#fletcher x celeste

[bassguitarinablackt-shirt]

i think i get to laugh at you just a bit/hj

now lets review your choices.

while oriana is aroace originally her and aria were going to be a thing sooo!!!!

eli and frey uhh...........they're cousins.

alex and mathew is canon

inora and lani are also canon!!!!

i would like to preface the BOBAF ships by saying

antoine and silas is interesting??? not something id ship exactly but i can see the appeal

analie and alexandra are canon

VIXEN AND CELESTINE. BOBAF DOESN'T HAVE ANY CANON SHIPS OTHER THAN MELIAN X SILAS AND ANALIE X ALEXANDRA, HOWEVER I CAN DEFINITELY SEE IT! (ignoring that antoine x vixen was originally going to be canon)

arden and melian would be funny it would just be melian yelling at arden and calling him all sorts of fancy words that just mean idiotic

your TIFWTHM ships were actually pretty good!!! mainly because this story doesn't have any canon ships

orion and oz would be kinda funny but also i wouldn't wanna unleash orion onto anyone (although i imagine it would be more of a QPR situation than a romantic relationship? orion is aromantic and bisexual while oz is aroace)

nathalie and opal would actually be really adorable!!!

your corrupted royalty ships were the most... wrong. so lets review while i try not to die of laughter

fletcher and alistair.....i could maybe see the appeal??? like if you wanna remove what alistair had going on with casimir from the equation and go for a stretch then yes maybe alistair killing fletcher and making sure it was as personal as possible to reflect fletcher hiring someone to poison the king, queen, and casimir (an impersonal way of killing them that fletcher used so the guilt wouldn't weigh down on his conscious) could be considered gay

cyrus and casimir: this one is just kinda. no. for me. when cyrus was living in the castle, casimir was the closest thing he had to an older brother. plus youd have to remove both casimirs feelings for alistair and the weird homoeroticness of cyrus and fletchers dynamic from the equation.

celeste and cordelia: oh honey no....naurrrr......cordelia is celestes aunt......

fletcher and rigil:the dynamic could be interesting in a modern au where fletcher isnt a corrupt prince while rigil goes against everything the monarchy stands for...wait thats just fletcher and cyrus's dynamic in canon.....anyways this one isnt too bad but its gonna be a no for me

overall you didnt do too bad aside from two or three of them.....i had a good laugh reading this and you didnt have much info soooooooooooooo i cant fault you lmao

(i laughed so hard when i saw antoine x silas. like silas only exists because i wanted to write melian a husband so seeing that immediately i kinda giggled)

wait dandy you know nothing about my ocs other than this post and based on that post i want you to ship them. (im pretty sure they were seperated by WIP? which should make it easy to try to make sure you're shipping characters from the same WIP) ill tell you how them being together would play out (obviously /nf for this im just curious how someone which of my characters people would ship purely based on bad descriptions of them)

omg that’s such a good idea let’s do this!!!

power doesn’t guarantee glory:

aria + oriana

eli + frey (idk i they’re both kids)

alex + mathew

inora + lani

built on bones and flowers:

antoine + silas (!!!)

analie + alexandra (obvs)

vixen + celestine

and ig arden + melian???

the inhuman fascination with the human mind:

orion + oz

nathalie + opal

corrupted royalty:

eughhh this one is the hardest butttt

fletcher + alistair

cyrus + casimir

celeste + cordelia

fletcher + rigid

don’t laugh at me

[kazualbrekkuparchive]

cel & fletcher: [text] Did I tell you today that you’re the most adorable? Cause, yeah. / [text] I can’t stop thinking about you. / [text] Come over. With condoms. / [text] Sex on a rooftop - trashy or adventurous? / [drunk text] Please don’t hate me I’m too tired and too dizzy to be hated

cc: @hephaestuss

[text] Did I tell you today that you’re the most adorable? Cause, yeah

-you diiiid tell me before leaving for class i think!!!!-but thank youuu -you know i love you so much!!!!!

[text] I can’t stop thinking about you

-oh wow-me neither honestly-i just didn’t think it’d be the same for u or cara-when can i see you?

[text] Come over. With condoms.

-im in class rn!!!-ahhhhh in fact i’ll be over in 5-u know ive never missed class for sex, first time for everything right

[text] Sex on a rooftop - trashy or adventurous?

