#ballad of songbirds and snakes in 7:32

[ballroomnotoriety]

sionnach, confidently: cats forget their owners' faces in three days

literally six other people at once: says who?????

sionnach: dragon ball super

[stardustizuku]

The Avatar of Mestionora

~ Rozemyne Playlist || The commoner daughter of a soldier, turned goddess

A little playlist I made from the start of the series; to the very end

(This was a fun project I’ve been making since halfway through Part 5. I’m so excited to finally see it finished. This was a wild, long ride, and I can’t express how much fun I had. This series has made me go through such an emotional roller coaster, so I decided to share this playlist. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as i enjoyed making it.

I’m thinking about making a separate post explaining the background of my selection. Why i chose what songs, why in that order, and how I separated the parts. But given the size of the playlist, it may take a while. That said, if you’re interested and wanna know about anything, feel free to ask! I will answer with delight).

PART 1 - Daughter of a Soldier

1.- Naughty - Matilda Cast (From Matilda Musical)

2.- Ponyo on the cliff by the sea - Noah Cyrus, Frankie Jonas (From Ponyo)

3.- Flowers in my hair - Wes Reeves

4.-My Love is Mine, All Mine - Mitski

5.- When I Grow Up - Matilda Cast (From Matilda Musical)

PART 2 - Apprentice of a Shrine Maiden

6.- Quiet - Matilda Cast (From Matilda Musical)

7.- Unsweetened Lemonade - Amélie Farren

8.- Once Upon a December - Christy Altomare ( From Anastasia Musical)

9.- Only Love Can Save Us Now - Ke$ha

10.- Go Tonight - Krystina Alabado, Emma Hunton (From Mad Ones Musical)

11.- Two Orugitas - Sebastian Yatra (From Encanto)

PART 3 - Adopted Daughter of the Archduke

12.- Chiquitita - ABBA

13.- Class of 2013 - Mitski

14.- The Milk Carton - Madilyn Mei

15.- Family Jewels - MARINA

16.- Seventeen - MARINA

17.- We Both Reached For The Gun - Chicago Cast (From Chicago Musical)

18.- Found - Sarah Stiles & Zach Callison (From Steven Universe The Movie)

19.- She Used to Be Mine - Jessie Mueller (From Waitress Musical)

PART 4 - Founder of the So-Called Library Comittee

20.- Ancient Dreams in a Modern Life - MARINA

21.- Belle - Beauty and the Beast Cast (From Beauty and Beast Movie)

22.- Non-Stop - Hamilton Cast (From Hamilton Musical)

23.- Put You in Your Place - Percy Jackson Cast (From Lighting Thief Musical)

24.- Little Wolf - EPIC Cast (From EPIC Musical)

25.- Téir Abhaile Riu - Celtic Women

26.- Fine on the Outside - Priscilla Ahn (From When Marnie was Here)

27.- The Prophecy - Taylor Swift

28.- Francis Forever - Mitski

PART 5 - The Avatar of a goddess

29.- Warrior of the Mind - EPIC Cast (From Epic Musical)

30.- Idol - YOASOBI

31.- Venus Fly Trap - MARINA

32.- Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Lorde (From the Hunger Games Movies)

33.- LABOUR (Cacophony) - Paris Paloma

34.- Don’t Make me - MALINDA

35.- Breakfast - Dove Cameron

36.- Hit me with your Best Shot - ADONA

37.- Nothing You Can Take From Me - Rachel Zegler (From Ballad from Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes)

38.- Breathe - Leslie Grace (From In The Heights Movie)

39.- I Can Do It With a Broken Heart - Taylor Swift

40.- Fine Line - Ke$ha

41.- Product of My Own Design - Artio

42.- Queen of Kings - Alessandra

43.- No Good Deed - Wicked Cast (From Wicked Musical)

44.- Safe and Sound - Taylor Swift (From the Hunger Games Movies)

45.- Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me? - Taylor Swift

46.- Ruthlessness - Cast of EPIC (From Epic Musical)

47.- They’re Only Human - Annapantsu & Caleb Hyles (Death Note Musical Cover)

48.- Thumbs - Sabrina Carpenter

49.- Respectless - Hazbin Hotel Cast (From Hazbin Hotel)

50.- The Greatest Show - Panic at the Disco! (From Greatest Showman)

51.- Different Beast - Cast of EPIC (From Epic Musical)

52.- Done For - Cast of EPIC (From Epic Musical)

53.- I am not a woman, I’m a god - Halsey

54.- Inkpot Gods - The Amazing Devil

55.- Sea of Love - Cat Power

56.- Once Upon a Dream - Lana del Rey (From Maleficent)

57.- Paciencia Y Fe - Olga Merediz

58.- To Build A Home - Patrick Watson

59.- Lover - Taylor Swift

60.- When You’re Home - Leslie Grace & Corey Hawkins (From In The Heights)

61.- Dog Days Are Over - Florence and the Machine

[thequeerlibrarian]

Read in 2023

January

1. Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian - 5/5 ⭐

2. The Silmarillion by Tolkien - 4/5⭐

3. Seide und Schwert by Kai Meyer - 5/5⭐

4. Lanze und Licht by Kai Meyer - 5/5⭐

February

5. Drache und Diamant by Kai Meyer - 5/5⭐

6. Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo - 5/5⭐

7. The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller - 5/5⭐

8. The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis - 4/5⭐

9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis - 5/5⭐

March

10. Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare - 5/5⭐

11. The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis - 2.75/5⭐

12. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - 5/5⭐

April

13. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo - 5/5⭐

14. One last stop by Casey McQuiston - 3.5/5⭐

15. You Deserve Better by Anne-Marie - 3.75/5⭐

16. Lady Smoke by Laura Sebastian - 5/5⭐

17. Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia C. S. Lewis - 5/5⭐

18. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader C. S. Lewis - 5/5⭐

May

19. The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis - 5/5⭐

20. The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis - 4.75/5⭐

21. King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo - 5/5⭐

22. Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo - 5/5⭐

June

23. Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Book by Suzanne Collins - 5/5⭐

