#Wendell Marshall

[jazzdailyblog]

"Jazz Lab:" A Quintessential Hard Bop Collaboration

Introduction: The late 1950s were a transformative period in jazz, as musicians explored new forms of expression within the evolving subgenre of hard bop. This era gave rise to some of the most innovative recordings in jazz history, many of which still resonate with listeners today. One such recording is “Jazz Lab”, a remarkable collaboration between alto saxophonist and arranger Gigi Gryce and…

[dwcmarshalarts]

Window fork knife

Art by DWC Marshal Arts

[starstruckodysseys]

stares at the dynamic i’ve created for mackenzie and julian

[comicsiswild]

Radiant Black (2021) #23

[jazztidbits]

Moten Swing (2003 Remaster)

Piano: Count Basie Trombone: Al Grey Trombone: Benny Powell Piano, Rhythms: Count Basie Saxophone: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Rhythms: Eddie Jones Saxophone: Frank Foster Saxophone: Frank Wess Rhythms: Freddie Green Trombone: Henry Coker Trumpet: Joe Newman Saxophone: Marshall Royal Trumpet: Snooky Young Rhythms: Sonny Payne Producer: Teddy Reig Trumpet: Thad Jones Trumpet: Wendell Culley

[ellethespaceunicorn]

☀️: Kiss/Marry/Kill the last character you wrote, the last character you saw on a post and the last character in your camera roll 🐍: Favourite obscure fandom?

🪀: Favorite obscure band?

Oh, my dear, I love these questions!!!

☀️: Kiss/Marry/Kill the last character you wrote, the last character you saw on a post and the last character in your camera roll

The last character I wrote: Cavillrine

The last character I saw on a post: Walter Marshall

Last character in my camera roll: Deadpool (Bless Marvel Insider emails for sending these gems in a gif LOL)

Kiss 💋 Walter Marshall, because fucking look at him, that's why.

Marry 💍 Cavillrine, because I need someone as grumpy as me and who understands my anger issues. *cough* claw kink *cough*

Kill 🔪 Deadpool, because he would make murder funny. DP

🐍: Favourite obscure fandom?

Now, this one is hard...but, I am gonna go with Split (2016). I fucking loved this movie and the entire system of Kevin Wendell Crumb. I was obsessed with this film and I have read TOO so much fanfic on AO3 about different characters but mostly Dennis/Casey or The Beast/Casey.

🪀: Favorite obscure band?

Ok, I lied. This one is harder LOL. Um, I'm a fan of 90s-00s ska. A huge band for me is The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. I fucking loved them in my pre-teen years and still get down to The Impression That I Get weekly.

[arwainian]

Reading This Week 2025 #16-18

helloooooo. this reading log comes to you late because i was extremely busy the weekend of the the 20th with various commitments, and even busier at LARP last weekend. decided to just make a bit three week one with everything in one place rather than spam a bunch of catching up posts

Finished:

The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson, narrated by Christine Marshall my library hold on the audiobook came in and so i have finally read the kickoff book for another fantasy series the lesbians on my tumblr dash are obsessed with! wasn't blown away but then the twist really got me! i'll check out the rest of the series eventually

The Library Thief by Kuchenga Shenjé, narrated by Cora Kirk non-romance historical fiction, which is unusual for me bc i usually like to go for genre histrom, of if not that then a very genre murder mystery in a historical setting. the "mystery" that this is presented as didn't really carry then book but that's okay because i think the mre important part is Florence growing into herself, her budding friendships, and her struggles to define herself as a mixed race black woman with a future that she determines. also has lovely trans rep in the supporting character Annie

Point of Dreams by Melissa Scott & Lisa A. Barnett on my hands and knees begging more people to read Astreiant. I love the subtly to Rathe and Eslingen's romance. it is emotionally mature, with some conflict that comes between them but doesn't seesaw to too quick of a resolution (the emotional quandry for them being "are we coming together the way that we want to? circumstances are making us move rather quickly" is very interesting). the plot surrounding them is tense and fraught enough that their remarkable stability with each other feels like the calm in a storm. the world continues to be very well realized

