#Gwen Bristow

[26lettersandmanyjourneys]

06.12.2022

Starting this trilogy today - the books are older and about the American South, so I am both interested and hesitant

[veryslowreader]

The Handsome Road by Gwen Bristow

Orange Is the New Black: "Full Bush, Half Snickers"

[frimleyblogger]

The Mardi Gras Murders

Three murders mar the Mardis Gras in #NewOrleans in this 1932 #CrimeFiction story reissued by @DeanStPress #amreading

A review of The Mardi Gras Murders by Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning Originally published in November 1932 and now reissued by Dean Street Press, The Mardi Gras Murders is the fourth and last crime novel that the journalist pairing of Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning produced. For the taxonomically inclined, it can be viewed as the second of their New Orleans stories, following on from The…

[shefaniquotes]

“I think one of my favorite songs on the record is ‘Rare’ and I think that’s because that song feels so different for me. The subject matter is such a positive, hopeful, happy song, but you can tell that it was born out of pain – so I love that song.”

Marie France Asia, April 2016

“‘Rare’ would probably be one of my all-time favorites. I wrote it in like two hours so that was like crazy to me to think that a song that good was written like magically at that point. That was only written at the end of January.”

PopCrush Nights, March 2016

“This is my favorite song on the new record. It’s for you and Blake.” 

This Is What the Truth Feels Like Tour, Wantagh, NY, July 2016

“This song is super, super important to me.”

This Is What the Truth Feels Like Tour, Bristow, VA, July 2016

“This song is called ‘Rare’. It’s about my favorite person.”

This Is What the Truth Feels Like Tour, Kansas City, MO, August 2016

Q: “Besides your own, what are some songs that have meant the most to you in this past year?”

B: “There’s a song on Gwen’s record called ‘Rare’. I don’t know if you’ve heard that one, but for me it’s like, ‘Wow’. There were several songs that she wrote about all of our stuff… And also ‘Go Ahead and Break My Heart,’ that’s another one that has meant a lot to me.”

BSers Lounge, Oklahoma City, September 2016

Gwen and Blake on Rare, various sources (see also: TIWTTFL, Rare, Splash, Send Me A Picture, MMLY, MMLY and Misery)

[schorschidk]

Verkaufe diese drei Bücher des Autors Gwen Bristow. Am Ufer des Ruhmes Die noble Strasse Tiefer Süden

[uacboo]

https://www.themarysue.com/10-outlander-like-books/

I’ve only listened to one of these and have another saved on my iPod to listen to per @thefullbronte glowing recommendation, but I’m sure you could read/listen to all of them before DG puts out her next book TBH.

[dozydawn]

Celia Garth by Gwen Bristow, 1960. Dust jacket.

[anditjustmadeherkind]

Slytherin females that are sp/so:

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f: https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/129661213592/teen-wolf-victoria-argent-entj ENTJ Enneagram: 8w7 sp/so

f: https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/118867506446/reign-catherine-de-medici-estj  ESTJ Enneagram: 8w7 sp/so

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f: https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/149081706320/the-devil-wears-prada-andrea-sachs-isfj  ISFJ Enneagram Core: 2w1 - sp/so

f: https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/95379442444/the-hunger-games-katniss-everdeen-istj ISTJ Enneagram: 6w5 sp/so

f: https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/178011804867/downton-abbey-gwen-harding-infj INFJ Enneagram: 3w4 sp/so

Slytherin males that are sp/so:

https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/184040126066/green-book-dr-donald-shirley-intj INTJ Enneagram: 3w4 sp/so

https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/178924166657/mega-man-doctor-albert-w-wily-intj INTJ Enneagram: 3w4 sp/so

https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/177486303256/the-lord-of-the-rings-denethor-entj  ENTJ Enneagram: 3w4 sp/so

https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/142907547171/the-greatest-game-ever-played-harry-vardon-istj  ISTJ Enneagram: 3w4 sp/so

https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/126612699729/teen-wolf-jackson-whittemore-istp ISTP Enneagram Core: 3w4 sp/so

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https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/100932055371/official-typing-by-charity-the-mod-functional ESTJ Enneagram: 3w4 sp/so

https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/186961442621/the-godfather-michael-corleone-intj INTJ Enneagram: 8w9 sp/so

https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/180005934177/the-planet-of-the-apes-trilogy-koba-entj ENTJ Enneagram: 8w9 sp/so

https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/142124326609/game-of-thrones-roose-bolton-intj INTJ Enneagram: 8w9 sp/so

https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/128428137663/teen-wolf-gerard-argent-entj ENTJ Enneagram: 8w9 sp/so

https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/115033768617/alias-jack-bristow-entj  ENTJ Enneagram Core: 8w9 sp/so

https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/97152840006/heroes-noah-bennet-estj ESTJ Enneagram: 8w9 sp/so

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https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/188862610362/the-hunger-games-haymitch-abernathy-istp ISTP Enneagram: 5w6 sp/so

https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/178085924259/game-of-thrones-lord-varys-infj  INFJ Enneagram: 5w6 sp/so

https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/141508624842/call-the-midwife-fred-buckle-estp ESTP  Enneagram: 7w6 sp/so

https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/99677658777/gone-with-the-wind-rhett-butler-estp ESTP Enneagram Core: 7w8 sp/so

https://funkymbtifiction.tumblr.com/post/185500701505/game-of-thrones-viserys-targaryn-enfp ENFP Enneagram: 4w3 sp/so

[angsty-nerd]

Kick-Ass Women!

rules: name your top ten favorite female characters from different fandoms, then tag ten people.

