#jess legrand

[felinefiestas]

Skytober days 10 through 20

[thebookdragonshoard]

2024 Reading Wrapped

- Books read this year: 50

- Goodreads goal this year: 50

- Number of 5 star reads this year: 11

- Physical books read this year: 38

- E-books read this year: 10

- Audiobooks listened to this year: 2

- Favorite novel this year: When The Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

- Favorite short story this year: What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher

- Favorite stand-alone this year: No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

- Favorite duology this year: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

- Favorite trilogy this year: The Folk of the Air by Holly Black

- Favorite series this year: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

- Least favorite book this year: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

- This year’s Five Star Reads ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️:

What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher

I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland

The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe

Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7) by Sarah J. Maas

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai

Seraphina (Seraphina #1) by Rachel Hartman

Shadow Scale (Seraphina #2) by Rachel Hartman

A Dowry of Blood (A Dowry of Blood #1) by S. T. Gibson

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

Full List of 2024 Reads

E-book📱

Audiobook🎧

Five Stars⭐️

I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid⭐️

Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

How It Feels To Float by Helena Fox

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

To Sleep In a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Extasia by Claire Legrand

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson

The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland⭐️

The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe⭐️

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas

Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas

Tender Is the Flesh by Augustina Bazzterica

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas⭐️

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

The Wicked King by Holly Black🎧

The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black🎧

The Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai⭐️

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin

The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai⭐️

Rashomon and Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutugawa

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman⭐️

Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman⭐️

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson📱

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom⭐️📱

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi📱

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig📱

Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig📱

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer📱

When The Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker⭐️📱

A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal📱

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe📱

What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher ⭐️📱

What Feasts At Night by T. Kingfisher

[failedcrow]

Music that works with the epithet erased cast!

Molly- Karma by AJR(and if she has a epitome I feel like DONT WASTE MY TIME by Legrand would work.)

Sylvester- the serious adult facade he attempts to put on would be Please Hold by Jono, or jazz, maybe even some classy music once in a while, but he would secretly enjoy techno music. Specifically opinions by CG5 or Dopamine Highscore by Legrand. (mainly because of the dopamine rush from the notes)

Giovanni- The Villain I Appear To be, all the way. But he would listen to stuff like smooth/soft rock.

Trixie- the artist Good Kid. That's it. It fits her. The style, the beat, the everything, she listens to it and you can't convince me otherwise.

Phoenica- the underwater mario level music soundtrack fits her, but she listens to cheesy love songs. I totally didn't have any in my Playlists.. coughs in from the start by laufley

Naven- six legs(tippy tappy toes) by scrawny fits him, specifically the music. If he wants music to listen to he has someone produce it for him.

Lorelai- I couldn't think of anything, but she listens to No normal music, only anime openings.

And yes, all this songs are music from various Playlists of mine.

Music mentioned below.

[unofskylanderspages]

In Spyro's Adventure, at Plunder Island, the Mabu Ship Master helps man the ship that brings the Skylander to the Pirate Island after Jess LeGrand was kidnapped.

[lexa-ocean]

i would like to hear about this animatronic fan band if you're comfortable sharing 👀👀

I haven't shared abt my ocs in so long, i'll be honored!!

(Even tho i don't really have any art on these guys and i haven't given them much thought in a long ass time... meh)

So!! My idea for these guys came by thinking "man... it'd be really cool to have an animatronic band in my country (Argentina)" bc we don't have any of that here. So all these guys are pretty much argentine, and would sing mostly songs for here (and generally songs from latinamerican artists), with most being animal species commonly found here too!! (Most, not all)

There were 5 of them:

First off, Silvia, the pianist!! She would be a dog (poodle, to be specific) in her 40s. She'll be a complete old diva, dressing with very expensive and elegant ballroom-like clothing, which was meant to fit with her playing a grand piano. The idea for how she'll look like on-stage would be her being in a bit of a 3/4ths angle to the audience, so the piano was more visible. I was kind of inspired by actual argentine actress Mirta Legrand and Susana Gimenez while thinking of her!!

Then there was Tamara, the lead guitarrist!! She was a black cat and more of a rebel type, fitting her instrument, and in her mid 30s. She would dress in a bit of grunge fashion, with an old flannel over an old band shirt, ripped jeans, boots etc. She was meant to be a foil to Silvia, with her being very proper and elegant while Tamara was messy and casual about everything. On stage, she would even be sitting on Sil's piano, facing the audience more directly. Her guitar would be all black and red with a few stickers on it even.

