#B.R. = before Robin

[frogaroundandfindout]

Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, and Alfred looking for entrances into the cave to find out how the “framer” got in (Nightwing vol 2 #69)

[danny-chase]

Nightwing (1996) #69

Imagine if the batfam just got tired of dealing with timeline changes and starts defining things in terms of eras.

Dick: Hey you remember that place we went to.

Damian: When?

Dick: uh, i think it was A. R. R. (After Red Robin), but B. B. R. (Before Bruce Returned)

Damian: A. D. B. (After Dick was Batman)?

Tim: I think I went there B. S. D. (Before Steph Died)?

Steph: Wait did we go A. C. B. B. (After Cass was Black Bat) or before?

Jason: Don't ask me, thats B. J. S. K. (Before Jason Stopped Killing)

Cass: I don't recall, was this A. P. G. F. (After our Personalities Got Fucked)

Dick: No it was-

Duke: it's the pizza pub on 5th street

*everyone stares*

Duke: what i get bored and rewind my surroundings sometimes

*everyone continues staring*

Duke: ...

Duke: Day shift is lonely oKAY?!

Dick grins at Alfred, shadow covering half his face. There's a cave wall in the background, Dick is dressed as Nightwing. Alfred is half in the panel - it's centered on Dick.

Dick: That was B.R.

Alfred: B.R.?

Dick: Before Robin.

Alfred: Quite, sir.

[collegeburnoutsuperstar]

#tbrbusterchallenge 2021

So back at the beginning of December, as a distraction from college, I decided to finally go through all of the books I own and write out my full physical tbr. This was a bad idea. My current physical tbr is a very very large number (which I am not writing here because it is embarrassing). 

For this year’s #tbrbusterchallenge2021, I’ve picked 41 books, 12 of which I did not get to during last year’s #tbrbusterchallenge [below the cut]. Let’s hope I can put a [small] dent in my ever-growing tbr pile!

Thank you @bookbandit​ for creating and continuing this challenge!

-The Lady of the Lake [Andrzej Sapkowski]

-Season of Storms [Andrzej Sapkowski]

-The Wise Man’s Fear [Patrick Rothfuss]

-Doctor Sleep [Stephen King]

-The Stand [Stephen King]

-Water Music [T.C. Boyle]

-House of Leaves [Mark Z. Danielewski]

-The Silmarillion [J.R.R. Tolkien]

-Blink [Malcolm Gladwell]

-Assassin’s Apprentice [Robin Hobb]

-Royal Assassin [Robin Hobb]

-Assassin’s Quest [Robin Hobb]

-Ship of Magic [Robin Hobb]

-Mad Ship [Robin Hobb]

-Ship of Destiny [Robin Hobb]

-The Island of the Day Before [Umberto Eco]

-The Name of the Rose [Umberto Eco]

-The Black Company [Glenn Cook]

-Pussy, King of the Pirates [Kathy Acker]

-The Library at Mount Char [Scott Hawkins]

-The Dark is Rising [Susan Cooper]

-The Gray King [Susan Cooper]

-Silver on the Tree [Susan Cooper]

-The Iliad and the Odyssey [Homer/Various translators]

-The Phantom of the Opera [Gaston Leroux]

-Peter Pan in Scarlet [Geraldine McCaughrean]

-Henry & June [Anais Nin]

-The Revenant [Michael Punke]

-Never Never [Brianna Shrum]

-Fast Ships, Black Sails [Short Story Collection]

-The Once and Future King [T.H. White]

-Sailing to Sarantium [Guy Gavriel Kay]

-The Book of Pirates [Howard Pyle]

-The Buccaneers of America [Alexander O. Exquemelin]

-Rivers of London [Ben Aaronovitch]

-Under the Black Flag [David Cordingly]

-History of the Buccaneers of America [James Burney]

-Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition [ B.R. Burg]

- The History of Pirates [Angus Konstam]

-Terror of the Spanish Main [Albert Marrin]

[sheepishmastectomy]

hey thanx for tagging me @myriadism

rules: tag 9 people you’d like to know better. (rules 2: ignore me if you don’t care for these things no worries!)

top ten songs i can’t stop listening to:  A R I Z O N A - Freaking Out Seeb, Bastille - Grip Primary, Anda - the open boat (Feat. colde) Casper - Sirenen Casper - Ariel Little Mix - More Than Words DALsoooobin - Katchup PVRIS - You and I Bear's Den - Agape GIRLI - Day Month Second

favourite colour(s): orange! from bright almost highlighter allllll the way down to like hmmm dark pumpkin.

