#deirdre sullivan

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I am BEGGING everyone to read Perfectly Preventable Deaths by Deirdre Sullivan

- witches!!

- wlw couple

- dark fantasy set in a small Irish town

- cool magic system!!

- absolutely gold interactions like this happen between the two main characters EVERY CHAPTER

TW: there is some pretty graphic animal cruelty in two parts and a bit of body horror, but other than that I highly recommend!!

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Title: Perfectly Preventable Deaths

Author: Deirdre Sullivan

Series or standalone: series

Publication year: 2019

Genres: fiction, fantasy, LGBT+, horror, paranormal, mystery

Blurb: 15-year-old twins Madeline and Catlin move to a new life in Ballyfran, a strange isolated town - a place where, for the last sixty years, teenage girls have gone missing in the surrounding mountains. As distance grows between the twins - as Catlin falls in love, and Madeline begins to understand her own nascent witchcraft - Madeline discovers that Ballyfran is a place full of predators...not only foxes, owls, and crows, but also supernatural beings who, for many generations, have congregated here to escape persecution. When Catlin falls into the gravest danger of all, Madeline must ask herself who she really is, and who she wants to be...or rather, who she might have to become to save her sister.

[judgingbooksbycovers]

I Want to Know That I Will Be Okay

By Deirdre Sullivan.

Design by Anna Morrison.

[readinthedarkpod]

Trying to solve the age-old mystery of what came first, the chicken or the heart of Lightlark?

KRISTEN: The rulers of Lightlark used this egg yolk to lay the curse.

LAETY: Yeah, you've said it multiple times and we still don't understand how.

KRISTEN : I... I don't under— trust me, I'm telling you— I'm telling you all the information I have. I can't give you any more cause I don't have any more! Did a chicken lay the egg? I don't know, maybe?!

Click here to find out where you can listen to the full episode (spoiler alert: anywhere podcasts are!)

[sandmandaddy69]

Deirdre Sullivan Beeman

[cswritesbooks]

Books to read if you enjoyed Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

I went to see Beetlejuice 2 during the week and it made me think of all the books that give similar ~vibes that I recommend because they’re great. These are a mix of YA and adult fantasy and horror:

Perfectly Preventable Deaths series by Deirdre Sullivan

Twins Maddy and Catlin move to a rural Irish town where dark magical secrets are commonplace and the twins quickly fall in love: Catlin with a boy, and Maddy with witchcraft. Ballyfrann has suffered the mysterious loss (and assumed death) of missing teenage girls for

generations, so it stands to reason that catastrophe might reach its fingers for Maddy and Catlin before long...

The PSI Investigations series by Amy Clarkin

Got ghosts? Paranormal Surveyance Ireland (PSI) can help! Join Archer and his friends Davis and Fionn as they restart the family investigation business - against the wishes of his sister Raven, who thinks they've suffered enough loss, thank you very much - when they're approached by Éabha, who's suffering hauntings of her own.

In Book One, the gang investigate a haunted house - but not just any haunted house; one that tore Archer and Raven's family apart, and in Book Two they’re called to investigate a fancy new start-up, where strange things have been happening in the gallery...

The Hollow and the Haunted by Camilla Raines

Psychic Miles has resigned himself to a life in the family business, wrangling ghosts until he starts having death visions about a boy from across town who's from a family Mile's family are in a decades-long feud with. You know, regular stuff. And annoying as all that is, Miles can't just *let* Gabriel die.

He's not that bad, and besides - they have a mystery to solve... (this one's out October 22nd!)

The Afterlife of Mal Caldera by Nadi Reed Perez

Former rockstar Mal Caldera is dead, and she doesn't care. She's only worried about her little sister Cris, who's picking up the pieces she left behind. Determined to make contact, Mal enlists the help of Ren, a local medium who's seen his fair share of death. What follows is a doomed romance in a tale that I deemed a post-Beetlejuician*, darkly comic approach to the afterlife.

* may have just made this term up)

The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay

Decades after starting the Pallbearers club (dedicated to mourning the lonely), former awkward teen Art Barbara is trying to make sense of his friendship with one Mercy Brown (whose hobbies include music, local history, and digging up the dead by writing a memoir.

But Mercy's reading it too, and she's not convinced Art's remembering it right - she doesn't even think half of it happened...

The Undetectables Series by Courtney Smyth

Be gay, solve crimes, take naps: Three witches and a ghost in a cat costume (don't ask) start a PI agency in order to track down a serial killer in their small magical town in Book One, and Book Two lout sept 24th UK/Irl, oct 1st US) sees the gang called to investigate a murder on set of a zombie tv show - by the victim herself!

