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One of my favourite micro-genres, especially growing up, was books about kids or teens running away from home and living in unusual places. Some of these are more serious and involve leaving abusive homes. Others, the home life and excuse for leaving is entirely perfunctory and the adventure is the point. The common theme is that the kid leaves voluntarily (isn’t stranded somewhere, but goes there specifically) and then ends up living independently in some unique setting that gives the story a large part of its identity.
My Side of the Mountain — inside a tree in the Catskills
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler — the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
Maniac Magee — inside a buffalo house in the zoo, in a baseball stadium, and more
The Invention of Hugo Cabret — a grand Parisian train station
notabookbut The Kings of Summer — a homemade shanty in the Ohio woods
Last Sam’s Cage — the Calgary Zoo
The Boxcar Children — a freight car
Suggest more if you can think of any, I know there are lots of other examples.
#my side of the mountain#jean craighead george#from the mixed up files of Mrs basil e frankweiler#el konigsburg#maniac Magee#jerry spinelli#the invention of hugo Cabret#brian selznick#the kings of summer#last sam’s cage#David a poulsen#the boxcar children
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Did anyone else randomly have their life changed by a Jerry Spinelli book in 4th grade or was that just me?
#Original#jerry spinelli#Maniac Magee#Stargirl#I still think about those books#the warden's daughter
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Books of the Spring (April-May 2024)
I started this back in June but then life got busy again...books of the summer will be out soon, but for now: here's some books I read way back in April and May that I think other people should read too!
Maniac Magee (Jerry Spinelli): I think I read this when I was a kid, but long enough ago that I forgot most of it. Anyway, picked it up at a thrift store to put in the camp bookshelf of free books to borrow/take, and wanted to (re)read it first. It's good! A good book for kids (or adults) to read. Silly and exaggerated in the way good middle grade fiction is, but also about racism and family and having a home. Sweet, and a good way to get you thinking.
The Right Sort of Man (Allison Montclair): Yet another first in a historical mystery series, this one following a pair of women who have started their own business in post-WWII London - a matchmaking agency. Except they also keep getting caught up in solving murder mysteries. I enjoyed it; the dialogue and actions are snappy and funny, but the characters also have and acknowledge real struggles (they go to therapy! unusual in a 1950s-set book but handled realistically). I have now read through the latest published book and look forward to more.
Tomboy (Liz Prince): A graphic novel memoir of the author's gender experiences. Not earth-shattering, but I have long enjoyed a book that makes me feel less alone in my own experience of gender. Obviously I'm not exactly Liz Prince (for one thing, based on the illustrations, she's maybe willing to wear skirts as an adult but wasn't as a kid? And I am the exact opposite) but a lot of what she had to say struck home for me. And it's good for books to exist that showcase a small part of the diverse ways people are.
To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Moniquill Blackgoose): This one has done some of the rounds on tumblr for sure, but I did enjoy it, and posted something about it here. An interesting fantasy world that's obviously this world but with alternate history where the Norse colonized the Americas. (And the dragons, that's different too). I don't usually reach for YA fantasy anymore, but I will be looking for the sequel to this one when it comes out.
#this got even more belated than intended#have some#book recs#books of the month#to shape a dragon's breath#is especially still sticking out to me as a book to rec to others; so a good one to include in a list like this#it's interesting to look back from this many months on#moniquill blackgoose#maniac magee#jerry spinelli#the right sort of man#allison montclair#tomboy#liz prince
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#lost in adapatation#dominic noble#maniac magee#nick#tvmoivie#moviereview#blgs#blogging#old nickelodeon#film#books#maniac
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JERRY SPINELLI
#jerry spinelli#polls#vote jerry spinelli right now#maniac magee#eggs#hokey pokey#my childhood#i love those books bro
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Ready for season 2 babes
#arcane#spoilers#arcane spoilers#arcane s2#I need like a whole separate bingo board just for Ambessa and Noxus#i had to include at least a couple gimmes here or else we all know i'm gonna have a blank board lol#when i say viktor laughs i mean maniacal MH laughter but i decided to cast a wide net#this board is doomed because of how bad i need mel and viktor to interact this season but shoot for the moon etc etc#i could've included the square where mel and MH lead the cult together like janna and a messiah but tbh that's for the fanfics#mage tank means i need a rain of bullets just rattling off the MH like he's iron man while he's casting spells but once again - wide net#will probably need to make yet another bingo board just for MH vs Jayce in act 3 or something i can feel it#UGH should've made a square for Kino mention#ISMtext
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I'm actually rather surprised that not a single one of the boys made top three. but then again, I suppose the large number of straight men that play this game are not as visible in fan spaces as us lgbt. That is...a fortunate thing, though, I'd argue.
