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april 2024

01 - Americana by Luke Healy (5/5) 📙🌈

05 - The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin (3/5) 🎧📘

09 - Weyward by Emilia Hart (3/5) 🅱📘🌈🎯

16 - The Fury by Alex Michaelides (4/5) 🅱📘🎯

22 - Field Guide to the Haunted Forest by Jarod K. Anderson (3/5) 📘

24 - The Unquiet Bones by Loreth Anne White (3/5) 🎧📘🌈

30 - Winter Palace by Dennis Jones (3/5) 📘

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2024 Release TBR

🏳️‍🌈 - queer MC     🇨🇦 - Canadian author    ⭐️ - BIPOC MC 📘 - have an ARC bold - newly added

The Secret History of Bigfoot - John O'Connor (travel/history) - February 6

Ending the Pursuit - Michael Paramo (sociology) - February 8

Tomorrow’s Children - Daniel Polansky (post-apocalypse) - February 27

The Baker and the Bard - Fern Haught (YA cozy fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈- March 5

The Tower - Flora Carr (historical fiction) 📘 - March 5

Parasol Against the Axe - Helen Oyeyemi (literary fiction) ⭐️📘- March 5

Those Beyond the Wall - Micaiah Johnson (science fiction) ⭐️📘 - March 12

The Floating Hotel - Grace Curtis (cozy science fiction) 🏳️‍🌈 - March 19

The Angel of Indian Lake - Stephen Graham Jones (horror) ⭐️ 📘- March 26

This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances - Eric LaRocca (horror) 📘- April 2

Catchpenny - Charlie Huston (science fiction) 📘- April 9

The Proper Thing and Other Stories - Seanan McGuire (fantasy) - May 1

Plain Jane and the Mermaid - Vera Brosgol (YA fantasy) - May 7

Dreadful - Caitlin Rozakis (fantasy) - May 28

Tidal Creatures - Seanan McGuire (contemporary fantasy) - June 4

Echo of Worlds - M.R. Carey (science fiction) - 📘 June 25

Bury Your Gays - Chuck Tingle (horror) 🏳️‍🌈 - July 9

I Was a Teenage Slasher - Stephen Graham Jones (horror) - July 16 📘⭐️

Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop - Emmeline Duncan (cozy mystery) - July 23

The Wordhunter - Stella Sands (mystery) - August 6

The Dollmakers - Lynn Buchanan (fantasy) - August 13 📘

Radiant Sky - Alan Smale (science fiction) - August 27

Buried Deep and Other Stories - Naomi Novik (fantasy/short stories) - September 17

Nightstrider - Sophia Slade (fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈- September 17

The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society - C.M. Waggoner (fantasy) - September 20

Villain - Natalie Zina Walschots (superhero fiction) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 - October 1 suspect this has moved to 2026

The City in Glass - Nghi Vo (fantasy) - October 1

Swordcrossed - Freya Marske (fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈 - October 8

My Kind of Trouble - L.A. Schwartz (romance) - October 8

Shoestring Theory - Mariana Costa (fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈 - October 8

Sorcery and Small Magics - Maiga Doocy (cozy fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈 - October 15

We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord - Garth Nix (middle grade fantasy) 📘 - October 15

The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door - H.G. Parry (fantasy) - October 22

Usurpation - Sue Burke (science fiction) - October 29

The Improvisers - Nicole Glover (historical fantasy) - November 5 ⭐️

Inkworld: the Color of Revenge - Cornelia Funke (middle grade fantasy) - November 12 📘

The Rivals - Jane Pek (mystery) 📘🏳️‍🌈⭐️- December 1 🏳️

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📚Bookish Asks📚

📕 What book has had the biggest impact on your life, and why?

📖Do you prefer physical books or e-books? Why?

💛How do you organize your bookshelves? By genre, author, color, or in a completely unique way?

🔖What quote from a book resonated with you deeply?

🤎Are you a one-book-at-a-time reader, or do you read multiple books simultaneously?

📝What fictional world would you love to visit and explore if given the chance?

💚Which book character do you relate to the most, and why?

📙What’s your favorite genre to read, and do you have any recommendations within that genre?

📑Hardcover, paperback, ebook, or audiobook? Which format do you prefer?

🤍Do you have any reading goals for this year? How are you progressing so far?

💙 What is your favorite book-to-movie adaptation, and why?

