#interabang books

[noam-easter-bunny]

Certainly! Let’s delve into the magical world of Moriah Hallow and meet the miraculous Noam, the Easter Bunny. 🐰✨

“Noam Moriah Hallow: Easter Bunny School” is a delightful children’s book written by Emile B. LaCerte Jr. In this enchanting tale, we explore Moriah Hallow, a school where Easter bunnies and forest friends come together. Noam, the headmaster, shares his wisdom and educational teachings on how Easter bunnies prepare for the most important day of the year.

When Noam’s blessed feet turn red, something extraordinary happens: he can perform amazing feats! From coloring eggs to transforming food into sweet treats for good children and forest friends, Noam’s magical abilities are truly wondrous. 🌟🥚🍬

The lucky rabbit’s foot becomes a symbol of Noam, representing God’s love and the joy of Easter. The book is suitable for readers aged 5 to 9 years and spans 34 captivating pages. If you’d like to explore this heartwarming story, you can find it on Amazon Kindle, Bookshop, Interabang Books, Alibris, or Barnes & Noble. 📚🌷🎨

Feel free to immerse yourself in the whimsical adventures of Noam and discover the magic of Moriah Hallow! 🌈

[tsimanify]

This book is a treatise on cultural globalization and the global political economy. By introducing the transnational public domain in the study of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the book goes beyond existing theoretical frameworks involving both the 'clash between civilizations' and the 'time-worn division' of the world into North and South. It advances a new focus on the theoretical and empirical elements that canvass global cultural behaviours and reactionary attitudes to the expanding Chinese economic norms, cultures and values in different national contexts.

Readers of political theory, global political economy, globalization, international relations, political sociology, cultural sociology, public policy and foreign policy analysis will find interest in the book. Whereas new nationalism couples with globalism, both concepts are rediscovered through various socio-economic contexts of BRI policy discourses, which produce conflicts, solidarities, new economic partnerships, and cooperation and resistance as types of contemporary nationalism. The new nationalism is approached as a dual-sided, relational, and dialectical phenomenon which readers will capture by paying particular attention to both the global and local scales of the social responses to the BRI.

[worldofdate]

Dallas' Best Things To Do, Oct. 4–Oct.10

Wednesday, Oct. 4 Dr. Brian Williams at Interabang Books Maybe you know his name because Dr. Brian Williams was the trauma surgeon in charge of the Parkland ER on that night in 2016 when five Dallas police officers were shot and subsequently died from their injuries. Or, perhaps you know him from his current run for Congress in Texas’ 32nd District. If you know him as the author of The Bodies…

[lgbtqreads]

Happy (Upcoming) Independent Bookstore Day!

Happy (Upcoming) Independent Bookstore Day!

As you may know, Independent Bookstore Day was rescheduled this year, but no matter the date, there’s been no year in which it’s more important to show whatever support you can. Behold, here are a bunch of wonderful indies that show great support to queer books, each with a little recommended list of books to buy from them!

This year, with the advent of Bookshop, some of these stores have shifted…

[hafsahfaizal]

14 days until WE FREE THE STARS, and I'm excited to reveal the gorgeous artwork Macmillan commissioned from the inimitable @elithien! I couldn't be more in love with this spectacular piece—the angst! the longing! her dress! the blood vial! the lush, rich colors! I'm thrilled. We're giving away these exclusive art prints with each signed + personalized copy ordered through Interabang Books or GC Reading, so I suggest you get on that because quantities are limited AND the cut-off date to order is January 15th; no exceptions! PLUS you can submit your pre-order receipt to claim a limited edition enamel pin! Find all the links you need here. As always, thank you all so much. I know I say this a lot, but pre-orders are so crucial to a book's success. These sales accumulate and are tallied on release day, giving a book a greater chance of landing on the bestselling lists (like the New York Times!), being shelved (digitally, too) in prime locations, and more. So thank you 🖤

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Tech in SF

Today on the Attack Surface Lectures (8 panels exploring themes from the third Little Brother book, hosted by Tor Books and 8 indie bookstores): Tech in SF with Annalee Newitz and Ken Liu, recorded on Oct 16 by Interabang.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GecqbDNbTI

