#katrina rosewood

[zrisewrites]

Clouds - A Katrina Short Story

Summary: Kat spirals into a panic attack after a nightmare. And everything keeps spiraling into pain…

This is told in Kat’s POV. Inspired by the @hurtcember , @whumpcember , and @daddecember events! (I compiled several days into this prompt, so I could catch up lol)

Word Count: ~2k

Content Warnings: Panic Attack, mention of nightmare, blood, knives, scars, needles, mentions of stabbing

Breathe.

Breathe.

Breathe.

None of it—is—real. The dream isn’t real. The nightmare isn’t real. I’m fine. I’m fine. I’m fine—

I squeeze my eyes shut.

Images flash through my mind’s eye. The knife, pulling against my skin. My blood dripping down the blade, as pain ripples through my arms. The needle, poking into my skin. Icy blue seeping up my veins. Pain ripping through my mind next. Darkness and light, in scattering, searing, stabbing blades, and her laugh, and my screams—the screams—echoing through the caverns of my mind’s eye—

My chest is too tight—

I open my eyes, rolling onto my stomach, panting into the crook of my elbow.

I have to be okay—I’m not there—this is stupid—it’s been months, I shouldn’t—have—to deal with this anymore—

My nails are digging into my skin.

The pain is helping.

The pain hurts—

I suck in another ragged breath, but nothing comes.

My chest is too tight—

The dirt on the ground is too close to me. It’s digging into my skin. It’s on my clothes. I can’t—

The dirt will stick. They’ll track me with it. They’ll track me back here, and then they’ll take me again, and they’ll cut me and use the needles and pain and light and pain—

I let out a weak gasp, my eyes fluttering shut again.

Breathe—

Flashes of pain again—

Breathe—

I can’t keep laying on my stomach. The dirt’s still tracking all over me. Prickling up my skin, seeping into my scars, marking me—

I flop onto my back, arm pressed into my mouth.

Pain is rippling up my scars.

I don’t know what to do with the pain anymore.

Everything is pain. The light of the stars, searing into my eyes. The press of the dirt against my other arm, the one of the ground, the one with the pain and the trackable dirt seeping into my scars. My hair is too itchy, too thick, too there, and it hurts. My head hurts. I can’t breathe. My chest hurts. The scars hurt, but the scars always hurt. My arm hurts, and my teeth taste like iron. I don’t like iron. Iron is knives and blood and pain and needles and scars and light and sharp and hurts—

My ears hurt.

The ground is shaking.

The ground is echoing.

Someone is touching me—

I let out a ragged breath, rolling to the side, fumbling for the knife in my sleeve with the arm covered in dirt. My other arm hurts. I cast it a glare. It’s covered in blue scars. And something new—teeth marks, dripping blood, tasting like iron, covered in dirt and it hurts—

Kat?

I flinch at the echo of my name, shoving my hair out of my face with the arm of iron, rolling to my knees and brandishing my brand. My blade. I don’t have a brand. They won’t catch me—

It’s a girl, with white hair, and black clothes, and wide eyes, and her lips are moving but I can’t hear her. Her hands are outstretched and she must want to catch me, but I will not be caught. Not again.

I stumble back.

My chest is iron.

I scramble for breath.

They’ll catch me if I can’t breathe.

I can’t run if I can’t breathe.

My knife is slipping from my hands. I scramble to catch it, and my fingers close around the blade.

There is crimson pain spilling from my fingers.

My head hurts.

I cannot breathe.

I let out a soft groan, staring at the crimson, painting riveting stains across the blue scars and the pale lines of my skin.

Everything I hate in one perfect picture.

Blood, my scars, me, and the knife that did it all.

I sink to my knees, cradling my hands to my chest.

Why does it all still hurt?

I still don’t know what to do with all this pain.

I don’t know what to do as this pain spreads. I don’t know what to do, as my hand is pulsing uncomfortable heat, and my arm is going numb.

It was always numb before the worst of the pain.

I never could really breathe.

The darkness starts to seep across my eyelids. So I let it, as pain thrums through my chest. Because at least the darkness shields me from the pain.

I dream of soft clouds. I dream of warm clouds. I dream of blue skies, and wisps of chocolate drifting through the sunrise. I dream of life unbothered. I dream of dreams, and I dream of happiness.

And I cry because it’s only a dream. Because I will have to wake up and go back to that door creaking open, with endless waters and crimson pain and her laughs.

I want to go back to the soft clouds.

Kat?

I really don’t wanna go back to the crimson. It’s so much nicer here. So warm. Nothing’s ever warm when I’m awake. They keep the room as cold as ice. Only my wrists are warm, hanging from the chains, because I’ve rubbed them raw. They don’t go numb anymore. It’s really a shame.

Kat, wake up. You have to get up.

I really don’t want to.

You’d understand if you had wrists rubbed raw. At least have some sympathy. No one ever did. They were always just numb too.

Kat!

Light flickers through my vision. I drag my eyes open, because I know they’ll dump icy pain all over me if I don’t, and I’d much rather get this over with and go back to my clouds.

