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I bought a kindle paper white in January and I love it so much. It’s really gotten me back into reading, and the books are cheaper if you buy them. Maybe 8-12 bucks for what would be 20+ dollars for a physical copy. And if you don’t want to buy the books, you can access them through Libby (from your library) on your kindle. If you have any 🏴☠️epub/pdf you can also upload those to your device. i’ve never tried but there are some reddit threads on how to do it.
i bought 16g but 8 is already enough to hold thousands of books. battery is great especially if you have a case that flaps like a book. once the flap is down, the kindle goes into sleep mode (the kindle itself does have a power button that will do this though). i charged my kindle fully, didn’t touch it for two weeks and it was still at 95% when i finally had time to read.
It literally never leaves my hand and it’s the easiest device to pull out on the train or wherever. Sun doesn’t bother my screen at all. I’m so happy I bought one this year. I don’t need any more features then what’s offered on it. You can highlight, type notes, and link your kindle to your goodreads account if you have to rate books and/or keep a log.
Sometimes I do wish it wasn’t just in black and white for when i’m highlighting, but overall i love ittttt. My coworker convinced to get one too!
Sorry for this long response. I get genuinely giddy when I talk about it. I’m up to book 9 in March, which is more than I read in all of 2023 combined!
What sorts of books do you like to read?
babes! this was so helpful. thank you so much 🤍 my coworker and I have talked about it, both big readers and we're just closer to saying yes because we want to decorate it. I love that it connects to
I am very much convinced now haha.
I love me a romance book. it just warms my heart recently trying to get into mystery, oh maybe a series but I'm always happy to hear suggestions 🫶
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it's been days since wandee goodday episode 05 but i keep thinking about how this guy?
ended up finding someone who cares in the same way
#wandee goodday#it's not a big thing but i keep rubbing these two moments together in my brain like kindling#like how fucking soul crushing it must be to care for someone and pay attention to everything about him for EIGHT YEARS#and then have him tell you he likes girls and also you're too vanilla and oh hey how about handing over that scholarship btw#and also he talks over you and insists he knows you better than you know yourself AND HE KEEPS FUCKING K-DRAMA WRIST GRABBING YOU D:#BUT THEN? you're on the receiving end of the care and concern? from a sweet big-banana-ed hottie who seems to genuinely enjoy your company?#what a weird mind-melting place to be in. the whiplash you know?#anyway i love dee and i love this for him#especially because he has an issue about being forgotten? i think?#I JUST LOVE THEM BOTH SO FUCKING MUCH
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Midnight Whispers ▪︎ Snowfall Encounter
#love and deepspace#love and deepspace xavier#love and deepspace zayne#lnds parallels#gonna squish their cheeks istg#has mc done this to raf i don't remember#i know we can squeeze his face in the homescreen#but i'm talking about kindled scenes#raf girlies help me out#i will need infold to let us squish sylus' cheeks in the future too#for the sake of my emotional wellbeing of course
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Gregory Horror Show headcanon: James is one of the few residents who are not actually dead, he comes and goes from the hotel because he learned how to reality shift from TikTok.
#gregory horror show#ghs#funny talking tag#I can imagine him as an iPad baby and by that I mean a Kindle Fire baby. Who is going to get Roulette Boy addicted to scummy gacha games.#The other residents that I don't think are dead: Clock Master and My Son. They were never human but CM is there for a similar reason#as everyone else. Escaping the reality of time and death. Teehee.
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guess who’s read some more books >:)
#the raven cycle#trc fanart#gansey#ronan lynch#adam parrish#blue sargent#noah czerny#chainsaw the raven#i’ve not actually finished the whole series but kindle says i only have 28% left on the last book.#and man talk about a found family amirite#‘they’re all a little in love with each other’ like yeah no shit#they are everything actually#i’ll probably find out whether gansey makes it in the next 24 hours#i’m wishing that posh nerd luck on the living front#also i’ve been listening to the audiobook and the narrator says niall like neil#so in my head the lynch’s have two dads where one is literally neil gaiman and the other is their actual dad#and which is which depends on whether i’m reading or listening#sorry for not drawing henry i got tired.#also that IS chainsaw and i’m sorry i didn’t label her#get ready for a flood of trc dear followers
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You only have a book buying problem if you have disposable income. If you're poor you have a book downloading problem. Book piracy is the great equaliser because even broke people get the chance to organize and re-organize a thousand books they'll never read.
