#gina lynn

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gina lynn ‎♡

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Gina Lynn

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Gina Lynn & Amy Reid

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Gina Lynn and Heather Hunter, 2006

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[barejunk]

The Fantasstic Whores 4 (2008)

Bam Margera and Brandon Novak in an adult film?.... YES please! Gina Lynn (Minghags) teams back up with Bam for some more Pennsylvania filmmaking! This video is a super, big 'ole W for all of us!

[soulmvtes]

will never shut up about how good of a show bojack horseman is with its right amounts of realism and optimism + how good its ending was in portraying how life just keeps happening and how things are often left unresolved and its painful and real and we have to have hope and create our own meaning

[lindseymcdonaldseyelashes]

Leverage 3x6 - "The Studio Job"

[bojackhorsemanobviously]

Bojack's got a lot of Dirty Secrets

[ndvydual]

Figuring out how to draw these guys, from memory .....

What are refs for

[dongslinger--420]

Thinking about how Gina sings "Don't stop dancing 'til the curtains fall" whereas Sarah Lynn sings "Don't stop dancing 'til the curtain call" and that just solidifies more than anything how Sarah Lynn's entire life was planned out for her. The curtains falling implies this huge, dramatic event, but the curtain call will always happen at a preplanned point. Sarah Lynn's entire life is made up of things that were decided for her: her acting career, her music career, and her death was something that was almost bound to happen: even she said this in her first appearance. But at the same time, she was very much knocked down in her prime. Although Gina's version is somewhat abrupt, it still ends in a perfect cadence. Sarah Lynn's version just. Doesn't. It ends with her singing completely a capella, showing that she has finally achieved independence and peace. But it's too late. And at the same time, it was Always bound to happen this way.

[cultivating-wildflowers]

2024 Reading - March

By now it is clear that I will not achieve my arbitrary goal of reading 100 books this year, and that's fine. My overall progress so far is what I really care about. I am confronting my TBR, I've already read a good number of nonfics, and for the most part my reading has been enjoyable.

While I do have some large books coming up on my list, I am hoping to set aside a little time in April to get to a couple of anticipated rereads (finally) because I'm starting to crave a change of pace into something more familiar.

Total books: 4  |  New reads: 4   |   2024 TBR completed: 5 (2 DNF) / 9/36 total   |   2024 Reading Goal: 11/100

February | April

potential reading list from March 1st

#1 - Dorothy and Jack: The Transforming Friendship of Dorothy L. Sayers and C. S. Lewis by Gina Dalfonzo - 4/5 stars (audio)

After the whole Thing with The Mutual Admiration Society, I went into this book with no small amount of trepidation.

I was immediately put at ease.

This was a surprisingly cozy little book that accomplished what it set out to do. It wasn't horribly deep, but it was thorough and heartwarming. And I found myself cheering when I discovered that Sayers and I apparently have the same opinions about a certain aspect of Paradise Lost, so that was fun.

It does lose a star for spending what felt like too long on the Charles Williams scandal. I think the writer was trying to make a point but I'm a bit lost on what it was.

Notes: 1) Do not get the audiobook if you are at all put off by poor pronunciation and enunciation. The narrator couldn't even say "Pevensie" correctly. 2) I have to be objective, since I kicked up such a stink with the last Sayers-adjacent nonfic I tried, and say there is a bit of bias to this one, with the writer coming from an Evangelical background. It's not overpowering but I would say it informs Dalfonzo's approach. (Which...is how writing works. Whatever.)

#2 - Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik - 5/5 stars ('24 TBR)

"There are men who are wolves inside, and want to eat up other people to fill their bellies. That it what was in your house with you, all your life. But here you are with your brothers, and you are not eaten up, and there is not a wolf inside you. You have fed each other, and you kept the wolf away. That is all we can do for each other in the world, to keep the wolf away."

I haven't had much luck with Novik in the past. I read Uprooted probably six years ago and remember it struck me as kind of bland and disjointed. When A Deadly Education was released I picked it up, excited by the premise, but didn't make it through the first chapter. I was starting to think Novik's style just wasn't for me.

Then while chatting with Elsabet (@eddis-not-eeddis), she mentioned how much she loves Spinning Silver and urged me to give it a try, so here we are.

Friends.

I did in fact enjoy it quite a lot.

The standout aspect for me is how Novik writes relationships. Any kind of relationship. Even the little ones that barely get a paragraph's mention. And then we get to see how those relationships build bonds, build links, make their own kind of magic, and I'm sold. This is how you flesh out characters. And this is how you make me care about them and connect with them.

Novik still has a very distinct style that sometimes trips me up, but it works.

(side note: I always forget Novik helped found AO3, and every time I'm reminded I go "oh yeah! good for her!)

More like this: "The Bear and the Nightingale" by Katherine Arden; "Anya and the Dragon" by Sofiya Pasternack (middle grade but the same sort of vibes); "Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow" by Jessica Day George.

