#Louisa Roy

[philipkindreddickhead]

100 Fiction Books to Read Before You Die

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Sparks

The Girl by Meridel Le Sueur

The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Veronica by Mary Gaitskill

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Kindred by Octavia Butler

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Passing by Nella Larson

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

Play it as it Lays by Joan Didion

The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende

Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

The Power by Naomi Alderman

The Street by Ann Petry

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskill

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Small Island by Andrea Levy

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

The Price of Salt/Carol by Patricia Highsmith

Room by Emma Donoghue

The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch

Garden of Earthly Delights by Joyce Carol Oates

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

Wise Blood by Flannery O Conner

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsey

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall

House of Incest by Anaïs Nin

The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Corregidora by Gayl Jones

Whose Names are Unknown by Sanora Babb

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid

The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

Beloved by Toni Morrison

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

My Antonia by Willa Cather

Democracy by Joan Didion

Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates

The Violent Bear it Away by Flannery O Connor

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

I Must Betray You be Ruta Sepetys

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Mare by Mary Gaitskill

City of Beasts by Isabel Allende

Fledgling by Octavia Butler

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin

The First Bad Man by Miranda July

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Moses, Man of the Mountain by Zora Neale Hurston

Disobedience by Naomi Alderman

Quicksand by Nella Larsen

The Narrows by Ann Petry

The Blood of Others by Simone de Beauvoir

Under the Sea by Rachel Carson

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

Under the Net by Iris Murdoch

The Birdcatcher by Gayl Jones

Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule

In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

@gaydalf @kishipurrun @unsentimentaltranslator @algolagniaa @stariduks @hippodamoi

[moonmaiden1996]

Slow Pursuit Chapter Five

Like all of River’s plans, they were destined to have some flaw, some small fissure that could tear open the entire operation. Which was why he always prepared for every eventuality. One contingency sat in his pocket now—a mild sedative that could wipe the last twelve hours from anyone's memory. It was a tool he reserved for emergencies, something he preferred not to use. But as he watched Trent Roy swagger into your life, his hand brushed the tiny vial reflexively. If ever there was a time to use it, that time was when you met this prick.

The man had no idea what you were really like. Trent Roy—a sales manager whose company had just moved into your building—had swept in, smirking as if he were the most charming creature alive. All false polish and oily charm, he spoke as if he’d known you for years.

“We should definitely have dinner tonight, a little bar I know,” Trent had said, giving you what he probably thought was a winning smile.

River sneered as he overheard the invitation. The man’s lack of awareness bordered on insulting. How could he not realise you needed time to prepare for a night out? Spontaneous dinners in crowded, flashy bars were your personal nightmare—something Trent would know if he truly understood you. Instead, here he was, parading around like he knew exactly how to impress you, when all he was doing was adding to your discomfort.

It was foolish to worry you’d fall for such a blatant show, yet Trent’s persistence was unsettling. He was the kind of problem River preferred to eliminate before it took root. It wasn’t that he thought you couldn’t handle yourself—far from it. But Trent was a distraction, an unnecessary chaos that could derail everything River had put into motion. And if River knew anything, it was that chaos needed swift correction.

There was only one person who could help him now: Shirley Dander.

xxx

Shirley slouched in her chair, examining her chipped nails with an exaggerated sigh. “Why am I doing this again? Couldn’t you just ask Louisa to handle this?” she complained, casting an annoyed glance at River.

Shirley was reliable when it came to surveillance, one of the more adept assets among the Slough House crew, but she was anything but polished in fieldwork. Subtlety wasn’t her strength, and River felt a pang of doubt about involving her. But there was no one else, and she owed him one.

“Because you owe me,” River said, his tone calm but with a hint of firmness. He reached into his jacket pocket, pulling out a small baggie with a fine white powder inside that shimmered like ground diamond dust in the dim light. “And because I can give you this.”

Shirley’s eyes lit up as she reached for the baggie, but River tucked it back inside his pocket before she could grab it. “Uh-uh. Not yet,” he chided. “I need to know you’ve got the plan straight.”

Shirley scowled, her hand still outstretched. “I get it, River. God, you’re acting like I’ve never done a favor before.”

River’s expression tightened, and he seized her wrist, his grip just firm enough to get her attention. “I mean it, Shirley. Make it convincing, and do not let her drink that cocktail. I need you to make Trent look like the creep he is without her getting a sip of that stuff. Are we clear?”

Shirley yanked her wrist back, rolling her eyes. “Crystal. Now can I have my payment?”

River gave her a long, hard look before nodding. “After it’s done. And I’ll be nearby to make sure it goes smoothly. Just don’t mess this up.”

xxx

The bar Trent had chosen was worse than you feared. Loud music pulsed through cheap speakers, laughter echoed through the crowded space, and the smell of fried food lingered in the air. You sank into the plush chair opposite Trent, already feeling out of place, glancing nervously at the menu. It was the type of place that tried too hard and came off tacky. There were too many choices, none of which you had time to research, and the pressure was beginning to set in. You’d agreed to come here only to shake off the memories of River that had been consuming your thoughts recently. But this place, this atmosphere—it was all wrong.

You took a deep breath, reminding yourself to be polite. It was just one evening.

“I took the liberty of ordering you a cocktail,” Trent said, flashing you another grin as he slid an orange-colored drink toward you. “All the girls love a Pornstar Martini.”

You eyed the frothy monstrosity, a piece of dried passion fruit floating on top like a final insult. It was a well-intentioned gesture, perhaps, but it felt heavy-handed and overbearing. Passion fruit was on the list of things you couldn’t stand, and the garish color of the drink only heightened your discomfort.

As you lifted the drink, something shifted in the corner of your eye—a woman with a sharp gaze and disheveled hair sidling up to the bar. She was watching you and Trent with open suspicion, her gaze darting between the two of you. Before you had a chance to wonder about her intentions, she took a bold step forward.

“Hey!” the woman called out, her voice cutting through the bar noise. “Did I just see you put something in her drink?”

You froze, and all eyes turned to her. Trent’s face reddened as he sputtered, trying to keep his voice down.

“What? No, I didn’t put anything in there!” he insisted, glancing at you with a strained smile. “This lady’s mistaken, sweetheart, I swear—”

“Then what’s that?” she interrupted, pointing at the faint fizz rising from the bottom of your glass. “A vitamin? Because it sure looks suspicious to me.”

Your heart sank as you noticed the subtle bubbling, a grainy lump dissolving at the base of the glass. A horrified realization washed over you as you looked up, meeting Trent’s guilty eyes.

“Oh my god,” you whispered, more to yourself than anyone else. You set the drink down, your fingers feeling numb.