#otoh my kindle library is very pretty#at least on the app#i need a twelve step program or something#real talk: if I love a book or author i save up and buy it from them#if i hadn't had the chance to read them i wouldn't be moved to do that#poor people are not robbing writers yo#books#reading#piracy#zlibrary#knee of huss
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this is entirely unprompted on your end, but i love your darcy and faramir takes and wanted to get your opinion on aragorn/faramir as a ship.
i'm salivating over it and nobody. cares. but i just love how it can show the possibilities of book faramir being a "threat" to aragorn's kingship in a way that nobody else is...how they can relate through their shared ancestry but the entirely different ways it impacted them in their respective lives - something about aragorn being the heir of isildur, growing up surrounded by elves, arnor. something about faramir being distinctly aware of the legacy of the stewards, his numenorean heritage and how it's fading away in the world of men, gondor (my fav world in lotr, you are so under-appreciated, gondor.) i personally adhere to the stewards-were-most-likely-also-royalty headcanon because of that extra juicy tension. throw in the i-knew-your-father-as-a-young-man aspect, the whole steward-quite-literally-serving-in-wait-of-the-true-king aspect? it's everything.
i dunno. the natural cause and effect of "return of the king" & "departure of the steward" is so interesting to play with in a romantic context, especially if it keeps both of them in the limelight when naturally, it should only be one of them? i think it's the aragorn ship that pushes his character and ambition the most, and in the same way, it can push faramir to show more machiavellian traits, more of him utilizing his political power and/or personal strengths. especially since his canonical fate is extremely satisfying but also...very conclusively an *ending* if that makes sense.
i might just want to see faramir clashing with aragorn wanting to wage more war. let him cook! let the man speak about "queen among other queens: not a mistress of many slaves"!!!!
also must admit that it's my contrarian ass wanting to rebel against the fanon "aragorn never ever wanted to be king" + "faramir is a pathetic meow meow" headcanons. the existing faramir x aragorn fics i've read all adhere to it which is frustrating.
anyways, any thoughts on this ship i randomly latched on to?
Anon, this is my #1 Tolkien ship and actually one of the only m/m ships I've ever been super into. I used to guiltily sneak-read Aragorn/Faramir as a teenager because I grew up in a conservative community and hadn't come to terms with my own queerness at the time, and was still figuring out how to get by in that community just as a Democrat, much less a lesbian.
Anyway, I got a huge kick out of your ask because it's basically point-for-point my own feelings about them. If you haven't seen it, I even wrote a ship manifesto for them over ten years ago.
And unfortunately I do also agree that the (very PJ film-inflected) fanons around both characters have made it very difficult to find fic for the ship that isn't deeply OOC for the original versions of the characters (tbh the last time I looked, it was hard enough to even find F/A fics where Faramir had black hair, much less his deeper canon characteristics). Add in the fanon depictions of Gondor and the Stewardship, and a lot of what appeals about the pairing is lost for me. I read some good ones a longggg time ago, but wouldn't begin to know where to find them now.
(I know I should be the change I want to see and write some myself, but apart from the AU f/f and m/f/f versions, I think the closest I ever came to it was this post about a mostly-the-same-as-LOTR AU only with Faramir/Aragorn and this feeling explosion about "Faramir actually does accepts the dream-visions obviously intending him to be the one going to Rivendell but also it's Faramir/Aragorn.")
And if you haven't found it yet, my ship tag is #otp: love was kindled.
