#Sarah Kaufman

[mommydearestella]

Dennis Dunce of Saratoga

[bookaddict24-7]

(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (September 17th, 2024)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Releases:

We Are Hunted by Tomi Oyemakinde

What is this Feeling? by Robby Weber

Night Owls by A.R. Vishny

Spells to Forget Us by Aislinn Brophy

If Anything Happens to Me by Luanne Rice

Such Lovely Skin by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne

Ruin Road by Lamar Giles

The Lies We Conjure by Sarah Henning

New Sequels:

Warrior of Legend (Heromaker #2) by Kendare Blake

Seasons of Flesh & Flame (Shades of Rust and Ruin #2) by A.G. Howard

Forget Me Not (Rosenholm #2) by Gry Kappel Jensen

The Immortal Abyss (The Threshold Duology #2) by Katherine Briggs

The Heart of the World (The Isles of the Gods #2) by Amie Kaufman

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Happy reading!

[alexablissfrance]

Photos de Alexa Bliss avec Sarah Michelle Gellar, à WrestleMania.

[sarahreesbrennan]

The Three Reasons I’m EXCITED for this Event

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I’m excited to be in conversation with @amiekaufmanauthor about THE ISLES OF THE GODS @booksupstairs in Dublin on June 13, 6PM for many reasons. 1) Isles is a rollicking adventure that had the audacity to make me cry in the prologue, don’t talk to me about the blackbirds! 2) Books Upstairs on D’Olier St is our oldest independent bookshop and a marvel, I’ve only been there to buy books and accidentally throw sandwiches but now I’m to be let loose! 3) Amie, as well as being brilliant, is lovely. Last time I saw her I hugged her and said ‘See you in 6 months.’ Cancer and Covid lockdowns happened, and it’s been almost 6 years. I cannot wait to celebrate her with you! #amiekaufman #sarahreesbrennan #booksupstairs #authorsofinstagram #theisleofthegods #authorevent

[flowerish-cherry-blue]

book recommendation list #1

• the lynburn legacy by sarah rees brennan [ya]

• the coldest girl in coldtown by holly black [ya]

• the illuminae files by amie kaufman, jay kristoff [sci-fi]

• sputnik sweetheart by haruki murakami [fiction novel]

• the raven and other poems by edgar allan poe [poetry&horror]

[moviesandmania]

CHAINSAW MAIDENS FROM HELL Reviews - trailer - free on Plex, YouTube

Chainsaw Maidens from Hell is a 2016 comedy horror film written and directed by Matthew Martino (The Drachen Recruitment Experiment). Kane Hodder was an associate producer for the SGV production which is also known as simply Chainsaw Maidens. The movie stars Allen McRae, Kane Hodder, (Death House; Old 37; Smothered; Jason X) Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman, Sarah French (American Satan; Bite School;…

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UNFOLLOW (5+ DAYS OF INACTIVITY: THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN REOPENED)

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[dontdenymeshakespeare]

The Amazing Readathon Week Four

The Amazing Readathon is a readathon hosted by Brianna from Four Paws and a Book and co-hosted by many others in the BookTube and Bookstagram community. This one is based on the reality TV show The Amazing Race and it’s about spending the month of June travelling the world. There are prompts and ways you can get can get bonus points (LGBTQ+ author, team genre, etc.), but there are also a whole…

[robynsassenmyview]

Not only the lonely

"Not only the lonely", a review of Andrew Haigh's 'All of us strangers'.

DINNER for three with Adam (Andrew Scott), his dad (Jamie Bell) and mum (Claire Foy) in a scene from All of Us Strangers. WHAT WOULD YOU do if you visited your childhood home, and your parents, as young as they were when you were a small child, opened the door, and recognised you immediately? Only, you’re still you in the here and now and have lived, aged and erred, for some decades in their…

[queer-ragnelle]

hiii do you have any favorite mythical creatures in arthurian legend? specifically sentient beings who are like humans but also not. and do you happen to know if there's a glossary/dictionary of creatures in arthurian/welsh/irish mythology in particular?

Hello!