24. Summer poems by Hermann Hesse - 5/5⭐

July

-

August

25. Star Wars: Brotherhood by Mike Chen - 4/5⭐

September

26. Harry Potter 1 reread for work

27. Harry Potter 2 reread for work

October

28. Harry Potter 3 reread for work

29. Babel by R.F. Kuang - 4.5/5⭐

30. Poems ll by Hermann Hesse - 4/5⭐

31. Poems by Shakespeare - 4/5⭐

32. If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio - 5/5⭐

33. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka - 4/5⭐

34. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - 4.75/5⭐

35. Coraline by Neil Gaiman - 4/5⭐

36. Watership Down by Richard Adams - 4.5/5⭐

37. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum - 4.5/5⭐

38. Star Wars: Stealth by Karen Miller - 5/5⭐

November

39. Star Wars: Wild Space by Karen Miller - 5/5⭐

40. Crush by Richard Siken - 5/5⭐

41. Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno - 4/5⭐

42. Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers - 4/5⭐

43. I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee - 5/5⭐

44. Was fehlt, wenn ich verschwunden bin by Lilly Lindner - 5/5⭐

45. Dracula by Bram Stoker - 4/5⭐

46. Hamlet by William Shakespeare - 4/5⭐

47. Die Farbe der Rache by Cornelia Funke - 4.5/5⭐

48. Star Wars: Siege by Karen Miller - 5/5⭐

December

49. The girl who decided to go for it by Alice Bromell - 5/5⭐

50. Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen - 4/5⭐

51. Star Wars: Jedi Quest - Path To Truth by Jude Watson - 4.5/5 ⭐

52. Macbeth by William Shakespeare - 3.5/5 ⭐

53. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater - 5/5⭐

54. Murtagh by Christopher Paolini 4.5/5⭐

55. Star Wars: Jedi Quest - The Way of the Apprentice by Jude Watson 4/5⭐

56. Star Wars: Master & Apprentice by Claudia Gray 4.5/5⭐

57. Just eat it by Laura Thomas 5/5⭐

58. The picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 5/5⭐

59. Star Wars: Padawan by Kiersten White - 5/5 ⭐

60. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Graphic Novel - 4/5⭐

61. Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Graphic Novel - 4/5⭐

62. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Graphic Novel - 4/5⭐

63. Star Wars: A New Hope Graphic Novel - 4/5⭐

64. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Graphic Novel - 4/5⭐

65. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Graphic Novel - 4/5⭐

66. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - 5/5⭐

67. Star Wars: The Trail of the Jedi by Jude Watson - 4/5⭐

68. Star Wars: The Dangerous Games by Jude Watson - 4/5⭐

69. Über mir die Wolke by Clara Louise - 4/5⭐

70. The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater - 5/5⭐

71. Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater - 5/5⭐

Dnf:

✖️ Star Wars Episode I

✖️ A Court of Thrones and Roses by Sarah J Maas

✖️ A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair

✖️ Luft nach unten by Aron Boks

[dzthenerd490]

What If... Hunger Games

I recently watched The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and my head was instantly filled with ideas. This is probably my dumbest idea yet, but I also started thinking about the SCP Foundation which led me to thinking of another What If Scenario. Though now I'm not sure how it should even play out if it could even play out at all.

Should it go like this?

The Capital: SCP Foundation

District 1: Global Occult Coalition

District 2: The Horizon Initiative

District 3: Church of the Broken God

District 6: Shark Punching Center

District 7: Three Moons Initiative

District 8: The Black Queen

District 9: Anderson Robotics

District 10: Promethius Labs

District 11: Alexylva University

District 12: Deer College

District 13: Medician Academy of Occult Art

District 14: Ambrose Restaurants

District 15: Marshall, Carter, and Dark Ltd

District 16: Dr Wondertainment

District 17: Herman Fuller's Circus of the Disquieting

District 18: Arcadia

District 19: The Chicago Spectre

District 20: Goldbaker-Reinz Ltd

District 21: Greazeburger Incorporated

District 22: GRU Division "P"

District 23: IJAMEA

District 24: Just Girly Things

District 25: ORIA 

District 26: Parawatch

District 27: TotleighSoft 

District 28: FBI: Unusual Incidents Unit

District 29: Are we Cool Yet?

District 30: Gamers Against Weed

District 31: Oneiroi Collective

District 32: The Fifth Church

District 33: The Chaos Insurgency

District 34: Valravn Corporation

District 35: Children of the Scarlet King

District 36: The Factory

District 37: Church of the Second Hytoth

District 38: Sarkic Cults

District 39: Vikander-Kneed Technical Media

District 40: The Wandsmen

District 41: Manna Charitable Foundation

District 42: Wilson's Wildlife Solutions

District 43: "Nobody" 

District 44: The Serpent's Hand

***

Or perhaps more like this?

The Capital (SCP Foundation/ Global Occult Coalition/ The Horizon Initiative/ Church of the Broken God)

District 1: Reality Warping Science and Dimensional Control (Shark Punching Center/ Three Moons Initiative)

District 2: Androids, Artificial Intelligence, and Advanced Machinery (Anderson Robotics/ Promethius Labs)

District 3: Education, History, and Culture (Alexylva University/ Deer College/ Medician Academy of Occult Art)

District 4: Baking, Beverages, Cuisine, and Fast Food (Ambrose Restaurants/ Greazeburger Incorporated)

District 5: Banking, Finance, Trade, and Economics (Marshall, Carter, and Dark Ltd/ Goldbaker-Reinz Ltd)

District 6: Toys, Video Games, Movies, Shows, Music and Entertainment (Dr Wondertainment/ Herman Fuller's Circus of the Disquieting/ Arcadia/ TotleighSoft)

District 7: Anomalous Weaponry (The Chicago Spectre/ GRU Division "P"/ IJAMEA/ ORIA)

District 8: Art, Hallucinogens, and Memetics (Just Girly Things/ Are we Cool Yet?/ Gamers Against Weed/ Oneiroi Collective)

District 9: Media Coverage and Journalism (Parawatch/ Vikander-Kneed Technical Media/ The Wandsmen)

District 10: Security and Defensive Weaponry (FBI: Unusual Incidents Unit/ Valravn Corporation)

District 11: Thaumaturgy, Alchemy, Rituals, and Artifacts (The Fifth Church/ Children of the Scarlet King/ Church of the Second Hytoth/ Sarkic Cults)

District 12: Transportation, Vehicles, Packaging, and Mass Production (The Chaos Insurgency/ The Factory/ The Black Queen/ "Nobody")

District 13: Fruits, Vegetables, Medicine, and Livestock (Manna Charitable Foundation/ Wilson's Wildlife Solutions)

District 14: Slave Labor (The Serpent's Hand) - Destroyed after the "Rebellion".

***

I don't know maybe I'm looking at it all wrong or maybe I'm missing something. I'm just posting it for now and maybe I'll pick it up as an actual concept for the SCP: Horror Movie Files later. Who knows, maybe in a few weeks I'll come up with a more fleshed out idea. Or maybe someone more talented than me will look at this and decide how to make it better. Either one is fine.

[elenaferrante]

In 2022 I managed to read 52 books, one per week, so in 2023 I got ambitious and gave myself a goal of 53 books, just slightly more than one book a week.