top 3 ships: uhhh right now? alucard/trevor/sypha - castlevania gaalee - naruto lan wangji/wei wuxian - grandmaster of demonic cultivation

lipstick or chapstick: chapstick. i need it. to keep my lips from falling off. but uh. not the brand chapstick. not a fan.

last song: Casper - Lilablau (I'm loving this! A beautiful song for a beautiful color!)

last movie: Christopher Robin (it's on netflix and it turns out I Am Not Immune To Nostalgia,,,)

currently reading: uhhhh a few things? Ariah - B.R. Sanders - not really into this yet. some kind of fantasy with elves? i dont really remember why i bought it but uhhh still at the start Why does he do that - Lundy Bancroft - Saw this recommended a bunch in advice posts and wanted to know. It's very informative. Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters - Jim Mahaffey - Guys... We fuck up a lot with nuclear energy. But the ultimate goal of the book is to show why we should still use it. And tbh it makes some good points about how dumb humans are omg. This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War - Drew Gilpin Faust - idk this was probably recced here on tumblr but it's really fun? Like interesting? I guess? The background info on what it was like to die before the civil war and the culture around it is really fascinating?

Tagging (uh sorry if this is in your notifs and u dont want it to be ; u;) @mousesounds @anonymouslyandrogynous @justhowmanywaffles @omnomnawa @mahoushi-faust

[a-wlw-reads]

Hi tumblr! Since my most popular post by far was this Read Across the United States map, I felt I should stop acting like the US comprises the entire world and make an equivalent map of wlw books for the countries of the world. This list includes novels, anthologies, and memoirs that take place, and often are written by natives of, countries across the world. And again, I need some help filling in the blanks. Some areas of the world I really struggled with, and others I could see were replete with options, but the only lists I found were in the native language (sorry to say I’m a stereotypical monolingual American). 

Afghanistan : Ask, Tell by E.J. Noyes

Argentina : Edge of Glory by Rachel Spangler, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Australia :  The Flywheel by Erin Gough, Amelia Westlake by Erin Gough, A Story of Now by Emily O’Beirne, Points of Departure by Emily O’Beirne, Here’s The Thing by Emily O’Beirne, The Monkey’s Mask by Dorothy Porter, About A Girl by Joanne Horniman, May Day Mine by Verity Croker, Not-So-Straight Sue by Cheyenne Blue, Clancy of the Undertow by Christopher Currie, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Austria : Küss Mich, Libussa by Sophie Strohmeier, Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Bangladesh : Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam

Belgium :  The Princess Deception by Nell Stark, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Botswana :  Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction by Karen Martin and Makhosazana Xaba

Brazil : Tempo ao Tempo by Olívia Pilar, Dia de Domingo by Olívia Pilar, Entre Estantes by Olívia Pilar

Canada : Landing by Emma Donoghue, That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston, The Dirt Chronicles  by Kristyn Dunnion, Tomboy Survival Guide by Ivan Coyote, Gravity by Leanne Lieberman, The Young in One Another’s Arms by Jane Rule, After the Fire by Jane Rule, 96 Hours by Georgia Beers, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

China :  When Fox Is A Thousand by Larissa Lai, Seventh Day of the Seventh Moon by Ken Liu, Red Azalea by Anchee Min, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Cuba :  The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Cyprus :  The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Democratic Republic of the Congo : Everfair by Nisi Shawl

Denmark :  The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Egypt : A Smokeless Flame by Aziza Amador, A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar, Felucca Dreams by Natalie Debrabandere, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

England : Another Life Altogether by Elaine Beale, Disobedience by Naomi Alderman, The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters, Affinity by Sarah Waters, The Night Watch by Sarah Waters, Fingersmith by Sarah Waters, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal by Jeanette Winterson, I Can’t Think Straight by Shamim Sarif, Radio Silence by Alice Oseman, The Dark Victorian series by Elizabeth Watasin, Days of Grace by Catherine Hall, The Daylight Gate by Jeanette Winterson, She Rises by Kate Worsley, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Finland : The City of Woven Streets by Emmi Itäranta, Fair Play by Tove Jansson

