#Karl Geary

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NADJA (1994) dir. Michael Almereyda After the death of Count Dracula, his daughter Nadja and her familiar Renfield arrive in New York to burn it his corpse, hoping this ritual will free her from her own vampiric curse, but then Nadja gets sidetracked when she meets a lost soul in a bar. Lucy is not a vampire, but she too is suffering from ennui – bored by her life and her relationship with husband Jim. Meanwhile, Jim is bailing his uncle, Van Helsing, out of jail: after learning of the disappearance of the Count's corpse, he enlists his nephew in his quest to destroy any trace of any vampire still left in the city. As the plot develops, Nadja visits her sickly brother, Edgar, who’s being looked after by a nurse called Cassandra. Van Helsing and Jim’s quest to seek out Dracula’s descendants also leads them to Edgar, bringing the two halves of the story together... (link in title)

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Hamlet (2000)

Summary: Claudius (Kyle McLachlan) kills his brother (Sam Shephard), the Denmark Corporation CEO (or "king"). Hamlet seeks to avenge him.

Squarely turn-of-the-century but still decent. Modern setting and retention of Shakespeare dialogue was evidently a winning combination.

Rating: 3.5/5

Photo credit: The Sundae

[sungleams]

“I wouldn’t worry about it, true doesn’t care if you believe in it or not.”-Juno Loves Legs by Karl Geary

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[Juno ama Gambelunghe][Karl Geary]

"Juno ama Gambelunghe" racconta di due adolescenti che tutti considerano due piccoli delinquenti. Entrambi trovano la salvezza l'una nell'altro.

Nella Dublino degli anni Ottanta, Juno è una dodicenne ribelle, aggressiva, e soprattutto sola. Figlia di una sarta e di un meccanico improvvisato, troppo povera persino per quelle strade squallide, trova comprensione e tenerezza soltanto in un coetaneo, Seán, detto Gambelunghe, anch’egli emarginato, ma per ragioni opposte: è tormentato dai compagni, ma anche dagli educatori, incarnati dalle…

[steelycunt]

hiiiii…. do you have any book recommendations? i think we have similar taste :)

hi! yeah! i definitely have some recs, although they’ll all be books i’ve talked about on here before so they probably won’t be very new for anyone who’s been following me for a while 😭 not sure what you’re after specifically but this is just everything i’ve enjoyed! anything with as asterisk is a special favourite : ^ )

books ive read this year:

(fiction)

boulder* - eva baltasar: very short read but baltasar’s prose is 2 die for! second in a trilogy but im pretty sure they can all be read as standalones. also nice to see fiction that treats lesbians as seriously as piles and piles of arty litfic treat gay men rather than the clipart cover of two women with a title like ‘Jemima Mulligan Is So Done 🤣’ that comes up when you search lesbian fiction now.

all quiet on the western front* (+ the way back/the road back) - erich maria remarque: only classic im going to mention (i could talk about james baldwin all day) but this is my favourite book i’ve read this year! and my only five star fiction read so far this year. absolutely heartbreaking!! and if you enjoy it i would say it’s worth reading the sequel, the way back.

hangman - maya binyam: read this recently and honestly think it’s quite a marmite book i think you’ll either enjoy the absurdity of it or find it deeply irritating almost straight away but. i thought it was wonderfully disorientating + not too long that the style started to grate on me + an great postcolonial work

we need to talk about kevin* - lionel shriver: such a terrifyingly good book omg. prose is a bit dense which at least i found a bit daunting at first but it’s soo intricate and absorbing and horrific.

penance* (+ boy parts) - eliza clark: was honestly a bit surprised to like this as much as i did my expectations were pretty low but i thought it was a genuinely excellent depiction of modern teenagers + the way they use social media (i have never seen it done so well) + the intricacies of the dynamics between young girls against the backdrop of ‘true’ crime. if you like it you’ll probably also enjoy boy parts so i recommend that too!

antarctica + walk the blue fields - claire keegan: keegan is imo one of the best storytellers writing today and these two short story collections by her were wonderful this year! my favourite of her work is foster but since there are multiple stories in these collections id say they’re the best place to start!

my work - olga ravn: quite experimental in terms of style there’s a lot of prose spliced with prose which i wasn’t sure would be for me (im an idiot) but i thought it was a really fascinating look at motherhood + creation + post-partum depression!

(non-fiction)

dont actually have a ton of non-fiction books 2 mention just adding this category in to recommend empire of pain* - patrick radden keefe as a book i finished recently and one of if not the best non-fiction book ive ever read. just so incredibly interesting i can’t stress enough

some quickfire books i read last year/year before!

duck feet - ely percy

juno loves legs - karl geary

archive of alternate endings* - lindsey drager

shuggie bain* + young mungo* - douglas stuart

my brilliant friend* - elena ferrante

the secret history + the goldfinch - donna tartt

mr loverman - bernadine evaristo (SAINT LUCIA MENTIONED 🇱🇨)

the marriage portrait - maggie o’farrell

the passion - jeanette winterson

[rustbeltjessie]

What r some books that r close to uu

Ohhhh this is so difficult. There are so many. So I’m gonna go with whatever pops into my head.

Books I first read a long time ago that are close to me: On the Road by Jack Kerouac, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, Girl Goddess #9 by Francesca Lia Block, the Dangerous Angels series by Francesca Lia Block, Sassafras Cypress and Indigo by Ntozake Shange, The Early Diaries of Anaïs Nin, Angel Maker by Sara Maitland, Tales of a Punk Rock Nothing by Jamie Schweser & Abram Shalom Himmelstein, Foxfire by Joyce Carol Oates, Look Homeward Angel by Thomas Wolfe, Fatal Interview by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh, A Girl’s Guide to Taking Over the World: Writings from the Girl Zine Revolution, Memoirs of a Beatnik by Diane Di Prima, Written On the Body by Jeanette Winterson, Pussy King of the Pirates by Kathy Acker, A Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon, The Night Country by Stewart O’Nan, Why Things Burn by Daphne Gottlieb, Geek Love by Katherine Dunn, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, etc. etc., etc.

Books I’ve read more recently that already feel close to me: The Girl in the Green Silk Gown by Seanan McGuire, The Wendys by Allison Benis White, frank: sonnets by Diane Seuss, Saint 1001 by Daphne Gottlieb, The Collected Poems of Lynda Hull, Juno Loves Legs by Karl Geary, I Love You So Much It’s Killing Us Both by Mariah Stovall, Some Strange Music Draws Me In by Griffin Hansbury, First Love by Lilly Dancyger, Romantic Comedy by James Allen Hall, Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart and Other Stories by GennaRose Nethercott. Etc.

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Happy Birthday actress Laura Fraser, born July 24th 1976 in Glasgow.

Laura attended Hillhead High School and is a former member of the Scottish Youth Theatre. She trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

During her time there, she got a supporting role in Gillies MacKinnon's film Small Faces. This was on top of a couple of other minor roles she had taken (such as 'Big Day for the Bad Guys). The college authorities took a pretty dim view of the amount of professional work she had been taking on, questioning her commitment to the course.

Having not been enjoying her time at the Academy, and encouraged by her parents, she dropped out after a year and moved to London.

Later on, she has appeared in numerous films in supporting roles, but always noticeable as lead characters. All these roles have demonstrated her versatility in characterisation and style to the full.

From the fantasy of ‘Neverwhere’, a comedy of ‘Virtual Sexuality’, the Shakespearean drama of ‘Titus’, emotional drama of ‘Forgive and Forget’ and slapstick of ‘Kevin and Perry’. She effortlessly adapts to all the genres, very seldom was she cast as characters with her native Scottish accent.

After appearing in the 2003 Irish comedy, Coney Island Baby, Laura relocated to the US where she married Irish-born American author actor and club owner Michael Geary,.

She landed a role in the well regarded US TV movie, Iron Jawed Angels. In early 2005, Laura returned to live in Glasgow with her husband and stepdaughter, and a desire to start a family and focus on local work. She found she was pregnant in late 2005, and spent time working as a choreographer on a pantomime written by her father 'Oh Yes He Is!' for the charity Sense Scotland.

In May 2006 she and Karl became proud parents of a baby girl. Laura intended to not work for 12 months and be a full-time mum, but by September 2006 she was back making a film for the BBC.

Other TV roles for Laura include, Casanova, Ian Rankin's Reichenbach Falls and Florence Nightingale and her role in the US series Breaking Bad and spinn-off Better Call Saul as Lydia Rodarte-Quayle.

Laura maybe a star over the pond nowadays, but she has also been cast in some great shows based in Scotland, including Traces with Martin Compston, and Crime with Ken Stott and Dougray Scott,

Next up for Laura in anpther crime drama, Patience, a 6-part police crime set in York , it should hit our screens before the end of the year.

