#maybe I should finally read this book
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You've probably already seen this but I saw this randomly pop up on my insta feed and it made me think of you
Made you think of me??? 🥹🥹
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winterfell is one of my favorite of the castles bc its warm. both in a metaphorical and literal meaning. its built on natural hot springs and has hot water streaming through out the entire castle, protecting its residents both from the cold and people alike. its so warm inside that catelyn can open her windows in the middle of the night and still stay comfortable. even the glass gardens are warm enough for flowers to bloom and crops to grow in the long winters, feeding the keep. the people are warm too; everyone from the servants to the lord himself. Ned cared for his people and they loved him for that and took care of the Starklings in turn, risked their lives to save Bran and Rickon from the ironborn. Theon knows that if Bran and Rickon were to get away from Winterfell, the commoners themselves would protect the princes, hide and lie for them. and when Sansa builds Winterfell from snow and rocks and sticks in the Eyrie, it doesn't feel right bc despite the snow which covered it from winter to summer, Winterfell itself never was cold
#and also! the vale!#during sansa's stay in the eyrie it doesnt feel like HOME. its white and cold and empty and despite rarely getting bards and singers#winterfell was ALIVE and warm and despite being burnt down and broken ppl still long for it. be it sansa or arya or bran or cat#even jon misses winterfell and his family and his father and half siblings despite knowing he ought not to return#theon too for that matter. hes a liar and a killer and he betrayed the starks and yet...#asoiaf#winterfell#finally reading adwd btw... finally returning to the north does something to a lad...#house stark#ned stark#catelyn stark#sansa stark#bran stark#rickon stark#catelyn tully stark#its also making me realize how much i miss winterfell povs... maybe i should reread the early books actually#a song of ice and fire#valyrianscrolls#chaos reads
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WHAT A MAN..
#finalmente l’alba#joe keery#finally dawn#he should read me a book#if i say it enough it will happen maybe#steve harrington#gator tillman#djo#i love him#babyboy
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all of the book recommendations i got for stand alone fantasy:
piranesi, jonathan strange & mr. norrell by susanna clarke
babel by R.F. kuang
the sword of kaigen, blood over bright haven by M.L. wang
house of hunger by alexis henderson
dark lord of derkholm by diana wynne jones
the raven tower by ann leckie
starless by jacqueline carey
the goblin emperor by katherine addison
spinning silver by naomi novik
dreamsnake by vonda mcintyre
juniper & thorn (and other books) by ava reid
#omg the last one i almost went crazy cus i kept searching for jupiter and thorn lmfaooo#that's her one book that i know but i'll have to check out the others#on this list ive heard good things abt babel as well as naomi novik#i had a friend years ago that was Obsessed w his majesty's dragon series by her#also i literally own jonathan strange already LOL so maybe i should read that finally#i will admit house of hunger is kinda calling me tho. it's fitting the Vibes anon you are so right :/#i actually started reading i shudder at your touch that i mentioned the other day#but since its an anthology i'll probably read something else at the same time#i just have to pick one................................................................
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People often forget the fact that the main character/cast in the story doesn't have to believe in the right thing. They can be very wrong, they can die while believing in something very wrong. And it's not just the "tragic" very wrong, nor the "badass villain" very wrong, it is actually something disgusting and inhumane, that makes people feel terrible knowing that in some story, the main cast can have awful morals. In some stories, no character, not the main cast nor the villain, may have the right insight on something. And people will automatically assume that the story and the author are terrible, because everything is so bad in the story. Except, this makes people ignore said story itself. The right belief may actually be hidden, and only uncovered by seeing what these characters, main cast or villains, get in the end. You can't know that running wild on the rocky ground is a bad idea, until you fall, or hear it from someone else.
#Characters having terrible ideals ≠ the story and the author's ideals being bad#not targeted#that's a pretty general thing about various storues actually#If you hate this character maybe they were intended to be hated#The Author doesn't always say in a plain text#'You know what this person did you should hate them'#Sometimes we need to realise it ourselves#And follow the story to know how it ends#Because people will be dropping books near the finale and going around how bad the books are#Except you realise something only in the very finale. If you stayed#Reading#Books#Stories#Under a fic I once saw a note 'guys I don't believe what this character believes I promise'#And I still think about the fact that they had to clarify that#Because book authors can also write amazing stories#But they don't warn the reader like that#And the reader just assumes the worst and drops it#But the story is actually. good
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Adding to the list of things I still care about even after fucking years, Rin and Haruka. I'm still passionate about this. like, I never argued with others, everyone are entitled to their own opinions, but imo they're written so fucking nicely, the passion and understanding they have for eachother is amazing, it's so mutual and it's like their souls are tangled into eachother and it's so beautiful and meaningful and raw.
