#beth brower

[fictionadventurer]

"My true love is the evening walk, that last hour of daylight that has its way with sunlight, shadow, and soul."

-The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Volume 1, by Beth Brower

[bookshelf-in-progress]

I love how a well-written romance is so often structured as a mystery. A person starts with a certain idea about another person, and over the course of the story, they uncover more evidence that gives them a fuller picture of who the other person truly is. They learn about layers to the personality and backstory that give the other person more depth. They learn how the other person's personality meshes with theirs. Even the third-act misunderstanding fits the mystery structure--it looks like they've uncovered the final secret to the other person's identity, which is that they're not the worthy person they seemed to be, but then discover that they misinterpreted that evidence, or the other person takes steps to apologize and repair the level of trust. When the mystery is resolved, they've reached a full understanding of each other and know they've found a partner they can trust their whole future to.

[lempickathemusical]

We do not control the world  We control one flat rectangle of canvas at a time LEMPICKA (2024)

[theangelblood]

Supernatural, The Winchesters and Dead Boy Detectives cast and crew crossovers (pt.1)

Andi Armaganian - directed 1 episode of TW and 2 episodes of DBD

Richard Speight Jr. - Loki, Gabriel, The Trixter in SPN and Loki in TW, directed 11 episodes of SPN and 1 episode of TW

Amanda Tapping - Naomi in SPN, directed 1 episode of DBD

Glen Winter - directed 1 episode of DBD and 1 episode of TW, executive producer on TW

Steve Yockey - co executive producer, producer, co producer, executive story editor and writer on SPN, executive producer, writer, creator of DBD

Jeremy Carver - executive producer, co producer of SPN, executive producer of DBD

Ruth Connell - Rowena MacLeod in SPN and TW, Night Nurse in DBD

Burnley Duffield - Brad in DBD, Billy Whitfield and Ryan McAnn in SPN

Shafin Karim - Local Doctor in DBD, Jamie Hamed in SPN

Kailey Spear - Jen, Beth, Chastity Group Member, Undead Woman the First in DBD

Sharon Taylor - Ardat, Crossroads Demon in SPN, Officer Parris in DBD

Christine Chatelain - Jenny, Dr. Ellen Piccolo in SPN, Stacey Devlin in DBD

Gerry Rousseau - Bill Gibson, Billy Beard in SPN, Old Settler Ghost in DBD

Amanda Gray - Dead Witch, Kansas Deputy in SPN, Shushing Mom in DBD

Brad Loree - Officer in SPN, Salesperson in DBD

James Dreichel - Bobby 2 in SPN, assistant hairstylist on DBD

Jay Julier - 3rd assistant director, additional 2nd director - SPN, 2nd assistant director - DBD

Christopher Donaldson - storyboard artist on TW and DBD

Nadine Schaefer - production assistant: set - SPN, graphic designer - DBD

Greg Crawford - adr mixer - TW and DBD

Seth Brower - encore VFX - TW, compositor encore VFX - DBD

Diego Galtieri - digital composer - TW and DBD

Swear I'm gonna finish this list one day😅

[isfjmel-phleg]

December 2023 Books

AG Christmas stories: Addy's Surprise by Connie Porter; Samantha's Surprise by Maxine Rose Schur; Kirsten's Surprise by Janet Beeler Shaw; and Felicity's Surprise, Josefina's Surprise, Kit's Surprise, and Molly's Surprise by Valerie Tripp (reread)

Discussed elsewhere!

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 7 by Beth Brower

I found this one more difficult to get through the most of the previous installments, mostly because it introduced a romance that does absolutely nothing for me.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (reread)

Annual reread.

Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards

I got this book mostly because it contains the Christmas mystery short stories that should be annual rereading and it's more convenient to bring along while traveling than separate anthologies. The Doyle, Chesterton, and Sayers stories are all old favorites, but the rest of the stories in the collection were less interesting--or it could have just been that I wasn't reading them at the right time.

Switching Well by Peni R. Griffin

A girl from the present day (...in the 1990s) is switched in time with a girl from 1890s San Antonio. I have a passing acquaintance with some of the places described, so that was fun.

The Eleventh Trade by Alyssa Hollingsworth

I was not expecting this story to rip my heart out the way it did.

