tagged weeks ago by dear @thesumdancekid, @broadwayfreak5357, and @cowherderess in overlapping tag games so i’m combining them! Thank you for tagging me friends 🫶
last song: The Trouble with Wanting by Joy Williams (a Ted/Rebecca song btw)
last film: Batman (1989) because my fiancé and I are watching all the Batman movies and listening to the Newcomers podcast. I too am a newcomer, and I enjoyed it! But his suit was So stiff omg
currently reading: started The Witches of Bone Hill by Ava Morgyn. The vibes are great so far.
currently watching: caught a couple Friends episodes on TBS yesterday for the first time in ages and enjoyed them so much. I'll be sticking with that for the moment.
three ships: Ted/Rebecca, Castle/Beckett, Luke/Lorelai
favorite color: maroon, orange, light pink
first ship: in terms of actively engaging in fandom and feeling unhinged and what not, Booth and Brennan of Bones
relationship status: in a relationship
currently consuming: a non-dairy milkshake from shake shack
tagging @imlorelai @talldecafcappuccino @mrgaretcarter @kittensittin @waddingham @ohtendril and @thesumdancekid @broadwayfreak5357 @cowherderess cause it's been so long maybe your answers will be different!
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Welcome to my blog
I might split this into separate posts once I become more proficient in tumblr but here goes:
Hi. I'm Lily. Please don't be the bad kind of weirdo in my comments and reblogs. Please feel free to be the good kind of weirdo. I am. I think most of us here are.
Featured character of the month: Carlotta Contreras (Miraculous Ladybug oc)
OC of the week: Amanda "Mandi" Leaford (Ever After High oc)
Fandoms I'm having brainrot for: Hatchetfield, Yaelokre/Meadowlark, Sanders Sides
Characters I'm having brainrot for: Pokotho, Coda'al (OC), Wiggog Y'Rath, Eddie Chiplucky (Hatchetfield), Literally the entire Lark and all the Harkers (Yaelokre/Meadowlark), Janus (Sanders Sides)
Fandoms I'll roleplay as and characters I'll roleplay from them:
Ever After High: Bianca Hearts (oc), Flori (oc), Lavendre Setsorciere D'Lilas (oc), Seth Setsorciere D'Lilas (oc), Amelia Volpe (oc), Belladonna Turm (oc), Amanda Leaford (oc), Sandra Fireball (oc), Catarino Gatto (oc), Ulysses Fierce (oc), Porter L'duc (oc)
D&D (due to the nature of the game they're all ocs): Celia, Aquamarine, Kaiden Windriver, Aelar Holimion, G'eldonia Salein, Megan Wren, Rowan Goldleaf, Tre (with the poofy hair), Jamira, Cassian Liadon, De-See Akachissa, Lamina, Ysabeaux Borges, Eliana Dawsama, Cruz Alkibrit, Worth Chaval
Undertale: Undyne, Mettaton
Delta Rune: Kris, Ralsei, Lancer
Doki Doki Literature Club: Monika
Pokemon Go: Blanche
Sanders Sides: All sides in interps of canon, plus: Leon Schneider (au of Logan) Ramses XII (au of Roman), Lycanthrope! Patton Sanders (au), Valentin Stadler (au of Virgil), Fae/Iguana! Roman Sanders (au), Fae/Gecko!Patton De Cartier (au), Fae/Box Turtle! Virgil Hemshade (au), Fae/Boa Constrictor! Prince Logan De Serpens (au) Fae/King Cobra! King Janus De Serpens, Tomezinho (au of Thomas), Seu Logan (au), Emilia! Roman (au), Tio Patton (au), Tio Virgil (au), Cobrinha (au of Janus), Saci! Remus (au), Emilie, Viscount of Picanosa (au of Dr. Picani), Tom Kirk (au of Thomas), L'gn Spock (au of Logan), Kirumi Uhura (au of Roman), Lev Chekov (au of Patton), Virgil McCoy (au), Naomi Sulu (au of Janus), Remus Scott (au), Elliot Walker (oc), Ava Watershed (oc), Verity (oc), Celeste (oc), Agatha (oc), Persephone (oc), Jane (oc)