Then there was the Actual Old Guy of the team, Don Sergio (Note: Don as in, 'Mister' but more casual) he's a Tatú Carreta (AKA a Big armadillo) in like, his 70s or so. I even envisioned him with a grey beard and the whole thing. He would be dressed like a gaucho, with a big ol hat and pancho, boots, etc. He would play an acoustic guitar, meant to sound more 'melancholic' and stuff. He was very much a grandfather type, more focused on playing tango and charreras. On stage, i saw him sitting on like, a log with a whole mate set up by his side

Then, there was the youngest guy, Ciro!! He was a carpincho (capybara) on his teens, 15/16 yrs old!! He'll be the baterist, and be sarcastic and bit of a joker, but still a very sweet kid underneath it all. He would wear very typical, but still modern-ish clothes, a coya hat and a sweater of llama wool, both green like his drum set. He'll have his whole little space on stage, with some fairy lights behind him and the band's name spray painted on the bass drum (i did never give the whole group a name tho).

Then, there was Iliana, the bassist!! She was a Aguará Guazú (Maned Wolf) on her 20s. She was pretty high-energy and easily excited, very friendly and outgoing generally. She would dress very colorfully, i hadn't really thought about it as much but she would def wear bali pants. Her bass would also be brightly painted. On stage, she would be standing, one of her feet resting on the amplifier.

That's everything i had for them, basically!! It's been years since i thought of them, but it was nice to revisit these ideas!!

To end things off, some songs they would definetly cover

Mariposa Tecknicolor - Fito Paez

Y Dale Alegria A Mi Corazón - Fito Paez

Carnavalito (El Humahuaqueño)

De Esas Que Te Hacen Llorar - Jorge Rojas

Ojos De Videotape - Charly Garcia

Canción Para Mi Muerte - Sui Generis

Don - Miranda

Alfonsina Y El Mar - Mercedes Sosa

Luz Delito - Wos

Arrancarmelo - Wos

Ojos Color Sol - Calle 13

Latinoamerica - Calle 13

3 Estrellas En El Conjunto - BZRP feat. Duki / La T y la M

¡Corre! - Jesse & Joy

Te Aviso, Te Anuncio - Shakira

[koreanbibliophilegirl]

Ohoho, a challenge! One that actually appeals to me AND doesn't affect my grades!! >:3

Kings & Queens - Ava Max

Overwhelmed (Ryan Mack Remix) - Ryan Mack

Red Masterpiece - kroh

Endless Summer - Alan Walker, Zak Abel

Alone pt. II - Alan Walker ft. Ava Max

Numb Little Bug - Em Beihold

Boss Bitch - Doja Cat

Industry Baby - Lil Nas X

Bling-Bang-Bang-Born - Creepy Nuts

LIVE LOVE LIE - CG5

INFERNO - Bella Poarch, Sub Urban

Only Human - Ryan Mack

Peachie - tiLLie

High Hopes - Panic! At The Disco

Ice Cream (with Selena Gomez) - BLACKPINK, Selena Gomez

Last Cup of Coffee - LilyPichu

ERROR143 - kroh

Give A Little - LeGrand, CG5

It Gets Better - Salem Ilese

Rather Be - Clean Bandit, Jess Glynne

Lost in Space - Derivakat, Netrum

Whoo, I did it! :D

No-pressure tagging @tang0w0tek @charles-simmons @dreamshaxd @greenbeany @colormints-art @gohard-or-gohomo and anyone else who'd like to try!

rules: pick a song for each letter of your url and tag that many people (if you can):

tagged by @sapphire-to-the-rain !!

cell block tango

little lotte / the mirror

eat your young

aristos achaion

ruler of my heart

curious

loveless

o’ icarus

uninvited

death respect

lower one’s eyes

everything goes on

smiling

sign of the times

stop this flame

killer queen

yume no kanata

i’m not even going to try to tag my url lmao

@sneebl @glcive @pinkrosylux @catinasink + open

[fullofsunsetwhispers]

Monks + cowboy outfits

feat.: Daddy and Jesse Bailey, Dojo, Wuya, and Jack (with the Blind Guardian of the Treasure Chest)

The screencaps are taken from the following episodes:

Big as Texas The Black Vipers The Treasure of the Blind Swordsman Magic Stallion and the Wild Wild West - Xiaolin Chronicles

[aaronstveit]

read in 2022

i’m starting this super late but howdy!! here is my reading thread for 2022 (inspired by a few mutuals <3) you can find my goodreads here and my askbox is always open if you have any questions about these books!

