#mary read icons

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Mary Read - Our Flag Means Death, S02E04

[borgialucrezia]

"Elizabeth’s relationship with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, was perhaps the most important in her life. The savage possessiveness with which she wrote of him - ‘a creature of our own’, as she described him, with all the imperiousness of the royal ‘we’ - in no way diminished his importance in her eyes. For a woman so short of surviving blood relations, he was the nearest thing she had to family."

— Sarah Gristwood, Elizabeth and Leicester: The Truth about the Virgin Queen and the Man She Loved.

[dantealighierienjoyer]

I really should stop making my blood boil over tiktoks where a person spreads bullshit about a writer I know everything about or oversimplifies something about said writer to make it “more pop”…but I won’t...

[grey-and-green]

Best OFMD detail:

I mean. What absolute insane person (affectionate) came up with this newspaper name?

OFMD is killing. me.

[bigmommycommie]

MARY READ AND ANNE BONNY ARE IN OFMD AAAAAAAAAA GO LESBIANS GO💜🩷🤍🧡❤️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[littleplantfreak]

(⁄ ⁄>⁄ ▽ ⁄<⁄ ⁄) you’re amazing and i hope you’re having an amazing day 💕💖💕💖💕

flower for u Scarlet!! <3

You’re amazing too!! I love love seeing you on my dash

[thatstupidlozfanacrossthestreet2]

Since Nocturna was clearly a fan favourite last time I decided to make another little, bad sketch of her :)

I also read all your tags and I love them so much they make me so happy lol

And based off said tags it really seemed like @rhythmmortis was really into the drawing of her last time so I’ll tag them :)

also i drew ya boy hold on

LIL DUDE

[maraudersmary]

i have just finished Honey Honey by aeoneskova on ao3 and i think it is the BEST fic i have ever read

marlene is my absolute favourite and there is such a lack of her pov in fics (not hating ik i could write one if i’m that desperate) that this was just so incredibly beautiful to me. and remus being my other favourite this was just perfect.

the writing was amazing and everything felt so real like the relationships were real, difficult, but ultimately beautiful to read. it was heartbreaking and hopeful.

it is not something i would usually read im a non-magic au or long hogwarts fic girl where they are all just together like uni vibes but this was… ugh… i don’t want to say perfect again but it just was!!

here’s the link i urge you to go and read it. there is very heavy themes as can be expected but it is all very well tagged and warned

http://archiveofourown.org/works/37476997

@aeoneskova thank you for writing this

[krista-hands]

The Hardest Reading Challenge - Non U.S / U.K. / CAN (#1)

Going through my TBR for this challenge really highlighted how U.S.-centric my reading is, so I'm hoping to branch out to a more world-wide reading range in the future. The first book I found to fulfill a non U.S. / U.K. / CAN setting or author home country is Icon and Inferno, the second book in the Stars and Smoke series by Marie Lu. I received an early paperback copy of Stars and Smoke earlier this year (2024) from BookishFirst and it became one of my favorite YA reads so far. The first installment has a large part of the plot take place in London, England, but Icon and Inferno follows (now full) secret agent Sydney Cossette and international pop sensation Winer Young to Singapore in order to foil an assassination attempt on the United States president. While I can't say much due to spoilers, the book is full of twists and turns, surprises that made my head spin, and reveals that I called from early on but loved the follow-through for. I was originally under the impression this would be a duology, but Marie Lu definitely leaves the ending open for more of this duo's adventures. I, for one, hope to see more of them soon. Final rating: 4/5

[thequietkid-moonie]

Nothing to say, just ✨ Mary ✨ Read ✨

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Manga: Majo Taisen

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[bifairywife]

as someone with marie-alecia as her current pfp, this made me wheeze-laugh hahshahsgha

[libertyreads]

Book Review #31 of 2024--

Icon and Inferno by Marie Lu. Rating: 3.75 stars.

Read from May 10th to 13th.

