#my reading

[leehallfae]

“i am more god than god is / these days. watch me refuse / to let my father die / in this poem. he is dying, yes, / but see how i keep him flickering / with a gerund?”

— eugenia leigh, “post-traumatic stress disorder with han (한/恨),” bianca

[eruscreaminginthedistance]

Silmarillion-knower Celeborn when this sounds vaguely familiar:

[barbwritesstuff]

The Best Books I Read in 2024

I don't think I'm going to get much reading done for the rest of the year so...

In no particular order, here's some of my top books of 2024. These books didn't necessarily come out this year, but I read them this year.

You will notice a lot of horror and sci-fi. The older I get the more I'm embracing my spooky/spacy self and I think that's beautiful.

And finally (selfishly) I need to put my own book Of Monsters and Mainframes on this list. I edited it this year and part of that process meant rereading it enough that I went from loving it, to hating it, back to loving it. It's coming out in June 2025 and I could not be more terrified.

Here's the cover:

And here's a couple of places you can preorder it: Bookshop Amazon

[dearhummingbird]

Soren Kierkegaard agreed when he confessed, “I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.” And Charles Dickens was even more direct. “If I could not walk far and fast,” he wrote, “I think I should just explode and perish.”

“Whatever the Problem, It’s Probably Solved by Walking", Andrew McCarthy for The New York Times

[mygrayzone]

Reading in nature.

[theunstuffedpepper]

Anyone else make the switch from GoodReads to StoryGraph?

I never used GR for the social component - strictly used it for (lazily) tracking my reading. Now that I’m getting more into reading, I decided to make the switch to StoryGraph and already I like it so much more. More options for tracking — I like that you can categorize books as “did not finish” — and it’s a much, much cleaner app experience.

Anywho! If you’re on SG and wanna find me, I’m audiopepper.

[bookaddict24-7]

💫What books did you read in April?💫

✨April FLEW by. I read some pretty great mangas and books this month! Here is my wrap up:

•I read 34 books

•I own 26 of those books

•My favourite read of the month was: How To Say I Do

•My least favourite read of the month was: The Idea of You (that ending ruined the whole book for me)

•I DNFed: 9 books

•I Unhauled: 18 books

[leehallfae]

“lieutenant commander jadzia dax is a trill, a humanoid species that attains its fullest realization in symbiotic connection with a species of large, long-lived slugs called symbionts. a trill is also a musical articulation created, with an instrument, by the rapid alternation of two tones, either a whole or a half tone apart, or, with a voice, by the rapid vibration of one speech organ against another. a trill, then, is a singular musical motif created by the contiguous motion of two distinct notes or organs. it is simultaneously mobile and arrested, present and absent, ‘a sound locked in movement.’ likewise the trill are, in their fullest realization, a plural species, two distinct organs creating a unique and fluid singularity. the constant transformation between the two voices/organisms constitutes the fragile yet durable continuity of the t/Trill.”

— kathy e. ferguson, “this species which is not one: identity practices in star trek: deep space nine”

[thelonelybrilliance]

Just finished my 90th read of the year! Here are 9 recs :)

Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes

Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Mara Daughter of the Nile

Dorothy Parker, Enough Rope

C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

Joan Aiken, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Louise Glück, Vita Nova

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (currently rereading)

Patrick Phillips, Song of the Closing Doors: Poems

[eruscreaminginthedistance]

Virgin film trilogy orcs: knows about menus

Chad book trilogy orcs: tiktok slang

[105nt]

I finished Have His Carcase and I think it might be my favourite yet, I loved the twist and the ending and a lot of it was very funny (must here make a special mention of the theatrical agent trying to recruit Wimsey - had to pull over and park the car until it was over).

Busman's Honeymoon is on the way and I am topping up with the BBC drama series starring Harriet Walter and Edward Petherbridge 'til it comes.