A figure hovers in front of me. A girl, with white hair, holding something.

Great. They must’ve caught me again.

Maybe they’ll just let me go back to my clouds soon. That’d be nice.

There’s something around me, and it feels like clouds. It’s warm. Somewhat—stifling. I can’t figure out if I like it or not.

I glance down. My arm is covered in stiff white. My hand is covered in stiff white. My clothes are covered in crimson. There’s two arms wrapped around me, and they’re covered in black sleeves and crimson too.

There’s still dirt on the ground.

I twist against the arms, frowning. “I won’t do anything. I just wanna go back to my clouds, I swear.” I murmur.

“Kat, relax. Breathe. Listen to me, okay?” Someone behind me. The arms around me, I think. The steady warmth behind me hums as they speak, so I have to assume it’s that. Right?

“Can she hear us?” The girl in front of me. I can hear her now, though her voice is so feather light and airy. It doesn’t match her crimson lips, and crimson lined eyes.

“Maybe. She’ll come around.” The someone behind me. The warm rumbles again.

The girl’s lips press together, before she glances at me, holding up the something in her hands. A gold little square.

My heart skips a beat in my chest.

Because I know this square is something important, it has to be.

Did they want me to do something with it? If I did that, would they let me go back to sleep?

“It’s pretty.” I murmur, as my eyes slip shut again.

Someone shakes me, hard, and I gasp, jerking up.

“Stay awake, Kat. Come on. Do you remember us?”

Remember what?

“It’s me…. Vic.” The arms say. “And the girl in front of you is Nala. We’re your family. We’re here to help you.””

Family.

I thought I left them a long time ago.

I though they abandoned me.

I thought I found some, and then I got caught.

I thought they saved me, and made me happy again.

I thought about the crimson, and the fact that my chest was getting tight again.

Something pressed against my hand, the one not wrapped in stiff white. I jump, staring at the thing. The pretty. The golden square. It’s warm, and a little soft, and something about it makes my heart pound a little slower.

“You remember, Kat?” The voice behind me murmurs. Vic. Maybe. Right?

Someone unwraps the pretty square, and inside is a dark brown square.

Not as pretty, but very interesting.

They pluck the square from my hand, holding it up to my mouth. I hesitate, then obediently open my mouth, so they don’t stab me or something for disobeying.

Instantly, soft sweetness blooms across my tongue. Familiar and rich. Bitter and sweet. Silky smooth—

I press the square against the roof of my tongue, and it breaks in half, seeping, sweet caramel spilling over my teeth.

“Chocolate.” I breath, sinking back into the warmth behind me.

“There we go.” The voice behind me—Vic. Steady, comforting Vic. Who saved me.

I close my eyes, my heart slowing into a steady pulse as I focus on the silky sweetness. My chest loosens as I focus on the sharp bitterness. My mind quiets as I focus on digging the threads of caramel from my teeth.

“Kat? Are you okay?” The girl whispers. Nala. I remember that now. She saved me too. Many, many times.

“I’m sorry.” I breathe, my eyes flickering open to look at her. “What happened? Did I hurt you?”

She shakes her head, an uneasy smile tugging at her lips. “No, no… we just wanted to make sure you were alright…”

“Just take a nice deep breath for me, okay?” Vic whispers against my back. I nod, sucking in a slow, deep breath. It stutters and breaks halfway, coming out in a hurried rush. But I can breathe again.

My chest doesn’t hurt anymore. Nothing does. It’s just smooth, humming numbness. Besides the stinging of my eyes.

“I’m sorry.” I whisper. “I’m sorry I scared you guys.”

I must have. There was crimson everywhere—

“It’s okay. Just breathe. You didn’t do anything wrong. We’ve got you.” Vic soothes.

I suck in another breath. It breaks again, as I hiccup. My chest crumbles.

“I thought I was getting better, Why did it still hurt?” I murmur.

My chest is burning, like the hot trails running down my cheeks.

It tastes like salt.

Not iron, at least.

They might have, at some point—

“It takes time, but you are getting better. So much better, Kat. Breathe again for me.”

I hiccup, sucking in another breath, then letting it out in one shaky whoosh.

“Good. You’re doing good.”

“It takes time for everyone. I have days like this too.” Nala whispers, reaching out for my hand. My skin prickles, but I let her hold my hand. I think I usually do. Because she’s gentle, and nice. She doesn’t feed me pain.

“What’s important,” She continues, “Is making sure you don’t do this alone. Just find one of us, and we’ll help you. Okay?”

Vic pressed another golden square into my palm. I relax, sucking in a slow breath as I peel it open, then exhaling as I pop the silky sweet into my mouth. “Okay. I will.”

“Promise?”

“I promise.” I whisper.

She smiles, squeezing my hand. I relax, focusing on the chocolate, as my heart beat calms, and my chest slips into an easy rhythm, and I relax into the clouds.

