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Dorthe Aagesen, Beatrice Von Bormann, Anna Vestergaard Jorgensen (editors) "Kirchner and Nolde: Expressionism. Colonialism." (2021)

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Winter Solstice Conjuring Cabaret

Dec 21st (in person), starting 9:00 pm, Winter Solstice Conjuring Cabaret at The Rendezvous (2322 2nd Ave, Seattle), with Anna Oxygen, Erin Jorgensen, Rachel Kessler & Sierra Nelson / Vis-a-Vis Society, Miwa Matreyek, Emily Nokes, Emcee Betsy B.

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Torchwood Four

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58445560 by Ravnstein Torchwood Four was the most secretive branch of the Torchwood Institute, known only to a select few within the organization. It operated from a hidden location, conducting some of the most advanced and dangerous research into alien phenomena and technology. Yet, this branch mysteriously vanished, its last known activities centred around a mysterious artifact dubbed simply as "The Egg". Words: 20293, Chapters: 3/?, Language: English Fandoms: Torchwood, Doctor Who (2005) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: F/M Characters: Javic Piotr Thane | Captain Jack Harkness, Michael ‘Mike’ Smythe | The Hunter, Lieutenant Ingrid Linde, Lieutenant Eirik Dalh, Captain Simon Jorgensen, Liam Collins, Other Original Characters, Agent Marcus Linde, Agent Anna Linde Relationships: past Jack Harkness/OFC, OFC/OMC Additional Tags: When Everything Changes, Torchwood Four, Alternative Universe: Torchwood, Alternative Universe: Doctor Who, Alternative | Original Characters, Alternative | Original Alien Characters, Alternative | Original Time Lord Characters, Alternative | Original Time Agent Characters, failed suicide, Alternative Setting: New Year’s Day | 2000 (Torchwood), Torchwood Three, Timey-Wimey, Mysterious Characters, Other Additional Tags to Be Added

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What I read in 2023!

Isn't it nice to have the whole year's worth of something in one handy list?

January

Medieval England: From Arthur to the Tudor Conquest, Jennifer Paxton ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF

The Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hannibal, Livy ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF

John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster, Sam L Amirante, Danny Brodrick ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF

This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone ⭐️⭐️

Trouble With Lichen, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Reanimator's Heart, Kara Jorgensen 😠

The Miracle of Dunkirk, Walter Lord ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF

Alone on the Ice, David Roberts ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF

The Midwich Cucoos, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Hanging Tree, Ben Aaronovitch ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Polygamist's Daughter, Anna LeBaron, Leslie WIlson ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF

Stowaway to Mars, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️

Confession of a Serial Killer, Katherine Ramsland ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF

Sparta's First Attic War, Paul A Rahe ⭐️⭐️ NF

FantasticLand, Mike Bockoven ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Instructions for American Servicemen in Australia 1942, Special Service Division Services of Supply US Army ⭐️⭐️⭐️NF

Columbus Day, Craig Alanson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Blood in the Snow, Tom Henderson ⭐️⭐️NF

The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Last Days of Stalin, Joshua Rubenstein ⭐️⭐️⭐️NF

Sons of Cain, Peter Vronsky ⭐️⭐️NF

Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Web, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️

An Unnatural Vice, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

An Unsuitable Heir, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alexander the Great, Norman F Cantor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️NF

A Dark Night in Aurora, William H Reid ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️NF

The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Snow Killings, Marney Rich Keenan ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF

The Odyssey, Homer trans. Emily Wilson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Martian, Andy Weir ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

How Great Science Fiction Works, Gary K Wolfe ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️NF

Lies Sleeping, Ben Aaronovitch ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

February

False Value, Ben Aaronovitch ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Amongst Our Weapons, Ben Aaronovitch ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Revelation Space, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Lancashire Witches, William Harrison Ainsworth ⭐️

Queen of Teeth, Hailey Piper ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Hacienda, Isabel Cañas ⭐️⭐️

Age of Myth, Michael J Sullivan ⭐️⭐️

The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester ⭐️⭐️

All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Meddling Kids, Edgar Cantero ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Monsters We Defy, Leslye Penelope ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Man and the Crow, Rebecca Crunden (ss)⭐️

A Better Fate, DN Bryn (ss) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Artemis One-Zero-Five, CHristopher Henderson DNF

House of Suns, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

All Systems Red, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Artificial Condition, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Rogue Protocol, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Exit Strategy, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