I hope you enjoy <3
#even i was starting to wonder if i somehow ghostwrote this to myself in a different style while sleepwalking or something.#but no there are two of us! good luck anon and thank you for the message! it's a rough week in casa anghraine and it was a nice respite#anon replies#respuestas#long post#legendarium blogging#otp: love was kindled#faramir#aragorn#pj critical#(mostly implicitly but iykyk)#fic talk#faramir goes to rivendell au#aramir au#faragorn is probably a better shipname but is very reminiscent of fangorn lol#legendarium fanwank
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New KOBD adjacent idea that Ratchet was actually VERY fond of Wildbreak before Knockout was exiled. He was one of the first newborn Cybertronians Ratchet got to know and definitely the first kindled sparks he helped with post war. Which makes it really interesting if/when they reunite after knockouts exile and Wildbreak was left with Motormaster.
By the point they'd reunite Wildbreak has come to hate autobots because he perceives Knockouts exile as a huge betrayal. One that led to knockout leaving him with motormaster because of all the exiled former decepticons gunning for him and thus separating Wildbreak from his only parent. Beyond that hanging with Dragstrip and the other stunticons has also negatively influenced Wildbreaks overall views of autobots.
So yeah if he reunites with ratchet he's going to be upset with him to say the least.
#have i talked about kindled sparks yet?#probably not#but theyre basically mechpreg babies#wildbreak#maccadam#knock out#knockout#ratchet#transformers#tf wildbreak#tf knock out#tf knockout#tf ratchet#kobd
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NaPoWriMo #12
I glanced at a few how-to-write-poetry books and got a bit frustrated by their assumptions that poetry needs to be this deep and laborious artistic endeavor.
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Song of an Amateur
I am a simple poetess I take my pen in hand While others long for lasting fame My dreams aren't near so grand
All I want's a little ink A peaceful touch of time To gather up my humble thoughts And scribble out a rhyme
While others labor to create Immortal artistry I play with words as children play With sand beside the sea
Delighting in their shapes and forms In meter’s playful joys I let the words fall to create New literary toys
Capturing a simple sight A pithy turn of phrase To give my friends a bit of joy To brighten up their days
It’s not for me to take a place ‘mong lit’rature’s elite I’d rather gaze up at their heights And play beside their feet
So tell me not to labor long O'er words meant to impress I’d rather live quite happy as A simple poetess
#napowrimo 2024#poetry#i glanced at a bunch of kindle previews#and most of my thoughts boiled down to#'bold of you to assume that i want to publish'#everyone talking about how poetry isn't easy#it's work! you have to suffer over it!#you have to learn all the rules so you don't write *gasp* bad poetry#and meanwhile i'm like 'ok cool but what about having fun?'
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hee hee hoo hoo bomb cyclone this week so i will probably not have power for a day or two ✌ hope it doesn't stress the kits out too much, they are doing so good but also wimdy can freak the little guys out a lot
#ag talk#bomb cyclone is like...hurricane without the rain. if that makes sense#Big Wimd but usually not very rainy#not my favourite but i prefer it over thunder and driving rain#anyway i'm not really concerned cos our utility guys are great at prepping for wind season and my structures are stable#except i guess the shitty garage/shed but like. we hate that thing anyway#i got a woodstove like 13 gallons of gas for the generator and books on my kindle#just hope the instant pot can finish before we're in the dark lol
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Books that I have read this year (listen okay they are technically fandoms with no fanbases)
Roomba eats Satan's general (proceeds to start a cult and adopt a daughter)-All the Dust that Falls
Furry is forced into a hunger games that is being live streamed on universal twitch (proceeds to start a cult and adopt a daughter)-The Rise of the Winter Wolf
Girl realizes she's a lesbian only after she becomes god (proceeds to start a cult and adopt a daughter)-Goddess Reborn/Mirror World
Local tree starts eating people on its path to godhood (proceeds to start a cult and adopt a daughter)-Reborn as a Demonic Tree
Ant decides that the food chain does not define him so he equips diamond armor and start controlling gravity (proceeds to start a cult and adopt a daughter)-Chrysalis
Murderhobo -Full Murderhobo
Autistic man decides he hates mushrooms (he is one of the strongest people on earth & his best friend is also a snake god but we don't think about that to hard)-Primal Hunter
Mans sea food is so good that it is legally heresy and gives people super powers (he also has to convince people that he isn't an alien but Australian)-Heretical Fishing
Dudes mere existence angers a god (proceeds to beat up a fantasy world racist) -Gene Harvest
As you can see my taste in books is the best
#if you have any questions feel free to ask#Or if you want a more detailed description#i will take all excuses to talk about this#books#booklr#kindle#kindle unlimited#Primal hunter#murder hobo#lesbian#Goddess reborn#reading#readers#book recommendations#long reads#books and reading#bookworm#fishing#roomba#funny#trees#monsters#snake#Wolf#cults#defying gravity#twitch#Also yes#The ant is infact transmasc#Anthony really said no gender nor gravity