You can watch it without Youtube's surveillance courtesy of the Internet Archive:

https://archive.org/details/asl-tech

Or get the audio as an MP3:

https://archive.org/download/asl-tech/Tech%20in%20SF%20with%20Annalee%20Newitz%20and%20Ken%20Liu.mp3

Earlier instalments in the series:

I. Politics and Protest (Eva Galperin and Ron Deibert, hosted by The Strand):

https://craphound.com/attacksurface/2020/11/16/the-attack-surface-lectures-politics-and-protest-fixed/

II. Cross-Media Sci-Fi (Amber Benson and John Rogers, hosted by the Brookline Booksmith):

https://craphound.com/attacksurface/2020/11/17/the-attack-surface-lectures-cross-media-sci-fi/

III. Race, surveillance and tech (Meredith Whittaker and Malkia Devich-Cyril, hosted by The Booksmith):

https://craphound.com/attacksurface/2020/11/18/the-attack-surface-lectures-intersectionality-race-surveillance-and-tech-and-its-history/

IV. Cyberpunk & Post-Cyberpunk (Christopher Brown and Bruce Sterling, hosted by Anderson's Bookshop)

https://craphound.com/attacksurface/2020/11/19/the-attack-surface-lectures-cyberpunk-and-post-cyberpunk/

V. Little Revolutions (Tochi Onyebuchi and Bethany C Morrow, hosted by Skylight Books)

https://craphound.com/news/2020/11/20/the-attack-surface-lectures-little-revolutions/

VI. Opsec and Personal Cybersecurity (Window Snyder and Runa Sandvik, hosted by Third Place Books)

https://craphound.com/attacksurface/2020/11/23/the-attack-surface-lectures-opsec-and-personal-cyber-security/

VII. Sci-Fi Genre (Sarah Gailey and Chuck Wendig, hosted by Fountain Books)

https://craphound.com/attacksurface/2020/11/24/the-attack-surface-lectures-sci-fi-genre/

VIII. Tech in SF (Annalee Newitz and Ken Liu, hosted by Interabang)

https://craphound.com/attacksurface/2020/11/25/the-attack-surface-lectures-tech-in-sf/

Here's a master post with all the media:

https://craphound.com/news/2020/11/16/attack-surface-lectures-master-post/

And you can also get this as it's posted on my podcast feed – search for "Cory Doctorow podcast" in your podcatcher or use the RSS:

https://feeds.feedburner.com/doctorow_podcast

[2021ya]

WE FREE THE STARS

Sands of Arawiya #2

by Hafsah Faizal

(Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1/19/21)

9780374311575

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Series:

1. We Hunt the Flame

After the battle on Sharr that closed We Hunt the Flame, Zafira and Nasir return to a ghostly Sultan's Keep, low on resources and allies alike. The dark forest has fallen, but the kingdom teems with fear of the Lion of the Night's return. As Nasir fights to command the dark power in his blood, Zafira fights against a very different darkness festering through her bond with the Jawarat.The second book in the Sands of Arawiya duology, by the masterful Hafsah Faizal.

This book had a preorder campaign that has now ended, but for authors looking into what folks have offered for preorder campaigns, here is that info

Preorder Campaign: Limited edition enamel pin (US/CA only). Art print if ordered from Interabang or GCReading.

[hollymbryan]

Blog Tour + #Review: TIGERS, NOT DAUGHTERS by Samantha Mabry!

Welcome to Book-Keeping and my stop on the Algonquin Young Readers blog tour for Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry, which releases TODAY! I am so excited to tell you all about this book and share my review with you. Let’s get started!

About the Book

title: Tigers, Not Daughters author: Samantha Mabry publisher: Algonquin Young Readers release date: 24 March 2020

The Torres sisters dream of escape. Escape from their needy and despotic widowed father, and from their San Antonio neighborhood, full of old San Antonio families and all the traditions and expectations that go along with them. In the summer after her senior year of high school, Ana, the oldest sister, falls to her death from her bedroom window. A year later, her three younger sisters, Jessica, Iridian, and Rosa, are still consumed by grief and haunted by their sister’s memory. Their dream of leaving Southtown now seems out of reach. But then strange things start happening around the house: mysterious laughter, mysterious shadows, mysterious writing on the walls. The sisters begin to wonder if Ana really is haunting them, trying to send them a message—and what exactly she’s trying to say. In a stunning follow-up to her National Book Award–longlisted novel All the Wind in the World, Samantha Mabry weaves an aching, magical novel that is one part family drama, one part ghost story, and one part love story.

