#Terry Haig

[cinemaquiles]

Inspirado num apagão real: Blackout Terror em Nova York (1978)

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horror icons with their pets 💕 part 2

[sapphirebluejewel]

What I would have done Degrassi Characters who had less storylines or got black holed

I know they aren't all "blackholed" exactly but they all faded off or had very little storylines.

Derek Haig- I don't know. I don't like him as a character but it's different for a Degrassi character to get worse instead of better. Just seeing him at graduation would honestly be enough to wrap him up.

Kendra Mason-Exploring heritage and adoption. We get it a little bit with Derek but it's different to be a POC in a white family. She was in basically every sports team when she was there and just continuing that. Having a sporty girl girl before Jane. I love sibling relationships and I feel like hers with Spinner would be very entertaining. Just having her involved in Spinner's storylines ie the shooting, cancer, and wedding. Her and Nadia's friendship could be a plot point. Basically every degrassi characters has a romance storyline but I don't know who hers would be with.

Nadia Yamir-I would have liked an episode where she got the main plot and it just showed her daily life as a disabled person. Maybe how she gets into the school each day and how the world is not accommodating for someone in a wheelchair. Maybe there's a bonding moment with Jimmy. I also want her to have a relationship storyline I'm thinking with Towerz? And she and Kendra have a talk where Nadia doesn't think he really likes her because no one has really liked her in the past.

Blue Chessex-Honestly I don't really give a frick about him. He ran his course. Bye.

Wesley Betenkamp-He plays the flute so I'm assuming he's in the band and there are Degrassi band plotlines in seasons 11 and 12 he could participate in. Him and Hannah together. Degrassi having a long-term healthy relationship? He and Winston kinda have similar personalities so he maybe they are in comic book club together. More of him Connor and Dave hanging out as well because it felt like Connor only hung out with Jenna in the later seasons.

Bruce The Moose-Maybe give him a last name lol. And I think he should have a storyline where he pines after a smart girl just because I want to see that. We never really know if he graduates but we do know Bruce actually has a good side and he wants people to like him. An arc would be making him less of a bully. He probably would have had to spend another semester at degrassi because of his grades and this time he doesn't really have any friends.

Johnny DiMarco-I want to see more of the good side of his relationship with Alli. We only every see the bad stuff. Also I want to see more of him making amends because no one seems to hate him for JTs death by the time he graduates. And he does go to college although we never really know how this happens.

Dave Turner-Involved in the play somehow? Like he helps Imogen running it. And he hosts some DegrassiTv segments. He would honestly be great in front of the camera. And I think Becky Imogen and Dave would have been a good trio. I would have just liked to see him graduate tbh. He had good character growth that we saw so far and I would want to continue that. Him dealing with Jacinta's and Adam's death. He definitely would have been involved in the summer camp storyline. Dallas and Dave I think would have gotten along too once Dallas apologizes. He was involved with student Council too in his run. They bring up Dave being good at music and they could've explaned on that! Really Dave could fit anywhere and it's a shame they didn't keep him around.

Jack Jones-She didn't fit the rebrand to next class and the only storyline I could think of for her is coming out to her parents which Zoe already took. I think she was okay moving. Her father was in the military he probably just got stationed somewhere else.

Leia Chang-We knew she was a dancer but we barely if at all got to see her dance. I would have liked to see that and her grow some. When I say grow I mean stop the pathological lying. I actually liked her and Anya's relationship. It showed Anay's growth outside of Holly J. I'm not lying I didn't really like her but I fully believe in seeing all main characters graduate.

Chris Sharpe-I like the idea of further exploring him wanting to be a DJ. He might've advocated for peace at Degrassi after the shooting, changing some of his ways. Involvled with the Jay and Silent Bob movie. I don't know any more romance plots for him but degrassi needs more bis. Also his character seems to have merged with Damien Hayes along the line and those two could've been one.

Damon Carter-He's honestly very disconnected from the rest of his grade. He was friends with Zig but that obviously got severed. I would like it if together Zig and his backgrounds were explored more, being poor/lower income I mean. It would've been fun to see Tiny, Zig, and Damon doing boy stuff together. Him being less of a creep to women would be good too but overall not atached to his character.

Lucas Valieri-Honestly just background stuff of him stepping up to the plate more and being a better father. Showing he wants to be different from his family. Little background character arc. He did drop out but it would be cool if he followed Mia to Paris to take care of their child together and took some responsibility there.

Sadie Rowland-I actually liked her and Dave together and she deserved better towards the end. Maybe more of her playing basketball. I could see her as bi too and she could be Zoe's first inclining of being a lesbian along with Grace. I think she goes to Paris with everybody and her and Alli talk? I don't know how she could be incorporated furthur and she was the only one of her class left. She likely wouldn't make the move to the next class franchise.

Hannah Belmont-Her and Wesley stay together despite some ups and downs. I know Degrassi has some relationships that stay together long term later but I feel like they need a steady couple that doesn't break up. I can't think of any main storylines for her but generally just being a background character. She was cool calm and collected and Degrassi needs some of that.

Keisha-Something about her realizing she doesn't need to show off her body to get boys. I think maybe she joins the feminism club? Goldi needs more female friends in the beginning and this would go along with the body storyline. Because Frankie goes in a different direction with Lola and Shay. Zoe is closer friends with Tristan. Keisha needs connections.

Arlene Takahashi-Honestly they kinda replaced her character with Yael's in next class. I liked the friendship she and Frankie had going where Frankie was trying to be a better person. Would she fit into that new friend group in next class? I don't think her and Hunter would have stayed together long term but I do think they would've stayed friends. She would've called Hunter out on his bs I think and tried to help him.

Zane Park-To see him actually running the LGBTQ club! And maybe Fiona shows up one time to it or something. They underutilize him as an LGBTQ icon and leader. Maybe we could see his home life. Anything to make him a more well-rounded character and not just Riley's on-off love interest.

