. War and Peace
“Ohhhhhhhhhh, yes. YES.” Jennie and I were obviously on the same page.
“Did you guys even read this?” I was talking to everyone but Jen.
“...No… too long.” Mira cowered in shame of what she had just uttered. Sure, it was 1600 words, but it was worth it.
“Ugh, are any of you guys even gonna eat your s’mores?” Kate was a s’more enthusiast, with only one motto: Get s’more s’mores. If there’s not enough, get s’more. I was more low-key with my s’mores consumption.
2. Crime and Punishment
“Luke, you’re the only one that’s read this.” Nainika decided not to spare me any pain and just tell it to me straight out.
“What??????!?!?!?!?” I screamed like a deranged parrot. Everyone started laughing, trying to calm me down. How could I be calm when none of my friends had read one of the best books of all time? They don’t know any of the characters, they don’t have a favorite, nothing. Sacrilege, that’s what I call it.
“You are all sacrilegious fools,” I said slowly, trying to let it sink in that they needed to read it in order to get back in my good graces.
“Ugh, come on.” They all threw s’mores at me, and I forgave them. Never hold grudges against your friends, that’s what I’ve learned.
1. Atlas Shrugged
“Ah, yeah, I know, John Galt.” Jennie and Mira had heard it so many times. So. Many. Times. I couldn’t get through a day without saying it.
“It is literally the best book I’ve ever read. I loved it so much.” They were blown to the ground by the gravity of that statement. For a dedicated booknerd, as they all were, the favorite book is not a stamp of approval given lightly.
“Fine. We’ll all read it.” They said that now, but I knew they wouldn’t. Still, one can hope.
Authors Note:
EVERYONE READ THE BOOKS ON THIS LIST. NOW.
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328 comments
heyy could you check out my bio?
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Of course!!
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what do you think?
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I totally agree!! We need to care for our environment, especially when we're all at home burning more fossil fuels.
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yay thank you! you could sign it if you want but if you cant I completely understandd
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Of course I will!!
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THIS IS TOTALLY 1000% AWESOME! XD
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OMG THANKS SO MUCH GINGERRRRRR
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"Mira started cackling the way she always did, but don’t worry, she’s not a dark witch, that’s just how she laughs." Oh, yes. I SMUSH MY (burnt) MARSHMALLOWS BETWEEN THE GRAHAM CRACKERS, TOO!!! "“...No… too long.” Mira cowered in shame of what she had just uttered. Sure, it was 1600 words, but it was worth it." I would legit say that Yeah, you do scream like a deranged parrot when I haven't read any of the books you have....it's hilarious. "“Ah, yeah, I know, John Galt.” Jennie and Mira had heard it so many times. So. Many. Times. I co...
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"...KoTLC is awesome" is the best line you could ever have in a story. BUT YOU FORGOT THE RIORDANVERSE!!!!!!! (The representation! Drama! Action!) AND SCYTHE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (MAKE A PART 2????????????????????)
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Lol I mighttttt
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YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY
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Lol I loved writing thisssssss
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I bet, lol
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I love this so much! You had me by the first few lines, “KotLC is awesome.” A beautiful line, all in its self. Great story and I appreciate all the marshmallows who help with upvoting:)
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Omg thanks so much Luna :D
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FRICK THIS IS SO FRICKIN CREATIVE LOVE THIS
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MaRsHmElLoW PRIDEEEEE! :)
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XD
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Yes yes, I'm a marshmallow:) Funny thought: when marshmallows get stale they get hard on the outside, but they're still soft in the inside. Maybe that's us. We are tough mallows who have cool shells of creativity and don't really like downvoters :p and we are super kind and soft and amazing inside...
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XDXDXDXDXD THAT IS SO TRUEEEEEEEEEE
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IMMA MARSHMALLOW (please?) -Brooke
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OFC!!!
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can I be marshmallow
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Sure!! We don't upvote anymore, but we will spread kindness and cheer.
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IMMA MARSHMALLOW
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You've read War and Peace?? Respect, man, that's cool. Is it good? Light story, I enjoyed it.