Add to Goodreads: Tigers, Not Daughters Purchase the Book: Order from Samantha’s local indie bookstore, Interabang Books in Dallas, TX, and she will sign it and personalize it for you if you wish! (See her Instagram post) Other Purchasing Links: Amazon | B&N | Books-a-Million | Bookshop | Indiebound | Kobo

Early Praise for Tigers, Not Daughters

“Move over, Louisa May Alcott! Samantha Mabry has written her very own magical Little Women for our times. This is no family of tamed girls but a clan of fierce and fighting young women who will draw readers into their spell. A celebration of the bonds of sisterhood and of the ways we heal by reaching beyond our losses, our brokenness and fears to the love that holds and heals.”

–Julia Alvarez, author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents

“A moody and unflinching examination of the gritty, tender and impossible parts of people that make them unforgettably whole. You don’t read Samantha Mabry’s books so much as experience them. Ferocious and gorgeously crafted. I loved it.”

–Courtney Summers, New York Times bestselling author of Sadie

“A ghostly tale of revenge and the strength of the sisterly bond…The author adeptly portrays the claustrophobia of living in a small town and being under the watch of an overbearing patriarchal figure—in fact, the male gaze is the true enemy in this novel, and it's only when the young women join forces that they're able to break free of its oppressive ties. Mabry's (All the Wind in the World, 2017, etc.) third novel has echoes of The Virgin Suicides. The protagonists are Latinx. The evocative language and deft characterization will haunt—and empower—readers.”

–Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

“Borrowing elements of magical realism and Latinx folklore, this is a story that is often uncomfortable; in its quest to explore grief, family, and the traumas inflicted by each, it lays its characters utterly and unforgettably bare.”

–Booklist (Starred Review)

“Mabry speaks gracefully to the transformative power of grief and the often messy (even violent) road to letting go.”

–Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

“Little Women meets The Virgin Suicides with a magical realist twist in this evocative and lovely novel… Similar to the March sisters, the Bennets in Pride and Prejudice, and the three sisters in King Lear... Mabry’s lyrical style weaves themes of sisterhood, death, and romance along with Shakespearean inspiration and paranormal elements to create something magical. This novel is sure to appeal to fans of Mabry’s other works, and could serve as an introduction to magical realism for those unfamiliar with the genre. An engaging, heartfelt exploration of the multifaceted inner lives of teen girls and sisterhood.”

–School Library Journal (Starred Review)

“This is a quietly searing tale of sisterly love and family secrets, of a grief so big it swallows its mourners up, blotting out the future and distorting the past…Mabry’s prose continues to be elegantly simple and profoundly evocative…an appealingly unsettling infusion of ambiguous faith and unexplained miracles.”

–Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (Starred Review)

About the Author

Samantha Mabry credits her tendency toward magical thinking to her Grandmother Garcia, who would wash money in the kitchen sink to rinse off any bad spirits. She teaches writing and Latino literature at a community college in Dallas, where she lives with her husband, a historian, and a cat named Mouse. She is the author of A Fierce and Subtle Poison and All the Wind in the World.

Connect with Samantha: Website | Goodreads | Twitter | Instagram

Check out more at my Instagram feed!

My 5-Star Review

I was thrilled to be offered the chance to take part in this blog tour with Algonquin Young Readers, and I’m so glad I jumped on board, because I love Tigers, Not Daughters! This book is loosely based on King Lear, which has always been my favorite of Shakespeare’s plays. (It’s been years and years since I’ve read it, though, so don’t feel like you have to know anything about it before reading this book.) Ms. Mabry says this of the title and how she got the idea for this book:

“Tigers, Not Daughters is a phrase from Shakespeare’s King Lear. In the play, it’s used as an insult, hurled by Albany at Lear’s selfish and disobedient daughters. When I recently heard that phrase spit out with such venom during a production, it struck me—how could I write a story in which this wasn’t an insult, but, in a way, praise? I’ve always been of the mind that some parents frankly deserve to be disobeyed, and I’m sure many young people would agree.”