Trent’s gaze darted to the people around you, noticing the growing audience. He forced a laugh, his hand twitching. “You’re blowing this out of proportion! I didn’t put anything in there! She’s probably just had one too many and is seeing things. Right?” He looked to you, desperate for an ally, but you were too shocked to respond.

The woman didn’t back down. Her eyes blazed with anger as she took a step closer. “I saw you, mate. Clear as day. And I think everyone else here should know the truth.”

A cold clarity settled over you. Whether or not she was right about Trent, one thing was certain: this man did not respect you enough to take you seriously. And you would not stay here a second longer.

You rose from your seat, straightening your shoulders. “I think we’re done here, Trent,” you said, voice steady.

Trent’s face twisted in frustration. “Oh, come on, you’re seriously going to listen to some random girl?”

You stared him down, the noise of the bar fading into the background. “You ordered me something I didn’t ask for, took me somewhere I didn’t want to be, and now you’re trying to make me feel guilty for noticing something strange.” Your voice hardened. “Goodbye, Trent.”

Leaving him spluttering, you turned and walked out of the bar, your heart pounding with adrenaline. The woman who had called him out was gone before you had a chance to thank her, but her intervention lingered in your mind, reinforcing a simple truth: you deserved to be listened to, respected, and cared for on your terms. And tonight, you’d learned just how little Trent understood that.

xxxx

River leaned back in his chair at your favorite café, his fingers tracing lazy circles around the rim of his coffee cup as he watched the entrance. The dim light inside the café softened the angles of his face, but his eyes were sharp, alert. He hadn’t really needed Shirley to intervene, but he was glad she had. You needed to see for yourself just how little respect Trent Roy had for you.

When he’d seen you leave the bar, shoulders squared and head held high, River had felt a surge of pride. You’d handled Trent with a quiet strength, calling him out and walking away without letting him pull you into his web of excuses. He knew it must have taken every ounce of willpower to make that exit, and that thought alone tugged at something deep inside him.

He’d had Shirley trail you for a while to make sure you were safe on your walk, then sent her on her way. Now, he waited for you to come here, to the place you always went when you needed to clear your mind. Not long after, he spotted you through the window, your shoulders tense but your pace steady. He watched you scan the café, your gaze lighting up when you saw him. It was impossible for him not to smile as you walked over, the relief in your eyes unmistakable.

“River,” you murmured softly, watching him as you made a beeline straight to him, just like it was meant to be. And you looked so beautiful, your eyes glistening with tears, marginally marred only by the fact you weren't dressed up for someone else. But he preferred you like this, in your loungewear without makeup, just as you are. So beautiful.

“What happened?” he asked gently, “You’re shaking,” he added as he helped you into your seat.

You took a shaky breath, looking down at his hand over yours before squeezing it, as if steadying yourself. “It’s stupid, really. I thought a night out would help me clear my head. Trent was…” You hesitated, then pushed on. “He was a jerk, honestly. Took me to this place he thought I’d love, ordered me some drink I didn’t even like—and then…”

River’s face tightened as you hesitated, your brow furrowing as you continued. “And then some girl—she was just a random stranger, I think—saw him put something in my drink. I almost didn’t believe her at first, but then I saw it.” You let out a bitter laugh. “He tried to laugh it off, making me feel like I was overreacting. But I knew, you know? I just knew something was wrong.”

He didn’t say a word, just squeezed your hand tighter, letting you take your time. His silence was warm, comforting, like he was carving out a space for you to feel safe.

“I walked out,” you added, voice trembling. “And part of me felt proud, but another part just…” Your voice trailed off as your face crumpled, a tear escaping down your cheek before you could brush it away.

River shifted his chair closer, releasing your hand only to wrap his arm around your shoulders, pulling you into his warmth. “Hey,” he murmured softly, rubbing your shoulder with a steady, grounding touch. “It’s okay. Did you call the police?”

You let out a shaky breath, leaning into him as your tears started to fall. “No! I feel so stupid. I just wanted to get out of there so fast, I didn’t even think.”

“Shh…” he soothed. “It’s okay.” River’s hand gently rubbed your shoulder, tender and reassuring.

The sound of his voice, the warmth of his arm around you, and the steady rhythm of his heartbeat under your cheek were all so reassuring, so real. You leaned into him, letting the stress and anxiety drain away until only comfort remained.

“I’m sorry,” you sniffed. “You always seem to be rescuing me.”

“Don’t be silly,” River murmured, brushing away a stray tear with his rough, calloused thumb. “I rather like coming to your rescue.” His thumb lingered, tracing over your lips, his gaze soft as he looked at you. Your breath hitched, a quiet thrill simmering in the pit of your stomach.

“Hey, you!” Trent’s voice cut through the air, loud and grating, desperation lacing his words as he stumbled through the door of a cafe. He scanned the café until his gaze locked onto you, eyes blazing with a mix of frustration and anger. “Look, it’s not what it looked like,” he insisted, his tone pleading yet harsh.

You instinctively pulled closer to River, gripping his hand as if it were the only anchor in a suddenly turbulent sea. Trent’s gaze flicked from you to River, his expression souring when he noticed the closeness between you two. Your heart pounded, but River’s hand over yours didn’t falter; his presence was like a shield, steady and unbreakable.

“She doesn’t want to talk to you, Trent,” River said, his voice calm and low, every syllable sharp and precise—a stark contrast to Trent’s frantic tone. “I suggest you leave.”

Trent’s face flushed, anger boiling over. “Who the hell do you think you are?” he sneered, fists clenching at his sides. “I just got accused of something awful, and the least I deserve is a chance to explain myself. This whole thing was a misunderstanding!”

River’s lips pressed into a thin line, his eyes unwavering as he faced Trent. “It doesn’t matter how you explain it. If she doesn’t want to speak to you, that’s enough. She doesn’t owe you anything, least of all a chance to explain.”

Trent looked ready to lash out, frustration coiling tightly within him. But then River rose from his seat, standing tall, shoulders squared, face impassive yet radiating a silent, powerful authority. The air crackled with tension as River held Trent’s gaze, not backing down an inch. In that moment, River’s usual quiet warmth transformed into something formidable—an unshakeable resolve that left no room for doubt.

“I suggest,” River said, his voice dangerously low, “that you leave now, before this turns into something you’ll regret.”

Your breath caught as you looked up at River, seeing him in a way you hadn’t before. There was a protectiveness in his gaze, a fierce loyalty that stirred something deep inside you. Trent faltered, his bravado waning in the face of River’s calm yet undeniable strength. For the first time, you saw a flicker of hesitation in his eyes as he shifted uncomfortably.

Trent’s voice softened, almost as if he were hoping to appeal to you one last time. “Come on, you’re really just going to throw me away like this?” he pleaded, frustration barely masked. “After all, we were just… getting to know each other. I swear I didn’t put anything in your drink.”

