#black booktok

[thingsreadinthedark]

Checking In

Hey - it’s been a minute. Life has been busy as hell.

At the inspiration of a friend… I bought myself a new kindle, and I’m seeing that it’s the wave rn.

It’s interesting interfacing with new tech because I’m such a staunch iPhone/mobile/app-reader that I’ve conditioned myself to read in a certain way, with a certain layout, at a certain brightness and at a certain speed on my device. All of that, with this kindle, and more has been upended.

I’m having fun with the kindle and feel like I may reduce the amount of books in my home which frees up counter and shelf space.

Anyway, how’s things?

I’m currently realizing that I’m not going to make my GR book self-challenge this year and honestly, I’m good with that. Life is life-ing and time ain’t what it used to be - even I always try to grasp my free time with both hands. ALSO, we still have like 5 months of the year so I’m hopeful things will always improve, but I’m also alright if it stays right where it is!

Currently reading:

Big Machine by Victor LaValle on the Kindle — it’s dope. I started reading this book A LONG TIME AGO but then in typical cnx fashion, I forgot about it. I started it over and am remembering why I enjoyed it the first time around. I love LaValle’s writing style. No, I haven’t read The Changeling.. but Lone Women was great.

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett - still! I’m picking away at it and nope I won’t let it go. I love the story so far. It’s calming to read even tho there’s so much DRAMA in Kingsbridge Priory.

The Same River Twice by Alice Walker — this is a niche work. I love niche works because it allows super fans to dig deep. It’s the equivalent of a rare find when crate digging and I’m so glad that my mind told me: Chantel, buy this book when I was in a BMV in Downtown Toronto. Best $7 bucks I ever spent so far and learning about the process of creation, the emotional turmoil and the fight to right oneself after being dragged for absolutely no reason. I’m feeling all the feelings with mother Alice Walker and I’m feeling like Salamishah Tillet right now.

Anyway, you know I’m always reading a whole lot more.. checking out some magazines and newspapers and AVSI’s. Blog visitors might see some random posts that are literally just interesting tidbits, as usual, from the daily reading. I just felt like I haven’t touched base in a minute. So I wanted to wake this shit up! 👋🏽🙋🏾‍��️😊

- Chantel

[forestbansheee]

“Come home and shout at me. Come home and fight with me. Come home and break my heart, if you must. Just come home.”

-Queen of Nothing, Holly Black

Painting practice of the day ft. Jude and Cardan 🥺♥️

[starrynightsxo]

cardan:

[roslynn777]

she’s a fairy taleee 🧚🧚

[black-is-beautiful18]

No cuz let’s talk about it. When it comes to the book community, y’all are some of thee most anti-intellectual people I have ever seen. We say address problematic writers and the themes they put in their books and y’all say “It’s just a book! Let people read what they want!” Y’all get on the internet complaining about long paragraphs and saying y’all skip paragraphs and dialogue as if that makes any sense. Y’all can barely grab ahold of the themes of racism, grief, generational trauma, or the experience of being Black at a white institution in LegendBorn because you’d rather focus on the 5% of romance as if romance can’t also be political. Yet somehow you refuse to read books by Black and Brown authors cuz they’re “too political.” It can be right there in your face and you’d still use the excuse that reading is your escape so you don’t have to pay attention to those things when those things literally drive the book along with the characters. Percy Jackson is about a boy trying to dismantle the system of the gods cuz they got a bit too much dip on they chip and it literally almost always leads to their own children dying. Not to mention they suck as parents too. I’ve yet to read The Poppy War but it’s based off of an actual war. It’s historical freaking fiction. Rin literally sees a chance to have control over her body and takes it. Don’t think I don’t remember y’all being mad about that either. Y’all love The Song of Achilles as if it’s also not about war, touches on the romantic relationship between Patroclus and Achilles after historians have tried so hard to deny that they were in fact lovers, and let’s not forget the misogyny littered throughout the text that’s either there purposefully or the fault of the authors own biases. Like y’all are dumb and you don’t care.

[carrythispictureforluck]

Toddler Harry at daycare: I want my daddy!