Before I get into the review, a quick thank you to NetGalley and the publishers over at Macmillan Children's Publishing Group for allowing me access to this ARC in exchange for an honest review. I was so excited when I got the approval email for this one. Icon and Inferno is the second book in the Stars and Smoke series which follows a spy and an international pop star. Sydney Cossette and Winter Young were thrown together for a mission last year and a lot of stuff went sideways. Which is what made it so surprising for Winter when Sydney strolled back into his life with another mission that needs his fame to get her into the game. Can they team up again and prevent an all-out war from breaking out? Icon and Inferno is set to release on June 11th and is available for pre-order now.

There is something in this world that I would keep coming back for a thousand times over. I love getting to see the world of glitz and glamor of Winter Young but I also love seeing the things that hide in the shadows with Sydney Cossette. The juxtaposition of these two worlds and seeing them overlap is wonderful and so delightful to read again and again. I think the author manages to find a way to take this world and these characters that are so fantastical and ground them in reality. The action is fast paced and keeps the story moving. The characterization draws you in to the whole, well rounded people who have such full and interesting stories. This could be such a long series and the set up being what it is would draw me in time and again. I also really love the way the romance is played out in this one. We got a small glimpse of it last time and in this one it was so swoon worthy for me. Toward the end of the novel, there's a moment between Sydney and Winter that made my heart feel like it was going to explode. It was so soft and sweet and yet the angst. My dude. Keep this shit coming. I'm so here for it.

I struggled with this one in a similar way that I struggled with the first one: in that I needed more. It's wrong (and frankly should be illegal) for this book to be under 350 pages. I think more description during the action or for settings would help ground the reader into the world better. I also just want more of this world and EVERYTHING between Sydney and Winter. The side characters in this one took a bit more of a backseat in this one just because of the scope of the plot. I understand it, that doesn't mean I have to like it. I don't know that there's anywhere to go from here as far as similar novels. I think the first two being missions for Sydney and Winter to go on made sense. I think with how this one went down it would be hard to do another one. But I could be wrong. There's still an opening there for another story with Sydney and Winter. I just think them going on a mission together wouldn't make sense.

Overall, this was so much fun to read and I loved seeing the foreshadowing throughout the novel. I think this is a great series for fans of Marie Lu or any reader who wants a little more spies in their novels.

[supergraphicultramoderngirl]

omg ur pfp is amazing!

thank u!! made it myself 😌

[witchee1014]

Blogging A to Z: Day 13 - Miss Marple: The beloved cozy mystery character created by Agatha Christie

Join us on a journey through the delightful world of Miss Marple, the beloved and brilliant detective created by Agatha Christie. We'll explore Miss Marple's background, appeal, stories, and adaptations in popular culture. From her sharp mind and keen obs

Hey there, mystery lovers! Today, we’re diving into the world of cozy mysteries and exploring one of the genre’s most beloved characters: Miss Marple. Created by the iconic Agatha Christie, Miss Marple is the ultimate grandma detective – she’s sweet, she’s sassy, and she knows how to solve a murder like nobody’s business. But before we get into the nitty-gritty of Miss Marple’s life and times,…

[jstor]

🎃 Ever wonder how Frankenstein and The Vampyre came to life? It all began during the stormy summer of 1816, a time so eerie it’s now called the "Year Without a Summer." Confined indoors by relentless rain, Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, and John Polidori challenged each other to write the scariest story they could. What followed was nothing short of legendary: Shelley’s Frankenstein—a tale of ambition, creation, and consequence—and Polidori’s The Vampyre, the first modern vampire story that still haunts us today.

These works explore themes we still grapple with—ambition, relationships, power, and the unknown. And they remind us of what the humanities do best: helping us ask the big questions about who we are and how we live together.

This Halloween, revisit these iconic stories and reflect on how literature challenges us to confront our fears—both real and imagined. Check out our latest blog post to explore the spirit of Villa Diodati and the enduring importance of these tales.

Read it now on the JSTOR blog.