The thought made you feel sick, your heart twisting with a blend of anger and relief. You could see Trent for who he truly was—a person who couldn’t handle rejection, who didn’t respect boundaries, who thought he was entitled to forgiveness. And you knew, deep down, that you deserved so much more than what he could offer. The realisation filled you with a quiet strength, a resolve buried under the weight of confusion and self-doubt.

“Goodbye,” you said, your voice firmer than you expected. You felt River’s hand rest on your shoulder, a warm, grounding presence.

With a final glare, Trent stormed out, the door slamming shut behind him. The café slowly returned to its usual hum, but it felt different now—like you’d finally reclaimed a part of yourself that had been lost. You took a breath, feeling the tension in your shoulders ease as the weight of the confrontation began to lift.

But as that moment of calm washed over you, an unsettling wave of unease surged within. “I want to go home,” you declared suddenly, your voice cutting through the lingering silence. “It’s been a weird day.” You moved quickly, the icy air burning your heated skin, you were tired and scared, River followed closely behind you.

Out of the looming darkness, Trent reemerged from one of the side streets, his face contorted in rage, eyes darting toward River. “You think you can just waltz in and play the hero?” he spat, his voice loud enough to draw attention from other patrons. “She was just being dramatic! You don’t know what you’re talking about!”

“Get lost, Trent,” River said, his voice calm but low, a warning simmering beneath the surface. “You don’t want to make this worse.”

“Worse?” Trent laughed bitterly, stepping closer, fists clenching at his sides. “You think you can scare me?”

“Please,” you interjected, your voice rising above the mounting chaos. “Trent, just go! I’m done with you!”

Trent’s eyes flicked back to you, his expression hardening as River’s hand slid to your lower back, guiding you toward the door as you walked past Trent. “Let’s get out of here,” he murmured, and you nodded, the weight of the night still heavy in your chest but now feeling lighter with each step away from Trent.

As you stepped outside, the cool night air hit you, and you took a deep breath, ready to leave the chaos behind. But just as you reached the corner, Trent burst out of the café again, his anger renewed. “You can’t just walk away from this, this is serious!” he shouted, his voice echoing in the stillness.

You instinctively moved closer to River, who turned to face Trent. “What do you want?” River demanded, his voice low and steady, maintaining the line between calm and confrontation.

“I want to talk to her! To explain!” Trent’s frustration was palpable, his eyes wild. “You don’t get to decide that for her!”

You felt a surge of panic, and your heart raced. “I want to go home,” you said firmly, standing your ground. “This is over, Trent.”

River turned to you, his expression softening as he sensed your distress. “I’ll take you home,” he said, his voice gentle but resolute. “You don’t have to deal with him.”

Trent’s face twisted in disbelief as he realised you were choosing to leave with River. “You’re seriously not going to hear me out. You’ll regret this!” he shouted, but his words felt empty, like a last gasp of desperation.

“Let’s go,” River urged, his hand firmly on your back, guiding you away from the confrontation. As you moved, you could feel the tension dissolve, replaced by the warmth of River’s presence beside you.

You glanced back at Trent one last time, feeling the weight of his gaze as you stepped away. The chaos faded into the distance, but an unsettling feeling lingered at the back of your mind. It wasn’t something you could put your finger on, but it set you on edge.

Maybe not the best chapter but we are now gearing up to do some proper Dark!River in all his glory, he is gearing up to make his move.

Quick question, though- Do you think River would ever drunk a reader? No ominous intentions just to keep her safe?

[ginabiggs]

Get ready to dive into a world of magic!! Erstwhile Fairy Tales is coming to Webtoons! 

Created by Gina Biggs, Louisa Roy, and Elle Skinner, this anthology series adapts Grimm's Fairy Tales beautifully illustrated comics! 

Subscribe now!

[cartwrong]

Whumptober 2024

Panic Attack (Ted Lasso)

Trust Issues

Wrongfully Arrested (Ted Lasso)

When Jackson Lamb's life was counting down in minutes rather than years, it shouldn’t be a surprise that Charles Partner had come to usher him to hell.

Louisa takes care of River in the immediate aftermath of season 3.

Sam, Georgie and Simon take care of Jamie after shoulder surgery (Ted Lasso)

River was a mistake.

“Can you leave the light on?”

After Beard After Hours, Beard gets James Tartt to agree not to contact Jamie by not pressing charges. It works until Jamie texts his Dad from a Nelson Road treatment room. (Ted Lasso)

Chapter 2 of old habits die screaming (Ted Lasso)

19 year old River surprises Isobel and her new boyfriend puts him in the hospital.

River gets drunk post s4 and Louisa takes care of him

The final chapter of our field of dreams, engulfed in fire (Ted Lasso)

Chapter 3 of old habits die screaming (Ted Lasso)

Injured River seeks Lamb’s reassurance.

Lamb’s thoughts on the drive to David Cartwright’s in 4x1

Chapter 2 of it can’t be anyone else (Ted Lasso)

Shirley seeks revenge on River

Post-gala, Jamie saves Roy from being hit by a car (Ted Lasso)

River says goodbye to his grandfather

Chapter 2 of marked me like a bloodstain (Ted Lasso)

River is injured during a mission

River takes David home after Patrice is killed and Frank is arrested and over the next few days makes the difficult decision to move him into a care facility.

River's caught in a collapsed building

Chapter 3 of can't be anyone else (Ted Lasso)

“Shirley, I got this.” The biggest regret of Shirley’s life was believing him.

River's sick and Catherine takes care of him

Louisa watches the CCTV footage of Patrice attacking the dogs and taking River

Lamb and River are on the run in the woods

David during 4x1 after he thinks he killed River

Jamie wakes up in A&E with no recollection to how he got there and his sober father by his side (Ted Lasso)

[magic-is-beauty]

Sweet tooth head cannons part 2

I'm just going to put part 1 of my headcannons here as well since there might some continuations/more details from part 1

The first five animal army members were in order Bear,Tiger,Rhino,Pony,and Flamingo ; At first they had a blood oath ceremony to induct you into the army but that soon stopped after Flamingo since her finger wouldn't stop bleeding and the rest of animal army did NOT want to go through that disaster again (they all have cool matching scars tho from that).

Flamingo's parents were a chef and baker so she grew up around cooking and baking so when I say she can make good food I mean it ; Her ability to make decently good food from what the army was able to get is astonishing.

Rosie,Ginger,Tex,the wolf boys and ginger's son all stay in Texas for a while to monitor and oversee the farm but they eventually leave to find a place closer to where all the hybrids are and so they can have a place to stay that isn't crawling with bad memories.