I am very proud that I ended up reading even more than that 🥰

✨ 2023 books list ✨

1. Spatriati, M. Desiati

2. Olga dies dreaming, X. Gonzalez

3. My year of rest and relaxation, O. Moshfegh

4. Really good actually, M. Heisey

5. Our country friends, G. Shteyngart

6. Homebody, R. Kaur

7. Three women, L. Taddeo

8. Animal, L. Taddeo

9. Ghost lover, L. Taddeo

10. You think it, I’ll say it, C. Sittenfeld

11. The man of my dreams, C. Sittenfeld

12. I have some questions for you, R. Makkai

13. Best served hot, A. Elliott

14. Table for two, B. Graham

15. The Paris apartment, L. Foley

16. In the kitchen, various authors

17. Romantic comedy, C. Sittenfeld

18. Pineapple street, J. Jackson

19. Cook, eat, repeat, N. Lawson

20. Do I know you?, E. Wibberley

21. The ballad of songbirds and snakes, S. Collins

22. Supper club, L. Williams

23. The golden couple, G. Hendricks and S. Pekkanen

24. Daisy darker, A. Feeney

25. Sister mother husband dog (etc.), D. Ephron

26. Notes on heartbreak, A. Lord

27. The women of Troy, P. Barker

28. Euphoria, L. King

29. The Rachel incident, C. O’Donoghue

30. Second self, C. Ashby

31. The list, Y. Adegoke

32. Bad fruit, E. King

33. Before we were innocent, E. Berman

34. The girls of summer, K. Bishop

35. The daydreams, L. Hankin

36. Women are the fiercest creatures, A. Dunlop

37. People like her, E. Lloyd

38. When we were bright and beautiful, J. Medoff

39. The writing retreat, J. Bartz

40. The wife upstairs, R. Hawkins

41. The golden spoon, J. Maxwell

42. American wife, C. Sittenfeld

43. Father of the rain, L. King

44. Darling, I. Knight

45. Yellowface, R. F. Kuang

46. Weirdo, S. Pascoe

47. Piranesi, S. Clarke

48. Heat wave, P. Lively

49. Good material, D. Alderton

50. High fidelity, N. Hornby

51. A Paris all your own, various authors

52. Menodramma, M. Castellitto

53. The raptures, J. Carson

54. One last stop, C. McQuiston

55. Young Jane young, G. Zevin

56. Hamnet, M. O’Farrell

57. The invisible life of Addie Larue, V. E. Schwab

58. Hot milk, D. Levy

Bonus (audiobooks):

1. Wintering, K. May

[lifblogs]

Lif’s Books Read in 2023

Bolded titles are my favorites and ones I recommend.

1. Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

2. The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin

3. The Pale City by Marshall J. Moore

4. The Ashen City by Marshall J. Moore

5. The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin

6. Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky

7. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

8. Babel by R. F. Kuang

9. The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien

10. Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

11. Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

12. The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien

13. The Prince by Jennifer L. Armentrout

14. The King by Jennifer L. Armentrout

15. The Queen by Jennifer L. Armentrout

16. Heart of the Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan

17. All Systems Red by Martha Wells

18. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett

19. Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

20. The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett

21. Wicked by Jennifer L. Armentrout

22. Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman

23. Torn by Jennifer L. Armentrout

24. Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

25. Brave by Jennifer L. Armentrout

26. The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin

27. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin

28. Even Though I Knew The End by C. L. Polk

29. The Awoken City by Marshall J. Moore

30. This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, and Max Gladstone

31. The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin

32. The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin

33. The Broken Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin

34. Son of a Sailor by Marshall J. Moore

35. The Kingdom of Gods by N. K. Jemisin

36. Orpheus + Eurydice reWoven by Air and Nothingness Press

37. The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro

38. The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien

39. She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

40. The Awakened Kingdom by N. K. Jemisin

41. The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang

42. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

43. Life by Pumpkin by Leslie Popp

44. Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

45. The Dragon Republic by R. F. Kuang

46. The Burning God by R. F. Kuang

47. Iceberg by Jennifer A. Neilsen

48. A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

49. Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

50. Network Effect by Martha Wells

51. Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

52. Home by Martha Wells

53. Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky

54. Eyes of the Void by Adrian Tchaikovsky

55. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

56. Lords of Uncreation by Adrian Tchaikovsky

57. This Guilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne

58. On Writing by Stephen King

59. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

60. The Children of Húrin by J. R. R. Tolkien

61. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

62. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

63. A Soul of Ash and Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout

64. The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien

65. A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

66. Galatea by Madeline Miller

67. He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan

68. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

69. The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien

70. Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer L. Armentrout

71. The Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan

72. The Librarian by Air and Nothingness Press

73. The Librarian Card Catalogue by Air and Nothingness Press

74. The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien

75. Dracula by Bram Stoker

76. Prisoners of a Pirate Queen by Marshall J. Moore

77. The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien

78. A Fire in the Flesh by Jennifer L. Armentrout

79. Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

80. A Power Unbound by Freya Marske

81. Lore Olympus: Volume 1 by Rachel Smythe

82. Lore Olympus: Volume 2 by Rachel Smythe

83. Lore Olympus: Volume 3 by Rachel Smythe

84. Lore Olympus: Volume 4 by Rachel Smythe

85. Lore Olympus: Volume 5 by Rachel Smythe

86. Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

87. The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson

88. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

89. Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson

90. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

91. Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson

92. The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson

93. White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout

94. Stone Cold Touch by Jennifer L. Armentrout

[sunlitglycerin]

books of 2024!

key:

💥 many thoughts; not all praise

🌔 reread

🪹 no thoughts no praise

🌊 i have to emotionally recover from this

🫧 lovely

🌷 enjoyable

january

1. early morning riser by katherine heiny 🪹

2. sirens & muses by antonia angress 🌊

3. the best american short stories 2023 edited by min jin lee 🌊

4. woman eating by claire kohda 🌊

5. true biz by sara nović 🌷

6. confessions of a forty-something f### up by alexandra potter 💥

7. the ballad of songbirds and snakes by suzanne collins 🌊

8. the unbearable lightness of being by milan kundera 🌊

february

9. the break-up book club by wendy wax 🪹

10. unless by carol shields 🌊

11. the collected schizophrenias by esmé weijun wang 🌊

12. sugar, baby by celine saintclare 💥

march

13. asking for it by louise o’neill 🌔

14. the gifted school by bruce holsinger 🌔

15. sad girl novel by pip finkemeyer 🪹

16. on fragile waves by e. lily yu 🌊

17. naked brunch by sparkle hayter 🌷

18. trick mirror: reflections on self-delusion by his tolentino 🌊

19. brutes by dizz tate 🪹

april

20. the nakano thrift shop by hiromi kawakami 🫧

21. more than less by étienne lopa 🌷

22. boy parts by eliza clark 🌊

23. i’m an artist! now leave me alone - poetry by étienne lopa 🌷

24. big swiss by jen beagin 🫧

25. screen queens by lori goldstein 🌔

may

26. all the lovers in the night by mieko kawakami 🌔

27. the things we do to our friends by heather darwent 🌷

june

28. wasted by marya hornbacher 🪹

29. recipe for a perfect wife by karma brown 💥

30. butter by asako yuzuki 🌊

july

31. piglet by lottie hazell ���

32. no longer human by osamu dazai 🫧

august

…

september

33. girlfriend in a coma by douglas coupland 🌖

34. acts of service by lillian fishman 🫧

october

35. natural beauty by ling ling huang 💥

36. emerald city and other stories by jennifer egan 🫧

[justenoughfortoday]