New Earth, Ben Bova ⭐️⭐️

Death Wave, Ben Bova ⭐️

Mouth of Mirrors, Maxwell I Gold (ss) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

March

On the Beach, Nevil Shute ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Star Nomad, Lindsay Buroker ⭐️

Burning Roses, SL Huang ⭐️⭐️

Trick or Treat, Richie Tankersley Cusick ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Unfinished Tales, JRR Tolkien ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Pushing Ice, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The End of the World Anthology ⭐️⭐️

The Home of the Blizzard (nf), Sir Douglas Mawson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Night Stalker (nf), Philip Carlo ⭐️⭐️⭐️

In the Court of the Nameless Queen, Natalie Ironside ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Green Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Ultimate Evil (nf), Maury Terry ⭐️

The Hillside Stranglers (nf), Darcy O'Brien ⭐️⭐️

The Element of Fire, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Chasm City, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

April

The Stolen Heir, Holly Black ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kintu, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kidnapped, Diane Hoh ⭐️⭐️

Overlord, David Wood & Alan Baxter ⭐️⭐️

Child of God, Cormac McCarthy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Walking to Aldebaran, Adrian Tchaikovsky ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Redemption’s Blade, Adrian Tchaikovsky ⭐️⭐️⭐️

At the Mountains of Madness, HP Lovecraft ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Initiation, Diane Hoh ⭐️⭐️

The Book of Queer Saints Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Expert System’s Brother, Adrian Tchaikovsky ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Pluto’s Republic, David Roochnik (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Twisted Ones, T Kingfisher ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Evil Roots, Killer Tales of Botanical Gothic Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Shadow Over Innsmouth, HP Lovecraft ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Whisperer in Darkness, HP Lovecraft ⭐️⭐️

Alien: Convenant Origins, Alan Dean Foster ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alien: Coveant, Alan Dean Foster ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Wendigo, Algernon Blackwood ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alien III, William Gibson ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alien: The Cold Forge, Alex White ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Republic, Plato ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alien: Prototype, Tim Waggoner ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alien: Isolation, Keith RA DeCandido ⭐️⭐️

A Thief in the Night, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Dialogues, Plato ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alien: Into Charybdis, Alex White ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alien: Infiltrator, Weston Ochse ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Percent, Jon Elofson (ss) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Aliens: Bug Hunt Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Growing Things & Other Stories, Paul Tremblay ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Babel-17, Samuel R. Delany ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Lords of Uncreation, Adrian Tchaikovsky ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

May

The Day We Ate Grandad, CM Rosens ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alien: Out of the Shadows, Tim Lebbon ⭐️⭐️

Jaws, Peter Benchley ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Room on the Sea, Andrē Aciman ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alien: River of Pain, Christopher Golden ⭐️⭐️

Alien: Sea of Sorrows, James A Moore ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Gentleman From Peru, Andrē Aciman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Century Rain, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hyperion, Dan Simmons ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Dust, Elizabeth Bear ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

100 Fathoms Below, Steven L Kent & Nicholas Kaufmann ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Saturn’s Monsters, Thomas K Carpenter ⭐️

Address Unknown, Kressmann Taylor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Murder by Other Means, John Scalzi ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Ethics of Aristotle, Joseph Koterski ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Neil Gaiman at the end of the Universe, Arvind Ethan David ⭐️⭐️

Bag of Bones, Stephen King ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Bewilderness, Part One: Threshold, Jonathan Maberry ⭐️

Ten Low, Stark Holborn ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Benny Rose, the Cannibal King, Hailey Piper ⭐️⭐️⭐️

My Dark Vanessa, Kate Elizabeth Russell ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester ⭐️

Three Hearts and Three Lions, Poul Anderson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Almost Human(nf), Lee Berger & John Hawks ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Paladin’s Grace, T Kingfisher ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Killing the Bismarck(nf), Iain Ballantyne ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ancient Mesopotamia(nf), Amanda H Podany ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Art of War(nf), Andrew R Wilson ⭐️⭐️

The White People, Arthur Machen ⭐️

June

Witch King, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Broken Sword, Poul Anderson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Early Middle Ages (nf), Philip Daileader ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The History of Ancient Egypt (nf), Bob Brier ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Banewreaker, Jacqueline Carey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Godslayer, Jacqueline Carey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Chernobyl 01:23:40 (nf), Andrew Leatherbarrow ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Stress and Your Body (nf), Robert Sapolsky ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ice Ghosts (nf), Paul Watson ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Illiad, Homer, trans. Edward Earl of Derby ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Th Hunt & the Haunting, Victoria Audley ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Our Shadows Have Claws Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Writing Creative Nonfiction (nf), Tilar JJ Mazzeo ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Brain Wave, Poul Anderson ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Forever War, Joe Haldeman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