The farm is still in Rosie and Ginger's hands but they now look over it from the sidelines trusting the people who are there to keep it in order and up to the new standards they've created.

The animal army get stick and poke tattoos of the animal they were while in the army to commemorate their time in the army ; They're still a army but they retire their old outfits for stuff that's more comfortable and recenter their focus on helping hybrids using other means that are not killing ; Bear gets a bear,Tiger gets a tiger,Rhino gets a rhino,Pony gets a pony,Flamingo gets a flamingo,etc.

Tiger before the crumble had a younger sister that was killed by the sick along with their grandparents who she was close with ; Tiger's father eventually joined the last men but both of her parent's soon were killed because of sick which is when they ran away.

Tiger before the crumble learned sewing and embroidery from their mother and was just starting to learn photography from their grandparents ; Tiger kept the camera from their childhood and started getting back into photography during the animal army days and continued it when living with the hybrids (Bear was one of their favorite things to capture) ; Rhino,Pony,Flamingo and Wendy do like to steal it in order to get photographic evidence of Bear and Tiger acting like a couple (but Bear and Tiger don't entirely know that yet).

Bear didn't sleep much when Tiger was injured like she tried but she eventually gave up and just continued to be by Tiger's side as much as she could.

The hybrids and Wendy could sense that Bear wanted to be by Tiger's side so they mostly found ways to entertain themselves with both Wendy and Jepp offering to take up watching and entertaining the hybrids ; Jepp trusted Becky to look over Gus as well since she was in there but still periodically checked in on them.

Bear,Tiger and the rest of the animal army kept the fallen members memory alive by telling stories to the hybrids about them and created a book that honored not only their memories but also Pubba,Birdie,Aimee,Louisa,Dr Singh,Bruno,Roy and many others lost.

The hybrids for some reason really love hammocks so now they have a shit ton around the place in order to decrease arguments of who gets a hammock ; No one touches the hammock towards the outskirts of the woods tho since that's the one that Bear and Tiger share and is the place they go to when they need a break or just want to be alone.

Rosie after everything chills out finally is able to do her art again and now she gets to share this with her boys who are very eager to enjoy something that makes their mother so happy ; Rosie is a really good painter and loves crafting things with Ginger also loving painting (both did it during their pregnancies to help relax them) ; their home is now covered in both Rosie and Ginger's art but also the boy's art pieces that everyone in the house cherishes.

Ginger's son absolutely loves being the water and gets super smiley and happy when bath time comes around ; Rosie jokes that the only time she ever saw that same exact smile is when her boys are running around.

After finally being away from her mother Rosie and her boys can finally grieve the death of Bruno and remember his memory while also grieving the childhood she wished her boys should of had with her making sure that her boys live a safe and happy childhood that she wished Bruno was also allowed to have.

Parenting at first comes not so easily to Rosie,Ginger and Tex but they eventually get the hang of it with the help and advice of Jepp and Becky ; The wolf boys love howling especially when they're happy or excited and it seems like Ginger's child is also quite vocal when it comes to things that make him excited and happy as well with Rosie,Ginger and Tex not minding it at all but instead encouraging it.

Parenting the wolf boys isn't entirely easy since they were taught so much terrible shit that needs to be unlearned but Rosie wouldn't trade it for the world because now she knows that she teaching and parenting them herself instead of somebody else ; It takes time to get them to unlearn the bad habits taught to them but since the boys are still fairly young they respond well and are able to learn and be around their mother who adores them ,their cousin who they love to be around and a whole bunch of others who are not only like them but who are not scared of them and want to be around them.

Rhino,Pony,and Flamingo are now overseeing the new animal army with the help of both Bear and Tiger and visit the cabin fairly often to see their favorite people : the hybrids ; The hybrids do visit the animal army HQ once in while and they always end eating too much sugar,playing games,being spoiled and staying up way too late much to the dismay of Jepp,Bear,and Tiger.

However when Flamingo finds all the homegrown food at the cabin has it's over for everyone with Flamingo at first freaking out since she hasn't had this much to work with in years and then ends up making one of the best dishes anyone has ever had making the hybrids flock to poor Flamingo with food requests ; Flamingo in the span of a few months lovingly makes all the hybrids their food requests because she can't say no to those faces.

Rosie,Ginger,Tex and the boys manage to find a quaint farmhouse about 30 minutes away from the hybrids to settle down in and with the help of Jepp,Tiger and Flamingo manage to start growing their own food but they still spend a decent amount of time hanging out in the woods with everyone not just to socialize the boys but because the boys seem so happy being in an environment surrounded with kids like them and who was Rosie to take away what made her kids so happy.

The hybrids,Jepp,Wendy,Gus,and Bear are all pretty light sleepers with everything that has happened so they usually wake up with any slight noise but then go back to bed if not anything to be worried about. Tiger and the animal army on the other hand sleep like the dead unless they hear a actually concerning sound which is when they really wake up.

The hybrids share tree houses not only because they like sharing a space but it's because in case someone has a nightmare or a bad memory there's always going to be someone in the tree house to help them and be there for them ; Jepp,Becky and Tiger always tell them to come to them when that happens and they do when it's bad or when they want too(Gus goes to Jepp,Wendy goes to Becky,the other hybrids will go switch between Jepp,Becky,and Tiger) but a decent amount of time it can be helped with just being around one another and being reminded that they're alive surrounded by friends and in a safe environment.

A lot of the time the hybrids sleep under the stars being able to see the sky and hear the sounds of the woods around them but they do also sleep in the tree houses (that are equipped with nightlights) since it's their space and they love it.

Bear and Tiger enjoy climbing onto the roof of their tree house and stargazing or just talking or they climb onto their designated tree and sit there enjoying the view or again just talking about anything and everything.

Rosie,Ginger and the boys eventually meet the animal army who immediately love the boys ; Rosie comes with the hybrids when they visit the animal army HQ since the boys still get a little anxious when they're away from their mother and Rosie doesn't think she's ever heard them howl so loudly or seem the light shine so bright in their eyes.

[sadbigemini]

I'm coming to you with another au! I just watched this anime and I'm reading the manga rn! I loved it but I did not appreciate the sexualization of teenage girls whatsoever :/ cool concept tho

High-rise Invasion AU

A crossover with this would be great and so interesting! But either way this au would be cool!

Imagine a whole lot of different characters caught up in that world?!

Some antagonists could be ‘Those Closer To God’ while some could be Angels and a few of your faves could be redeemed!

Remember relationships, friendships, enemies, and other things can be changed in fanfics! It doesn't have to be close to the original source material!

**Oh! Also, young (usually) = teen.

I feel like mori or fyodor (BSD), Klaus (TVD Originals), tom riddle (HP), vox, Alastor, Seraphim, Adam (Hazbin Hotel), muzan (Demon Slayer), AFO (MHA), metatron or azazel (SPN) and/or Whispers/Milton (Sense8) would be perfect for being the evil of ‘Those Closer To God’.