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (★★★★★)

Crooked House by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (★★★☆☆)

I Am Not Your Final Girl by Claire C. Holland (★★★☆☆)

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (★★★★★)

Final Girls by Riley Sager (★☆☆☆☆)

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro (★★★★★)

The Last of August by Brittany Cavallaro (★★★★☆)

The Case For Jamie by Brittany Cavallaro (★★★★☆)

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (★★★★★)

A Question of Holmes by Brittany Cavallaro (★★★★★)

Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian (★★☆☆☆)

The Nation Must Awake: My Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 by Mary E. Jones Parrish

Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow (★★★★☆)

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li (★★★★★)

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf (★★★★☆)

You’ll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus (★★★☆☆)

The Cousins by Karen M. McManus (★★★☆☆)

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien (★★★★★)

When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole (★★★★☆)

Heartstopper Volume One by Alice Oseman (★★★★☆)

Heartstopper Volume Two by Alice Oseman (★★★★☆)

The Night Shift by Alex Finlay (★★★☆☆)

Heartstopper Volume Three by Alice Oseman (★★★★☆)

To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames (★★★★☆)

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (★★★★☆)

Heartstopper Volume Four by Alice Oseman (★★★★★)

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto (★★★★★)

Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto (★★★★☆)

The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh (★★★☆☆)

Cover Story by Susan Rigetti (★★★★☆)

On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta (★★★★☆)

Sadie by Courtney Summers (★★★★☆)

Book Lovers by Emily Henry (★★★★★)

Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf (★★★★☆)

A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver (★★★★☆)

My Darkest Dearest by Kayla Cottingham (★★★☆☆)

The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien (★★★★☆)

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand (★★★★★)

Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali (★★★★★)

Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong (★★★★★)

Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand (★★★★☆)

The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene* (★★★★☆)

The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd (★★★★☆)

The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson (★★★★☆)

Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall (★★★★☆)

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson (★★★★☆)

The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien (★★★★★)

Peril at End House by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)

Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie (★★★☆☆)

The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket (★★★★☆)

The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket (★★★★☆)

The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket (★★★☆☆)

The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket (★★★☆☆)

The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket (★★★★☆)

The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket (★★★★☆)

The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket (★★★★☆)

The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket (★★★★☆)

The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket (★★★★☆)

The Slippery Slope by Lemony Snicket (★★★★☆)

The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket (★★★★☆)

The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket (★★★★☆)

Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie (★★★★★)

The End by Lemony Snicket (★★★★☆)

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix (★☆☆☆☆)

The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill (★★★★☆)

Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)

The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto (★★★★☆)

Dog Songs by Mary Oliver (★★★★★)

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano (★★★☆☆)

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (★★★★★)

56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard (★★★★☆)

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater* (★★★★★)

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (★★★★☆)

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (★★★★☆)

If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho by Sappho (translated by Anne Carson) (★★★★★)

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater* (★★★★★)

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland (★★★★☆)

Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll (★★★★☆)

The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror by assorted authors (★★★★☆)

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson (★★★★☆)

This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron (★★★☆☆)

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (★★★★★)

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (★★★★☆)

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater* (★★★★★)

Working on a Song: The Lyrics of HADESTOWN by Anaïs Mitchell (★★★★★)

They Never Learn by Layne Fargo (★★★☆☆)

Tweet Cute by Emma Lord (★★★★☆)

Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater (★★★★★)

Slasher Girls & Monster Boys by assorted authors (★★★☆☆)

Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson (★★★★☆)

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (★★★★☆)

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater* (★★★★★)

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (★★★★★)

Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie (★★★☆☆)

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (★★★★☆)

Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee (★★★☆☆)

Orpheus Girl by Brynne Rebele-Henry (★★★★☆)

I’m the Girl by Courtney Summers (★★★★☆)

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins* (★★★★★)

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins* (★★★★★)

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins* (★★★★★)

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (★★★★★)

Five Survive by Holly Jackson (★★★☆☆)

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (★★★★★)

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie (★★★☆☆)

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (★★★★☆)

Stardust by Neil Gaiman (★★★★☆)

Opal by Maggie Stiefvater* (★★★★★)

Note: * marks a reread.