📚Do you have a go-to reading spot or do you read everywhere?

❤️Who is your all-time favorite author, and what makes their writing so special to you?

🧾What is the most memorable book ending you’ve ever read? Did it leave you satisfied or wanting more?

💜What book did you initially not enjoy but ended up loving? What changed your perspective?

📗If you could have a conversation with any author, living or deceased, who would it be and what would you ask them?

🖤 Are there any book series that you’ve been meaning to start but haven’t gotten around to yet? Which ones are they?

📔Do you have any bookish rituals or habits that you follow before, during, or after reading a book?

🧡Is there a particular book cover that you find absolutely stunning? Share a picture or describe it!

📘Which classic book or author do you think everyone should read at least once in their lifetime, and why?

[00belle00lovely00]

Do you have any Headcanon for bubba x crafycorn? I have PLENTY

OOOOOOOOOHHHH YESSSS!!!

MORE UNDERRATED SHIPS!!! You've got taste fam, you've got taste.

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Can we all agree this ship deserves to be called Sketchbook? PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE. P L E A S E.

We all thought of it. Nerd x art kid. WE ALL DID.

Honestly, the more you think about it, Bubba and Crafty would pretty much be always hanging out whenever there's anything involving active games. Although they would (kind of rarely) participate, Bubba has never been one to like sports. And Crafty is way too ashamed of messing up in front of the group. So you could think of them as some sort of backing each other up type of way, not like Kickin and Hoppy would, but the feeling is there.

THEIR DATE WOULD BE DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS-

Bubba, although he is great with books, is pretty bad at anything involving drawing. He had never personally done it before, not even as a child, since he had never seen the point of putting so much effort on a piece of paper that would come and go. BUT. IF HE WERE TO BE THE ONE WHO HAD A CRUSH ON CRAFTYCORN FIRST- WELL, MY MAN GOT PRIORITIES.

They would help tutor each other ALL THE TIME. As in like- Crafty being Bubba's art teacher and Bubba being Crafty's history/math/science/etc teacher!

(BIGGER BODIES HEADCANON. NOT KIDS HERE. NUH UH.) You'll remember when in the game's cutouts Pickypiggy mentioned eating both Bubba and later on Craftycorn, right? And how in one of the cutouts Crafty is literally out for blood? WELL FOR THE SAKE OF THIS HEADCANON, IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW.

These two gotta be loving Greek mythology. As a person who loves it, it's the PERFECT combination between art and having a LOT of memory.

They listen to music together, and ironically, Bubba remembers the whole lyrics of her fav.

You'll know Crafty would, in any headcanon of ANY ship, draw her crush. The same would go for Bubba. BUT HERE'S THE TWIST. BUBBA, MY MAN, GOT A WHOLE PLAN BOARD IN HIS ROOM TO FIND OUT HOW TO TREAT HIS GAL. STICKY NOTES AND EVERYTHING.

Live laugh love Craftycorn girl failure.

Ngl, I don't see Craftycorn as much of a shy type of person as everyone treats her to be. She's low in speech, yes, but I'd imagine she'd be able to hang around everyone just as fine. But due to her soft spoken voice, people would always treat her like some sort of shy kid, which sometimes embarrasses her. But Bubba? On the contrary, he would treat her with equal respect and view point as the rest of the group, which eases her a lot.

Musicals? They love it. Documentareis? They love it. Science fiction? They LOVE it.

I'd imagine them having very subtle PDA, nothing too obvious, maybe holding (hands???) but the intention is there.

YALL WANNA HEAR AN AWSOME SCENERIO? HERE'S ONE FOR YOU: TODAY IS CRAFTYCORN'S BIRTHDAY AND DOES ALL THE DECORATIONS HERSELF, THE WHOLE CAKE, EVERYTHING. But EVERYONE forgot so that makes her sad- BUT. B U T. BUBBA IS THE ONLY ONE THAT REMEMEBR SO THEN WE GET WHOLESOME SHIT AND ARGHTRDJKBFGUSAYDTFUSGDFJKASGDGSBDJHDGFBJKSAGDFBAWYETFRAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH...... ahem. My apologies.

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I'm personally more of a Craftycorn x Bobby Bearhug shipper BUT THIS IS VERY GOOD TOO- I LOVE THESE KIND OF SHIPS

WHY ARE THEY SO UNDERRATED.