-ohhhhh definitely adventurous!!-oh wait, this was an invite right?? i think-anyway if not feel free to never talk abt this w me again oh my god

[drunk text] Please don’t hate me I’m too tired and too dizzy to be hated

-what are you talking about??-i could never hate you-where are you, i’ll come pick you up

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What I read in 2020, from worst to best

1. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - ★☆☆☆☆ (review)

2. Rules of Civility by Amor Towles - ★☆☆☆☆ (review)

3. Love Traveling by Hitomi- ★☆☆☆☆

4. The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory - ★★☆☆☆ (review)

5. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo - ★★☆☆☆

6. Trinkets by Kirsten Smith - ★★☆☆☆

7. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros -★★☆☆☆

8. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson - ★★☆☆☆

9.The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick - ★★☆☆☆

10. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple - ★★☆☆☆

11.Avenue of Mysteries by John Irvings - ★★☆☆☆

12. The Expatriates by Janice Y.K. Lee - ★★★☆☆ (review)

13. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - ★★★☆☆ (review)

14. The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 10 (1969 - 1970) by Charles Schulz - ★★★☆☆ (review)

15. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden - ★★★☆☆ (review)

16. Kill the Boy Band by Goldy Moldavsky - ★★★☆☆ (review)

17. Alphabet of Dreams by Susan Fletcher - ★★★☆☆ (review)

18. Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman - ★★★☆☆ (review)

19. Archenemy by Frank Beddor - ★★★☆☆

20. Finally & 13 Gifts by Wendy Mass - ★★★☆☆

21. No One to Trust by Melody Carlson - ★★★☆☆

21. Girl in the Train by Paula Hawkins - ★★★☆☆

22. Empress of the World by Sara Ryan - ★★★☆☆

23. On the Come Up by Angie Thomas - ★★★☆☆

24. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson - ★★★☆☆

25. Clueless: Senior Year by Amber Benson - ★★★☆☆

26. This Book is Not Yet Rated by Peter Bognanni - ★★★☆☆

27. The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding - ★★★☆☆

28. Blue is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh - ★★★☆☆

29. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote- ★★★☆☆

30. Bone Gap by Laura Ruby - ★★★☆☆

31. Lilac Girls by Martha Kelly - ★★★☆☆

32. The DUFF by Kody Keplinger - ★★★☆☆

33. Eggs by Jerry Spinelli - ★★★☆☆

34. Dumplin' & Puddin' by Julie Murphy - ★★★☆☆

35. The Body by Stephen King - ★★★☆☆

36. L: Change the World by M - ★★★☆☆

37. Sadie by Courtney Summers- ★★★☆☆

38. The Graveyard Shift by Neil Gaiman- ★★★☆☆

39. Save the Date by Morgan Matson - ★★★☆☆

40. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick - ★★★☆☆

41. Neil Gaiman's How to Talk to Girls at Parties by Fábio Moon - ★★★☆☆

42. Jughead, Vol. 3 by Ryan North - ★★★☆☆

43. Archie, Vol. 5 by Mark Waid - ★★★☆☆

44. Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 by Young Kim, Stephanie Meyer - ★★★☆☆

45. Sôdôk by Sheri Holman - ★★★☆☆

46. Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year by Demi Lovato - ★★★☆☆

47. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah- ★★★★☆ (spoiler review)

48. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd - ★★★★☆ (spoiler review)

49. Marlene by C.W. Gortner - ★★★★☆ (review)

50. Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings by Stephen O'Connor - ★★★★☆ (review)

51. The Siren by Kiera Cass - ★★★★☆ (review)

52. Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick - ★★★★☆ (review)

53. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates - ★★★★☆ (review)

54. The Beguiled by Thomas Cullinan - ★★★★☆ (review)

55. The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware - ★★★★☆ (review)

56. Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews - ★★★★☆ (review)

57. Rutta & Kodama, Volumes 1 - 3 by Youko Fujitani - ★★★★☆ (review)

58. Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 by Young Kim, Stephanie Meyer - ★★★★☆ (review)

59. The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara- ★★★★☆ (review)

60. Harry Potter 1 - 3 by J.K. Rowling - ★★★★☆

61. Esperanza Rising & Becoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz Ryan - ★★★★☆

62. Sweetest Spell by Suzanne Selfors - ★★★★☆

63. Teen Titans: Raven by Kami Garcia- ★★★★☆

64. Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan - ★★★★☆

65. Blended by Sharon Draper - ★★★★☆

66. Shanghai Girls & Dreams of Joy by Lisa See - ★★★★☆

67. The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 25 (1999 - 2000) by Charles Schulz - ★★★★☆

68. The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman - ★★★★☆

69. Jahanara by Kathryn Lasky- ★★★★☆

70. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn - ★★★★☆

71. Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates - ★★★★☆

72. Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera - ★★★★☆

73. So Far From Home by Barry Denenberg - ★★★★☆

74. Soundless by Richelle Mead - ★★★★☆

75. Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine - ★★★★☆

76. This One Summer by Mariko & Jillian Tamaki - ★★★★☆

77. Archie, Vol. 6 by Mark Waid - ★★★★☆

78. Cut by Patricia McCormick- ★★★★☆

79. Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow- ★★★★☆

80. Jughead, Vol. 2 by Chip Zdarsky- ★★★★☆

81. Reggie & Me by Tom DeFalco - ★★★★☆

82. Radio Silence by Alice Oseman- ★★★★☆

83. Number the Stars & The Giver by Lois Lowry - ★★★★☆

84. Attack on Titan, Vol. 2, 3, 6 & 7 by Hajime Isayama - ★★★★☆

85. Call, Silent Night & Ice Dolls by Hitomi - ★★★★☆

86. Princess Ai, vol. 3 by Courtney Love & DJ Milky - ★★★★☆

87. Attack on Titan, Vol. 1, 4 & 5 by Hajime Isayama- ★★★★★ ( review , review )

88. Princess Ai, Vol. 1 & 2 by Courtney Love & DJ Milky - ★★★★★ (review)

89. Flower by Hitomi - ★★★★★ (review)

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just say yes: a fitzskimmons playlist