Tenthragon by Constance Savery (reread)

I get a hankering for this one around Christmas for no particular reason, and it was so worth the reread.

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend (reread)

I read this for the first time on a plane and it was magical and I was traveling last month and felt like this was exactly what I needed to read on the plane again.

Adam's Common by David Wiseman

A timeslip story of sorts? It was good. I have nothing intelligent to say about it.

Comics

Stephen McCranie's Space Boy Omnibus 1-3

I love this series. A lot more than I was expecting to, and I can't wait to get the next volume (yes, I know it's all online, but there's something about encountering it in physical book form). I love the complexity of the characters, and the plot twists are captivating.

Everything pertaining to Damage and the Ray (reread/skimmed)

You all know how I feel about my boys. There's a lot of analysis yet to come.

Everything pertaining to Triumph

Apparently this character was ridiculously unpopular, with everyone from the readership to DC staff, mainly because he threw off the Sacred Origins of the JLA and because he's an unlikeable jerk. Even his writer has described him as "the hero you love to hate." But I'm approaching this from a literary standpoint, and it's very clear that he's a superhero version of The Tragic Hero, and it works. I'm fascinated by the complexity that Priest gives him.

Really, guys, 1990s DC writers did not have to go that hard with their characterization but they did and I have so much respect for it.

[lululawrence]

Okay who else out there has read or at least heard of the unselected journals of Emma M Lion by Beth Brower?

I just might be obsessed and I want all the things and to talk to all the people about them, but because the books are almost impossible to get ahold of without purchasing them, there’s just not much content out there.

[constantvigilante]

Thanks for the tag, @as-dreamers-do! :)

Last Song I Listened To: So You Are Tired by Sufjan Steven's. Spotify alerted me that he had a new song out so I had to check it out! I used to be big into his Illinois and Michigan albums back in the day, and his first set of Christmas albums (though my roommates hate those) but I haven't really checked out his newer stuff. Good song. Sad, painfully fragile. Just what you want from him.

Currently Watching: We finally managed to get Only Murders in the Building to work on the TV so we watched the first episode of the new season tonight! Started Mentopolis last week, finished up the first season of Fantasy High this week, and my gym show is Kimi no Todoke because I needed something sweet and harmless.

Currently Reading: I just finished The Q by Beth Brower (who also wrote my best beloved Emma M Lion) so I'm sort of between books at the moment. I should probably start the next Annotated Austen, which looks like it will be Mansfield Park... which I read last year and almost don't feel ready to reread even with annotations? I might need a bit longer or to wait until I've finished one of the poetry books I'm in the middle of (Selected Poems of Mark Strand and Jenny Joseph's The Thinking Heart). ...and I'm following the Blue Castle book club tags, with no intention to follow along in the book because I reread that last year too. I just love seeing people's reactions! ...oh blast, and I forgot I still haven't finished Our Lady of Kingdoms.

Current Obsession: I'm back in an HP RPG, Marauder Era this time so... I'm really interested in the 70s at the moment and everything my characters are into (poetry, folk music, art deco jewelry, disco) even if I don't always have time to research. Deeply obsessed with D20 and Brennan Lee Mulligan (and Worlds Beyond Number! So good! Please release this week's episode!) And this feels like it's meant to be about media but in the summer I want to eat fruit all the time and right now I'm very into frozen grapes. So delicious, so refreshing.

Tagging @magnetocerebro , @scarvenartist and @melliabee and anyone else who wants to do it!

[clarythericebot]

Beth Brower's Books of Imirillia just gut-punched me. I think I read them all in the course of a week? they were so good alkdjsf

[fictionadventurer]

"If the structure of your world ever evaporates, I will still be here."

I think The Q might contain one of the greatest declarations of friendship/love ever.

[fictionadventurer]

The Electrical Menagerie by Mollie E. Reeder. One of my favorite indie fantasies and entirely clean.

The Galleries of Stone trilogy by C.J. Milbrandt is a cozy, clean middle-grade (but in the classic lit kind of way where there's also a lot of good plotlines for adults) domestic fantasy with great characters and worldbuilding (if you can get past some stylistic awkwardness).

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower are 1880s historical fiction with some light fantasy elements. The later couple of books have some kissing and thinking-about-kissing but that's as far as it goes.

Unseen Beauty by Amity Thompson is a good Beauty and the Beast retelling from the POV of one of the invisible servants.

