#carol garcía

[grusinskayas]

ok so out of all the books i bought this year and the last (99% of the time i buy used books) i only didn't read 4 of them (yet). which i think is pretty good. cheers for me

[mostremote]

Recommend me books!

I aim to read 52 books next year for the first time and I'm putting together a list of what those might be. I'd love more recommendations! I usually read late 19thC-early 20thC books but I'm open to any period! If you follow me you know what themes I enjoy: transgression, sexuality, fascism/dictatorships, sadomasochism, abuse, age gaps, psychological & intellectual focuses.

Here is my current To Read list (some of these were added on a whim):

  Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) Mantel, Hilary               The Tunnel by Ernesto Sabato Sabato, Ernesto               Dangerous Liaisons Laclos, Pierre Choderlos de               Against Nature Huysmans, Joris-Karl               The Discomfort of Evening Rijneveld, Lucas               The Radetzky March (Von Trotta Family, #1) Roth, Joseph               Memories of My Melancholy Whores García Márquez, Gabriel               The End of Alice Homes, A.M. *               Tiger, Tiger Fragoso, Margaux               Excavation Ortiz, Wendy C.               The Holy Sinner Mann, Thomas               Elective Affinities Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von               The Remains of the Day Ishiguro, Kazuo *               Intimacy Kureishi, Hanif               Un amore Buzzati, Dino               They Were Counted Bánffy, Miklós               A Man's Place Ernaux, Annie *               Hello Sadness: Bonjour Tristesse Sagan, Françoise               This Sweet Sickness Highsmith, Patricia               The Horned Man Lasdun, James               The Unbearable Lightness of Being Kundera, Milan               Beasts Oates, Joyce Carol               Kairos Erpenbeck, Jenny               The Dying Animal Roth, Philip               Disgrace Coetzee, J.M.               Wide Sargasso Sea Rhys, Jean               Confessions of an Italian Nievo, Ippolito               Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland Sienkiewicz, Henryk               As a Man Grows Older Svevo, Italo               Trieste: And the Meaning of Nowhere by Jan Morris Morris, Jan               Lust, Caution Chang, Eileen               The Passion According to G.H. Lispector, Clarice               Blood and Guts in High School Acker, Kathy               A Sport and a Pastime Salter, James               The Palace of Dreams Kadare, Ismail               The Elementary Particles Houellebecq, Michel               The General of the Dead Army Kadare, Ismail               Embers Márai, Sándor               My Dark Vanessa Russell, Kate Elizabeth *               The Library of Babel Borges, Jorge Luis                

[lgbtpopcult]

Best Music by WLW in 2023

Young Miko, Lisa

Renee Rapp & Megan thee Stallion, Not my Fault

Fletcher, Better Version

Ashnikko, Cheerleader

Calle, Dime

Victoria Monet, On my Mama

Kany García, Te lo Agradezco

Zolita, Ashley

Girli, Nothing hurts like a girl

Carol Biazin, Real Valor

[soracities]

hi Mim! how are you?

i was wondering if you had any recommendations of poetry or some books for when you're feeling really lonely and yearning for romantic love? (preferably for when you've never had someone like that)

💖

a few!

Rapture: Poems by Carol Ann Duffy

Essays in Love by Alain de Botton

A History of Love by Nicole Krauss

The Carpenter's Pencil by Manuel Rivas

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

Posession by A.S. Byatt

A Room with a View by E.M. Forster

Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel

Love in Summer by William Trevor

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo

Letters to Véra by Vladimir Nabokov

Girl Meets Boy by Ali Smith

Open Water: A Novel by Caleb Azumah Nelson

[hejihra]

25 books I'd like to read to read in 2025

Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence

The vampire Armand by Anne Rice

Flames by Robbie Arnott

Paradise Logic by Sophie Kemp

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Ada or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov

Foxfire: Confessions of a girl gang by Joyce Carol Oates

Consumed by David Cronenberg

One hundred years of solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

We do not part by Han Kang

The woman in the dunes by Kōbō Abe

The passion according to G.H. by Clarice Lispector

Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

First comes summer by Maria Hesselager

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Buying your boats by Angela Carter

I'll be gone in the dark by Michelle McNamara

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Cassandra at the wedding by Dorothy Baker

Confusion by Stefan Zweig

The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch

Macunaíma by Mário de Andrade

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

[milfjagger]

having watched a LOT of criterion closet here are the ones i most recommend:

carol kane

luis guzmán (who seems like literally the sweetest person ever)

gael garcía bernal

tim blake nelson

pamela anderson

ethan & maya hawke

charles melton

udo kier

kyle mclachlan

[devoted-horror]

THE RULES.