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ok give me like two hours to write a oneshot about lag-induced chronic pain and its effects on players (specifically in minecraft)
#ray's tag#'ray how do you have such a good idea of what lag feels like' you see. In our headspace when our brain is going a billion miles an hour#i have to focus up here to move around and talk and things#so when our brain is going haywire i am sometimes physically unable to focus#and it affects my physical state pretty heavily. it manifests as me basically glitching the fuck out#it is NOT fun it is EXTREMELY exhausting and VERY painful. and also from what my headmates have told me pretty scary to watch.#so yeah lets just say that i have experience with this sort of thing#also i played mcpe on a kindle fire for almost ten years and my internet connection was TERRIBLE#rip my ping when i tried to play mineplex
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memory, death and life as komerex zha, the perpetual game; klingon culture as depicted in the final reflection, by john m. ford
#star trek#web weaving#klingons#im normal about this. i swear.#please read the final reflection. 99 cents on kindle right now. i read it in one sitting very fun very entertaining very insightful#and spocks in it. if you even care#is that last quote not soo sarek coded. 'im gonna destroy you in this game son. every time until you learn not to lose so badly#but you will still lose. <3'#house gensa forever house rustazh foreverrr#klingonaase my darling i love you you're sooo latin coded#i really liked the singing and the idea of like gestures vaguely house gensa being three hundred kids with no formal houses or lines#to belong to. <- and so you will all be together. yayy new family!#i also liked the acknowledgment of like. other cultures existing on klinzhai (qo'nos) vulcans and orions living with klingons and such#this book really had it all im not done posting. theres more songs and looks at their food; daily life; clothing and how they decorate#houses. more examples of klingonaase lol of course cuss words and such. they also talk about battle language which if i'm not mistaken is#like clipped tlhIngan?#but they call it battle language and translate it for the reader. fun!#and of course the klingons end up on earth so theres insights on how they feel about coffee and human food. apparently the air on earth is#very thin and dry to them; every scene where they talk about klingon comfort standards they mention making it dark and humid and hot.#red lights and such! for inside#and they say the thin air on earth makes it hard to hear for klingons! i thought that was very cool#nobody:#me: they like salt water baths and dark ale and they wear silk and they eat pastries with butter. if you even care.#they mention human chair designs being uncomfortable for klingon anatomy too; there was a description i remember of house khemara#having cushions on the ground around a fireplace instead of chairs#its such a pretty description too; they have high ceilings and wooden beams along the roof and and sky lights for an indoor garden#iron railings for the staircases. mwah i love this book i really recommend it#theres something (gestures) here that reminds me very strongly of worf but i cant put my finger on it to be honest with you. not even like#the komerex zha specifically either like the vibes of the whole book.....
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i love you the person who giggles before the music starts in Scars. i love you the person who whoops in the distance between the second pre-chorus and the chorus in Mad Dog, right on beat. i love you the person who says "just in time for the sequel players (?)" as the drumsticks clack together before Bitter Medicine. i love you the way the audience screams after the bridge in Arcturus Beaming, waiting in the silence and exploding with the guitar solo. i love you the people who become lyrics to me
#the crane wives#i'm talking about specific recordings#(let me know if you want the links)#I LOVE YOU UNRELEASED CRANE WIVES SONGS <3 <3 <3#my posts#kindling
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in zeros first appearances she is just the zenos avatar. no name no identity no agency. forced to do his bidding against her will. we dont even know shes gonna be a character until later. and when we do finally meet her as a character she is literally in prison. but then our crystal resonates with her and gives her back her former appearance. and y'shtola gives her a name. a modicum of identity and agency. and more than just that. the scions dont ever force or pressure her to help them without it being an exchange. they abide by her terms. and go out of their way to look after her. and when she is dying on the ground overwhelmed by enemy voidsent. we are shown another time when she was helpless and dying in the snow. brutalized for holding her ground against violence and cruelty. and no one came to help her. but this time. they do. and it was too late to save her then. but. she is not beyond saving now. just like the thirteenth itself is not beyond saving. even though it was too late to save it so long ago. when we first meet her she stands for nothing but her own survival as far as shes concerned. but once she barred the path of those who sought to hurt others alone and fell. which she may yet do again. and it neednt be alone this time. she may not be able to taste food in the same way. but she can feel the way it burns in her mouth. and in her chest. and so even though she does not understand it fully. she chooses to fight for it.
