#booktalk with red

[jonsaremembers]

I think a lot about living a creative life and I think one of the biggest things you have to do is consume other creations (read EVERYTHING that catches your fancy, watch whatever you want, take in all the kinds of music, look at art)

and I love the emergence of web weaving as an art form on Tumblr and generally, using different forms of media to play off each other, to amplify and augment the message (like how someone described Taylor Swift's 5 stages of grief playlists linking her previous songs to new lyrics on TTPD)

and people have been doing this for ages - Tolkien is an obvious example, I also think Lucy Maud Montgomery is a good example because her (educated) characters are constantly quoting obscure texts I've never heard of that she was treating as common knowledge, but also obviously Shakespeare was adapting older tales and giving them his own spin, etc etc

and I haven't even mentioned how web weaving itself is a reference to the Odyssey

Basically nothing exists in a vacuum and we are all pointing at each other going SAME HAT! SAME FEELING! SAME VIBE!

and web weaving is maybe the meaning of life????

edit: forgot to make the point I started the post to make, which is that AhHa by Nate Ruess is fucking brilliant

[jonsaremembers]

"...the only portrait you could ever get, really, of one sister from another, tinged inevitably with jealousy and double standards and affection as deep and intractable as marrow."

- Claire Lombardo, The Most Fun We Ever Had

i was born knowing you.

lisa see / fleabag (2016-2019) / unknown / the reynolds pamphlet, lin-manuel miranda / my sister’s keeper, jodi picoult / little women (2019) dir. greta gerwig / mommy issues, joan tierney / sisters, holly warburton / two sisters on the terrace, pierre-auguste renoir

[wordingg]

Issue three of Juni Ba's The Boy Wonder! In this issue, Damian teams up with Red Robin, also known as Tim Drake.

I don't want to spoil this series since it's so new and very good so far. So, just a brief overview. After the events of the second issue, Bruce orders Tim to act as Damians chaperone. Damian has determined a likely hiding place for the demon. He wants to sneak in, but Tim convinces him to instead attend a gala being held in the same building.

Damian quickly sees through the glossy exteriors of the disgustingly rich and famous who are in attendance. Tim seems to fit in so well with them, Damian assumes him to be as corrupt and selfish as everyone else at the party. He was taught from a young age to question people who always seemed to have too much.

Damian decides to do things his own way, sneaking away from the party and traveling through the vents to try and find where the demon is hiding. And... You'll have to buy the book to find out what happens next! :)

But here are some complimentary Damians because he's so cute.

[keplercryptids]

i mostly read books from the library, and i mostly use my library for ebooks and audiobooks, because with the libby app, the sheer convenience cannot be beat. but recently I've been checking out 1-2 physical books every couple weeks and it's been a goddamn delight! love borrowing a physical book. pages fun to turn. a tactile wonder. it'll probably never be my #1 method of reading, just bc of the aforementioned convenience, but i am having a great time with my little weekly book stack.

[comicaurora]

Red

Could I use screenshots of your epic of gilgamesh video for a booktalk competition? I won't use anything else, just the drawings, because images are required. Thanks!

Sure! A citation would be appreciated

[lbbutch]

i'm so in love with the brazilian cover of One last stop by Casey McQuiston. look at them🥺

cover by Isadora Zeferino

[novellabooks]

Book Review for Red Winter Trilogy by Annette Marie

The Red Winter trilogy is written by Annette Marie. if you like Inuyasha or Kamisama Kiss this is definitely a book for you. This is a story involves Japanese Mythology with slow burn romance mixed in.

The story is about a girl named Emi, and she was chosen to be a vessel for a goddess, but when she saves a kitsune name Shiro who ends up in her debt her world turns upside down. Her and Shiro go on an adventure for to search for answers.

I honestly love these books. I love the way this author wrote this book. There is so much character development that goes on, and the relationship between the characters is amazing as well. I will say these books really did make me cry in some areas, I definitely had to put it down a couple of times just to collect myself. Also, the art in these book is beautifully done throughout. It really gives a nice visual to the books. There is definitely more I could say about these books, but if I say too much more, I’ll probably end up spoiling things on accident and I definitely don’t want to do that for people who are interested in reading these books.

[imobsessedsblog]

Hi! I used to be a Harry Styles account (still love him to death) but I wanted to do something different! I really love reading and i’m infatuated with books. If you have any suggestions or asks feel free to message me or send a message through the ask box! I added just a few of my favorite books/series in the tags if you’re interested!