France : The Last Nude by Ellis Avery, Last Words From Montmartre by Qiu Miaojin, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Germany : The Music Box by Elaine Atwell, Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943 by Erica Fischer, Snapshots of a Girl by Beldan Sezen, Paper Love by Jae, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Greece : My Best Friend, Maybe by Caela Carter

Hong Kong : Fool for Love by Harper Bliss

India :  Love Bi The Way by Bhaavna Arora, Babyji by Abha Dawesar, Kari by Amruta Patil, Falling Into Place by Sheryn Munir, Out! Stories from the New Queer India by Minal Hajratwala, Facing the Mirror: Lesbian Writing from India by Ashwini Sukthankar, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Iran : If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan, Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis

Ireland : Hood by Emma Donoghue, Stir-Fry by Emma Donoghue, Fionn:  Defence of Ráth Bládhma by Brian O’Sullivan, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Israel : A Small Country About to Vanish by Victoria Avilan, The Rosebush Murders by Ruth Shidlo, Israel/Palestine and the Queer International by Sarah Schulman, Dearest Anne by Judith Katzir, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Italy : Summer Heat by Harper Bliss, Sword of the Gladiatrix by Faith L. Justice

Jamaica : The Other Side of Paradise by Staceyann Chin, Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn, Bliss by Fiona Zedde, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Japan : The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery, A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith, My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Nagata Kabi

Jordan : I Can’t Think Straight by Shamim Sarif

Kenya : Not Yet Uhuru by Dolar Vasani

Kuwait : A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar

Lebanon :  Bareed Mista3jil, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Malawi :  Not Yet Uhuru by Dolar Vasani

Mexico : The Two Mujeres by Sara Levi Calderon, Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders by Alicia Gaspar De Alba, Sor Juana’s Second Dream by Alicia Gaspar De Alba, 24/7 by Yolanda Wallace, Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Monaco : The Princess and the Prix by Nell Stark

Nigeria : Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

New Zealand : Tahuri by Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Dare Truth or Promise by Paula Boock, The Shattering by Karen Healey, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Norway : The Four Winds by Gerd Brantenberg, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Pakistan : Nightingale by Andrea Bramhall

Palestine : Israel/Palestine and the Queer International by Sarah Schulman

Peru : The Copper Egg by Catherine Friend

Philippines : Before the Rain: A Memoir of Love and Revolution by Luisita Lopez Torregrosa, Don’t Tell My Mother by Brigitte Bautista, Women Loving: Stories & A Play by Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz

Portugal : Seasons of Love by Harper Bliss

Russia : Sophia Parnok: The Life and Work of Russia’s Sappho by Diana Lewis Burgin, Love in Revolution by B.R. Collins, The Revolution of Marina M. by Janet Fitch

Saudi Arabia : The Others by Seba al-Herz

Scotland : Valhalla by Ari Bach, Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron, Once the Clouds Have Gone by K.E. Payne, Four Steps by Wendy Hudson, The Crazy Jig: Gay and Lesbian Writing from Scotland by Joanne Winning

Slovenia : The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

South Africa : The World Unseen by Shamim Sarif, Black Bull, Ancestors and Me: My Life As a Lesbian Sangoma by Nkunzi Kandile Nkabinde, The Invisible Ghetto: Lesbian and Gay Writing from South Africa by Matthew Krouse, Kaleidoscope Song by Fox Benwell, Porcupine by Jane Bennett, Reclaiming the L-Word: Sappho’s Daughters Out in Africa by Alleyn Diesel, Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction by Karen Martin and Makhosazana Xaba, Not Yet Uhuru by Dolar Vasani, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Spain : The Spanish Pearl by Catherine Friend, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Sri Lanka : The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Syria : Cinnamon by Samar Yazbek

Taiwan : Last Words from Montmartre by Qiu Miaojin

Tanzania : Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction by Karen Martin and Makhosazana Xaba, Not Yet Uhuru by Dolar Vasani

Thailand : The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

Trinidad : The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

Uganda :  Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction by Karen Martin and Makhosazana Xaba, Not Yet Uhuru by Dolar Vasani

United States

Uruguay : The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle

US Virgin Islands : Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender

Wales : Poppy Jenkins by Clare Ashton

Zambia : Not Yet Uhuru by Dolar Vasani,

Zimbabwe :  Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction by Karen Martin and Makhosazana Xaba, Not Yet Uhuru by Dolar Vasani