[sunflower-and-storms]

Read or not: Books Hauled 2020 Edition

Hello gentlefriends! Today I thought that we could go through the books that I hauled this year. In 2020, I discovered a second hand shop for book in English (remember that I live in Portugal) and I was so happy to find cheap books in English. The rest of my books are bought in Fnac (a mostly technology store that also sells books) and from Book Depository, and later after discovering their ties to Amazon, Blackwells. After the cut is a list of the all the books, if you have the patience or are just curious. I wished I didn’t have to buy this many books but my library system is not great, doesn’t have books in English and if it does it’s not books I like. But I’m glad to find so many great second hand books, photo below, since it’s such a eco friendly way to get books.

So... time for statistics! In 2020, I hauled 65 books. 46% for them were read and 54% were not. Of the books hauled, 6% were unhauled. Of the books read, 24% were 5 stars. I hauled approximately 5 books per month. And lastly the unread books hauled this year fill 80% on my TBR.

And now: The List 

Bivar Second Hand Book Store (22 books): Me, Earl and The Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews; The Fifth Season & The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin; Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman; Albatross by Terry Fallis; We Should All be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; The Art of Saying No by Damon Zahariades; Give the Dark My Love by Beth Revis; The Secret History by Donna Tart; The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller; Orlando & To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf; Midnight Summer Dream, The Winter Tale & Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare; Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte; Hard Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World by Haruko Murakami; A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik; Russian Literature: A Very Brief Introduction by Catriona Kelly; Dictionary of Kings and Queens of Britain by John Cannon & Ann Hargreaves; Jack of Hearts (and other Parts) by L.C Rosen.

Fnac (11 books): Life Class by Pat Barker; The ABC’s of LGBT+ by Ashley Mardell; ACOTAR, ACOMAF, ACOWAR, ACOFAS & Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas; Heartstopper volume 3 by Alice Oseman; The Binding by Bridget Collins; The Master and Margarita by Mihkail Bulgakov; Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy.

Book Depository (18 books): The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson; Crier’s War by Nina Varela; Kingsbane by Claire Legrand; Beyond the Black Door by A. M. Strickland; The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater; The Library of the Unwritten by A. J. Hackwith; The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare; Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore; Sourdough by Robin Sloan; Loveless by Alice Oseman; Anne’s House of Dreams, Anne of the Ingleside & Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. Montgomery; Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, Heir of Fire, The Assassin’s Blade & Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas.

Blackwells (6 books): The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare; FENCE Rivals volume 4 by C.S. Pacat and Joana The Mad; Girl, Woman and Other by Bernadine Evaristo; A Rogue of One’s Own by Evie Dunmore; Iron Heart by Nina Varela; A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Mayhem by Manda Collins.

Livraria Barata (2 books): Histórias Extraordinárias by Edgar Allen Poe; Embalando a minha biblioteca by Alberto Manguel.

Lisbon Book Fair 2020 (various shops- 3 books): Ariadnis by Josh Martin; Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid; Conjure Women by Afia Atakora.

Berthrand (1 book): The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu.

Kingpin Books (comic book store- 1 book): Your name volume 1 by Makoto Shinkai.

Cult (stationary store- 1 book): A livraria noite e dia do senhor Penumbra by Robin Sloan.

Livraria Almedina (1 book): O Último Mugido by Germano Almeida.

[thediverismylove]

fave books of 2019!!!

adult fiction

the dreamers by karen thompson walker

daisy jones & the six by taylor jenkins reid

a man called ove by fredrik backman

we have always lived in the castle by shirley jackson

my best friend’s exorcism by grady hendrix

my lovely wife by samantha downing

the death of mrs. westaway by ruth ware

a ladder to the sky by john boyne

lock every door by riley sager

the turn of the key by ruth ware

red, white, and royal blue by casey mcquiston

sleepwalking by meg wolitzer

carrie by stephen king

jane eyre by charlotte brontë

trust exercise by susan choi

conversations with friends by sally rooney

on earth we’re briefly gorgeous by ocean vuong

little women by louisa may alcott

ya/middle grade fiction

girls of paper and fire by natasha ngan

girl made of stars by ashley herring blake

sawkill girls by claire legrand

the gilded wolves by roshani chokshi

what girls are made of by elana k. arnold

ivy aberdeen’s letter to the world by elana k. arnold

on the come up by angie thomas

the poet x by elizabeth acevedo

the past and other things that should stay buried by shaun david hutchinson

the truth about keeping secrets by savannah brown

damsel by elana k. arnold

you must not miss by katrina leno

hot dog girl by jennifer dugan

the mighty heart of sunny st. james by ashley herring blake

this darkness mine by mindy mcginnis

the weight of the stars by k. ancrum

wilder girls by rory power

the griefkeeper by alexandra villasante

the kingdom by jess rothenberg

a heart in a body in the world by deb caletti

call down the hawk by maggie stiefvater

nonfiction

hunger by roxane gay

becoming by michelle obama

shrill by lindy west

educated by tara westover

i like to watch by emily nussbaum

trick mirror by jia tolentino

catch and kill by ronan farrow

in the dream house by carmen maria machado

the collected schizophrenias by esmé weijun wang

poetry

i gave birth to all the ghosts here by lyd havens (@heartmagician)