The Low, Low Woods written by Carmen Maria Machado, art by Dani, color by Tamra Bonvillain horror comic series about some girls in a small Pennsylvania coal mining town investigatng their missing memories (and those of every other woman in town)

Blue Box, Vol. 9 by Kouji Miura, translated by Christine Dashiell genuinely really proud of Taiki's integrity in pulling himself together and turning Hina down. that takes real guts when she's such a good friend to him, and as bad as I feel for Hina's heartbreak, and her attempts to delay rejection by telling him not to answer her confession, it's better this way that everything is out in the open. I am shooting Hina and Ayame with a yuri beam

Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey, narrated by Sally Darling love an older sff work. the gender stuff in this book is fairly well handled. the bullying! from peers and from disapproving adults all of it made my blood boil, but it never felt contrived or cliche. just felt very real to adolescent struggles

What Did You Eat Yesterday? Vol. 16-17 by Fumi Yoshinaga, translates by Jocelyne Allen <3 Shiro meeting Kenji's family and it going well warmed my heart, and in vol 16 we also see Kenji get to meet Shiro's housewife friend. i wonder if this is reflecting changes to social discrimination against gay men in Japan at the time it was coming out because Kenji and Shiro are getting more opportunities to move socially as a Couple in a the wider world

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett, narrated by Ell Potter and Michael Dodds oh no. i was neutral on the book until I met Dr. Wendell Bambleby and he was so hilariously on-pitch for the flamboyant charmer archetype that i love it redeemed the rest of the book. i have some nitpicks about the framing device of the field notes journal, but that can wait for book club

All The Hearts You Eats by Hailey Piper, narrated by Em Grosland, Alexis Vandom, Sena Bryer, Jeremy Carlisle Parker, and L. Morgan Lee this was good but i am starting to wonder if horror is not my genre/if i have not read enough horror to be trained to react positively to how horror novels are structured.

Graphic Women: Life Narrative and Contemporary Comics by Hillary L. Chute academic work analyzing several women cartoonists doing autobiographical work

Lust: Kinky Online Personal Ads by Ellen Forney collection of illustration Forney did for a sexual personal ads section of an online publication in like the 2000s as well as interviews with some of the people who put in the ads. all of the art was great but i was struck by some of the attitudes that were revealed in the "seeking" sections. there was a lot of "seeking F and FTM" conflation of women and trans men which I found transphobic/transmisogynistic. it certainly more reflective of the people requesting the ads than Forney herself but it was uncomfortable to see! that said there were also a lot of ads seeking "F and MTF" and a wonderful interview with a man about how his ad led to him meeting his trans girlfriend so its a mixed bag

Crowded, Vol. 1: Soft Apocalypse written by Christopher Sebela, art by Ro Stein & Ted Brandt gig economy gone even more dystopian. i'm meh on it

Spring with the Unicorns by Taylor Titmouse trans-norm short erotic fantasy story about two male unicorns erotically wrestling over who deserves to mate with a female unicorn. and i mean like significantly trans norm- the male unicorn's vulvas are called their "manhoods" and one of them is mocked for being effeminate because he's tall

The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch, narrated by Michael Page the last book in the series! or at least it looks to be for a while. I think overall the first book is the best but the rest were still fun. Sabetha's issues around her hair and accepting that she can be loved and desired for who she is is very real but can also be very tedious and annoying. i do think her "Locke, the other gentleman bastards like and respect you more and listen to you faster than me because you're a boy" was a really good recontextualization of their relationship as well as Locke's natural leadership

Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey, narrated by Sally Darling piemar suddenly being the protagonist feels weird! once again the bullying in this was really difficult to read, but also like written well

Errant, Vol. 1 by L.K. Fleet glad this exists but it's prose was a little flat/mediocre for me. too straightforward fanfic hurt/comfort to the romance vibes. sorry for being a snob