◇ given the nature of this blog, there will be graphic content that some people may be uncomfortable with, like unhealthy relationships, murder, and the sort. if that sort of stuff makes you uncomfortable, i ask that you do not read any content on this blog.

◇ i will very rarely write smut, but you are free to request it. just know it will only be written when i'm in the mood for it. please keep in mind that i will not write non-con, so do not request that.

◇ do not rush me to write your request, and do not send your request multiple times in hopes i'll get to it faster because i won't. i will actively avoid doing your request, actually, if you do this.

◇ you can request platonic things if you don't want anything romantic.

◇ this blog is a safe space, so any sort of bigotry will not be welcomed here.

◇ seeing as there will be very little nsfw content on this blog, i don't mind if minors interact or read my stuff. however, if i specify on a post for minors to not interact, then i would hope that that gets respected.

◇ my inbox is always open if you want to chat, but i am not your therapist, so do not vent in it.

WHAT I WRITE.

◇ horror movie characters [slashers & victims]

ㅤslashers — michael myers, jason voorhees, bubba sawyer, thomas hewitt, billy loomis, stu macher, ethan landry, quinn bailey, corey cunningham, mark hoffman, amanda young, brahms heelshire, tiffany valentine, jennifer check, charles lee ray, bo sinclair, vincent sinclair, lester sinclair, billy lenz, asa emory, jesse cromeans, xenomorphs, candyman, mary mason, baby firefly, otis driftwood, pinhead.

ㅤvictims — sidney prescott, tatum riley, adam stanheight, lawrence gordon, jill tuck, peter strahm, ellen ripley, erin harson, kirby reed, grace le domas, samantha carpenter, colin gray, tara carpenter, anita lesnicki, arkin o’brien, carly jones, nick jones, lindsey perez, allison kerry, skye riley, rose cotter, joel (from smile).

◇ dead by daylight

ㅤ— every killer excluding the nightmare and every survivor.

ㅤ— this includes the casting of frank stone characters. minus stan.

◇ lollipop chainsaw

ㅤ— everyone excluding rosalind.

◇ the walking dead

ㅤtv series — rick grimes, lori grimes, morgan jones, glenn rhee, theodore douglas, carol peletier, daryl dixon, andrea harrison, maggie rhee, beth greene, michonne grimes, sasha williams, tyreese williams, tara chambler, eugene porter, rosita espinosa, abraham ford, gabriel stokes, enid, aaron, negan smith, paul rovia, ezekiel sutton, magna, yumiko okumura, luke abrams, connie, kelly, juanita 'princess' sanchez, maxxine porter, michael mercer.

ㅤgame series — lee everett, kenny, katjaa, doug, carley, lilly, ben paul, christa, omid, molly, luke, carlos, nick, sarita, jane, javier garcía, kate garcía, violet, louis, marlon, minerva, james.

please note that everything above is subject to change in the future.

[zakariesworld]

Ne tombez jamais amoureux d'une femme qui sourit, qui rougit, qui tremble sous votre câlin, qui pleure, qui soupire et qui s'excite en lisant de la poésie.

Si elle est amoureuse de poésie romantique

vous n'allez pas la conquérir avec des mots tendres ou doux car elles les ont déjà tous lus ou entendus.

EIles vont au-delà de la conjugaison de vos verbes et adjectifs ;

EIles voudront lire l'orthographe parfaite de vos messages et entendre l'éloquence et plus que la sophistication de vos mots...

Ce sont des femmes romantiques et intelligentes , dans leur bibliothèque personnelle elles ont Neruda, Benedetti, Cortazar, Sabines et quelques autres jeunes poètes d'aujourd'hui.