sink by desireé dallagiacomo

night sky with exit wounds by ocean vuong

plays

the importance of being earnest by oscar wilde

the seagull by anton chekhov

[kartoonkane]

11/1000 revamp of my pirate shark girl, Jess Legrande!

[unofskylanderspages]

Listed below are notable named Mabu that appear throughout the Skylanders series:

Hugo

Flynn

Evil Flynn

Cali

Snuckles

Rizzo

Quigley

Blobbers

Nort

Ike

Weeza

Noobry

Jess LeGrand

Mayor LeGrand

Ship Master

Mystic Seekers

Fargus

Beaufort

Esmerelle

Humfry

Tizwig

Wendel

Advisor Orville

Water Dragon

Silena

Ruggles

Herman

Buzz

Da Pinchy

Mab Lobs

Mabu Warriors

Mabu Tanks

Mab Lobses

[vermiculated]

books - this is why ‘monthly” is a valuable interval

oh geez.

White Nights - Ann Cleeves

Sawkill Girls - Claire Legrand

Lady in Red - Maire Claremont

Behind Closed Doors - Amanda Vickery (vg)

A Rope of Thorns - Gemma Files

Dreaming Darkly - Caitlin Kittredge

The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics - Olivia Waite

Astray - Emma Donoghue

Heartthrobs - Carol Dyhouse

Nine Pints - Rose George

Daily Rituals - Mason Currey

Rereadings - Anne Fadiman ed

Rustication - Charles Palliser

What Makes This Book So Great - Jo Walton

Creatures of Will and Temper - Molly Tanzer

The Lost Man - Jane Harper

The Sins of Lord Lockwood - Meredith Duran

The Jade Temptress - Jeannie Lin

Hither Page - Cat Sebastian (hashtag soup feelings)

Paradise Lodge - Nina Stibbe

Medical Bondage - Deirdre Benia Cooper Owens

Flagrant Conduct - Dale Carpenter

Intimate Friends - Martha Vicinus

The Luminous Dead - Caitlin Starling

Night's Black Angels - Ronald Pearsall

The Politics of Narrative - Kenneth Graham

Indigenous Navigation and Voyaging in the Pacific - Nicholas Goetzfridt

Pornography - Mari Mikkola

Life in the English Country House - Mark Girouard

Country House Life - Jessica Gerard

The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins (classic beachread)

A Tree of Bones - Gemma Files

Battleborn - Claire Vaye Watkins

Marilou is Everywhere - Sarah Elaine Smith

When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities - Chen Chen

The Scientific Revolution in Victorian Medicine - AJ Youngson

Consider the Fork - Bee Wilson

You May Kiss the Duke - Charis Michaels

My One and Only Duke - Grace Burrowes

The Quick - Lauren Owen

Our Kind of Cruelty - Araminta Hall

I Am Still Alive - Kate Alice Marshall

Will's True Wish - Grace Burrowes (the wish is dogs)

The Trauma Cleaner - Sarah Krasnostein

Ghost Wall - Sarah Moss (vg)

At The Lightning Field - Laura Raicovich

Offshore - Penelope Fitzgerald

Felix Yz - Lisa Bunker

Amazons and Military Maids - Julie Wheelwright

A Debutante in Disguise - Eleanor Webster

A Little Light Mischief - Cat Sebastian

Sorcerer to the Crown - Zen Cho

Re-dressing America's Frontier Past - Peter Boag (peat bog)

Courting the Cat Whisperer - Wynter Daniels

In Miniature - Simon Garfield

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls - T Kira Madden

The Science of Shakespeare - Dan Falk

A Twenty Minute Silence Followed by Applause - Shawn Wen

A Flag Worth Dying For - Tim Marshall

Ordinary Beast - Nicole Sealey (vg)

Combat-Ready Kitchen - Anastacia Marx de Salcedo

The Tradition of Female Transvestism in Early Modern Europe - Rudolf Dekker and Lotte van de Pol