THEY SHOULDN'T BE UNDERRATED.

[goodmorninglovelies42]

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So this is likely a very unpopular answer because people have strong feelings about kidfic, and I doubt I’ll ever get to this, but sometimes I think about established Roy/Jamie/Keeley finding out Jamie has a surprise kid from his post-Keeley, pre-return to Richmond days (because that was when he was at his most reckless).

Unclear how he finds out. My instinct is to have the mother die, because it makes the plot easier, but that seems unfair to the fictional mother and lightly misogynist.

But I love the idea of Jamie, who is absolutely wonderful with children, but who has such complicated dad feelings, coming to terms with being a dad. Learning to take the best of his mother and ignore the shit from his dad and incorporate it into his own parenting.

I love the idea of Roy, Jamie, and Keeley kind of all freaking out, because this is a huge change, but they know that they love eachother and they’ll make it work. How will Jamie parent, yes, but what are Roy and Keeley’s roles going to be? And how are they going to explain that to the kid.

Mostly I’m just a sucker for family fics and building the family you want, no matter how non traditional or odd it might seem to others.

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🖋️, 🖍️, 🖊️, 📚 , 📘, and 📙, for the Inklings Challenge asks, please?

🖋️Which team are you hoping for?

It'd be fun to get Team Tolkien and complete the set, but I've also got Team Lewis and Team Chesterton ideas that I'm excited about.

🖍️Which of this year's theme/s do you find most challenging/least likely to try and incorporate?

"Warn the sinner" is the only one that I don't have a specific story idea for.

🖊️ If you’ve previously participated, has your preferred team changed? Or would you rather always end up on the same team?

The Team Chesterton genres have changed, which have changed my thoughts about the types of stories I'd write if I wound up on that team.

📚 If you’ve previously participated, have you ever been excited by which team you’ve ended up on?

I was hoping and praying and desperate to get on Team Lewis in 2022 because I was so excited about and so attached to a story idea I spent September developing--only to struggle through several different drafts and finally post a fourth draft that was only, like, a page or two that barely introduced the premise.

📘 If you’ve written multiple stories (finished or not) for the challenges, which is your favourite?

After The True Story, Fable is the most complete story, though I go back and forth about how I feel about the finished project (I'm currently very fond of it). Letters from Athelor might get second place; it remains an extremely intriguing opening, and I loved the story that would have been written. Unfortunately, at this point, I'm so unlikely to actually write it that I stole the name of the nation for a different fictional universe.

📙 If you’ve written multiple stories (finished or not) for the challenges, which is your least favourite?

I'm kind of embarrassed that I posted the unfinished draft of "The Sylph in the Storm" last year, and can't even bring myself to read it.

[just-emis-blog]

ABOUT

Howdy all! Just call me Emi🌺✨. I have been writing fiction and fanfiction since I was about 12 years old. I love stories that have elements of horror, found family, hurt/comfort and comedy, so it is likely you will see some if not all of these aspects in my own works. My goal with this blog is to meet new writer friends and engage in the writing community, as well as forcing myself to stay the course with my small and larger projects because, as I am sure we can all relate to, I have a tendency to procrastinate.

Updated: 10/29/24

Shorties 📘

My works that are 2000 words or less

Rabbit Simon is the last member of his team on a mission gone to hell, all the while he is haunted by their memories, and what got them in the first place.

The Okayest Adventures of Bunny Guy A series of shorts about an overworked and curmudgeonly vigilante and his (mostly) reformed villain boyfriend. Issue 3#

Short Stories 📚

My works that over 2000 words

Searching After being awoken in the middle of the night by the supposedly inactive lighthouse, Anthony Battaglieri thinks nothing of it until the following day, when he finds the small town of Soker is subjected to a mysterious ailment, that only he - as the only one unaffected - can figure out.

Seeing. Believing After a long day of studying at your school's library, you are more than ready to go home. However, things start to go awry, in a way you very much don't expect.