Rocannon's World by Ursula K. Le Guin, read by Stefan Rudnicki i love the prologue to this. a fairytale of a woman losing 16 years in a single night when she goes on a quest to recover a family artifact (but its bc of relativity and she has to space travel, but she doesn't understand that that's whats happening and neither does anyone else). very cool blend of fantasy vibes and science fiction thought

Started/Ongoing:

Homosexuality in Greece and Rome: A Sourcebook of Basic Documents edited by Thomas K. Hubbard big collection of translated documents from poetry to philosophy. anything that is even mildly gay from ancient greece and rome. having a fun time with it

The Charioteer by Mary Renault, narrated by Joe Jameson been meaning to read this since Cat Sebastian went down the charioteer rabbit hole. enjoying it. love reading older queer literature

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, narrated by Rosamund Pike finally reading this after having been in a stage production of it as a teenager, having a good time

[posttexasstressdisorder]

Tuesday, 11-12-24, 7pm Pacific

'Evenin', folks...Mr. Baggins back with a set to soothe your achin' nerves, this one featuring some of my favorite classic jazz recordings. I'd like to start tonight off with some tracks that Duke Ellington laid down in April of 1953 with Wendell Marshall on bass (plus his trademark vocalizations) and Butch Ballard on drums. These sessions were nothing short of magic. Duke's "Piano Reflactions" of 1953.

Jumping ahead five years to 1958, here is the debut album by Miss Nina Simone, Little Girl Blue, on Bethlehem Records. This is tha record that introduced me to Nina Simone, also in a trio setting, with piano, bass and drums, and it has remained my favorite, through all these many years. Forty five minutes of true classic jazz. Enjoy.

From 1956, one of Billie Holiday's best performances of her signature interpretations of My Man, and from 1958, Don't Explain.

Here's a young Dexter Gordon with an album of ballads, the second of which is his version of Billie's "Don't Explain"

In the late '50s Dave Brubeck and his legendary quartet were experimenting with time signatures, and the results of their experimentation became the album "Time Out", which gave us one of the most famous songs of classic jazz, "Take Five". Here are Dave Brubeck on piano, saxophonist Paul Desmond, bassist Eugene Wright and drummer Joe Morello.

And to round out this evening, I thought I would include (in their entirety) the four albums that Ella Fitgerald and guitarist Joe Pass made for Pablo Records. What is there to say...two legends being legendary together. Enjoy.

Mr. Baggins signing off for the night...I'll be back with you for Morning Coffee Music at 8am Pacific.

Until then, dream sweet dreams, babies, dream sweet dreams.

Baggins out.

[projazznet]

Art Blakey – Orgy in Rhythm

Orgy in Rhythm, Volumes One & Two are a pair of separate but related albums by American jazz drummer Art Blakey, recorded on March 7, 1957 and released on Blue Note later that same year in May and October respectively.

Art Blakey – drums, vocals

Herbie Mann – flute

Ray Bryant – piano

Wendell Marshall – bass

Sabu Martinez – percussion, vocals

Ubaldo Nieto – percussion, timbales

Evilio Quintero – percussion, maracas, cencerro

Carlos “Patato” Valdes – percussion

Jo Jones – drums, tympani

Arthur Taylor – drums

Specs Wright – drums, tympani

[astonishinglegends]

Ep 309: The Max Headroom Pirate TV Incident Part 2

"And I turned around all of a sudden, and we don’t have Dr. Who on air; we have this Max Headroom mask, and as the content got weirder, we got increasingly more stressed out over our inability to do anything about it."  -- Paul Rizzo, former WTTW Chicago Public Media Air Director

Description:

In Part 2 of our series on the Max Headroom Broadcast Signal Interruption, we dig deeper into the analog chaos that unfolded in 1987 Chicago — a surreal, rebellious hijacking that mocked media itself. We explore the investigation, the lingering mystery, and what it says about how we interact with technology, culture, and entertainment today. Who was behind that mask? Who wielded that fly-swatter? Let’s get into it.

