#3/10 stars

[braywright]

The Crusades by Zoé Oldenbourg: Informative, but Exhausting

The Crusades by Zoe Oldenbourg is a 1966 nonfiction text about the Medieval crusades. And given how beaten up the book was when I first got it and the kind of book store I found it at, I assume this copy was from one of the first couple of printings. I picked it up mostly because my history classes never talked about the crusades. My teachers often hopped directly from the fall of Rome to rise of the Mongols. I figured with my love of history and reading habits, this is would a quick and easy way to learn about the crusades.

I was very wrong.

I bought this book and started reading it in my freshman year of college. I finally finished it two months after graduating college. Let me phrase that a different way. It took me over three years to finish reading this book. Not because the book is incredibly long (though it does manage to squeeze 700 pages in the size of a regular thriller novel) but because it was such a slog to get through.

The prose was detailed but incredibly dry at times. Most of the characters had the same or similar names, which made it nearly impossible to skim through. The writing style also assumes that you have some prior knowledge about the geography of Europe and the Middle East. It will just list place after place after place, accompanied only occasionally by small, blurry, black-and-white maps. The author did include family trees at the back, but they are upside down and awkwardly structured. And given the complex political situation at the time, this made it all very hard to follow who was in control of what area at what time. (Also, the index is completely wrong).

I did enjoy some aspects of reading this book. But they were few and far between. In general, I would advise readers to pick up a modern book or find a documentary crusades. They would likely be easier to follow, or at least more interesting. I will hold onto this book, but only because it is cool to own a book this old, not because I am planning to re-read it.

⭐⭐⭐ 3/10

[caruliaa]

staff still hasn't given me polls, what should i do?

🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪 their moms 69%

🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪 their dads 31%

grace image os i get to look at her

[verc0pa]

now let them have matching bandanas

[superpowerindex]

Secret Note

You may enchant ink that you write with to be invisible to people belonging to certain categories that you decide at the time of writing. For example: Writing something in ink that only morons can’t see.

★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 3/10 Stars  

[formulanni]

just one lap ahead

Taglist: @st-leclerc @rubywingsracing

[courfee]

little poster for the fic Operation Walburga's Arbitrary No Kissing Ever Rule :) 10 things i hate about you, but make it jegulus

[lasats-are-lovely]

When the crazy imperial you left behind on an ice moon actually listened to you about asking questions and became a rebel spy, and it was kinda cute of him so now you gotta address the fact that being “stuck on an ice moon” together might have been a bit gayer than you initially thought...

&

When your giant space cat older brother managed to convince the crazy ISB agent who has been hunting you down for years to defect after one night alone together, and you realize that them being “stuck on an ice moon” was actually a lot gayer than you initially thought...

[remxedmoon]

attack on @startagainaprologue!!!! go follow it neow.

(also greyscale version below the cut. ik this design is in greyscale but i will die without my colors (silly))

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Siffrin plays Disco Elysium AU: Featuring backseat gamer Loop.

[spirkbitch]

genuinely one of the best spirk (or mcspirk) moments and kirk isn’t even there

the whole interaction is literally

Bones (being mean to Spock as usual): hey man you don’t have feelings

Spock (offended): dude you know i have feelings

Bones (but now he feels bad for being mean): *immediately knows he’s taking about his feelings for Jim

[collophora]

Hi there !!! I wanted to let you know your bad batch art is BEAUTIFUL I'm always happy to see it cross my dash!! Your art style is so pretty and I love the way you draw Tech!!

Do you have anymore sketches of Tech we haven't seen yet? No pressure <3!!! Have a lovely day :DD

Oh my that's so sweet thank you! éAè <3 <3 <3 Hughhhhh well since you ask nicely I dug into my wip folder and found a sketch ^^

[cecilyacat]

I just finished season 2 of star trek prodigy and it's just so good you guys!!! Very cohesive story, great character, ties in beautifully with older trek while making those references only when the story benefits from them (plus a couple of easter eggs for us hardcore trekkies that won't distract from the story if you don't get it). Plenty of time for hijinks and humour, lots and lots of heart and - my personal minor favourite point - the adults aren't suddenly incompetent for the sake of giving the kids something to do. God, this season was so well done and I hope hope hope that we get to have a season 3 and beyond

If you like Star Trek or if you like well-done animated kids shows or you know just well-done television in general, please consider watching Prodigy. It's on Netflix and it is so good

[lonestarflight]

[massivementalitynut]

My Anniversary Couple Comm from @avonyxx

[theprogressivesadist]

[lasats-are-lovely]

Nothing can convince me that Kallus didn’t limp back to his bunk after having this absolutely shit fucking day just to lay down like: