#nick oshiro

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Static-X March 31, 2004

if the line up is incorrect please inform the OP

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STATIC X START A WAR ALBUM REDRAW

i accidentally posted this on my music blog (it is music but this is where i post my art)

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R.I.P., Wayne Static

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last art fights ever..

I wanted to do more this year but I was on vacation + I got sick afterwards.. but still I got to draw a lot of cool guys :]

[in order of characters]

Garrett, Dick, Roger, Faux, Nick, Jason: Johndickard

Clionne: CENTEYEPEDE

Haruya Myoga, Ryūjin Wakumi, Yami, Brittnay "Barbie" Hayes, Oshiro Suzu, Nori Sasaki, Sen Nanao, Ichi Makino: TheBallaqueer, eggymcedgy, sunscones, ReaperAngel06, UnluckyError404, Maeriberii, klonicles, wolveseur

[sapphicmsmarvel]

2023 reading catalog

January

a million to one by adiba jaigirdar 💜

Iron widow by xiran jay zhao 💜

An encore of roses by st gibson 💜

Im a therapist and my patient is going to be the next school shooter by Dr. Harper 💜

I’m a therapist and my patient is in love with a pedophile by Dr. Harper 💜

I’m a therapist and my patient is a vegan terrorist by Dr. Harper 💜

The disturbing incident at lonesome woods boarding school by dr. harper 💜

One dark window by rachel gillig 

February 

The twisted dead by darcy coates 

The house across the lake by riley sager 

Renegades by marissa meyer 🤍

Archenemies by marissa meyer 🤍

Supernova by marissa meyer 🤍

Daisy darker by alice feeney 

March 

The lost apothecary by susan penner 

MHA 37 by kohei horikoshi 

The pronoun lowdown by nevo zisin 

The queen's english by chloe o davis

MHA team up 1 by kohei horikoshi and yoko akiyama 

To make monsters out of girls by amanda lovelace 

MHA team up 2 by kohei horikoshi and yoko akiyama 

JJK 0 by gege akutami 

MHA team up 3 by kohei horikoshi and yoko akiyama 

Hell bent by leigh bardugo 

Spice road by maiya ibrahim 

The stardust thief by chelsea abdullah 

The london seance society by susan penner 💜

All the dangerous things by stacy willingham 

April 

The fae princes by nikki st crowe 

Carnage by sarah bailey 

Final offer by lauren asher. 

Glitch by briana michaels 

Never lie by frieda mcfadden 

The locked door by frieda mcfadden 

The inheritance by cassie cole 

Emily wildes encyclopedia of faeries by heather fawcett 

 The stolen heir by holly black 

May 

Chaos by sarah bailey 

Corrode by sarah bailey 

Cataclysm by sarah bailey 

Howl's moving castle by diana wynne jones 

Fourth wing by rebecca yarros 

Cursed crowns by catherine doyle + katherine webber 

Girls of fate and fury by natasha ngan 💜

We free the stars by hafsah faizal 

A war of two queens by jennifer l armentrout 

The crown of gilded bones by jennifer l armentrout 🤍

Malice by heather walter 💜

Misrule by heather walter 💜

June 

MHA vol 38 by kohei horikoshi 

Sofi and the bone song by adrienne tooley 

jjk vol 21 by gege akutami 

jjk vol 22 by gege akutami 

lore olympus vol 4 by rachel smythe 

the fiancee farce by alexandria bellefleur 💜

the only survivors by megan miranda 

what lies in the woods by kate alice marshall 

the last word by taylor adams 

you’re invited by amanda jayatissa 

ward d by freida mcfadden 

once returned by darcy coates 

double pucked by lauren blakely 

mated to the monster by sarah spade 

July

the thicket by noelle w ihli 

the good lie by ar torre

a naughty lesson by mika lane 

love creekwood by becky albertalli 💜

the heartstopper yearbook by alice oseman 💜

demon in the wood by leigh bardugo and dani pendergast 

the young elites by marie lu 

nick and charlie by alice oseman 💜

a haunted road atlas by christine schiefer and em schulz 

the rose society by marie lu 

the midnight star by marie lu 

a wicked education by mika lane 

a sinful classroom by mika lane 

the girl from the sea by molly knox ostertag 💜

August

how to sell a haunted house by grady hendrix 

the foxglove king by hannah whitten 

seven faceless saints by mk lobb 💜

divine rivals by rebecca ross 

sing me to sleep by gabi burton 

silver in the bone by alexandra bracken 

foxglove by adalyn grace 

assistant to the villain by hannah nicole maehrer 

September

a broken blade by melissa blair 

bonesmith by nicki pau preto 

the angelmaker by alex north 

the family across the street by nicole trope 

October 

the sun and the star by rick riordan and mark oshiro 💜

lore olympus vol 5 by rachel smythe 

the chalice of the gods by rick riordan 

fangs by sarah anderson 

throne of the fallen by kerri maniscalco 

kingdom of the wicked by kerri maniscalco 🤍

kingdom of the cursed by kerri mansicalco 🤍

kingdom of the feared by kerri maniscalco 🤍

the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon 💜

catwoman soulstealer by louise simonson, samantha dodge and sarah j maas

starling house by alix e harrow 

November 

savage hate by amanda richardson 

a curse for true love by stephanie garber 

forged by blood by ehigbor okosun 

if i have to be haunted by miranda sun 

heart trick by kristen granata 

the legacy by elle kennedy 

odd man rush by kristen granata 💜

that one night by emily rath 

pucking around by emily rath 💜

pucking ever after vol 1 by emily rath 💜

iron flame by rebecca yarros 

my hero academia team up missions vol 4 by yoko akiyama and koehi horikoshi 

December 

spin the bottle by stephanie alves 

as good as dead by holly jackson 

the lightning thief by rick riordan 🤍

the sea of monsters by rick riordan 🤍

i am not your final girl by claire c holland 

the titans curse by rick riordan 🤍

the battle of the labyrinth by rick riordan 🤍

[emilysworldoffandoms]

Books I Read in 2023

Wilde Child By Eloisa James (Romance)

Looking for Me…in this Great Big Family By Betsy R. Rosenthal (Middle Grade Verse)

My Last Duchess By Eloisa James (Romance)

Wilde in Love By Eloisa James (Romance)

Our Souls at Night By Kent Haruf (Fiction)

Too Wilde Too Wed By Eloisa James (Romance)

Nick and Charlie By Alice Oseman (YA Novella)

Born to Be Wilde By Eloisa James (Romance)

The Woman in the Purple Skirt By Nasuko Imamura (Fiction)

Say No to the Duke By Eloisa James (Romance)

Crumbs By Dance Stirling (Graphic Novel)

The Reluctant Countess By Eloisa James (Romance)

Demon in the Wood By Leigh Bardugo & Dani Pendergast (Graphic Novel)

Write for Your Life By Anna Quindlen (Non-Fiction)

Let There By Laughter By Michael Krasny (Humor)

Mary’s Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein By Lita Judge (Biography in Verse and Pictures)

Soft Thorns By Bridgett Devoue (Poetry)

Wolfed: Cursed By Love: Book One By Leia Stone (Urban Fantasy Romance)

Constantine: Distorted Illusions By Kami Garcia & Isaac Goodhart (Graphic Novel)

A Life Force By Will Eisner (Graphic Novel)

Dropsie Avenue By Will Eisner (Graphic Novel)

Love & Other Words By Christina Lauren (Romance)

The World Keeps Ending and the World Goes On By Franny Choi (Poetry)

The Valentine’s Hate By Sidney Halston (Romance)

Fagin the Jew By Will Eisner (Graphic Novel)

Autoboyography By Christina Lauren (YA)

You Are Here By Dawn Lanuza (Poetry)

Wolfed: Book Two: Promised to Him By Leia Stone (Urban Fantasy Romance)

New York: The Big City By Will Eisner (Graphic Novel)

To the Heart of the Storm By Will Eisner (Graphic Novel)

The Outsiders By S.E. Hinton (Classic YA) [Re-read]

True Beauty By Yaongyi (Graphic Novel)

The 13 Clocks By James Thurber (Verse and Pictures)

Chasing Cassandra By Lisa Kleypas (Romance)

Banned Book Club By Kim Hyun Sook, Ko Hyung-Ju, and Ryan Estrada (Graphic Novel)

Coven By Jennifer Dugan (Graphic Novel)

Exes & O’s By Amy Lea (Romance)

2 Am Thoughts By Mackenzie Campbell (Poetry)

My Greenhouse By Bella Mayo (Poetry)

Unterhaken By Leela Corman (Graphic Novel)

Morning Haikus By Carin Weisman Crook (Poetry)

HER: Volume 3 By Pierre Alex Jeanty (Poetry)

These Are My Big Girl Pants By Amber Vittoria (Poetry)

When in Rome By Sarah Adams (Romance)

Mr. Wrong Number By Lynn Painter (Romance)

Hollow By Brandon Boyer-White & Shannon Waters (Graphic Novel)

Set on You By Amy Lea (Romance)

The Sun & the Star By Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro (Middle Grade)

Practice Makes Perfect By Sarah Adams (Romance)

Haikus for Jews By David M. Bader (Poetry) [Re-read]

LVOE By Atticus (Poetry)

Schwartz’s Hebrew Delicatessen: The Story By Bill Brownstein (Non-Fiction)

Spy X Family Vol. 1 By Tatsuya Endo (Manga)

My Hero Academia Vol. 1 By Kohei Horikoshi (Manga)

Imogen, Obviously By Becky Albertalli (YA)

Spy X Family Vol. 2 By Tatsuya Endo (Manga)

Spy X Family Vol. 3 By Tatsuya Endo (Manga)

True Love Experiment By Christina Lauren (Romance)

A beautiful composition of broken By r.h. Sin (poetry)

Spy X Family Vol. 4 By Tatsuya Endo (Manga)

Spy X Family Vol. 5 By Tatsuya Endo (Manga)

All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business By Mel Brooks (Memoir)

Whiskey words & a shovel By r.h. Sin (Poetry)

Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself By Alan Alda (Memoir)

Spy X Family Vol. 6 By Tatsuya Endo (Manga)

The Unhoneymooners By Christina Lauren (Romance)

The Soulmate Equation By Christina Lauren (Romance)

M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors By Richard Hooker (Fiction)

Mixed Blessings By William & Barbara Christopher (Memoir)

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed and Other Things I’ve Learned By Alan Alda (Memoir)

Red, White, & Royal Blue By Casey McQuiston (Romance)

Spy X Family Vol. 7 By Tatsuya Endo (Manga)

SOTUS Vol. 1 By Bittersweet (Manga)

SOTUS Vol. 2 By Bittersweet (Manga)

While the Duke Was Sleeping By Sophie Jordan (Romance)

Beach Read By Emily Henry (Romance)

Spy X Family Vol. 8 By Tatsuya Endo (Manga)

Spy X Family Vol. 9 By Tatsuya Endo (Manga)

The Scandal of it All By Sophie Jordan (Romance)

Not That Duke By Eloisa James (Romance)

Unorthodox Love By Heidi Shertok (Romance)

The Duke Buys a Bride By  Sophie Jordan (Romance)

This Scot of Mine By Sophie Jordan (Romance)

Kissing Kosher By Jean Meltzer (Romance)

The Duke’s Stolen Bride By Sophie Jordan (Romance)

My Roommate is a Vampire By Jenna Levine (Romance)

The Virgin and the Rogue By Sophie Jordan (Romance)

The Duke Effect By Sophie Jordan (Romance)

SOTUS Vol. 3 By Bittersweet (Manga)

Percy Jackson: Chalice of the Gods By Rick Riordan (Middle Grade)

Tiny Dancer By Siena Cherson Siegel (Graphic Novel)

Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend By Alys Arden (Graphic Novel)

Everything I Know About Love I Learned from Romance Novels By Sarah Wendell (Non-Fiction)

The Roommate Pat By Allison Ashley (Romance)

Spy X Family Vol. 10 By Tatsuya Endo (Manga)

Two Rogues Make a Right By Cat Sebastian (Romance)

The Things They Carried By Tim O’Brien (Fiction)

Count Your Lucky Stars By Alexandria Bellefleur (Romance)

The Bromance Book Club By Lyssa Kay Adams (Romance)

Mockingjay By Suzanne Collins (YA)

The Official Quotable Doctor Who: Wise Words from Across Space & Time By Cavan Scott and Mark Wright (Quote Book)

God Plays Hide and Seek Poems By Greta Elbogen (Poetry)

Women Holding Things By Maira Kalman (Poetry/Verse/Photos)

The Little Liar By Mitch Albom (Fiction)

Love Brought Me Through the Holocaust: A Daughter’s Memories By Judith Koeppel Steel (Non-Fiction)

Himawari House By Harmony Becker (Graphic Novel)

Undercover Bromance By Lyssa Kay Adams (Romance)

Unordinary By uru-chan (Graphic Novel)

Son of : A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices By Most Hassan Yousef (Memoir)

Love & Latkes By Stacey Agdern (Romance)

Twelve Tribes: Promise and Peril in New Israel By Ethan Michaeli (Non-Fiction)

Never on Shabbas! By Henry Leonard (Political Cartoons)

The Little Guide to Taylor Swift: Words to Shake It Off (Quote Book)

This Winter By Alice Oseman (Novella)

Heartstopper Volume 5 By Alice Oseman (Graphic Novel)

Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth By Noa Tishby (Non-Fiction)

Counting the Cost By Jill Duggar (Memoir)

How to Educate a Citizen: The Power of Shared Knowledge to Unify a Nation BY E.D. Hirsch Jr. (Non-Fiction)

Two Tribes By Emily Bowen Cohen (Middle Grade Graphic Novel)

Foster By Claire Keegan (Novella)

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닻올림 연주회_196 Nick Hoffman 닉 호프만 / Takahiro Kawaguchi 가와구치 타카히로 / 최준용 Choi Joonyong

2024년 12월 23일 월요일 오후 8시

장소: 공간 ‘닻올림’

입장료

연간회원 : 12월 공연 중 1회 무료  (연간회원 가입 안내 https://bit.ly/2XgZBQl) - 연간회원은 12월의 공연 중 1회를 무료로 관람하실 수 있습니다.  - 12월 무료 입장 사용 후에는 15,000원의 입장료를 받습니다.

예매 : 2.5만원 (예매페이지 https://goo.gl/e1EXD2)

현매 : 3만원

공간 ‘닻올림’은 소형 공연장 및 레코딩 스튜디오로 다양한 영역에서 다른 관점을 가지고 있는 분들과 연주회를 지속적으로 이어오고 있고, 그 밖에 영상물 상영회, 전시등을 진행해오고 있습니다.

space ‘dotolim’ is a small performance space and recording studio that has been holding concerts with people with different perspectives in various fields, as well as film screenings and exhibitions.

연주자 소개

Nick Hoffman 닉 호프만

Nick Hoffman 닉 호프만은 로스앤젤레스에서 활동하는 음악가로, 2009년에는 실험적인 음악을 발표하는 소규모 음반사인 Pilgrim Talk 를 설립했다.  전 세계를 돌며 음악을 연주하고 수년 동안 다양한 사람들과 협업해 왔으며, 그의 최근 작품은 바로크 음악 구조와 익스트림 컴퓨터 음악을 결합한 것이다. 

Takahiro Kawaguchi 川口貴大 가와구치 타카히로

도쿄를 근거지로 활동하고 있는 Takahiro  Kawaguchi 가와구치 타카히로는 주로 자작 악기나 개조한 기기를 사용하여 소리, 움직임, 빛, 바람을 발생시키는 퍼포먼스를 선보이고 있다. 다양한 밴드와 유닛에서 활동한 경험을 거쳐, 현재는 Ato No Mae (跡の前,  w/ Minekawa Takako),  The Great Triangle (夏の大△, w/ Makoto Oshiro, Satoshi Yashiro) 의 멤버로도 활동하고 있다. 최근 솔로 활동에서는 보다 음악적인 접근을 통제하기 어려운 기기를 사용해 시도하고 있다. https://takahirokawaguchi.tumblr.com/

최준용 Choi Joonyong

국내 최초의 노이즈 프로젝트인 Astronoise를 홍철기와 1996년에 결성 후, 작곡이나 즉흥을 통한 통제와 실패로 발생하는 열등한 소리/연주에 대한 퍼포먼스를 진행하고 있다. 녹음물로는 시디플레이어의 오작동을 이용해 만든 DANTHRAX와 Erstwhile Records에서 발매한 진상태와의 듀오 음반 등이 있다. 2000년부터 레이블 Balloon & Needle에서 음반 제작과 디자인을 맡고 있고, SklavenTanz 멤버들과 결성한 둠 메탈 밴드인 ‘구토와 눈물(Vomit & Tear)’에서 베이스를 연주하고 있다. http://balloonnneedle.com

[katrinawritesthings]

I’m really intrigued about R 🤗

R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?