[inkcurlsandknives]

Really enjoyed A Psalm for the Wild-Built it was the perfectly sized solar punk novella I needed to unwind. I need more hopeful stories in my life, the pace of it was a balm and as a certified tea person, once a small tea buisness owner I found the concept of a traveling monk providing tea service utterly delightful.

I really miss lazy Saturday mornings at the farmers market offering samples of tea and talking about blends and herbs with folks

[booksandchainmail]

tagged by @wearethekat to post some books I want to read in 2025!

I think my backreading will be mostly focused on books I already own, so focusing here on new books. Since I don't follow upcoming books so closely, some of these are recent releases I haven't gotten to yet.

Also trying not to just steal your list so consider Saint Death's Herald, Advocate, The Incandescent, A Drop of Corruption, and The Mercy Makers also already on my list (and added to my library notifications)

tagging @thoughtsformtheuniverse @crowns-of-violets-and-roses @eldritchwyrm @coraniaid @clonerightsagenda

[wombat-witch]

My Tarot/Rune Reading Rules

Because tumblr seems to be having trouble with my rule's link, I think I will just make a post and link this instead.

What I offer

Free: As a way to practice I like to give basic readings. These can range from: 1-3 card draws*, 1-3 rune draws*, or a witch's runes throw.  *While that is the basic thing I offer, sometimes I am drawn to draw more cards or runes.

As this is something I am offering to do for free, please don’t expect a reply right away. I aim to reply within 1-4 days. You are welcome to tip if you so wish.

Paid: I offer a range of paid reading options which you can find here! These readings range from 3-12 cards and are more in depth.

As I do still work full time outside of tumblr, please allow for 24-48 hours between submitting your ask and getting your reading. If I am unable to complete your reading within that time for some reason, I will contact you and we can discuss options.

My reviews!

How to ask?

Free: Just send me either an ask or a DM with your question, method of reading you would like used, and initials or name/nickname. If you don’t want the reply posted on my blog, please let me know and I will be sure to make it private.

Paid: All paid readings will be done through DMs, however you are welcome to send me an asked with a review! When you send me a DM, let me know what kind of reading you would like. Once I have contacted you (within 24hrs) and confirmed you have sent through your payment, I will do you private reading!

Rules

Free:

-Nothing too personal, I am still a stranger on the internet after all. -No anonymous asks. If you ask anonymously, your question will be deleted. -No questions about medical health or practices. -No questions about legal advice. -No questions about financial advice. -While I will do readings about love, I will not answer questions asking for intimate or super detailed questions about potential partners. -One question per post. -Please don’t send me abuse or anything like that, you will be blocked instantly. -You do not have to leave a review, but feedback is appreciated. -I do retain the right to refuse a reading if I feel uncomfortable or that the question is inappropriate.   

Paid:

-Nothing too personal, I am still a stranger on the internet after all. -No questions about medical health or practices. -No questions about legal advice. -No questions about financial advice. -While I will do readings about love, I will not answer questions asking for intimate or super detailed questions about potential partners. -Please don’t send me abuse or anything like that, you will be blocked instantly. -You do not have to leave a review, but feedback is appreciated. -I do retain the right to refuse a reading if I feel uncomfortable or that the question is inappropriate. -If I refuse to do a reading for you and you have paid, I will give you a full refund.  

What cards I will use? (For Tarot/Oracle readings)

This is optional, but I have a lot of tarot decks so I might as well give you an option to choose which one I read from.

Tarot: -Dreams of Gaia -Spiritsong Tarot by Paulina Cassidy -The Forager’s Daughter Tarot -The Alleyman's Tarot -The Egyptian Tarot by Silvana Alasia  -Ostara Tarot Oracle: Pandora’s Australian Oracle

Important disclaimer:

At the end of the day, the cards/runes only offer one outcome out of many, and what they say isn't set in stone.

[lightineventide]

Found the second installment of The Murderbot Diaries in my local bookstore today. :) Hopefully the rest will also be translated soon, because it seems I'm gonna eat devour this one in a day.