Terri Mcgregor-Okay so I'm thinking she returns to Degrassi after the shooting. And if the writers really want to make Spinner get married in Degrassi Takes Manhattan I vote he gets married to Terri. They had a thing going in the beginning and I think she would have been sympathetic to him after the shooting. It would have been a good full-circle moment. In between, I want to see her confidence grow and her go after a man and they date for a bit. I know so many of the class of 2004 got held back but something where she's still around a bit into season 6+7, maybe a near college. She would have more storylines with Hazel as I think both of them deserve more A plots.

[rladpeps]

all the books I read in 2024

 “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand

“The Do-Over” by Lynn Painter

 “Ash House” by Angharad Walker

“The Prince and the Pauper” by Mark Twain

 “Jane Against the World: Roe V. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights” by Karen Blumenthal - ⭐️

 “The Ghosts of Rose Hill” by R. M. Romeo

“Scattered Showers: Nine Beautiful Short Stories” by Rainbow Rowell - ❤️

 “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka - ❤️

 “Salt to the Sea” by Ruta Sepetys - ⭐️

 “The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power” by Deirdre Mask - ⭐️

 “The Ghost of Midnight Lake” by Lucy Strange

 “Again, But Better: A Novel” by Christine Riccio

 “Emma” by Jane Austen - ❤️

 “The Shame” by Makenna Goodman - ❤️

 “Can We Talk About Israel? A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted” by Daniel Sokatch - ❤️

 “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett - ⭐️

 “Far from the Tree” by Robin Benway - ❤️

 “The Lost Property Office” by James R. Hannibal

“A Little Princess” by  Frances Hodgson Burnett - ⭐️

 “Instant Karma” by Marissa Meyer

 “Once Upon a Broken Heart” trilogy by Stephanie Garber - ❤️

 “Rosehead” by Ksenia Anske

 “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame” by Victor Hugo - 7/10 (❤️)

 “Sorcery of Thorns series” by Margaret Rogerson - 5/10

 “The Fountains of Silence" by Ruta Sepetys - 7.8/10 (❤️)

 “Gumiho” series by Kat Cho - 5/10

 “Caraval” trilogy by Stephanie Garber - 2/10

 “Realm Breaker” trilogy by Victoria Aveyard - 7/10 (❤️)

“Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy - 8.5/10 (⭐️)

 “Mansfield Park” by Jane Austen - 6/10 (❤️)

“Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin - 6.8/10 (❤️)

 “Gilded” duology by Marissa Meyer - 7/10 (❤️)

 “The Midnight Lie” (Forgotten Gods series) by Marie Rutkoski - 7/10 (❤️) 

 “Afterlife” by Julia Alvarez - 6.5/10 

 “When We Had Summer” by Jennifer Castle - 5/10

“Yolk” by Mary H.K. Choi - 9/10 (⭐️)

“How It Feels to Float” by Helena Fox - 7/10 (❤️)

 “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding - 7/10 (❤️)

“Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens - 7/10 (❤️)

 “14 Ways to Die” by Vincent Ralph - 4/10

“The Brothers Hawthorne” by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - 7/10 (❤️)

“Family of Liars” by E. Lockhart - 4/10

“I Am Not Okay With This” by Charles Forsman - 6.5/10 (❤️)

 “The Tatami” series by Tomihiko Morimi - 7.5/10 (❤️)

“Redeeming Love” by Francine Rivers - 6/10

“The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus” by Lee Strobel - 8/10 (❤️)

“Mere Christianity” by C. S. Lewis - 6.5/10

 "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan - 7/10

 "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath - 8/10 (⭐️)

 “What Do We Know About Atlantis?” by Emma Carlson Berne - 5/10

 “Blue Period 1-9” by Tsubasa Yamaguchi - 8/10

“What Do We Know About Bigfoot?” by Steve Korté - 5/10

 “The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman - 6.8/10 (❤️)

 “Children of the Whales 1-15” by Abi Umeda - 8/10

“Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov - 7/10 (❤️)

“Blue Period 10-14” by Tsubasa Yamaguchi - 10/10 (⭐️) 

"More Happy Than Not” by Adam Silvera - 7/10 (❤️)

“The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place” by Julie Berry - 6/10 (❤️)

“Dragonslayer (Wings of Fire: Legends) by Tui T. Sutherland - 6.5/10 (❤️)

 “Monsters of Verity” series by V.E. Schwab - 7.5/10 (❤️)

“The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig - 7.5/10 (❤️)

“The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” by V. E. Schwab - 8/10 (⭐️)

 “Two Roads from Here” by Teddy Steinkellner - 4.5/10

“History Is All You Left Me” by Adam Silvera - 8/10 (⭐️)

 “Good Omens” by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman - 9/10 (⭐️)

“The Hollow Heart” by Marie Rutkoski - 7/10 (❤️)

“Qualia Under the Snow” by Kanna Kii - 9/10 (⭐️)

“The Setting Sun” by Osamu Dazai - 9/10 (⭐️)

“Vicious” & “Vengeful” (part of Villains series) by V. E. Schwab  - 7/10 (❤)

“Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Chalice of the Gods” by Rick Riordan - 7/10 (❤️)

“American Gods” by Neil Gaiman - 7/10 (❤️)

“Iron Widow” by Xiran Jay Zhao - 7.5/10 (⭐️)

“Our Dreams at Dusk” manga series by Shimanami Tasogare - 8/10 (⭐️)

“When the Angels Left the Old Country” by Sacha Lamb - 7/10 (❤️)

“Aristotle and Dante” series by Benjamin Alire Sáenz - 9.5/10 (⭐️)

“The Gilded Wolves” by Roshani Chokshi - 3/10

“Hearts Overboard” by Becky Dean - 6/10 (❤️)

“The Poppy War” trilogy by R. F. Kuang - 10/10 (⭐️)

“Yellowface” by R. F. Kuang - 10/10 (⭐️)

“Babel” by R. F. Kuang - 10/10 (⭐️)

“If You Could See the Sun” by Ann Liang - 7/10 (❤️)

“Permanent Record” by Mary H. K. Choi - 6.5/10 

“The Book of Tea” duology by Judy I. Lin - 7/10 (❤️)

“Something Wicked This Way Comes” by Ray Bradbury - 6.5/10 (❤️)

“1Q84” by Haruki Murakami - 7/10

“Six Crimson Cranes” duology by Elizabeth Lim - 7/10 (❤️)