i also . really like. her interactions with alisaie. and in general how she interacts with the source and its people . it is very emblematic of how her hard and uncompromising nature is a survival tactic. back on the thirteenth. her domain is a haven for outcast voidsent whom she knows by name. even in a world where anything but ruthless practicality gets you killed. she wants for meaning. even corrupted and imprisoned and stripped of self. the first thing she asks wol when she meets them. is. are you the friend. and in the source. when shown kindness and warmth and light. she wants to understand. and is fascinated by it. she gazes at the sky as it changes colors. she cannot stop asking questions. she is gruff and terse. but she sincerely wants to know . what is a friend. and why do you fight for others even though you have no obligation to. and they tell her. to the best of their abilities. their answers confound her. but. they do not go over her head. survival is all the meaning she has been allowed for a very very long time. but through the kindness and genuine care and attention of others. she is given the chance to live for more than just that. and perhaps. that is what the dormant part of her has wanted all along. and has always strived for subconsciously. amidst the pitch darkness of the void.
i like also . that she is tainted. she may be indistinguishable from a living person in appearance. and the crystal restored her former appearance. but she is a voidsent. on the thirteenth she is undying. she needs to eat aether to live. her body lacks a large degree of sensation. including taste. but. the others treat her like a person anyway. when she is depleted of aether on the thirteenth. the others carry her back in their arms. they feed her. they talk with her. and she cannot say whether the food they give her tastes like much. but a spicy enough dumpling still burns her mouth. being treated like a person will not undo the damage of all that happened to her. but. it can rekindle the flames. and lead her to choose to fight for more than just her own survival. she is a voidsent. and she is also. a person. even overcome by darkness. her star is not beyond hope. and neither is she.
zeros life always meant something. the thirteenths existence always meant something. even when it seems like there is nothing but strife and pain. when you hurt others and yourself. when you are not given the choice to do anything but drag yourself along numbly. even then. you are still a person. a person worth saving. and loving.
#keep in mind i have only finished up to the end of 6.3 so if any of this is wrong. well i hope youll forgive me.#but i like her. so i wanted to talk about her.#i really like how she and the thirteenth itself are analogous to each other. i was struck by it especially while writing this#also#as someone who too has been corrupted and stripped of agency and identity and purpose to the point where i felt completely beyond saving#like i wasnt even a person anymore and surviving was all i could do#and have had to find my own meaning beyond that and kindled a passion that i do not always fully understand or know how to describe#but could never burn as bright as it does without the love and kindness of others#it all hits especially hard#both zeros story and the story of the thirteenth as a whole#my post#personal#ffxiv#endwalker spoilers
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anyway also adding "messmer was the one to burn melina" to the List until proven otherwise
#the nemesis speaks#sote spoilers#everyone wants to talk abt the purple eye nobody wants to talk abt when and how she got immolated#in general i like the idea that messmer was somehow compelled into betraying (''betraying'') his family to serve marika's machinations#performing a cardinal sin resulting in his permanent banishment as a kind of sacrifice#bc i am a sucker for ''the most apparent traitor is actually the most loyal of them all and took the title willingly''#his kindling draws a direct line btwn the ''vision of fire'' he and melina shared#+ melina's burning of the erdtree was ultimately marika's will. it seems reasonable that he might have participated too#i think the dlc has pretty well ruled out the ''melina is ranni'' theory so basically i can say whatever i want.
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