I was immediately on board with the idea that being a ��tiger” didn’t have to be an insult; instead, it could be a strength. Why shouldn’t young women be allowed to show their claws? Especially when their father is an often-drunk despot who keeps them tethered to him by playing on their sense of responsibility to him, even as he shows no responsibility toward them. 

What I love so much about this book, as slim as it is, is that we get to see such growth in each of the three Torres sisters, as they gradually make their way to becoming those tigers of the title. Each starts with their own particular weakness, whether it be Jessica’s boyfriend, John; Iridian’s fear of leaving her house and exposing any part of herself to others; or Rosa’s gentle, quiet, and kind nature that has people thinking of her as only ever gentle, quiet, and kind. Throw in some magical realism and a visit from the ghost of their dead sister one year after her accident (falling to her death from her bedroom window while trying to escape) and you have an incredible story. By the end, Jessica, Iridian, and Rosa have all figured out how to grow and show their claws, each in their own way conquering their weaknesses and fears. My favorite quote from the book is from Jessica and sums up that growth (seriously, if I were not months away from turning 45 I would have this tattooed somewhere I could see it every day): 

“An angry girl is allowed to be angry.” (p. 220 of ARC)

I wrote down a series of words immediately upon finishing the book that pretty well sum up my thoughts: lyrical, fierce, gorgeous, feminist, sublime. I hope these adjectives will convince you to pick up this beautiful story of sisterhood and of owning one’s inner tiger. Be fierce, be strong, be angry--let the Torres sisters be an inspiration to you.

Rating: 5 stars!

**Disclosure: I received an ARC of this book from the publisher for purposes of this blog tour. This review is voluntary on my part and reflects my honest rating and review of the book.

Thank you for visiting today! Remember, stay healthy by staying home if you can, and practicing social distancing if you cannot. We will get through this together.

[hodgman]

#JJHO listener Julia K wrote in to let me know that @interabangbooks, the beloved indie bookstore of Dallas, was pretty much destroyed by a tornado last week. While, for obvious reasons (pictured) they won’t be open for a bit, their ONLINE store is up and running. If you wanted to buy a #MEDALLIONSTATUS from them today (or any book, any day), bit.ly/JHBANG gets you there. Photo courtesy TOM FOX of the @dallasnews. Tom, there are a lot of Tom Foxes on insta, so speak up in the comments so I can tag you. (at Interabang Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4K9Vz-FijZ/?igshid=eoufn7tvje93

[gamora-borealis]

2018 Year in Review

Rules: Answer questions about 2018 and tag some people!

I was tagged by @carolsparklefists and @wizzardhowl . Love y’all!

TOP 5 FILMS YOU WATCHED IN 2018

Here’s the deal. I didn’t watch Phase 3 of the MCU until this year. So, of course, GotG Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and Thor: Ragnarok rocked my world. But I’m not going to count them for sake of variety.

Lawrence of Arabia

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Black Panther

Logan’s Run

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

TOP 5 TV SHOWS IN 2018

Marvel’s Runaways

Seinfeld

Star Trek (I sporadically/randomly watch re-runs of the 1966-2005 shows)

Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger

WKRP in Cinncinati (I haven’t watched a whole lot but I love it)

TOP 5 SONGS OF 2018 (ACCORDING TO SPOTIFY)

So #1 is supposed to be Waterloo Sunset by the Kinks, which I love, but I think it’s only because my dad and I share a Spotify account. 

The Night by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits

She’s Gone by Daryl Hall & John Oates

Maybe I’m Amazed by Paul McCartney

Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) by George Harrison

This top five has to do with my Awesome Zune Library playlist, which has songs that I think fit GotG. Here are some songs that are less related to my GotG fantasies...