Kiss Me Someone - Karen Shepard

Safari Honeymoon - Jesse Jacobs

A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine

Nine Continents - Xiaolu Guo

300 Arguments - Sarah Manguso

Grief Cottage - Gail Godwin

Red Bones - Ann Cleeves

Life Mask - Emma Donoghue

The Flame and the Flower - Kathleen Woodwiss

Brute - Emily Skaja

A Bride's Story 6 - Kaoku Moru trans William Flanagan

Skim - Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

The Invention of Pornography - Lynn Hunt ed

Canned - Anna Zeide

Mostly Dead Things - Kristen Arnett

Free and Natural - Sarah Schrank

A Tree for Peter - Kate Seredy

In the Distance - Hernan Diaz (vg)

Mastering Fear - Rikke Schubart

Beyond Speech - Mari Mikkola ed

Portrait of a Woman in Silk - Zara Anishanslin

The Art of Living - FL Lucas

Pornographic Art and the Aesthetics of Pornography - Hane Maes ed

Elizabeth and Jacobean Poets - John F Danby

Family Fortunes - Leonore Davidoff and Catherine Hall

Silence of the Grave - Arnaldur Indridason trans Bernard Scudder

She Walks in Shadows - Silvia Moreno-Garcia ed

The Hallowed Ones - Laura Bickle

Making the Grade - William Fischel

The Joseph Johnson Letterbook - John Bugg ed

Manet Manette - Carol Armstrong

Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun - Sarah Ladipo Manyika

Regency House Styles - Trevor Yorke

Timekeepers - Simon Garfield

Patience and Sarah - Isabel Miller

The Warlow Experiment - Alix Nathan

Girls Who Score - Illy Goyanes

In Search of Time - Dan Falk

Skeleton Keys - Brian Switek

The Englishwoman's Bedroom - Elizabeth Dickson ed

Ghosts - Roger Clarke

Joseph Johnson - Gerald Tyson

Falling in Love with Statues - George Hersey

Necromanticism - Paul Westover (vg)

Essay on Sepulchers - William Godwin

Passions Between Women - Emma Donoghue

Women's Friendships - Susan Koppleman ed

Olivia - Dorothy Bussy

Mooncop - Tom Gauld

Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi trans Mattias Ripa

Star Wars Super Graphic - Tim Leong

Luisa Now and Then - Carole Maurel trans Mariko Tamaki and Nanette McGuiness

Daughters of the Lake - Wendy Webb

Rules for Vanishing - Kate Alice Marshall

The Outermost House - Henry Beston

Feminism and the Body - Londa Schiebinger ed

Winter in the Blood - James Welch

Capturing Sound - Mark Katz

The Table-Rappers - Ronald Pearsall

Black - Michel Pastoreau trans Jody Gladding

In These Times - Jenny Uglow

The Daylight Gate - Jeanette Winterson

The Grave Keepers - Elizabeth Byrne

Metropolitan Life - Fran Lebowitz

Life Among the Savages - Shirley Jackson

Social Studies - Fran Lebowitz

When My Brother Was an Aztec - Natalie Diaz

The Imaginary Corpse - Tyler Hayes

The Invention of the Restaurant - Rebecca Spang

Moll Cutpurse - Ellen Galford

Manchette's Fatale - Doug Headline

Hand-Drawn Jokes for Smart Attractive People - Matthew Diffee

In the Pines - Erik Kriek

Raising Demons - Shirley Jackson

Nightingale - Paisley Rekdal

Louis Riel - Chester Brown

Fantastic Metamorphoses - Marina Warner

Elektra - Derrick Puffett ed

Tenements, Towers, and Trash - Julia Wertz

Ghostland - Colin Dickey

Feminism and History - Joan Wallach Scott ed

The Hide and Seek Files - Caeia Marsh

Red Rosa - Kate Evans

A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts - Ying Chang Compestine

Death is Hard Work - Khaled Khalifah trans Lori Price

Civil War - Lucan trans Susan Braund

The Making of the Modern Body - Catherine Gallagher and Thomas Laqueur

Oculus - Sally Wen Mao

The Write Escape - Charish Reid

Freedom Hospital - Hamid Sulamin trans Francesa Barrie

The Lion of Rora - Christos Gage et al

Mauve - Simon Garfield

The Lake of Dead Languages - Carol Goodman

The Turn of the Screw - Henry James

[herwitchinesss]