[sleepysera]

"The Indian Removal Act of 1830 The annexation of 55 percent of Mexico in 1848 The forced taking of the Philippines The forced taking of Puerto Rico The forced taking of Hawaii Japanese internment camps The destruction of a thriving Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma The destruction of a thriving Black community in Rosewood, Florida Past and present-day redlining The abandonment of Black New Orleanians during and after Hurricane Katrina Predatory lending leading to the subprime mortgage crisis that wiped out billions in Black wealth

This is just a short list but, I hope, you get where I am going with this. Our American history is simply too rife with documented instances in which land occupied by people of color has forcibly been taken, preyed upon, intentionally devalued, or flat out destroyed for any well-meaning white people to roll their eyes when an old Black woman says that she believes that white people had an organized plan to take land occupied by Black people in D.C."

-Dax-Devlon Ross, Letters to My White Male Friends (2021)

[merluvlee-sims2]

Lindenwood MCC: Spring Year 1 #100

In celebration of the New Year, Lady Montanne was hosting a picnic at the Village Green.

"How wonderful it is to make your acquaintance," she said to Franco and Jeames.

Franco, despite his appearance, was an expert conversationalist. He spent the entire luncheon chatting with Lady Montanne.

Later that afternoon, Anne cornered Lady Montanne.

"How dare you flirt with my husband, you little hussy!"

Lady Montanne was shocked.

Did she really just...hit me??

"I assure you, I am not interested in your husband. Now leave me alone!"

She'd heard from Ibota Baker, the Castellan of Lindenwood, that Anne was going to be spending some time in jail. Lady Montanne could understand why.

Can't believe this is my 100th post! Thanks for reading along! ^_^

[jatp-headcannon-theories]

so i got tagged by @stars-soph (thank you darling💕) to list my 10 fave female characters from 10 fandoms so let's get to it!

Pippy from Rosewood

Gwen from Total Drama

Caitlin Snow from The Flash

Flynn from Julie and the Phantoms

Katrina (Kat) Stratford from 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

Alice Cullen from Twilight

Maria DeLuca from Roswell (1999)

Rizzoli from Rizzoli and Isles

Elizabeth (El) Burke from White Collar

Edrisa from Prodigal Son

tagging: @meangirlsx @calessa-black-things @concerto-roblox @herequeerandcantdrinkbeer @juulieandthehimbos @julieandherhimbosshitposting @supernaturallover2-0-things @ladyofnightmares @natthebat137

[96thdayofrage]

This is not the first time America has paid restitution or reparations to the survivors of racial atrocities. In 1998, the United States pledged to pay $1.25 billion to Japanese-Americans and their heirs. That amount is in addition to the $1.65 billion previously paid out to 81,278 claimants.

But when it comes to the United States paying reparations to Blacks who suffered oppression and genocide, there is no money forthcoming. Taking aside the argument that descendants of former slaves of the United States are more than deserving of economic justice, what about the 20th century Black Holocaust? There are, in fact, incidents where many of the survivors are still living:

The bombing and burning of “Black Wall Street” in Tulsa, Oklahoma 1921

The burning and lynching of Rosewood, FL 1923

Moore’s Ford Bridge Massacre 1947

Church burnings that took place from 1954-2015

Illegal and unconstitutional arrests of Blacks during the Civil Rights movement

Jim Crow laws enacted at the state and local levels and ignored at the federal level

The implications of the CIA linked crack epidemic in Black communities

Hurricane Katrina victims living below the poverty line

The sad part about these tragedies is that this is just a short list of events that are deserving of restitution. What does it take for restitution or reparations for Blacks in the United States?

[sedehaven]

Austin-Aggressive

I have been salting this bad earth.

With every meal at some chain restaurant

(because I am poor and I hate that

hot, cramped, Metropolitan kitchen)

I rip open a tiny salt packet from Wendy's

or Jack-in-the-Box and pour it over

a bush, tree roots, the thin brown grass

around a tired, bent stop sign.

The people here are tired, bent stop signs--

I salt them, too. I dump salt from Burger King

on the sandstone stoops of buildings, and on sedans.

I fling Chik-Fil-A salt on the pigeons

that scrap over waffle fries and strut.

~

There are not enough salt packets

and fries don't come with Napalm--so, please

Katrina, if you have a sister--

I know a great place to eat.

*

-- S. E. De Haven

From The Voices of Rosewood, 2007

[spanky606]