Reference Links:

Max Headroom signal hijacking on Wikipedia

“Max headroom incident With Subtitles (1987)” on Kenny Triton’s YouTube channel

“THE MAX HEADROOM HIJACKING INCIDENT - Full Documentary - THE BIZARRE” YouTube channel by Matthew and Andrew Reyna

Max Headroom on Wikipedia

“The Freakiest TV Hack of the 1980s: Max Headroom” on Atlas Obscura

“30 Years Later, Notorious ‘Max Headroom Incident’ Remains a Mystery” from WTTW PBS station

Pirate Television

“I believe I know who was behind the "Max Headroom Incident" that occurred on Chicago TV in 1987. A bunch of people have been asking me about this lately, so, I figured i'd do a coredump AM(almost)A.” on the r/IAmA subreddit

“Clutch Cargo | The Big X” on the 8thManDVD.com™ Cartoon Channel on YouTube

Clutch Cargo on Wikipedia

“Syncro-Vox” limited animation technique

Captain Midnight broadcast signal intrusion

Southern Television broadcast interruption

Broadcast Signal Intrusion

The “capture effect” in broadcast signals

The Oddity Archive website theoddityarchive.com

Marshall McLuhan

The “Pat n’ Patti’s Backpack Shack” sketch on Saturday Night Live

“Space Battleship Yamato” animated Japanese anime series

“Shaye Saint John” performance art character

Dirndl

“Did Formula 1 CGI a Giant Vulture Shadow Into the U.S. Grand Prix Live Feed?” on TheDrive.com

Dr. Who serial “Horror of Fang Rock”

“1988 McDONALDs "Mack the Knife" ad for $.99 BIG MACs” on the MotionDevotion YouTube channel

The motion picture, Virtuosity

The Robert Zemeckis motion picture, “Used Cars”

“Who Was Mac Tonight? McDonald's Moon Man Mascot” from the Weird History Food channel on YouTube – mentions that the Mac Tonight McDonald’s mascot was inspired in part by Max Headroom

“UNSOLVED: The Creepiest TV Hack in History” from The Why Files

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[ladyimaginarium]

indigenous westeros: the lords & ladies of the north.

eddard stark. the head of house stark, lord of winterfell & warden of the north & hand of the king to king robert i baratheon. father of robb, sansa, arya, bran & rickon stark. known as the quiet wolf, wielder of the valyrian steel sword ice. widely beloved in the north & known for his unwavering sense of honor & justice. executed on false charges of high treason in 299 AC.

roose bolton. the head of house bolton, lord of the dreadfort, lord of leeches & warden of the north. cold, cunning, remorseless & implacable, lord roose murdered robb stark the king in the north at the red wedding & plays with the minds of men & it's rumored that the leeches sucked all the passion, love, hate & grief long ago.

ramsay bolton. the bastard of bolton, the bastard of the dreadfort of lord roose's brood, he was born as ramsay snow & is highly resentful of his baseborn status yet considers himself a bolton & refers to himself proudly as the trueborn scion of house bolton & violently corrects those who refer to him otherwise. cruel, cunning, sly, greedy, vicious & a skilled manipulator, ramsay takes delight in torturing others, fond of the ancient custom of house bolton of flaying their enemies alive. has a group of men-at-arms that are just as depraved as ramsay called the bastard's boys & keeps a pack of female hunting hounds & a steed called blood.

barbrey dustin. ruling lady of barrowton, lady barbrey, while cunning, has grown into a bitter woman over the years, particularly with the starks. dresses all in black without gold or jewelry. she is distrustful of the maesters & refers to them as grey rats. was infatuated with lord brandon stark, the eldest son of lord rickard stark, she had an affair with him who took her maidenhead. one of the conspirators of the northern restoration in stark hands.