For Kusakabe role (in order to the evil those closer to god role): (for mori's pick Kouyou, Elise, or Yosano), Nikolai (BSD), Rebekah or Marcel or Elijah (TVD Originals), Lucius or bellatrix or umbridge (HP), (vox's pick valentino or Velvette), Niffty, Adam, Lute (Hazbin Hotel), and Doma (Demon Slayer), shigaraki/Tenko (MHA), gadreel or Meg (SPN), and Jonas (Sense8).

Ideas for enemy Angels: Meg and any other antagonists on (SPN), Daki/Ume and Gyutaro or any of the demons really (Demon Slayer), Zatara and have Zatanna as one of the MCs- that is some angst potential right there (YJ), Toga, Mr. Compress (MHA), Raoul (Sense8), tyler and matt (TVD), the death eaters (HP), and idk for Hazbin Hotel?

I think Cas or Adam (SPN), Giyu or Kanao (Demon Slayer), Conner or Zatara (YJ), Sun, Wolfgang (Sense8), Enzo or Alaric (TVD), Husk or Arackniss/Salvatore (Hazbin Hotel), Young Aizawa, Hawks, Dabi, Shirakumo, Young Mic (MHA), or Dazai, Ranpo, Chuuya, Atsushi, Akutagawa (BSD) would be great for the Sniper Mask role. Whichever you choose, the others are good for the good masks.

For the MC’s brother or Rika role I would recommend a lot of BSD characters starting with Jun'ichiro, Young? Dazai, Akutagawa, or Atsushi. Now the other recs are Young Dean (SPN), Young Aizawa, Young Dabi, Young? Hawks or Young Present Mic (MHA), Young Chuuya (BSD), Tanjiro (Demon Slayer), Angel Dust/Anthony (Hazbin Hotel), Young Dick Grayson (DC), Young Sirius Black, any of the older Weasley brothers (HP), Wolfgang or Will (Sense8), Young Damon (TVD).

For the MC or Yuri role (I will go in order to match with the Rika role) Naomi, Atsushi, Gin, and Kyouka (BSD). Now the other recs are Young Sam (SPN), Midoriya, Young Fuyumi, Kaminari, Uraraka, (MHA), Nezuko (Demon Slayer), Charlie or Molly (Hazbin Hotel), Young Jason Todd (DC), Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Young Felix or Young Nomi (Sense8), and Young Stefan (TVD).

For the Mayu Role (again I will try and go in order): idk who to do for Naomi, Akutagawa or Lucy, Higuchi, Kenji? (BSD), Young Eileen (SPN), (for Mido's pick Shinsou, Todoroki, Uraraka), Mirko, (for Kami’s pick Shinsou, Jirou, or Todoroki), Toga (MHA), idk for Nezuko, Vaggie, idk for Molly? (Hazbin Hotel), Roy Harper (DC), Ginny, Hermione (HP), idk who for Felix? But Young Amanita for Nomi (Sense8), and Young Lexi, Young Katherine, Young Valerie? or Caroline? (TVD).

The Kuon and/or Rikuya roles (no order and these characters are similar): Zenitsu (Demon Slayer), Neville (HP), Megan, Zatanna, or Starfire? (YJ/DC), Young Sir Pentious or Young Emily (Hazbin Hotel), Kaminari, Komori, Uraraka, Hado, Aoyama (MHA), Atsushi, Young Poe, Louisa (BSD), Young Charlie or Kevin (SPN), Kala or Lito (Sense8), and/or Elena, Jeremy Davina, Bonnie? (TVD)

For the Doctor role (no order again): Crowley (SPN), Kunikida? Or Yosano (BSD), vox or Alastor? (Hazbin Hotel), Monoma or endeawhore (MHA), Quirrell or pettigrew (HP), Tamayo with Yushiro as one of her Angels, Inosuke, or Genya (Demon Slayer), sportsmaster (he doesn't get redeemed but his Angels do) with Artemis and Jade as his Angels (YJ), metatron with gadreel and Tessa as his Angels (SPN), and Kol, Katherine, or Pearl (TVD).

Also do what you want ofc but I think having quirks, supernatural enhancements, etc would make the world a little too easy but I'm sure it could be done right!

I might even do individual posts with certain fandoms since I love this au! Maybe even crossovers but that's less likely to happen <3

[imogens-temult]

tag 9 people you want to get to know better tagged by my beloved @rosamundpkes

list 3 ships you like: maya x carina, moiraine x siuan, arwen x aragorn (listen picking ships is hard and these were the last three i cried over alsdkjfhsdaf)

first ship ever: rick x evelyn from the mummy, 8 year old me was obsessed with them individually and together alsdkjfhaskdf is there any surprise i realised i was bi

last song you heard: too well by renee rapp

favorite childhood book: little women by louisa may alcott

currently reading: too many things, the night circus by erin morgenstern, rogue protocol by martha wells and you & me on vacation by emily henry

currently watching: WELL, what am i not watching, but most notably - one day, succession s1 (rewatch), alice & jack, atla s2 and many many more

currently consuming: good old english breakfast tea

currently craving: a hug (and a chinese takeaway)

tagging: @sabine-wrenn @siobhans-roy @eddiediaaz @madeline-kahn @nicola-coughlan @pavlmescal @deadringers2023 @arwensundomiels @sharpesjoy

[jamietarttsnorthernattitude]

Whumptober 2024

Jamie has a panic attack in the aftermath of the fight with his father and Keeley comforts him.

River reflects on his relationships with Spider, his mother and others. (Slow Horses)

Jamie wakes up next to his father’s dead body with no recollection of what happened. (Not a full fic)

Lamb hallucinates Partner after being shot. (Slow Horses)

Louisa looks after River in the immediate aftermath of season three. (Slow Horses)

Sam, Georgie & Simon take care of Jamie after he has shoulder surgery.

River was a mistake (Slow Horses)

River doesn’t want the light off after being in the boot of the car (Slow Horses)

After Beard After Hours, Beard gets James Tartt to agree not to contact Jamie by not pressing charges. It works until Jamie texts his Dad from a Nelson Road treatment room.

Chapter 2 of old habits die screaming

19 year old River surprises Isobel and her new boyfriend puts him in the hospital (Slow Horses)

River gets drunk post s4 and Louisa takes care of him (Slow Horses)

Final chapter of our field of dreams, engulfed in fire

Chapter 3 of old habits die screaming

Injured River seeks Lamb’s reassurance (Slow Horses)

Lamb’s thoughts on the drive to David Cartwright’s in 4x1 (Slow Horses)

Chapter 2 of can’t be anyone else.

