#first book of july

[annmariemo]

Final Thoughts

So, these past few books I have found myself in a huge reading slump. I have found myself with no motivation to pick up any of the books that I have had on my TBR. It took me far too long to finish the last two books that I have picked up. (At no fault of the books.) Life has been busy and has left me too exhausted to read. #momlife lol

               I will be giving this book a 4 out of 5 apples. This is the first young readers book that I have picked up in a long time. The story was very engaging, and the characters were written in a way that would definitely resonate with this book’s target demographic. The characters were simply written in a way that would be easily digestible for young readers; but not too simple where adults couldn’t enjoy the book as well.

               I found Bruno to be a very endearing character. His naivety at times was maddening; but this gave us a little insight of how German parents might have shielded their children from much of what was going on at the time. His parents never really addressed with him where they actually were, why they were there, and also what was happening on the other side of that fence. The staff in the house were too afraid to answer Bruno’s questions or even voice how they truly felt for fear that they might find themselves on the other side of that fence. This book did a great job of showing us that hatred is a taught behavior and we all have the chance to choose to teach our children kindness.

               I really enjoyed reading the boy in the striped pajamas. In my opinion it is a very important book that everyone should read. It is an easily digestible novel of a very dark period in history that helps open discussions for young readers. I can not wait for my two sons to be old enough to share this book with them.

[ch1zzie]

HES HERE

LOOOOK

Barnaby now has two of his pals

[melmos-basement]

I never read anything Brandon Sanderson before and I picked up this copy of way of the kings out of curiosity. Why is it longer than the average copy of the bible .(/gen)

[larrylimericks]

3Jul24

Si’d like to strike 1D gold twice, But your soul for his goal is the price. This modern-day Midas Is v-necked detritus — “Kindly fuck off” is highly advised.

[belamercado]

Finally, in a low whisper, he said, "I think I might be a terrible person." For a split second I believed him - I thought he was about to confess a crime, maybe a murder. Then I realized that we all think we might be terrible people. But we only reveal this before asking someone to love us. It is a kind of undressing.

- Miranda July, The First Bad Man

[ladyaryawolf]

Since I'm thinking constantly about ASoIaF (the main story) for a while now I have to say it's really exausting to be an Arya stan.

The community is great, yes. There is a lot of good people

But the thing is

You enter tumblr

You search her tag

And instead of pretty gifsets

Well written metas

And pretty fanarts

What you see the most is people (we know who) mischaracterizing her, attacking her stans, twisting the narrative of the books about something important that involves Arya into something that doesn't even make sense only to downplay her importance, denying the part she plays on the key 5, not to mention how fixed these people are with her appearance.

I don't know how the stans and content creators are dealing with anon hate nowadays because I have been off for a really long time, (and I will continue to be, tbh), but I remember they were terrible, (anons actually saying Lyanna deserved to be raped to other anons wishing op to slit their wrists and kill themselves)

It's tiring.

And it has been the same for like... years now.

[wundrousarts]

Going to do a Nevermoor series reread in June + July + August ? if anyone else also wants to do a reread around that time, could be fun to have more of the fandom prepping for Silverborn

Did initially make a roadmap plan to split the books up into weeks on top of already being months, so that people could focus on specific parts and discuss each week….. but between the fact that I messed it up the first time, Silverborn kept getting delayed as I planned it, and I’m actually really bad at keeping to stuff like that (looking at you, Silverborn Countdown Challenge…) I’m deciding to just go for it at whatever pace happens.

[purplesaline]

POTS PPL LISTEN UP

You all NEED to know about the Anti-G Straining Maneuver

It's what fighter pilots are taught to do when G forces are pulling all their blood from their brains to their feet (sound familiar?) to help prevent them from blacking out or going unconscious.

I have used this many times and it's very effective.

First tighten/contract all of the muscles in your lower body (abdomen down to toes). This acts much in the same way as compression stockings and helps force blood back upward and prevent it from running en mass to your ankles.

Second step is to take quick, shallow breaths. Basically you're hyperventilating here which helps to super-oxygenate your blood making what little blood you can get to your brain more effective at delivering the much needed oxygen.

If you find this technique at all helpful you can thank lesbian romance novels because that's where I learned about it and went "huh, that's basically what happens when I stand up I wonder if it'll help" and it did so now you know about it too.

