#My friends asks for book recommendations

[rootlings]

Help, I just fell into the Shadowhunter Chronicles trap again bc I heard there was going to be a kitty book and now I've been scrolling the internet for all content for the last few days and I've already begun re-reading the entire TSC again.

[ravewing]

looks at the xmas tree with my neurodivergent eyes (i will actually lose it if i have to wait another day to open presents)

[carygrantsbeard]

French translations of Jane Austen have to be some of the worst ones out there. It’s not something I can pinpoint, but all the joy, wittiness, fun and emotion in her writing disappears and it becomes absolutely BORING!!!!!! I was so shocked when I read her in English for the first time and had the best time ever !!!

[driftingballoons]

Is there any media that's left a lasting impact on you?

So I’m going to give two answers, one the obvious, and another bonus answer for variety’s sake :3

Pmd explorers has possibly had the greatest lasting impact on me that any piece of media ever has. As my introduction to pokemon, I felt like I was playing partly as Hero would’ve experienced it—with absolutely no idea what to expect, and no background knowledge of anything. But the way it quickly changed from “heehee creature adventure :3” to “what does it truly mean to live and how can you shine as brightly as you can, even in the face of oblivion?” caught me quite off guard. It really made me start to think about how I could try to make the most of my life, how people’s actions can be hugely shaped by their situations, and how you really can’t take even the most simple of things for granted. I played this at 12 y/o during an otherwise very disruptive/isolated time in my life, so I’m not sure if that’s partly why my brain latched onto this as much as it did, but I genuinely felt like it helped me get through it. Whenever I felt weak or powerless back then, I found inspiration from how strong hero, partner, and grovyle had to be to get through everything, and it felt like it made coping just a bit easier. Fast forward to a much better time in my life, and it’s helped me find a wonderful, incredibly talented online community and friends, and I have an absolute blast being able to interact with you guys and see your takes on the series!

The other piece of media that had a lasting impact was Allie Brosh’s book Hyperbole and a Half. I hadn’t known before reading it, but she actually had a blog of the same name around the early 2010s, where she’d post her funny comics and stories. The part that had the most impact on me was actually her iconic ‘poorly drawn’ MS paint kind of style. It made me realize that you don’t necessarily have to make professional quality art to make something worth seeing. This inspired me not only to start posting my own doodles and stuff online, but also changed my approach when dealing with a lot of daunting things. Whenever I feel like I’m not good enough/skilled enough to try something, I remember how popular her stuff was, despite looking ‘low quality,’ and it reminds me that doing something low quality is better than not doing it at all! 

[the-way-astray]

hey so there's this play that i think you should read, it's called rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead

I WILL NEVER READ RAGAD YOU FUCKING LOSER-ASS FREAKAZOID

[fictionadventurer]

imaginary book: “The Ruined Idylls of Calomar”, low fantasy (quite obscure, authorship disputed; philologists suspect the first draft was written in a Celtic or Semitic language in the late 19th or early 20th century.)

The Ruined Idylls of Calomar by A.E. Mann

This haunting work of fantasy claims to be the journals of an unnamed scholar living in exile after the fall of the hidden lands of Calomar. Once a thriving, peaceful, highly civilized culture, its glory was brought low by the pride, greed, and wrath of kings, scholars, explorers and warriors who fought for glory, power, and honor, until its final destruction by a dark, nameless weapon left only a scant handful of survivors to escape and tell the tale. In haunting language, the narrator writes of Calomar's glory and intrigue, its final fall, and his irresistible yet doomed attempts to return to his lost homeland and learn what, if anything, has survived.

[rocketonthemoon]

12, 19, 22 :)

What is the first book you remember reading or being read to you: Being read to me was Fox and Socks or maybe Moo Baa LaLaLa. I used to make my dad read both over and over and over and over to the point where they're still kinda up there somewhere in my head (Luke luck likes lakes Luke Luck Licks Lakes Luke likes lake licks you get the idea) and I'm pretty sure I could front to back recite Moo Baa LaLaLa. First I have memory of reading myself is tricky. I remember reading a bunch as a kid and I remember the feeling of holding books. But at the risk of being TOO on brand I think the first one I really remember reading myself was a Pokemon Chapter book

Top five favorite books: oh jail. Jail for this question. Ok ok ok.

Number One All Time is The Princess Bride by William Goldman. Never has a book so concretely shaped my reading style, sense of humor, and made me want to write something like that book has.