“Her Radiant Curse” by Elizabeth Lim - 7/10 (❤️)

“The Folk of the Air” series by Holly Black - 6.5/10 (❤️)

“The Stolen Heir” duology by Holly Black - 6.5/10 (❤️)

“Girl Made of Stars” by Ashley Herring Blake - 7.5/10 (❤️)

“Dry” by Jarrod and Neal Shusterman - 8.5/10 (⭐️)

“Remarkably Ruby” by Terri Libenson - 7/10 (⭐️)

“Surprisingly Sarah” by Terri Libenson - 6.5/10 (⭐️)

“Always Anthony” by Terri Libenson - 7/10 (⭐️)

“Demon in the Wood” by Leigh Bardugo - 6/10

“The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic” by Leigh Bardugo - 7/10

“Letters of Enchantment” duology by Rebecca Ross - 7.5/10 (❤️)

“Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries” by Heather Fawcett - 8/10 (⭐️)

“Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands” Heather Fawcett - 8/10 (⭐️)

“Song of the Six Realms” by Judy I. Lin - 6.8/10 (❤️)

“These Violent Delights” duet by Chloe Gong - 7/10 (❤️)

“I Must Betray You” by Ruta Sepetys - 8/10 (⭐️)

“Wrath of the Triple Goddess” by Rick Riordan - 6/10

“When Haru Was Here” by Dustin Thao - 6/10

“Rise of the School for Good and Evil” & “Fall of the School for Good and Evil” by Soman Chainani - 6.5/10

“The School for Good and Evil” #1-3 by Soman Chainani - 6/10

“An Enchantment of Ravens” by Margaret Rogerson - 6/10

[benoitblanc]

arwen's read in 2024!

grad school applications kicked my total new book count down 20 books from what it usually is but i was trying. i also reread the entire leviathan series, the entire percy jackson series, the entire hunger games series, multiple agatha christies, multiple fredrik backmans, the book thief, if we were villains, and the complete calvin and hobbes, among others, so i wasn't totally slacking. here's hoping 2025 is more bookish. sigh

the ballad of songbirds and snakes by suzanne collins (★★★★★)

coraline... listen it was january. from a completely objective pov it does get four stars. however i unfortunately would not endorse a reread (★★★★☆)

the secret of life by howard markel (★★★★★)

the martian by andy weir (★★★★★)

the devil in the white city by erik larson (★★★☆☆)

all systems red by martha wells (★★★★☆)

maus by art spiegelman (it seems disrespectful to rate this, but it was excellent and i'd highly recommend it)

the long way to a small angry planet by becky chambers (★★★★☆)

romeo and juliet by william shakespeare (★★★★☆)

the merchant of venice by william shakespeare (★★☆☆☆)

the singer's gun by emily st. john mandel (★★★★☆)

a crack in creation by jennifer doudna and sam sternberg (★★★★★)

the color of magic by terry pratchett (★★★★☆)

slaughterhouse five by kurt vonnegut (★★★★☆)

troilus and cressida by william shakespeare (★★★☆☆)

a brief history of time by stephen hawking (★★★★☆)

project hail mary by andy weir (★★★★★)

all's well by mona awad (★★★★☆)

the familiar by leigh bardugo (★★★★☆)

in the lives of puppets by tj klune (★★★★☆)

everyone on this train is a suspect by benjamin stevenson (★★★★☆)

labyrinth's heart by ma carrick (★★★★★)

the man who died twice by richard osman (★★★★☆)

the bullet that missed by richard osman (★★★★☆)

the last devil to die by richard osman (★★★★★)

the ministry of time by kaliane bradley (★★★★★)

the life and crimes of agatha christie by charles osborne (★★★★★)

a murder is announced by agatha christie (★★★★☆)

the sentence by louise erdrich (★★★★☆)

the midnight library by matt haig (★★★★☆)

beartown by fredrik backman (★★★★★)

us against you by fredrik backman (★★★★★)

[runningoutofbooks]

Reading Wrapped 2024

This was a great year of reading for me! This was the first year I had goals other than book count. And I am proud to say that I met all of those goals (and even exceeded them)!

[This year I also reread a series that I read when I was young. I wanted to see the books from an adult perspective. And, well I can definitely see why I enjoyed them, I also noticed so many things that I didn't when I was a kid. It was an eye opening experience and I am glad I did it.

So you will notice a certain author crop up in my stats, I just want to say briefly that I do not share the same beliefs and opinions as this author. I try to keep my life and my blog a safe place!]

So without further ado:

A few stats:

Reading goal: 100 Actually Read: 118

Last year I was just shy of 100 books. So this year I challenged myself to reach that goal. And, boy howdy, did I reach it!

It was not easy, I think it was only possible because I read so many graphic novels. I will be lowering my reading goal for next year.

DNF: 3

This is the first time 'Did Not Finish' has appeared in my Reading Wrapped. I am trying not to force myself to finish books. There are so many books, and so little time.

First time reads: 97 Rereads: 21

10 less rereads this year than last year. I'm pleasantly surprised, I love rereading books, and sometimes I get a little stuck rereading the same things over and over, so it's nice to see myself branch out a little more.

Physical Books: 91 Audiobooks: 17 Ebooks: 10

Look at all those ebooks! 3x what I read last year. Less audiobooks though.

Average book length: 311 Pages Longest book: HP And The OOTP by JK Rowling (895 Pages) Shortest book: The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket (72 Pages)

That’s a big jump between shorted and longest, bigger than last year.

Fiction: 106 Nonfiction: 12

This was one of my extra goals this year. I challenged myself to read one nonfiction book a month. Even though some months I skipped and some months I read more than one nonfiction book I think I fulfilled the spirit of the challenge!

Top 5 Genres and Subgenres:

1. Fantasy (56) 2. Queer (40) 3. Mystery (31) 4. Comics (23) 5. Middle Grade (21)

This was another extra goal of mine to get queer books into my top five Genres and Subgenres. I was so sad last year when it didn't make the cut. But not only is it in the top five it is second on the list!

I want to give a shout out to @queerliblib for making this goal possible! Having access to queer ebooks and audiobooks through the Libby App was amazing! Thank you!