mors "crowfood" umber. mors umber, known as mors crowfood, is a member of house umber, the uncle of lord greatjon umber, and the joint castellan of last hearth with his younger brother, hother. Whilst sleeping by the side of a road, a crow had taken mors for dead and so it pecked out his eye. according to old nan, he grabbed the raven at its feet and bit its head off, earning him the nickname crowfood. his wife died in childbirth, his sons were killed during the battle of the trident in robert's rebellion and his only daughter was abducted in 270 AC by wildlings, leaving mors with a deep hatred of the free folk. mors is an old man, huge and powerful, with a ruddy face and a shaggy white beard. he wears a chunk of dragonglass in place of a lost eye or conceals the empty socket with a stained white leather eye patch. he wears a cloak made of a snow bear with its head as a hood. he helps stannis baratheon fight the boltons to retake winterfell, saving theon greyjoy & jeyne poole's lives in the process & is entirely aware that jeyne poole is not arya stark.

jeyne poole. a member of house poole, jeyne is the daughter of the steward of winterfell, vayon poole, and is the best friend of sansa stark. tragically, she is taken, trafficked and sold by petyr baelish to house bolton as a fake arya stark to support the bolton claim to winterfell and the north and endures unspeakable abuse and torture. with the help of theon greyjoy, they escape winterfell. stannis baratheon decides to send her to the wall to reunite with jon snow, tasking ser justin massey to bring jeyne to castle black with an escort of six men along with alysane mormont.

wyman manderly. the Lord of white harbor & the head of house manderly, warden of the white knife, shield of the faith, defender of the dispossessed, lord marshal of the mander, knight of the order of the green hand & a widower for the past eight years, wyman has two adult sons, ser wylis and ser wendel manderly, wyman is nearly sixty years old, is amiable and has a loud, booming laugh. he is mocked by his own people as lord lamprey, by his on admission and because of his physical appearance, wyman is seen by many as craven and foolish. this is a clever front, however, as wyman is shrewd, calculating and intelligent, and is staunchly loyal to house stark. one of the conspirators of the northern restoration in stark hands.

wylla manderly. one of lord wyman manderly's granddaughters, she dyes her hair a garish green & wears it in a braid, she has a thin high voice & is very brave. wylla reminded her grandfather & the lords of the north to remember their vows to king robb stark & goes on to tell of the promises of loyalty house manderly made to house stark when they were exiled from the reach centuries ago, in front of the freys.

howland reed. the lord of greywater watch & the head of house reed, holding dominion over the crannogmen of the neck. howland's children with his wife, jyana, are meera and jojen. howland reed is a close friend of lord eddard stark of winterfell & is one of the very few people living who know of jon snow's true heritage.

meera reed. lord howland reed's daughter, eldest child & heir of greywater watch, she is a fine hunter & fisher & was taught to fight with net & spear. meera was one of the few who escorted bran stark & his companions beyond the wall.

alysane mormont. known as aly & the she-bear, alysane is the second daughter of lady maege mormont, lady of bear island & is considered the heir to bear island after the murder of her elder sister dacey mormont during the red wedding. unwed, she is in her mid-twenties and has two children, the eldest a daughter of nine and the youngest a son of two. she joins king stannis baratheon's armies for the march on winterfell as a female warrior & shieldmaiden & is assigned as asha greyjoy's guard later promoted to "arya stark" (actually jeyne poole)'s companion to castle black.

sybelle glover. originally from house locke, sybelle glover is the wife of robett glover & the mother of gawen & erena glover & in the absence of the brothers galbart & robett, lady sybelle is the lady of deepwood motte; sybelle glover is a pious woman who often prays in deepwood motte's godwood. sybelle and her children are captured when deepwood is taken by the ironborn, where they are kept captive, until asha greyjoy brings sybelle and her children to ten towers on harlaw and then she returns to deepwood with asha, with her children remaining at ten towers with the harlaws. she is freed when the army of king stannis baratheon retakes deepwood motte and sends many glover men with king stannis to march on winterfell, including guides, trackers and hunters, ransoming six ironborn prisoners to tycho nestoris; lady sybelle glover is undoubtedly a force to be reckoned with & has an incredibly sharp mind.