Reposted from @17thsoulja6 - Israel is preparing to demand compensation totaling a reported $250 billion from seven Arab countries and Iran for property and assets left behind by #Jews who were forced to flee those countries following the establishment of the State of Israel.Germany has paid — primarily to Jewish survivors — some $90 billion in compensation overall for Nazi crimes since the agreement was signed in 1952. This figure was as of 2012 so it way more now .In 2012, Germany gave an estimated 80,000 survivors in other countries a one-time payment of $3,250.Obama administration earmarks $12 million in reparations for Holocaust survivors. You know what slavery was a long time ago let’s just call it water under the bridge can we at least get compensated for these MODERN DAY ATROCITIES * The bombing and burning of “Black Wall Street” in Tulsa, Oklahoma 1921 * The burning and lynching of Rosewood, FL 1923 * Moore’s Ford Bridge Massacre 1947 * Church burnings that took place from 1954-2015 * Illegal and unconstitutional arrests of Blacks during the Civil Rights movement * Jim Crow laws enacted at the state and local levels and ignored at the federal level * The implications of the CIA linked crack epidemic in Black communities * #tuskegeeexperiments * Hurricane Katrina victims living below the poverty line * The residents of #flintmichigan #17thsoulja #blackig17th @17thsoulja6 If you don’t have an agenda specifically for blacks it’s a NO for me dawg on #berniesanders ����🏾‍♂️ The ONLY play we have is to vote as a collective for candidates with tangible benefits strictly for blacks. Now that doesn’t have to be money let’s say leveraged reparations into something like tax exempt status. It wouldn’t raise the National debt they wouldn’t have to give us anything. Except the freedom from taxation without representation which this country was founded on alongside slavery and genocide . - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/BuMNFO-nJdd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1l43g4luzpx3l

[faireisims-blog]

katrina invites tanner over but tanner seems to be more interested in hanging out with her brother donnie...

katrina and donnie are from “the preston family” household by @j-e-n-n-e-h :)

hey y’all!! i’m back home from college for winter break and i’m getting back into the sims. unfortunately i’m a broke college student so i can’t buy cats and dogs :(( but hope you guys enjoy the return of the rosewoods!

[dococt86]

Fuck anybody who aint down for the uplifting of my people esp you self hatin niggers and race sympathizers. We deserve the world and need to start behaving like it. Reposted from @17thsoulja6 - Israel is preparing to demand compensation totaling a reported $250 billion from seven Arab countries and Iran for property and assets left behind by #Jews who were forced to flee those countries following the establishment of the State of Israel.Germany has paid — primarily to Jewish survivors — some $90 billion in compensation overall for Nazi crimes since the agreement was signed in 1952. This figure was as of 2012 so it way more now .In 2012, Germany gave an estimated 80,000 survivors in other countries a one-time payment of $3,250.Obama administration earmarks $12 million in reparations for Holocaust survivors. You know what slavery was a long time ago let’s just call it water under the bridge can we at least get compensated for these MODERN DAY ATROCITIES * The bombing and burning of “Black Wall Street” in Tulsa, Oklahoma 1921 * The burning and lynching of Rosewood, FL 1923 * Moore’s Ford Bridge Massacre 1947 * Church burnings that took place from 1954-2015 * Illegal and unconstitutional arrests of Blacks during the Civil Rights movement * Jim Crow laws enacted at the state and local levels and ignored at the federal level * The implications of the CIA linked crack epidemic in Black communities * #tuskegeeexperiments * Hurricane Katrina victims living below the poverty line * The residents of #flintmichigan #17thsoulja #blackig17th @17thsoulja6 If you don’t have an agenda specifically for blacks it’s a NO for me dawg on #berniesanders 🤷🏾‍♂️ The ONLY play we have is to vote as a collective for candidates with tangible benefits strictly for blacks. Now that doesn’t have to be money let’s say leveraged reparations into something like tax exempt status. It wouldn’t raise the National debt they wouldn’t have to give us anything. Except the freedom from taxation without representation which this country was founded on alongside slavery and genocide . - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/BuEzwSOloot/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mxd02fda9nd7

[zrisewrites]

Which of these characters sounds the most interesting to y'all?

And yk, for funsies, try to guess who is who from the names in the tags and I will reward you with chocolate or coffee depending on your preference and taste buds

[zrisewrites]

1 and 2 for the ask game!

Oooooh yasss

Thank you muchly Anon

I must admit this took me longer to figure out than I thought it would

But for 1 we have

My dear Kat is not okay in the beginning—

Anddd then for 2, she ends up with this song:

She’s still Not Okay but she is slightly More Okay than the beginning

For now 😇

[zrisewrites]

~ Tea and Timing: A Kasper Short Story~

While venturing through the halls of Tumblr, searching for writing prompts, I happened upon a lovely writing challenge: @comfy-vember! It's centered around platonic relationships and comfort prompts (especially after the pain of Whumptober...) and I have been very inspired to drabble for my own characters.

So, I have returned with a short story of one of my favorite pairings: Kasper! (a.k.a Katrina, the main character of my novel, and Jasper, the secondary main character of my novel) And even though they aren't currently a canon ship right now... I still adore writing them little AU stories and fantastical imaginings. And hopefully y'all enjoy them too ^w^

This is Tea and Timing, told in Jasper's POV. Kat hasn't been doing so well lately... and he wants to help.

Word Count: 1.1k

Content Warnings: One character has scars from previous trauma, that she got from sci-fi government-induced torture. She also has a mild anxiety attack during the story. 

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It’d been so long.

Four years, now?

I linger at the door, the two mugs in my hand steaming spiced warm air. Hot chocolate, topped with plenty of whipped cream and a peppermint stick for her. Chamomile for me.

She’d been sitting there for an hour. Tucked into the couch cushions. Staring into space. Her fingers tracing patterns over the ragged scars on her arms. Tinted blue and brown and red…

My throat tightens. Just thinking about it. Everything she’d be through. Everything they did. Our government—the people who were supposed to protect her—subjected her to a ghost of who she’d been.

