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What We Need Is... More Books
After long last I realized that instead of battling with the constant urge to swap my book defaults, I could just give my sims more books to read.
This mod combines both of mine + iSimChi's book defaults and makes the game randomize between those for each genre. So instead of 7 books, there are 21 ✨
I made my older covers use the pages of my newer ones since they have more details.
The mod also fixes the following book behavior:
Books placed outside of bookshelves will no longer turn upwards when a lot is loaded
The 'read to sleep' interaction (that was added in Apartment Life and appears on minors who are in bed but haven't yet fallen asleep) will use children's books instead of the skilling one
This mod consists of two files. In addition to the mod file, there's a texture file that includes the needed book defaults.
If you want to use the mod with some other defaults, simply replace the textures from the texture file. You can also use that file as a base for making your own default set of 21 books.
📚 Download (SFS) (alternate)
Free Time is required. Conflicts with other book cover default replacements, remove those before using these. Also conflicts with ftminifixes by Pescado, if you want to use both make my mod load last (you'll lose the golden book that ftminifixes brings back to the reward bookcase since this mod randomizes textures for that bookcase too).
⚠️ A replacement for novel icons isn't included. You'll probably want to get the one from my newer defaults, as those covers will be used for the novels with the included texture file.
Many thanks to @isimchi for the permission to use their awesome textures 💜 for full credits, please see the original posts.
Update (11.11.2024): The covers are now also randomized for the bed/hammock reading interactions and for the film & literature reading while walking hobby idle. For all of these, sims can now also pick books other than skilling and will show an individual taste in books based on the sim's interests, hobbies, and aspirations, as well as on 3t2 traits* if those are used.
*Includes trait checks for bookworm, computer whiz, dramatic, hopeless romantic, natural cook, and perceptive.
All the books have 512x512 textures and use a 64x64 specular map. The mod file includes improved material definitions that also fix some lighting issues for the drama and the scifi books.
#ts2#ts2cc#sims 2#s2cc#the sims 2#the sims 2 download#dl mods#dl default#dl buy#things i've shared in october: candles+cats+books#i'd say that's totally in the theme so#happy simblreen!
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it's Pride Month now so all day long all my social feeds were filled with my friends going "hey it's Pride Month! I'm queer! please buy my queer books!" and I thought about how I am also supposed to be doing that and I'm just too fuckin tired
I mean I'm sure I'll do it at some point, or at minimum I'll participate in PrideBookFest on Bluesky because that can be kinda fun and it comes with prompts and I got a bunch of stuff ready in advance so that'll help but like
why aren't my books selling themselves this month so I can have a goddamn break. homophobic tbh
#I already wrote them#what do you MEAN I also have to convince people to buy them#someone else do that please#I'd rather spend my limited energy writing more books
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Ya like cheap ebooks? It's a great week for folks who are into that sort of thing.
"Read An Ebook Week!"
(You'd think they'd call it "indie authors hawk their wares at a discount" week, but I figure that just doesn't roll off the tongue in a festive manner.)
Anyways, all of my ebooks are half price here. Aliens, robots, gods and cyberpunk; take your pick.
March 2-8, 2025!
#wheee blatant plug#indie author life#Read An Ebook Week#Buy My Books#they're good; promise#and much cheaper than usual today#book recs#writeblr#authblr#is that already a tag?#it should be#anyways I have no idea what movie/show this gif is from#but I love it#the seated lady looks like Sandra Bullock#and I'm sure I've see the one with the top notch book-throwing skills in a couple things#no idea though#if anyone actually knows I'd love to hear it#also we're shortly past midnight in my time zone right now so I'll be curious to see who's actually awake
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Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger Photo Book: ~King of Kings~ Character Bromides
#ohsama sentai kingohger#kingohger#super sentai#gira husty#yanma gast#hymeno ran#himeno ran#rita kaniska#kaguragi dybowski#jeramie brasieri#racules husty#racles husty#king of kings pb#my scans#tokusatsu#toku cast#kingohger cast#ohsama sentai king ohger#king ohger#I saw the new pre order#the one that comes with the signed bromdie#I'd rather not buy another book#maybe if it resells for cheap in the future
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the genuine warmth and amused affection in emmrich's little chuckle at the second mourn watch background option here does something to my heart. I love you too, emmrich. also possibly a quote from the watcher oaths? "To always watch over the boundaries of death, and measure the dreaming sea."