Well now. Tagged by @maxortecho

I’ve actually only been in 4 fandoms total, but I’ll give it a shot including things I like that I never did fandom for! Obviously starting with the 4 fandoms.

Liz Ortecho

Rose Tyler

Liz Parker

Hermione Granger

Veronica Mars

Sarah Walker

Sydney Bristow

Buffy Summers

Arya Stark

Gwen Cooper

I am not caught up on Tumblr so I have no idea who has/hasn’t done this, so please! Do as you will!

[onceuponafunko]

Number One Star Trek Discovery Custom Funko

I have always loved the character of Number One ever since I encountered her in Star Trek tie in novels and I can’t wait to see what Discovery does with her.  This uses my standard Sydney Bristow body for Starfleet characters, the texture differences on her pants were done with dark gray.  I used several different colors of gold to get the texture on her tunic along with the yellow.  Her head is Spider-Gwen from the Spider-man Animated Series.

I will take commissions to replicate this funko, please contact privately to discuss price as the market for the figures in which I make these out of can change wildly.  Ask me about my etsy shop.

[cheshirelibrary]

8 Epic Novels About the American Revolution

[via BookBub]

If “the British are coming!” is all you remember from American history class, you might need a refresher. Here are eight Independence Day booksthat tell some epic tales.

Rise to Rebellion by Jeff Shaara

Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes

My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss

Blindspot by Jane Kamensky and Jill Lepore

Celia Garth by Gwen Bristow

The Turncoat by Donna Thorland

[frimleyblogger]

Two And Two Make Twenty-Two

An intriguing piece of American #CrimeFiction rescued from obscurity by @DeanStPress #amreading

A review of Two and Two make Twenty-Two by Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning This is another fascinating murder mystery, originally published in 1932, that has been rescued from obscurity by Dean Street Press. The story is unashamedly American but exhibits many of the features that readers expect from a good old-fashioned British Golden Age detective yarn. The first is the amateur sleuth, Daisy…

[laprimevere]

Get to Know Me Uncomfortably Well


I got tagged by @inkxlenses .  :)  I’m going to leave out the questions I have no answers to.

Name: Rebecca

Birthday: May 5th

Age: 36

Birthplace: Cologne, Germany

Star Sign: Taurus

Ancestry/Ethnicity: German

Height: 167 cm

Favorite Colors: Blue, Purple, Teal

Place you wish you were at: I’m usually where I want to be.  ;)

Most beautiful place you’ve been to: Florence

Dream Trip: I’d really like to re-visit Prague and London some time, perhaps get a chance to see France. It would be interesting to visit Castle Neuschwanstein in Bavaria, but it’s so overrun with tourists...

Average Hours of Sleep: This is a weird question... anything between three and ten - I don’t really have a regular sleep-rhythm.

Number of Siblings: none

Tell me about the last foreign movie you watched in the cinema: I’m not a fan of going to the cinema (the noise, the German dubbing, the endless advertisments, always someone taller sitting in front of me...), so it’s been a while: Disney’s The Lion King back in the ‘90s. It was nice but not a movie I’d care to re-watch because the story was not my cup of tea. Actually, I was never that fond of the celebrated so-called Disney renaissance of the 1990s. If we’re talking Disney I’m either more for the classics like Lady & the Tramp or recent efforts like Maleficent, Tangled or The Jungle Book.

As to movies in general, if I hear about something interesting I usually wait for the DVD-release so that I can watch it in the original language and at peace at home.

Tell me about the last book you’ve read: Murder on the Sugarland Express which is, as the title might let you suspect, a humourous take on the Agatha Christie classic. In non-fiction, I’m currently reading a biography of Catherine the Great. The last non-fiction book I finished was The Emperor’s Private Paradise. Treasures from the Forbidden City about Chinese garden architecture in the 18th century.

Tell me about the last song you listened to: Chasing the Sun by Sara Bareilles. I love her take on harmonies and the flexibility of her voice.

Tell me about the last fanfic you’ve read: That’s a guilty pleasure I’ll keep to myself.  ;)

Favorite type of music: I like a variety of styles: rock, pop, folk, classical, ballet-scores, musicals / showtunes, soundtracks - it depends on my mood and the individual artist. It can be 19th century music, 1940s swing, ‘60s pop or last month’s release, I try anything - therefore I’m going to skip the questions for favourite artists and bands because otherwise we’ll be here all day.