Fitz loves Jemma. Fitz loves Daisy. These two facts seem at odds with each other, and he doesn’t know what to do. Jemma loves Fitz. Jemma loves Daisy, but she’s afraid to say so. And Daisy? It’s been a long time since Daisy’s had anyone to really love her, so she’s not sure she’s doing this whole thing right. None of them know how to talk to each other, so things get... messy. Then Fitz and Jemma plunge to the bottom of the ocean, and when they come back up, everything changes. 

i. all love - fletcher / ii. caught in the middle - paramore / iii. good with you - lp / iv. infinity - jaymes young / v. into your arms - the maine / vi. just say yes - snow patrol / vii. mess is mine - vance joy / viii. unconditionally - the george twins / ix. we’ll be a dream - we the kings ft. demi lovato / x. delicate - taylor swift / xi. celeste - ezra vine / xii. team - lorde / xiii. two is better than one - boys like girls, taylor swift / xiv. team - noah cyrus, max / xv. say you won’t let go - james arthur / xvi. vegas skies - the cab

For @everythinghappens-love as a part of @earthvspace‘s Season of Giving Challenge

[valentinewheeler]

2018 Book Recap!

If you follow me on twitter you saw this already, but here’s my favorites I read this year.

They weren’t all 2018 releases, but they’re what hit my kindle/bookshelf and stood out! In reverse order, basically, of when I read them. Check out the list below - it’s a little eclectic.

The Good Neighbor: The Life and Works of Fred Rogers (Maxwell King) - My toddler is ALL ABOUT Mr. Rogers. Turns out he was just as wonderful in life as he was on TV. If you’ve got a small person in your life who loves him (or you were one), I recommend this deep dive into his life and legacy.

Blackfish City (Sam J. Miller) - This sat on my kindle for months before I opened it, but once I passed the first few chapters and got into the world, I blew through 90% in a day. Beautifully woven storytelling, deep worldbuilding. Infrastructure, plague, and culture clash: three things that win me instantly. PLUS a nonbinary POV character!!

A Conspiracy of Truths (Alex Rowland) - I hate unreliable narrators, and yet, here I am, in love with this book. I finished the audiobook (which is BEAUTIFULLY narrated!!) and actually yelled out loud when there wasn’t any more. WHAT A WORLD. Economics, legal drama, and grumpy characters: three more things I can’t resist in a novel.

A Duke by Default/A Princess in Theory (Alyssa Cole) - I hadn’t read much romance until this year, and I don’t know why because turns out I love it. Or at least, I love Alyssa Cole’s work. Both of these had great heroines and super fun supporting casts. I loved both of them equally. I want the next one immediately.

Witchmark (C.L. Polk) - Everyone said I’d love this. EVERYONE WAS RIGHT. Magic! Bikes! Social class based on a false meritocracy! MURDER! MAGIC-SCIENCE BLEND! REALLY FREAKY PAYOFF! Read it. You’re missing out if you don’t.

Spinning Silver (Naomi Novik) - Now, I’ve loved Naomi Novik’s work for about fifteen years. I knew I’d like this one. What I didn’t expect was to have to lie down for a few hours to contemplate it after reading it in one go. I love a main character who ISN’T traditionally sympathetic but you love anyway. Beautifully woven folklore and feeling.

Legend (and sequels) (Marie Lu) - I love YA dystopias with all my heart. This was such a great one. I loved the characters, I loved the setting, I loved seeing the broader world than is usually seen in a post-apocalyptic setting (how DO other governments handle the end of the old way??) Just a delightful read.

Fuzzy Nation (John Scalzi) - I tried to minimize my white men on my reading list this year, but Scalzi is always an exception. I LOVE the original work, and this is a beautiful update. But then, legal battles in space will always win me over. Love it just as much as HBP’s, which is a pretty high bar to cross.

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns (Julie C Dao) - This took me a while to get through, because it was so, I don’t know, filled with impending doom? This little book had such a dark, blood-soaked voice, and I love a fairytale retelling that DOESN’T go how you expect. Absolutely worth reading. Lush setting, high body count.

The Poet X (Elizabeth Acevedo) - If I had known this was all in verse, I wouldn’t have picked it up. So I’m really glad I didn’t know that. If that turns you off, listen to the audiobook. A phenomenal performance. What an immersive experience this book was. It’s stuck with me for months after reading.