alys karstark. a noblewoman of house karstark, she is the only daughter of rickard karstark, lord of karhold. her betrothed, daryn hornwood & two of her brothers, eddard & torrhen karstark, are killed at the battle in the whispering wood by ser jaime lannister. called a grey girl on a dying horse, riding to the wall to escape an arranged marriage, to avoid marrying her great uncle arnolf karstark, alys flees her cousin cregan karstark and seeks aid from jon snow at the wall. jon instead arranges for alys to marry signorn, magnar of thenn, thus creating a new noble northern-free folk house that would claim karhold should her brother harrion karstark perish.

lyanna mormont. the youngest daughter of lady maege mormont on bear island, she was named after lady lyanna stark & is fiercely loyal to house stark. when king stannis baratheon sends out letters demanding the northern lords bend the knee to him, it is lyanna who at only ten years, as lady of bear island, sends back a reply refuting his claim saying that house mormont will bend no knee unless it is to a stark.

wynafryd manderly. one of lord wyman manderly's granddaughters. as part of the terms of white harbor being pardoned and returning to the king's peace of tommen i baratheon, wynafryd is betrothed to the widowed rhaegar frey. when lord davos seaworth visits the merman's court, wylla proclaims that the freys killed lord eddard, lady catelyn, and king robb, and that house manderly should join stannis baratheon in the name of vengeance. wynafryd refers to her sister's exclamation as a child's foolishness. wynafryd pretends to be pleased with her betrothal to rhaegar. after faking the execution of davos and releasing him from imprisonment in the wolf's den, her scheming grandfather, lord wyman manderly, informs davos he had already revealed his plans to wynafryd and she knows the marriage will never take place. wynafryd's betrothal ends with the suspected death of rhaegar on his way to winterfell.

donella hornwood. the lady of hornwood, wife of lord halys hornwood and mother of daryn hornwood, originally from house manderly, she is a cousin of wyman manderly, lord of white harbor. on her return to hornwood from the harvest feast at winterfell, lady donella is seized by ramsay snow and forcibly married to him that night. lord manderly then seizes her castle to protect her holdings from the boltons. after the wedding, ramsay locks her in a tower and fails to feed her. she is eventually found dead, with blood around her mouth and her fingers chewed off. ramsay's actions leads to fighting in the hornwood between the boltons and the manderlys.

dacey mormont. the heir of house mormont, she is the daughter of lady maege mormont, lady of bear island, and the niece of jeor mormont, lord commander of the night's watch. at an age where girls would receive dolls, she was given a morningstar. she was a lanky woman who finds herself at ease in a lady's garb or leather armor, dacey was elegant in dress and dance. she was murdered at the red wedding.

jonelle cerwyn. daughter of medger cerwyn & sister of cley cerwyn, jonelle accompanied her father to winterfell until he went south to fight for king robb stark. after the deaths of her father & brother, jonelle has become the lady of castle cerwyn.

maege mormont. lady of bear island & head of house mormont, she inherited the title from her exiled nephew jorah mormont & the younger sister of jeor mormont, lord commander of the night's watch. stubborn, short-temptered and willful, she is dedicated to the old gods, and loyal to house stark. she has five daughters: her eldest and heir, dacey; and alysane, lyra, jorelle, and lyanna; she has no sons. no one knows who the father of maege's children is, or even if she ever married. there are rumors that she beds with a bear; her daughter, alysane, smilingly shares the same rumor, claiming that mormont women are skinchangers who turn into bears and find mates in the woods. nonetheless, all of maege's daughters carry the surname "mormont", and none appear to be considered bastards. it is possible that maege's husband came from a family of lower nobility than the mormonts, or no nobility at all, in which case a woman can prefer to retain her own surname for herself and for her children. rumored to be in the neck with howland reed & is aware of robb stark's will to crown jon snow as his heir & king of the north & possibly aware of jon snow's true heritage.

mance rayder. once a man of the night's watch before breaking his vows and abandoning his post. he has since become extremely influential among the free folk, and is called the "king-beyond-the-wall".

eddara tallhart. a girl of almost ten years old, eddara becomes the head of her house after the successive deaths of her older brother benfred at stony shore & of her father helman at the battle of duskendale. currently she is held captive by the ironmen at torrhen's square.

lyessa flint. lady of widow's watch, lady lyessa rules the most powerful branch of the extended flint family, mother of robin flint, one of robb stark's most trusted commanders. she excuses herself for not attending the harvest feast of winterfell given her advanced state of pregnancy and because widow's watch is at that time affected by a sickness.