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fandoms list

Hi from Chao :) fandoms include how to train your dragon, the legend of zelda (BOTW, TOTK, LA), spiritfarer, danganronpa, animal crossing new horizons, cult of the lamb, minecraft, stardew valley, steven universe, MHA, JJK, AOT, Sk8 the infinity, warrior cats, hunger games, priory of the orange tree, the cruel prince, maasverse, BSD, one piece, banana fish, charlotte (anime), KNY, death note, harry potter, marauders, horimiya, howls moving castle, spirited away, totoro, fourth wing, riordanverse, saiki k, shadowhunters, case study of vanitas, tokyo revengers, Wednesday, spy x family, MCU, red white and royal blue, stranger things, bee and puppycat, ao haru ride, angels of death, akarnae, school for good and evil, ann liang books, cressida cowell books, dragonkeeper, avatar (james cameron), avatar: TLA, isobel carmody, Nevermoor, grishaverse, dragon city, shadow and bone (show), adventure time, Spiderverse, haikyuu, knife (rj anderson), TBHK, dragon rider, chainsaw man, bojack horseman, deirdre sullivan books, star wars (particularly andor/mandolorian), LOTR, FNAF, hazbin hotel/helluva boss, the dragon prince, sailor moon, neon genesis evangelion, heathers, ingo (helen dunmore), pokemon, given, the prison healer, whisper/weapon (lynette noni), komi cant communicate, the batman (robert pattinson version), ms kobayashis dragon maid, tokyo ghoul, the mirror visitor quartet (christelle dabos), all of us are dead, the glory, eeaao, jurassic world, the enchanted wood series, scythe, peculiars (Ransom riggs), circe, stella montgomery intrigues (judith rossell), his dark materials, we bare bears, hatsune miku/vocaloid, ado (singer), heartbreak high (reboot), jaclyn moriarty, still wakes the deep, and holy shit this is so long RIP well uh if you wanna moot me theres ur info lol!

[swedishwatermelon]

my fave fairy tale/folk tale retellings:

thorn by intisar khanani (retelling of the goose girl legend)

the guinevere deception by kiersten white (retelling of the classic arthurian legend)

these violent delights by chloe gong (romeo & juliet retelling but in shanghai)

the book of lost things by john connolly (a mashup of many fairy tales in one world)

because you love to hate me by amerie (13 short stories from the villain's perspective)

sistersong by lucy holland (retelling of the folk ballad 'the twa sisters')

how to be eaten by maria adelmann (classic fairy tale characters in a trauma support group)

tangleweed & brine by deirdre sullivan (feminist retelling of princesses & heroines from the brothers grimm)

warm bodies by isaac marion (romeo & juliet except romeo is a zombie in a post-apocalyptic world)

cinderella is dead by kalynn bayron (retelling of cinderella but queer & feminist)

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Commons Vote

On: Passenger Railway Services Bill (Public Ownership) Bill: Second Reading

Ayes: 351 (96.6% Lab, 2.3% Ind, 0.8% Green, 0.3% SDLP) Noes: 84 (100.0% Con) Absent: ~215

Day's business papers: 2024-7-29

Likely Referenced Bill: Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

Description: A Bill to make provision for passenger railway services to be provided by public sector companies instead of by means of franchises.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Commons Bill Stage: Committee of the whole House

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Labour (341 votes)