Elles aiment sortir prendre un café avec un livre dans leur sac, et elles partagent leur poème préféré sur leur Tumblr ,elles ont des centaines de poèmes écrits dans les notes de leur smartphone, qu'elles retranscrivent depuis leur chaise de travail jusqu'à la lumière rouge d'un feu tricolore, grande avenue ;

EIles sont impétueuses au moment de l'inspiration.

Des tempêtes et des raz-de-marée d'histoires, d'idées et d'expériences se rassemblent pour composer en un éclair leurs œuvres littéraires les plus intimes.

Si vous aimez les poèmes tristes ou déchirants, ce sont les plus sensibles mais les plus fortes,

Elles s'effondrent mais dans leur solitude, elles n'aiment pas qu'on les voie lire car d'habitude une larme s'échappe , il y a ces femmes qu'il faut aimer faites-les très soigneusement afin de ne plus les casser.

Elles deviennent intenses et extrêmement persuasives et semblent emporter avec elles une boule de cristal où Elles pourraient déchiffrer n'importe laquelle de vos intentions...

Pour ceux qui aiment la poésie érotique , ici la situation est un peu plus difficile, elles ne sont impressionnés par rien, leur créativité en matière de sexe n'a pas de limites, il faut être un salaud au lit et un séducteur pour le faire se sentir estimé.

Il faut avoir l'imagination de Lewis Caroll et l'emmener dans un monde de merveilles, la perversion

de Sade, laid mais sûr de soi comme Bukowski, et avoir cette touche romantique comme García Marque

~inconnu

[mylittledarkag3]

How many have you read out of the hundred?

Me: 64/100

Reblog & share your results

1. "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

2. "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky

3. "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

4. "1984" by George Orwell

5. "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

6. "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez

7. "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

8. "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger

9. "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy

10. "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

11. "Moby-Dick" by Herman Melville

12. "The Odyssey" by Homer

13. "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë

14. "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy

15. "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoevsky

16. "The Iliad" by Homer

17. "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

18. "Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo

19. "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes

20. "Middlemarch" by George Eliot

21. "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde

22. "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

23. "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

24. "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen

25. "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" by Victor Hugo

26. "The War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells

27. "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck

28. "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer

29. "The Portrait of a Lady" by Henry James

30. "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling

31. "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

32. "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri

33. "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens

34. "The Trial" by Franz Kafka

35. "Mansfield Park" by Jane Austen

36. "The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas

37. "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

38. "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift

39. "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

40. "Emma" by Jane Austen

41. "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe

42. "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" by Thomas Hardy

43. "The Republic" by Plato

44. "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad

45. "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Arthur Conan Doyle

46. "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson

47. "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

48. "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka

49. "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

50. "Bleak House" by Charles Dickens

51. "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell

52. "The Plague" by Albert Camus

53. "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

54. "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov

55. "The Red and the Black" by Stendhal

56. "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

57. "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand

58. "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

59. "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky

60. "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak

61. "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" by Arthur Conan Doyle

62. "The Woman in White" by Wilkie Collins

63. "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe

64. "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson

65. "Ulysses" by James Joyce

66. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe

67. "Vanity Fair" by William Makepeace Thackeray

68. "Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett

69. "Walden Two" by B.F. Skinner

70. "Watership Down" by Richard Adams

71. "White Fang" by Jack London

72. "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys

73. "Winnie-the-Pooh" by A.A. Milne

74. "Wise Blood" by Flannery O'Connor

75. "Woman in the Nineteenth Century" by Margaret Fuller

76. "Women in Love" by D.H. Lawrence

77. "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert M. Pirsig

78. "The Aeneid" by Virgil

79. "The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton

80. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

81. "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu

82. "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" by Benjamin Franklin

83. "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

84. "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler

85. "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

86. "The Caine Mutiny" by Herman Wouk

87. "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov

88. "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

89. "The Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens

90. "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau

91. "The Clue in the Crumbling Wall" by Carolyn Keene

92. "The Code of the Woosters" by P.G. Wodehouse

93. "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker

94. "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas

95. "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller

96. "The Crying of Lot 49" by Thomas Pynchon

97. "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown

98. "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" by Leo Tolstoy

99. "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" by Edward Gibbon

100. "The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" by Rebecca Wells

[docrotten]

THE HOUSE OF SEVEN CORPSES (1974) – Episode 228 – Decades of Horror 1970s

“Cut it. Cut it, cut! I said you were supposed to be going into a trance, not an orgasm. Let’s try it again with a little more restraint this time. That’s today’s secret word. Restraint!” Well, you’re no fun anymore. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they try to figure out what is going on in The House of Seven Corpses (1974).

