#auður

[cloudgirlsinfo]

Auður Guðjónsdóttir

[anolis3]

"Eden", by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir.

"I was standing on my patch of grass, holding the tail of a mouse I'd caught in the house and looking for a hole to put it in, when a sentence I'd recently read in an article suddenly came to mind: language is the main tool of human beings in their struggle for power. It made me realise that although my job is to analyse how ideas and feelings fit into the mould of language, I haven't always been very good at matching my thoughts to my words. It's both strange and illogical that a mouse should be the source of such thoughts, and it's even stranger that, just afterwards, I decided to build a stone wall.", from Eden, by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir.

"While I'm drinking my coffee, he asks me if I still sometimes dream that I'm flying. I tell him that yes, I see myself flying over the Earth and observing it. Sometimes I even leave the atmosphere. I thought for a moment before adding that on the night Hlynur died, I dreamt I was floating above my property and that beside the stone wall was an orchard of fruit trees in blossom.

-In the centre were two apple trees in blossom.", from from Eden, by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir.

[mrwestupnorth]

"People spend their entire lives looking for themselves. You'll never reach any conclusions on that front" - A Review of The Greenhouse by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

Birth, Death, and everything in between is what shapes us as people. Lobbi is a young man recently burdened by the death of his mother, the birth of his daughter, and a insatiable desire to garden. Nordic Council prize winning author Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir lives up to her resume with an excellent story of a young man's rocky transition into a new chapter of life. Ólafsdóttir has a talent for such stories, as I've enjoyed the majority of her body of work, Miss Iceland, Hotel Silence, Butterflies in November. The Greenhouse slots in perfectly as another shining example of a slice of life for someone living a very different life to mine. I give the greenhouse 5 stars.

[thecolorsinouruniverse]

it occurs to me that she didn't want to come to a conclusion, because nothing is black and white enough to be unequivocally resolved, because no words are absolute.

auður ava ólafsdóttir, animal life

[radedneko]

You bid your husband farewell forever with a vigorous handshake and then meet him the next morning buying sesame seed bread rolls in the local bakery, queuing in the bank at lunchtime, swimming in the pool in the afternoon, or at the registry office later in the week, and then, the weekend after that, at the theatre with his new significant other--always inevitably bumping into each other

~Butterflies in November by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir; Trans. Brian Fitzgibbon

[darkmatterzine]

Animal Life by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

Animal Life by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir: part of a #BlogTour discussing a Literary Christmas novel.

A review by Nalini Haynes Animal Life is touted to be in a similar vein as The Animals In That Country. I disagree. As I loathed the latter, this is a good thing. I have pondered this novel and yet struggle to start describing it, so I’ll quote the publisher. In the days leading up to Christmas, Dómhildur delivers her 1,922nd baby. Beginnings and endings are her family trade; she comes from a…

[filmnoirsbian]

Things read in May

Essays & Articles:

Ursula K. Le Guin on Being A Man

Investigating parents of transgender youth has agency on ‘brink of collapse,’ staff warns

Five Indigenous Speculative Fiction Authors You Should Be Reading

DECOLONIZING SCIENCE FICTION AND IMAGINING FUTURES: AN INDIGENOUS FUTURISMS ROUNDTABLE

Using Dogs As A Tool of Racial Oppression

Rings of Power: The new hobbits are filthy, hungry simpletons with stage-Irish accents. That’s $1bn well spent

First case of HIV cure in a woman after stem cell transplantation reported at CROI-2022

The Trees That Miss The Mammoths

NOPE’S SCIENCE CONSULTANT REVEALS THE NAME AND INSPIRATION FOR THE MOVIE’S ALIEN

Reflections on the Poetry of Eavan Boland

The dire state of trans healthcare in Ireland

How Letterkenny Got Indigenous Representation So Right

Einstein's Parable of Quantum Insanity

Surgical amputation of a limb 31,000 years ago in Borneo

Most Transgender Children Stick With Gender Identity 5 Years Later: Study

Were you a ‘parentified child’? What happens when children have to behave like adults

Fear of a Black Hobbit

It’s a ‘Full-Contact’ Haunted House. What Could Go Wrong?

The Craft: How a Teenage Weirdo Based on a Real Person Became an Icon

Remember When Multiplayer Gaming Needed Envelopes and Stamps?

‘We’ll Never Make That Kind of Movie Again’ An oral history of The Emperor’s New Groove, a raucous Disney animated film that almost never happened.