Abena Oppong-Asare Abtisam Mohamed Adam Jogee Adam Thompson Afzal Khan Al Carns Alan Campbell Alan Gemmell Alan Strickland Alex Baker Alex Ballinger Alex Barros-Curtis Alex Davies-Jones Alex Mayer Alex McIntyre Alex Norris Alex Sobel Alice Macdonald Alison Hume Alison McGovern Alison Taylor Alistair Strathern Allison Gardner Amanda Hack Amanda Martin Andrew Cooper Andrew Gwynne Andrew Lewin Andrew Pakes Andrew Ranger Andrew Western Andy MacNae Andy McDonald Angela Eagle Anna Dixon Anna Gelderd Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Midgley Baggy Shanker Bambos Charalambous Barry Gardiner Bayo Alaba Beccy Cooper Becky Gittins Bell Ribeiro-Addy Ben Coleman Ben Goldsborough Bill Esterson Blair McDougall Brian Leishman Bridget Phillipson Callum Anderson Calvin Bailey Carolyn Harris Cat Eccles Cat Smith Catherine Atkinson Catherine McKinnell Catherine West Charlotte Nichols Chris Bloore Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Murray Chris Vince Chris Webb Christian Wakeford Claire Hazelgrove Claire Hughes Clive Betts Clive Lewis Connor Naismith Damien Egan Dan Aldridge Dan Jarvis Dan Tomlinson Daniel Francis Danny Beales Darren Jones Darren Paffey Dave Robertson David Baines David Burton-Sampson David Pinto-Duschinsky David Taylor David Williams Dawn Butler Debbie Abrahams Deirdre Costigan Derek Twigg Diana Johnson Douglas Alexander Douglas McAllister Ed Miliband Elaine Stewart Emily Darlington Emma Foody Emma Hardy Emma Lewell-Buck Emma Reynolds Euan Stainbank Feryal Clark Florence Eshalomi Frank McNally Fred Thomas Gen Kitchen Georgia Gould Gerald Jones Gill German Gordon McKee Graeme Downie Graham Stringer Grahame Morris Gregor Poynton Gurinder Josan Hamish Falconer Harpreet Uppal Heidi Alexander Helen Hayes Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Hilary Benn Ian Lavery Ian Murray Imogen Walker Irene Campbell Jack Abbott Jacob Collier Jade Botterill Jake Richards James Asser James Murray James Naish Janet Daby Jas Athwal Jayne Kirkham Jeevun Sandher Jeff Smith Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Jess Asato Jessica Morden Jessica Toale Jim Dickson Jim McMahon Jo Platt Jo Stevens Jo White Joani Reid Jodie Gosling Joe Morris Joe Powell Johanna Baxter John Grady John Healey John Slinger John Whitby Jon Pearce Jon Trickett Jonathan Brash Jonathan Davies Jonathan Hinder Josh Dean Josh Fenton-Glynn Josh MacAlister Josh Newbury Josh Simons Julia Buckley Juliet Campbell Justin Madders Kanishka Narayan Kate Dearden Kate Osamor Kate Osborne Katie White Keir Mather Kenneth Stevenson Kerry McCarthy Kevin Bonavia Kevin McKenna Kim Johnson Kim Leadbeater Kirith Entwistle Kirsteen Sullivan Kirsty McNeill Laura Kyrke-Smith Lauren Edwards Lauren Sullivan Laurence Turner Lee Barron Lee Pitcher Leigh Ingham Lewis Atkinson Liam Byrne Liam Conlon Lilian Greenwood Lillian Jones Linsey Farnsworth Lisa Nandy Liz Kendall Liz Twist Lizzi Collinge Lloyd Hatton Lorraine Beavers Louise Haigh Louise Jones Lucy Powell Lucy Rigby Luke Akehurst Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Luke Pollard Margaret Mullane Maria Eagle Mark Ferguson Mark Hendrick Mark Sewards Mark Tami Markus Campbell-Savours Marsha De Cordova Martin Rhodes Mary Creagh Mary Glindon Matt Bishop Matt Rodda Matt Turmaine Matt Western Matthew Patrick Matthew Pennycook Maureen Burke Maya Ellis Meg Hillier Melanie Onn Melanie Ward Miatta Fahnbulleh Michael Payne Michael Shanks Michael Wheeler Michelle Scrogham Michelle Welsh Mike Amesbury Mike Kane Mike Reader Mike Tapp Mohammad Yasin Nadia Whittome Natalie Fleet Natasha Irons Naushabah Khan Neil Coyle Neil Duncan-Jordan Nia Griffith Nicholas Dakin Noah Law Oliver Ryan Olivia Bailey Olivia Blake Pam Cox Pamela Nash Pat McFadden Patricia Ferguson Paul Davies Paul Foster Paul Waugh Paula Barker Paulette Hamilton Perran Moon Peter Kyle Peter Lamb Peter Prinsley Peter Swallow Phil Brickell Polly Billington Preet Kaur Gill Rachael Maskell Rachel Blake Rachel Hopkins Richard Baker Richard Quigley Rosena Allin-Khan Rosie Wrighting Rupa Huq Ruth Cadbury Ruth Jones Sadik Al-Hassan Sally Jameson Sam Carling Sam Rushworth Samantha Dixon Samantha Niblett