Dance Central: Dare, Oblio
Just Dance: The Traveler, Mihaly, Jack Rose
Good Omens: Aziraphale, Crowley, Anathema Device, Beelzebub, Sercon (au of Aziraphale), Raphael (au of Crowley), Bee Moschella (au of Beelzebub), Seth Devall (au of Satan), Gabe Vanderskye (au of Gabriel), Tony MacAleister (au of Crowley), 'El Villalba (au of Muriel), Zed Vega (au of Aziraphale)
Encanto: Isabela, Dolores, Mirabel
SIX! The Musical: Aragon, Parr
Umbrella Academy (Netflix show, I haven't read the comics): Klaus, Ben, Viktor
Miraculous Ladybug: Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Adrien Agreste, Gabriel Agreste, Teen! Gabi Grassete (au), Teen! Emilie Graham De Vanily (au), Teen! Nathalie Sancouer (au), Baynard Travers (oc), Carlotta Contreras (oc), Luis Contreras (oc)
Descendants: Willamine Sanderson (oc), Jesse Hook (oc), Bianca-Rose of Hearts (oc), Mary-Gwen (oc)
Avatarverse (ATLA/TLOK/COTA): Aang, Zuko, Kyoshi, Akane (oc), Huilang (oc), Lee (oc)
The Sims 4: Caleb Vatore, Lilith Vatore, Morgyn Ember, L. Faba, Simeon Silversweater
CATS! (The musical): Munkustrap, Rum Tum Tugger, Mr. Mistoffelees
The Summoner: Fletcher Wulf/Raleigh
MCU: Loki, Thor
Random books I read for class in high school: Prince Prospero (Masque of the Red Death) Red Death (Masque of the Red Death), Nick Carraway (The Great Gatsby) Reverend Hale (The Crucible), Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing), Banquo (Macbeth), Tiresias (Greek Mythology/Oedipus Rex), Creature/Adam (Frankenstein), Algernon Moncrieff (The Importance of Being Earnest)
Monster High: Scarlett Death (OC), Luano Lobi (OC), Coda'al (OC)
Nonfandom ocs and stuff from my wips: Blaise Mirren, Laura Vasquez, Joan Doe/Guo Xian, Crocus Carvidge, Andrew Anure, Calliope Rookwood, Felix Ortega, Saoirse, Makiese, Helene, Cato Caelius Cicerinus, Fujisaki Kei, Raven, Robin, Wren, The Knights of the Fungal Order
Synpaths:
Primary Synpaths: Janus (Sanders Sides), Roman (Sanders Sides), Logan (Sanders Sides), Aaron Burr (Hamilton), Jaskier (The Witcher (the Netflix show because I haven't read the books or played the games and I hear he's different), Algernon Moncrieff (The Importance Of Being Earnest)
Secondary Synpaths: Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender (the cartoon)), Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender (the cartoon)), Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter (no I don't support she-who-I-won't-bother-to-name)), Belle (Beauty and the Beast (the 1991 Disney cartoon)), Michele Santana (3%), Juliana Crain (The Man in the High Castle(the Amazon Prime show, I haven't read the book)), Nick Carraway (The Great Gatsby) Reverend Hale (The Crucible), Isabela Madrigal (Encanto), Kris Dreemurr (delta rune)
I'm on the fence about these: Avatar Kyoshi (Chronicles of the Avatar), Lancer (delta rune), Emily Ostergaard (Women Playing Hamlet), Bilbo Baggins (The Hobbit (I haven't read Lord of the Rings)), Hannah Foster (Hatchetfield)
Please feel free to comment, message, or AMA if anything I listed sounds interesting to you!