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (Meg Elison) - I love post-apocalyptic stories. This was a brutal one. Explores how different communities deal in the face of disaster, and not for the weak of stomach. But one of my favorite PA books of the year for sure. Bought the sequel and finished both in one day.

An Extraordinary Union/A Hope Divided (Alyssa Cole) - The other set of her books I devoured this year. The first slavery-era US romance I’ve read that didn’t leave a sour taste in my mouth. The way she builds her characters and their bonds is just SO #goals.

Orientalism (Edward Said) - I’ve been meaning to read this for a while, and I finally made it through this year. A little dated, maybe, but a dense brick of really interesting thinking and history. A classic for a reason!! The audiobook is GREAT.

Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie) - I love a character who is lying to herself! And I love a book where the backstory is meted out in drips and dabs. A dive into communities I know very little about, some of which are right around the corner from me. Ifemelu is a completely solid character, one that feels ABSOLUTELY real.

Trail of Lightning (Rebecca Roanhorse) - If you’ve read her short fiction, you know she’s a master. This lived up to it. Post-apocalyptic Navajo monsterhunters? Exactly as awesome as promised. The mythology and worldbuilding are perfection.

The Calculating Stars/The Fated Sky (Mary Robinette Kowal) - THESE BOOKS! I love alternate history, I love space, I love characters who confront prejudice within themselves and without! Every character makes SENSE, even when they’re awful! All the science feels absolutely real! I WANT TO GO TO SPACE

The Book of M (Peng Shepherd) - My goodness, I read a lot of post apocalyptic novels this year? This one has one of my personal fears - memory loss that can’t be stopped. Another great blend of science and maybe-magic and spirituality (?) and how humans cope with weird, horrifying, tragic things.

Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow) - I figured before seeing Hamilton I needed to read the book, and I’m really glad I did. Super engaging, with just the right blend of anecdote and data. After reading this I definitely annoyed my mother and my spouse during the whole musical by whispering trivia at them.

War Against All Puerto Ricans (Nelson Denis) - I’m ashamed to say I knew very little about the history of Puerto Rico. After reading this book, that really pisses me off. The US really did PR wrong, and continues to do so. A vital read for anyone interested in US history.

Cinder/Scarlet/Winter/Cress (Marissa Meyer) - Apparently people have been into these for years and I’m just hitting them now. Fun YA, a genre I’ve missed (I like all this hard-hitting, serious YA, but sometimes over the top silly is absolutely necessary!). Spouse and I enjoyed pointing out all the absurd fairy tale tropes.

Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel) - !!! I’m ALL ABOUT books that weave together multiple stories that you KNOW how to intersect somehow but you don’t know HOW IT WILL HAPPEN! Post apocalyptic, weaving stories over fifteen years, all connecting to the life of one guy as the apocalypse hits. GREAT.

All God’s Children Need Travelling Shoes (Maya Angelou) - Yes, I’m well past missing the boat here. But I’m catching up. My goodness, she’s a beautiful writer. And the period covered in the book is spellbinding and brutal and painful and gorgeous.

Cooking is Terrible (Misha Fletcher) - Okay, do you have like twelve minutes and four dollars to cook dinner every night? THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU. Easy recipes in non-threatening form, with going off-script absolutely encouraged. I read this start to finish and have been referring back FREQUENTLY as I cook.

Front Desk (Kelly Yang) - THE MIDDLE GRADE BOOK I NEVER KNEW I NEEDED. Oh, this was wonderful. I want to give this to every ten year old I know (which is actually none?). Mysteries! Racism! Badass middle schoolers! Intra-community problems! Three-dimensional characters! YES!

Edge of Nowhere (Felicia Davin) - SPACE ROMANCE! Teleportation! Cafe-owning lesbians! Sweet big stoic guy/small angry disaster guy romance (my FAVORITE KIND)! SPACE SPORTS! Space HEIST!!!! Alternate dimensions! YES.

Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng) - This one hurt. What real, beautiful, flawed, horrible characters. All their choices made sense in context, all their pain felt real, and I didn’t want to leave them when the book ended. Content warnings for child death. The 1970s have never felt so close.

Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng) - I usually hate books that start at the end, but this one earned it. Disaster rich people are kind of my jam, especially when they have consequences. And again the characters were the stars. I felt like I knew everyone, and I loved them even when they were awful.

Into the Drowning Deep (Mira Grant) - I’m never going in the ocean again. Mermaids have been ruined forever. Terrifying. Great characters, some of whom die horribly. Scary scary unending horrorshow. But oh, what a way to go. Gory fun filled with great representation.

Uprooted (Naomi Novik) - I was so delighted by Spinning Silver I almost forgot that I loved this one NEARLY as much! Scary forest, plenty of fantasy/fairytale tropes turned on their heads. Disaster love interest. Competent, frustrated main character. A+.