And I hadn’t been able to do anything to stop it.

I softly clear my throat, walking over. She flinches slightly, her gaze snapping to me, before a faint smile flits across her face. Though it doesn’t quite reach her eyes.

“Hey. Didn’t see you there.” She murmurs, crossing her arms tight around her stomach. I smile back, shrugging as I sink down into the cushions next to her.

“It’s okay. Wanted to let you rest.”

She nods, shrugging and glancing away.

“I brought your favorite.” I hold out the mug.

She takes it with another ghost of a smile, hands tightening around the mug like a lifeline.

I lean back into the couch cushions, taking a sip of my tea as I watch her out of the corner of my eye.

She seems so much smaller, in so many ways. So much thinner. Her eyes are so much dimmer. Surrounded by the dark signs of all her sleepless nights. Gazing into the distance—as if replaying everything, in her head, over and over and over again. Knowing her, that was exactly what she was doing.

Sometimes, I could catch a glimpse of that spark of hers—when we went back to her favorite chocolate shop. Or last week, after attending a classical violin concert. The spark had been there, for almost two hours, and she’d raved about the music and the composition and the light of it all.

But then we’d gotten back home, and the house was quiet, and the spark faded after I’d accidentally let a bit of the news play from my watch. She’d gone to bed, and I heard her later. Making hot chocolate in the kitchen like she always did after her nightmares.

“I was thinking… maybe we could try to find another concert to go to.” I say softly, glancing at her. “Or—I don’t know, is ballet too typical for you?”

She smirks faintly, her gaze flicking to mine. “Ballet is fine. As long as it’s not like—I don’t know, all pirouettes or something. A concert sounds nicer though.”

I nod, flicking my holowatch open and scrolling through a couple upcoming symphonies I’d saved. “I thought so. There’s a fantastical one coming through in a couple days—a kind of Saga of Stars feel, you know?”

She nods, glancing away again and taking a sip of her hot chocolate. “Sounds good.”

“Mmhm.” I flick my watch away.

The silence hangs heavy for a moment.

I glance at her. “Hey, you doing okay?”

“That’s a very generalized question.”

“Maybe.”

She shrugs, tilting her head. Gripping her mug again. “I’m fine. Y’know. It’s weird. But yeah.”

“Just fine?” I say softly.

She smiles, her gaze locked on the whipped cream in her cup, slowly melting into the chocolate. “Just fine.”

“Kat…”

“Really, Jasper, I’m fine. I’ll be fine. I’m just tired.” She shoots me a smile, setting her mug down on the coffee table and pushing to her feet. I frown, setting my mug aside and standing as well.

“You’ve been tired for months.”

She snorts, turning away. “No duh.”

I reach out, catching her arm and pulling her back towards me. “Kat, please. I wanna help you, you shouldn’t have to… live like this.”

She shrugs, her fingers fidgeting at her bracelet as she avoids my gaze. I stay quiet, gently holding her shoulders, just waiting.

“I’ll be okay. I just need time.” She whispers.

“Healing time. Not time to let your mind spiral.” I whisper.

She winces, starting to pull away. “I—”

“I’m not trying to make you feel bad.” I say, holding her still. “I just… maybe we can figure out someway to help more.” I gently squeeze her shoulders, tilting my head down to try and catch her gaze. “I want to help you, Kat. But I can’t if you won’t let me. And I know… it’s hard. But I just wanna see you better. See you happy again. And I promise I’ll do whatever I can to help that. Help you.”

She chews on her lip, hard. Gaze locked to the ground still.

“I don’t know.” She whispers, after a moment. I just…” She stops, fingers pulling at her bracelet. “I don’t know how to. I don’t know what to do—how to fix this, really. Like if there was something we could do I would’ve tried to do that already but I can’t figure out how—” Her voice cracks into a hiccuping gasp. “I tried—”

“It’s okay.” I pull her a little closer. Giving her space to pull away, if she wants to. “We’ll figure it out. I promise.”

She sucks in a shaky breath, her shoulders tightening, before she leans forward, hugging her arms around my waist and tucking her head against my chest. I hug her close, gently rubbing circles against her back.

“It’s okay.” I whisper against her hair. Slowly rocking her back and forth. “I know… it hurts. But it’ll get better.”

Kat’s breaths crumple into shaky, hiccuping gasps. But she stays quiet. We both do, for a long moment. Just resting in the moment.

Her breaths gradually slow—shallow, but calmer. A little steadier. I keep my breathing slow, and deep, and steady. Just holding her.

“Are… are you sure?” Kat whispers after a long moment, her voice muffled against my chest.

“What?” I glance down at her.

She sucks in another breath, her fingers tightening against the fabric of my shirt, before she glances up at me, her eyes faintly bloodshot with tears. “You’re sure it’ll get better?”

“Yeah. Little by little—and I’ll help you. With lots of hugs, and lots of talking under the stars, and lots and lots of chocolate.” A small smile tugs at her lips at the mention of chocolate. I smile slightly back, brushing her hair from her face. “But eventually—it’ll get better.”