#bg3#thoughts about media#with how much you see of a certain little elf- I figured he'd make the top three. but I see I figured wrong!#the top classes do not surprise me at all.#I take great interest in strategy when it comes to dbd. so I pay the same attention to strategy in bg3.#the top three classes are some of the best classes to choose for combat.#theeeen the choices stray back into RP territory.#rogue has it's uses...but less so than warlock I'd argue.#I'd say wizard and cleric are stronger than rogue too.#hell. I multiclass star into wizard once he's gotten his lvl 3 thief perks. in part for tav lore reasons. in part to maximise his strengths#stealth just isn't consistent enough in this game to pay off. in my opinion.#like the best classes I'd say are sorcerer / paladin / bard / warlock.#fighter is good for multiclassing to gain action surge. and multiclassing into war/tempest cleric can be useful too.#but fully levelling either seems pointless imo.#the race choices are 100% because of RP reasons. the stats do not whatsoever show any influence from min/maxing stats and abilities.#if that were the case. half-orc would be the top. halfing. and drow. I think duegar is good too?#tiefling being up there isn't actually TOO bad either. they are decent for mage classes.#CANNOT believe evoker wizard is the most popular though. other subclasses have better perks imo.#I also think thief is the best subclass of rogue. extra bonus action? and falling damage reduction/cannot fall prone from falling? SO good.#also my sincere congrats to the 464 maniacs who've already destroyed honour mode. you people are bananas.
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pull the knife! PULL THE KNIFE!
#dnd#dungeons and dragons#original character#sketch#blood mage#chicken scribbles#aviari#good vibes gang#dont look at her staff it/s 2/3 finished she still needs the 3rd piece#giving avi a quick access point to her current top fave coping mechanism (the maniac who lives in her knife)
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Honestly I really want to be able to side with Solas in dreadwolf. I think it'd be super interesting to play as an elf in Tevinter and be able to just go "yeah actually I think Fen'Harel is right let's tear down that veil." I mean I assume the main conflict will be Solas trying to convince your character to join him, or your character being told they have to try and stop him, and there are not enough games that let you side with the presented "villain" character. I want to see what the world is like with no veil I'm so interested. Also so interested to see what full-on Fen'Harel Solas is like. Is he still as empathetic? Or is he more conniving and distanced from "mortals" like the old stories would have us believe?
#side note it's been a hot minute since I've played trespasser I've been obsessed with origins and anders and justice recently ok#i don't have super high hopes cause bioware sucks ass#Idk if they'll have the balls to introduce the player to that level of moral nuance#i just think it would be fun and cool to have some choices on the final outcome#*with the main villain character I should say#instead of 'player character who is awesome hero defeats evil mean bad guy'#i feel like the past games have always tried to paint a very clear target of who the 'bad guy' is#when in reality that's rarely ever so simple#i want a story that lets you decide if you actually think the bad guy is bad or not#and then lets you choose what to do about it instead of directing you to kill this one guy to save the day yknow?#and I think this would be a wonderful opportunity to explore that#and I mean we did get this is 2 if I'm honest#there's not really a singlular villain#you can choose if you think the mages or the Templars are right and side with one or the other#dragon age dreadwolf#fen'harel#solas dragon age#i just like complications in stories that make decisions very hard#make solas the players friend or something again make him seem like a person and not an evil mage entity bent on killing everyone#maybe I'm just tired of how often the writers have done moral gymnastics and tried to swap it around#to make it seem like actually the mages should all be locked away and treated like shit cause they're all egotistical maniacs#and that the Templar/mage issue is a both sides have a point thing when it is clearly not#maybe I just want them to direct us towards taking the side of the oppressed instead of the oppressors for once#Hope you enjoyed my longish rant I hide in the tags as usual
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My life is shaped by the books I read in middle school
#original#tales of despereaux#flora and ulysess#because of winn dixie#any thing by kate decamillo really#stargirl#maniac magee#a mango shaped space#kate decamillo#jerry spinelli
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Nyx from Fire Emblem Fates
Finally reunited with my drawing tablet and computer, ended up finishing this sketch of Nyx that started out as drawing different hair practice. May need to eventually find a different go-to-casual-outfit-to-avoid-drawing-the-normal-outfit outfit than just a sweater...