Currently Working On 📖🖋️

TOABG A series of shorts about an overworked and curmudgeonly vigilante and his (mostly) reformed villain boyfriend. Status: Bunny Guy and Plague Master's first meeting

Artificial Bonds Novel length. A sci-fi horror where the two main characters (best friends) are trying to escape a hellish facility, while one of the friend’s has a horrible secret that is slowly being unraveled during the course of their stay. Status: Outline, complete. Word Count, 2867

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Blue = Requests 📘 = Started

One-Shots

• Leon x Reader argue (coworkers) (makeup sex) 🌶️

Drabbles

• N/A

Series

• My Wildflower (Outlined) (On Hold)

• Project Porphyria (Outlined) (On Hold)

• Redfield Reads (Whenever I get inspiration)

All content on this page is fictional and I do not condone the acts I enjoy in a fictional sense. I don't concent to my work being reposted or translated.

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june 2023

09 - She’s Gone by David Bell (3/5) 📘

16 - What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall (4/5) 📘🌈

20 - Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough (1/5) 📘

21 - The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean (3/5) 📘🌈

22 - Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo (3/5) 🎧📘🌈

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Seeing quite a bit of entitlement going around, lovelies. We don't need that in our inboxes. Don't need it on our dash. Shall we try and have some fun?

Fun Friday Asks!

💌 - Send a love letter for a blog.

🖊️ - Ask about part of the writing process

📘 - Ask about a posted fic or AU

🥵 - Send a thot about a fictional character

🥰 - Send some fluff about a fictional character

😈 - Send something a little dark about a fictional character

🎤 - Tell me something good! Anything good that happened recently. All the good vibes.

For the character asks besides my normal Seb and Evans characters, that includes "newer" characters like Jax Teller, Raymond Smith, William Miller, König, Ghost, etc.

Lovelies, feel free to reblog and encourage your readers and followers to play! ❤️

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🎭 THE GREAT GLAVENISEAN THEATER BETA CALL 🎭

It’s here! The time has come! With a complete and polished first draft, I am looking for betas to give reader feedback on TGGT. What I am looking for primarily are thoughts and reactions to the plot, characters, and relationship dynamics, and not line editing/grammatical work.

Before we go any further, here are the basics~

📕genre: speculative fiction in the vein of The Night Circus (fantasy elements in a historical setting) 📗audience: adult 📘wordcount: 94k 📙wip tags: #the great glavenisean theater #tggt excerpt (where you can view writing samples mostly from tag games) 📖summary: 

When Morgan arrives in the infamous City of Spires with his twin sister, the last thing he expects is to be swept up in a glittering world of velvet curtains, beaming lights, and gleaming interdimensional portals in the belly of the stage of the Great Glavenisean Theater. Thank goodness for Zachary, who’s lived his entire life in the rigging and knows the ins and outs of the theater better than anyone—anyone, except maybe Ariel, the ethereal prima donna. But someone—or something—is creeping around the theater causing dissent, and the longer Morgan spends in the theater as their new seamster, the more he suspects that Ariel isn’t of the same plane as the rest of them—that maybe, they came out of the portal one night and have yet to go back.

If you want to see if my writing style is for you, you can read the first chapter of TGGT here, (thank you very much to @theskeletonprior for formatting this!). The version of this chapter in the beta draft has undergone some minor alterations, but it’s nearly identical. The gist of it is all the same. 

Content warnings are available upon request, though I can safely assure you that there is little to nothing in TGGT that would be found outside a PG-13 movie. Gore and explicit sexual content is absent. It is friendly to teen readers, though this book is absolutely adult and not intentionally geared toward a YA audience.

If you’re interested, go ahead and fill out the google form here, and I’ll be in touch with you shortly!

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TGGT taglist 🎭 Ask to be added or removed!: @sentfromwolves​ @cabaretofwords​ @antique-symbolism​ @muddshadow​ @florraisons​ @flowerprose​ @bebewrites​ @hysteriwah​ @the-void-writes​ @carrotblr​ @tananaphone​ @mr-writes​ @monstrousfreedom​ @phantomnations​ @inkingfireplace​ @saphoblin​ @theskeletonprior​ @midnight-and-his-melodiverse​ @perasperaadastrawriting​

[beloved-daydreams]

Folktober2023 Prompt: "Coraline AU" 🚪🍷

An attempt by

Hosted by @jurdannet and @jurdannetrevels

📘 1 400+ words

😎 Characters: Cardan, AU "human" Jude, Jude

✒️ Tags: drunk Cardan, silly, sweet, hallucination (?)

📢 Summary: Cardan finds a mysterious door while drunk and decides to walk in. What he didn’t expect though, is that on the other side he’d end up in the human world, meeting a Jude that grew up there and has no knowledge of Faerie. A silly conversation ensues.