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 228 – The House of Seven Corpses (1974)

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Decades of Horror 1970s is partnering with the WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL (https://wickedhorrortv.com/) which now includes video episodes of the podcast and is available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, and its online website across all OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop.

Synopsis: A movie is filming on location in a house where seven occult-related murders were committed. The caretaker warns them not to mess with things they don’t understand, but rituals are reenacted anyway, that summon a ghoul from the nearby cemetery. Ghoulish shenanigans ensue.

Directed by: Paul Harrison

Writing Credits: Paul Harrison and Thomas J. Kelly

Selected Cast:

John Ireland as Eric Hartman

Faith Domergue as Gayle Dorian

John Carradine as Edgar Price

Carole Wells as Anne (as Carol Wells)

Charles Macaulay as Christopher Millan

Jerry Strickler as David

Ron Foreman as Ron

Dennis Record as Tommy (as Larry Record)

Marty Hornstein as Danny

Charles Bail as Jonathon Anthony Beal / Theodore Beal

Lucy Doheny as Suzanne Beal

Jo Anne Mower as Allison Beal

Ronald Víctor García as Charles Beal (as Ron Garcia)

Jeff Alexander as Russell Beal

Wells Bond as The Ghoul

Laurie Bartram as Debbie (uncredited)

This episode, John Carradine, John Ireland, and Faith Domergue are making a movie in The House of Seven Corpses (1974). A couple of shambling ghouls – or are they zombies – make an entrance when they receive engraved invitations from the filmmakers. Or rather, rituals from the Tibetan Book of the Dead are performed as part of the movie being filmed. Surprise! Mayhem ensues as the cast and crew start dropping like flies, their demises mimicking those of the original occupants of the titular house. The House of Seven Corpses is not a great movie, or even a good movie, but there are some effective scenes, and the 70s Grue-Crew show some love for Faith and the two Johns.

At the time of this writing, The House of Seven Corpses (1974) is available to stream from Vudu, Tubi, Screambox, and PPV sources. The film is available as physical media on a standard Blu-ray formatted disc from Severin Films.

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode, chosen by Bill, will be Equinox (1970). The 70s Grue Crew covered this film in episode 124, released September 2000. This time, we’ll be joined by special effects artist Jeff Farley, one of the film’s biggest fans. This will definitely be worth the double tap!

We want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror 1970s podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com.

Check out this episode!

[mossyshadows]

list :D

Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers - Alyssa Wong

Introduction to the Horror Story, Day 1 - Kurt Fawver

Glimpses in Amber - Adam-Troy Castro

Night’s Slow Poison - Ann Leckie

An Encore of Roses - S.T. Gibson

Stone Hunger - NK Jemisin -

Attack Helicopter - Isabel Fall

The House of Asterion -Jorge Luis Borges

The story of the avenger and the archangel in the palace of sinners - Eduardo Galeano

Fruiting Bodies - Kemi Ashing-Giwa

Selkie Stories Are For Losers - Sofia Samatar

The Wind - Lauren Groff

An Array of Worlds as a Rose Unfurling in Time - Shreya Ila Anasuya

Wolf Moon - Nina MacLaughlin

House for Sale - Colm Tóibín

Queen Victoria in the Basement - Farah Ahamed

Judge Dee and the Poisoner of Montmartre - Lavie Tidhar

Faith - Sayaka Murata (translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori)

Ten Thousand Steps - Rupert Tebb

The Night Dance - Leah Cypess

Motherland - Min Jin Lee

Smokers - Tobias Wolff

Thoughts and Prayers - Ken Liu (and response essay by Adrienne Massanari)

Borges and I - Jorge Luis Borges (transl. James E. Irby)

