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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.
#bookworm#book club#book review#2024 reading challenge#reading slump#momlife#first book of july#the boy in the striped pajamas#john boyne
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HES HERE
LOOOOK
Barnaby now has two of his pals
#yes i bought him again for the sticker#ITS WORTH IT#i need EVERY welcome home related thing NO MATTER WHAT#I NEEEEED ITTTTT#also ignore the julies😭 i need to stick those julies onto my wall lol#what am i gonna do with second wally? idk just gonna buy blue and green glow bracelets and pretend hes future wally hehehahha#also ignore my mess (the minecraft book popping up and my cable wire stuff and charging stuff) i was to excited to show him😭#also yes hes in my drawer in the first image#im folding all my clothes and removing clothes i dont use anymore haha#welcome home#partycoffin#wally darling#welcome home arg#welcome home fanart#julie joyful#welcome home wally#barnaby b beagle#welcome home puppet show#wally plush
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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)
#Mad respect to authors cause I couldn't do this shit if I wanted to#Seriously how do they not go insane#brandon sanderson#books#I picked up the first volume of WoT last year in July and Im only on chapter 23 out 53#Not because I'm a slow reader just lack of motivation#way of kings#The way of the kings#stormlight archive#not complaning tho#I like long books
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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.
#larry#louis#louis tomlinson#harry#harry styles#simon cowell#not done dragging simon quite yet#more articles have come out about his boy band search#which will be called 'simon cowell: midas touch'#of course the numpty doesn't know the moral of that story#apparently some auditions have been scrapped#his team is spinning this to say the two auditions haven't been canceled#as the venues weren't booked in the first place (though there were plans to hold auditions in the cities)#he's now reaching out to instagram and tiktok stars to promote the search#1D#one direction#limerick-lt#limerick-hs#july 3#2024
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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
#relatable quotes#life quotes#thoughts#book quotes#inspiring quotes#quoteoftheday#relationship quotes#inspirational quotes#love quotes#romance quotes#miranda july#the first bad man#quotes#i love you#viralpost
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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.
#i really wish Game of Thrones was never released on the first place and the fandom was composed just by a few people who have read the books#i really believe the community would be way better#smaller#but better#venting#asoiaf bs#juli rumbles#and yes#it has pretty metas and pretty gifsets and pretty fanarts but they are rare#and happens from times to times#while the ranting and discussion happens all the time
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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.
#will def be June/July but we’ll have to see if I get into August. may want to keep most of that + September as Silverborn Hype Months lol#nevermoor#silverborn#if you ever followed my rereads thoughts masterpost for my (reread?) eternal reread and wondered ‘why no hollowpox’? boy is it a doozy#beginning of the year Apple Books updated and I’m not huge on it!#and since I couldn't fix I decided I would try and delete and reinstall the app.....#…..forgetting that my books and notes are tied to the app and not saved otherwise…..#so I lost all my notes INCLUDING all my reactions and thoughts from my very first reread that I was excited to look back on and share 🥲😭😭😭#so I’ve just been in mourning and never continued out of my personal beef with the app….#so this time I think I’ll take use of all my different physical copies and read them physically to give myself a break from screens lol#this summer is just grindset time of getting back into drawing and trying to get good so this reread I also want to draw stuff alongside#like try to nail some character designs and such to make it easier for Silverborn lol#I fear I will need to figure out how to draw dragons……#anyways. if you’ve read all these tags you are now required to join in on the reread with me 🫵#this also reminds me I need to keep working / actually work on the nine spreadsheet / masterpost. will do that ✍️#I have had several drafts saved of posts I want to respond to with theories that I’ve been saving for my hollowpox reread that now I’m like#do I just save them for Silverborn?? lol
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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.
#POTS#the book was#the road to wings#by julie tizard#one of the earliest women to graduate from US air force pilot training#and apparently the first woman military pilot to write lesbian fiction#according to her bio
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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.
#book quotes#dark academia#sad poem#dark academism#academia aesthetic#poemsaboutlove#dark acadamia aesthetic#relatable quotes#book edits#love quote#first love#i love you#love quotes#lovers#love#coffee#coffedate#classiclit#pickup lines#july 2023#21stcenturysucks
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Actual People (2021) by Kit Zauhar
Book title: The First Bad Man (2015) by Miranda July
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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.]