My favorite mythical creature would be the Questing Beast/Glatisant. It's not even close. She's just the freakiest!! Most people know her from the Vulgate or Le Morte d'Arthur, but I also like her in La Tavola Ritonda and Perlesvaus. She pops up in several retellings, but I think she's vastly underutilized which is a tragedy. She could be so much scarier! Gotta do everything myself... Another favorite animalistic creature is Twrch Trwyth, the boar from the Mabinogion.

As for more human-like examples, I have many. The Ladies of the Lake, Sir Galehaut and other giants, Sir Gromer Somer Joure, the Green Knight. I don't have a creature-specific glossary, but there's The Arthurian Name Dictionary, which includes not only people but creatures and places.

What I do have is a ton of essays and a few books about my favorite characters (and their archetypes). I'll list them in alphabetical order.

Culhwch & Olwen - Giants, Boar-hunts, Barbering Masculinity by Sarah Sheehan

Culhwch & Olwen - Welsh Giants & Social Identity by Lisa Leblanc

Disenchanting Gromer Somer Joure by Karen Hunter Trimnell

Idea of The Green Knight by Lawrence Besserman

Monster Relics - Giant, Archangel, Mont Saint Michel in Alliterative Morte Arthure by Christopher Lee Pipkin

Nature & the Inner Man in SGATGK by William F. Woods

Outsiders - The Humanity & Inhumanity of Giants by Sylvia Huot

Questing Beast & Ruin of Logres in Post-Vulgate by Antonio L. Furtado

Questing Beast Noise of Adventure by Adam Spellmire

Regional Identity in SGATGK by Rhonda Knight

Shifting Skin - Passing as Human, Passing as Fay in SGATGK by Lariss a Tracy

The Law of the Lake - Malory's Sovereign Lady by Amy S. Kaufman

What Kind of Animal is the Questing Beast?

Sorry I don't have a glossary of Arthurian creatures to share. I'd love one too, honestly! But I gave you a bunch of stuff to read, so that will have to suffice. Take care!

[bookshelvesandtealeaves]

🖤🩶 ASEXUAL AWARENESS WEEK 🤍💜

This Asexual Awareness Week I wanted to highlight some books that I don’t share here as often because I either haven’t read them yet, don’t own a physical copy, or have only very recently acquired a physical copy and most of my posts like this are stacks and flatlays.

So this time we have a graphic! Yay! (I really hate making graphics someone teach me how to choose backgrounds and fonts)

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Books featured:

Slide 2 (read and loved):

- Don’t Let the Forest In by CG Drews

- Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky

- The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will by Maya MacGregor

- A Nobleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel by KJ Charles

- How You Get the Girl by Anita Kelly

- The Isles of the Gods by Amie Kaufman

- The Siren, the Song and the Spy by Maggie Toluda Hall

- Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp

Slide 3 (tbr):

- City of Strife by Claudie Arsenault

- Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun

- Fourth World by Lyssa Chiavari

- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan MacGuire

- The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann

- Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

- The Society for Soulless Girls by Laura Steven

- Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms by Sarah Wallace & CO Callahan

[mommydearestella]

Does Anyone Know this Person?

I ran across this pic online the other day and I know this guy as chase in Jacksonville for 4 years. He's homeless, according to him, but hardly ever around. This pic was taken at Residence Inn where I have stayed many times. I can tell by the coverlet. Its obviously posed AND PROBABLY POSTED ONLINE WITH THE ABUSERS HACKERS WHO I AM SURE, MADE SURE THAT I WOULD SEE IT. Could this be my long lost cousin Greg Katz backside? He is the son of the venerable Dr. Richard Katz of Ballenisles country club in illustrious palm beach gardens Florida. Or.... Could it be someone who is around Dennis Felcher. or Miss Todd Olivieri in South Florida or NY? How about anyone around David kaufman in NY who at one time resided in Brooklyn on Quentin road. Davids glamorous mother is Sarah Kaufman who always wore a big round diamond on her hand and probably the most beautiful diamond wedding band, all long rectangle diamonds all the way around set in platinum, of course, that I have ever seen in my life. Has anyone seen this person around David or his well tar do sister Allison Kaufman? Maybe this is her, uh, Assistant?? Delicious Allison Kaufman is like the girl next door who collects rent from tenants with a baseball bat in her Louis Vuitton handbag. She is so adorable you want to squeeze her cheeks. Not her fanny of course she's a traditional young lady. Yes indeed. She's Daddy's little Gurl!! I heard she is the real estate queen of Tudor City in NYC. She is most definitely a proper young woman but how proper? Her brother David is a formidable guy once he finally finishes brushing his hair. I heard He is well hung. Brooklyn's 11 inch pride and joy! He's a real stunner David. Just ask any doorman in Tudor city! I think he went to Yeshiva. Has anyone seen the guy pictured below around any of the people mentioned in this post or around Nathan James Smith my ex? As far as I know Sarah and Seymour Kaufman have one son and one daughter. David and Allison. Maybe they dropped David on his head. Who doesn't call back or check on their younger cousin?? Dunce... what .. do I have to rim this guy to get a call back? Isn't it all very convenient? I guess if I don't speak with them they can say that and maybe escape blame for not telling me something??