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Yeah, I haveeeeee its great
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Creative with a capital C! (I thought I'd try that, but apparently, I don't know who would use that, it doesnt sound very cool!!!!!) Very funny. Great job!!!
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Thanks a ton, Cassia!!
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Of course!!! I read on Brooke D's bio that if you comment IMMA MARSHMALLOW, then you could be one, but I certainly, don't want to intrude!!!!! Really Good!!!!!!! You have so much more creativity than me, I wish I could write like you!
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Of course you can be a marshmallow!! Thanks so much, it takes practice.
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Oh thank you! Could you read my stories "when I come back" and "the chronicles of I DON'T UNDERSTAND"? If you cant thats fine and thank you again!!!
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OFC!!
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Marhmallow comment thread cause Amethyst cant find the other one XD Anyways, lilliana's a mallow YAASSS
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:DDDDDDDDDDDDD
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YASSS SHES FREAKING OUT!!!
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HAPPPYYYYYYYYYY
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https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/contests/75/submissions/48821/ HEHEHE
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Starting another marshmallow thread 'cause....LILLIAN IS OFFICIALLY A MARSHMALLOW :DDDD Here's her profile - https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/author/lillian-brooks/
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OMG YES SHE'S SO NICE I HAPPY!!!!!!!
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Yeah!!!! Also Do y'all wanna secretly upvote amethyst to 1000 to surprise her? I wanna make her feel better. She can't find this comment thread for some reason which is actually perfect!!! I will make another fake comment thread and send her a link to that one, but only if you guys are on board :DD
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Ofc!!!!!
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YESS PLAN INTO ACTIONNN
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She's at 1020
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NEW STORY ALERT BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
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YAYYYYYY
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Nice! I was going to ask if this was based on real events, and all i had to do was scroll, and find the real life embodiements of the characters I had just read about! That was really cool! Well done! I really enjoyed this list, it was lots of fun, and a really appropriate, fitting topic! I could really feel the essence of the story, and hear all the characters voices. It would really help if you could check out one of my stories, if you don't mind! E.
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Thank you so much!! I really enjoyed making it!!
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ok I WILL READ THOSE BOOKS great story! question: how do you become part of the marshmallows? :D
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You put IMMA MARSHMALLOW in your bio, and you tell all of the other members!!! Then we tell you if someone needs upvoting at the moment Celeste, Varsha, Akshaya Sutrave and Nora K. need help. Happy you wanna join!!! The members are named in my bio!!!
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yayyy! also sapphire is a marshmallow, she added it in her bio
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OH YAY!!!!!YOU GUYS SHOULD TELL TGE OTHER MEMBERS!!!!
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do i just comment in a story?
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Yeah, that’ll do it😄
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HEY AMETHYST I WAS THINKING THE MALLOWS SHOULD HAVE A MEETING PLACE AND ME AND CELESTE THOUGHT THAT THIS STORY WOULD BE A HREAT ONE!!!! TELL SAPPHIRE, THIS IS NOW THE MALLOW MEETING PLACE
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yeah celeste managed to recruit me
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okee
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:D
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Lovely story! Unluckily I haven't read a book that was mentioned in the list:/
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Awww, you should read them!!!
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Yeah! I will make sure of that.
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ESPECIALLY ATLAS SHRUGGED
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Okay, sure. Btw what type of book is it?
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It's like kinda philosophical, with a lot of industry stuff, but its amazing. It's real long tho.
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The humor is great! Love it! I also like the all caps parts, they're my faves. That and the bit about war and peace. LOL
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Lol I know I love the caps!!! Thanks you, if I do this again you'll be in it bc you're a marshmallow now!!!
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YAY!
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NEW STORY!!!
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OMG
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:D
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Hi Litlover! I got downvoted:(
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NOOOOOOOOOOOO ALERT THE MALLOWS WE WILL UPVOTE
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Thank you Luke!!!
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NO PROB
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:)!!!
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I got downvoted again Luke:(
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