Sister Golden Hair by America

Don’t Let Me Down by The Beatles

Mr. Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan

My Sweet Lord by George Harrison (I loved this song before I saw GotG2)

My Cherie Amour by Stevie Wonder

TOP 5 BOOKS YOU READ IN 2018

Books? What are those? I needlessly scroll through Tumblr in the little free time I have because of school. I have been attempting to read Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence, that’s about it. So here’s the top stuff I read in school.

Sweat by Lynn Nottage (play)

The Money Shot by Neil LaBute (play)

Hey Whipple Squeeze This by Edward Boches and Luke Sullivan (literally a textbook)

Driver’s License (Object lessons) by Meredith Castile

An Octaroon by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (play)

Five good/positive things that happened to you in 2018

I started therapy and anti-depressants

I got to hang out with @atomiccatsii a lot at school despite our completely different majors, and spent lots of time at coffee shops with other old friends like @galileostelescope

I found a church that I like, and embraced liberal christian theology that is affirming of my sexuality and my view that the Bible isn't inerrant

I got back on Tumblr and have had an extremely positive experience (I've made great friends and found awesome communities)

I went on some really awesome trips, one in which I rode a train along the ocean to see an old friend, and another where my music friends and I spent the week together at a festival bonding, practicing, and performing

Tagging only a sliver of the Tumblr people I'm thankful for this year (no obligation): @atomiccatsii, @galileostelescope, @okoyesbabe, @grootguardians, @gamoramantis, @gamorazenwhoberis, @elusetta, @bevioletskies, @arachni-boy, @lokibrodinson, @karolinaforbes, @red-shepherd, @hauntedtheater, @excusememecouldyoupleaseleave, @perfumeaddictkate, @violetbaudels, @howlingdawn, @gamoravandyne, @angelsintheoutfeild, @dreamingmantis, @laufeyysons, @symbiotess, @interabangs, @ephemeralcontinuum, @acebatmickey, and anyone else who wants to do it!

[bevioletskies]

2018 Year In Review

tagged by (i think, i’ve disabled email notifications so i’m sorry if i missed you!): @carolsparklefists @gamora-borealis @gamoravandyne tagging (i’m late to this and i’m sure most of y’all have either done it or passed already, no obligation as always!): @latinxgamora @peterjsonquills @crazyrichfilipinos @starmora @gamoramantis @gamorazenwhoberis @interabangs @the-masked-hero @frankcastle @unspokenstarmora @maandarinee

TOP FIVE FILMS YOU WATCHED IN 2018 1. crazy rich asians (2018) 2. black panther (2018) 3. wind river (2017) 4. creed (2015) 5. i, tonya (2017)

TOP FIVE TV SHOWS YOU WATCHED IN 2018 1. fargo 2. westworld 3. humans 4. halt and catch fire 5. peaky blinders

TOP FIVE SONGS YOU LISTENED TO IN 2018 1. thank u, next by ariana grande 2. wasabi by little mix 3. make me feel by janelle monae 4. want you back by HAIM 5. can’t help falling in love by kina grannis (cover)

TOP FIVE BOOKS YOU READ IN 2018 i only read three books this year so i guess this is it? 1. an absolutely remarkable thing by hank green 2. turtles all the way down by john green 3. the rest of us just live here by patrick ness

TOP FIVE POSITIVE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 2018 1. i “broke up” with my best friend, who had become very toxic for me and my friend group for various reasons 2. i got a spin bike!! i have lots of nature-related allergies and health problems that prevent me from doing cardio outdoors or otherwise, but now i’m obsessed and i spin to ABBA like three times a week 3. i went back to university after getting my bachelor’s last year. i was hoping to get a start on my career but i’m doing pretty well in school, so it’s not all bad 4. i’ve apparently written 271k words of fic according to ao3...honestly when and how 5. i started working on my portfolio website! i’ve been compiling all my work and planning some self-directed projects for the new year, so i’ll probably be online even less but imo that’s a good thing

[lettersfromn0where]

Tagged by: @interabangs

Tagging anyone who wants to do it :)

1. Who were you named after?

The biblical figure of the same name.

2. When was the last time you cried?

I went to spiritual direction at school and completely lost it while telling a nun about my problems.

3. Do you have kids?

If I did at my age I’d be on a TLC show, so no...