july bookish wrap up

so, i read a fair amount this last month due to pain and me taking a month off of all drs appointments so i could just get my body more okay again without hours of car rides hurting me worse. of course, this meant that my sleep injury happened two nights ago - the end of my free month so i’m having to deal with thaaaaat which caused my left leg to have literally 0 strength/control and i’ve been hella relying on my rose cane like i’ve not quite needed to before. pains obviously bad when i feel anything. it goes from total loss of sensation to OH MY GD CUT IT THE FUCK OFF GIVE ME A METAL LEG EVEN A PEG NOT THIS which makes sleep interesting. i finished a 17hr45m audiobook in one sitting! and i’d started it at 1pm that afternoon, so... yeah! ended up finishing 31 books, listed below w my star ratings and maybe a sentence if i rly had Feelings. finished all but three books on my TBR for the month- NEVER have kept that much to a TBR before so go me, adulting and shit

1) “The Girl from Everywhere” by Heidi Heilig - 4/5 stars. i liked this one a lot, planning on reading book two probably today. it’s really great if youre in pain mentally or physically and wanna feel like you’re legit traveling via book 2) “Lament: The Faerie Queen’s Deception” by Maggie Stiefvater - 3/5 - didn’t enjoy this as much as i thought i would but it’s no fault of the book/author. it’s just a book made with 12-14 year olds in mind and i am not, but that’s IMPORTANT to see in YA and i plan on getting this for my lil sister who is 13! 3) “The Exiled Queen” by Cinda Williams Chima - 5/5 stars; this was the 17hr45m book i did in one sitting! SO GOOD, YALL. i’m easy to please if it’s a university/school that has a mage section, though, so i mean, shrug. i loved it. can’t wait to continue w this series once i’ve finished Heidi Heilig’s books that have Kim Mai Guest narrating since she also does the spin off series for this and i want to not associate her voice w anything else for a bit. 4) “Bryony and Roses” by T Kingfisher - 5/5 - I finally have a book version of Beauty and the Beast that I utterly adore enough to finish. 5) “Lake Silence” by Anne Bishop (there are valid criticisms of this book & it’s treatment of Native American cultures, which you should look up before getting into this series bc they definitely are valid things; i was already invested/had bought the whole series before i knew any of that unfortunately) 5/5, great installment in the sadly for me one book left series that’s helped me a loooot during flares 6) “A Book of Rare & Cunning Device” by Ben Aaronovitch - 5/5 7) Peter Pan & Wendy by JM Barrie - 4/5 8) The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory - 4/5, very cute as always for Jasmine Guillory 9) “The Toll” by Cherie Priest - 3.5/5, rounded up to 4/5 for GoodReads 10) “Daughter of the Pirate King” by Tricia Levenseller - 5/5, lived up to ALL the hype 11) “Daughter of the Siren Queen” by Tricia Levenseller - 5/5 see above 12) “The Bird & the Blade” by Megan Bannen - 5/5 13) “Tsumiko & the Enslaved Fox” by Forthright - 5/5 omg lived up to years of hype i’d seen. glad i waited for the audiobook though bc it came to life so fully. 14) “Furyborn” by Claire Legrand - 5/5 15) “The Forbidden Wish” by Jessica Khoury - 2.5/5 rounded up to 3/5 on Goodreads 16) “Shadow of the Fox” by Julie Kagawa - 5/5 17) “Signal to Noise” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 4.5/5 rounded up to 5/5 on GoodReads 18) “The Epic Crush of Genie Lo” by FC Yee - 5/5 ALL THE HYPE. SO TRUE. 19) “Sarong Party Girls” by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan - 3.5/5 rounded up to 4/5; the dialect was only possible for me to love/appreciate via audiobook, so i truly encourage anyone wanting to read this who is not Singaporean to check into the audiobook version to fully experience this book! 20) “The Demon King” by Cinda Williams Chima - 5/5 21) “Ash Princess” by Laura Sebastian - 4.5/5 rounded up to 5/5 22) “All Systems Red” by Martha Wells - 2.5/5 rounded up to 3/5 23) “Spin the Dawn” by Elizabeth Lim - 5/5 LIVES UP TO ALL THE HYPE READ THIS PROJECT RUNWAY FANTASY BOOK NOOOOOW 24) “Flame in the Mist” by Renee Ahdieh - 3/5 25) “Song of the Dead” by Sarah Glenn Marsh - 4/5 26) “Romanov” by Nadine Brandes - 3/5 27) “Sorcery of Thorns” by Margaret Rogerson - 5/5 AHHH SOOOOO GOOD 28) “The Battered Body Beneath the Flagstones & Other Victorian Scandals” by Michelle Morgan - 5/5, very entertaining. while also showing compassion when needed 29) iZombie vol 4 by Chris Roberson - 5/5, great ending to a series i never wanted to end 30) “Unthinkable: What the World’s Most Extraordinary Brains Can Teach Us About Our Own” by Helen Thomson - 4/5 31) “The Kingdom” by Jess Rothenberg - 5/5  