The Beauty that Remains - There were a lot of dead friends books this year, and this was my favorite in the not-police-related category of those. Strangers whose lives weave together around the deaths of three people close to them all, and the band that brought them all closer. Gorgeous.

An Indigenous People’s History of the US (Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz) - Another one that’s absolutely vital in filling gaps in the history I’ve learned of this country. Engaging writing and strong voice. Didn’t give me any warm patriotic fuzzies, that is for sure.

Company Town (Madeline Ashby) - Floating future town! Unions! Murder! Loved it.

The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead) - I know the boat on this was a couple years ago, but what a chilling, brutal, beautiful book. The slight speculative element was just the perfect touch to give it a flavor of myth, if that makes sense. Steel yourself before reading.

River of Teeth (Sarah Gailey) - HIPPOS! IN THE MISSISSIPPI! This was a DELIGHT from start to finish. Leverage on HIPPOS in the Wild West?! YES PLEASE.

The Wanderers (Meg Howrey) - Astronauts on a simulated mission to Mars basically all break down, as does everyone around them. I adored this book. I loved the thousand POVs because each one was its own distinct voice. I loved the different ways everybody fell apart!

Infomocracy (Malka Older) - WORLDBUILDING!!!!!! Future elections, future political system, future tech, all brilliantly built. I need to read the sequels, but I haven’t managed to work up the brainpower I know they deserve!!! READ THIS if you like scifi political minutiae (I DO)

The Poppy War (RF Kuang) - The first half is Tamora Pierce, the second half is George RR Martin, but better. This was nothing like what I expected. Absolutely staggeringly, brutally beautiful. What a bold novel. Will buy anything else she ever writes sight unseen.

Warcross (Marie Lu) - This is what I wanted Ready Player One to be. Virtual reality gaming with real life consequences. References and fantastic characters. The sequel is just as good.

Zeroboxer (Fonda Lee) - BOXING IN SPACE! Secret science!! MYSTERIES!! All things I love.

Dread Nation (Justina Ireland) - GREAT. Zombies during the Civil War. A heroine who takes no shit and instead takes zombie heads off. COMBAT SCHOOLS. SUPER GREAT.

An Ember in the Ashes (Sabaa Tahir) - I didn’t expect to love this the way I did, but I devoured it, and the two sequels, each in about a day. This felt like all the best parts of old-school fantasy novels, the thick kind you shoved in your backpack in seventh grade, but BETTER. And I love a good Evil Roman!

Space Opera (Catherynne Valente) - Queen meets Hitchhiker’s Guide! This was a JOURNEY from start to finish, a glorious, absurd, delightful meditation on fame and Eurovision and what it means to be worthwhile and human and a person. YES.

The Broken Earth (NK Jemisin) - More like the BROKEN ME after reading these. Periapocalyptic fiction, absolutely 100% deserving every award and more. Content warning for very small child death brutally described, and more horrors. NK Jemisin goes HARD.

American Islamophobia (Khaled A Beydoun) - Could not put this down. I learned an astonishing amount, especially about the historical place of Islam, Muslims, and Islamophobia in the US. A hard read, but worth the work.

All the Birds in the Sky (Charlie Jane Anders) - Okay, I have to admit it, I have no idea what was going on in this book. But that didn’t stop me from loving it!! Witches and technology and animals and weird apocalyptic nonsense! DELIGHTFUL

Anger is a Gift (Mark Oshiro) - Another YA book that pulled no punches. What a phenomenal look into the way kids and communities of color move through the world, and how the world moves against them.

History is All You Left Me (Adam Silvera) - SO MANY DEAD FRIEND BOOKS THIS YEAR. A great use of the start at the middle, work both directions format, it covers both the time before the death of the MC’s ex and the fallout. I wept through most of it.

White Tears (Hari Kunzru) - Horror, and the villain is essentially appropriation. Very satisfying! The author’s love of music comes through. A nerdy, scary, millennial read.

Love, Hate and Other Filters (Samira Ahmed) - Loved this. Melded teen interpersonal drama, family expectations vs. dreams, and confronting the world and the way they see you all at once, woven together in a beautiful way.

A People’s History of the US (Howard Zinn) - Obviously this is great. I listened to the audiobook, narrated by his son. Sobbed through the child labor chapters. Cheered at the union chapters. Loved it.

Thornfruit/Nightvine/Shadebloom (Felicia Davin) - I LOVE WORLDBUILDING. This is a fantasy on a world that doesn’t turn, so night and day are DIRECTIONS, not times. SO COOL. And I adore the main character. Small Angry/Large Shy is the BEST ROMANCE TROPE. The magic and language is beautifully developed.

Tempests and Slaughter (Tamora Pierce) - Look. I’ll read a gonorrhea brochure if Tamora Pierce writes it. So you knew this would be on the list. But it earned its spot! I love Numair in the Daine series, and he’s a tiny ball of feelings in this. I need more.