Do you play an instrument? No.

Languages you can fluently speak, read and write (not a language you study): German, English

What song do you want to be played at your funeral? Isn’t that a bit morbid? Seriously, I have no idea - I didn’t even know this was a thing...

Favorite Sports: I used to take ballet lessons as a girl.

Favorite Books: This could take a while...so many books, so little time. I will just try to choose some favourites: Watership Down (Richard Adams), The Crystal Cave / The Hollow Hills / The Last Enchantment (Mary Stewart), Murder Must Advertise (Dorothy Sayers), The Count of Monte Christo (Alexandre Dumas), The Once and Future King (T.H. White), Whom the Gods Love (Kate Ross), The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins), Children of the Night (Mercedes Lackey), The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey), The Jungle Books (Rudyard Kipling), The Ryiria Revelations (Michael J. Sullivan), Kim (Rudyard Kipling), Theatre (William Somerset Maugham), Jubilee Trail (Gwen Bristow), The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller).

Favorite childhood books: Mary Poppins (Pamela Travers), The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett), Pünktchen und Anton (Erich Kästner), The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Graham), Little Women (Louisa M. Alcott), Anne of Green Gables (Lucy Maud Montgomery).

Favorite Movies: I have to choose again!?  :) Oh well... Some Like it Hot, His Girl Friday, The Court Jester, Arsenic and Old Lace, Easter Parade, Fried Green Tomatoes, Watership Down, Pirates of the Caribbean, La Belle et la Bête, Winchester 73, To Catch a Thief, Victor/Victoria, My Man Godfrey, Me and the Colonel - as with music and books, I’m interested in lots of different genres and themes, so choosing favourites is not easy.

Favorite TV Shows: Robin of Sherwood, Boston Legal, The Blacklist, Castle (seasons 1-5), White Collar, The Musketeers (BBC). There are probaly more but this is what comes to mind first.

Favorite Anime: Gundam Wing

Favorite Manga: God Child

Favorite Food: a lot of things but you can’t go wrong with pasta.

Do you have any fitness routine/ diet plans? No

What You’re Wearing Right Now: lots of layers - it’s freezing outside.

Current Number of Followers: 4552. I’m sure there are several dead / abandoned accounts etc. among them but all in all I am amazed at the fact that my crazy collection of pretty pictures interests anyone out there. Thank you!

Number of Blogs you follow: 24. I try not to spend all my time online. ;)

What made you decide to have a tumblr blog: I like the format and it seemed a good way to collect and share beautiful pictures of art, fashion and everything else I’m interested in.

Do you have any other blogs? No. I’m on goodreads, but that’s it.

Describe your personal style: Old-fashioned classic but has to be comfortable. Lots of skirts and flowing materials, high heels. Think 1950′s but thankfully we now have stretch-materials. Jeans and sweaters / shirts when I’m working with kids.

Pets: 5 cats.

Tea or Coffee: neither

Dog-person or Cat-person: Cat-person, obviously. ;)

Introvert or Extrovert: Uhm... a litlle bit of both?

Favorite swear word: Aha, it’s getting personal.  ;)  Shit. Fits every situation.

When was the last time you went to the hospital, and what for? In 1981. It was my birth.  :)

What qualities are you looking for an ideal partner: Someone I can talk to with interests similar to mine. Trust me, that’s not as easy as it sounds.

Famous last words:  “Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?” Fanny Brice 

 I tag: Whoever would like to do this.  :)

[davidarc]

TCL's #6Degrees of Separation for January 6, 2024.

TCL's #6Degrees of Separation for January 6, 2024. From Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin to The Invisible Host by Gwen Bristow & Bruce Manning. Thanks, KateW https://booksaremyfavouriteandbest.com, for my favorite monthly #bookmeme!

From Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin to The Invisible Host by Gwen Bristow & Bruce Manning. This is a monthly link-up hosted by KateW at Books Are My Favourite and Best. Each month a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six other books to form a chain. A book doesn’t need to be connected to all the other books on the list, only to the one next to it in the…

[schorschidk]

Verkaufe diese drei Bücher des Autors Gwen Bristow. Am Ufer des Ruhmes Die noble Strasse Tiefer Süden

[westerhos]

what are some good books to read after finishing outlander?

Hi anon! Check out this post where @thebeautyisme and I recommend post-Outlander reads.

I would also add Destiny, by Sally Beauman. I haven’t had the chance to read it yet, but it seems quite epic (and there is apparently equally epic sex). Maybe some Gwen Bristow as well? Again, I haven’t read her books, but I’ve done some work on her stuff—Celia Garth seemed right up my alley. Neither of these recommendations will have the light sci-fi elements that Outlander has, BUT…

Daphne du Maurier’s historical fiction usually does, and I think they’d really appeal to Outlander fans (they certainly have in my case)! There's a hint of the supernatural in her books. Try: The King’s General, Frenchman’s Creek, Jamaica Inn.

Hope this helps! :)