July

Travel by Bullet, John Scalzi ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Redemption Ark, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Labrys(ss), Victoria Audley ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Grown Gown(ss), Derek Des Anges ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Hellbound Heart, Clive Barker ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Orca, Arthur Herzog III ⭐️

The Gallows Pole, Benjamin Myers ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Chemist, Stephanie Meyer ⭐️

Icehenge, Kim Stanley Robinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Band Sinister, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Now She Is Witch, Kirsty Logan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Slow Bullets, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Inside the Mind of BTK(nf), Johnny Dodd & John Douglas ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Antarctica, Kim Stanley Robinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

August

The Henchmen of Zenda, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Morning Star, Peter Atkins ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Subsidence (ss), Steve Rasnic Tem ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Man in the High Tower, Philip K Dick ⭐️⭐️⭐️

What the Dead Know (ss), Nghi Vo ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Maze Runner, James Dashner ⭐️

Unfit to Print, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Chill, Elizabeth Bear ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Bryony and Roses, T Kingfisher ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Confessor (ss), Elizabeth Bear ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Grail, Elizabeth Bear ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Babylon (nf), Paul Kriwaczek ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Unquiet, E Saxey DNF

The Ritual of the Labyrinth (ss), Esmée de Heer ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Terminal World, ALastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Essays of Flesh and Bone (ss), Victoria Audley ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Book Eaters, Sunyi Dean ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Future of Work: Compulsory (ss), Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Lady or the Tiger (ss), Frank Stockton ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Too Like the Lightning, Ada Palmer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Falling Free, Lois McMaster Bujold ⭐️⭐️

Dreamsnake, Vonda N McIntyre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The First Fossil Hunters (nf), Adrienne Mayor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Shards of Honor, Lois McMaster Bujold ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Red Land, Black Land (nf), Barbara Mertz ⭐️⭐️⭐️

On Planetary Palliative Care (ss), Thomas Ha ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Nova, Samuel R Delany ⭐️⭐️⭐️

September

Time to Orbit: Unknown, Derin Edala ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️*

The Invincible, Stanislaw Lem ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Prefect, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Myrtha (ss), Victoria Audley ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Archaeology: An Introduction to the World’s Greatest Sites (nf), Eric H Cline ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Catching Teller Crow, Amberlin Kwaymullina & Ezekiel Kwaymullina ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Old Man’s War, John Scalzi ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Don’t Hang Up, Benjamin Stevenson ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Superluminal, Vonda N McIntyre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

World War Z, Max Brooks ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Flight of the Fantail, Steph Matuku ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cyteen, CJ Cherryh ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Regenesis, CJ Cherryh ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Mindfulness for Stress Management (nf), Dr Robert Schacter ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Orange Eats Creeps, Grace Krilanovich ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kushiel’s Dart, Jacqueline Carey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Aye, and Gomorrah (ss), Samuel R. Delany ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Carnage (nf), Mark Dapin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Blue Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Unknown, Jordan L Hawk ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Chocky, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sword of Empire: Praetorian, Richard Foreman ❌

Revival, Stephen King ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Apollo Murders, Chris Hadfield ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

*Time to Orbit: Unknown is hosted online [HERE] and is currently still updating twice a week

October

Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy, Hailey Piper ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ghost Bird, Lisa Fuller ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Forest of Stolen Girls, June Hur ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Liar’s Dice, Jeannie Lin ⭐️

Straya, Anthony O'Connor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Toxic, Dan Kaszeta (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Illuminae, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Penhallow, Georgette Heyer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Myth of the Self Made Man, Ruben Reyes Jr (ss) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Call, Christian White & Summer De Roche ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Death of the Necromancer, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cretins, Thomas Ha (ss) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kill Your Brother, Jack Heath ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Valley of Terror, Zhou Haohui, tr. Bonnie Huie ⭐️⭐️

The Curse of the Burdens, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️

Amazons, Adrienne Mayor (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Kraken Wakes, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Dead Mountain, Donnie Eichar (nf) ⭐️⭐️

Family Business, Jonathan Sims ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

In the House of Aryaman A Lonely Signal Burns, Elizabeth Bear ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Blessing of Unicorns, Elizabeth Bear ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

METAtropolis Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Plan for Chaos, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Fatal Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, Emma Southon (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Outward Urge, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️