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Cardan had made it past a mysterious door in the palace. He had never seen it before though, maybe he was just so drunk out of his mind that he had imagined it. Yet past the door, there was the human world. Okay. Well now there’s no doubt about it, not only is he drunk, he’s also high off his ass.

The door behind him had disappeared. Now, how to make it back?

As he was quietly freaking out, a girl appeared out of the not so dark shadows of the human world (because of the light pollution) and tapped him on the shoulder.

"Yo, you good?"

The girl looked exactly like Jude, well, aside from not having a missing finger. But somehow he could still feel that this was Jude, not Taryn. She was wearing jean shorts, high boots that ended just under her knees and a huge red and black sweater that had a stylized "Brooklyn" print on the back. She looks like what Jude would’ve looked like had she grown up in the human world away from Faerie, Cardan thinks.

"...Jude?"

At his question, the girl looked surprised.

"Yeah? Sorry. Do we know each other?"

Cardan blinks. The very "overly-human" looking Jude blinks.

"Uh you just seemed really lost there, and it’s late. Oh wait, I know. You must be someone from my school, right? I’m really sorry, I’m bad at memorizing faces and names… Though with how handsome you are, I’m surprised I forgot."

Cardan has no idea how to react or even what to say. Should he even say anything, actually? She looks him up and down, almost scrutinizing his clothes before something seems to click in her brain.

"Ooooh so you’re like, cosplaying, right? Nice. What character?"

Under the streetlights, despite not being his Jude, this Jude is also incredibly lovely and pretty. Oh well. If this is a dream then Cardan will at least enjoy himself, why the heck not. What is she talking about? Cosplay? Cardan digs his mind and remembers his nephew Oak desperately trying to explain to him some human words and terms. He’s pretty sure cosplaying was something like a roleplay.

"Um. I’m Cardan. Cardan Greenbriar from…" He pauses. If he were from a story what would the name of the book even be? "...I suppose The Queen of Swords would be the title." Jude blinks at his peculiar way of phrasing his answer but she shrugs it off. When Cardan had first read Alice in wonderland, Alice seemed to obviously be the Jude of the story. Now, knowing her better, she might actually be the Queen of Hearts. Though swords might fit her better.

The Jude from the human world hums.

"Never heard of it. Sounds like a fantasy type of story though, with like- love, war and betrayal. Lots of frustrating betrayals that end in more wars, then more love."

Cardan laughs awkwardly. Why is she nailing this? This Jude’s fiction literacy must be high, unlike his Jude who’s less interested in books than scheming. She then asks for his real name, in a panic, since he cannot lie on his identity, he asks her to call him by his "cosplay name" whatever the fuck that’s supposed to mean. Hornless Jude laughs at his dedication to the character. Then they walk, she explains how he must sober up so she can lead him home to safety.

"Why don’t you think about your safety first, Jude?"

The girl looks up to the starless sky.

"Hmm. I’ll be fine, I’m familiar with the surroundings. Also…" She punches the air in a couple of swift motions. "I’m trained in MMA! Pretty cool, right?"

Cardan’s confused at whatever those letters mean, unfortunately Jude takes his confusion as disbelief.

"Oh come on, I’m serious! I know it doesn’t look like it because my sweater is hiding my upper body but- Agh. I’ll just show you!"

She takes the sweater off, revealing her abs and firm arms. She was only wearing a sports bra underneath… Cardan is unsure if checking out this Jude would be cheating but he can’t help himself. Satisfied with how the boy looks bewildered, crownless Jude puts her sweater back on.

"See? Anyway. I don’t know what you were smoking but it’s gotten you high as fuck bud. Still can’t remember where you live?"

Cardan shakes his head since he can’t open his mouth to lie. He does remember where he lives with his awesome and hot wife but he’s not sure how to make it back.

"I’ll be fine. There’s no need for you to lead me anywhere, I’ll find my way back once I’m sober."

"Uh-huh. You say that but you were getting high. Alone. In an empty street while cosplaying some ethereal elf prince."

"King now. Not prince."

"Gee, sorry." Very human Jude rolls her eyes with a smile on her lips. She must be thinking that the guy is cringy for committing to the bit so hard. Nonetheless she’s amused by this encounter as well. Cardan looks at her relaxed smile in awe, he wishes he could also make his Jude smile like this. Unfortunately, his Jude is much more difficult and shy with her smiles.