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Resurrection Girls by Ava Morgyn
"'My heart has never been so full and so empty at the same time. I didn't know the human heart could do that, but it can. It can hold two things at once, like two hands.'"
Year Read: 2019
Rating: 3/5
Context: I received a free e-copy through NetGalley from the publishers at Albert Whitman & Company. Trigger warnings: death/child death, suicide attempt, drowning, addiction, overdose, (underage) drug/alcohol abuse, grief, threats, hospitals.
About: When Olivia's little brother drowned in their backyard pool three years ago, her world stopped. Her father stays late every night at work, and her mother has descended into a haze of prescription drugs. It isn't until the Hallas women move in across the street that things change. Kara is the first person to attempt to draw Olivia back into the world of the living. She has a strange hobby of writing letters to men on death row, and Olivia joins her. They call themselves the Resurrection Girls. But the Hallas women are not as they appear, and a shadow looms over Kara, her mother, and her grandmother--a shadow that Olivia knows all too well.
Thoughts: This is a strange and enjoyable novel, and while I didn't love it, I've never read anything else quite like it either, and I'm prone to recommending books on that alone. Its strongest aspect is the unflinching way that it looks at grief after the death of a child and how each of Olivia's family members deals (or fails to deal) with that loss. It's difficult to read about characters who are in so much pain, so if you know that isn't for you, it's better to pass on this book. Their grief is the theme at the heart of the novel, the rest of the plot merely orbiting around it.
And that may be the main issue with Resurrection Girls: the rest of the plot feels like an afterthought. The Hallas women remind me a little of the Hempstocks in a Neil Gaiman book; they're probably witches, but you can only tell if you're looking at them sideways. The magical aspect of the novel is interesting--maybe more interesting than anything else that's happening--but it's under-developed. By the time it comes into play near the end of the book, there's too much weirdness in too short a time without enough explanation. But then, some readers like questions unanswered. I'm even one of them at times, but I wanted I little more to go on earlier in the novel and a little more development of the supernatural aspects at the end. The two sides never quite come together as well as they could.
The characters are fine. Olivia is largely characterized by grief, both hers and her parents’. Lacking other coping mechanisms, she often turns to drugs or sneaking her mom's pills. Her character development overall is good, though, in facing her role in her brother’s death and getting her family members to do the same. I enjoy stories about toxic girl friendships, but Kara is a shadow compared to others of her kind, the Alaska Youngs and Astrid Thorntons of YA fiction. It's never really clear what sets her apart from other rebellious teenagers, and the magical charisma she has works better on the characters than the reader. (There's also a fairly pointless love triangle, if that's a red flag for anyone.) All things considered, it's a fine debut novel. I wouldn’t have reservations about picking up another of Morgyn's books to see how her talent develops.
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New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (March 2nd, 2021)
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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!
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New Standalones/First in a Series:
Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi
Once Upon a Quinceañera by Monica Gomez-Hira
Bones of a Saint by Grant Farley
Follow Your Arrow by Jessica Verdi
The Bright & The Pale by Jessica Rubinkowski
The Castle School (For Troubled Girls) by Alyssa Sheinmel
I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre
Home is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo
Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft
The Stolen Kingdom by Jillian Boehme
The Secret Life of Kitty Granger by G.D. Falksen
The Lake by Natasha Preston
The Salt in Our Blood by Ava Morgyn
New Sequels:
Good Girl, Bad blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #2) by Holly Jackson
Infinity Reaper (Infinity Cycle #2) by Adam Silvera
Dark Stars (Dark Stars #3) by Danielle Rollins
Chain of Iron (The Last Hours #2) by Cassandra Clare
The Queen’s Secret (The Queen’s Secret #2) by Melissa de la Cruz
Phoenix Flame (Havenfall #2) by Sara Holland
Red Tigress (Blood Heir Trilogy #3) by Amélie Wen Zhao
Covet (Crave #3) by Tracy Wolff
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Happy reading!
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