#3 - A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan - 4/5 stars ('24 TBR, audio)

Fantastically written, well-paced, with an engaging narrative and a solid cast of characters. However, it works well as a stand-alone and I’m not sure whether or not I’ll continue the series. There was something in it that was lacking for me personally. I would definitely recommend it, though!

More like this: the Emily Wilde series; the Frontier Magic trilogy by Patricia C. Wrede.

#4 - South With the Sun: Roald Amundsen, His Polar Explorations, and the Quest for Discovery by Lynne Cox - 3/5 stars ('24 TBR)

If you’re looking for a book that's strictly about Roald Amundsen, don't start here. This book is half a general history of 19th century polar exploration leading up to Roald Amundsen; and half a recounting of some of Lynne Cox’s swimming accomplishments, which were largely inspired by Amundsen's work and travels.

I also wouldn't recommend this as a starting-off point for people who aren't familiar with the details of Lynne's story, since she ties so much of that into Amundsen's story.

Overall, it was a decent enough read. Lynne's passion and enthusiasm are plain all throughout the story, but her writing voice is lacking and parts of the book--especially those focusing on Amundsen's various expeditions--were clumsily written and difficult to follow. Amundsen finally crossing the North Pole received a grand total of one paragraph and was so unclear that I had to read it twice and then google the details of the endeavor to understand the significance of the dates listed. The last hundred pages are a proper muddle.

DNF

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern ('24 TBR) - Another book that was strongly recommended by a tumblr mutual! I wanted to like this one, and not just for Jules's sake. I gave it about 15% but it wasn’t clicking and I kept getting lost. Some reviews say the first part is rough, so maybe I’ll give this another try later. Don’t hate me, Jules 😅.

A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher ('24 TBR) - I will not apologize for not finishing this one. I'm straight-up ticked off.

The story started out strong (despite me being pathetic and having to really power through the stressful parts). It set a good pace AND the story was straight-forward and compelling. The first red flag was the writing style because my. stars. Did we have to get ominous, melodramatic, foreshadow-y asides practically every single chapter? Could be my fresh-from-DNFing self talking, but the whole voice came off as pretentious trying for profound. [Edit from after browsing 1- and 2-star reviews: it's not just me.]

I decided to put up with it because I honestly did want to know how the story would end. But it just dragged on and on with no direction. Stuff just...happened. And I got bored.

So I looked up reviews. And found spoilers. And rage-skimmed the last few chapters.

Friends. If you can get to the half-way mark in the story you're telling without even a hint of setting up for a stunt like that ending, you're doing it wrong.

Don't read this book. It's dumb.

Currently Reading:

Recorder by Cathy McCrumb (reread)

[starrrbakerrr]

Terri Porter is awful, here are three reasons why:

1. When Gina tells Terri that Ricky makes her so happy she ‘wakes up before her alarm with a smile on her face,’ she still decides to discredit Ricky and favor Mack. Not only is that awful to Ricky, it’s even worse to Gina. She chose to ignore Gina’s happiness and wishes for her own benefit, status, and pride.

2. She would come in and out of the auditorium to watch Gina perform, like is it so hard to sit down and watch the show? Did she even buy a ticket? When Ricky asked if Terri planned on coming to watch the show after she’s missed Gina’s other opening nights, she said she’ll be there. But she was barely there, and the real reason she even came to the show at all is because of the press conference.

3. Worst of all, to me, is the utter glee she had while telling Ricky about Gina’s movie – about New Zealand, about Mack, about “a very long time.” And then the, “I’m really sorry.” She wasn’t sorry. She knew that Gina and Ricky were going to meet in the dressing room after intermission. But when Gina was whisked say to handle something for the movie, Terri decided not to join her daughter, but instead wait at the dressing room to deliver the news to Ricky herself. Gina should have been the one to tell him. Terri has no respect for her daughter and she prayed for Ricky’s downfall. She wanted a way to get Ricky out of the picture completely even when that would make Gina heartbroken (though I don’t even think she knows that because she doesn’t listen to her daughter).

Her three lines of redemption at the end were not enough. This is a Terri Porter hate account.

i guess the s3 chocolate confession is not cannon because it really doesn’t make sense for terri to be treating ricky like that and also not knowing who he was at the halloween party

[bookaddict24-7]

(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (July 2nd, 2024)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Releases:

Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret by Amy Doak

A Darker Mischief by Derek Milman

On the Bright Side by Anna Sortino

Ready Or Not by Andi Porretta

Not About A Boy by Myah Hollis

Joined at the Joints by Marissa Ellis

The Midnight Game by Cynthia Murphy

The Ones Who Come Back Hungry by Amelinda Bérubé

Rise by Freya Finch

We Don't Have Time for This by Brianna Craft

Fun Fact: I Love You by Gina Lynn Larsen

Illustrated Girl by Josephine Angelini

New Sequels:

The Heart of the World (The Isles of the Gods #2) by Amie Kaufman

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Happy reading!