2022 Reading List

1. The Greatest Gift

2. Catching Fire

3. The Hunger Games

4. Mockingjay

5. A Study in Charlotte

6. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

7. The Last of August

8. The Case For Jamie

9. Soul Surfer

10. Marilla of Green Gables

11. Anne of Green Gables

12. Anne of Avonlea

13. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

14. Cinder’s Adventure

15. Instant Karma

16. A Woman of Firsts

17. Watership Down

18. The False Prince

19. The Invisible Life of Addie Larue

20. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

21. Working Stiff

22. Legendary

23. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

24. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

25. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

26. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

27. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

28. The Life She Was Given

29. The Home for Unwanted Girls

30. The Giver

31. The Horse and His Boy

32. All Creatures Great and Small

33. Supernova

34. Catching Fire

35. The Hobbit

36. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

37. The God Ask

38. Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible

39. The Girl’s Still Got It

40. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

41. Heir to the Empire

42. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

43. Replay

44. Lost Boy

45. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

46. You, Me, and Our Heartstrings

47. The Lost Apothecary

48. A Serial Killer’s Daughter

49. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

50. All I Want For Christmas is the Girl Next Door

51. All I Want For Christmas is the Girl Who Can’t Love

52. Cursed

53. The Greatest Gift

54. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

[laurenreviewsmovies]

2023 - 52 Weeks of New Movies

Week 1 (January 2 - January 8) - Hail, Caesar!

Week 2 (January 9 - January 15) - Air Force One

Week 3 (January 16 - January 22) - Back to School

Week 4 (January 23 - January 29) - Jennifer’s Body

Week 5 (January 30 - February 5) - The Craft

Week 6 (February 6 - February 12) - Groundhog Day

Week 7 (February 13 - February 19) - Honor Society

Week 8 (February 20 - February 26) - Zoolander

Week 9 (February 27 - March 5) - Creed III

Week 10 (March 6 - March 12) - Rocky III

Week 11 (March 13 - March 19) - Scream 2

Week 12 (March 20 - March 26) - Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Week 13 (March 27 - April 2) - Not Okay

Week 14 (April 3 - April 9) - Final Destination

Week 15 (April 10 - April 16) - Air

Week 16 (April 17 - April 23) - Creed

Week 17 (April 24 - April 30) - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Week 18 (May 1 - May 7) - The Mask

Week 19 (May 8 - May 14) - The Fast and the Furious

Week 20 (May 15 - May 21) - 2 Fast 2 Furious

Week 21 (May 22 - May 28) - The Fate of the Furious

Week 22 (May 29 - June 4) - Insidious: Chapter 2

Week 23 (June 5 - June 11) - Coraline

Week 24 (June 12 - June 18) - We Are Marshall

Week 25 (June 19 - June 25) - The Blackening

Week 26 (June 26 - July 2) - Asteroid City

Week 27 (July 3 - July 9) - No Hard Feelings

Week 28 (July 10 - July 16) - Insidious: The Red Door

Week 29 (July 17 - July 23) - Fargo

Week 30 (July 24 - July 30) - Haunted Mansion (2023)

Week 31 (July 31 - August 6) - Gone Girl

Week 32 (August 7 - August 13) - Red, White & Royal Blue

Week 33 (August 14 - August 20) - Deep Blue Sea

Week 34 (August 21 - August 27) - A Life Less Ordinary

Week 35 (August 28 - September 3) - The Descent

Week 36 (September 4 - September 10) - Old

Week 37 (September 11 - September 17) - Alien

Week 38 (September 18 - September 24) - Get Out

Week 39 (September 25 - October 1) - The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

Week 40 (October 2 - October 8) - The Exorcist

Week 41 (October 9 - October 15) - Trick ‘r Treat

Week 42 (October 16 - October 22) - The Strangers

Week 43 (October 23 - October 29) - Corpse Bride

Week 44 (October 30 - November 5) - Nope

Week 45 (November 6 - November 12) - The Thing from Another World

Week 46 (November 13 - November 19) - The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Week 47 (November 20 - November 26) - The Nightmare Before Christmas

Week 48 (November 27 - December 3) - Saltburn

Week 49 (December 4 - December 10) - Black Christmas (2006)

Week 50 (December 11 - December 17) - The Menu

Week 51 (December 18 - December 24) - Sleepaway Camp

Week 52 (December 25 - December 31) - Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Additional Movies

1. M3GAN

2. 13 Hours

3. A Man Called Otto

4. Bring It On: All or Nothing

5. Hereditary

6. Alice, Darling

7. No Escape (Follow Me)

8. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

9. Cocaine Bear

10. 2001: A Space Odyssey

11. West Side Story (2021)

12. Rocky

13. Rocky II

14. Rocky IV

15. 65

16. Scream 3

17. Scream 4

18. Scream 6

19. Renfield

20. The Super Mario Bros. Movie

21. Baby Driver

22. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

23. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

24. Fast & Furious

25. Fast Five

26. Fast & Furious 6

27. Furious 7

28. F9

29. Fast X

30. The Little Mermaid

31. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

32. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

33. Joy Ride

34. Oppenheimer

35. Barbie

36. Barbarian

37. Meg 2: The Trench

38. Signs

39. The Wolf of Wall Street

40. Talk to Me

41. The Cabin in the Woods

42. The Out-Laws

43. The Blair Witch Project (1999)

44. Bottoms

45. I Know What You Did Last Summer

46. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

47. Alone at Night

48. Fresh

49. Pearl

50. Predator

51. Us

52. Dumb Money

53. It Lives Inside

54. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

55. Train to Busan

56. Hoosiers

57. Terror Train

58. Titane

59. When a Stranger Calls (1979)

60. When a Stranger Calls (2006)

61. Totally Killer

62. Friday the 13th (2009)

63. Five Nights at Freddy’s

64. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

65. Priscilla

66. The Thing (1982)

67. The Thing (2011)

68. The Marvels

69. Spirited

70. Black Christmas (1974)

71. The Abyss

72. Final Destination 2

73. Final Destination 3

74. The Final Destination

75. Final Destination 5

76. Orphan

77. Orphan: First Kill

78. The Final Girls

79. May December

80. Megamind

81. Poor Things

82. Paranormal Activity

83. Paranormal Activity 2

84. Paranormal Activity 3

85. The Muppet Christmas Carol

86. Night of the Living Dead (1968)

87. It Follows

88. The Iron Claw

[yourneighborhoodbibliophile]

In my Mid-Year Freakout Tag 2022, I stated that I wanted to read all 40 books that I physically own by the end of the year. Below is a list that I’ll update at the end of every month in an attempt to hold myself accountable. Wish me luck! (I’ll need it.)