Top 5 Authors

1. Shannon Watters (19) 2. Kat Leyh (15) 3. Jenny Nimmo (8) 4. J.K. Rowling (7) 4. Lemony Snicket (7) 4. Elizabeth Peters (7) 5. ND Stevenson (6)

19 books by the same author is a new record for me! Also you'll note that there are more than 5 authors listed, three of the authors tied for 4th.

Book that took me the longest time to read:

How To Stop Time by Matt Haig

Do not even get me started on this book.

Book that took me the shortest time to read:

Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Grace Ellis, ND Stevenson, and Shannon Waters

Favorite book of the year:

Terry Pratchett: A life with footnotes* *The Official Biography by Rob Wilkins

And that was my year!

I can't wait to see what 2025 holds!

[kwebtv]

Crime and Punishment - BBC Two - February 12-13, 2002

Crime Drama (2 Episodes)

Running Time: 90 minutes

Stars:

John Simm as Rodya Raskolnikov

Ian McDiarmid as Detective Porfiry Petrovich

Shaun Dingwall as Razumikhin

Geraldine James as Pulcheria

Kate Ashfield as Dounia

Lara Belmont as Sonya

Mark Benton as Zosimov

Katrin Cartlidge as KaterinaJo

Alice Connor as Polya

David Haig as Luzhin

Martin Hancock as Koch

Valerie Lilley as Pawnbroker

Anna Hope as Nastasya

Philip Jackson as Marmeladov

Sean McKenzie as Semyonobvich

Roger Morlidge as Lt. Gunpowder

Jake Nightingale as Artisan

Tim Potter as Nikolai

Nigel Terry as Svidrigailov

Darren Tighe as Zamyotov

Heather Tobias as Lizaveta

[mycological-mariner]

Tagged by @gniew777 (cheers, mate!!)

Last Read: Sagittarius Rising — Cecil Lewis (one of those books I’d highly recommend and also one I repeatedly had to set down at various points), Collecting the New, Rare and Curious: Letters Selected from the Correspondence of the Cornish Mineralogists Philip Rashleigh, John Hawkins and William Gregor, 1755-1822 — R. J. Cleevely - edited (long long title but extremely interesting) Mr. Midshipman Hornblower — C.S. Forester (reread, wow I forgot how relatable he is), The Surgeon’s Mate — Patrick O’Brian (took me ages but I loved it)

Current Read: Reasons to Stay Alive — Matt Haig, Reaper Man — Terry Pratchett (an excellent autumnal book, plus the ultimate comfort novel), Birdie Bowers: Captain Scott’s Marvel — Anne Strathie (tbh it’s been taking me so long to finish because well, wee bit heavy)

Next Read: god knows. When I’m not exhausted I’d want to finally read Leeward and Kidnapped because it’s been on my shelf longer than Leeward has; The Facemaker, The Lamplighters, Entangled Life and The Worst Journey in the World are all on my TBR list with a wait time of A While

0 pressure tagging @bees-with-swords @some-cold-and-some-violence @gohoubi @bookyholic @acrossthewavesoftime @werewiire @cerebrobullet @hey-scully-itsme and anyone else who’d like to!

[zayadriancas]

Degrassi, Riverdale & The Summer I Turned Pretty

Thank you!!! 💜💖

Degrassi:

1: Top 5 Episodes:

TNG: Mercy Street, Secret, Standing In The Dark, Live To Tell, & Voices Carry

Seasons 10-14: Zombie, Take A Bow, Boom Boom Pow, Unbelievable, & Purple Pills

Next Class: #Fire, #Obsessed, #KThxBye, #IRegretNothing, & #ImSleep

2: Bottom 5 Episodes:

TNG: Goin Down The Road, Got My Mind Set On You, The Power Of Love, Uptown Girl, & Keep On Loving You

Seasons 10-14: Spiderwebs, Honey, Summertime, Black or White, & Closer To Free

Next Class: #ThisCouldBeUsButYouPlayin, #ToMyFutureSelf, #CheckYourPrivilege, #SorryNotSorry, & #SquadGoals

3: Top 5 Characters

Male: Spinner, Drew, Zig, JT, & Jay

Female: Maya, Bianca, Darcy, Fiona, & Ellie

4: Bottom 5 Characters: (Only Counting Main Characters)

TNG: Peter Stone, Derek Haig, Declan Coyne, Leia Chang, & Blue Chessex

Seasons 10-14: Declan Coyne, Katie Matlin, Owen Milligan, Winnie Oh, & Winston Chu

5: Top 5 Romantic Ships:

Zaya, Drianca, Sparcy, Fimogen, & Semma

6: Bottom 5 Romantic Ships

TNG: Rick/Terri, Matt/Paige, Mick/Manny, Pia, & Ellie/Jesse

Seasons 10-14: Krew, Matlingsworth, Sav/Ms. Oh, Alli/Leo, & Fiona/Bobby

Next Class: Yunter, Hollingsong, Zig/Esme, Fronah, & Zoe/Winston

7: Top 5 Platonic Ships:

TNG: Ellie/Marco, Manny/Darcy, JT/Toby, Craig/Marco, Paige/Marco, & Spinner/Jay

Seasons 10-14: Fiona/Holly J, Drew/Dallas, Zig/Tiny, Maya/Grace, & Jake/Mo

Next Class: Maya/Grace, Zig/Tiny, Lola/Frankie, Frankie/Shay, & Lola/Yael

8: Bottom 5 Platonic Ships:

Derek/Danny, Yael/Baaz/Vijay/Hunter, Miles/Winston, Eli/Adam, & Jake/Eli

9: Season Ranking?