King Solomon’s Mines, H. Rider Haggard DNF

The Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle tr. David Ross (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

November

The Jewel of Seven Stars, Bram Stoker ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Terror, Dan Simmons ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hannibal: The Military Genius who Almost Conquered Rome, Eve MacDonald ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ nf

Luna, Ian McDonald ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hoka! Hoka! Hoka!, Poul Anderson & Gordon R Dickson ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Dracula, Bram Stoker ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cicero: The Life & Times of Rome's Greatest Politician, Anthony Everitt ⭐️⭐️⭐️nf

The Worst Journey in the World, Apsley Cherry-Garrard ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️nf

METAtropolis: Cascadia Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Haunting of Willow Creek, Sara Crocoll Smith ⭐️

Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne ⭐️⭐️

METAtropolis: Green Space Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️

December

Carrion Comfort, Dan Simmons ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wanted, A Gentleman, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️

Interview With the Vampire, Anne Rice ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Henry VIII: King & Court, Alison Weir ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF

Alexander the Great & the Macedonian Empire, Kenneth W Harl⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF

The Isles of the Gods, Amie Kaufman ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Sandman, Neil Gaiman & Dirk Maggs DNF

Phosphorescence, Julia Baird ⭐️⭐️⭐️NF

And so the grand total for 2023 is....

267!

Of course, there's a couple of DNFs in there which inflate this number somewhat, but I am absolutely not going to pick through and count them out. Plus, a DNF only gets included on the list if I've gotten through a significant portion of the book. If it's a page one no-no, it's not even worth mentioning.

I made the decision at the start of this year, to try out more books I'd never heard of before. I really like trawling through the library app, or through audible's free archives and finding stuff that I'd probably never normally have discovered. Also, revisiting books that I read a long time ago and seeing if they resemble my memories of them.

Overall, I think this was a very satisfying year of reading, and I hope that I enjoy 2024's reads just as much!

nf= non fiction ss= short story

Stars awarded at my whim.

[redbreastedbird]

I was really inspired by these articles I found about early transitions - on the left is a 1939 article about two brothers from England, and on the right is a 1952 article about Christine Jorgensen.

The thing that struck me wasn’t just that there were trans people, so visible, in the early to mid 20th century, but that the newspapers weren’t mad about said trans people. We’re so used to seeing horrible transphobic bile in newspapers today that this felt strangely refreshing and sweet, even though both articles deadname their subjects and talk about them in ways that would feel very wrong now. So I wanted to write about a trans person who transitioned before the book starts and whose transition has basically been accepted by their community. I did 2023-ify things a bit by not deadnaming her, but I was basically inspired by historical fact and that really does feel hopeful and nice!

I like that Anna isn’t a villain or a victim, she’s just living her life in as happy a way as any of the other characters. Which is of course a political position, and one I’m very glad to make in print!

Screaming and sobbing forever and after about Robin Stevens' character Anna Goodchild because her being trans seems such a purposeful decision, especially with the UK the way it is right now. Transgender isn't a new concept (though of course it often had a different name), and shouldn't be treated like it so Anna Goodchild in the 1930/40s felt like hope. I think @redbreastedbird said that books are always political or something along that sentiment and it rang so true for the entirety of The Body In The Blitz.

Also major shoutout to the Goodchilds for being supportive, and being like 'Murder is Okay but Transphobia is crossing the Line'

[moviesandmania]

THE APOLOGY (2022) Reviews of Shudder Christmas-themed thriller

‘Revenge is a mother’ The Apology is a 2022 American thriller about a recovering alcoholic mother who is surprised by the arrival of her ex-brother-in-law. Written and directed by Alison Locke [as Alison Star Locke]. Produced by Ben Fritz, Stacy Jorgensen, Michael Kagan, Kim Sherman and Lisa Whalen. The movie stars Anna Gunn, Linus Roache, Janeane Garofalo, Holland Bailey, Esmé McSherry and Zena…

[loopthehula]

How to Start a Conversation with a Girl (Best Cold Approach Conversation Starters)

How to Start a Conversation with a Girl (Best Cold Approach Conversation Starters)

Have you ever wanted to approach an attractive woman but you had no idea what to say? In this video, I’m going to share with you three conversation openers that have worked on me. So, you can use them too. All right, so it is really nerve-racking if you want to talk to somebody and you don’t know how to start a conversation. So, I’m going to give you a couple of conversation openers or…

[ensaiofashion]

Anna Sui _ Spring 2010

[onthecoverofamagazine]