"... And you know, that King has a very amazing wife. Thus the title."

"So the wife is the main character?"

"Mh-hm. She wields a sword and is skilled in the arts of war. And she rose to power in a land where she didn’t belong at first."

Hornless Jude whistles.

"She sounds like a badass."

Now that’s a word Cardan knows. Again, thanks to Oak but this one was way easier to grasp and remember.

"She is."

"Is the King any good then?" She asks half-mockingly, yet her tone is gentle.

Cardan ponders.

"He’s… a great pillow to sleep with."

"Wooow."

"A clever and funny boy."

"Uh-huh. And let me guess: he’s fun at parties?"

"Oh, absolutely. He’s the King of revels."

"So, with a bit of an alcohol problem? It checks out."

"It checks uh- yes?"

Cardan is not sure what checks exactly, all he knows is that the alcohol problem is in fact there and oftentimes, the only way for him to not drink at all in a day is to make a promise to Jude after she scolds him about it. His Jude. Now that he thinks about it, just before he walked through that door wasn’t he drinking again?

A voice rings out in his head. Cardan Cardan Cardan. He looks at crownless Jude and his vision blurs.

The next time he opens his eyes, he’s lying on his bed, probably looking like he’s completely out of it while Jude is calling out for him, slapping his cheeks not so gently and tugging at his clothes. Probably trying to take them off so he can sleep tight.

"Cardan." Jude utters, clearly unimpressed by his sorry state.

"My Jude!" Cardan cries out happily as if he hasn’t seen his wife in days, despite him literally dreaming of her any day she might not be home in his arms. But there she is.

"God. I was gone for only a day and one night, is it really so unbearable to be without me that you absolutely need to get drunk?"

"Ahaha, you have no idea!"

She rolls her eyes, exactly like the Jude in his dreams. My recollections of her are so accurate. Cardan tells himself, proud of his visions and vivid manifestations of her. Needily, he pulls his beautiful wife towards him.

"Come here…" His eyes are sparkling over the haziness, no matter his state, Cardan always lights up at the sight of his wife in front of him. Jude thinks he’s silly but enjoys it nonetheless. Giving up, she joins him.

"You have an alcohol problem, Cardan, please try to cut down on it."

"Yesss anything for you, Queen of swords. But oh- Whenever will you call me by a sweet nickname???"

Jude laughs under her breath at how ridiculously cute her husband is.

"Yes yes hubby. Anything for the King of getting shitfaced."

Cardan snuggles in his wife’s arms and an image of the other Jude flashes in his mind. I’m trained in MMA! Pretty cool, right? It’s a comforting thought to believe that a Jude who would grow up in the human world would also have arms as strong as his Jude. But still, this is truly home and she belongs here. Not anywhere else, not in a world where he wouldn’t have been able to meet her.

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That moment when you realize that this fic is just Cardan bragging about his wife... to his wife from another world 😂 God this is just- well, it’s so very Cardan.

And don’t forget: If you’d like to decrease the amount of my sad girl hours, please consider leaving comments/tags! 💖

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Hear me out on this..... Picky x Bubba x Bobby... (can I get some headcanons of them pls)

OH- POLY RELATIONSHIP HEADCANON. AKUYFGBSOUFGSOUGOWQUIGBEB- OKAY YEY!!!

*cracks knuckles*

I GOTCHU, BESTIE. I GOTCHU!

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is it just me or I'd picture Picky and Bobby being outskirts/country people while Bubba would be a city boy.

These three are the epitome of if one needs something, the other two deliver. For example:

If Pickypiggy is hungry, Bobby would cook while Bubba helps out with reading the recipes' instructions.

If Bobby is feeling rather lonely (due to my latest headcanon saying she has attachment issues), Picky would inquire a picnic date with the three of them while Bubba is going to rambles about the new subject he has been investigating about.

If Bubba is having a hard time trying to solve a math problem, these two dumdums would try to join all their brain cells in trying to help. Which, at the end of the day, didn't help a lot. BUT. It surely owned a very laughs for the elephant.

corny/romance lover x bookworm lover x food lover.

They better have a club talk about their favourite things.