#okay now i noticed a pattern in the ships i like#equals that challenge eachother in what they love#fuck#god i want to write books about why i love them#maybe i should but it has been fucking years#no one's gonna read that shit#oh well#free! iwatobi swim club#free! eternal summer#free! dive to the future#free! the final stroke#free!#harurin#rinharu#haruka nanase#nanase haruka#rin matsuoka#rin x haru
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unfortunately, recent studies have shown that users (me) actually have to post things on their blog (actual content not just ominous shitposts with no tags) to get more followers. the public (me) are not happy with the results.
#that being said i will try and post more writeblr stuff from now on cause im finally working on my wip again#and maybe (god forbid) a book/show review from time to time because i should stop reading magnus chase over and over again#writeblr#bookblr#creative writing#writing#writers on tumblr#novel writing#book tropes#writerscommunity#writers and poets
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i did it with 3 days to spare teehee
#maybe I should read berserk and end the year with a bang and 101 books read#I received the first volume of the collectors edition of berserk I have no excuse left to not start#actually scratch that I’m jumping straight into whatever volume of jjk follows the season finale
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everyone lied to me about the bergman brothers these books are kind of bad
#listen!!! this is my fault because i SHOULD HAVE KNOWN after the dumpster fire that is magnolia parks#btw this is nowhere NEAR that bad#but my point is that people say BOTH are just like the addicted series and those people are STUPID#(sorry if you’re reading this and you’ve ever said that. ily)#like magnolia parks was basically unreadable for me i hated it. and i quite enjoy these bergman books so this is an unfair comparison#also i really love chloe liese’s representation and that goes a long way in saving these books tbh#with both series’ i KNEW i OBVIOUSLY wouldn’t enjoy them as much as the addicted series so i tried to manage my expectations#and yet in the back of my heart i secretly hoped i would finally get that same buzz again#it’s obvious to me that any series where each couple has one standalone book will never even come close#i knew what the vibes of this series would be and i was right. it’s still pretty good but the books aren’t Great#i think the 3rd one about the already married couple will be my favorite but maybe another one of these books will surprise me#of course i ordered them all ahead of time like an idiot 🙃 i never do that and i don’t even like the covers#the reviews for the series are so high i just thought there was no chance of it missing#going straight from my hands to the donation box unfortunately#mine#bergman brothers
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re-reading some books that were (still are) my faves from middle/high school years cause i found out the authors wrote MORE books like decades later
#'east' was published in like 2003 and i found out the author wrote a sequel 'west' 15 yrs later (to which i only found out LAST YEAR)#i decided to obtain my own book copies as i remember reading 'east' from the school library <3#my fave series 'chronicles of ancient darkness' i read all 6 books in high school with the final one published before i graduated#10 yrs later the author wrote 3 new books!!! so doing a re-read of the series before getting to the new books#re-reading all these books from my youth has me all nostalgic cause i never forgot those books after so many years#like 'hello old friends i'm back home'#i should re-read 'books of pellinor' next maybe since i'm re-reading old books or the 'chanters of tremaris' trilogy#don't mind sakizm
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Every now and then i am deeply and profoundly rewarded for having given up on critical role years ago
#its not that im reminded why its that im reminded why and i get to feel happy im not dealing with that lmao#its nothing horrific dont worry its just tjat their current finale sounds like its#a natural culmination of all the nonsense i gave up on it for it the first place#part of me is like man i hope their next campaign is good? maybe i should try their non campaign stuff?#but most of me like. gonna read a book or something#like dont force yourself to engage in a brand just because you used to love their work
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Fourth Wing is the definition of mid, even within the romantasy genre
#like I do not want to give acotar the W#but yeah it is better (3.5/5 compared to 2.5/5)#it is a perfectly serviceable book but man it just… doesn’t do anything?#this 600 page book has maybe 200 pages of plot if I’m generous#it doesn’t take its world building seriously so why should I take anything seriously#I’m not gonna read the rest of the series but if one of the twists is that her mom actually saved her life by pulling her from the scribe#quarter is believe it#because violet is one of the dumbest protagonists I’ve read#there are so many chances for her to be smart and she just isn’t!#so many times where I was like ‘oh damn is my scribe trained girlie gonna finally rub two brain cells together and start investigating?’#nope#rip to Liam you were the best and smartest character#Tairn was great too but he basically stops being a thing at the mid point until the end#YOU MADE DRAGONS FEEL UNIMPORTANT ONCE WE GOT THEM WHAT THE HELL#AGHHH#this book is going to live rent free in my head for the rest of my life#once again it’s serviceable but god is it just mediocre