1. The Thousandth Floor (1), Katharine McGee (TBR Buster Challenge)

2. The Dazzling Heights (2), Katharine McGee (TBR Buster Challenge)

3. The Towering Sky (3), Katharine McGee (TBR Buster Challenge)

4. Renegades (1), Marisa Meyer (TBR Buster Challenge)

5. Archenemies (2), Marisa Meyer (TBR Buster Challenge)

6. Supernova (3), Marisa Meyer (TBR Buster Challenge)

7. Meet Cute, Nina LaCour, Sara Shepard, Nicola Yoon, Katie Cotugno, Huntley Fitzpatrick, Kass Morgan, Katharine McGee, Meredith Russo, Jocelyn Davies, Ibi Zoboi, Jennifer Armentrout, Emery Lord, Dhonielle Clayton, and Julie Murphy (TBR Buster Challenge)

8. Concrete Rose, Angie Thomas

9. The Jasmine Throne, Tasha Suri 

10. She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan 

11. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman 

12. Everything I Never Told You, Celeste Ng 

13. Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng 

14. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, Gabrielle Zevin 

15. A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Backman 

16. A Thousand Ships, Natalie Haynes 

17. My Policeman, Bethany Roberts (June)

18. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong (June)

19. Loveless, Alice Oseman 

20. Radio Silence, Alice Oseman 

21. In Other Lands, Sarah Rees Brennan 

22. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Mark Haddon 

23. Get a Life, Chloe Brown, Talia Hibbert 

24. Written in the Stars, Alexandria Bellefleur 

25. Attachments, Rainbow Rowell (Reread)

26, Landline, Rainbow Rowell (Reread)

27. Bringing Down the Duke, Evie Dunmore 

28. Anxious People, Fredrik Backman 

29. Out of the Easy, Ruta Sepetys 

30. Everyone in this Room Will Someday be Dead, Emily Austen 

31. All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr 

32. Bridge of Clay, Markus Zusak 

33. Catherine House, Elisabeth Thomas 

34. The Ravens, Kass Morgan and Danielle Paige 

35. My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh 

36. Magic for Liars, Sarah Gailey 

37. The Inexplicable Logic of my Life, Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Reread)

38. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Suzanne Collins 

39. Arrête avec tes mensonges, Philippe Besson (June)

40. Les fiancés d’hiver, Christelle Dabos

41. Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx (June)

[geekymoviemom]

I posted 7,690 times in 2021

60 posts created (1%)

7630 posts reblogged (99%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 127.2 posts.

I added 9,936 tags in 2021

#i can queue this all day - 2741 posts

#bucky barnes - 1505 posts

#the falcon and the winter soldier - 1416 posts

#sam wilson - 1114 posts

#sambucky - 683 posts

#tfatws spoilers - 559 posts

#wandavision - 540 posts

#hehehehe - 519 posts

#steve rogers - 436 posts

#loki laufeyson - 423 posts

Longest Tag: 62 characters

#i’m gonna go out on a limb and say that’s not mcu peter’s hand

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Rules: List 10 different male faves from 10 different fandoms, then tag 10 people.

I was tagged by @90spopstargirl thank you so much! ♥️

1. Peeta Mellark - The Hunger Games

2. Tony Stark/Steve Rogers/Peter Parker - Marvel Cinematic Universe (I can’t pick just one, sorry! 😆)

3. Daniel Jackson - Stargate SG1

4. Walter Bishop - Fringe

5. Leonard McCoy - Star Trek Original

6. Commander Data - Star Trek TNG

7. Ben Solo - Star Wars

8. Jack Bauer - 24

9. Barry Allen - The Flash

10. Erik Lehnsherr - X-Men movieverse

This was so fun, thank you so much! ♥️

Tagging: @b-boop5 @jroseley @mega-aulover @norbertsmom @crownofstardustandbone @gaiagalit @srebrnafh @sherlock-who-mentalist @sherlollyandspoilers @hailing-stars

14 notes • Posted 2021-03-22 23:20:20 GMT

#4

@everlarkedalways

24 notes • Posted 2021-08-05 22:21:20 GMT

#3

My family knows me well. Happy birthday to me 😎

28 notes • Posted 2021-10-16 02:15:46 GMT

#2

Hi, I’ve always wondered- why do you write Steve referring to Peter as “little guy” so frequently (instead of any other terms of endearment or just ‘Peter’)? Just curious!

Hey! Thank you so much for your ask, and for reading my fics! 💗

Steve does call Peter by his name pretty often, but his term of endearment for him is the ‘little guy’, as you’ve noticed. There’s a couple of reasons why I chose this.

One, in my eyes, Steve doesn’t use a lot of nicknames for his loved ones, preferring to stick with one or two. He calls Tony ‘sweetheart’ and the Irish ‘mo gra’ in some of my fics, which means my love. For Peter, I wanted to go with something a bit different that Tony’s ‘buddy’, and ‘son’ just seemed too… I don’t know, I just can’t picture Steve calling Peter that. Little guy is sweet without being too sugary and since Peter is pretty small, it fits him well.

Two, in The First Avenger, when Steve is chosen to join the SSR, Dr Erskine says, “Well, there are already so many big men fighting this war, maybe what we need now is the little guy.” This is an important line in that it shows his acceptance of Steve even though he’s not the traditional soldier-type. This had a big impact on Steve, as later when the two of them are having their toast in Steve’s barracks room, Steve says, “to the little guys”. At the time, Steve had no idea that the serum would transform him size-wise, so he was prepared to spend the rest of his life just doing what was right as a ‘little guy’. It’s always been my headcanon that Steve sees the same kind of strength and determination in Peter, since he’s on the smaller side too 💗

I hope this makes sense! Thank you so much for the ask! 💗

29 notes • Posted 2021-06-23 16:59:37 GMT

#1

To distract you on this scary afternoon, how ‘bout some pictures of our new puppy? 🥰🥰🥰

31 notes • Posted 2021-01-06 21:50:32 GMT

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[sandramiksaauthor]

Yearly Reading Wrap Up: 2020

1. La Description Du Monde by Marco Polo ⭐⭐

2. Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu #1) by Marcel Proust ⭐⭐⭐

3. Discours Du Récit by Gérard Genette ⭐⭐⭐

4. The Private Life of the Diary by Sally Bayley ⭐⭐⭐⭐

5. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

6. Let it Snow by John Green ⭐⭐⭐⭐

7. The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe ⭐⭐⭐⭐

8. Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes ⭐⭐⭐⭐

9. L'ignorance by Milan Kundera ⭐⭐⭐⭐

10. Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom: A Story by Sylvia Plath ⭐⭐⭐⭐

11. Volkswagen Blues by Jacques Poulin ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

12. Enfance by Nathalie Sarraute ⭐⭐⭐⭐

13. Une femme by Annie Ernaux ⭐⭐⭐⭐

14. Je ne suis pas sortie de ma nuit by Annie Ernaux ⭐⭐⭐⭐

15. L’Amour, roman by Camille Laurens ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

16. Open City by Teju Cole ⭐⭐⭐⭐

17. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern ⭐⭐⭐⭐

18. Philosopher ou faire l'amour by Ruwen Ogien ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

19. Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ⭐⭐⭐⭐

20. The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait by Frida Kahlo ⭐⭐⭐

21. On the Road by Jack Kerouac ⭐⭐

22. Les particules élémentaires by Michel Houellebecq ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

23. Red Doc> (Red #2) by Anne Carson ⭐⭐⭐⭐

24. Queen of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices #3) by Cassandra Clare ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