Unfamiliar Fishes (Sara Vowell) - I’ve always been interested in Hawaiian history, and though this was a little light and memoir-y for my taste, it contained a shocking amount of information that went down easy in her light, friendly style. Absolutely worth the couple hours it’ll take you.

The Only Harmless Great Thing (Brooke Bolander) - Elephants! Memory! What it means to have value! What we owe other beings! Radium! Sharp and dark and deeper than it has any right to be.

[comeofage1]

A to Z Book Rec Tag

Thank you to the lovely @that-quirky-girl for tagging me, she recognises the book weakness in me. These books are all linked on goodreads, where I have an account, linked HERE.

# - #Junkie and #Rev by Cambria Hebert 

A - Adorkable by Sarra Manning

Adulthood is a Myth by Sarah Andersen 

Adulting 101 by Lisa Henry 

Alan Partridge: Nomad by Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) 

The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith 

All the Single Ladies by Jane Costello 

And Call me in the Morning by Willa Okati 

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins 

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake 

Austenland by Shannon Hale 

B - The Backup Boyfriend by River Jaymes

Beauty by Robin McKinley 

The Best Corpse for the Job by Charlie Cochrane

Between Ghosts by Garrett Leigh 

Big Mouth, Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oates

Blame it on the Mistletoe by Eli Easton 

Blood Magic by Tessa Gratton 

Bone Gap by Laura Ruby 

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne 

Breakfast at Tiffanys by Truman Capote 

Breathe by Sloane Parker 

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh 

Bridesmaids by Jane Costello 

Brighton Rock by Graham Green 

C - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell 

Carry the Ocean by Heidi Cullinan 

The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jessica Rothenburg 

Caught! by JL Merrow 

Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles 

Chance to be King by Sue Brown 

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 

The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher 

The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis

Cinder by Marissa Meyer 

Clear Water by Amy Lane  

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein 

Cold War by Keira Andrews 

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black 

Collide by Riley Hart 

The Color Purple by Alice Walker 

Corkscrewed by MJ O’Shea 

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo 

Crossroads by Riley Hart 

The Crucible by Arthur Miller 

Crush by Richard Siken 

D - The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black 

Dash & Lily’s book of Dares by Rachel Cohn 

Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney 

Devoted by Sierra Riley 

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness 

Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy 

E - Eclipsed by Dominic Holland 

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine 

Emma - Jane Austen 

Epic Fail - Claire LaZebnik 

The Epic Love Story of Doug and Stephen by Valerie Z Lewis 

Every Move he Makes by Barbara Elsborg 

Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande 

F - Fairest by Gail Carson Levine 

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by JK Rowling 

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 

The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien 

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk 

Filthy Little Secret by Devon McCormack 

Fish Out Of Water by Amy Lane

Fish Stick Fridays by Rhys Ford 

Flash Burnout by LK Madigan

Flawless by Lara Chapman 

Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman 

From What I Remember by Stacy Kramer 

The Future of Us by Jay Asher 

G - Gangsta Rap by Benjamin Zephaniah : 

Girl on the Run by Jane Costello

Glass Tidings by Amy Jo Cousins

Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian

Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

H - Harry Potter by JK Rowling

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey

The Heart of Texas by RJ Scott

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Helping Hand by Jay Northcote

