Stand_in_the_rain's Reading List
10 stories
Float by ToastedBagels
Float
ToastedBagels
  • Reads 27,712,137
  • Votes 613,225
  • Parts 64
It started on Wattpad but now is EVERYWHERE! With a bestselling book by WWBG, a captivating Webcomic on Webtoon, and a film adaptation by Wattpad WEBTOON studios, you can read, scroll, or watch - there's an experience for everyone to dive into Waverly and Blake's journey. ***** In order to fit in during her summer visit to a beachside town, Waverly must take swimming lessons from Blake, the moody (but gorgeous) lifeguard next door. ***** Seventeen-year-old Waverly Lyons is from Alaska. She doesn't do sun. But after her divorced parents can't agree on who gets to have her for the summer, Waverly gets shipped off to Holden, Florida, to spend a couple months with her aunt, Rachel. There's one minor hiccup: Blake Hamilton, Rachel's seventeen-year-old neighbor. He's athletic, outgoing, arrogant, tan, and pretty much Waverly's exact opposite. She's eager to avoid him at all costs, hoping to fit in with the other kids in Holden without drawing too much attention to herself. But when Blake discovers that Waverly has been hiding the rather embarrassing secret that she can't swim, he does the unthinkable: He offers to teach her. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
The Happy Zombie Sunrise Home by NaomiAlderman
The Happy Zombie Sunrise Home
NaomiAlderman
  • Reads 1,368,720
  • Votes 17,863
  • Parts 15
Okie's fifteen. She lives in New York. She's got a few problems: she's failing geography, her dad's a wimp, and her mother, Sumatra, is a stone cold bitch. But things get a lot worse when Sumatra turns into a zombie and eats Okie's dad. Clio, Okie's grandmother, lives in Toronto; but since the zombie apocalypse, Toronto's a lot further away than it used to be. Clio suggests that Okie transport Sumatra across the border, because family is family. But coaching Okie by cellphone isn't easy, and Clio has some zombies of her own to contend with. Luckily she has some garden tools. Naomi Alderman and Margaret Atwood team up for this unusual two-hander. Encompassing love, death, sex, and the meaning of family, The Happy Zombie Sunrise Home will surprise, delight, and convince you of the vital importance of keeping ready supplies of rhubarb and mini-wieners in your freezer at all times. The story unfolds beginning October 24.
Scumhunt by davesprite
Scumhunt
davesprite
  • Reads 4,194
  • Votes 206
  • Parts 14
Rose Harmond and Savannah Greene have been best friends forever (and a half). As seniors in high school, they're pretty sure nothing can break the bond they've had since first grade. That is, until Rose's dad dies unexpectantly, sending her into a slow-spiralling depression that even Savannah's fun-loving and optimistic personality can't pull her out of. As Rose withdraws deeper into herself and away from the ones who love her, she becomes more and more obsessed with the online mafia game called ScumFighters. There, she befriends several quirky online personalities who not only help her cope with the death of her father, but also offer her important life lessons as well. Told through chatlogs and various other forms of media, Scumhunt is a thought-provoking look at friendship, lies, the Internet, and how they can bring people together--or tear them apart.
Year of Oblivion [On Hold] by rockthatrevolution
Year of Oblivion [On Hold]
rockthatrevolution
  • Reads 1,399
  • Votes 36
  • Parts 9
Privileged teenager Jax Shepherd inhabits two worlds. The one called reality is filled with abandonment, indisposition and isolation; her Father left her at a young age, her Mother doesn't care, and her best friend cares more about her next boy toy than anything else. Reduced to a near emotionless state, Jax imagines another world, a post apocalyptic one filled with figures who seem to resemble the ancient Greek Gods. They may seek to help or hurt her as the line between reality and oblivion is blurred in Jax's life, until a new acquaintance appears. A surreal story about abandonment, forgiveness, and finding the capacity within oneself to love
Elysian Fields by rockthatrevolution
Elysian Fields
rockthatrevolution
  • Reads 1,030
  • Votes 49
  • Parts 11
Following a worldwide medical catastrophe, Thomas finds himself heading a makeshift refugee camp at the very place he grew up-- an estate called Elysia. As he copes with survival, memories of his past surface, revealing the root of his, and the world's demise.
Arnzell by Rainbow_Warrior
Arnzell
Rainbow_Warrior
  • Reads 87
  • Votes 3
  • Parts 3
What is the connection between an angel in self-imposed exile, a fiercely loyal protector from the 9th dimension, and a teenager standing precariously at the edge of a cliff? Flick enters an unseen world parallel to her own, ravaged by demons, and through a few unlikely friendships embarks on a journey that will test her courage to the limit.
Loveliest by Dreams_of_Ink
Loveliest
Dreams_of_Ink
  • Reads 581
  • Votes 35
  • Parts 5
Snow White ~ Rose Blanc wants to live. She wants a life outside of soirees and parties, outside of designer labels and manicures. She wants an adventure. She gets what she wants - and then some - when her greedy stepmother plots her disappearance. Thrust into dangerous NYC, she makes friends with seven college dudes, a handsome "Prince Charming," and even the guy hired to get rid of her. Is it all just a dream? Or is Rose about to have the adventure of a lifetime?
L.E.A.P.: Alpha (Being rethought/done) by James_Janzen
L.E.A.P.: Alpha (Being rethought/done)
James_Janzen
  • Reads 15,894
  • Votes 300
  • Parts 13
Note: Please please please do not read this, it is being completely rewritten. Thanks. He awakes in a cold stone room with over thirty other people. They don't remember what happened. Not only that, they don't remember anything else. In a world full of dangers, follow Mark's adventure to regain his identity, unravel a mystery, and to end a disaster. From James_Janzen comes L.E.A.P.: Alpha, the first book in the L.E.A.P. series - and a Science Fiction adventure you won't forget.
Coup D'état *Discontinued by Kissmyoops3
Coup D'état *Discontinued
Kissmyoops3
  • Reads 280,104
  • Votes 5,495
  • Parts 21
Aliens invaded the Earth in 2011. Their intent was not to kill, but to enslave. Eva Moore was apart of the last spaceship sent to Earth to retrieve humans for enslavement. Stripped of everything, she is labeled as a number, 93-11 and assigned to field labor. While Eva struggles to embrace the life she fears she must live, a secret rebellion is going on behind the alien government's watchful eyes. Slaves are plotting protests and riots with hopes of freeing themselves. It's risky business, and Eva wants in. Unfortunately, the leader of the rebellion, Nat Cook (number 94-2), has a strong dislike of Eva and wants no part of her. Chemistry mixes as the two begin to realize that they need each other's help if this revolution is ever going to take action.
A Little More Logical: The Frog Prince by WordsmithsWorkshop
A Little More Logical: The Frog Prince
WordsmithsWorkshop
  • Reads 22,204
  • Votes 252
  • Parts 8
Sometimes you read a fairy tale and, as much as you love it, you have to admit that there are some things that just don't make sense. A Little More Logical: The Frog Prince is an attempt to answer some of the questions that invariably go through your mind when you hear this story. Why is the prince a frog? Why does the princess agree to marry someone who used to be a frog? Why would the prince wanted to marry someone described as selfish and vain regardless of whether or not he's a frog? And what really caused the frog to change, kissing or getting thrown against a wall or beheaded? (Those last two actually are variants of the original tale.)