[dwcmarshalarts]

[ARYTE] Does Spex know we use his office as a lounge...? [HARLAN] He does, he doesn't care. [ARYTE] And does he know we're helping ourselves to his private cigar and whiskey reserves? [HARLAN] He has no way of knowing.

Original art and story by DWC Marshal Arts Ft. Maj. Aryte Vesperia by Aryte

[pagesandpothos]

March 2025 Reading Recap

The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid 🌈🆕 This was a new second-chance romance about two former hockey teammates who haven't spoken since their friends-with-benefits relationship blew up over a decade ago. It's an emotional read with some by nice character growth. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 | Read as: ebook (ARC from NetGalley)

A Gentleman's Gentleman by T.J. Alexander 🌈🆕🤍 This is a Regency-era romance about a reclusive trans man who must find a wife to keep his family's estate. He hires a valet to help him navigate his upcoming Season, but when he develops feelings for the new valet, everything becomes even more complicated. This is fantastic! It's beautifully written, with great characters and a romance that stole my heart. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 | Read as: ebook (ARC from NetGalley)

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett 🆕🤍 This is the third book in the Emily Wilde trilogy. This was a great (possible?)ending to a delightful series. I love all the characters so much. Emily/Wendell have some truly wonderful moments in this! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 | Read as: hardcover (from library)

My Faevorite Enemy by Gaia Tate 🌈 This is a quick read (less than 100 pages). The romance is between a man and the Fae Prince who teased him when they were kids. It's a light and fun rivals-to-lovers that would make a great Winter read. 🌕🌕🌕🌖🌑 | Read as: ebook (from Kindle Unlimited)

Direct Descendant by Tanya Huff 🌈🆕 I really enjoyed this cozy horror/sci-fi with a sweet Sapphic romance at the center. It's a little odd, with lots of great progressive humor and maybe some Lovecraftian monsters. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌘 | Read as: ebook (ARC from NetGalley)

The Sirens by Emilia Hart 🆕 I didn't love this one as much as I loved Weyward by the same author, but it has some powerful messages, and I think many readers will connect with the story. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 | Read as: ebook (ARC from NetGalley)

Blades of Furry by Emily Erdos & Deya Muniz 🌈🆕🤍 ⏳ This is a new queer graphic novel that comes out in May. I loved this and had a lot of fun reading it. It's funny and is a great start for a series I'm very invested in following. I'll be reading volume 2 as soon as it is out! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 | Read as: ebook (ARC from NetGalley)

Legend of the White Snake by Sher Lee 🌈 I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this! It's fast-paced, surprisingly dark, and I got fully invested in the romance! It even made me cry! 🌕🌕🌕 🌕🌗 | Read as ebook (borrowed from Libby)

A Killing Cold by Kate Alice Marshall 🆕 This is a great Winter weather thriller. It is filled with shocking twists, engaging characters with suspicious motivations, and some heart-pounding action scenes. The last half of the book almost has to be read in one sitting! 🌕🌕🌕 🌕 🌘 | Read as hardcover (Owned, from Book of the Month)

A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett 🌈🆕🤍 This is even better than The Tainted Cup. Din and Ana are such great characters and the mystery had me hooked from the very beginning to the end! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 | Read as: ebook (ARC from NetGalley)

Favorite book this month?

A Drop of Corruption was truly a well-written and brilliantly executed mystery with fantastic characters and world-building. It was the best book I read this month but there's a lot of runners up:

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales made me cry the most.

A Gentleman's Gentleman made me want to kick my feet and squeal with delight.