OH. THIS IS A GOOD HEADCANON HEAR ME OUT. Bobby is obviously a sucker for chocolate. It represents valentine, the matter of sweetness, and it's enjoyable to taste. But since Picky is the one in charge of the nutrition and Bubba is the smartass of the entire group, they both gotta be scolding her for her bad habits. She never grows out of it, so it becomes an ongoing shenanigans between the three of them.

Kickin is SHOCKED beyond thought to see Bubba pulling up two girls at the same time before he ever could LMAO.

What their date would be like? The movie theater obviously! There's food, there's corny romance and there's science fiction. THEY ARE GOING THERE IF THEY GET THE CHANCE!

I usually think Picky would be rather dismissive of the thought that she is considered pretty. Not like she is insecure about herself, but rather she has never really thought of herself highly like that. So whenever anyone like Bobby or Bubba compliments her, she usually says "Eeeh, I mean, I guess? But not really." Which THAT. OH THAT. THAT GETS THEIR ATTENTION INSTANTLY. I swear, they'd be taking care of Picky the MINUTE she says that.

Kickin: "NO, SERIOUSLY! What do you see on Wikipedia wanna be?!"

*Bobby and Picky paused, looked at each other and said at the same time*

Bobby: "He knows how to read romantic novels!"

Pickypiggy: "He knows how to cook"

I got a feeling the three of them love fantasy novels. Especially Little Red Riding Hood.

they fr are like: "Sure!" + "meh" + "well theoretically speaking..."

You know what would be funny? If Bobby one day decides to give some Valentine cards to both Bubba and Picky, but the thing is that it's in a poem. So then you got Bubba trying to figure out through re-reading Shakespeare to comprehend whatever the hell this letter is about. And while Picky? Oh, that girl only read the first part, accidentally read something along the lines of "you're so sweet" and came to the conclusion that it was edible paper. So yup. She ate it. The whole thing.

this isn't a headcanon of this ship. But talking about Picky eating stuff, I'm wondering if all the Smiling Critters are bound to be vegan. And if not, oh boy, who are we gonna tell Picky about bacon...

[dearearlyarchaeologists]

my favorite fictional archaeologist 2/? 📘🪛

[turning-pages-seeking-sages]

📖✨ Monthly Reading Wrap-Up

August 2024 Edition

📕 The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett Fantasy/Mystery | ★★★★☆ (4.5/5) A complex mystery unfolds in a world where magic is part of everyday life, forcing detectives to unravel the truth behind a series of high-profile murders. Review: A delightful mix of Attack on Titan, political intrigue unraveled by an autistic Sherlock Holmes-like character and a queer magically-augmented dyslexic sword-wielding sidekick.

📗 The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo Historical Fiction/Fantasy | ★★★★☆ (4.5/5) Set in 19th-century Malaysia, this tale weaves folklore with history as a woman discovers the magical secrets of an ancient spirit. Review: A beautiful tale of grief, love, magic, and myth that kept me thoroughly engaged.

📘 The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell Historical Fiction | ★★☆☆☆ (2/5) This novel explores the violent and turbulent times of England’s Viking invasions through the eyes of a dispossessed nobleman. Review: Uhtred is a Mary Sue and I don't know why more people don't call it out.

📙 Fifth Sun by Camilla Townsend Non-fiction/History | ★★★★★ (5/5) An enlightening account of Aztec history, told from the perspective of the Mexica people themselves, challenging commonly accepted narratives. Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book and plan on reading more historical nonfiction about Ancient Mexico.

📕 Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Contemporary Fiction | ★★★★☆ (4/5) A multi-generational family drama unfolds as siblings discover hidden truths about their mother’s past and inheritance. Review: This book landed a few emotional punches, and I was not prepared.

📗 Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas Horror/Historical Fiction | ★★★★☆ (4/5) In 19th-century Texas, a young healer battles supernatural forces as the undead rise against the living. Review: I enjoyed the historical context of the backdrop but I wish there was more healing magic and horror.

📘 Slewfoot by Brom Horror/Fantasy | ★★★☆☆ (3/5) A Puritan widow in colonial New England makes a pact with a forest spirit to reclaim her land, but dark forces are at play. Review: It had promise but the pacing was off and Abitha made some infuriating choices.

📙 Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson Fantasy | ★★☆☆☆ (2/5) In a world of magical seas, Tress sets out on a perilous journey to save her friend, navigating dangerous waters and an evil sorceress. Review: I tried to read this book at least three times, but it just didn't click with me.