Any of you have recommendations for fantasy or sci-fi without much sexual content?

Self-published or Christian works welcome but only if they're high quality (i.e. not worse than general market fiction).

And, of course, I have to add I've read everything by Tolkien and Lewis.

[christinealtomare]

addisonmvalentino: It was an incredible Happy Trails! I could not have asked for a better ending to the most amazing year of my life! Thank you to every single person who sent me happy Trails wishes yesterday, thanks to everyone who supported me this past year. I love you all! @anastasiabway you are the best! #happytrails #itsnotgoodbyeitsseeyoulater #ontonewadventures #onetowatch #littleanastasia #31cities #341 lifeontour #bestyearofmylife #livingmybestlife #thankyou @broadwaysd

[isfjmel-phleg]

Fortnight of Books: Day 4

Favorite author you discovered this year

Both of Alyssa Hollingsworth's stories that I read were extremely moving and really spoke to me. But Pádraig Kenny's books also had very resonant themes, and I admire Jonathan Stroud's prose a lot.

Author you read the most in 2023?

For regular books, Beth Brower and Phyllis A. Whitney, seven books each. For comics, Mark Waid (for Wally West and Barry Allen), Geoff Johns (for Chris Kent, Stargirl, and Grant Emerson), and Christopher Priest (for Ray Terrill and Will MacIntyre). Hard to quantify the amount for these since some were read as collected volumes and others as individual issues, but it was a lot.

[earith]

stagemanagersontour A sad day on tour as we say goodbye to people we love. #sadtrails #nothappy #homelovefamily

[fictionadventurer]

Thanks for tagging!

last song: I've got "Fernando" by ABBA stuck in my head for unknown reasons

last movie: Last complete movie is still The Super Mario Brothers Movie

currently watching: Nothing, really

currently reading: Liar Temptress Soldier Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott and The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 1 by Beth Brower

last thing researched for writing purposes: If writing tumblr posts counts, last thing I researched was how many different kinds of bears there are. (The answer is eight).

tagging: @siena-sevenwits, @isfjmel-phleg, @scarvenartist, @freenarnian, @thatscarletflycatcher, @theamiableanachronism, @why-bless-your-heart, @cuppatealove, @lady-merian, if you feel like playing

9 People Tag

tagged by the always-fabulous @arijensineink!

Last song: Epiphany by BTS

Last movie: My Neighbor Totoro

Currently watching: Like @arijensineink I don't really/haven’t watched TV in a while… do Yoongi’s tour vlogs count?

Currently reading: Killing Commendatore, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Your Brain On Art, and just finished I Work Like a Gardener about an interview with artist Joan Miró (not very lengthy at all but so interesting, highly recommend it + his work)

Last thing researched for writing purposes: Uncommon mental illnesses/disorders

tagging @toribookworm22 @words-after-midnight @pandoras-comment-box @chickensarentcheap @marigoldispeculiar @somniphobicfox @vsnotresponding @royal1asset-if @imdefnotvanessa and I know this is a 9 people tag but whatever, open tag

[broomsandbrews]

Witchy Playlist and Inspiring Songs for Different Spells/Curses/Rituals (Masterpost)