Mother of Invention - Nnedi Okorafor

Godmaker - J.A. Prentice

Even If You Beat Me - Sally Rooney

Sinking Among the Lilies - Cory Skerry

Enchanted Objects: Buy-Sell-Trade Group, YOU MUST BE APPROVED TO JOIN - Tina Connolly

White Rose, Red Rose - Rachel Swirsky

Clay - Isabel J. Kim

All Summer in a Day - Ray Bradbury

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison

Harrison Bergeron - Kurt Vonnegut

A Serpent in the Gears - Margaret Ronald

Dead at the Feet of a God - Izzy Wasserstein

The Sweetness of Honey and Rot - A. Merc Rustad

Needle and Thread - Ann Leckie and Rachel Swirsky

Emma Zunz - Jorge Luis Borges

Slingshot - Souvankham Thammavongsa

The Inmost Light - Arthur Machen

Synthetic Perennial- Vivianni Glass

The Third Bear - Jeff Vandermeer

Fish (in 13 sections) - Eric Ozawa

A House is Not a Home - L Chan

Bride, Knife, Flaming Horse - M.L. Krishnan

Presque vue - Tochi Onyebuchi

Still Life With Vial of Blood - Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas

BD 11 1 86 - Joyce Carol Oates

A Granted Prayer - Edith Wharton

Birdie - Lauren Groff

[movies-to-add-to-your-tbw]

Title: Ocean's

Rating: PG-13

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy García, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Elliott Gould, Eddie Jemison, Bernie Mac, Shaobo Qin, Carl Reiner, Cecelia Ann Birt, Paul L. Nolan, Carol Florence, Lori Galinski, Mark Gantt, Tim Perez, Frank Patton III

Release year: 2001

Genres: thriller, crime

Blurb: Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: in one night, Danny's handpicked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than one hundred and fifty million dollars from three Las Vegas casinos...but to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with his ex-wife, Tess.

[burlveneer-music]

Sly5thAve - Liberation - leading a whole orchestra on his new album

‘Liberation’ is the third solo LP from composer, arranger, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Sly5thAve. Layered with orchestral arrangements, jazz improvisation and Hip-Hop production, ‘Liberation’ is an accomplished record of courage, musical conviction, and growth. Known for his sophisticated compositions, Sylvester Uzoma Onyejiaka II AKA Sly5thAve’s first experiences with large scale arranging were with the Club Casa Chamber Orchestra and recording instrumental covers of popular modern songs. Notably, his orchestral tribute to Dr. Dre, ‘The Invisible Man,’ garnered widespread praise and attention, even earning the admiration of Dr. Dre himself. Through these recordings Sly5thAve felt he had found a way to make people connect with orchestral music; “I’ve long felt orchestras around the world are inaccessible to most people – whether it be the programming or the cost, or the location”. The LP is Sly5thAve’s first full album of original orchestral arrangements and features the musicianship of Sly5thAve’s collaborators and Ghost Note bandmates - headed by Snarky Puppy's multi-Grammy–winning percussion duo Robert “Sput” Searight and Nate Werth, alongside previous collaborator Roberto Verástegui. MUSICIANS Sly5thAve – Bari Sax, Tenor Sax, Flute, Bass Clarinet, Aux Keys, Synth Bass, Drum Programming Roberto Verástegui – Keys (A1, B1, B3, C1, C3, C4, D2, D3) Todd M. Simon – Trumpets (A1, B1, B2, C1, C4, D1) Robert “Sput” Searight – Drums (A1, B1, B2, C1, C4, D1) Peter Knudsen – Guitar (A1, B1, B2, B3, C1, C3, C4, D1, D2, D3) Nate Werth – Percussion (A1, B1, B2, C1, C4, D1) Jelani Brooks – Tenor Sax (A1) Michael Campagna – Trumpet (A1, B1, B2, C1, D1) Marío Cortés García – Contrabass (A1, B1, B2, C1, C4, D1) Malik Taylor – French Horn (A1, B1, B2, C1, C4, D1) Lemar Guillary – Trombone (A1, B1, B2, C1, C4, D1) Jonathan Mones – Flutes & Sax (B1, B2, D1) Jay Jennings – Trumpet & Flugelhorn (A1, B2, B3, C1, C4, D2) Ibanda Ruhimbika – Tuba (A1, B1, B2, C1, C4, D1) MonoNeon – Bass (B3, C3, D2, D3) DominiqueXavier – Keys (A1, B1, B2, C1, C4, D1) Domenica Fossati – Flute & Piccolo (A1, B1, B2, C1, D1) Dave Richards – Trumpet (B2, C4, D1) Daniel Wytanis – Trombone (B2, C4, D1) Ben Burget – Flutes, Clarinet & Alto Sax (A1, B1, B2, C1, C4, D1) Antoine Katz – Bass (A1, B1, B2, C1, C4, D1) Alex Wasily – Trombone (A1, B1, B2, C1, C4, D1) MacKenzie – Vocals (C3) Kyle Rapps – Vocals (B3) STRINGS (A1, B1, B2, B3, C1, C4, D1, D2) Salomón Guerrero Alarcón – Cello Israel Torress Araiza – Violin Carols Roberto Gándara García – Violin Anna Arnal Ferrer - Viola