#Again not my greatest work but here she is :)#I really didn’t mean for this to take so long but life hit me with a 3-piece chicken combo with a biscuit and no drink#I have been DEAD on my feet 😅#Again please excuse the messiness#It was supposed to have a really nice background but I couldn’t get myself to finish it#I’ve been chipping away at it since early July little by little whenever I had the energy#But with How It Feels To Disappear starting I got the will to finally finish it at 3 in the morning-#Was hoping to post it before everything went bad in the flashbacks but what can ya do?#Leaf was actually really fun to color for some reason :) so that was neat#Anyway- Aster is getting a redesign! (Probably anyway)#It’s not a huge redesign- just adding in some details that fit his character and changing the flowers#Funny detail- Aster’s very first design (in my head mind you) had yellow flowers#but when I drew him for the first time he ended up with purple flowers#(plus the yellow flowers tie into his LORE-)#I’m workshopping him right now so let me know what you think about this Legacy version of Aster#ALSO!: AU NAMEDROP- (it’s on the book)#I have plans to draw the faces of my AU at some point so look out for that I guess-#Anyway! I hope I did the homegirl Leaf justice! (Rare Leaf W for the win!)#Missing Numbers#Leaf Aoyama#My Art
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I can't wait to ugly cry to this movie. 😪💖🤍💙
#red white and royal blue#july 27th 2023#rwrb#red white and royal blue movie#nicholas galitzine#taylor zakhar perez#book to movie adaptation#cry cry cry#august 11th 2023#alex claremont diaz#henry fox mountchristen windsor#rom com#love story#prime#amazon prime original#first prince#signet ring#lake house#lake lbj#vagabon#v&a museum#this movie is going to be the death of me#mlm#if i loved you
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they’re enemies ☺️✨🫶🏻
#casey mcquiston#fanart#rwrb movie#rwrb book#rwrb fanart#taylor zakhar perez#nicholas galitzine#rwrb prime#alex claremont diaz#henry wales fanart#firstprince#first prince fanart#Casey mcquiston books#red white and royal blue#red white and royal blue fanart#prime video really said here’s something to celebrate for the 4th of July
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Bobbi Morse took on the identity of Mockingbird for the first time in Marvel Team-Up 95#, cover date, July, 1980. The Mockingbird persona was created by Steven Grant and Jim Janes. ("... And No Birds Sing", Marvel Team-Up 95#, Marvel Comic Event)
#nerds yearbook#real life event#july#1980#first appearance#comic book#marvel comics#marvel#bobbi morse#mockingbird#steven grant#jim james#marvel team up#spiderman#peter parker#spider man#agents of shield#nick fury#carl delandan
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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 ????
#like I was fully prepared for her to just be like oh I saw this at the store and thought of you#but she BOUGHT it for her classroom#so to encourage her kids to read it & then hopefully watch the show I think I need to buy the first book for her to add#julie and the phantoms#jatp book whatever happens
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🐑 Alternate Universe- Magic, Mutual Pining, Demonic possession, Furbies
Oh dear...
Alex is attending one of the most prestigious magic academies in the country, on the orders of his parents of course. Even though Laiz Fier Academy reviles even the name of the only type of magic he's ever been good at. His parents swore he'd find another specialty here, and he'd let himself believe them, like the idiot he is. He's scraping by in classes. Barely. At least he's managed to make a couple of friends and figure out how to sneak into the library stacks to find books that will actually help him hone his skills.
However, Alex realizes now there's a reason why it's not recommended to do your first summoning alone. Because, while he does manage to summon a demon, it doesn't exactly end up in the silvery urn he'd laid in the center of the pentagram.
So now he has a talking, demonic Furby to hide. One that, despite its too-wide eyes and disconcertingly smooth voice, Alex thinks he might be developing feelings for.
(Fake fic ask game!)
#legolas tag#legolas ask#julie and the phantoms#willex#so okay in my head#Alex is super good at a specific branch of magic#which usually would be awesome since he was born into a high power magical family#unfortunately the thing he's good at is demonic magic#which is.... unpopular to put it lightly#his parents send him away to school in the hopes that he'll latch onto something else with so many options to explore#that doesn't happen#he meets Luke and Julie (both music magic) and Reggie (animal magic)#and they all become friends#and they all figure out how to sneak into the stacks together#where Alex finds all the hidden away books on demonic magic#cause it's not actually Evil like people think#just... darker in source than most#Alex may fall down a bit of a spiral about his abilities and worth though#and ends up attempting to summon an actual demon to help him learn magic#but... well he must have messed up the binding part of the ceremony?#Cause he does get a demonic magic coach#but said coach (Willie) goes into the Furby Reggie got him as a prank birthday present#and well... Alex knows he should figure out how to undo it and send Willie back to Hell or wherever#but then he has to rush to hide him first before he gets caught#and then they end up chatting a fair amount over the next few days#because Alex is a world class insomniac and Willie just doesn't sleep#but Alex is kept too busy with classes and stuff to go back to the library to find the stuff to sort out the mess he's made#and if Willie knows how to do it he isn't sharing#(he totally knows but it's his first time in the human world in ages and Alex is nice and kinda cute tbh so...)#and...they become friends? And also develop massive crushes on each other?
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