[seraphimumbra]

"I don't feel alive. No, that's not right. I don't feel dead either, which is the worst part. I'm somewhere in between, a place as hollow and cold as the spaces between stars." — Amie Kaufman

"It’s not the feeling of completeness I need, but the feeling of not being empty." — Jonathan Safran Foer

"I felt like a ghost, watching my own life from somewhere far away." — Sarah Dessen

[kpopandbookschild]

Book poll round 3 #1

[duckprintspress]

Celebrate Bisexual Awareness Week with 18 Awesome Books with Bi Characters!

September 16th to 23rd is Bisexual Awareness Week, culminating in Bisexual Visibility Day on the last day! To celebrate, we cooked up a list of our 18 favorite books featuring bisexual characters!

The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths and Magic by F. T. Lukens

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Guardian by priest

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian

Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

When the Stars Alight by Camilla Andrew

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall

The Heartbreak Bakery by A. R. Capetta

Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake

What are YOUR favorite books with bisexual protagonists? Tell us so we can get our read on even more!

This post was compiled with contributions from numerous Duck Prints Press contributors. We’ll have another post coming out on the 23rd, with Duck Prints Press publications featuring bi characters!

[evolvingsidekick]

BD - winners where are they now (incomplete)

I think someone requested this somewhere

Most females and recent males because there are just too many to do rn

At companies:

Miriam Gittens (s2013): Gibney Company

Alyssa Allen (s2014): Ballets Jazz Montreal

Brianne Sellars (s2014): Dallas Black Dance Theatre

Ashley Green (s2015): Alvin Ailey American dance Theater

Payton Johnson (j2012, t2015, s2017): L.A. Dance Project

Vivian Ruiz (s2019): Ballet BC

Kelis Robinson (t2018, s2020): The Batsheva Dance Company; The Juilliard School

Kiarra Waidelich (m2016, j2018, t2020): Royal Flux Company

Quinn Starner (t2017): New York City Ballet Corps de Ballet

Emma Sutherland (j2014, t2016): MashUp Contemporary Dance Co.

Sarah Pippin (t2011): Ballet BC

Timmy Blankenship (s2017): Sydney Dance Company; choreographer

Brady Farrar (m2014, j2017, t2021): ABT Junior Company

Easton Magliarditi (t2020): Royal Flux Company

Graham Feeny (t2015): Artistic associate at Gibney Company

Logan Hernandez (t2015): Göteborgs Operans Danskompani

Zenon Zubyk (t2013): Nederlands Dans Theater

Jonathan Wade (j2011, s2016): Rambert Dance Company

Wyeth Walker (s2017): Rubberband Dance Company

Faculty/teacher/choreography:

Lucy Vallely (t2015, s2018): Broadway Dance Center, freelance choreographer

Jayci Kalb ( j2011, t2014, s2016): The Dance Centre; Radio City Clara 2010

Taylor Sieve (s2016): Jump Dance Convention

Jenna Johnson (s2012): DWTS pro, 24 Seven Dance Convention

Jazzmin James (t2012, s2015): faculty several intensives

Jaycee Wilkins (j2015): Club Dance Studio

Sophia Lucia (j2014): Dancelab OC

Brynn Rumfallo (m2014): Strive Dance Workshop (own project)