She nods slightly, her gaze flickering down for a moment as she inhales. Slowly. Steadying.

“Okay.”

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[thereadingchallengechallenge]

🔎YA Under the Radar Part 2🔍

In December 2018, I put together a list of books that I’d read and loved which had less than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads. In March, I added a few more titles to the list and went to do the same today only to find I had a very long list of underrated books to share with you all. So was born Part 2! 

They’re all YA and as of October 2nd, had less than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads. Some series do have one or two books over that threshold but if the sequels were all under, I included them. It was interesting to see again that most titles were from the UK or Australia and that there were several returning authors with lots of books on both lists. 

Feel free to add your own under the radar reads, just be sure to check they meet that ratings requirement 😊 I’ve also add some emojis to denote LGBT+ (🏳️‍🌈) or disability (♿️) representation!

Begin, End, Begin anthology by Danielle Binks 🏳️‍🌈♿️

Proud anthology by Juno Dawson 🏳️‍🌈

Kindred anthology by Michael Earp 🏳️‍🌈♿️

All Out anthology by Saundra Mitchell 🏳️‍🌈♿️

Goodbye Perfect by Sara Barnard 

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust 🏳️‍🌈

Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake 🏳️‍🌈

Night Swimming by Steph Bowe 🏳️‍🌈

Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman 

Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman 🏳️‍🌈

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan 🏳️‍🌈

Devil’s Ballast by Meg Caddy (US release in 2020) 🏳️‍🌈

Girlhood by Cat Clarke 🏳️‍🌈

The Season of You and Me by Robin Constantine ♿️

Toffee by Sarah Crossan

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver 🏳️‍🌈 

The Boy Who Steals Houses by CG Drews ♿️

On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis 🏳️‍🌈♿️

Highway Bodies by Alison Evans 🏳️‍🌈♿️

The Rosewood Chronicles by Connie Glynn 🏳️‍🌈♿️

Get It Together, Delilah by Erin Gough 🏳️‍🌈

Fateful by Claudia Gray

The Mermaid by Christina Henry

The Girl in Red by Christina Henry ♿️

Freeks by Amanda Hocking

The Starlight Watchmaker by Lauren James 

The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James 🏳️‍🌈

Girl in the Window by Penny Joelson ♿️

The Secret Science of Magic by Melissa Keil 

Life in Outer Space by Melissa Keil 

Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram ♿️

Everything All At Once by Katrina Leno 

Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno 🏳️‍🌈

Wide Awake by David Levithan 🏳️‍🌈

Valentine trilogy by Jodi McAlister 

People Like Us by Dana Mele 🏳️‍🌈

Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy 🏳️‍🌈

Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp 🏳️‍🌈♿️

Heartstopper series by Alice Oseman 🏳️‍🌈

Fairytale Retellings series by Jackson Pearce 

The Fall of Butterflies by Andrea Portes

Birthday by Meredith Russo 🏳️‍🌈

Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between by Jennifer E Smith 

You Are Here by Jennifer E Smith 

the Between duology by April Genevieve Tucholke 

The Price Guide to the Occult by Leslye Walton ♿️

Everything I’ve Never Said by Samantha Wheeler ♿️

The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde 🏳️‍🌈

Going Off-Script by Jen Wilde 🏳️‍🌈

Pink by Lili Wilkinson 🏳️‍🌈

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“*whispers* if I can finish Wide Awake by David Levithan (220 pages)...”

ALL of them are queer?? Can I get a list? (i need more queer books to read lol)

@paperstarstuff all of them except 2 - a Snoopy comic bind up and Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (some people read this one as mlm but I didn’t)

as for a list: 

Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories anthology

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

Birthday by Meredith Russo

What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera

Night Swimming by Steph Bowe

The Flywheel by Erin Gough (aka Get It Together, Delilah)

History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera

More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

Highway Bodies by Alison Evans

Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy

The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde

Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp

The Rosewood Chronicles by Connie Glynn

Release by Patrick Ness

Girlhood by Cat Clarke

Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman

None of the Above by IW Gregorio

Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno

People Like Us by Dana Mele

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

Wide Awake by David Levithan

most of my reviews are up but there are heaps more scheduled for the next week or so ^.^ 

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Noticias de series de la semana: Hawaii pierde a dos de sus agentes

A Hawai 5.0 le restas dos

Grace Park (Kono Kalakaua) y Daniel Dae Kim (Chin Ho Kelly) no estarán en la octava temporada de Hawaii Five-0. Se ha hablado de dinero y se ha hablado de racismo -CBS ha sido duramente criticada últimamente por su parrilla llena de hombres blancos-, pero el showrunner de la serie afirma que estos dos actores prefirieron no renovar cuando la cadena fue "extremadamente generosa" y no tenía ningún problema en aumentar sus salarios de forma más que considerable. [Fuente]

Renovaciones de series

Channel 4 ha renovado Ackley Bridge por una segunda temporada de doce episodios

Channel 4 ha renovado No Offence por una tercera temporada

FOX España ha renovado Vis a Vis por una tercera temporada

Netflix ha renovado Castlevania por una segunda temporada

Incorporaciones y fichajes de series

John Cho (Go On, Sleepy Hollow) se une como regular a la segunda temporada de The Exorcist. Será Andrew Kim, antiguo psicólogo infantil que dirige un hogar de acogida.