Sarah Coombes Sarah Edwards Sarah Hall Sarah Jones Sarah Owen Sarah Russell Sarah Sackman Scott Arthur Sean Woodcock Seema Malhotra Shabana Mahmood Sharon Hodgson Shaun Davies Simon Lightwood Simon Opher Siobhain McDonagh Sojan Joseph Sonia Kumar Stella Creasy Stephen Doughty Stephen Timms Steve Race Steve Reed Steve Witherden Steve Yemm Sureena Brackenridge Tahir Ali Taiwo Owatemi Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Tim Roca Toby Perkins Tom Collins Tom Hayes Tom Rutland Tonia Antoniazzi Tony Vaughan Torcuil Crichton Torsten Bell Tracy Gilbert Tristan Osborne Tulip Siddiq Uma Kumaran Valerie Vaz Warinder Juss Will Stone Yasmin Qureshi Yuan Yang Zubir Ahmed

Independent (8 votes)

Adnan Hussain Apsana Begum Ian Byrne Imran Hussain John McDonnell Rebecca Long Bailey Richard Burgon Zarah Sultana

Green Party (3 votes)

Adrian Ramsay Ellie Chowns Siân Berry

Social Democratic & Labour Party (1 vote)

Colum Eastwood

Noes

Conservative (84 votes)

Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alec Shelbrooke Alicia Kearns Alison Griffiths Andrew Bowie Andrew Griffith Andrew Rosindell Andrew Snowden Aphra Brandreth Ashley Fox Ben Obese-Jecty Blake Stephenson Bob Blackman Bradley Thomas Caroline Dinenage Caroline Johnson Charlie Dewhirst Claire Coutinho Danny Kruger David Davis David Mundell David Reed David Simmonds Desmond Swayne Edward Argar Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gareth Davies Geoffrey Clifton-Brown George Freeman Graham Stuart Greg Smith Gregory Stafford Harriet Cross Harriett Baldwin Helen Grant Helen Whately Jack Rankin James Cleverly Joe Robertson John Cooper John Glen John Hayes John Lamont John Whittingdale Julia Lopez Julian Lewis Katie Lam Kemi Badenoch Kieran Mullan Kit Malthouse Lewis Cocking Lincoln Jopp Louie French Mark Francois Mark Garnier Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Mel Stride Mims Davies Neil Hudson Neil Shastri-Hurst Nick Timothy Patrick Spencer Paul Holmes Peter Bedford Peter Fortune Rebecca Harris Rebecca Paul Rebecca Smith Richard Holden Robbie Moore Robert Jenrick Roger Gale Saqib Bhatti Sarah Bool Shivani Raja Steve Barclay Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Tom Tugendhat Victoria Atkins Wendy Morton

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Books I read in August ranked best* to worst:

The Fellowship of the Ring (lotr 1) by J. R. R. Tolkien (reread)

Butter by Asako Yuzuki

I Want To Know That I Will Be Okay by Deirdre Sullivan

My Family by David Baddiel

Not Dead Yet and Other Stories by Hadley Moore

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Pageboy by Elliot Page

Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney

Jo to the Rescue (chalet school 21) by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer

When Light Is Like Water by Molly McCloskey

Travelling Light by Tove Jansson

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Title: Tangleweed and Brine

Author: Deirdre Sullivan

Series or standalone: standalone

Publication year: 2017

Genres: fiction, fantasy, retelling, feminism, anthology, magical realism

Blurb: Tangled tales of earth, salty tales of water, tales of blood and intrigue...bewitched retellings of thirteen classic fairytales with brave and resilient heroines.

[readinthedarkpod]

KAITLYN: Never once have I thought the sun looked like an egg.

KRISTEN: Yeah... Me neither.

LAETY: it's cause you don't live in Lightlark.

KAITLYN: Yeah

LAETY: Okay? You don't understand.

KRISTEN: We're just too stupid to understand—

KAITLYN: Yeah

KRISTEN: —the art.

Click here to find out where you can listen to the full episode (spoiler alert: anywhere podcasts are!)

[nightsidewrestling]

D.U.D.E Bios: Desmond Grady

The Father of Sara Desmond Grady

The father of Saraid and Oscar, and common-law husband of Honora. An English professor, he works at Columbia University while raising Oscar and Saraid by himself.

"Did everyone do the required reading?"

Name

Full Legal Name: Desmond Eoghan Grady

First Name: Desmond

Meaning: Anglicized form of Irish 'Deasmhumhain' meaning 'South Munster', referring to the region of Desmond in sothern Ireland, formerly a kingdom.

Pronunciation: DEHZ-mund

Origin: English, Irish

Middle Name: Eoghan

Meaning: Possibly means 'Born from the yew tree', from Old Irish 'Eó' 'Yew' and the suffix 'Gan' 'Born'.

