#Hollie mcnish

[shy-girl04]

A Palestinian man carries an injured protester east of Gaza City. Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images

MAN

why do they speak of

women and children in war

as if the life of a man is worth less;

just the bit they don’t mention

on news report figures

of injured

or missing

or dead?

Hollie McNish

[warlockofagnesi]

We are all magicians here.

[theeunbeecoming]

For you and your incredible face.

[tempogrotto]

“Conversation with an Archaeologist”

he said they’d found a brothel on the dig he did last night I asked him how they know he sighed: a pit of babies’ bones a pit of newborn babies’ bones was how to spot a brothel

[chronically-ghosted]

day before a 5 day holiday weekend. office empty. got me thinking thoughts.

[kittenwivfangs]

Antigone but by Holly McNish ......

[macfrog]

have you ever shared a list of your favorite books? if not, i’d love to hear about what you’re into!

i don't think i have! let's get into it (i'm quite boring, sorry in advance)

i love coming of age stuff, books written for or by women, bonus points if it's weird and twisty and ugly. i like to be haunted by a story after i've finished it, for one reason or another. some that fit into those categories are ;

➵ fen and sisters, both by daisy johnson. this woman is my god. i could (and will) scream about her all day long do not get me started i will become insufferable :)

➵ salt slow by julia armfield. a petting zoo of women who bite. magical realism in all its juicy, icky glory. shout out to formerly feral, but the entire thing is theeee shittttt

➵ chlorine by jade song. menacing, addictive, brutal. couldn't bring myself to love nor hate the main character and that's what made her so brilliant.

➵ normal people by sally rooney. just some real, heart-splitting writing that makes it hurt to be human. what's funny is the show didn't do it for me, but i found the book devastating

➵ slug by hollie mcnish. different vibe to the others on this list, but never fails to make me cry. grief, girlhood, grandmothers and good humor and what's not to love there!!!!

➵ to kill a mockingbird by harper lee. because sometimes i just wanna throw on my overalls and hang from a tire swing in maycomb, ok? it's healing. it's who i am. (comfort book of all time)

i have a reading list as long as my arm, but feel free to stop by with recs, or scream about your own favorites anytime. i love hearing what y’all think .xx

[book--brackets]

Author Stats for BFB

When putting together the Best Fantasy Book polls, I noticed that a lot of authors were popular choices, so I thought I'd do a little post about our most popular authors from ones that are in the list only twice to the most common author we have!

The preliminary round for BFB starts tomorrow!

2 Times

J. R. R. Tolkien

Erin Morgenstern

Cassandra Clare

Eoin Colfer

Terry Pratchett

Laini Taylor

Jim Butcher

Robin Hobb

R. F. Kuang

Samantha Shannon

Shannon Hale

Jonathan Stroud

Seanan McGuire

Enid Blyton

Clive Barker

Alix E. Harrow

Scott Westerfeld

Raymond E. Feist

Wayne Thomas Batson

Xiran Jay Zhao

Lloyd Alexander

Meagan Spooner

Katherine Addison

Christina Henry

Gene Wolfe

N. D. Wilson

Emily Rodda

Jude Watson

Ellen Kushner

Cliff McNish

C. J. Cherryh

Garry Kilworth

3 Times

Rick Riordan

Roald Dahl

Brandon Sanderson

Cornelia Funke

Gail Carson Levine

Garth Nix

T. Kingfisher

Patricia C. Wrede

Robin McKinley

Kieron Gillen

Francis Hardinge

4 Times

Holly Black

V. E. Schwab

Naomi Novik

5 Times

Diana Wynne Jones

6 Times

Tamora Pierce

9 Times

Neil Gaiman

Mercedes Lackey

[autumnhobbit]

“How common, in antiquity, are the fundamental tenets of humanism: that humans—no matter their sex, their place of origin, their class—are all of equal value; and that those who walk in darkness must be brought into light? Not common at all, I would say. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that their fusion was pretty much a one-off.

In other words, secular humanism is just Christianity with nothing upstairs.”

[leonieanderson]

Most people do not like fighting; most people want to invite neighbours round for cake sometimes; most people pick flowers and wrap them in paper when a lover needs more colour in their day; most people in most languages most mornings are mainly talking about breakfast; most people make tea when friends visit; most people want to live; most people want most people to live.

Hollie McNish

[shy-girl04]

Hollie McNish

[tailsbeth-writes]

Thanks for the tag @heybuddy-drabbles!

Last Song: Death of a Party - Blur (I've been listening to the All of Us Strangers Soundtrack a lot)

Favourite Colour: Burnt orange (this changes monthly I'd say 😅)

Last Film/Show: Pride/Drag Race Belgium

Sweet/savoury/spicy: Sweet mostly but a lil spicy

Last Thing I Googled: The address of the house my writing group just booked for a retreat ✒️

Last Book: Completed - Honeybloods by I.S. Belle. Currently reading - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara/The King's Assassin by Benjamin Woolley/Nobody Told Me by Hollie Mcnish (Yes, I'm ridiculous)

Relationship Status: Single

Current Obsessions: Drag Race (I just finished Germany yesterday, watching US & UK Vs The World as they air and I just started Belgium s2 😇), Red, White & Royal Blue and um gender? Figuring myself out has been a journey 😅

Tag you're it: @duchessdepolignaca03 @candyspandemonium @firenati0n @myheartalivewrites @cricketnationrise & open tag as usual 💛

[wortzentriert]

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[hotchbian]

from “slug” by hollie mcnish <3

what is one line of poetry/writing that lives in ur head rent free please share i would like to know 

[clouds-hide-the-stars]

Dandelions by Hollie McNish

when it all seems too much

and I wonder why we’re here

and I think about the sun

and I wonder why it’s there

and my daughter points to space

and the emptiness upsets me

and I lament my lack of god

and I wish that one would find me

and I worry what is out there

and I wonder what the point is

and I panic about death

and I panic it’s all pointless

and I wonder when space stops

and what the fuck we’re on this rock for

I think of strawberries in the summer

firmed ripe and juicy

and how perfectly dandelion seeds

are made to helicopter breezes

procreating across fields

and I remind myself

this is not all about you, hollie

[whenallisquiet]

eating whole carrots, Hollie McNish