Shirley seeks revenge on River (Slow Horses)

Post-gala Jamie saves Roy from being hit by a car

River says goodbye to his grandfather (Slow Horses)

Chapter 2 of marked me like a bloodstain

River is injured on a mission (Slow Horses)

River and David during 4x6 (Slow Horses)

River's caught in a collapsed building (Slow Horses)

Chapter 3 of can't be anyone else

"Shirley, I got this." The biggest regret of Shirley's life was believing him (Slow Horses)

River's sick and Catherine takes care of him (Slow Horses)

Louisa watches the CCTV footage of Patrice attacking the dogs and taking River (Slow Horses)

Lamb and River are on the run in the woods (Slow Horses)

David during 4x1 after he thinks he killed River (Slow Horses)

Jamie wakes up in A&E with no recollection to how he got there and his sober father by his side.

[gacmediadaily]

Great American Family is taking on the March family story.

“A Little Women’s Christmas,” the network’s first ensemble Christmas movie, is a contemporary retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s classic 1868 novel, starring Jillian Murray as Jo March, Trevor Donovan as Friedrich “Fritz” Baehr, Laura Osnes as Beth March, Jen Lilley as Meg March, Jesse Hutch as John Brooke and Julia Reilly as Amy March. Gladys Knight also stars and will perform her new original Christmas song, “Joy.”

The movie will air during the fourth annual “Great American Christmas.” Previously announced other titles for their 2024 holiday slate include “Aurora Christmas,” “A Christmas Less Traveled,” “Love at the Kettle,” “My Grown-Up Christmas Wish,” “A Royal Christmas Ball” and “A Vintage Christmas.”

“‘A Little Women’s Christmas’ is a new Christmas classic in the making, with an incredible ensemble cast and an adaptation of an original story that is one of the best I have read,” says Great American Media president and CEO Bill Abbott. “Louisa May Alcott was intentional about focusing on the culture of young women, their hopes, ambitions, and dreams, and it remains one of the most widely read and beloved stories ever written.”

The film, directed by Brandon Clark, is written by Dione Sheehan and Taylor Bird. Executive Producers include Hutch, Knight, Clark, Brian Bird, Tai Truesdell, Darin Chavez, Brian Williams, Charly White, Lori Overholt, William McDowell and Joyce Miller Roy. “A Little Women’s Christmas” is produced by Rodney Eldredge, True Brand Entertainment, Third Coast Film and Empress of Soul Productions.

“Little Women” has been frequently adapted for both stage and screen. In 1933, Katharine Hepburn led the first sound adaptation of the film, followed by the first color adaptation with Elizabeth Taylor and Janet Leigh in 1949, which landed two Academy Award nominations and one win. In 1994, Gillian Armstrong directed a large ensemble led by Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Danes, Susan Sarandon, Christian Bale and others, which landed three Oscar nominationss. In 2017 (and 2018 in the U.S.), the BBC and PBS’ Masterpiece turned Alcott’s novel into a TV series, led by Maya Hawke as Jo. Then, in 2019, Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” became a box-office sensation, and was nominated for six Academy Awards.

[odnagnisul]

100 livres à avoir lu dans sa vie (entre autres):

1984, George Orwell ✅

A la croisée des mondes, Philip Pullman

Agnès Grey, Agnès Bronte ✅

Alice au Pays des merveilles, Lewis Carroll ✅

Angélique marquise des anges, Anne Golon

Anna Karenine, Léon Tolstoï

A Rebours, Joris-Karl Huysmans

Au bonheur des dames, Émile Zola

Avec vue sur l'Arno, E.M Forster

Autant en emporte le vent, Margaret Mitchell

Barry Lyndon, William Makepeace Thackeray

Belle du Seigneur, Albert Cohen

Blonde, Joyce Carol Oates

Bonjour tristesse, Françoise Sagan ✅

Cent ans de solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Charlie et la chocolaterie, Roald Dahl ✅

Chéri, Colette

Crime et Châtiment, Féodor Dostoïevski

De grandes espérances, Charles Dickens

Des fleurs pour Algernon, Daniel Keyes

Des souris et des hommes, John Steinbeck ✅

Dix petits nègres, Agatha Christie ✅

Docteur Jekyll et Mister Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson ✅