#fire emblem#fe#Nyx#wanted to draw fluffy hair#her and hex maniac popped into my head first#already have a bunch of hex maniac drawings so Nyx it is#don't actually know much about her character#but I like long spiky hair#I am told she is cool#I like dark mages so
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i should lock the absolute fuck in for grand fest… BUT what if i had some weed beforehand. i’m already ass at splatoon might as well make it funny for me.
#the Mage rambles#also my main strat is 'run with my inkbrush like a maniac'#so it's not like it takes a ton of higher brain function#reefer gladness
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i feel like, as far as motifs or techniques go, my superpowers would be string-based considering i’m so good at untangling yarn and 99% of my hobbies include some form of strings
#tia text#the 1% is video games tbh#if i had personality powers they would be string based probs#probably going with my ability to untangle strings as a healing thing. or further tangling them as a harm thing#i am moderately tipsy#when i was growing up my sister went through a huge knot-tying phase#we're talking maniac magee kinds of knots#so naturally i became so very good at gently teasing the knots loose#fibers want to do what you want them to. you just have to be gentle and use your intuition in my experience
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pro-templar mage hawke: hmm mage rights but for me only i think? The rest of u are utterly fucked
#by far the funniest hawke you can have tbh#got these motherfucking templars bowing to a blood mage#effectively culled the competition#absolute evil mastermind#and to top it all off... she's purple#what a maniac#da2
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On a scale from one to ten, how based of me is it that I took the GGST survey for the second time just to put a BlazBlue character that appeared in exactly one novel and then never again in one of my three "additional character I would like to see the most in the future" spots?
#ADD SEVEN TO THE GAME COWARDS#this is a maniac's wish and while i do laugh at myself for it i am also 100% serious about it. i'd love to see him in any game#or anything at all for that matter#i mean c'moooon we've done mages in fighting games already. you've put asuka in strive! what's a silly little witch man no one's ever heard#of?#just imagine... a witch guy with long flowy blonde hair and fluttery robes like asuka's who fights with water and ice magic and maybe a#sword also. now doesn't that just sound like a sight for sore eyes?#he could summon a WATER DRAGON as his cinematic super! can you fathom how cool that would look?!#if we're talking strictly in strive terms he'd probably play like a weird mix of zato asuka and ky#ky for the manner of sword usage (since we have sol nago baiken and JOHNNY as of recently)‚ zato for the feel of flowiness when it comes to#using his abilities (every move connects to the next‚ unlike with asuka who just keeps spawning geometrical bodies)#and asuka for resource management and overall aesthetic (though he could definitely be made so that you don't need an excel sheet to play#him properly arcsys please)#god i wish i had more time in my life I would absolutely learn how to mod guilty gear and mod him over asuka if i could#but if i strived to keep his original ''moveset'' (i say as if he's ever had one) blazblue would probably be the way to go since i've heard#from modders there that you could‚ hypothetically‚ mod an entire new character into the game (though it would obviously take a gargantuan#amount of work)#speaking of which‚ how in sam hell did they manage to mod sin into strive before he was even released???#logs
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@naamah-beherit tagged me in this! Thank you!
(I was so excited to see Clive Barker in your list, I almost never see anyone else reading his books. I haven't read Imajica yet but it's on my bookshelf watching me type this out, hahaha.)
Rules: in a text post, list ten books that have stayed with you in some way. don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard — they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just the ones that have touched you.
(I also cheated and had some series, ha.)
Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
Weaveworld - Clive Barker
House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Maniac Magee - Jerry Spinelli
The Claidi Journals - Tanith Lee
The Twenty Days of Turin - Giorgio De Maria
As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner
A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
Notes of a Crocodile - Qiu Miaojin
Anyone who wants to participate, consider yourself tagged :)
#tag game#the juxtaposition of the two children's books in the middle with... everything else is very funny to me#however the impact Maniac Magee had on me as a child cannot be overstated
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