Jill Andrews - No One 

Donovan - Season of the Witch 

Within Temptation - Neverending Story

Kelli Ali - Psychic Cat

Local Natives - Mt. Washington

Fleetwood Mac - Gold Dust Woman   

Cocorosie - Smokey Taboo 

Within Temptation - Mother Earth 

Libana The Circle is Cast - The Earth is our Mother 

Marilyn Manson - Salem

Halsey - Garden  

Eagles - Witchy Woman

Florence and the Machine - Cosmic Love 

Alina Baraz - Maybe 

Within Temptation - Our Solemn Hour 

Son Lux ft. Faux Fix - No Fate Awaits Me 

Dolkins - Mountains 

Tove Lo - Out of Mind 

Culte de Ghoules - Children of the Moon

Gary Stadle - Fairy Nightsongs 

Amy Nuttall - Scarborough Fair 

Meg Myers - Numb 

Tori Amos - Lust 

Vienna Teng - Lullaby for a Stormy Night 

LEAVES' EYES - Hell To The Heavens 

Florence and the Machine - My Boy Builds Coffins

Within Temptation - Memories 

Myah - Circus Freak 

Trobar de Morte - Summoning The Gods 

Denean - Angels Calling Me 

Heather Dale - Mordred’s Lullaby

Evanescence - Whisper 

Birdy ft. Rhodes - Let it All Go 

Inkubus Sukkubus - Wytches

Secret Garden - Sleepsong

Wolf Gang - Lions in Cages 

AMBERIAN DAWN - Magic Forest

Apocalyptica ft. Lacey - Broken Pieces

Florence and the Machine - Never Let Me Go

Within Temptation - Our Farewell 

The Neighbourhood - A Little Death

Russel Brower & Derek Duke - Lament of the Highborne 

Evanescence - Lacrymosa 

Peter Gundry - White Witch 

Culte de Ghoules - Vintage Black Magic

The Bird and the Bee - Witch

Nicholas Hopper - In Noctem

The Brothers Bright - Blood on my Name

Ruelle - Monsters (Acoustic Version)

Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful

Little May - Hide 

Within Temptation - The Truth Beneath The Rose

Emily Afton - Lost 

Sofia Karlberg - Crazy in Love 

Alanis Morissette - Uninvited 

Gothica - The Cliff of Suicide

Sparklehorse - Piano Fire

Within Temptation - See Who I Am

Lana Del Rey - Once Upon a Dream 

Lisa Thiel - Samhain

Indica - Children Of Frost

James S. Levine - La La La 

Wardruna - Fehu 

Meg Myers - Monster

Silversun Pickups - Future Foe Scenarios 

Joseph Van Wissem ft. SQURL - The Taste of Blood 

Raffertie -  Last Train Home

Halsey - Haunting 

Irfan - Invocatio 

The Civil Wars - Poison & Wine 

Olafur Arnalds - Raein

Florence and the Machine - Only If For a Night

Aurora - Under Stars

Warbringers - Jaina (Daughter of the Sea) 

Ross Copperman - Holding on and Letting Go 

Love Spit Love - How Soon is Now 

XANDRIA - Nightfall 

Angus & Julia Stone - The Hanging Tree

Loreena McKennitt - Incantation 

Marina & The Diamonds - The Outsider

Meadowlark - Fly (Acoustic) 

Omnia - Wytches Brew

Panic! At the Disco - LA Devotee

Culte de Ghoules - Storm Is Coming, Come the Blessed Madness

Deadmau5 ft. Colleen D’agostino - Seeya

Gandharvak - The Time Machine: Eloi 

Lana Del Rey - Born to Die 

Ella Vos - Down in Flames

Nouvelle Vague - The Killing Moon

Joji - Don’t Wanna Waste my Time 

Michael Holborn - Sunbird

Ed Sheeran - I See Fire 

The Cinematic Orchestra - To Build a House 

Crystal Fighters - Follow

Phildel - The Wolf 

Skillet - Hero 

Evanescence - Hello 

Calla -  Custom Car Crash

Ordo Funebris - A Witches Song

Daughter - Improve 

Blue - Birdshake (Remix) 

Evanescence - Going Under

Within Temptation - Angels 

koethe ft. Riley Hawke - Taking You There 

Within Temptation - The Howling 

Breaking Benjamin - I Will Not Bow 

Bjork - Frosti 

Within Temptation - Aquarius 

Loreena McKennitt - The Old Ways

Fleurie - Hurricane    

Corpo Mente - Scylla

Beth - Waves

Within Temptation - Stand my Ground 

Sofia Karlberg - Berlin 

Helios - A Rising Wind (Instrumental) 

Florence and the Machine - Blinding

Evanescence - Bring me to Life  

Elle Vee - Fly Low 

Koethe - Amber 

Verite - Echo

Within Temptation - Faster

Little Red Lung - 50 Fingers

Little May - Boardwalks

Stevie Nicks - Edge of Seventeen

Iko - Heart of Stone 

Beach House - Levitation 

The Moon and the Nightspirit - Ejkoszonto 

Suuns - Pie X

Austin Wintory - Bloodlines 

Loreena McKennitt - The Heart of the Witch

Lana Del Rey - Love 

Jose Gonzalez - Crosses

Peter Gundry - The Forest Queen 

Within Temptation - All I Need

Dead Can Dance - Yulunga (Spirit Dance)