5 Incredible Sagas of Fandom Scams and Deception

I Used to Love British Period Dramas. Now I See Them as Colonial Propaganda

Why gender essentialism is a white supremacist ideology

Liberating Our Homes From the Real Estate–Industrial Complex

You Don’t Have To Be Pretty – On YA Fiction And Beauty As A Priority

Ten Years Later, There’s Still Nothing Like Tarsem Singh’s The Fall

Tolerance is not a moral precept

Scottish Poet and Publisher Derick Thomson 'Transformed' Gaelic Poetry

Poetry:

The Universe, as in One Last Song for the Lonely Hearts by Michelle Hulan

An Ordinary Evening in New Haven by Wallace Stevens

Heaven by George Herbert

Return from Death by Derick Thomson

Coffins by Derick Thomson

Chemin De Fer by Elizabeth Bishop

Yes, It Was The Mountain Echo by William Wordsworth

The Man and the Echo by William Butler Yeats

The Most of It by Robert Frost

Eros Turannos by Edwin Arlington Robinson

Books:

The Dark Yule by R. M. Callahan

The Invasion by K. A. Applegate

The Whisper by Aaron Starmer

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

[merakiui]

Mera, I saw it in the tags, what songs twst guys fuck you in?! 👀👉👈 care to elaborate?

I low-key can see Rook fucking us while playing "El Tango de Roxanne" by Moulin rouge in the background ❤

I am so happy you asked for an elaboration because omg do I have a Vision!!! >0<

Riddle - "Good Girl" by Thomas LaRosa.

Trey - "Kiss Me More" by Doja Cat or "Shameless" by Camila Cabello.

Cater - "Vacation Bible School" by Ayesha Erotica or "sex money feelings die" by Lykke Li, but then I also feel like Cater would fuck you to a few Doja Cat songs.

Ace - "Lights Down Low" by Maejor.

Deuce - "Die For You" by The Weeknd.

Leona - "The Best I Ever Had" by Limi.

Ruggie - "SAD GIRLZ LUV MONEY" by Amaarae.

Jack - "Baby" by Madison Beer.

Azul - "Like Crazy" by Jimin or "Night Swim" by SIDI.

Jade - "I'd Love" by Auður. This is peak Jade vibes, but also I think he'd fuck you to the slowed and reverb version of "Quarto de Hotel" by Hareton Salvanini.

Floyd - literally every Chase Atlantic song, but "Swim," "Tidal Wave," and "Heaven and Back" are the ones he's fucking you to the best. <3

Kalim - "telepatía" by Kali Uchis or "Wine Pon You" by Doja Cat.

Jamil - "You" by Ari Abdul. Every time I hear this song, I always think of Jamil.... orz so because of that I think he fucks you very good to this song!!!

Vil - "Low" by SZA or maybe "Escapism." by RAYE for sheet-gripping, emotional sex hehe!!

Rook - I can definitely see Rook fucking you to "El Tango de Roxanne," but then I also think he'd fuck you to "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails and "Monster" by Lady Gaga.

Epel - "No Guidance" by Ayzha Nyree.

Idia - this may seem funny (and it is), but I genuinely think he's putting on a Vocaloid song with sensual lyrics to fuck you to, namely "Game Over" by Konran-P. Idia refuses to fuck you to "normie music." T_T or, if you insist on wanting to hear human voices, maybe he puts on "yubisaki" by XYZ, but this is purely self-indulgent delusion.

Malleus - classical music. I imagine he's fucking you so good to the gothic classics. (˘︶˘).｡*♡

Lilia - "Beast" by Mia Martina.

Silver - "tú" by maye!! It's such a sweet song and I think it perfectly fits how romantically Silver would fuck you. orz

Sebek - "No One Like You" by jess_xd.

[stefankarlfanblog]

Litla Hryllingsbúðin (1999) - CD album

Album scans by me, the person who originally acquired the album is my friend @smartsmjatt !

Litla Hryllingsbúðin (1999) - CD album

Icelandic music album of the Reykjavík City Theatre version of the Little Shop of Horrors.

The Reykjavík Theatre Company (Leikfélag Reykjavíkur) performed the show on the stage of Reykjavík City Theatre (Borgarleikhúsið) on the 4th of June 1999. For this version, the show was translated and localized by Gísli Rúnar Jónsson with the original Icelandic lyrics by Megas from the first show from 1985. Directed by Kenn Oldfield. Original English lyrics by Howard Ashman. Music originally by Alan Menken.

Music credits: The show's band consisted of: Jón Ólafsson (Keyboard and music director), Karl Olgeirsson (Keyboard), Jón Elvar Hafsteinsson (Guitar), Friðrik Sturluson (Bass), Jóhann Hjörleifsson (Drums, percussion).