Don Quichotte, Miguel Cervantés

Dracula, Bram Stocker ✅

Du côté de chez Swann, Marcel Proust

Dune, Frank Herbert ✅

Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury ✅

Fondation, Isaac Asimov

Frankenstein, Mary Shelley ✅

Gatsby le magnifique, Francis Scott Fitzgerald ✅

Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers, J.K Rowling

Home, Toni Morrison

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

Kafka sur le rivage, Haruki Murakami

L'adieu aux armes, Ernest Hemingway ✅

L'affaire Jane Eyre, Jasper Fforde

L'appel de la forêt, Jack London ✅

L'attrape-cœur, J. D. Salinger ✅

L'écume des jours, Boris Vian

L'étranger, Albert Camus ✅

L'insoutenable légèreté de l'être, Milan Kundera

La condition humaine, André Malraux

La dame aux camélias, Alexandre Dumas Fils

La dame en blanc, Wilkie Collins

La gloire de mon père, Marcel Pagnol

La ligne verte, Stephen King ✅

La nuit des temps, René Barjavel

La Princesse de Clèves, Mme de La Fayette ✅

La Route, Cormac McCarthy ✅

Le chien des Baskerville, Arthur Conan Doyle

Le cœur cousu, Carole Martinez

Le comte de Monte-Cristo, Alexandre Dumas : tome 1 et 2

Le dernier jour d'un condamné, Victor Hugo ✅

Le fantôme de l'opéra, Gaston Leroux

Le lièvre de Vaatanen, Arto Paasilinna

Le maître et Marguerite, Mikhaïl Boulgakov

Le meilleur des mondes, Aldous Huxley

Le nom de la rose, Umberto Eco

Le parfum, Patrick Süskind

Le portrait de Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde ✅

Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery ✅

Le père Goriot, Honoré de Balzac ✅

Le prophète, Khalil Gibran ✅

Le rapport de Brodeck, Philippe Claudel

Le rouge et le noir, Stendhal ✅

Le Seigneur des anneaux, J.R Tolkien ✅

Le temps de l'innocence, Edith Wharton

Le vieux qui lisait des romans d'amour, Luis Sepulveda ✅

Les Chroniques de Narnia, CS Lewis

Les Hauts de Hurle-Vent, Emily Brontë

Les liaisons dangereuses, Choderlos de Laclos ✅

Les Malaussène, Daniel Pennac ✅

Les mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée, Simone de

Beauvoir

Les mystères d'Udolfo, Ann Radcliff

Les piliers de la Terre, Ken Follett : tome 1

Les quatre filles du Docteur March, Louisa May

Alcott

Les racines du ciel, Romain Gary

Lettre d'une inconnue, Stefan Zweig ✅

Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert ✅

Millenium, Larson Stieg ✅

Miss Charity, Marie-Aude Murail

Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf

Ne tirez pas sur l'oiseau moqueur, Harper Lee ✅

Nord et Sud, Elisabeth Gaskell

Orgueil et Préjugés, Jane Austen

Pastorale américaine, Philip Roth

Peter Pan, James Matthew Barrie

Pilgrim, Timothy Findley

Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier

Robinson Crusoé, Daniel Defoe ✅

Rouge Brésil, Jean Christophe Ruffin

Sa majesté des mouches, William Goldwin ✅

Tess d'Uberville, Thomas Hardy

Tous les matins du monde, Pascal Quignard

Un roi sans divertissement, Jean Giono

Une prière pour Owen, John Irving

Une Vie, Guy de Maupassant

Vent d'est, vent d'ouest, Pearl Buck

Voyage au bout de la nuit, Louis-Ferdinand Céline ✅

Total : 37/100

[villainfuckermusicalstournament]

Running List of Villainfucking Nominations

Jacques/Eva (Frankenstein)

Victor × Monster​ (Frankenstein)

Rem/Misa (Death Note)

Duke/Satine (Moulin Rouge)

Glebya (Anastasia)

Lestat/Armand (Lestat)

Frollo/Esmerelda (Notre Dame de Paris)

Dracula/Mina (Dracula) 

Guenièvre/Maléagant (La Légende du Roi Arthur)

Der Tod/Elisabeth (Elisabeth)

Der Tod/Rudolf (Elisabeth)

Edward Hyde/Lucy Harris (Jekyll and Hyde)

Judas/Jesus (JCS) 

Sweeney Todd/Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd)

Ronan Mazurier/Lazare de Peyrol (1789)

Veronica/Heather Chandler (Heathers) 

Pippin × Leading Player (Pippin)

Dorian Gray × Lord Henry Wotton × Basil Hallward (Dorian Gray)

Krolock/Sarah (Tanz Der Vampire) 

Bonnie/Clyde (...guess)

Audrey/Seymour (Little Shop of Horrors)

Margrid/Orléans (Marie Antoinette)

Marguerite/Chauvelin (Scarlet Pimpernel)

Gaston/LeFou (Beauty and the Beast)

Valvert (Les Miserables) 

Herbert/Alfred (Tanz der Vampire)

Hans/Anna (Frozen)

X-Black/John Faust (The Devil)

Louisa × Ramon (Zorro)

Dracula/Professor V (Mama Don’t Cry)

Light Yagami/L (Lawlight) (Death Note)

[ginabiggs]

Adventure, Terror, & True Love! Step into a world where magic is real and the big bad wolf is waiting just around the corner. Here you will find clever princesses, brave mothers, mysterious witches, and epic quests! Erstwhile is an anthology series adapting the hidden gems of the Brothers Grimm and illustrated by Gina Biggs, Louisa Roy, and Elle Skinner. Reading this will make your day better. #Erstwhile Fairy Tales #webcomic #WEBTOON

[strontiumsun]

Anarchy Wolf and her counterpart, Freeze Frame! These are element-swapped versions of OCs Louisa and Joseph, who are part of the Offsprings. I've drawn Anarchy before and she has her own tag, lucky her.

Their in-universe names would be Josie and Roy.

[magicalrocketships]

Boringly, this is not the BBC top 100 list, but a mash-up of that and various other ones. This is the actual list from 2003:

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien 2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen 3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman 4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams 5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling 6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee 7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne 8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell 9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis 10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë 11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller 12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë 13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks 14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier 15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger 16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame 17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens 18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott 19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres 20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy 21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell 22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling 23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling 24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling 25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien 26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy 27. Middlemarch, George Eliot 28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving 29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck 30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll 31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson 32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez 33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett 34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens 35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl 36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson 37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute 38. Persuasion, Jane Austen 39. Dune, Frank Herbert 40. Emma, Jane Austen 41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery 42. Watership Down, Richard Adams 43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald 44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas 45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh 46. Animal Farm, George Orwell 47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens 48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy 49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian 50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher

51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett 52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck 53. The Stand, Stephen King 54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy 55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth 56. The BFG, Roald Dahl 57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome 58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell 59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer 60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky 61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman 62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden 63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens 64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough 65. Mort, Terry Pratchett 66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton 67. The Magus, John Fowles 68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman 69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett 70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding 71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind 72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell 73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett 74. Matilda, Roald Dahl 75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding 76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt 77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins 78. Ulysses, James Joyce 79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens 80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson 81. The Twits, Roald Dahl 82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith 83. Holes, Louis Sachar 84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake 85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy 86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson 87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley 88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons 89. Magician, Raymond E Feist 90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac 91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo 92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel 93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett 94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho 95. Katherine, Anya Seton 96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer 97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez 98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson 99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot 100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie

I have read 99.5 of these because a) my cousins and I decided to read them all and b) fucking Ulysses, FUCKING ULYSSES, I will never finish that fucking book and I will forever be mad at it

How many have you read?

The BBC estimates that most people will only read 6 books out of the 100 listed below. Reblog this and bold the titles you’ve read.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2 Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkein 3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series 5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 6 The Bible 7 Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte 8 Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell 9 His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman 10 Great Expectations – Charles Dickens 11 Little Women – Louisa M Alcott 12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy 13 Catch 22 – Joseph Heller 14 Complete Works of Shakespeare 15 Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier 16 The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien 17 Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks 18 Catcher in the Rye 19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffeneger 20 Middlemarch – George Eliot 21 Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell 22 The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald 23 Bleak House – Charles Dickens 24 War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy 25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams 26 Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh 27 Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky 28 Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck 29 Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll 30 The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame 31 Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy 32 David Copperfield – Charles Dickens 33 Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis 34 Emma – Jane Austen 35 Persuasion – Jane Austen 36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis 37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini 38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres 39 Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden 40 Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne 41 Animal Farm – George Orwell 42 The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown 43 One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez 44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney – John Irving 45 The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins 46 Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery 47 Far From The Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy 48 The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood 49 Lord of the Flies – William Golding 50 Atonement – Ian McEwan