[tea-leaf-girl]

recent reading list

juno loves legs - karl geary

the general in his labyrinth - gabriel garcía márquez

mouthful of forevers - clementine von radics

perfume - patrick suskind

jazz - toni morrison

hot milk - deborah levy

year of the monkey - patti smith (currently reading)

any other recommendations you guys have let me know please im always looking for more !!! ‎౨ৎ⋆｡˚ᡣ𐭩 •｡ꪆৎ ˚⋅

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What were the last 5 books you read and did you like them? (I'm bored 😅)

I haven't been reading at all. Truly dreadful behaviour 😪

The last five books...hmm, well I'm currently reading Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood. But "currently reading" is a euphemistic term for "crawling through it at a snail's pace". Not because I don't like it, but because my concentration is shot to shit.

Before that I think the last 5 books I read were -

Mayflies by Andrew O'Hagan - my friend lent it to me because she thought I'd LOVE it (intense music-based teen friendships in 80s Glasgow - I should have)...but I didn't. I think i was probably just in a bad mood.

In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado - I just love her writing. Sometimes it goes on superfluous tangents but there are always gems to be found.

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange - another that was recommended to me by someone who assured me I'd love it, and it was highly-acclaimed and certainly good, but i dunno, it didn't really stick with me.

Juno Loves Legs by Karl Geary

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan

...oh, that's 6! I read a bunch of those in the same week. Those last 3 are all by Irish writers (men, for a change!) and I liked them all. Juno Loves Legs is gorgeous, and I absolutely loved The Bee Sting. I read it a year after everyone else did and I'd been a bit put off by the hype, but it's truly fantastic.

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10, 13, 16, 17

What was your favorite new release of the year? Rebel Girl by Kathleen Hanna for sure, but I only read like three new releases

What were your least favorite books of the year? The 2000s Made Me Gay by Grace Perry, The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters, The Girls by Abigail Pesta, and Juno Loves Legs by Karl Geary

What is the most over-hyped book you read this year? I don't know if this counts, but I read Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney on recommendation from my boyfriend at the time, and I thought it was just fine. And then a couple months later he dumped me over text! Lol!

Did any books surprise you with how good they were? I was expecting Any Other City by Hazel Jane Plante and Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas to be good, but I was blown away by both of them.

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Juno Love Legs: A Review

Here’s my review of Karl Geary’s Juno Loves Legs, a novel I thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend.

[saturdaynightmatinee]

CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 6 / 10

Título Original: The Burrowers

Año: 2008

Duración: 96 min.

País: Estados Unidos  

Dirección:  J.T. Petty

Guion: J.T. Petty

Música: Joseph LoDuca

Fotografía: Phil Parmet

Reparto: Doug Hutchison, Clancy Brown, William Mapother, Sean Patrick Thomas, Karl Geary, Jocelin Donahue, Laura Leighton, David Busse, Alexandra Edmo, Brighid Fleming, Christopher Hagen, Galen Hutchison, Harley Coriz, Suzi McLaughlin, Tatanka Means, Seri DeYoung, David Midthunder, Jon Kristian Moore, Cole Resch, R.J. Rice, Bonnie Morgan, Chris Grabher

Productora: Blue Star Pictures. Distribuidora: Lionsgate

Género: Horror; Thriller;Western

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445939/

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The actor turned novelist on creating authentic working-class characters, swapping Dublin for New York aged 16, and why sewing is like writingBefore making his literary debut in 2017 with Montpelier Parade, Irish-born novelist Karl Geary spent more than two...

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9 people you want to know better tag :)

three ships: everlark (breathe if ur not surprised), shirbert (anne with an e), olive & adam from the love hypothesis (my red flag is that i loved that book idc that it’s cringe, i loved how cringe it was! sue me!)

first ship: everlark (reading the hunger games aged 12 did irreparable damage to my neurons)

last song: tough love by gracie abrams (her whole new album is ON REPEAT in this house)

last movie: pride & prejudice (2005 ofc bc im not an animal, on the plane bc it’s my plane comfort movie)

currently reading: juno loves legs by karl geary (it’s like a mashup of the book thief and sing street, which are both some of my fav pieces of media so it’s safe to say i’m loving it)

currently watching: lauren louise/big book lady’s youtube videos! and taskmaster reruns all day everyday

currently eating: ive been travelling so my food situation has been very different than normal but i’ve been loving this vegan cream cheese from an irish brand called hungry soul

currently craving: the end of late stage capitalism!