25. La Barque silencieuse by Pascal Quignard ⭐⭐⭐

26. L'autofictif père et fils by Éric Chevillard ⭐⭐⭐

27. All We Saw: Poems by Anne Michaels ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

28. Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon ⭐⭐⭐⭐

29. Blue Horses: Poems by Mary Oliver ⭐⭐⭐⭐

30. The Latte Factor by David Bach ⭐⭐⭐⭐

31. La Poursuite du bonheur by Michel Houellebecq ⭐⭐⭐⭐

32. Rester vivant: et autres textes by Michel Houellebecq ⭐⭐⭐

33. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games #0) by Suzanne Collins ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

34. I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

35. The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin ⭐⭐⭐

36. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

37. Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit ⭐⭐⭐⭐

38. The Red Scrolls of Magic (The Eldest Curses #1) by Cassandra Clare ⭐⭐⭐⭐

39. Ghosts of the Shadow Market by Cassandra Clare ⭐⭐⭐⭐

40. Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified by Robert O. Friedel ⭐⭐⭐⭐

41. I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi ⭐⭐⭐⭐

42. Wild Is the Wind by Carl Phillips ⭐⭐⭐⭐

43. Unshakeable by Anthony Robbins ⭐⭐⭐⭐

44. Stray by Stephanie Danler ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

45. Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki ⭐⭐⭐⭐

46. Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

47. She Came to Slay by Erica Armstrong Dunbar ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

48. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey ⭐⭐⭐⭐

49. Life of the Party by Olivia Gatwood ⭐⭐⭐⭐

50. Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin ⭐⭐⭐⭐

51. Twilight (The Twilight Sage #1) by Stephanie Meyer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

52. Evermore by Julian Barnes ⭐⭐⭐

53. The Dark Between Stars by Atticus Poetry ⭐

54. The Truth About Magic by Atticus Poetry ⭐

55. Wenjack by Joseph Boyden ⭐⭐

56. It’s Hard to Be Human by Valerie Buhagiar ⭐⭐⭐⭐

57. New Moon (The Twilight Saga #2) by Stephenie Meyer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

58. The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off! by Gloria Steinem ⭐⭐⭐⭐

59. Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 by Young Kim ⭐⭐⭐⭐

60. Eclipse (The Twilight Saga #3) by Stephenie Meyer ⭐⭐⭐⭐

61. Orbit: Poems by Cynthia Zarin ⭐⭐⭐

62. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle ⭐⭐⭐⭐

63. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

64. A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi ⭐⭐⭐⭐

65. Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga #4) by Stephenie Meyer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

66. Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin ⭐⭐

67. In Conclusion, Don’t Worry About It by Lauren Graham ⭐

68. My Ideal Bookshelf by Thessaly La Force ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

69. Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

70. Saga Vol. 9 by Brian K. Vaughan ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

71. I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

72. #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso ⭐⭐⭐⭐

73. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell ⭐⭐⭐⭐

74. Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana Del Rey ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

75. The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon ⭐⭐⭐

76. The Secret History by Donna Tartt ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

77. She Must Be Mad by Charly Cox ⭐⭐⭐

78. home body by Rupi Kaur ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

79. Wind in a Box by Terrance Hayes ⭐⭐⭐

80. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg ⭐⭐⭐⭐

81. Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

82. Normal People by Sally Rooney ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

83. Almost Midnight: Two Festive Short Stories by Rainbow Rowell ⭐⭐⭐

84. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens ⭐⭐⭐

85. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris ⭐⭐

86. Monstress, Vol. 3: Haven (Monstress #3) by Marjorie M. Liu ⭐⭐⭐⭐

87. Monstress, Vol. 4: The Chosen (Monstress #4) by Marjorie M. Liu ⭐⭐⭐

88. Monstress, Vol. 5: Warchild (Monstress #5) by Marjorie M. Liu ⭐⭐⭐

89. My Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

90. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (The Twilight Saga #3.5) by Stephenie Meyer ⭐⭐⭐⭐

91. The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide by Stephenie Meyer ⭐⭐⭐⭐

92. Midnight Sun (The Twilight Saga #5) by Stephenie Meyer ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[jisoomes]

I was tagged by @ellanainthetardis :)

1. What is the color of your hairbrush?

Black!

2. A food you never eat?

There’s a LOT. But I suppose a lot of fruits, I like juice but not the fruit. Also donuts, I’ve never had one and I don’t think I ever will the texture lowkey scares me haha.

3. Are you typically too warm or too cold?

Too cold.

4. What were you doing 45 minutes ago?

Writing a Hayffie au based on crash landing on you. Haymitch’s sarcastic comments could not stay in my head.

5. What is your favorite candy bar?

I don’t like sweets haha.

6. Have you ever been to a professional sporting event?

As far as I recall, no.

7. What was the last thing you said out loud?

“Are you ready to go to bed?” My dog likes to take a toy up to sleep with him so I have to ask him every night. He is very good at learning words. It’s like having a toddler lmao.

8. What is your favorite ice cream?

Chocolate!

9. What was the last thing you had to drink?

Tea!

10. Do you like your wallet?

I actually don’t have one. I was supposed to buy one two years ago but nothing I’ve seen has fit what I want so I’ve been making do with a pouch in my bag (yes it is as annoying as you would imagine it is but I refuse to spend my money on anything that isn’t exactly what I want xD).

11. What was the last thing you ate?

Buttermilk chicken strips and vegetables. I promise I’m not a five year old I’ve just had an intense craving for vegetables and it’s all I had in my house haha.

12. Did you buy any new clothes last weekend?

Yes I did! I saved a few dresses and a few went on sale so I treated myself to them as a birthday gift :)

13. The last sporting event you watched?

Probably rugby? I don’t care for sports but I do like rugby players lmao.

14. What is your favorite flavor of popcorn?

I don’t like popcorn :)

15. Who was the last person you sent a text message to?

My best friend!

16. Ever go camping?

Once in year 7 (when I was 11). And it was awful. A weekend school trip and I ended up sick so I spent the whole time in a tent with slugs and being miserable haha. I will never go again, I do not like insects a t all.

17. Do you take vitamins?

No.

18. Do you go to church every Sunday?

I’ve never been to church! I’ve always wanted to go or perhaps become religious but the older I get the more uncomfortable I feel about going on my own so... I’m not sure I will ever go.

19. Do you have a tan?

Never. Everybody else right now is tanning but you will never catch me burning, I am very diligent about SPF. I am not aging any quicker than I already am, I wear it even in winter xD.

20. Do you prefer Chinese food or pizza?

I’ve never had Chinese food but I’m not a big fan of pizza either... So I guess neither.

21. Do you drink your soda with a straw?

Yes, but only because I order soda at restaurants :)

22. What color socks do you usually wear?

White!