man I love the mourn watch. these bitches love poetry. fucking insufferable classics major goths of thedas (wildly affectionate)
#that ingellvar life. watcher background privileges. always winning never losing. can we offer you a skull in these trying times#'and measure the dreaming sea' is such a pleasing line. flows perfectly. hall of fame phrasing#along with 'please speak to me through the dust and the tide'#also I've spoken about this a million times but I do love how much quoting familiar texts is its own language between the watcher character#dragon age#dragon age: the veilguard#dragon age: the veilguard spoilers#dragon age spoilers#emmrich volkarin#oc: Ellaryen Ingellvar#rye never sounds so much like a little boy as when he's speaking to emmrich haha. 'lead the way professor!!'#my insufferable watcher lads 'well thank god there's SOMEONE normal in this house or I don't know what I'd do'-ing each other#and marvelling at everyday sights b/c they've lived in a grave most of their life. emmrich is going to gently kindly pester rye#about writing papers for the watchers b/c he doesn't buy the 'oh me I'm a glorified tour guide really I haven't hit the books in ages' act#for even a second. it's too late rye. he knows you're smart now. you can't ruefully bumble your way out of this one he saw you kill god#varric lit the 'believing in you and your potential kid' torch and by god emmrich picked it up when he passed it on
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I think it's a rumour started by a parody joke account, but the way we all heard a variation of "F1 driver Franco Colapinto hits it off with Norwegian Princess" and immediately went:
#f1#formula 1#formula one#franco colapinto#like he's smooth af and his flirtations with reporters rival freaking prime red bull era seb#I'd buy it#so.... who's going to write the fic?#me irl: *cannot understand how monarchies are still a thing*#me reading books/fic with royal characters: absolutely please give me ten more of these!#what can i say? i was raised on the Princess diaries#if chris pine isn't back for the 3rd film -
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I kind of hope the age of umbra party levels up because there's some REALLY good level 2 cards out there
#age of umbra#cr spoilers#(they have not leveled up to be clear they are still L1)#i was going through the book to brush up on daggerheart mechanics and. i think it's really good#like...i think the best way to put it is daggerheart is not a good game for people who want to try to learn from actual play. funnily enoug#you gotta read the book. it's not overly complicated! but it requires more player buy in than d&d (this is a good thing)#anyway i have level up ideas for the current characters#AND i have thoughts on what i'd like to play even though realistically if i want to play daggerheart...i am running it
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Could someone help me locate which book and pages these images are from?
also I don't own psychical copies of the books and was wondering if there was any way to read the book of bill and journal 3 online?
#gravity falls#book of bill#journal 3#ford pines#bill cipher#looking for advice cuz I don't think I'd be allowed to buy them💔#Especially cuz guardian considers them demonic or whatever#I ended up finding an archive of journal 3 but it was only 3 pages#definitely gonna take me a bit to adjust to fords curved writing#it's a bit difficult to read cuzof his writing
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This is probably the wrong way to do it, but the only way I can get ready for Lent is to take what Chesterton might call a Robinson Crusoe approach. I'm going to go without certain things during Lent, so I get excited to enjoy the things I'll have, especially if it's something I don't appreciate enough during the months when I'm not fasting. Like, I give up sweets during Lent, so now's the time to get excited about pretzels. I'm giving up my phone, so it's time to get excited about other things I can do with my free time. Stuff like that.
#catholic things#lent#really feeling this because i'm giving up ebooks for lent#which is going to be a MAJOR sacrifice#because ebooks were always a huge part of previous lents with social media fasts#this year i decided that ebooks means i still spend a lot of time looking at my phone#so i've got to give up that too#(i did buy myself three kate stradling books)#(which is kind of cheating)#(but the heir and the spare has become such a strong lenten tradition)#(that i'd probably give up on the ebook fast right away if i didn't have it on hand)#(and i always finish reading that book by wanting to read more of hers)#(so i bought two fairy tale novellas too)#(i can justify it because i've read those books so many times)#(that i feel should send some money her way beyond like the 99 cents i spent on the ebooks)#ANYWAY#the point is that i went to put those books on my shelf#and i'm so excited because i have some AMAZING books there#that i usually forget about in the quest to find the next thing#so i'm excited to dive into the unread books#(though i'm also in a mood to reread all the things so i may wind up doing that)#also this is still a major sacrifice because i won't have books on hand at all times like with ebooks
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Howl absolutely steals Megan's earrings and I am not explaining this.