tagging: @skylightangels @bbrooklynbabe @baby-girl-aaron-dessner @petruchio @purple-cube @katnissdoesnotfollowback @thedelicatearcher @thesweetnessofspring @thesunpersists

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Three Ships: Zelink (Zelda/Link, Legend of Zelda), Shirbert (Anne/Gilbert from Anne of Green Gables or Anne With An E) and Locklyle (Lucy/Lockwood from Lockwood and Co)

First Ship: i joined tumblr in 2017 for BoTW Zelink and all of my fandom experience spiralled from here. i started playing LoZ games before that though, maybe 2008? and there was a fanfic tab (though it wasn't called like that) on the help website i used

Last Song: ......... "Last Night - Official Madison Song" by Chris Anderson and DJ Robbie (it's on my summer playlist bc of childhood nostalgia, i don't go out of my way to listen to it usually 😂)

Last Movie: Maze Runner: The Death Cure (justice for Newt)

Currently Reading: book wise, I just finished The Two Towers (and am not so patiently awaiting Return of the King to, well, return to the library so i can borrow it)

Currently Watching: Once Upon A Time (nearly done with S1)

Currently Eating: waiting for my dinner to cook (ratatouille and semolina and eggs)

Currently Craving: CHEESE. my kingdom riches gratitude for a scrap of french cheese!!!!

tagging: @js589 @ohmyoverland @hailqiqi @unnamednarrator @practicallyasleep @cateringfears @applesjuice @redplaidjacket @beckybubbles would love your thoughts on this if that's something you're up to :)

[steelycunt]

same book anon i'm just looking for anything interesting.. i got the handmaids tale, normal people, and little women already but i dont really mind about genres just annyything you've got!

ah okay!! well firstly i hope you enjoy those three!! i really loved little women and the handmaids tale : ^ )) as for recommendations!! sorry they are a bit all over the place...i was not sure how to organise them so sort of gave up trying

at the risk of sounding like a broken record some of my absolute favourite books which i will just always recommend are. giovanni's room by james baldwin, young mungo by douglas stuart and my brilliant friend elena ferrante!!

classics i would recommend in particular are another country / james baldwin, wuthering heights / emily bronte and emma / jane austen (+ 300 pages) and then a single man / christopher isherwood, franny and zooey / jd salinger, bonjour tristesse / francoise sagan, and the prime of miss jean brodie / muriel spark (< 300 pages).

for speculative fiction i recommend the archive of alternate endings by lindsey drager (particularly if you enjoy the handmaid's tale) which i read in one sitting and cried over!! for thrillers i'd recommend these violent delights by micah nemerever and the secret history by donna tartt if you havent read it already (i'd also recommend her other book, the goldfinch--whichever one interests you more!!)

for historical fiction (or at least what my storygraph chart lists as historical fiction) id recommend the marriage portrait by maggie o'farrell (or her other book, hamnet, if it sounds more your thing!), nobber by oisin fagan, and the passion by jeanette winterson (not for everyone but i really enjoyed it--historical fiction with a bit of magical realism). i'd also recommend swimming in the dark by tomasz jedrowski (particularly if you happen to read + enjoy giovanni's room!), and douglas stuart's other book, shuggie bain, which is also wonderful--i expect if you read one of his books and enjoy it you will also love the other!!

for other literary fiction + contemporary fiction + just anything i havent mentioned yet! for 300 + pages i would recommend duck feet by ely percy, mr loverman by bernadine evaristo, and trainspotting by irvine welsh.

and then for < 300 pages, i'd recommend the end of loneliness / benedict wells, anything by claire keegan but particularly her book foster, juno loves legs / karl geary, the virgin suicides / jeffrey eugenides, mayflies / andrew o'hagan, and panenka by ronan hession.

i hope you find something here you fancy!! let me know if you do!! : ^ ))

[blackramhall]

I've been clinically diagnosed with sociopathy, Rob. To me, you're an object. You know, you're a, you're a thing. You're about as important to me as a cardboard box. And the -- the thing about cardboard boxes... is that... You know they're totally boring on the outside, right? But... sometimes, if you cut'em open there'll be something interesting inside. You know, and so, while you're saying all these boring things to me I'm thinking about what it'd be like to cut you open. But I -- I don't wanna, I don't wanna be that person. And so, I have a rule that anytime somebody says somethings to me where I -- I think about, you know, cuttin' 'em. I -- I -- I just smile and I say something nice. So that's why I say to you, Rob Anders of 232 Carnation Street. You are a really great guy.

I Am Not a Serial Killer - Billy O' Brien (2016)