Blades of Furry made me laugh out loud.

Stats:

- I read 10 books and 3,540 pages this month. - I only read 2 books in print this month. Everything else was in ebook format. - I read every day, with an average of 114 pages per day. - My top genres this month were LGBTQIA+, Romance, and Fantasy. These are also my most read genres of all-time, so I didn't read much outside of my usual genres this month. - The longest novel I read this month was A Drop of Corruption (450+ pages). Blades of Furry was the longest graphic novel (500+ pages). - The shortest book I read this month was My Faevorite Enemy (85 pages).

Key: ⏳Books that are not out yet (I read an ARC). 🆕 Notes books that will be or have already been released this year. 🌈 Books that include major LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or themes. 🤍 A book that I now consider a new favorite! My rating system is below: 🌕 I’d only rate a book this low if I found it offensive. 🌕🌕 Not for me, but others may enjoy it. I don't often rate books this low since I usually DNF any book I don't like. 🌕🌕🌕 I was good. I like all books that I rate at least 3.0, but there were some issues (pacing, structure, etc.) that kept me from fully enjoying it. 🌕🌕🌕🌕 I loved it! Books with at least a 4.0 rating kept me invested the entire time, had interesting characters, and I thought the plot and pacing were good. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 I’m obsessed. This is a new all-time favorite. These are books that didn't just keep me invested but also had me emotionally attached to the characters, relationships, plot, etc.

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HI HI HI SENDING THIS TO YOU 1ST CAUSE I KEEP FORGETTING MEMBERS But i'm doing a Hobie mass crossover team!!It's him and a bunch of Spiderpunk Variants that're Spidersonas of characters from other media and the reason for me choosing them is they're Hobie kinnies!It's:

Percy(ofc ofc)

Katara

Ichigo

Stephanie

Marshall Lee and Marceline Abadeer

Kat(-Elliot,Wendell & Wild)

Katniss

And human Variant!!Sonic

It's called Spiderpunks(2023)and it's a run of Atsv Hobie that's ~totally~ official and was created because of his popularity :') You inspired me to include Sonic btw!!

AWWWWW THAT'S SO SWEET BIG BRO

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Moonlight In Vermont

Betty Carter & The Ray Bryant Trio C Drums: Philly Joe Jones Piano: Ray Bryant  Bass: Wendell Marshall

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Fandom List!

a comprehensive and cohesive list of media i have consumed and am willing to write for!

this will be updated and modified fairly consistently for maximum accuracy!

The Bear: Sydney Adamu, Carmy Berzatto, Sugar Berzatto, Richie Jerimovich

Bones: Seeley Booth, Wendell Bray

Bottoms: Hazel Callahan, Isabel Lee

The Boys: Billy Butcher, Hughie Campbell, Kimiko Miyashiro, Victoria Neuman

Criminal Minds: Emily Prentiss, Spencer Reid

Daredevil: Matt Murdock, Karen Page

Dexter: Joseph Quinn

E.R.: John Carter, Elizabeth Corday, Carol Hathaway, Susan Lewis, Abby Lockhart, Greg Pratt

Game of Thrones: Sandor Clegane, Theon Greyjoy, Jaime Lannister, Jon Snow,

Gen V: Cate Dunlap, Marie Moreau, Sam Riordan

Gilmore Girls: Luke Danes, Lorelai Gilmore, Logan Huntzberger, Jess Marino

Grishaverse: Nikolai Lantsov

House of the Dragon: Adam of Hull, Jacerys Targaryen, Rhaenyra Targaryen

The Originals: Marcel Gerard, Vincent Griffith, Hayley Marshall, Elijah Mikaelson, Niklaus Mikaelson, Rebekah Mikaelson

Punisher: Frank Castle

Shameless: Fiona Gallagher, Lip Gallagher, Mandy Milkovich, Svetlana Yevgenivna

Smallville: Oliver Queen

Supergirl: Lena Luthor, Winn Schott

Stranger Things: Steve Harrington

Tracker: Reenie Greene, Colter Shaw