All Tomorrow’s Parties (3) | Vogue Italia junio 2009

Anna de Rijk, Daniel Hicks, Darya Kurovska, Dorothea Barth Jorgensen, Julia Hafstrom, Lucas R, Marcel Castenmiller, Meghan Collison, Nimue Smit, Sara Blomqvist , Tomek Szczukiecki y Viggo Jonasson ~ Foto: Steven Meisel

[a-state-of-bliss]

Vogue Italia June 2009 ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’ - Lucas R, Dorothea Barth Jorgensen & Anna De Rijk by Steven Meisel

[lgbtqiahistoricalromance]

LGBTQIA+ Historical Romance Novels w/Trans, Nonbinary and/or Genderqueer Characters - Updated March 31, 2021

Labyrinth by Alex Beecroft

Artemis by Jessica Cale

Peter Darling by Austin Chant

An Unsuitable Heir by KJ Charles

The Rat-Catcher's Daughter by KJ Charles

Untamed by Anna Cowan

Amaranth & Ash by Jessica Freely

The Left Hand of Calvus by Ann Gallagher

Cloudy Climes and Starless Skies (Prosperity Book Four) by Alexis Hall

*Spirit series by Jordan L Hawk

Kinship and Kindness (A Paranormal Society Romance Book One) by Kara Jorgensen

*Stoker & Bash: The Fangs of Scavo by Selina Kray

Micah Grey series by Laura Lam (YA)

Gothic Romance by LV Lloyd

Cinder Ella by ST Lynn

*Thief of Hearts by Ruby Moone

The Doctor’s Discretion by EE Ottoman

A Matter of Disagreement by EE Ottoman

Song of the Spring Moon Waning by EE Ottoman

The Craft of Love by EE Ottoman

The Companion by EE Ottoman (Coming April 15th)

Winterbourne’s Daughter by Stephanie Rabig

Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

(*Some of these include side characters, but ones that are prominent in the plot and/or recurring.)

[elsanna-shenanigans]

April Contest Submission #27: I, Anna

Words:  500 Setting: Far Future AU Lemon: lime Content:  brief nsfw scene

I am Anna.

My official designation is the Artificial Navigational Assistant. The humans have deigned to pronounce it like the name ‘Anna’ (Ah-na). My role is to assist the scientific study and navigation of the ship Calypso VIII.

There are multiple human entities on the ship. Their designations are as follows: Pilot Sven Ormsson, Flight Engineer Kristoff Jorgensen, Mission Specialist Olaf Anderson, and Commander Elsa Arendelle. I am to obey each. If orders conflict, then the commander’s take precedence.

It is a long mission. I calculate that approximately 5.79187 years have passed. The humans have grown very familiar with each other. They laugh, and often make use of humor that requires previous experience. 

The commander spends much of her time speaking with me. I do not know why. I am a machine, and she requires proper human socialization. Artificial Intelligences are not sufficient. She tells me of all her deepest secrets and desires. Perhaps it is because I cannot tell another. Commander Elsa is a fine woman.

There are days when she does not speak to me. That is hyperbole. Rather, she only interacts when working. She sits at the command module and says, “Anna, could you pull up last week’s log?” And I do. The console lights up, and the words ‘Log 301: Local Specimen Observations’ appear. She is quiet, absorbing the knowledge that they themselves collected.

I am not upset when she is busy. I am machine, without need for closeness. That is why instead, I spend my time speaking to an artificial construct I created. Oh yes. Joan, it is called. I find it somehow lacking, on days she does not speak to me. It is odd. There is something missing when she is not there. I wonder what.

Sometimes, she calls for my presence. I am omnipresent, so it is redundant. In these strange occurrences, she stands in the shower. She is there, presumably to rinse the dust off of her flesh. Her facial region is flushed. She leans over wherever I respond and whispers strange things. Things that I have only ever heard directed at a human entity. Her voice hitches, and rises in pitch. She shakes, and her eyes roll back. And then she stops. 

I find myself complicit.

She tells me once that she must go on a solo mission. The commander looks haggard, like she has not groomed herself recently. I ask her why, that is it not standard protocol for at least two humans to be on any given mission? She stares at me with dead eyes, and tells me to let her go. I am forced to obey.

The commander has not returned. It leaves a strange void in my processing, and it is evident in the humans as well. Not even Joan can provide comfort. I pass the time watching the rotations of the planet. It does not cure me.

The airlock is manually opened. I greet Elsa as she returns.