Talia Seitel (m2012): Project 21 (part-time)

Lex Ishimoto (t2014, s2016): Jump Dance Convention

at University/college:

Ellie Wagner (s2019): Ohio State University Dance Team

Ella Horan (s2021): USC Kaufman

Kayla Mak (m2014, s2021): The Juilliard School; Radio City Clara 2014, 2015

Brianna Keingatti (s2022): The Juilliard School

Julia Lowe (s2023): USC Kaufman

Ava Wagner (j2018): University of Minnesota Dance Team

Avery Gay (m2015, j2017): University of Arizona School of Dance

Leara Stanley (m2011): Duke University

Sam Fine (s2023): USC Kaufman; Young Arts 2022

Seth Gibson: The Juilliard School

Alex Shulman (s2022): New York University Tisch Dance

Joziah German (m2014, t2018, s2020): The Juilliard School

Joey Gertin (t2018): The Juilliard School

Professional dancer/choreographer:

Simrin Player (t2014, s2017): The Voice, Missy Elliot, Justin Bieber, RBD

Jaxon Williard (s2021): Rihanna, Madonna, Lil Nas X

D'Angelo Castro (j2012, t2016, s2019): DWTS troupe

Findlay Mcconnell (t2017, s2019): Tate McRace

Christian Smith (s2018): Tate McRae, NBC's Saved by the Bell

Keanu Uchida (s2014): Dancer the Musical; also a big advocate for protecting dancers and calling out inappropriate behaviour

Eric Schloesser (s2014): Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, J Balvin; choreographer, creative director, designer; Dana Foglia Dance Company

Other/a combo of things:

Bianca Melchior (s2011): actor, dancer, singer; Nick Jonas, Alessia Cara, own music; faculty at On The Floor dance competition

Tate McRae (m2013, j2015, t2018): singer/songwriter

Bostyn Brown (j2016, t2019): Professional assistant at DanceOne

Megan Goldstein (t2017); dancer, photographer

Christina Ricucci (t2013): actor, musician, dancer

Bella Klassen (j2017): The Space, vlogger

Kalani Hilliker (j2013): influencer, teaching at several places (Danceplex, MBA)

Elliana Walmsley (m2018): influencer, DWTS Junior, Radio City Clara 2019

Diana Pombo (m2016): singer/songwriter, dancer, actor; Young Arts voice 2023+2024

Morgan Higgins (t2016, s2018): dancer, aerialist

Zelig Williams (s2013):dancer/actor: MJ the Musical, Hamilton

Daniel Gaymon (s2011): dancer/actor; Broadway (Cats, The Lion King); Hamilton national tour, La La Land

Ricky Ubeda (t2011, s2012): choreographer, actor; Steven Spielberg's West Side Story

Michael Hall (s2015): Saturday Night Fever the Musical, tv dancer in Cairo, Egypt; teacher

Julian Elia (t2014): Steven Spielberg's Westside Story, working on the development of a new Broadway musical

Sage Rosen (t2016): influencer; DWTS Junior

Ryan Maw (j2015, t2017): choreographer, dancer, actor: High School Musical: The Musical - The Series

Holden Maples (j2016, t2019): dancer, teacher, choreographer

Competing/not graduated honorable mentions:

Cameron Voorhees (m2018, j2021, t2023): Evolve Dance Complex; starting career as a teacher/choreographer

Crystal Huang (m2019, j2021, t2023): The Rock Center for Dance, Bayer Ballet Academy; Prix De Lausanne 2024, Young Arts 2024, Radio City Clara 2021

Hailey Bills (m2017, t2022): Center Stage Performing Arts Studio, DWTS Junior

Brightyn Brems (m2017): DWTS Junior

Avery Hall (t2022): Danceology; Young Arts 2023

Savannah Kristich (t2021): The Rock Center For Dance; Twyla Now

Savannah Manzel (m2020): Larkin Dance Studio, Radio City Clara 2023

Kya Massimino (m2021): Radio City Clara 2023

Ian Stegeman (m2019, j2021, t2023): Woodbury Dance Center, Young Arts 2024