[syrupsyche]

3 and 14! also accidentally unfollowed nvm that

ty for the ask! and welcome back 🫡

3. what were your top five books of the year?

In no particular order:

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl (cheating a little bc this is just a script from a play but so is Shakespeare so I'll count it)

Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (a reread, of course)

14. what books do you want to finish before the year is over?

Les Mis certainly, but I do keep up with the letters so that should be doable.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens as well, perhaps? I'm subscribed to A Dickens December but I'm a few days behind lol.

[theconstitutionisgayculture]

Books!!!!!! Ok, fasten your seatbelts.

I loved Ursula K. Le Guin's books as a kid, as well as Angie Sage's Septimus Heap series. One of my earliest favourite books was La Emperatriz de los Etéreos by Laura Gallego García (idk the title in English, sorry), but it soon changed to His Dark Materials once I finished the trilogy. There are many books that made it into some of my favourites but none that beat His Dark Materials for a long time. Among these I can list some like The Eight by Katherine Neville, Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam Eastland (I read this in one week!), The Chronicles of Narnia (though I really disliked the end of the last book), Leviathan trilogy by Scott Westerfeld (same issue as Narnia though), Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool, Dracula, Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier, some cheesy YA fantasy and paranormal romances (including some by Meg Cabot), A Christmas Carol, The Nutcracker, Jataka Tales... I could go on.

Nowadays my fabourite book is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.

I hope you've read any of these? ^^' Sorry for the big message.

Out of all of these I've only read Dracula, XD.

It's fun seeing the wide variety of reading tastes you guys have though.

[deceptivemorals]

got any book recs for me? im tryna read something better than YA (don't get judgy im only a teen 🙄)

       "my dear anon, this is an excellent question. reading is so important. it educates you and expands your mind. books are important for the mind, heart, and soul. unfortunately, very few young people tend to spent time with books nowadays…."

       "of course, i can suggest a list, but a young person like you may not find it appealing. in wise foresight i do not propose ancient books (such as odyssey, iliad, etc.) and only recommend 'newer' books (less than 200 years old) that are closer to your timeline. i should also add that i'm a fan of what people consider 'classic books', i hope this is not deterring for you. the following list is also in no particular order:"

a christmas carol by charles dickens

dracula by bram stoker (please ignore the irony)

fahrenheit 451 by ray Bradbury

the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald

little women by louisa may alcott

moby dick by herman Melville

nineteen eighty-four by george orwell

one hundred years of solitude by gabriel garcía márquez

persuasion by jane austen

pride & prejudice by jane austen

the adventures of tom sawyer by mark twain

buddenbrooks by thomas mann

the phantom of the opera by gaston leroux

the strange case of dr. jekyll & mr. hyde by robert louis stevenson

the three musketeers by alexandre dumas

brave new world by aldous huxley

the war of the worlds by h. g. wells

war and peace by leo tolstoy

frankenstein by mary shelley

vanity fair by william makepeace thackeray

       "i probably forgot to mention half of the recommended books, but i think this is a good start. many of these books have also been although i do encourage you to read the books instead of watching the films."