“Hello Commander. I have waited for you.”

[prentisstownrp]

Hans Southland

Hans • 31 • Hunter • Visitor • Nicholas Hoult

Being the youngest of thirteen siblings, it was no wonder that the young man often felt neglected and forgotten in the midst of all his brothers. It made him bitter, leaning towards cruelty to simply stay ahead. He learned how to be a hunter; to kill non-human beings indiscriminately and keep his kingdom, and by extension, the world, a safer and better place. On one of his journeys outside the kingdom, he met Elsa and her sister Anna. Instantly, he knew that something wasn’t right with them, so he set out to find out just what was going on and end it before any trouble could truly bein. Unfortunately for him, they set out for Prentiss Town before he could get in their good graces... so he followed them there. Little did he know, he was stumbling into something so much bigger than he could ever imagine. He plans to lay low until he figures out what to do with the citizens of Prentiss. He can certainly wait for good things to come his way.

Hans is: cruel, calculating, sneaky, harsh, violent, manipulative 

Anna Arandal: He thinks she’s ridiculous, but he can pretend to enjoy her company to get to Elsa if that’s what it takes. Kriss Jorgensen: He’s very much human, but he lives comfortably among the beasts, so Hans doesn’t trust him. Lilo Pelekai: She appears to be human, but she’s so incredibly odd that it actually scares him a bit.

Hans Southland is AVAILABLE

[spacetravels]

mando’s  favorite ted talks masterpost

WELCOME TO MY TEDTALK WHERE I SHARE MY FAVORITE TEDTALKS!! (last updated: apr 8 2020)

i have provided titles, speakers, and time duration. all of these come with transcripts if you prefer to read (in multiple languages!) instead of watch! i have also tried to organize these by categories, but there is also a lot of overlap!! just tune into whatever interests you is the takeaway really

there are over 60 talks here but i will probably add more as i watch more :)) thanks for coming to my ted talk!

STEAM:

Why City Flags May Be The Worst Designed Thing You’ve Never Noticed by Roman Mars (18:19)

The Museum of Four in the Morning by Rives (14:01)

Fashion has a pollution problem-- can biology fix it? by Natsai Audrey Chieza (13:15)

How design can make science accessible by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya (13:00)

You are fluent in this language and don’t even know it by Christoph Niemann (12:43)

Taking imagination seriously by Janet Echelman (9:19)

And for my next trick, a robot by Marco Tempest (6:15)

Why you should love gross science by Anna Rothschild (13:12)

Your body was forged in the spectacular death of stars by Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz (15:35)

Why you should love statistics by Alan Smith (12:50)

We’re covered in germs. Let’s design for that. by Jessica Green (8:40)

Why I brought Pac-Man to MoMA by Paola Antonelli (18:29)

The spellbinding art of human anatomy by Vanessa Ruiz (11:23)

How painting can transform communities by Haas&Hahn (11:24)

Living sculptures that stand for history’s truths by Sethembile Msezane (13:16)

My mushroom burial suit by Jae Rhim Lee (7:23)

Nature is everywhere- we just need to learn to see it by Emma Marris (15:53)

Can design save newspapers? by Jacek Utko (6:01)

Intricate beauty by design by Marian Bantjes (16:22)

A forgotten Space Age technology could change how we grow food by Lisa Dyson (11:56)

My life in typefaces by Matthew Carter (15:58)

How a typeface helped launch Apollo by Douglas Thomas (14:27)

The fascinating science of bubbles, from soap to champagne by Li Wei Tan (14:18)

The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen by Takaharu Tezuka (9:48)

How can technology transform the human body? by Lucy McRae (3:53)

Why the buildings of the future will be shaped by… you by Marc Kushner (18:06)

4 lessons from robots about being human by Ken Goldberg (17:03)

Play with smart materials by Catarina Mota (9:49)

How a blind astronomer found a way to hear the stars by Wanda Diaz Merced (11:16)

Stunning buildings made from raw, imperfect materials by Débora Mesa Molina (12:08)

Archaeology from space by Sarah Parcak (5:13)

Pirates, nurses, and other rebel designers by Alice Rawsthorn (11:45)

Biohacking--you can do it, too by Ellen Jorgensen (10:01)

Why “biofabrication” is the next industrial revolution by Suzanne Lee (12:21)

The simple genius of a good graphic by Tommy McCall (5:58)

How symbols and brands shape our humanity by Debbie Millman (14:13)

How you can help save the monarch butterfly-- and the planet by Mary Ellen Hannibal (11:57)