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I'M UNWELL LOOK AT THAT SMILEEE
#joe keery#finalmente l’alba#finally dawn#sean lockwood#today is turning out to be a good one 😌#he should read me a book#if i say enough it will happen maybe#i love him#steve harrington#gator tillman#walter mckey
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If I see one (1) more post of someone getting pissy that more people are not into (insert genre or medium of thing here) that DOESN’T include a recommendation list I’m actually going to strangle someone
#ch.txt#‘why have people not invested dozens or hundreds or even thousands of hours into the things I specifically like’#because not everyone is going to see what you do in everything. because people have different tastes#and if you want to change that you’re going to have to actually introduce tbem to something#or denigrating ppl who like a thing but are not as knowledgable about it or haven’t invested enough time into it#you don’t see me going out and bitching at final fantasy fans for not playing (what I think) are better rpg series like the tales series#so far the ones I’ve seen have been about book and music genres#finding and checking out new artist for example is in fact a time sink and you are going to end up wading through some you just don’t like#and books even moreso! it takes maybe a full day of mostly just reading to get through a reasonably sized fiction book usually!#and that’s just one fucking book! so if you’re going to kvetch about it I better hear it followed up with recommendations#and a goddamn pitch for why I should not spend my time doing the things I already love to do instead#(achievement pops up over my head: new pet peeve discovered!)#okay kvetch over everybody move along
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A hall of curiosities, isn't it? a perfumed dowager says.
Most certainly, hums another in a white laced ensemble. A half-dead gentleman, and a half-dead girl.
Gale's legs, restless, long madly to bolt.
For a whole of a year he has been a phantom, a well-rumored one, drearily isolated and viciously scarred. His chest still aches, his high-collared outfit by that pulsating wound, but evidently, humoring his sorrows made for miserable company. Go, his mother ordered. And attend that dance. He's still polite and mannered, has yet four springs worth of charm to glow the room, but in fearsome measures that he has never once felt, the need for books, for quiet, settles in thick. God. Gale lies with a grin, leaving a lord for what he says is the washroom. When he slips instead into a too-shadowed study, its the shimmer of her gown that makes him stop. "Ah. Apologies. I--" Was hiding? Fleeing? Am a most ill-mannered man to wander this home? Gale leans against the door, scouring for answers. He rightens, straightens, starlight scant in his hair. "Was feeling difficult, I suppose." Ha! "As rousing as tonight's conversation is, I was yearning for a debate with one Sir Elameth. A great mind, his. Perhaps you've met." / @highevar, liked.
#HIGHEVAR#REGENCY VERSE.#I read off your Bridgerton Verse!#I just plopped them in some unnamed party for the social elites. For Gale he HUST had his secret fallout with Mystra and#is finally out after isolating as he recovered in heartache.#idk if Elethea just lost her family or if it came some years before but I figure people still talk about the lady cousland who lost her#house and family. just as ppl now talk about Gale like he should be dead.#It's a lot for him. He just wants to escape and hey! they both like studies and books and academia! so!#elameth is just a spellcaster/author in dnd that i namedropped here. hooe it works. (((:#maybe this is HER home? thoughts..
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I'm having so much fun reading Blue Moon Rising by Simon R. Green (published in 1991), and it feels like it was written exactly for me and my taste <3 (but I'm only 130 pages in)
I actually read this book when I was a teenager, and it just stayed with me since then. I forgot everything about the story, but the feelings have remained and I'm glad that reading the book again isn't disappointing and I'm probably getting more out of it now than when I was around 15, since it's aimed at adults.
"Your taste hasn't change since you were a teenager?" lol
#i feel like i'm gonna do more rereads from my bookshelves#this year i might finally get to the reread of i claudius#maybe i might reread and finish taiko too#it should be easier now when the other versions of those characters aren't fresh in my mind#so i shouldn't compare or expect xyz#i want to read new books too but there are also a lot of books i want to revisit#leni reads books#leni's nonsense#also i'm not a fantasy reader. i don't know the tropes or clichés or whatever. i just want to be entertained#i'd like to read more fantasy - the kind where it's a whole new world - but i've never really had a good luck
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