[possiblyfunny]

I forgot how to make posts, but don’t worry guys, I’m still alive-

Ghostly Assistance

Heyyy! I finally drew Leaf! (Plus a slight Aster redesign-) This took way too long, and I apologize for the delay and the overall messiness. She had been sitting in my drawing program as a sketch for two months 😅 but with the Flashbacks up starting in Missing Numbers, I finally got the will to finish it!

Leaf Aoyama belongs to @creatively-cosmic. They have a blog called @themissingnumbers, which you should check out, like—right now.

[Sketch + Extras below the cut!]

Here’s the cover of the book, if you wanted that- (I know it’s crap but I’m tired)

[And for those who are curious, some notes about the art:

-The book is Aster’s. He’s read the book cover to cover well over 25 times. It’s his favorite book on flowers, but he’s more than happy to lend it to someone who wants to learn about flora.

-The content of the art (because there was intended to be a background that got scrapped-) is that Aster was showing Leaf around his secret garden deep in the woods, guiding her so that she wouldn’t get lost and showing her the different flowers and such. (That’s why she has the book-)

-You know how in some video games, you can press a button and whatever special companion you have will show up to give you a hint? (Ex: Navi, Fi, Rotom, Olivia, etc) That’s what Aster is doing right now. Whenever Leaf had a question—he had the answers.

-And if you’re wondering—Yes. Aster did make her a flower crown afterwards. And Yes, he thinks she looks very beautiful with flowers in her hair.]

[21stcenturysucks]

It is July, somehow and I still haven't asked you for coffee. It's too warm for coffee now and maybe we're too old for ice cream.

[nerds-yearbook]

The Cloak and Dagger/Power Pack graphic novel "Shelter From the Storm", was released with a pull date of January, 1990. The story introduced Cadaver, created by Bill Mantlo and Sal Velluto, who was preying on the runaways and other exploitable youth. ("Shelter From the Storm" Marvel Graphic Novel, Event)

[cinematic-literature]

Actual People (2021) by Kit Zauhar

Book title: The First Bad Man (2015) by Miranda July

[honey-bri-books]

I can't wait to ugly cry to this movie. 😪💖🤍💙

[allthethoughtsandstuff]

they’re enemies ☺️✨🫶🏻

[clancyycat]

books i read in 2024: 2.0 bc tumblr ate my last list

gregor and the curse of the warmbloods - suzanne collins (jan)

gregor and the marks of secret - suzanne collins (jan)

gregor and the code of claw - suzanne collins (jan)

the cartographers - peng shepherd (jan-feb)

god spare the girls - kelsey mckinney (feb)

untamed - glennon doyle (feb-mar)

grimoire girl - hilarie burton morgan (apr)

lore - alexandra bracken (may)

holy the firm - annie dillard (may-jun)

the christie affair - nina de gramont (may-jun)

we show what we have learned - clare beams (may-jun)

there's always this year - hanif abdurraquib (jun)

the ocean at the end of the lane - neil gaiman (jun)

trigger warning: short fictions and disturbances - neil gaiman (jun)

the rural diaries - hilarie burton morgan (jul)

wolfish - erica berry (jul)

bless the daughter raised by a voice in her head - warsan shire (jul)

the trouble with poetry - billy collins (jul)

fever 1793 - laurie halse anderson (jul)

we run the tides - vendela vida (jul)

the last true poets of the sea - julia drake (jul)

we have always lived in the castle - shirley jackson (jul)

foxfire: confessions of a girl gang - joyce carol oates (aug)

neverwhere - neil gaiman (aug)

manhattan beach - jennifer egan (sep)

the mary shelley club - goldy moldavsky (sep)

leaving the atocha station (oct) (don’t read this)

the god of endings - jacqueline holland (nov)

appalachian elegy - bell hooks (nov)

don’t let the forest in - c. g. drews (nov)

inspection - josh malerman (dec)

somewhere beyond the sea - tj klune (dec)

[writerownstory]

my best friend is a middle school teacher and she told me she bought the Whatever Happens JATP book for her classroom because she thought of me (naturally I’m honored) but does this mean I need to get the original novelization for her???? otherwise if they haven’t seen the show anyone who reads it will be like ????