📕 Faerie Tale by Raymond Feist Fantasy | ★★★★☆ (4/5) A family moves into a rural house, only to find themselves entangled in an ancient faerie conflict that threatens their world. Review: Eerie and oddly nostalgic, this book reads more like a movie.

🔮 Reading Challenge Progress:

2024 Book Reading Challenge: 45/52 Progress: 87%

[ninja-muse]

2023 Release TBR

⭐️🏳️‍🌈 - queer rep     🇨🇦 - Canadian author    ⭐️ - BIPOC MC

📘 - have an ARC bold - newly added

Courting Dragons - Jeri Westerson (historical mystery) - January 3

In the Upper Country - Kai Thomas (historical fiction) - January 10 🇨🇦⭐️

On Savage Shores - Caroline Dodds Pennock (history) - January 24 ⭐️

Impossible Histories - Hal Johnson (history) - February 7 📘

Malady of the MInd - Jeffrey A. Lieberman (history/psychology) - February 21 📘

In a Land Without Dogs the Cats Learn to Bark - Jonathan Garfinkel (literary historical fiction) - February 21 📘🇨🇦

Rose/House - Arkady Martine (science fiction) - March

Greymist Fair - Francesca Zappia (YA fantasy) - March 28 📘

The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher - E.M. Anderson (fantasy) - April 21

Death of a Bookseller - Alice Slater (mystery) - April 25 📘

Moorewood Family Rules - HelenKay Dimon (contemporary fiction) - April 25 📘 DNF

The Disenchantment - Celia Bell (historical fiction) - May 16 📘🏳️‍🌈

The Water Outlaws - S.L. Huang (historical fantasy)  - June 20 🏳️‍🌈 ⭐️

The Ghost Theatre - Mat Osman (historical fiction) - June 27 📘

Lines Drawn Across the Globe - Mary C Fuller (history) - July 15

The Haunting Season - ed. Bridget Collins (horror/short stories) - August 1 (Canadian release)

Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon - Wole Talabi (contemporary fantasy) - August 8 ⭐️

Like Every Form of Love - Padma Viswanathan (memoir/true crime) - August 22 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 📘 ⭐️

My Roommate is a Vampire - Jenna Levine (fantasy/romance) - August 29 📘

Dark Lord’s Daughter - Patricia C. Wrede (middle grade fantasy) - September 5 📘 

The Circumference of the World - Lavie Tidhar (slipstream) - September 5 ⭐️

Sleep No More - Seanan McGuire (urban fantasy) - September 9

The Undetectables - Courtney Smyth (urban fantasy) - September 26 🏳️‍🌈

Goth - Lol Tolhurst (cultural history/memoir) - September 26 📘

After the Forest - Kell Woods (historical fantasy) - October 3

Menewood - Nicola Griffith (historical fiction) - October 3 🏳️‍🌈 📘

While Idaho Slept - J. Reuben Appelman (true crime) - October 3

The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport - Samit Basu (science fiction) - October 3📘 ⭐️

Eve - Cat Bohannon (science/history) - October 3 📘

A Stroke of the Pen - Terry Pratchett (fantasy) - October 5

By Any Other Name - Erin Cotter (historical YA) - October 10 🏳️‍🌈📘

Being Ace - Madeline Dyer (YA nonfiction) - October 10 🏳️‍🌈📘

Under the Smokestrewn Sky - A. Deborah Baker (portal fantasy) - October 17

I Love Russia - Elena Kostyuchenko (journalism) - October 17 📘

Lay Them To Rest - Laurah Norton (true crime) - October 17 📘

The Innocent Sleep - Seanan McGuire (urban fantasy) - October 24

Emperor of Rome - Mary Beard (history) - October 24

The Bigfoot Queen - Jennifer Weiner (contemporary fantasy/middle grade) - October 24 📘

A Power Unbound - Freya Marske (historical fantasy) - November 7 🏳️‍🌈

In the Pines - Grace Elizabeth Hale (history) - November 7

All the Hidden Paths - Foz Meadows (fantasy romance) - December 5 🏳️‍🌈

Heartstopper, Vol. 5 - Alice Oseman (YA contemporary fiction) - December 12 🏳️‍🌈

Prescribed Burn - Arkady Martine (science fiction) - date unknown