#If you want me to explain I'd say I don't think he wears his long jewellery earrings in Wales simply because it attracts too much attention#so he has this little gold or silver thingies#and he sees no need to buy them and explain to the salesman why he needs them#he just goes straight up to Megan's jewelry box because he can#she tried to do something against it obviously#it's not RESPECTABLE#but this man is unbreakable and unavoidable (except for the times he wants to avoid you wich is most of the times)#so she gave up and just#tries to save her jewellery box from being emptied by her own brother#I need to comment peevsie's Megan and Howl fic someone kill my procrastination murder it#I love it sm#(fic not the procrastination)#hmc book#howl's moving castle book#hmc#howl's moving castle#howell jenkins#megan parry#howl pendragon
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Friday
"Does table salt go bad" and "first amendment text" and "richmond virginia suburbs" and other things I've asked the Internet this week.
It was almost warm enough a couple days this week to make park days a thing. I tried. My toes got cold.
I think banning TikTok as it exists today is probably a good idea, but the law to effect that change seems to be in conflict with the first bullet point in the bill of rights. If we lived in a time where precedent mattered, I might be more bothered about how this all plays out. Will the government give TikTok assurances they wont enforce the law that the government enacted to oust them? Who knows. Does it matter? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ At the end of the day, I think I'm mostly just sad about my TikTok (maybe?) going away.
Booked a trip to (the suburbs of) Richmond, VA for the middle of February. A couple nights in Tuckahoe and a couple in Chester. Mostly just a vibe check. I'm hoping to settle on a plan by early March.
[work stuff.]
Rachel Platten is coming to town in March and it took me all of about 12 seconds to buy a ticket this morning, even though I haven't listened to her music in ages.
I have so many pictures to sort through and scan. And a bunch of laundry to fold.
Maybe this weekend.
It could happen.
#i knew that salt didn't ''go bad'' but i asked anyway#the salt in question was more than a couple decades old#it was fine... i think#i need to repaint my toenails#i've spent years curating my algorithm#and it's hardly any subversive propaganda at all these days#multitudes etc.#I was tempted to push the VA trip out until late March or early April but [work stuff] got me back on track#I've also got tickets to Lauren Sanderson and Lauren Mayberry in a couple weeks and Kelsea Ballerini in March and then nothing 🥺#and maisie peters bailed on opening for kelsea ballerini :((#(but she's been touring a. lot. and i'd rather see her take a break instead of burn out)#get yourself a fan like me who'll just buy a ticket to your show and then figure out what you're on about these days#I don't think I made it through the first chapter before DNFing Annie Bot#But this book was good#evenings this week with cameo appearances from Venus
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I've been using him as a coloring page
line art by @asaka-lucy-dr-rc
#nagito komaeda#nagito coloring challenge#yknow if there was a nagito coloring book i'd probably buy it tbh
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The Demon of the Lonely Isle by Edogawa Ranpo
Whatever challenge or hardship we face, it is never as dreadful as that which we are able to imagine.
- Edogawa Ranpo, The Demon of the Lonely Isle
Our youthful spirits were still capable of enjoying such adventures and thrilled at keeping secrets. Added to this, the type of relationship that existed between Michio and myself meant we were more than just 'friends'. Michio's affection for me was atypical - although I didn't really comprehend how he felt, I understood it on an intellectual level - and like any normal romantic sentiment it wasn't necessarily unwelcome, so when we were face to face, there was a kind of sweet sexual tension in the air. This tension perhaps made our 'game' all the more pleasurable.
- Edogawa Ranpo, The Demon of the Lonely Isle
Nobody can see the plight we're in, we can't see each other's faces. After we die, our bodies will lie here undiscovered for eternity. But just as this place has no light, it has no laws, no morality, no customs. It is another world, where humanity is extinguished. In the short time we have left, I want to disregard all such formalities. We need not feel embarrassment or jealousy, or hide behind good manners or put on a show anymore. We're like two newborn beings, the only living creatures in this primordial darkness. - Edogawa Ranpo, The Demon of the Lonely Isle
A little bit of darkness and people fall to pieces. Get a hold of yourself. Where there's life there's hope.
- Edogawa Ranpo, The Demon of the Lonely Isle
Fun Fact:
Ranpo's friend and fellow detective writer Yokomizo Seishi (1902-81) wrote, 'the love for the same sex, which had been a long-standing desire of the author [sakka no hisashiki ganbō de atta dōseiai], had finally been incorporated into this novel.' An insert to another multivolume collection of Ranpo's works published in 1938 and 1939 emphasizes in boldface type that Kotō no oni is 'a work in which the author dealt with the topic of same-sex love.'