[damnrightshow]

This week, no show on Monday, started from Tuesday. This episode is started with soul music from 70’s. Happy time with music 2 hours. Listen to this.

1. "(The Girl In) Clinton Park" JESSE JAMES (Soul Junction)

2. "You're All I Need To Make It" JOHNSON, HAWKINS, TATUM & DURR (Capsoul)

3. "I Love You So" ROBERT MONTGOMERY (Soul Junction)

4. "Let Me Love Yuh" THE INNERSECTION (Group 5)

5. "Hop, Skip And Jump" NIGHTCHILL (Tra-Sand)

6. "Where Would I Be Without You ?" KIM TEBBS (Izipho Soul)

7. "Hold On" BRIAN JACKSON (BBE)

8. "Roll Along" TUXEDO (Stones Throw)

9. "Forever Tonight" ALINA ZAYAS (Noriega)

10. "I'm Gonna Love You Forever" CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR (Delite)

11. "We Got A Good Thing Going" STREET CORNER SYMPHONY (Abc)

12. "La La Song" LEON HAYWOOD (20th Century)

13. “Wherever You Leadeth Me” THE IMPRESSIONS (Curtom)

14. "Dissatisfied Man" OLIVER CHRISTIAN (Legrand)

15. "Just Be Glad" WILLY WILLEY (Boblo)

16. "What's Happening To Our Love Affair" DANNY HUNT (Dynamite)

17. "Runnin' (To Get Your Love)" BOBBY HARDEN (Dala)

18. "If I Had A Chance To Love You" JIVE FYVE feat EUGENE PITT (Decca)

19. "Can't Get By Without You" THE MIGHTY POPE (Private Stock)

20. "You'll Never Rock Alone" TATA VEGA (Tamla)

21. "That's The Way" RAYNOLA SMITH (Faith)

22. "Taken By Love" UNIVERSAL TOGETHERNESS BAND (Numero)

23. "Give It What Cha Got" THE FUNK FACTOR feat JAZSHOP (Che)

24. "Don't Fight The Feeling" MASTER FORCE (Rain Forest)

25. "The Last Stroke Of Midnight" DIZZY GILESPIE (Pablo)

26. "Visions Of A NEW WORLD Part 2" LONNIE LISTON SMITH & THE COSMIC ECHOES (Flying Dutchman)

27. "If It's Feeling You Want" ONE HUNDRED YEARS TIME (VIP)

28. "Just Got To Be Free" THE BLACK CONSPIRATORS (Get Down)

29. "The Max" THE PROPHETS OF PEACE (Maxx)

30. "Let Go" RAW SOUL EXPRESS (Athens Of The North)

31. "Come On A Dance With Me" WILLIE HUTCH (Whitefield)

32. "Wonderful One" PARLET (Cassablanca)

[aaronstveit]

jamie i haven’t read a book in a thousand years pls recommend me some books to pick up

omg i am in a slump right now too anon so i feel you 💔 you can find me on goodreads or check out my read in 2022 post but here are some books i have enjoyed this year!!!

classics: their eyes were watching god by zora neale hurston, the hobbit by jrr tolkien

mysteries: the murder of roger ackroyd by agatha christie, the agathas by kathleen glasgow & liz lawson, the woman in the library by sulari gentill, sadie by courtney summers, a study in charlotte by brittany cavallaro, the cartographers by peng shepherd

horror & thrillers: sawkill girls by claire legrand, rules for vanishing by kate alice marshall, the obsession by jesse q. sutanto, to break a covenant by alison ames,

contemporaries & romances: dial a for aunties by jesse q. sutanto, portrait of a thief by grace d. li, cover story by susan rigetti, on the jellicoe road by melina marchetta, little fires everywhere by celeste ng, love from a to z by sk ali, ophelia after all by racquel marie

i hope something on this list catches your eye!!! if you're looking for something more specific just let me know <3 and good luck breaking out of your book slump!!! i am rooting for you <333