Pronunciation: ON

Origin: Irish, Irish Mythology

Surname: Grady

Meaning: From Irish 'Ó Gráda’ or 'Ó Grádaigh’ meaning 'Descendant of Gráda’. The byname Gráda means 'noble, illustrious’.

Pronunciation: GRAY-dee

Origin: Irish

Alias: None

Reason: None

Nicknames: Des, Desi

Titles: Mr

Characteristics

Age: 38

Gender: Male. He/Him Pronouns

Race: Human

Nationality: Irish-American

Ethnicity: White

Birth Date: April 3th 1981

Symbols: None

Sexuality: Straight

Religion: Catholic

Native Language: English

Spoken Languages: English

Relationship Status: Common-Law Married

Astrological Sign: Aries

Theme Song (Ringtone on Sara’s Phone): 'Psychosocial’ - Slipknot

Voice Actor: John Lithgow

Geographical Characteristics

Birthplace: Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York

Current Location: Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York

Hometown: Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York

Appearance

Height: 6'0" / 182 cm

Weight: 150 lbs / 68 kg

Eye Colour: Blue

Hair Colour: Brown

Hair Dye: None

Body Hair: Hairy

Facial Hair: Full Beard

Tattoos: (As of Jan 2020) 8

Piercings: None

Scars: None

Health and Fitness

Allergies: None

Alcoholic, Smoker, Drug User: Clean

Illnesses/Disorders: None

Medications: None

Any Specific Diet: None

Relationships

Allies: None

Enemies: None

Friends: Ulysses May, Vasco Romero, Raeburn Griffiths, Uilliam Rhydderch, Wyn Rhydderch, Neifion Rhydderch, Mostyn Rhydderch

Colleagues: N/A

Rivals: None

Closest Confidant: Oscar Grady-Sullivan

Mentor: Patrick Grady

Significant Other: Honora Sullivan (39, Common-Law Wife)

Previous Partners: None of Note

Parents: Patrick Grady (58, Father), Deirdre Grady (59, Mother, Née Wallace)

Parents-In-Law: Tadhg Sullivan (59, Father-In-Law), Doireann Sullivan (60, Mother-In-Law, Née Walsh)

Siblings: Caoilfhionn Rafferty (35, Sister, Née Grady), Kennedy Grady (32, Brother), Cadhla Grady (29, Sister), Ivor Grady (26, Brother), Bridget Grady (23, Sister), Flann Grady (20, Brother)

Siblings-In-Law: Fionn Rafferty (36, Caoilfhionn’s Husband), Aoife Grady (33, Kennedy’s Wife, Née Quirke), Nollaig Sullivan (33, Brother), Caoimhe Sullivan (34, Nollaig's Wife, Née Sheridan), Deirbhile Taggart (30, Sister, Née Sullivan), Kevin Taggart (31, Deirbhile's Husband), Neil Sullivan (27, Brother), Damhnait Sullivan (24, Sister), Naoise Sullivan (21, Brother), Clodagh Sullivan (18, Sister)

Nieces & Nephews: Aoibheann Sullivan (13, Niece), Fintan Sullivan (10, Nephew), Aisling Taggart (10, Niece), Finbar Taggart (7, Nephew), Ailbhe Taggart (4, Niece), Fiachra Taggart (1, Nephew), Treasa Rafferty (15, Niece), Fergus Rafferty (12, Nephew), Sive Grady (12, Niece), Fachtna Grady (9, Nephew)

Children: Saraid Grady-Sullivan (18, Daughter), Oscar Grady-Sullivan (15, Brother)

Children-In-Law: None

Grandkids: None

Great Grandkids: None

Wrestling

Billed From: None

Trainer: None

Managers: None

Wrestlers Managed: N/A

Debut: N/A

Debut Match: N/A

Retired: N/A

Retirement Match: N/A

Wrestling Style: N/A

Stables: N/A

Teams: N/A

Regular Moves: N/A

Finishers: N/A

Refers To Fans As: N/A

Extras

Trivia: Nothing of Note

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Savage Her Reply by Deirdre Sullivan, illustrated by Karen Vaughan

Savage Her Reply by Deirdre Sullivan, illustrated by Karen Vaughan. Little Island Books, 2020. 9781912417674  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5 Format: Paperback Genre:  Fantasy What did you like about the book? The story starts with three orphan sisters taken in by a king, Bodhbh the Red. As the girls grow up they each develop into very different young women. Aebh, the…