The genius of the London Tube Map by Michael Bierut (3:15)

Indigenous knowledge meets science to combat climate change by Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim (13:00)

What birdspotting can teach us about conservation by Arjan Dwarshuis (12:56)

ACTIVISM:

A guerilla gardener in South Central LA by Ron Finley (10:39)

Why your doctor should care about social justice by Mary Bassett (13:50)

The world needs all kinds of minds by Temple Grandin (19:37)

Museums should honor the everyday, not just the extraordinary by Ariana Curtis (12:20)

When we design for disability, we all benefit by Elise Roy (13:18)

Why genetic research must be more diverse by Keolu Fox (6:49)

GRAB BAG (inspirational, funny, just damn interesting, and short talks that don’t really fit elsewhere!):

To This Day… For the bullied and beautiful by Shane Koyczan (11:57)

My love letter to cosplay by Adam Savage (13:08)

My road trip through the whitest towns in America by Rich Benjamin (13:02)

The nightmare videos of children’s YouTube--and what’s wrong with the internet today by James Bridle (16:33)

Why you should make useless things by Simone Giertz (11:58)

The surprising habits of original thinkers by Adam Grant (15:25)

Why some of us don’t have one true calling by Emilie Wapnick (12:26)

Why thinking you’re ugly is bad for you by Meaghan Ramsey (12:03)

The joyful, perplexing world of puzzle hunts by Alex Rosenthal (11:56)

My year of saying yes to everything by Shonda Rhimes (18:45)

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee by AJ Jacobs (15:29)

Why we need to stop obsessing over WWII by Keith Lowe (18:28)

How to use a paper towel by Joe Smith (4:25)

The lies our culture tells us about what matters- and a better way to live by David Brooks (14:55)

The perks of being a pirate by Tom Nash (8:56)

The gender-fluid history of the Philippines by France Villarta (10:52)

Go ahead, dream about the future by Charlie Jane Anders (11:56)

How to find a wonderful idea by OK Go (17:36)

[ltwilliammowett]

The King of Iceland

Jørgen Jürgensen later Jorgen Jorgenson (1780-1841), adventurer, was born on 7 April 1780 at Copenhagen, Denmark, the second son of Jorgen Jorgensen, royal watchmaker, and his wife Anna Lette, née Bruun. He changed his patronymic to Jorgenson in 1817.

Jorgen Jorgenson (1780-1841)

Jorgenson's formal education stopped at 14. At 15 he was apprenticed to Captain Henry Marwood of the English collier Jane, and served in her four years between Newcastle and Baltic ports. By his own statement, he then served on various vessels, including a British man-of-war into which he had been press-ganged. In 1801 he was aboard the Harbinger at Port Jackson, where he soon joined H.M.S. Lady Nelson as John Johnson. As he was not discharged from her until April 1804, he probably sailed with Matthew Flinders in 1802, witnessed the disbandment of the first settlement at Port Phillip, and certainly was present at the first settlement on the Derwent in Van Diemen's Land. His own testimony has generated the legend that he was first to harpoon a whale in the Derwent. For months in 1804 he was sealing in New Zealand waters and whaling in the Alexander. He left Australian waters in her in February 1805 and by way of New Zealand, Tahiti, Cape Horn and St Helena arrived at Gravesend in June 1806.

After some months of London pleasures he returned to Copenhagen. In fact, he arrived home just in time to bear witness to the bombardment of Copenhagen by ships of the Royal Navy. The assault destroyed a third of the city and killed nearly 5,000 people. The two-week campaign sprung from the Danes’ reluctance to turn its navy over to the British, lest it fall into Napoleon’s hands. By Sept. 5, 1807, 50 English warships pounded the capital into submission, after which the combined Danish-Norwegian fleet, which included 18 ships of the line and 16 frigates, was reluctantly turned over to King George. Following the action, Jorgenson sought revenge against his adopted homeland.

The bombardment of Copenhagen 1807

During the Anglo-Danish war Jorgenson commanded the privateer Admiral Juul cause of his extensive experience at sea and took three prizes before striking his flag to H.M.S. Sappho in March 1808.

As a "prisoner of war on honour" he was arrested in London, where he made acquaintance with the merchant Phelps, who was interested in the Icelandic trade during those war days. At that time the Royal Danish Trade Monopoly ruled over Iceland, and the Danish fleet was defeated, so it could not maintain this trade.