51 Life of Pi – Yann Martel 52 Dune – Frank Herbert 53 Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons 54 Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen 55 A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth 56 The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon 57 A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens 58 Brave New World – Aldous Huxley 59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon 60 Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez 61 Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck 62 Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov 63 The Secret History – Donna Tartt 64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold 65 Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas 66 On The Road – Jack Kerouac 67 Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy 68 Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding 69 Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie 70 Moby Dick – Herman Melville 71 Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens 72 Dracula – Bram Stoker 73 The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett 74 Notes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson 75 Ulysses – James Joyce 76 The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath 77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome 78 Germinal – Emile Zola 79 Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray 80 Possession – AS Byatt 81 A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens 82 Cloud Atlas – David Mitchel 83 The Color Purple – Alice Walker 84 The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro 85 Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert 86 A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry 87 Charlotte’s Web – EB White 88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom 89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 90 The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton 91 Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad 92 The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery 93 The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks 94 Watership Down – Richard Adams 95 A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole 96 A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute 97 The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas 98 Hamlet – William Shakespeare 99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl 100 Les Miserables – Victor Hugo

[annethunderstorms]

My Year in Books 2023:

9,563 pages read

33 books read

Home by Toni Morrison

- historical fiction, race, trauma, family

- set in US (Georgia), Korea (Korean War) in 1950s

- main characters: Frank Money, Ysidra “Cee” Money

Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

- fiction, family, immigration, deportation

- set in US (New York to New Mexico/Arizona)

- main characters: unnamed mother, father and their two children

North: How to Live Scandinavian by Brontë Aurell

- nonfiction, lifestyle, culture

- set in Denmark, Norway, Sweden

Fox and I by Catherine Raven

- nonfiction, memoir, nature, environment, biology

- set in US (Montana)

How to Live Korean by Soo Kim

- nonfiction, lifestyle, culture

- set in South Korea

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

- fiction, romance, dystopia, war, immigration

- set in Middle East, Greece (Mykonos), UK (London), US (San Francisco)

- main characters: Saeed, Nadia

Stars Between the Sun and Moon: One Woman’s Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom by Lucia Jang

- nonfiction, memoir, oppression, survival

- set in North Korea, China in 1990s

Land of Snow and Ashes by Petra Rautiainen

- historical fiction, World War II, Sámi, mystery

- set in northern Finland in 1944, 1947-1950

- main characters: Inkeri Lindqvist, Olavi Heiskanen, Väinö Remes

This Wound Full of Fish by Lorena Salazar Masso

- fiction, motherhood

- set in Colombia (Atrato river)

- main characters: unnamed mother, unnamed boy, Gina

Kings of the Yukon: An Alaskan River Journey by Adam Weymouth

- nonfiction, nature, environment, memoir

- set in Yukon, Alaska

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See

- historical fiction, family, tea, Akha culture, adoption

- set in China (Yunnan), US (California) between 1980-2016

- main characters: Li-yan, Haley Davis

Il guardiano della collina dei ciliegi (The Year Shizo Kanakuri Disappeared) by Franco Faggiani

- historical fiction, sports, solitude

- set in Japan, Sweden between 1900s en 1960s

- main character: Shizo Kanakuri

When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge by Chanrithy Him

- nonfiction, memoir, war, survival

- set in Cambodia in the 1970s

Violeta by Isabel Allende

- historical fiction, family saga

- set in Chile, US between 1920-2020

- main characters: Violeta del Valle, Camilo del Valle

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

- nonfiction, memoir, grief, loss

- set in US (NY and LA)

Butcher’s Crossing by John Williams

- historical fiction, western, nature, bison hunt

- set in US (Kansas, Colorado) in 1870

- main characters: Will Andrews, Miller, Charley Hoge, Fred Schneider

The Unseen (De usynlige) by Roy Jacobsen

- historical fiction, family saga, hardship

- set in northern Norway between 1910-1930

- main character: Ingrid Barrøy

White Shadow (Hvitt hav) by Roy Jacobsen

- historical fiction, family saga, hardship

- set in northern Norway in 1940s

- main character: Ingrid Barrøy

The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende

- historical fiction, immigration, war

- set in Austria (Vienna), US (Arizona), El Salvador between 1938-2019

- main characters: Samuel Adler, Anita Díaz, Selena Dúran, Leticia Cordero

The Devil’s Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea

- nonfiction, immigration, crime

- set on the Mexican/US border (Arizona)

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

- nonfiction, indigenous, nature, environment

- set in North America

Hearing Birds Fly by Louisa Waugh

- nonfiction, memoir, travel, culture

- set in Mongolia (Tsengel) in late 1990s

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

- historical fiction, family saga, coming-of-age, loss, abuse

- set in US (Ohio) between 1900s-1970s

- main character: Betty Carpenter

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

- fiction, classic, modernism

- set in UK (Scotland) in 1920s

- main characters: Mrs Ramsay, Mr Ramsay, Lily Briscoe

Tracks: One Woman's Journey Across 1,700 Miles of Australian Outback by Robyn Davidson

- nonfiction, memoir, adventure, nature

- set in Australia in late 1970s

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé

- nonfiction, history, politics, war

- set in Palestine (Israel) in 1880s-1940s

Train to Tibet (De trein naar Tibet) by Maja Wolny

- nonfiction, travel, culture

- set in Russia, China

Sovietistan by Erika Fatland

- nonfiction, travel, culture, history

- set in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

- fiction, family, grief, cats

- set in Japan

- main characters: Nana the cat, Satoru Miyawaki

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

- fiction, magical realism, time travel, loss

- set in Japan

- main characters: Kazu Tokita, Kei Tokita, Nagare Tokita, Yaeko Hirai

Tales from the Café: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

- fiction, magical realism, time travel, loss

- set in Japan

- main characters: Kazu Tokita, Nagare Tokita, Miki Tokita

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

- fiction, sci-fi, dystopia, humanity

- set in US

- main characters: a father and his son

Educated by Tara Westover

- nonfiction, memoir, family, religion

- set in US (Idaho)

[leanstooneside]

Demanding unreasonable support from friends or family

◊ robby

◊ andrew

◊ thomasina

◊ anne

◊ ali

◊ essex

◊ andy

◊ jan

◊ sharon

◊ charles

◊ costa

◊ wentworth

◊ roy

◊ louisa

◊ yi

◊

◊ julian

◊ byrne

◊ harville

◊ mrs

◊ oliver

◊ brandon

◊ schwager

◊ abram

◊ michael

◊ matt

◊ arkadyevich

◊ geoffrey

◊ thomas

◊ denise

◊ 6

◊ captain

◊ elizabeth's

◊ h

◊ homer

◊ here

◊ subject

◊ shaun

◊ sir

◊ rs

◊ tobias

◊ ken

◊ b

◊ elizabeth

◊ tanisha

◊ may

◊ adams

◊ jose

◊ harry

◊ goldman