Erica Durance (Saving Hope, Smallville) sustituye a Laura Benanti como Alura en Supergirl. Será recurrente durante la tercera temporada.

Selma Blair (Hellboy, Anger Management) será recurrente en Heathers como Jade, una stripper cazafortunas casada con el padre de Heather Duke (Brendan Scannell).

Katrina Law (Arrow, Spartacus: Blood and Sand) será la agente Karen Beach, la única mujer en la banda Ravens, en The Oath.

Tom Bateman (Da Vinci's Demons, The Tunnel) será el capitán Rawdon Crawley en Vanity Fair.

Dania Ramirez (Devious Maids, Heroes) y Gabrielle Anwar (Burn Notice) se unen como regulares a la séptima temporada de Once Upon A Time. Mekia Cox (Chicago Med), Adelaide Kane (Reign) y Rose Reynolds (Wasted, Poldark) serán recurrentes. Se desconocen detalles de sus personajes.

Angela Lansbury (Murder, She Wrote), Emily Watson (Apple Tree Yard), Willa Fitzgerald (Scream), Kathryn Newton (Big Little Lies), Annes Elwy y Maya Hawke serán la tía March, Marmee, Meg, Amy, Beth y Jo en Little Women. Michael Gambon (Harry Potter, Fortitude) y Jonah Hauer-King (The Last Photograph) serán los vecinos James y Laurie Laurence.

Bill Nighy (Love Actually, About Time), Catherine Keener (Get Out, Capote), Matthew Goode (The Good Wife), Eleanor Tomlinson (Poldark), Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl, White Gold), Morven Christie (Grantchester, The Raplacement), Luke Treadaway (Fortitude), Ella Purnell (Maleficent, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children), Alice Eve (Entourage, Black Mirror), Anthony Boyle y Crystal Clarke (Assassin's Creed) protagonizarán Ordeal by Innocence.

Jennifer Ferrin (The Knick, Hell on Wheels) y Miriam Morales (Orange Is the New Black) se unen como recurrentes a la segunda temporada de Sneaky Pete. Serán Joyce Roby, detective de Nueva York, y la profesora de Ellen (Jeté Laurence) en Bridgeport.

Michael Cyril Creighton (High Maintenance, Spotlight) se une como recurrente a la segunda temporada de Graves.

Rahul Parikh será recurrente en Counterpart como Max, un socio leal de Ian Shaw (Nicholas Pinnock).

Mustafa Shakir (Quarry, The Night Of) y Gabrielle Dennis (Rosewood) serán John McIver AKA Bushmaster y Tilda Johnson AKA Nighthawk en la segunda temporada de Luke Cage.

Matthew Lewis (Harry Potter, Ripper Street), Anthony Head (You, Me & Them), Daisy Head (Guilt), Steve Evets (One of Us, Rev.), Chris Fountain (Hollyoaks, Coronation Street), Emmett J. Scanlan (In the Flesh, The Fall), Elena Saurel y Thaila Zucchi se unen a Girlfriends.

Pósters de series

    Nuevas series

Channel 4 ha encargado cuatro episodios de Kiri, sobre una niña negra que antes de ser adoptada por una familia blanca desaparece durante una visita no supervisada a su familia biológica. Miriam (Sarah Lancashire; Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax), la asistente social encargada del caso, será la culpable ante policía, prensa e incluso colegas. Escrita por Jack Thorne (This Is England, National Treasure), cuenta también con Lucian Msamati (Taboo, Luther) y Lia Williams (The Missing, The Crown).

Channel 4 encarga seis episodios de Pure, sobre una joven de veintidós años llamada Marnie que lleva más de cinco perseguida por pensamientos sexuales y huye a Londres antes de terminar la universidad para cambiar de vida. Adaptación de las memorias de Rose Bretécher, que describen su enfermedad mental, por Kirstie Swain (Clique).

Channel 4 ha encargado seis episodios de Baghdad Central, thriller basado en la novela de Elliott Colla sobre la nueva misión de un expolicía iraquí tras la muerte de Hussein.

Ava DuVernay (Queen Sugar) escribirá y dirigirá Central Park Five en Netflix, cinco episodios sobre los cinco adolescentes acusados injustamente de violar a una mujer en 1989. Producen DuVernay y Oprah Winfrey.

FX ha adquirido la miniserie Hue 1968, adaptación en diez episodios de la novela de Mark Bowden sobre la ofensiva del Tet, el ataque del ejército vietnamita.

Fechas de series

Los últimos diez episodios de Teen Wolf se emitirán en MTV a partir del 30 de julio

La segunda y última temporada de Vice Principals llega a HBO el 17 de septiembre

Tráilers de series

Episodes - Temporada 5

Vice Principals - Temporada 2

Somewhere Between

Will & Grace - Temporada 9

Absentia

What Would Diplo Do?