Season 4, Season 7, NC season 3, NC season 4, Season 12, Season 3, Season 10, Season 11, Season 2, Season 5, NC season 1, NC season 2, Season 8, Season 6, Season 14, Season 13, Season 9, Season 1

10: Character you relate to most? Maya, Esme, Fiona, Ellie, & Cam

11: Character that inspires you? Maya

12: Character you can’t understand? Peter, Hunter, Jonah, Vijay, Baaz, Winston, Next Class Seasons 1-2 Grace

13: Best Written Character? Spinner, Manny, Fiona, Holly J, & Maya

14: Worst Written Character? Peter, Declan, Katie, Seasons 13-14 Eli, NC Seasons 1&2 Grace, Jonah

15: Most Cliched Character? Declan

16: Most Unusual Character? IDK

17: Most inspired storyline? The shooting arc

18: Favorite Hero? Maya

19: Favorite villain? Vince

20: Best Person? JT & Maya

21: Most influential character? IDK

22: Most manipulative character? Esme

23: Best Performance in an episode? Ephraim Ellis in Time Stands Still, Demetrius Joyette in Bittersweet Symphony Part 2, Luke Bilyk in Young Forever, Olivia Scriven in #ImSleep, & Chelsea Clark in #Obsessed

24: Most Visually Stunning Episode: Paradise City, Degrassi Takes Manhattan, Don’t Look Back, & #Fire

25: Most impressive special effects? Idk

26: Character with the best aesthetics? Ellie, Fiona, Imogen, Maya, & Lola

27: Favorite song? Mr. Nice Guy, What I Know(Dust), Rescue You, The Great Escape, Maybe Love, Yes, & Last Exit

28: Best writer? Idk

29: Favorite theme: Seasons 3-5, Season 9-10, & Season 12

30: 5 words you associate with it? Addicting, compelling, relatable, intriguing, & emotional

Riverdale:

1: Top 5 episodes:

The Sweet Hereafter, The Lost Weekend, Return Of The Pussycats, Quiz Show, & Labor Day

2: Bottom 5 episodes: Wicked Little Town, Welcome to Rivervale, Tales of A Jugular Vein, Peep Show, & Dirty Dancing (honestly I felt like just saying the majority of season 7 lmao)

3: Top 5 characters: Cheryl, Veronica, Toni, Jughead, & Tabitha

4: Bottom 5 characters: Alice, Uncle Frank, Nick St. Clair, Percival Pickens, & Evelyn Evernever

5: Top 5 romantic ships:

Bughead, Varchie, Choni, Season 7 Beronica, & Archosie

6: Bottom 5 romantic ships:

B*rchie, F*lice, Hiram/Hermione, Kevin/Fangs, & Veronica/Chad

7: Top 5 platonic ships:

Cheronica, Toni/Veronica, Toni/Tabitha, Betty/Tabitha, & Seasons 1-6 Beronica (I ship all of these too though lol)

8: Bottom 5 platonic ships:

Alice/Betty, Kevin/Betty, Fangs/Sweet Pea, I came think of anymore honestly

9: Season Ranking

1, 4(before 4x17), 3, 2, 5, 6, 7

10: Character you relate to most? Betty

11: Character who inspires you? None of them

12: Character you can’t understand? Most of the parents tbh

13: Best written character: Honestly none of them after season 1

14: Worst written character? Most of them especially from season 5 onward

15: Most cliched character? Idk

16: Most unusual character? Percival

17: Most inspired storyline? Jason’s murder mystery

18: Favoriye hero? Veronica

19: Favorite villain? Hiram

20: Best person: Veronica

21: Most influential character: Idk

22: Most manipulative character: Hiram

23: Best performance in an episode: I’m not sure

24: Most visually stunning episode. Labor Day

25: Most impressive special effects: Idk

26: Character with the best aesthetics? Veronica & Cheryl

27: Favorite song? Kids in America & Mad World

28: Best writer? Someone from season 1

29: Favorite theme? N/A

30: 5 words you associate with? Ridiculous, entertaining, embarrassing, trainwreck, trash

The Summer I Turned Pretty:

1: Top 5 episodes:

Love Fool, Love Fest, Love Game, Love Affair, & Love Triangle

2: Bottom 5 episodes: Summer Dress, Summer Nights, Summer House, Summer Catch, & Love Scene

3: Top 5 characters: Conrad, Belly, Taylor, Steven, & Susannah

4: Bottom 5 characters: Skye, Aunt Julia, Milo, & Adam Fisher (I know that’s 4 but there are no other characters I dislike on this show)

5: Top 5 romantic ships: The only 2 I like are Belly/Conrad and Steven/Taylor

6: Bottom 5 romantic ships? Taylor/Milo, Conrad/Nicole, Skye/Cam, Belly/Cam, & Laurel/Cleveland

7: Top 5 platonic ships: Belly/Taylor, Steven/Conrad, Laurel/Susannah, Belly/Jeremiah(I know they’re also romantic, I just prefer them as friends), & Conrad/Cleveland

8: Bottom 5 platonic ships: N/A

9: Season ranking: 2, 1

10: Character you relate to most? Conrad solely for the anxiety/panic attack storyline

11: Character who inspires you? None of them

12: Character you can’t understand? None of them

13: Best written character: Belly & Conrad

14: Worst written character? None of them

15: Most cliched character? None of them

16: Most unusual character? N/A

17: Most inspired storyline? N/A

18: Favorite hero? N/A

19: Favorite villain? N/A

20: Best person: Susannah

21: Most influential character: N/A

22: Most manipulative character: N/A

23: Best performance in an episode: Lola Tung in any episode Belly has an emotional moment, she’s great at making your heart break for her

24: Most visually stunning episode: Most of them are

25: Most impressive special effects: N/A

26: Character with the best aesthetics? N/A

27: Favorite song? This show plays Taylor Swift in so many episodes lol so any time one of her songs is used

28: Best writer? Idk

29: favorite theme? N/A

30: 5 words you associate with? Addicting, compelling, fun, summer, & entertaining

[notanotherinfjblog]

MBTI fiction writers

Unfortunately, though for obvious reasons, I’m constrained by my own reading habits, so if you have any suggestions for underrepresented types here, please let me know and thanks for the ones that I’ve already received!