23. Ever drive above the speed limit?

Only on the countryside roads. It’s fun going around all the bends and they’re usually quiet.

24. What terrifies you?

Being still. Not moving forward constantly. And sickness! I am very emetophobic.

25. Look to your left what do you see?

A glass of water and a pack of mints because I can’t sleep unless I have drank a pint of water haha (and I have a little bit of an unhealthy mint habit)

26. What chore do you hate?

Hoovering! One of my dogs sheds a lot so I have to hoover every day but it always hurts my back. And I always have to get every single hair so it takes forever.

27. What do you think of when you hear an Australian accent?

“What have we got here, eh? A couple of showgirls?” In a Courtney Act voice haha.

28. What is your favorite soda?

Orangina!

29. Do you go into a fast food place or just hit the drive through?

Drive through! I feel very bad about it because I really have no reason other than the fact that I am a very anxious person and going in stresses me out xD.

30. Who was the last person you talked to?

Does my dog count? If not perhaps my neighbour.

31. Favorite cut of beef?

The normal part? I suppose? I’m not a big fan of beef to be honest.

32. Last song you listened to?

Chapstick by Todrick Hall and Trixie Mattel

33. Last book you read?

The ballad of songbirds and snakes. I really do not read enough physical books anymore. I need to find some more but I always end up not making time :(

34. Favorite day of the week?

Wednesday!

35. Can you say the alphabet backwards?

Nope.

36. How do you like your coffee?

I have never had coffee and I have no intention to try. The smell puts me off. I’ll stick with tea.

37. Favorite pair of shoes?

Probably just my trainers? I am not really a shoe person.

38. At what time do you usually go to bed?

We are definitely not talking about how lockdown has turned me from a 11pm latest person back to my insomniac 2am days. We are not. I don’t know how I’m going to adjust back to normal sleep schedules again xD.

39. At what time do you normally get up?

Any time between 7-9. It really depends on the day.

40. What do you prefer - sunrises or sunsets?

Sunsets. I always walk my dog during sunset! I don’t like sunrises, they remind me of school lmao.

41. How many blankets are on your bed?

Just one but it is entirely too hot for blankets :(

42. Describe your kitchen plates?

All white. Occasionally there’s a purple flower on them. There are two green plates I picked up on a whim and very much hate but other than that it’s all white.

43. Do you have a favorite alcoholic beverage?

White wine.

44. Do you play cards?

Not at all.

45. What color is your car?

White.

46. Can you change a tire?

No and every time I think about it I just hope someone will take pity on me because I have no idea what I would do in that situation.

47. What is your favorite province?

I guess north? I live in the middle but I do love north wales. So north for wales and wales only haha.

48. Favorite job you ever had?

I don’t think there’s really a favourite to be honest.

49. How did you get your biggest scar?

I don’t think I have any scars? I think maybe some scratch marks on my thigh from when I was younger, I used to have psoriasis and it was so itchy I would cut my skin itching it :(

50. What did you do today that made someone happy?

I don’t know about people but I walked my dog and he was very happy about it. Since lockdown I give him an extra walk to play ball and he loves it so much he cries after I eat dinner because he’s impatient.

I never have anybody to tag so I will leave it open. These took way longer than I thought lmao.

[aschen-kiln]

1. What is the color of your hairbrush?

Black. Like my soul.

2. A food you never eat?

Spinach. I hate spinach.

3. Are you typically too warm or too cold?

Too warm. I don't even feel the cold before we reach 0°C.

4. What were you doing 45 minutes ago?

I was playing Horizon Zero Dawn.

5. What is your favorite candy bar?

I don't eat candy bar.

6. Have you ever been to a professional sporting event?

Yes ! Rugby 6 Nations Championship (is it its name ?). I saw several match, but mostly France/Angleterre.

7. What was the last thing you said out loud?

"Fuck it hurts" when i smashed my toe on the wall.

8. What is your favorite ice cream?

Stracciatella

9. What was the last thing you had to drink?

A Pepsi.

10. Do you like your wallet?

It's functional and big enough to carry my driver card (the old, big and pink ones, here in France.)

11. What was the last thing you ate?

Roasted chicken breast, a little bit of rice and a mix of veggies. Simple. Effective. Damn good.

12. Did you buy any new clothes last weekend?

Nope.

13. The last sporting event you watched?

The rugby match France/Ecosse. We lost. And then the corona put a stop to the tournament.

14. What is your favorite flavor of popcorn?

Sugar ?

15. Who was the last person you sent a text message to?

My brother.

16. Ever go camping?

I hate camping with all my heart.

17. Do you take vitamins?

Yep.

18. Do you go to church every Sunday?

I am not religious so no.

19. Do you have a tan?

Sadly. I am either white as a shroud or badly sunburned.

20. Do you prefer Chinese food or pizza?

Why should i choose ? I love both.

21. Do you drink your soda with a straw?

Nope.

22. What color socks do you usually wear?

Pale pink with donuts on it.

23. Ever drive above the speed limit?

Well... it happened.

24. What terrifies you?

Insects. Deep water. Whatever lives in deep waters. Spiders. Zombies.

25. Look to your left what do you see?

A towel.

26. What chore do you hate?

I dislike mopping the floor. The thing my mother insist upon using at home is absolutely disgusting.

27. What do you think of when you hear an Australian accent? Sun. Waves.

28. What is your favorite soda?

Lemonade.

29. Do you go into a fast food place or just hit the drive through?

I usually hit the drive.

30. Who was the last person you talked to?

My mom.

31. Favorite cut of beef?

Hm... i don't know the names in english. In France it is called Onglet. I think it's on the flank ?

32. Last song you listened to?

Ties, by Years&Years

33. Last book you read?

The Ballad of Songbird and Snake.

34. Favorite day of the week?

Friday. Because it is both an end and a beginning.

35. Can you say the alphabet backwards?

Nope.

36. How do you like your coffee?

I don't drink coffee.

37. Favorite pair of shoes?

My trusted pair of Adidas Stan Smith.

38. At what time do you usually go to bed?

Hm... 1 or 2 in the morning.

39. At what time do you normally get up?

9 AM.

40. What do you prefer - sunrises or sunsets?

Sunset for its colors.

41. How many blankets are on your bed?

2 ! I don't know why i don't use them.

42. Describe your kitchen plates?

White with black flowers.

43. Do you have a favorite alcoholic beverage?

Vodka. Malibu.

44. Do you play cards?

Yes ! I love tarot, poker and blackjack.

45. What color is your car?

Very very blue.

46. Can you change a tire?

Did once a long time ago. Not sure i could do it again.

47. What is your favorite province?

Province ? Bretagne.

48. Favorite job you ever had?

The one i have right now : auxiliary nurse

49. How did you get your biggest scar?

Someone smashed my head on a wall.

50. What did you do today that made someone happy?

I washed the new clothes for my unborn niece and sort them out by size, and then i stored them on a suitcase, so my mom didn't have to do it and she was able to watch Casa de Papel.