Breaking Benjamin - Failure 

Lisa Gerrard - Swans

Glass Animals - Holiest

Ingrid Michaelson - Turn to Stone 

Bibio - Dye the Water Green 

S.J. Tucker - Witch’s Rune 

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Face to Face

Daughter - Dreams of William 

Bjork - Dark Matter

Within Temptation - Forsaken 

Widowspeak - Harsh Realm

Wolf Alice - Soapy Water

Erutan - Come Little Children 

Artie Shaw - Nightmare

Dead Can Dance - Summoning of the Muse (Remastered) 

Tove Lo - Habit 

Legs Occult - Breathe

Agnes Obel - Riverside

The Soft Moon - Want

Willy Moon - I Pull a Spell on You 

Fleetwood Mac - Sara

Gorillaz - Saturnz Barz

Bahari - Wild Ones

The Zombies - Time of the Season 

Evanescence - Haunted

Lia Marie Johnson - Relapse 

Ella Fitzgerald - Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

Evanescence - Tourniquet 

The Eastern Sea - The Snow

Gabriel Rios - Broad Daylight

Maty Noyes - Haunted

Kim Petras - Boo! Bitch

Lorde - Biting Down 

Florence and the Machine - Seven Devils 

Plumb - Cut

Rasputina - Transylvanian Concubine 

Olivia Foa’i - Tulou Tagaloa

Gorillaz - Sleeping Powder

Masha - Come As You Are

Agnes Obel - The Curse

Richard Armitage - Misty Mountains

Lera Lynn - Ring of Fire

An Danzza - Hekate

Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek 

Evanescence - Lithium 

Gin Wigmore - Written in the Water

Russell Shaw - Temple of Light 

Loreena McKennitt - The Mystic’s Dream

Lana Del Rey - Black Beauty 

Marika Hackman - Deep Green

Faun - Walpurgisnacht

Agnes Obel - Stretch Your Eyes

CHVRCHES - Broken Bones

Decyfer Down - Fading 

The Weeknd - Earned It

The Changelings - Melusine

Sonic Youth - Halloween 

 Les Rita Mitsouko - La Sorciere et l’inquisiteur 

Chelsea Wolfe - Carrion Flowers

Florence and the Machine - Third Eye

In this moment - Witching Hour 

Portishead - Magic Doors

Myrkur - The Serpent

Arcade Fire - Abraham’s Daughter

James S. Levine - Violet Theme

Lauren O’Connell - House of the Rising Sun

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound 

Haroula Rose - Lavender Moon

The Chainsmokers - It Won’t Kill Ya

Hozier - Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene

Stranger Things - Theme Song

Eivor - Trollabundin

Carina Round - Do You 

Son Lux - Flickers

Fever Ray -  Keep the Streets Empty 

Ibeyi - River

Benjamin Wallfisch ft. DiSA - New World Coming

Emily Browning - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) 

Igorrr - Probleme D’emotion

Stevie Nicks & Don Henley - Leather and Lace

Whilk and Misky - Love Lost 

Amorphis - Amongst Stars

Cocorosie - The Moon Asked the Crow 

Linkin Park - My December

Nightwish - Turn Loose the Mermaids 

Black Lullabies - Black Lullabies

Florence and the Machine - Which Witch 

Kehlani - Gangsta (Harley Quinn & Joker Flashback Version) 

Sara Bareilles - Winter Song

Exxus - Glass Animals

Najwa - That Cyclone

Pierce the Veil - Tangled in the Great Escape

Dotan - Let the River In

This Mortal Coil - Dreams Made Flesh P.S.: Keep in mind a lot of these songs might not be ‘‘witchy’‘ or have ‘‘witchy’‘ lyrics but some people suggested them to me because they help them with their craft, put them in a ‘’witchy’’ mood and inspire them with certain spells for certain situations like strained/toxic relationships, breakups and heartbreaks, not feeling accepted, family problems, mental illness (although if you are feeling like you want to end your life, please talk to a professional), etc. (or curses, though I’m pretty neutral about curses and hexes.) Use the ones you like, and ignore the ones you don’t or don’t do it for ya. Thank you!  

KEEP THE SUGGESTIONS COMING SO I CAN ADD THEM AND IT GROWS IN SIZE!