4. What’s the first thing you notice about people?

Their manner of speaking (tone, vocabulary, accent if any, etc).

5. What’s your eye color?

Green, but somewhat more complex than it sounds. (There are a lot of hints of other colors in them.)

6. Scary movie or happy ending?

Happy ending all the way!

7. Special talents?

I play violin and viola and I’m good at memorization and reading books in freakishly short amounts of time. I also do theater at my school and was recently a lead role (best experience of high school to date, hands down) but am not all that great. And I like to think I’m an okay writer but that’s probably wishful thinking...

8. Where were you born?

California

9. Hobbies?

Music as mentioned, acting, video editing, reading, writing (fic and original - I just finished an original novella and it sucks but it’s my baby and I love it), is learning stuff for fun a hobby?, figure skating

10. Do you have any pets?

Two labradors and they are the loves of my life. For reference:

11. What sports do you play?

Figure skating, although I might quit because I have too much going on. I’ve loved it for a long time but it’s just not my priority or passion anymore.

12. Height?

5’5”

13. Favorite subject in school?

I LOVED my AP Environmental Science class last year. Apart from that, history and English. ANYTHING BUT AP CALC. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A BLOWTORCH TO AP CALC.

14. Dream job?

conservation biology! I’ve loved animals and the environment my entire life (I remember being thrilled at two to learn that there were snakes living in our yard because I loved them so much) and for a long time I wanted to be a marine biologist to help conserve species, but that required more math than I was willing to take on. Conservation bio allows me to pursue the same goal but the major requires far less math, and APES made me want to take on a more environmental science-based approach to that career path so it fits. It could involve travel to exotic locales for field work as well so that’s a plus. And I’d love to write on the side (memoir, anyone?) if possible. But there are at least three other jobs I can see myself being just as happy in. I have waaaaaay too many interests to ever pursue all of them.

[lady-of-rohan]

tagged by @interabangs! THANK YOU HON! ;-; <3

rules: tag 10 followers 5 followers an infinite number of followers you want to know better

name: Lindsey, Linds for short

star sign: Virgo

height: 5'2″

middle name: Ann

put your music on shuffle. what are the first 4 songs to pop up?

Numb - Linkin Park (omg)

The Saltwater Room - Owl City

Can’t Stop - Maroon 5

Pick U Up - Adam Lambert

grab the closest book to you and turn to page 23. what’s the line 17? The Artwork of The Evil Within.... is theonly book I have in here since I just organized all my books upstairs! But, page 17 is an HD pic of Sebastian’s face 💦 💦 💦

ever had a poem or song written about you? yeah! The first guy I dated when I was a wee teen wrote songs and poems about me...

what was the last time you played air guitar? probably a couple months ago

who’s your celebrity crush? JASON STATHAM

what’s a sound you hate, and the one you love? I hate the sound of thunder (it scares me). I love the sound of my BF’s voice.

do you believe in ghosts? absolutely

how about aliens? hell yeah I do!

do you drive? no

if so, have you ever crashed? NOPE

what was the last book you read?  I reread Angels and Demons for like, the 15th time.

do you like the smell of gasoline? Ew, no thanks, I get headaches easily

what was the last movie you saw? The Meg! It was SO GOOD.

do you have any obsessions right now?

Joseb! NEARLY FOUR YEARS AND GOING STRONG ♥

Ignoct! ;~; (and FFXV in general... so many hours...)

Bath and Body Works fall scented candles (especially Bourbon and Maple! JOSEB SCENTS!)

BBQ potato chips and croutons

Lana Del Rey music (but that’s nothing new)

HALLOWEEN DECOR

everything 90s

Watching conspiracy and spooky videos on youtube, or youtubers analyzing other channels

Making menhera themed jewelry

Cosplay with my BF!

do you tend to hold grudges against people who’ve done you wrong? occasionally, but usually because the other party doesn’t know how to move on

in a relationship? YES! AND SUPER HAPPY! 😍 😍 😍

tagging (of course, no obligation!): @melisjevisje @gotta-art-gotta-scream @hibiren @reaperwithapassion @akashadarkblade @red-hot-ocelots @nori-with-toast

[astromechs]

tagged by @crazyrichfilipinos

rules: tag 10 followers 5 followers an infinite number of followers you want to know better (i like this edit, i’m keeping it)

name: caitlin

star sign: virgo

height: 5'4″

middle name: caitlin, because i’m a cool person who goes by my middle name

put your music on shuffle. what are the first 4 songs to pop up?