A Hero at the End of the World by Erin Claiborne

Him by Sarina Bowen

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien 

Holly Lane by Toni Blake

Hostile Ground by LA Witt

Hot Head by Damon Suede 

Hottie Scotty and Mr Porter by R Cooper

How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by JC Lillis

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

A Hunted Man by Jaime Reese

Hunting Lila by Sarah Alderson

Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

I - I Love the 80s by Megan Crane

If Only in My Dreams by Keira Andrews

Illegal Contact by Santino Hassell

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde 

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

Inseparable by Chris Scully

An Inspector Calls by JB Priestley

J - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

 Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

K - A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn

Know Not Why by Hannah Johnson

L - Law of Attraction by Jay Northcote

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles

Liam Davis & The Raven by Anyta Sunday

Light from the Dark by Mercy Celeste

Lima Oscar Victor Echo and the Truth about Everything by Suki Fleet

The Little Book of Vegan Poems by Benjamin Zephaniah 

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

M - Mark Cooper versus America by Lisa Henry

Mark of Cain by Kate Sherwood

Me and Mr Darcy by Alexandra Potter

Merry Christmas Mr Miggles by Eli Easton

Midwinter Night’s Dream by Eli Easton

More than This by Patrick Ness

Motel. Pool. by Kim Fielding 

Mrs Warren’s Profession by Bernard George Shaw

My Love Lies Bleeding by Alyxandra Harvey 

My Single Friend by Jane Costello

N - The Nearly-weds by Jane Costello 

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman 

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn 

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

North of Beautiful by Justina Chen

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

The Nothingness of Ben by Brad Boney

Noticed Me Yet? by Anyta Sunday

Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman

Off Base by Annabeth Albert

Open Tackle by LC Chase

Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron

P - Passing Through by Jay Northcote

Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Peter Pan by JM Barrie

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

Pressure Head by JL Merrow

Pride and Modern Prejudice by AJ Michaels 

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Private Eye by SE Culpepper

Promised Land by Adam Reynolds

Promises by Marie Sexton

Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

Q - The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

R - Rattlesnake by Kim Fielding

Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

Rock Solid by Riley Hart

Roughing the Passer by Alison Hendricks

S - The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Shiny by Amy Lane

Shrinking Violet by Danielle Joseph

Shut your Face, Anthony Pace by Claire Davis

Silent by Sara Alva

Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Skellig by David Almond

Skin Deep by Laura Jarratt

Slam! by JL Merrow

The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman

Sock it to me, Santa! by Madison Parker

Someday by Sierra Riley

Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake

Spencer Cohen by NR Walker

Splintered by SJD Peterson

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Starter for Ten by David Nicholls

Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel

Stay With Me by SE Harmon

Strong Side by Alison Hendricks

Sugar Creek by Toni Blake

Superhero by Eli Easton

T - The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte

This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab

The Time of Our Lives by Jane Costello

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Tonight by Karen Stivali

Turkey in the Snow by Amy Lane

The Two Gentlemen of Altona by Lisa Henry

U - Unwrapping Hank by Eli Easton

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

V - The Vintners Luck by Elizabeth Knox

W - Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

The Walls of Troy by LA Witt

The Waste Land and Other Poems by TS Eliot

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

We were Feminists Once by Andi Zeisler

A Weekend With Mr Darcy by Victoria Connelly

Where he ends and I Begin by C Cardeno

Where the Lovelight Gleams by Kiera Andrews

Whiskey Business by Avon Gale

The Wish List by Jane Costello

Wonder by RJ Palacio

X - X-It by Jane George

Y - Y: The Last Man by Brian K Vaughan

You Against Me by Jenny Downham

Z - Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville

[hephaestuss]

Im lazy but also greedy u pick: 📱

mason and billie

[text]: stay right where you are, i’m coming to get you in 10[text]: have you seen josh? he asked me to come over, but he’s not around and isn’t texting me back :/[text]: i got this great shot of you and val the other day, you were literally glowing... truly an angel :)[text]: last night was a lot of fun, but... we can’t... do that anymore, josh is my best friend and he’s your brother and i never want to put him in that sort of situation[text]: maybe i should’ve been the one to tell you first, but she’s also your friend too, but yeah, we’re together[text]: i wish whatever josh thought didn’t matter to me, i wish that i hadn’t been afraid to to tell you that i’ve liked you for so long that i can’t remember a time that i didn’t, i wish that i would’ve asked you on a date the first time we slept together, i wish that i wasn’t his best friend so we could just be mason and billie and actually be together. but god, i’m so afraid that i’m just temporary for you, is that all this is? am i just another boy you run around with?

blake and andie

[text]: take a break from studying, grandma, go to the party tonight, i might even make it worth your while ;)[text]: you got a b on the quiz... i thought you were a nerd?[text]: god, baby, i love it when you get feisty, i bet you’re rolling your eyes and fighting off that smile right now[text]: why don’t you come over here and shut me up if you want me to fuck off so bad?[text]: I don’t know who else to ask... And I know we aren’t talking right now, but can you take me to the hospital? I think I underestimated the amount I did.[text]: look, you like me, i can see it in your eyes every time you look at me, behind that furious look you always get because you can’t figure out why you tolerate me. i can see it in the way you try to refuse to smile whenever i laugh, i can tell by the way you keep coming back to me for more when there’s so many other people who can offer you the same thing i can. and you know, the stupid, silly thing is that i might just like you too. so, can we cut to the chase and stop pretending like you hate me and let’s see where this goes?

cara and celeste

[text]: are we going to make a sign for the protest? can we please make a sign? you don’t even have to hold it, i’ll hold it, please?[text]: i’ll meet you in the quad and we can walk to your class together[text]: class is running late, i already miss you, fletcher, and the couch[text]: you’re so cute sometimes, cel[text]: i’m going to disconnect for a few days, i’ll see you afterwards[text]: I don’t know how to explain this to you, but you deserve an explanation for the way I’ve been acting. As totally cliche as this is going to sound: it’s not you, it’s me. It’s been me this entire time, can’t you tell? It’s just the way you look at me sometimes, like I hung the moon in the sky and the way you touch me, soft like I’m not real and then firm, as if you’re doing all you can to hold onto me. I get so scared, I just don’t know what to say or do. I want to be able to give you and Fletcher my heart the way you two give me yours, but nothing lasts forever and I can’t be the one who walks away from this completely shattered. I don’t deserve to be in your lives if I can’t give you 100% of me and that’s not fair to the both of you if I’m too terrified to be able to do that.