INTJ

Margaret Atwood

Joyce Carol Oates

Tom Rachman

ENTJ

Markus Zusak

Hank Green

Gillian Flynn 

Bernardine Evaristo 

Lois Lowry

Ruth Ozeki

INTP

Kai Meyer (interview is in German)

Neil Gaiman

J. R. R. Tolkien

ENTP

David Mitchell

Philip Pullman

John Green

Terry Pratchett

Douglas Adams

Jonathan Safran Foer

Lauren Oliver

Brandon Sanderson

Patrick Rothfuss 

Michael Ende (interview is in German)

Mariana Leky (interview is in German)

Frank Herbert

Aldous Huxley

Matt Haig

Ta-Nehisi Coates

INFJ

Rohinton Mistry

Audrey Magee

Jenny Erpenbeck (interview is in German)

ENFJ

Eleanor Catton

Alissa York

INFP

Wolfgang Koeppen (interview is in German)

Helen Oyeyemi

ENFP

Gavriel Savit

Maggie Stiefvater

Jan Philipp Zymny (interview is in German)

Stephen Chbosky

Daniel Handler

Rick Riordan

Christopher Paolini

George R. R. Martin

V. E. Schwab

Jenny-Mai Nuyen (interview is in German)

ISTJ

Astrid Lindgren

Ken Follet

Elizabeth Nunez

ESTJ

Kerstin Gier (interview is in German)

Cornelia Funke 

John Boyne

Maja Lunde

Sebastian Fitzek (interview is in German)

ISFJ

Anna Burns 

Lucinda Riley 

Jack Livings

ESFJ

Tomi Adeyemi

Victoria Aveyard

Suzanne Collins 

Raquel J. Palacio

Jojo Moyes 

Ursula K. Le Guin

Rosamunde Pilcher 

Rebecca Gablé (interview is in German)

Kirsten Boie (interview is in German)

ISTP

Jhumpa Lahiri

John Irving

Erich Kästner (interview is in German)

James Dashner 

Fredrik Backman 

ESTP

Leigh Bardugo

Sabaa Tahir

Paulo Coelho

Stephen King

Jonas Jonasson

Jussi Adler-Olsen

Erich Maria Remarque (interview is in German)

ISFP

Fatima Farheen Mirza 

Tash Aw

Andreas Izquierdo (interview is in German)

Antoine Laurain 

ESFP

Adam Silvera

Nicholas Sparks 

Cecelia Ahern

[piperslovebot]

The graduation class without retcons and in the proper years.

1992 - Archie Simpson, Caitlin Ryan (skipped a grade), Lucy Fernandez (valedictorian), Simon Dexter, Alexa Pappadopolos-Dexter, Christine Nelson, Derek Wheeler, Michelle Accette, Bryant Thomas, Heather Farrell, Erica Farrell, Lorraine Delacorte (left before graduation; leukemia), Liz O'Rourke, Amy Holmes, Allison Hunter, Shane McKay (left before graduation; brain damage), Stephanie Kaye (left before graduation; transferred to private school), Voula Grivogiannis (left before graduation; moved away), Joey Jeremiah (held back; didn't graduate with this class), Rick Munro (held back, wasn't gonna graduate with this class; left before graduation), Tim O'Connor, Nancy Kramer

1993 - Caitlin Ryan (skipped a grade later), Susie Rivera (left before graduating), Kathleen Mead, Melanie Brodie, Arthur Kobalewscuy, Yick Yu, Alex Yankou (probably valedictorian), Diana Economopoulos, Maya Goldberg, Joey Jeremiah (repeated), Rick Munro (repeated; left before graduating), Tessa Campanelli, Luke Matthews, Scooter Webster, Bartholomew Bond, Wai Lee, Trudi Owens , Trish Skye 

2004 - Dylan Michalchuck

2006 - Hazel Aden, Jimmy Brooks (held back; didn't graduate with this class), Sean Cameron (held back; expelled), Marco Del Rossi (valedictorian), Ashley Kerwin (left before graduation), Craig Manning (left before graduation), Spinner Mason (held back; didn't graduate with this class), Paige Michalchuk, Ellie Nash, Alex Nuñez (repeated one semester), Heather Sinclair, Fareeza, Amy Peters-Hoffman, Rick Murray (held back, wasn't gonna graduate with this class; died before graduating), Terri MacGregor (left before graduation)

2007 - Jimmy Brooks (Repeated), Damian Hayes, Toby Isaacs, Spinner Mason (repeated), Emma Nelson, Manny Santos, Liberty Van Zandt (valedictorian), Rick Murray (repeated; died before graduation), Chris Sharpe, Lucas Valieri (dropped out), J.T. Yorke , Ashley Kerwin (took a year off; dropped out), Sean Cameron (repeated)

2008 - Johnny DiMarco, Peter Stone, Danny Van Zandt,Jane Vaughn (Valedictorian), Bruce the Moose (Not seen graduating), Kendra Mason , Nadia Yamir, Darcy Edwards (left before graduation), Derek Haig (Not seen graduating), Mia Jones (held back, wasn't gonna graduate with this class; left before graduation), Chantay Black 

2009 - Sav Bhandari, Fiona Coyne (held back; didn’t graduate with this class), Anya MacPherson, Zane Park Holly J. Sinclair (valedictorian), Riley Stavros, Ethan McBride, Heather Poulette, Trish, Leia Chang (not seen graduating), Blue Chessex (not seen graduating), Declan Coyne (left before graduation), Mia Jones

2010 - Fiona Coyne (repeated; valedictorian), Mike Dallas (chose to stay back; didn't graduate with this class), Bianca DeSousa, Eli Goldsworthy, Marisol Lewis, Jake Martin, Mo Mashkour, Katie Matlin, Owen Milligan, Imogen Moreno (held back; didn't graduate with this class), Drew Torres (held back; didn't graduate with this class), Mark Fitzgerald (expelled), Julian Williams

2011 - Becky Baker, Alli Bhandari, Mike Dallas (victory Lap), Connor DeLaurier (valedictorian), Clare Edwards, Jenna Middleton, Imogen Moreno (repeated), Drew Torres (repeated), Fab Juarez, Liam Berish, Ingvar Andersson, Bo Andersson, Hannah Belmont, Cliff Jacobs, Reese, Jess Martello, Luke Baker (expelled), Wesley Betenkamp (not seen graduating), K.C. Guthrie (left before graduation), Adam Torres, Dave Turner (not seen graduating)

2012 - Jonah Haak (held back; didn't graduate with this class), Jack Jones (left before graduation), Tori Santamaria (held back; left before graduation), Campbell Saunders, Jess Martello (retconned to Class of 2014), Sadie Rowland