Regulus the daycare worker: I want your daddy too

[bengals-barnesbabe]

“Thank You TikTok” Masterlist

~ a series of text imagines between you and Joe all inspired by random TikTok videos ~

Started: 12 September 2024

Last Updated: 18 December 2024

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fluff - 🌞 smut - 🌚 mix - 🌗 angst - ☄️

most popular - 🌙 newest - ⚡️ request - 💫

i. booktok ~ ever since he downloaded TikTok, Joe’s learnt a lot more about his beautiful bookworm 🌗

ii. say high ~ Joe takes part in some recreational activities and tries (and fails) to hide it from those who know him the best 🌗💫

iii. the real afterparty ~ y/n comes across a TikTok of a bride and groom doing a wardrobe change together, so naturally, she asks her fiance his opinion 🌚

iv. happy weight ~ nothing says a great relationship like two people falling in love while getting fat together, well that’s what TikTok says 🌖

v. pay attention ~ cons to working with your man... he's you're a distraction 🌞

vi. come home ~ it’s been a while since you’ve seen your man, so you left him a present🌒

vii. how that shit tastes ~ they say it's a man's drink so you've never tried it, so you ask your man about his drink of choice 🌗

viii. you like that ~ inspired by another TikTok, Joe compiles a list of things he likes about you🌖

ix. babies ~ you tell your husband about your daughter's supermarket antics, and he gets baby fever? 🌖

x. heroes & princes ~ everyone makes mistakes, even great boyfriends but especially if he has Tee and Ja’Marr as friends 🌞

xi. roses ~ you have a new favorite song and a certain TikTok gives you an idea on how to introduce it to your man 🌚

xii. you're enough ~ you and Joe feel losses hard, so you try your best to make him feel better after this one 🌖

xiii. i can fix her ~ you end up on Joe's fyp for the worst reason possible ☄️

xiv. im a fan ~ Joe finds your secret TikTok account in the best way possible 🌖

xv. it's just a trend ~ you participate in a certain dance trend with a song Joe does not like ☄️ 🌖

xvi. hey shawty ~ you watched a TikTok on how to domesticate your boyfriend, let's see how he does ☄️🌞

xvii. treat me ~ despite always receiving royalty treatment from your boyfriend, you decide to tease him with one of your favorite songs🌚

xviii. ruined me ~ Joe ruined you for all men, this is how he reacts when you tell him 🌗

xix. hey daddy ~ in order to keep your relationship fresh, you do what all couples do... send each other ridiculous pick up lines 🌘

xx. boyfriend blindness ~ your boyfriend becomes a comedian, so you have to show him who he's playing with 🌖

xxi. mini gossip girl ~ your daughter comes home and spills everything about her dad's life 🌞

xxii. daddy duties ~ Joe's left alone for more than a few hours with his boys and chaos ensues 🌞

xxiii. mini gossip girl 2 ~ your daughter is at it again, but this time it works out in Joe's favor🌖

xxiv. talkin nonsense ~ relationships should be fun, especially when you both are on the same level 🌘

xxv. speechless ~ you sent your friend Joe some messages that were not for him to see 🌖

xxvi. mini gossip girl 3 ~ now older, your daughter's mouth reveals some truths she was not ready for 🌖

xxvii. bye week ~ Joe gets caught lying to his pregnant wife 🌖

xxviii. wait, pause ~ you and joe are in the middle of a fight, but he has some tea to spill 🌗☄️💫

xxix. we listen and we don't judge ~ Joe has an idea, Joe regrets his idea 🌖☄️💫

xxx. just friends ~ 🌗💫

updates about twice a week🪷

requests to join this series are open! just send me a quote or link to a video and your fav pic of Joe (along with anything else you desire) to be included!

[thejudeduarte]

Jude Duarte is THAT fmc

"Instead of being afraid, I could become something to fear."

"Father, I am what you made me. I’ve become your daughter after all."

"Before, I never knew how far I would go. Now I believe I have the answer. I will go as far as there is to go. I will go way too far."

"If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse."

"If you hurt me, I wouldn’t cry. I would hurt you back."

I would defend her with my life

[dreiidrie]

Cardan & Jude (c) The Folk of the Air, Holly Black

[emiliebethann]

'By you I am forever undone.'

I wanted to draw something romancey and these two were on the brain! I hope you guys enjoy X

[punkeropercyjackson]

I bring a sort of 'Men and by extension male characters deserve to be praised for going above and beyond for their female love interests,not doing the bare minimum or even actively treating them badly but changing their minds once they realize they want to date them and the latter is actually more male entitlement than enemies to lovers' vibe to fandoms that fake toxic masculinity haters don't really like

[forestbansheee]

¨I hate you so much that sometimes I cant think of anything else.¨ -The Wicked King, Holly Black

I gave myself Jurdan brain rot and now I just have to reread the series 🤍

[starrynightsxo]

cardan: *does the most pathetic loser boy thing ever*

fandom: *nodding in approval*

jude: *does the most downright violent thing when she could've probably talked it out*

fandom: *vigorous nods of appreciation*

taryn: *breathing*

fandom: *compose death threats*

[malibuposts]

@malibuposts

[pink-mask-06]

Jude: *sitting in court on trial of murder*

Cardan:

Jude: God forbid women do anything like-