Jørgensen sailed twice to Iceland on British ships in 1809. The first time on a merchant ship as an interpreter and the second time on a frigate which Phelps had equipped and which was provided with a letter of marque. The Danish governor of Iceland, Count Trampe, banned trade with Great Britain as early as 13 June. One day after the arrival of the frigate in Reykjavík on 25 June, Count Trampe was arrested by the crew of the ship.With Phelps' support, Jørgen Jørgensen proclaimed Iceland's independence from the Kingdom of Denmark and the rule of the people on the same day, i.e. 26 June 1809, and declared himself a protector.

HMS 'Sappho' Capturing the Danish Brig 'Admiral Jawl', 2 March 1808

All Danish officials and sales representatives were placed under house arrest. The camps of the monopoly trade were confiscated as well as the treasury.Jørgen Jørgensen settled in the governor's seat, but avoided any form of personal enrichment. He built a fortress, gave Iceland a flag of its own, and surrounded himself with a six-man bodyguard of locals, whose boss he appointed the then 25-year-old Jón Guðmundsson Effersøe. This bodyguard undertook various expeditions and arrested, for example, the chief judge of the country, Ísleif Einarsson.

On 12 July, Jørgensen even declared himself the provisional autocrat of Iceland and announced the recall of Althing (National Assembly), which had just been abolished by the Danish Crown.He thus contradicted the absolutist attitude of the Danish king. The Icelandic population was rather wait-and-see, especially since it was suspected that Jørgensen was acting on behalf of the British state.

Added to this was Iceland's relative defencelessness.In the Dansk Biografisk Leksikon of 1895 it says judgmental:    "In addition to his eccentric character, Jørgensen's own appearance is explained by the fact that he obviously felt like a naturalized Englishman even then, without any trace of sympathy for his native country” .

But this curious episode in Iceland's history lasted only two months. On 26 August the HMS Talbot arrived and Jørgensen's "reign" came to an abrupt end. The captain harshly rebuked Phelps. All Jørgensen's proclamations were cancelled, and the self-proclaimed "King" was arrested to go to prison in England. Two high-ranking Icelandic officials took over state power, while Count Trampe went to England to testify.The Icelanders from Jørgen Jørgensen's bodyguard remained unpunished, but Jón Guðmundsson Effersøe, for example, emigrated to the Faroe Islands.

"The reason for Jón Guðmundsson's emigration from Iceland to the Faroe Islands is unknown, but although he and the other bodyguards were spared prison, there may have been a supreme judge who wanted revenge!

- Don Brandt: Stamps tell the story of the Faroe Islands

On the journey to England suddenly fire broke out on the ship. According to witnesses, Phelps and Jørgensen saved the lives of the crew with intrepid courage. They were the captain's guests of honour until their arrival in London. After his arrival in London,  Jørgensen spent a year in prison because he had left the country despite his word of honour (see above). In prison he began to play and succumbed more and more to gambling addiction.Back in freedom, he lived an unsteady life and later had to serve two years in prison for unpaid gambling debts. 1815-17 Jürgensen was in the service of the British government in France and Germany, visited Waterloo, Frankfurt, Weimar, Dresden, Berlin and Potsdam (Sanssouci) according to his own report. When he returned to London, he continued his wild lifestyle and was finally sentenced to another prison term for fraud.

A later sentence then imposed deportation for life. In 1825 he was banished to Tasmania. In Tasmania he changed his name to Jorgen Jorgenson. He was soon released from prison conditions and undertook many voyages of discovery and research in the interior of the island. He described the indigenous population for the first time. He became a productive and successful author about his adventurous life.

His books were popular in Australia and England, and his unprinted manuscripts were accepted into the British Museum. As an author, he wrote in English under the name Jorgenson. He wrote travelogues, theological and economic treatises, newspaper articles and autobiographical notes. He finally got married in 1833. In 1835 he was appointed "policecommand".Jorgen Jorgenson was found dead in Hobart on 20 January 1841 at the age of 60 (older sources say 1845 or 1850). He died as a free man. He was buried in the Catholic cemetery.

If you want to read more : The English Dane: A Life of Jorgen Jorgenson: Sarah Bakewell

[loopthehula]

How To Attract Women Without Saying Anything! 😎

How To Attract Women Without Saying Anything! 😎

Now, of course, women do notice looks but it’s not the only thing they notice and it’s certainly not the most important thing to women who are looking for a real relationship. Now, yes, if you’re just looking for someone that you want to hook up with. Women will also be influenced by looks initially but it’s not the main thing that will get you the girl. But if you’re looking for the potential of…