Hey @ellanainthetardis. It's your turn.

[lord-trevor]

I'll pin this post so that people can see what kind of books I love 😊

1. I didn't count :/ around 70-80

2. I had a 30 books reading goal in the summer break and I think I completed it.

3. I guess Frankenstein??

4. Either The Bedlam Stacks or The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley.

5. The priory of the orange tree

6. Coraline

7. Oldest as for when was it written? Then Tom Jones

8. The nobleman's guide to scandal and shipwrecks

9. Six of crows

10. Hmm this is hard, I pretty much liked everything. Maybe The Queen's Gambit

11. Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe. Realistic YA romance is usually a big no no for me, even if it's lgbtq. I liked it though

12. Aristotle and Dante again😂 I unexpectedly found it in small bookshop in the nearby town. I didn't even know they sold English books and that was the day I realised they have a whole floor for them

13. The nobleman's guide to scandal and shipwrecks

14. The priory of the orange tree and The lost future of pepperharrow

15. Dark rise

16. Dark rise😂

17. 1. The priory of the orange tree

2. The ballad of songbirds and snakes

3. Dark rise again

4. The alienist

5. The queer principles of kit webb

(not in particular order)

18. Carry on, Caraval, idk more, I liked the others

19. Aside from my textbooks, I don't really think I read/finished any non-fiction 😅

20. The priory of the orange tree

21. My textbooks? Xd

22. Idk

23. The watchmaker of filigree street

24. The ballad of songbirds and snakes, maybe. Idk what makes a title the best

25. Yes; Natasha Pulley, Samantha Shannon, Leigh Bardugo, just to mention some of my most recent new discoveries

26. Non-modern set (queer) romance for certain

27. I discovered that I like fantasy genres too

28. I started many series which don't have an ending yet :(

29. The Broken Sky trilogy

30. The Captive prince trilogy

31. Yes, but I usually like to read in untranslated English

32. Numerous classics 😅

33. Yes, multiple things unfortunately, for example Caraval and Tom Jones

34. Idk I don't really share with people what I read so I don't really recommend either

35. No, partly because I've been infected with the Desire To Buy Every Book I Read and partly because I like to read in English, not my native language

36. Idk, around 50? But I'm not sure

37. Six of crows and at least one of the books I got for Christmas

38. Hopefully Dark rise 2

39. She who became the sun, The secret history, Maurice, Interview with the vampire, Under the whispering door

40. To find as many as possible historical fiction with lgbtq characters who get a happy ending 😂

end of the year book asks

 How many books did you read this year?

Did you have any reading goals? if yes, did you complete them?

What was the first book you read this year?

What was/will be the last book you read this year?

The longest book you read this year

The shortest book you read this year

The oldest book you read this year

The newest release of the year

A book that was better than you expected it to be

A book that didn’t live up to your expectations

A book that was most out of your comfort zone

What was the most unexpected book you read this year?

The funniest book you read this year

A book that made you cry

What was the book you were most excited about before you started reading it?

A book you already want to reread

Top five books of the year

Least favourite books of the year

Best non-fiction book(s) you read this year

Best fiction you read this year

Best book you read for uni/college/school

Worst book you read for uni/college/school

The book with the prettiest cover

The book with the best title

Did you discover any new authors?

What was your top genre for the year?

Did you discover any new genres?

Did you start any new series?

Did you finish any series?

Did you reread anything?

Did you read any translations?

Were there any books you planned on reading but didn’t end up reading/finishing?

Did you DNF anything?

What’s a book you’ve recommended the most this year?

Did you use your library?

How many books did you buy?

Are there any books you want to finish before the year is over?

Releases you’re looking forward to next year

Five books you absolutely want to read next year?

Do you have any reading goals for next year?

[cluelessrebel1988]

I posted 4,725 times in 2021

51 posts created (1%)

4674 posts reblogged (99%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 91.6 posts.

I added 111 tags in 2021

#wandavision - 22 posts

#wandavision spoilers - 19 posts

#m*a*s*h - 13 posts

#fan art - 10 posts

#cruella - 9 posts

#star trek - 9 posts

#mcu - 9 posts

#movies - 7 posts

#jimmy woo - 7 posts

#friends - 6 posts

Longest Tag: 123 characters

#this reminds me of that bit from that one comedian about how cheating isn't just one mistake but rather a series of choices

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Sometimes, family is an assassin, her apprentice, her mom, and three aunts who make sure she's well-read.

49 notes • Posted 2021-07-17 00:38:21 GMT

#4

‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ is essentially a coming of age story where the main character meets a manic pixie dream girl and starts a relationship with her, but instead of becoming a better person by the end of the story through said relationship, he decides it’s not worth it and turns into the worst possible version of himself.

67 notes • Posted 2021-08-09 19:38:32 GMT

#3

My favorite movies of 2021 (so far)

10) Godzilla vs. Kong

9) Luca

See the full post

74 notes • Posted 2021-06-29 16:00:45 GMT

#2

Me after watching the first two episodes of WandaVision:

79 notes • Posted 2021-01-18 04:29:05 GMT

#1

Having recently finished rewatching all five seasons of Leverage before diving into Leverage: Redemption, I have to say that the new series is just...better. Not that the original was bad, but the new show takes what worked about the original and vastly improves upon it. 

I find Harry Wilson to be a much more compelling character than Nate Ford ever was, because he’s someone we see face down the errors of his ways and how, through joining the Leverage team, he’s trying to make amends. Nate was already disillusioned with the system he’d been working in when we met him in the pilot and while the writers did have some interesting ideas for his character with his alcoholism and his history with his father, it never felt like either of those were explored with enough depth to make them compelling. He stops drinking between seasons one and two, but falls off the wagon to help sell a con, and the fact that he’s an alcoholic is only occasionally brought up after that with no real resolution for it, and his relationship with his father gets even fewer mentions with even less resolution. Harry, on the other hand, is new as a criminal, but he wants to work to make amends for the wrongs he’s committed -- maybe sometimes too much, to the point where it nearly blows the con. There’s more to explore with the character, sure, but this is a good start.

Breanna is a nice addition as well. Bringing in a younger character, especially one who’s grown up in the post-9/11 world we live in and doesn’t know anything different is interesting, but beyond that, her desire to prove herself as more than just the hacker is very endearing, and I’m very interested to see where the character goes in future episodes. I hope that at least one of those episodes involves Hardison coming back and seeing how she’s grown as part of the team. I also really like the mentor-mentee relationship she’s got going with Parker and Elliot (and Sophie too, to a lesser extent).

As for the three returners, I love how they’ve evolved in the years since the end of the original show. Parker especially, seeing a therapist and being able to do work as both a grifter and a thief, which just adds to the arsenal for the team, and gives Sophie a chance to flex her skills as the team’s new mastermind, a role she’s inhabiting very well.

Overall, I think Leverage: Redemption is doing a better job at finding the right balance between character development and the con than the original series did and I am 100 percent here for it.

81 notes • Posted 2021-08-16 15:45:13 GMT

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