Cast:

Baldur Snær (Seymour Krelborn) - Valur Freyr Einarsson 

Auður (Audrey) - Þórunn Lárusdóttir

Markús (Mushnik) - Eggert Þorleifsson

The The Urchins:

Ellen - Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir

Ellý - Selma Björnsdóttir (And later on to be played by Jóhanna Vigdís Arnardóttir)

Ella - Regína Ósk Óskarsdóttir

Audrey II (Voice) - Ásbjörn Morthens

Audrey II (Movements) - Ari Matthíasson

Broddi Sadó (Orin Scrivello), Gulldís Hlíf (Mrs. Luce), Róni (?), Customers 1&2, Bói (?), Andri Brabra (?), Ástmar Magnússon(?), Voice of Audrey II when needed - Stefán Karl Stefánsson

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Auður Guðjónsdóttir

[ya-world-challenge]

YA World Challenge - New Releases December 2022

Here’s my attempt to put together a release list for December! Comment if you have any to add.  💙

If you are buying books this month and want to support diverse content, please use my affiliate links at Bookshop.org or Amazon and throw some spare change my way!

While the list focuses on YA, some adult titles are marked with (A).

🌍  Multiple Nationalities

A Million to One - Adiba Jaigirdar

🌏 Asia

Buddhist Stories for Kids: Jataka Tales of Kindness, Friendship, and Forgiveness by Laura Burges

🇦🇹 🇬🇧Austria - England

The Secret Society of Salzburg by Renee Ryan

🇨🇳  China

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation #4 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù Heaven’s Official Blessing #5 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

🇬🇧 England

Enola Holmes: The Graphic Novels #2 by Serena Blasco

🌍 🇦🇺 Fictional European Nation + Australian author

Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales

🇮🇸  Iceland

Animal Life by  Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (A)

🇮🇳 🇵🇰   India - Pakistan

The Book of Everlasting Things by Aanchal Malhotra (A)

🇮🇹 Italy

The Lipstick Bureau by Michelle Gable

🇯🇵 Japan

The Tatami Galaxy by Tomihiko Morimi

🇵���� 🇺🇸 Pakistani-American

Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion by Bushra Rehman (A)

🇵🇭  Philippines

 The Girl by Victory Witherkeigh         

🇺🇸 Romani people

Romani Redd: Stripped by Cindy Summer

🇷🇺  Russia

Back in the USSR by Patrick D Joyce This Cursed Crown by Alexandra Overy Anastasia by Sophie Lark (A)

🇺🇸 🇪🇺 United States - Europe

If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich

🇬🇧  Wales

The Excalibur Curse by Kiersten White

🌍 West Africa

A Psalm of Storms and Silence by Roseanne A. Brown

[percocet]

🎵😘

hiii bestie 😽

chopin - nocturne no. 6 in g minor op. 15 no. 3

auður, gugusar - frosið sólarlag

m*a*r*s - spring time blues (album cover says "songs for martians" omg happy martian monday...)

frank iero and the patience - dear percocet, i don't think we should see each other anymore.

dpr live - jam & butterfly feat. crush & jae park

send me a ♫ and i'll put my music on shuffle to give you a 5-song playlist!

[lesser-known-composers]

Elfrida Andrée (19 February 1841 – 11 January 1929), was a Swedish organist, composer, and conductor.

Piano Quartet in A minor (1870) 1. Allegro molto moderato (0:00) 2. Andante con moto (10:54) 3. Finale. Allegro moderato (17:20)

Trio Nordica : (Auður Hafsteinsdóttir (violin), Bryndís Halla Gylfadóttir (cello), Mona Sandström (piano)) and Þórunn Ósk Marinósdóttir (viola)

[thecolorsinouruniverse]

what doesn't happen is no less important than what does happen

auður ava ólafsdóttir, animal life

[akindofmagictoo]

kingdom for the fantasy ask game!! :))

-dontcrywrite

hi!

kingdom - how many named places are there in your WIP? how much have you developed them?

tl;dr not many and not much.

i named a bunch of ports for Hurricane, but the ones that have most detail are Kings Cove (loosely based on Tortuga, the most common 'base' for the Hurricane), Serpent Run, Wavemeet (Theo's home), and Cape Auður (where Anvindr operates from; he took over a castle there).

for Dragonsong i am working on the worldbuilding but nothing has a name. it's just like,,, the citadel. the coast. Baya's town. etc.

fantasy motifs ask game is here!