- Jeffrey Angles, Writing the Love of Boys pages 14-15
#edogawa ranpo#the demon of the lonely isle#kōto no oni#japanese literature#bungo stray dogs#bungou stray dogs#bsd#book recomendations#book recs#I'd recommend buying the ebook for this one because the paperback had weird formatting
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the universe keeps telling me to read dead poets society and I'm trying so hard to ween it off because i have 4 books still needing to be read but my next line-up of books are SO MUCH MORE FUN ,, AUGHHH
#the cons of being a reader#okay look in my defense i technically COULD get these books but also I'd feel guilty the entire time#i bought classics in my last batch and as much as i love them I can't bring myself to read them atm because it requires a lot of brain power#like trying to translate the book of frankenstein is more work than necessary for me#and I've been procrastinating on finishing jekyll and hyde still ALTHOUGH WAY EASIER TO READ i just cba 💀#do i wanna buy books or do i just THINK i wanna buy books ...#kind of wanna buy clothes honestly it's about that time of the year#hmmmmm#book or clothes ... summer fun or summer swag#to be fr my next line up of books is just as boring#(catcher in the rye ; the stranger ; dps ; handmaidens tale )#but they're all reads i wanna get to#I've been on a spree of trying to read popular books because i Don't Read A Lot#it's fun#anyways#rambling to self
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Hiii! Are you much of a gamer? Do you have a favorite one? :3
hi steph!!!! <333 how're u lovely?
i say that im not much of a gamer??? but i have like 80+ games on my steam so.... /looks at self in the mirror/ what is the truth --
i think i consider myself like... a binge/cozy gamer? i tend to play 1 game all the way thru, during a pretty short span (alas, hyperfixation brain... alas), and then never touch it again so i tend to like storyrich games (and those are the ones that i have the most of) -- for a while i played a decent amount of visual novels on my phone (before pandemic started and i started working/writing for those companies and it took the magic away just a lil lol)
but!!! im getting carried away -- some games i rly liked:
strange horticulture (i'm SOOOO excited for strange antiques!!! i have the demo and im SALIVATING)
what remains of edith finch
miss fisher's murder mysteries (i love the show too, and im reading the books hehe)
kathy rain (i know there's a new one coming out so im excite for that too!)
it takes two (this is probably THE first platformer i've played properly and it was bc my bf played it with me and it was super fun)
split fiction (by the same company it takes two! also a great co-op!)
honkai (obvi lmfao im in the DEPTHS of it rn but i like the story/characters more than i like the battle mechanics lol)
a case of distrust
coffee talk and coffee talk 2
and then some super retro stuff cause the only game console i've ever owned is a ds LOL:
kirby !!!!
those prince of tennis dating games in jpn (bc i am nothing if not an otome simp at heart)
the world ends with you (BOMB sO BOMB)
kingdom hearts (whichever one was avail for the ds at the time)
999 (this is kinda horror but it was still good)
#🌧 raindrops#my parents let me basically do whatever i wanted EXCEPT play video games as a child lol#they were like if you want to play video games you have to save up ur own money and buy it urself#they'd let me buy as many books as i wanted no matter how much it cost#take whatever art piano dance lessons i wanted#but my mom drew the line at videogames LOL which... fair#i buy/collect steam games now i like i collect books#will i play most of them? prob not but does it make me happy to see them in my library? yes#if you have any game recs !!! i'd love to hear !!!#im a very bad technical gamer like i cannot do like.... complicated game maneuvers but im always down for a good story! :)#i could never play through an entire zelda game even tho my bf has the switch bc i suck at game mechanics#this is the same reason i think i would suck at genshin LOL
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mmmmh murderbot diaries does have a french edition... as usual i am torn b/w reading it in the og language and just reading it in french...
i kinda want to read it in english but also i think it's going to be WAY easier to just order the french edition at my local bookshop rather than like. Try to order it from the states or whatever. or find an ebook that doesn't require an app to be read.
#there's no reason why the translation would be bad#but i have to admit 'assasynth' sounds incredibly stupid already compared to just. murderbot.#idkkkk maybe i could just buy the books in french and then also find a pdf in english... somewhere...#wait actually i totally should do that. i'd be able to compare stuff in both alnguages for fun then.#castor thoughts
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