#book two was probably my favourite

[picturebookshelf]

a collection of Pride-related picture books I read this June!

[the-busy-ghost]

I have finally emptied the blue bench of all the library books I need to hand back, even though they were terribly photogenic in there, and instead have filled it with all the old children's books I've been keeping around for like fifteen years or more, even though the chances of me ever having children or even passing them on to nieces/nephews/cousins etc is vanishingly small. These are less photogenic but at least it's one way to start clearing the living room of boxes.

Currently strategising how to fit them all in but also wow this is a list of Problematic Children's Authors TM

[discjude]

Yeah this is about right (as always my thoughts are in the tags so there's actually kei content there lmao)

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

obsessed with their different reactions to being called starcrossed lovers

[steelycunt]

filling my friend in on the house drama got so serious that i had to log into whatsapp on my laptop for ease of typing

[inthiskingdomwewillendure]

I sat at night by the waters of Anduin, in the grey dark, under the young pale moon, watching the ever-moving stream; and the sad reeds were rustling. Then I saw, a boat floating on the water, glimmering grey, a small boat of a strange fashion with a high prow, and there was none to row or steer it. An awe fell on me, for a pale light was round it. But i rose and went to the bank, and began to walk out into the stream, for i was drawn towards it. Then the boat turned towards me, and stayed it's pace, and floated slowly by within my hand's reach, yet i durst not handle it. It waded deep, as if it were heavily burdened, and it seemed to me as it passed under my Gaze that it was almost filled with clear water, from wich came the light; and lapped in the water a warrior lay asleep.

A broken sword was on his knee. I saw many wounds on him. It was Boromir, my brother, dead. I knew his gear, his sword, his beloved face. Boromir. I cried. Where is the horn? Whither goest thou? O Boromir. But he was gone. The boat turned into the stream and passed glimmering into the night. Dreamlike it was, and yet no dream, for there was no waking.

[mikimeiko]

Books I read in 2024

Abaddon's Gate - James S. A. Corey (2013)

[sysig]

I decided to give a go to @niennanir’s lovely print-your-own-fic recipe on my Inside and Out as a test run and I’m quite pleased with the results as a first pass :D

I wish I’d taken a few more process pictures but there was a slight lull as I had to go shopping for 12x12 cardstock lol, but! I do have a couple closeups/extras that I added for funsies :D

I went with freehanding the title and I think in the future I would opt to not do that lol, at least not without a printed template. That said, both LibreOffice and SAI refuse to recognize my SCII fonts >:0 If you notice on the first page, I used the Ace Attorney font in italic haha, it’s an okay alternative even if it’s not what I actually want |0 I am happy with the gold detailing tho :3c

I did have an unconscionable amount of fun freehanding the ship caption tho ahh <3 <3 Immediate happy stims upon completion, their names together look so pretty ♥ Credit to Zarla’s original minicomic on that one :3

I also managed to get the last sentence of the fic isolated on the last page thanks to the formatting haha ♪

I was also able to add a bookmark! Ma happened to have a couple very thin ribbons to choose from and red ended up complementing the green very prettily!

It reminds me of VUX tongues hehehehe ❤️💕💖💞

[danielnelsen]

i wouldnt go so far as to call the calling a good book necessarily, but it's so much better than the stolen throne and it's actually got an interesting plot & lore, it's very refreshing when im reading them in order

[fingertipsmp3]

I’m gonna be completely real with you. For the past couple of weeks I have been neck deep in the Ice Planet Barbarians series with no end in sight

[frumpybutsupersmart]

random thought: stede bonnet suffers from emma woodhouse syndrome

this is a term i use to explain why jane austen’s emma is so difficult to get into and it basically boils down to ‘you hate her (and sometimes the book itself) until you meet people (mrs elton) who are Way Worse and then you’re on her side’

seeing the crew’s reaction to stede and izzy’s duel reminded me of that

they were so ready to stab him a few episodes back but then this fucker shows up and treats them like shit and is generally awful and now they’re all ‘ohh captain’s cool now actually’

[butchkaramazov]

is it just me or do y'all hate people who read for the aesthetic

[billpottsismygf]

I've just started Jekyll & Hyde Weekly to replace the Dracula shaped hole in my life, but I want to know if anyone is doing a serialised Dickens substack or if I'm going to have to make one myself

[yououghtaknow]

they weren’t lying, that going outside, talking to people, going on a walk to get a little drink from the gas station really helps your mental health

[fragmentedblade]

At this point I don't care about the hot swordsman with Orphic themes at all. I only care about the heathcliffean master craftsman

[bethegaycowboy]

not going to the gym tonight because I have a work meeting from 6.30 to 7 (🤬) and then it’ll be Too Late but that’s okay because I’ve started re-reading Piranesi and I’m completely swept up in it. also I need to dedicate some time to Cleaning and Organising the flat and I’ve designated today as the day to do it :)