lia x lydia

[text]: can you PLEASE turn that shit off, i have to be up early in the morning and you know that, so stop being so annoying!![text]: rent’s due tomorrow, please have the money[text]: okay, if you’re going to bring someone over, can you at least give me a warning next time? thanks[text]: last night was a mistake, the whole drunken kissing thing was cute when we were together, but... it doesn’t matter, we’re done and it shouldn’t ever happen again[text]: i’m happy for you, really[text]: i miss you. i thought we would come back to each other the way we usually do, but it’s been months and i’m still crying over you while you’re moving on just fine. i just want to tell you that i’m sorry, kiss you, and hold you in my arms again. i would give up my pride, i would give up anything to be able to do that again.

val x josh

[text]: i told billie i was busy on a FRIDAY NIGHT, so you better come over and make it worth my while[text]: mason is talking to billie outside, so that means YOU’RE not busy and if you keep me waiting any longer, i’m going to have to resort to going home with someone else![text]: what do i see in him? well, i personally think he’s cuter than you :)))[text]: someone told me they saw you leaving a fucking closet with her.... what the hell, josh?[text]: i know i can be a bitch sometimes... but can you come over and cuddle? i had a really bad day, but it’s okay if you don’t want to or can’t.[text]: i like you a lot more than i originally thought i would, but we can’t keep sneaking around billie’s back like this. we either need to tell her that we’re a thing... if you want to be a thing, or we have to end it and pretend like we never did anything in the first place.

[alzatelarchitrave]

Playlist 2017

The best:

Ryuichi Sakamoto - async Susanne Sundfør - Music For People In Trouble Charlotte Gainsbourg - Rest Brunori Sas - A casa tutto bene Man Forever - Play What They Want Richard Dawson - Peasant Pere Ubu - 20 Years In A Montana Missile Silo Thurston Moore - Rock'n'roll Consciousness Kelly Lee Owens - Kelly Lee Owens Gold Dime - Nerves LCD Soundsystem - American Dream Jens Lekman - Life Will See You Now Gas - Narkopop Arto Lindsay - Cuidado Madame

A little less but very good:

Sparks - Hippopotamus John Maus - Screen Memories JASSS - Weightless Ibeyi - Ash Sóley - Endless Summer Bjork - Utopia Nick Höppner- Work Cody ChesnuTT - My Love Divine Degree Sufjan Stevens, Noco Muhly, Bryce Desnner, James McAlister - Planetarium Ben Frost - The Centre Cannot Hold Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins Steven Wilson - To The Bone Porter Ricks - Anguilla Electrica Future Islands - The Far Field Laura Marling - Semper Femina Noveller - A pink sunset for no one Oren Lavie - Bedroom Crimes

Italia:

Brunori Sas - A casa tutto bene Cesare Malfatti - Canzoni Perse Paolo Benvegnù - H3+

Giorgio Poi - Fa Niente Baustelle - L'amore e la violenza Andrea Laszlo De Simone - Uomo Donna Carl Brave x Franco126 - Polaroid Ianva - Canone Europeo Fitness Forever - Tonight unòrsominòre. - Una Valle Che Brucia Italoconnection - Metropoli Joe Victor - Night Mistakes Ghemon - Mezzanotte

Girrrrrrls:

Julia Holter - In The Same Room Karen Elson - Double Roses Shannon Wright - Division This Is the Kit - Moonshine Freeze Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology Sarah Walk - Little Black Book Circuit des Yeux - Reaching For Indigo Aldous Harding - Party The Weather Station - The Weather Station Melanie De Biasio - Lilies

Avant:

Hauschka - What If Kailin - Fracture Sarah Davachi - All My Circles Run Geotic - Abysma Forest Swords - Compassion Laurel Halo - Dust Karen Gwyer - Rembo Patricia - Several Shades Of The Same Color Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - The Kid Rafael Anton Irisarri - The Shameless Years Rhys Celeste - Microlith Ursula Bogner - Winkel Pong Alessandro Cortini - Avanti Carla dal Forno - The Garden Katie Gately - Color Colleen - A flame my love, a frequency Jlin - Black Origami

Interesting:

National - Sleep Well Beast The Flaming Lips - Oczy Mlody Mura Masa - Mura Masa Benjamin Clementine - I Tell A Fly Algiers - The Underside Of Power Peter Silberman - Impermanence Real Estate - In Mind The Bug Vs Earth - Concrete Desert Blank Mass - World Eater James Brandon Lewis Trio - No Filter Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want? Bjørn Torske & Prins Thomas - Square One Everything Everything - A Fever Dream Fever Ray - Plunge Fletcher Tucker - Cold Spring H. Hawkline - I Romanticize Loney Dear - Loney Dear Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band - Adiós Señor Pussycat Laucan - FramePerSecond Alien Stadium - Livin' in Elizabethan Times Aimee Mann - Mental Illness Piano - Magic Closure Godspeed you black emperor! - Luciferian Towers Liars - TFCF Arbouretum - Song of the rose