“clocks” - coldplay

“what makes you think you’re the one” - fleetwood mac

“ready for you” - HAIM

“chasing the sun” - sara bareilles

grab the closest book to you and turn to page 23. what’s the line 17? ‘I do believe,’ said one arrogant young man, ‘that Telemachus wants to cut our throats!’

it’s... the odyssey by homer lol

ever had a poem or song written about you? lol no

what was the last time you played air guitar? this time it’s actually been a couple of days

who’s your celebrity crush? oh i left this blank uh... not really anyone hugely at the moment?

what’s a sound you hate, and the one you love? hate: any song by the chainsmokers because fuck them, love: a cat’s purr

do you believe in ghosts? i think spirits could exist, yeah!

how about aliens? like i said last time, i think we are exceedingly arrogant to believe that we’re the literal only life that exists in the entire universe (and intelligent life at that), but i do tbh think that the aliens don’t think of us as worth their time to bother with

do you drive? yep

if so, have you ever crashed? yes

what was the last book you read? new moon... i was going to say don’t judge me, but actually please do judge me, i deserve to be judged

do you like the smell of gasoline? not really

what was the last movie you saw? um i’m watching spider-man 3 on netflix right now, but the last movie i saw in theaters was ant-man and the wasp

do you have any obsessions right now? marvel/gotg, of course, because my love for these characters endures all even when 95% of this fandom Tries My Patience on the regular... i’m like lowkey (highkey) getting back into my old twilight phase right now too, so that’s a thing (probably expect me to “borrow” the genderswap to write fic for the gay bella/edythe twilight we deserved all along soon LMAO)... uh, still shitposting with dance moms, waiting for b99/the good place/crazy ex-girlfriend to come back? yeah.

do you tend to hold grudges against people who’ve done you wrong? yes

in a relationship? i haven’t been in one in a... while

tagging (of course, no obligation!): @gamora-borealis, @interabangs, @peterjsonquills, @bugborglesbian ... anyone who wants to do this!

[biwindblade]

i was tagged by @bevioletskies so thank youuuuu 

nickname(s): bella, bells, bell, bella jane gender: female sign: scorpio height: around 5’2-3ish (i’m 160cm) time: 1:15 PM  fave band(s): coldplay, the neighbourhood, fleetwood mac, majid jordan (they’re a duo but still), years & years, dnce fave solo artist(s): drake, sza, khalid, bipolar sunshine, kimbra, miguel, alunageorge, rihanna, fyfe, lorde, carly rae jepsen, tyler the creator song stuck in my head: afterthought - disclosure “every time i’m alone - i’m reliving the moment - does it enter your mind - have i already blown it?” last movie i saw: spiderman: homecoming, i watched it on tuesday afternoon because i was feeling a bit sad so i wanted to cheer myself up last show i watched: brooklyn nine nine, i’m catching up on the newest episode when did i create my blog: september 2015, i think???? what do i post: a lot of things, but it’s pretty marvel-orientated at the moment BECAUSE IT’S TWENTY DAYS UNTIL INFINITY WAR (for me, at least), but usually marvel, pixar, star wars, brooklyn nine nine.  last thing i googled: redbubble, because i want to get a new phone case but i don’t really have the money at the moment so i’m looking at designs do i have any other blogs: yes! my old blog which i kind of abandoned which is @gcmoras do i get asks: not a lot, but when i do i love them, sometimes i don’t answer them though because i forget they’re there! but, if y’all wanna send some through feel free, starmora requests would be noice why did i choose my url: it’s a reference to civil war where tony calls peter ‘underoos’, i saved it the day the trailer dropped, which would make it over two years old now oh my gosh following: 1381, WHAT followed by: almost 683, it skyrocketed a bit last year because of guardians, so hello fellow guardians fans!!!! average hours of sleep: eight or nine????? lucky number: 4 instruments: i am hopeless at all instruments apart from my voice rip what i am wearing: my school uniform disgustinggggg dream job: a film director, but it would also be really cool to be a screenwriter, i’m working on my own story to develop into a film at the moment!!! dream trip: disneyland in california or new york (also space) fave food: this is so hard because i have so many but i’m gonna say chocolate milk tea with tapoica pearls and, chicken tacos (i make really good guac) nationality: chilean-australian (i’m a biracial baby) fave song: at the moment it’s borders by fyfe last book i read: i haven’t read a book in forever but i think it was away by michael gow which i attempted to read because we had to read it for english top 3 fictional universes i wanna join: marvel (even though it would genuinely be frightening to live with superheroes), brooklyn nine nine and teenage mutant ninja turtles