The other four are less and more just general books that hold the dearest place in my heart:

Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey The Priory of the Orange Tree by Sammantha Shannon The House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

What book never should've been a movie: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. Awful movie. Awful awful movies

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

I was falling asleep because it's 4:30 in the morning but then a friend that I have a mild crush on texted me and asked what horror movies corresponds to which areas at camp, and clearly Climbing Wall is Vertigo, Aquatics is Jaws and Ecology-Conservation is The Birds, (these were her assignments) but she wanted to know whether Blair Witch fit Scoutcraft (basic scouting skills) or Handicraft (arts and crafts) more, and I said Handicraft because of the figurine things, then she asked what Scoutcraft would be, and full disclosure, I like horror movies but I don't watch a lot of them. I'm picky. Because I don't like gore or zombies and I have anxiety so it's difficult. Okay. So I literally Googled "outdoor horror movies" and tried to find one that I recognized, and thankfully Midsommar was on that list and I've seen and enjoyed Midsommar, so that's what I said. The only other horror movies I can remember seeing are Cabin in the Woods (masterpiece but doesn't fit) and one I can't remember the name of but it's about a video game and has Frankie Muniz and the guy that played Mary Lightly in Psych. And tbh, most of my horror movies knowledge comes from parody episodes of Psych. Especially the Hitchcock episode. I only knew Vertigo because of Psych. This post was a whole lot of inconsequential nonsense, but I get a pass because it's 4:30am and I'm talking to a cool girl.

[skitskatdacat63]

I feel like Khachaturian is such an underrated composer :<

Everyone should listen to Gayaneh >:(

[exoticbutterfucker]

I just finished a book for the first time in a few months (and second one in years) and it was super fun and awesome. I always forget that I enjoy reading and then I pick up a book and I’m like “oh wow this is amazing.” Then I finish the book and don’t know what else to start reading.

Anyways if anyone has something good to suggest lemme know.

[catgirlwarrior]

we are mutuals and weve never talked or anything and im not even super active on here, but today i wished we were friends so i could personally recommend you a really funny book im reading that i think you would like. and then i thought that maybe i should recommend it to you through an ask, but then i felt too embarrassed by the possibility of you not liking the book, or by it being too strange to receive a recommendation from a stranger, or or or. but, i figured youd like to know that strange creatures on the internet think of you

Awww wait anon please feel free to DM me, for book recs or otherwise! Especially if we're mutuals, but even if I'm not mutuals with someone- I LOVE making Internet friends and talking to folks. I'm honored you thought of me and thought I would like your book suggestion. I'd love to be your friend on here if you'd have me, or even if you'd rather just stay mutuals but send the recommendation I'd love to check it out.

[firenati0n]

my friends are so sick of me but the ones who know my Extended Fandom Lore know this is extremely rare lmaoooo

[le-velo-pour-dru]

Look at this little guy

I LOVE THE LITTLE GUY SO MUCH!!!!!!!! :OOOO It's so beautiful, wow ❤❤❤❤❤ Thank you so much for showing me, it's so pretty and I love it :3 <3333

[tantaliax]

I literally only watched the first season of black butler but I really enjoyed it. But I'm confused - as I've only heard from the grape vine about the new season - isn't Ciel fucking dead?? What the hell is going on?! Is Sebastian back? That's all I care about really xD

HAHA I finally understand your confusion— the anime actually totally departs from the manga after episode 7 I believe! so everything from then on is a separate canon from the actual timeline, which picks up in book of circus, not season 2.

so, in the manga/canon timeline, ciel never “died”, and also yes, sebastian is back, because he never left! at least for very long

[lottiecrabie]

It’s probably time I told you I make one of my friends read pfms whenever a new chapter drops because I just think it’s SO good. She’s not even a fan of matty or the 1975 😭

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NO WAY SHSJSJ sending your friend smut is so funny to me Especially if she doesn’t even care about the guy😭 it’s truly just random erotica to her wow. i hope she agrees with you and likes it😁😁

[generously-general]

was looking thru the reblogs of that goncharov index poll & i’m curious about the book you were talking about in the tags. what was it?

Wasn't expecting anyone to see those tags lmao; thank you for asking! It's called Dark Lord: The Teenage Years and it's a kids' book, so I'm not terribly surprised that it doesn't have an adult fanbase