Have a good day lovies🐠

here is a list of books i’ve read so far in 2021:

• Everything, Everything (reread this one, forever a good one) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

• Red, White, and Royal Blue ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

• They Both Die At the End ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

• Josh and Hazels Guide to Not Dating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

• The Hating Game ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

• Duplicity (harry styles fan fiction on wattpad lmao, so good, i highly suggest) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (reread this one too, Harry Potter will forever have a special place in my heart) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

• We Were Liars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

• I Need You to Hate Me ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

• It Only Happens In the Movies ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

• What If It’s Us ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

• Boyfriend Material ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

• Ugly Love ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

• The Sun Is Also A Star ⭐️⭐️⭐️

(as you can tell i really like the books i’ve read so far this year😁)

[sunaskorpio]

Cao Xueqin, The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, vol. 2 (The Crab-Flower Club)

[rillyroo]

Kings cage is a wild ride...

[jonsaremembers]

RED was it you who recommended me 'to say nothing of the dog' ???? i think it was (if not then you should read it) but i just finished it and that was THE FUNNIEST BOOK duuuude i loved it 😭

It was meeee and you were already reading it lmao it's THE BESTTTTTT!! So glad you enjoyed!!

The prequel (Domesday Book) is VERY different in tone (less funny, more sad), but still good!

[amberly-fierro]

random chb headcannons i have, pt 1:

this once, will painted nico’s cabin bright yellow as a prank and then hid in percy’s cabin to be safe from nico

whenever nico is angry at will, he calls him by his full name “william andrew solace”

this became a joke in cabin seven and now every kid of apollo call their cabin counselor by his full name

after the battle with gaea, percy and piper helped hazel get over her seasickness and taught her how to surf

percy and piper have matching shirts that say “thats my bitch” and “im that bitch”

frank zhang is a swiftie

jason and annabeth often pull all nighters just to discuss novels together

piper once caught jason and annabeth in one of their all-nighters session and now piper is officially part of the 3am booktalks club

malcolm pace also joined that club

nico also joined that club and forced will to join too

will invited the entire apollo and athena cabin

now 3/4 kids from chb are part of the 3am booktalks club

reyna is a dog person. when she visited chb once, she found mrs o’leary sitting all alone in a corner (percy was not there atm). now reyna is the official mom of mrs o’leary.

piper loves girl in red

thalia discovered piper listening to girl in red. now the two of them have girl in red vibe sessions.

thalia’s goth, nico’s emo, percy’s both

[wordingg]

It's finally here!!! Death in the Family: Robin Lives written by J.M. DeMatteis, art by Rick Leonardi.

This issue starts with the joker being murdered and then works backward. All we know when it starts is that the Joker has been shot and that Batman was there when it happened. Then, the story rewinds back to an undisclosed amount of time before the joker is shot to show us how we ended up there.

We go on to learn about how Jason miraculously survived what happened in Ethiopia, but he is not coping. He's angry and lashes out at everyone. Bruce is trying to be understanding and offer his support, but Jason partially blames him for what happened and isn't willing to talk to him.

Besides, Bruce may be doing a better job of hiding his inner turmoil about what happened to Jason, but in truth he's not doing much better. He's questioning his previous stance that all criminals are redeemable and, at one point, seems ready to let the joker drown. But, Superman sweeps in to save him at the last second.

At the end of the first issue, Jason sneaks out of the manor after getting into a big fight with Bruce. He fights the Scarecrow alone and gets hit with fear toxin. Jason then experiences a horror nightmare about the joker and his bio mom. He's rescued by Batman, who beats Scarecrow so badly he has to be stopped by the police. Bruce gathers Jason in his arms, and we end on a single manly Batman tear.

So far, I'm really enjoying this title. This is the Batman I miss, a weirdo whose heart is in the right place but who is fundamentally a flawed person. I'm anxiously looking forward to the next issue! Definitely pick it up if you have a chance.

[sharhzad-and-khalid]

I find it hilarious when authors make a certain character the villain and do everything in their power to make the readers hate the character but majority of the readers continue to root for the character

[linnimellom]

New passion..

Yes.. I’ve finished “Six of Crows” and “Crooked kingdom” by Leigh Bardugo. I loved it and wonder about reading the other books she wrote about the Grisha verse..

BUT that have to wait, there is now a new obsession in progress… thanks to V. E. Schwab … I started to read “A darker shade of magic”, finished that one pretty fast, and have almost read all of “A gathering of shadows”.. and “A…

[le-claire-de-lune]

Picked All Systems Red by Martha Wells for the science fiction & dystopia week of my genre class

My booktalk is just gonna be like do you like books about cyborgs who just wants the freedom to watch trashy tv and be left mostly alone but here they are with these humans they’ve got to keep alive and it’s very awkward for everyone