i tag @kill-mon-ger, @interabangs, @kaijunewton, @phil-the-stone and literally anyone else who wants to take the time to do this ☆

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Announcing the Attack Surface tour

It's been 12 years since I went on my first book tour and in the years since, I've met and spoken with tens of thousands of readers in hundreds of cities on five continents in support of more than a dozen books.

Now I've got another major book coming out: ATTACK SURFACE.

How do you tour a book during a pandemic? I think we're still figuring that out. I'll tell you one thing, I won't be leaving Los Angeles this time around. Instead, my US publisher, Tor Books, has set up eight remote "Attack Surface Lectures."

https://read.macmillan.com/torforge/cory-doctorow-virtual-lecture-series/

Each event has a different theme and different guest-hosts/co-discussants, chosen both for their expertise and their ability to discuss their subjects in ways that are fascinating and engaging.

ATTACK SURFACE is the third Little Brother book, a standalone book for adults.

It stars Masha, a young woman who is finally reckoning with the moral character of the work she's done, developing surveillance tools to fight Iraqi insurgents and ex-Soviet democracy activists.

Masha has struggled with her work for years, compartmentalizing her qualms, rationalizing her way into worse situations.

She goes home to San Francisco and discovers her best friend, a BLM activist, is being targeted by the surveillance weapons Masha herself invented.

What follows is a Little Brother-style technothriller, full of rigorous description and extrapolation on cybersecurity, surveillance and resistance, that illuminates the tale of a tech worker grappling with their own life's work.

Obviously, this covers a lot of ground, as is reflected in the eight nights of talks we're announcing today:

I. Politics & Protest, Oct 13, with Eva Galperin and Ron Deibert, hosted by The Strand Bookstore  

II. Cross-Medium SciFi, Oct 14, with Amber Benson and John Rogers, hosted by Brookline Booksmith

III. ​​Intersectionality: Race, Surveillance, and Tech and Its History, Oct 15, with Malkia Cyril and Meredith Whittaker, hosted by Booksmith

IV. SciFi Genre, Oct 16, with Sarah Gailey and Chuck Wendig, hosted by Fountain Books

V. Cyberpunk and Post-Cyberpunk, Oct 19, with Bruce Sterling and Christopher Brown, hosted by Andeersons Bookshop

VI. Tech in SciFi, Oct 20, with Ken Liu and Annalee Newitz, hosted by Interabang

VII. Little Revolutions, Oct 21, with Tochi Onyebuchi and Bethany C Morrow, hosted by Skylight Books

VIII. OpSec & Personal Cyber-Security: How Can You Be Safe?, Oct 22, with Runa Sandvik and Window Snyder, hosted by Third Place Books

The events come with either a hardcover and a signed bookplate, or, with some stores, actual signed books.

(those stores' stock is being shipped to my house, and I'm signing after each event and mailing out from here)

(yes, really)

I've never done anything like this and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous about it. Book tours are crazy marathons - I did 35 cities in 3 countries in 45 days for Walkaway a couple years ago - and this is an entirely different kind of thing.

But I'm also (very) excited. Revisiting Little Brother after seven years is quite an experience. ATTACK SURFACE - a book about uprisings, police-state tactics, and the digital tools as oppressors and liberators - is (unfortunately) very timely.

Having an excuse to talk about this book and its themes with you all - and with so many distinguished and brilliant guests - is going to keep me sane next month. I really hope you can make it.