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Noticias de series de la semana: Versace llegará antes de lo esperado

Versace antes que Katrina

La grabación de 'Katrina', la que iba a ser la próxima entrega de American Crime Story y nos contaría las consecuencias de la llegada del huracán a la Costa del Golfo en 2005, se ha retrasado debido tanto a los huracanes que asolan la zona actualmente como a problemas con los guiones. Se desconoce si Annette Bening, Dennis Quaid o Matthew Broderick podrán ajustar sus agendas para seguir siendo sus protagonistas. De momento sabemos que 'The Assassination of Gianni Versace', que lleva su producción muy avanzada, se ha convertido en la segunda temporada y llegará a FX a principios de 2018, unos seis meses antes de lo planeado inicialmente. [Fuente]

Carmichael, indignado

A Jerrod Carmichael le parece "criminal" y contraproducente que NBC retirara el episodio de The Carmichael Show que mostraba un tiroteo. La cadena decidió no emitir dicho episodio el pasado miércoles, horas después de que el congresista republicano Steve Scalise recibiera un disparo en un entrenamiento de béisbol de un equipo de legisladores. Cuatro personas más resultaron heridas en este lugar. El mismo día, un conductor de UPS mató a tres compañeros de la sede de San Francisco y luego se suicidó al verse acorralado. Aunque es una práctica habitual en la televisión americana, el protagonista de la serie entiende la decisión de NBC como empresa privada pero añade que, en su opinión, no creen que el país sea suficientemente inteligente para manejar algo honesto, real y respetuoso y que refleja conversaciones que se dan en cualquier familia. La cadena planea emitir el episodio más adelante.

Renovaciones de series

BBC One ha renovado Luther por una quinta temporada

Netflix ha renovado Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt por una cuarta temporada

Facebook emitirá una segunda temporada de Loosely Exactly Nicole. MTV la canceló hace cuatro meses.

Audience Network ha renovado Ice por una segunda temporada

Incorporaciones y fichajes de series

Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy, American Crime) protagonizará Killing Eve. Será Eve, una empleada de oficina de una empresa de servicios de seguridad que sueña con ser espía.

Michiel Huisman (Game of Thrones, Orphan Black) protagonizará The Haunting of Hill House en Netflix. Será Steven Crane, el mayor de los hermanos y escritor de novelas sobrenaturales incluidas las memorias de la estancia de la familia en aquella casa.

Lindsay Lohan (Mean Girls, The Parent Trap) se une a la segunda temporada de Sick Note. Será Katerina, hija de Kenny West (Don Johnson), jefe de Daniel (Rupert Grint).

Sean Bean (Game of Thrones) será Jacopo Pazzi en la segunda temporada de Medici, que contará lo ocurrido veinte años después de la historia de la primera. Richard Madden (Cosimo) podría volver en flashbacks. 

Zachary Levi (Chuck, Heroes Reborn) será el despiadado "Thin White Duke", el misterioso villano de la tv movie revival de Psych.

Matt Long (Private Practice, Mad Men) y Lauren Weedman (Looking, Hung) se unen como recurrentes a la segunda temporada de Graves. Serán Jesse Enright, una estrella de cine que interpreta a Graves (Nick Nolte) en su biopic; y Bonnie Clegg, prima de Margaret (Sela Ward). 

Morris Chestnut (Rosewood, V) se une como regular a la segunda temporada de Goliath. Será Hakeem Rashad, fiscal rival de Billy (Billy Bob Thornton).

James Martinez (House of Cards, One Day at a Time) será recurrente en Major Crimes como Ian Nuñez, el padre de una potencial víctima de secuestro.

Sam Morgan se une a American Woman como recurrente. Será Adam, un chico con futuro en el mundo del arte.

Jason O'Mara se une como regular a la tercera temporada de The Man in the High Castle. Será Wyatt Price, inmigrante irlandés refugiado en Nueva York que tuvo que huir de nuevo hacia el oeste tras la invasión Nazi.

Kimberly Hébert Gregory (Vice Principals, Devious Maids) sustituye a Cristela Alonzo en The Gospel of Kevin como Yvette, una enviada de Dios.

Sterling Beaumon (Dimension 404, The Killing), Molly Hagan (Jane the Virgin, iZombie) y Dominic Flores se unen a Law & Order: True Crime - The Menendez Murders. Serán Glenn Stevens, amigo de Lyle Menendez desde Princeton y su socio empresarial tras el juicio; Joan Vandermolen, la hermana mayor de Kitty Menendez; y Henry Llano, primo de los hermanos Menendez.

Pósters de series

  Nuevas series

FX ha adquirido Honey, del irlandés Gerard Barrett. Se encuentra en etapa de desarrollo y su argumento se mantiene en secreto, aunque se sabe que tiene el espionaje corporativo como telón de fondo.

Fechas de series

Mindhunter llega a Netflix el 13 de octubre

Tráilers de series

Will

Friends from College

Ray Donovan - Temporada 5

Insecure - Temporada 2