2013 - Tristan Milligan, Maya Matlin, Zig Novak, Zoë Rivas (valedictorian), Miles Hollingsworth III, Winston Chu, Grace Cardinal, Tiny Bell, Jonah Haak (repeated), Esme Song (held back; didn't graduate with this class), Goldi Nahir (salutatorian), Tori Santamaria (repeated; left before graduation), Damon Carter (not seen graduating)

2014 - Frankie Hollingsworth, Hunter Hollingsworth, Lola Pacini, Shay Powers, Baaz Nahir, Yael Baron, Vijay Maraj, Saad Al'Maliki, Rasha Zuabi, Esme Song (repeated), Keisha, Arlene Takahashi

2015 - Abra Al'Maliki

[watching-pictures-move]

Put On Your Raincoats | Teenage Sex Kitten (Perry, 1975)

This movie is pretty much impossible to discuss without spoilers, so you have been warned.

This is my third Ann Perry, and feels like a collision between the two others I've seen. There are the good vibes and hangout quality of Ballgame, manifesting in the rapport between Rene Bond and Eve Orlon and the sexual escapades they embark on. (Fucking a gardener, fucking in the pool, fucking their way to a free room are among the highlights. I cannot confirm whether Bond actually majored in poontang like the poster suggests, although if she's an autodidact, the results onscreen suggest she picked up the material pretty well.) And there is the cruelty of Sweet Savage, manifesting in the hard turn the movie takes without warning into roughie territory in its last third. It isn't just a shift in the subject matter, but in the textures as well, going from a warm and sunny atmosphere and a cheerful looking cast to a dingy looking hideout with boarded up windows, dirty walls, a hanging lightbulb, flies buzzing about, and disheveled looking assailants in tattered clothes, one of whom resembles Sid Haig circa The Devil's Rejects.

There is a precedence for this kind of structure with The Last House on the Left, which I'd wager was an inspiration on this movie. Last House foreshadows its violence with its structure, cutting between the innocent victims, goofy side characters and menacing villains until the different groups collide with horrifying results. What eventually transpires isn't exactly a surprise, although the sheer cruelty and finality of the violence still manages to shock (and when I rewatched the movie a few years ago, I found I had not been numbed to its impact). This one offers no such buildup. An attempted coupling outside a bar two thirds of the movie is cut short when the man is given a blow to the head and the woman is kidnapped, raped both while unconscious and awake, and then accidentally killed. The victims' male friends avenge their deaths violently, beating one of the assailants to death and emasculating the other by tying his genitals to their car and driving off. Cruelty is met with cruelty. The movie ends on a note that feels anything but triumphant, as the avengers promise to lie to the dead woman's female friend about her fate, so as to leave her as a happy memory.

I've watched far too many roughies than is probably healthy for one's sanity, but I do think this is a bit more ambitious than most. At the risk of boiling these things down to the demographic details of their creators, this is another one directed by someone other than a straight male that offers an interesting angle on the material. Maria Lease's Expensive Tastes lingers on the feelings of trauma after the assaults. Zebedy Colt's Terri's Revenge! adds an element of camp with Terri Hall's performance. Both those movies also afford their victims agency and allow them some catharsis in avenging wrongs. This does not offer such catharsis, placing the vengeance in the hands of characters not directly impacted, but an early exchange reveals an interest in the leniency afforded screen violence and punitive treatment of onscreen sex.

"Isn't it strange in movies you can show killing and people getting tortured and maimed. You can even show a baby getting murdered and that's not a crime. But if you show something beautiful like people making love, it's against the law. If we were in a movie and you showed what we did just now, some people would think it was disgusting." "Debbie, nothing so beautiful and so natural could be disgusting." "Did you know a few years ago you couldn't even show a belly button in an advertisement? It's like people are ashamed of being born or something." "That's reality, Debbie. I mean, people screw every day. Or should, I mean, you know. That's reality. This violence and murder and blood and all that other shit, that's, uh…" "It just doesn't seem right to me."

So perhaps this is movie's way of dealing with this hypocrisy on a structural level. So it's more ambitious in its grimy way than the other two movies I've seen by Perry, although if I had to rewatch one of these, I'd most likely go for Ballgame and hang out with my good friends Candida Royalle and Lisa De Leeuw rather than sit through the cruelty of the other two movies again. File this one under the "watch at your own risk" category, although its ambition does keep this from being too dispiriting an experience.

[bemtevis]

April 📚

• The Charm Offense by Alison Cochrun

I'm gonna preface this by saying I'm not the biggest romance reader. I liked it well enough, particularly its portrayal of mental health and the importance of friendships, which I always appreciate. The hype is understandable but it's not gonna be at the front of my mind when I think about my 2023 reads. 3/5.

• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

This book made me feel emotions I didn't even know existed and that is not an exaggeration. It was slow at the beginning, but once I was hooked, I was hooked. I saw the ending from miles away but it was still so effective in its delivery and it tells such a beautiful, heartfelt and important story that it was impossible not to cry. 5/5.

• My Dear Henry by Kalynn Bayron

Like with Self-Made Boys, I did not read the novel this book was based on (Jekyll & Hyde), and will be judging it purely from an outsider's perspective. Knowing the answer to the mystery makes it quite frustrating to follow the protagonist as he eventually discovers it as well. Still, it brings an interesting perspective to a time period I'm not used to reading about. 3/5.

• The Art of Prophecy by Wesley Chu

As soon as I heard the premise of this book, I knew I had to read it. However, it's hard to summarize the actual story of this book without spoilers, so I won't try, but it ended up being very different from what I expected. Not in a necessarily negative way. I should say it was pretty slow-paced and my eyes kept skipping entire paragraphs. The story itself is cool, though, and the characters are a lot of fun, but it seems like something I'd have more fun discussing than actually reading. 3,5/5.

• Louis & Louise by Julie Cohen

This book was everything. Coming in, I expected a touching story about gender roles and parallel universes, and it was exactly that and more. The mystery element adds something deeply compelling to the plot, especially considering there are two different events that happened on the same night, one in Louise's life and one in Louis', but we don't know much about either one. Kept me hooked from start to finish. 4,5/5.

• Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton Walker

I was really hyped for this book and I wish I'd gone in with lower expectations. It's not bad at all, but it didn't capture my emotions as much as I expected, you know? It was very predictable and repetitive at times and it killed some of the tension. That one thing with Yves came out of nowhere but its aftermath is definitely the plotline that interests me the most. Pretty great for a debut! 3,75/5.

2023 Reads: January | February | March | April

[ulkaralakbarova]

The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Florence Foster Jenkins: Meryl Streep St. Clair Bayfield: Hugh Grant Cosmé McMoon: Simon Helberg Kathleen Weatherley: Rebecca Ferguson Agnes Stark: Nina Arianda Phineas Stark: Stanley Townsend John Totten: Allan Corduner Earl Wilson: Christian McKay Carlo Edwards: David Haig Dr. Hermann: John Sessions Kitty: Brid Brennan Arturo Toscanini: John Kavanagh Mrs Vanderbilt: Pat Starr Mrs. James O’Flaherty: Maggie Steed Mrs Oscar Garmunder: Thelma Barlow Mrs EE Patterson: Liza Ross Baroness Le Feyre: Paola Dionisotti Mrs Patsy Snow: Rhoda Lewis Lily Pons: Aida Garifullina Augustus Corbin: David Mills Carlton Smith: David Menkin Cpl. Jones: Sid Phoenix Pvt. Smith: Tunji Kasim Orlando Adams: Carl Davis Microphone Engineer: Lloyd Hutchinson Elevator Operator: Richard Kilgour Ernest Ziegler: Jonathan Plowright Donaghy: Josh O’Connor Tallulah Bankhead: Nat Luurtsema Colonel: Ewan Stewart Gino: Cameron Cuffe News Vendor: John Guerrasio Edgar Booth Cunningham Jr: Elliot Levey Clifford B. Thornton III: Danny Mahoney Cole Porter: Mark Arnold Film Crew: Writer: Stephen Frears Director of Photography: Danny Cohen Screenplay: Nicholas Martin Producer: Michael Kuhn Producer: Tracey Seaward Editor: Valerio Bonelli Casting: Kathleen Chopin Casting: Leo Davis Casting: Lissy Holm Art Direction: Gareth Cousins Art Direction: Christopher Wyatt Production Design: Alan MacDonald Costume Design: Consolata Boyle Supervising Art Director: Patrick Rolfe Script Supervisor: Sue Hills Music Director: Terry Davies Music Editor: Stuart Morton Music Supervisor: Karen Elliott Assistant Costume Designer: Rosie Grant Costume Supervisor: Marion Weise Camera Operator: Iain Mackay Gaffer: Paul McGeachan Camera Operator: Lucy Bristow First Assistant Camera: Andrew Banwell First Assistant Camera: Iain Struthers Additional Camera: Jason Ewart Special Effects Supervisor: Manex Efrem Visual Effects Coordinator: Jenny King Visual Effects Producer: Noga Alon Stein Visual Effects Supervisor: Adam Gascoyne Visual Effects Editor: Edd Gamlin Sound Effects Editor: Phil Lee Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Dafydd Archard Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Mike Dowson Supervising Sound Editor: Becki Ponting Supervising Sound Editor: Ian Wilson Makeup Artist: J. Roy Helland Hairstylist: Anita Burger Hairstylist: Andrea Cracknell Hairstylist: Beverley Binda Makeup Designer: Daniel Phillips Makeup Artist: Karen Cohen Makeup Artist: Tahira Herold Wigmaker: Ray Marston Digital Intermediate: Rob Farris Digital Intermediate: Patrick Malone Digital Intermediate: Gemma McKeon First Assistant Editor: Karenjit Sahota Stunt Coordinator: Eunice Huthart Stunt Coordinator: Jo McLaren Assistant Art Director: Aoife Warren Original Music Composer: Alexandre Desplat Foley Artist: Andrea King Conceptual Design: Elo Soode Carpenter: Josh Wood Movie Reviews: Reno: **Nothing is greater than to have a supportive life partner by side.** I follow closely what films are announced and what are getting released. Sometimes its common that some films comes out without my knowledge, particularly non-Hollywood English language films. This British film was about a wealthy couple from the New York, especially the husband who tries his best to fulfill his seriously ill wife’s dream to be an opera singer. The problem is she’s not any good. Not just him, but everybody who is close to them and once laughed at her, try to understand them and give their support. But not all the occasion seems to remain the same. So on one such a big event, the disaster strikes and how it affects the couple is the rest of the tale to disclose. A very surprising film. I thought it was just a comedy like it brings small smiles on our face, but I laughed out loud on many occasions. This is definitely a right time, because I felt like it was a music and cinematic version of the American presidential candidate Don Trump. Yep, there not much difference, but still this ...

[buildarocketboys]

jasmine

aloe vera

nutmeg

Thanks for the ask!

jasmine ⇢ do you have a movie or book you loved but will never watch/read again?

There's a lot of books that I've liked or loved but probably won't read again, at least not any time soon. Most non-fiction books I'm not gonna read cover to cover again, although I might flick through them. Of the books I've rated five stars this year, I can't see myself reading the following again anytime soon (but I would still highly recommend them!): The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste; The Midnight Library by Matt Haig; Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes by Rob Wilkins; The Drowned and the Saved by Primo Levi

aloe vera ⇢ what’s something (mundane) you really want to experience in life?

I think I'd like to be able to successfully grow vegetables. I'm not very good at growing plants and keeping them alive, and I don't have much space or light to grow them anyway, but I would love to have just a little bit of self-sufficiency. I'd also love to have chickens but alas rented accommodation and shared garden space isn't exactly conducive to that!

nutmeg ⇢ how’s your room/home decorated? do you have a specific theme or style going on?

Again, rented accommodation, so we can't do much to decorate it. There's a nice sage green wall in the lounge which is at least a little bit different from the generic cream/white in the rest of the property/in most rental properties. We've also got quite a few pictures hung up around the place which is nice, and our own bookcases and desks.

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Ilsa:The Tigress of Siberia 1977