Kept forgetting to reply to this lol but

I think for fanfiction. The original original Inspirations were clix0 and mildiggy on the nick dot com avatar fanfiction message boards when I was 11 lmfao just with like the concept of fanfiction and what you could do with it

And then a lot of my early inspiration and writing style for when I first started writing suju fics and then the shines a few years later was inkin_brushes on livejournal like. The high school hanchul. bruh. The witness protection hanchul?? the kihae hot arms smut?? xmen au hanchul. A lot of hanchul lol. They really like gave me the realization that I could write gay little fanfics about my emotional support kpop boys and that they could be really good. And they introduced me to a lot of the little fanfictionisms and tropes and everything

And then I was shy for a while when I first started writing for the shines and didn't talk to anyone but then authors that I became brave enough to talk to like elle n squickz and bri and cely and wishyunew and all of them really helped me get a feel for just like. writing whatever self indulgent niche bullshit you want who cares lmfao

And for non fanfiction authors I think the first one I got like actual writing inspiration from was Kristen Cashore when I read Fire and I was like. I want to write books like this !!! with like cool women and disability representation and gay people and everything

A lot of my magic inspiration comes from tamora pierce in the way she does magic in her tortall books

My craving for fun and whimsy is at least in part from mr Bill Watterson. the Calvin and Hobbes guy. my beloved. Shel Silverstein also probably

And then more recently I read this book called Wilder Girls by Rory Power and boy howdy are those girls definitely wilder. Never read a book so Visceral. So I am about to start trying to go ham like her and in the same vein I just read Now Entering Adamsville by Francesca Zappia and I just really love the main character and how tough and no bullshit she is so much so that will probably start bleeding into my stuff soon lol. Same for Each Of Us A Desert by Mark Oshiro. The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera. This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron. Just read all the Sailor Moon manga.

The running theme is I keep reading books about girls that are brutal and headstrong and devoted and compassionate and I'm kind of going feral about all of them

Did not mean to write an essay lol

[unblogparaloschicos]

Literatura: Una docena de opciones

No todo es "Heartstopper" en el mundo de la literatura LGTBQ. Hay mucho por explorar y aquí te presento una docena de libros por si alguna vez acudes a una librería y te interesa llevarte algo que satisfaga tu curiosidad. No son reseñas como las que he publicado varias veces en este blog (en un futuro más o menos cercano podrías encontrar aquí alguna sobre cualquiera estos libros), sino una apertura a nuevas posibilidades de papel. Que los disfrutes.

Carry On (2015), de Rainbow Rowell

Trata sobre: Simon Snow, quizás la peor opción para ser el Elegido en un mundo de magia, vampiros y fantasmas.

Los extraordinarios (The Extraordinaries, 2019), de TJ Klune

Trata sobre: Nick, un muchacho con AHDH (Trastorno de Déficit de Atención) y autor de populares fan-fictions, conoce a su héroe.

El chico de la última fila (2023), de Susanna Herrero

Trata sobre: El romance ¿de verano? entre un chico y el vocalista de un grupo de rock.

Más extraño que un fanfiction (Stranger Than Fanfiction, 2017), de Chris Colfer

Trata sobre: Cash Carter, estrella de la serie "Wiz Kids", accede a participar de un viaje a campo traviesa junto a los personajes más impredecibles del mundo: sus fans.

La gravedad entre nosotros (The Gravity of Us, 2021), de Phil Stamper

Trata sobre: Mientras sus padres comparten una misión de la NASA en Marte, las vidas de los adolescentes Cai y Leon quedan trastornadas por la conmoción mediática, pero también por la intensidad de su amor.

¿Cómo se llama esta canción de amor? (2023), de Lichi

Trata sobre: Lichi, un joven de buen corazón que suele acatar las normas, inicia su camino de autodescubrimiento junto a Dani, su novia trans.

Pink (2009), de Lili Wilkinson

Trata sobre: Ava tiene dos padres intelectuales neohippies y una novia hipster que rechaza lo que esté de moda, pero su sueño más anhelado es ser popular.

Siempre fuiste tú (2023), de Malena Hehn

Trata sobre: El amor es ciego, y esto es algo que Oliver lo sabe bien, ya que se ha enamorado de Ryle, su mejor amigo y novio de la chica perfecta.

Si nos descubren (If This Gets Out: A Novel, 2021), de Sophie Gonzales y Cale Dietrich

Trata sobre: Ruben, Zach, Angel y Jon conforman la muy exitosa boyband "Saturday". Lamentablemente, el suceso puede representar un problema para la relación entre Rubén y Zach.

Crisálida (2023), de Alina Salvatore

Trata sobre: No es fácil ser un príncipe para Elián, que ha perdido la herencia paterna. Perdido en el castillo, descubre que hay alguien merodeando tras sus muros. Y decide investigar.

La profecía del rayo y las estrellas (The Sun and the Star, 2023), de Rick Riordan y Mark Oshiro

Trata sobre: En el mismo universo en el que viven Percy Jackson y los dioses griegos, dos semidioses (Nico y Will) deben atravesar el abismal Tártaro para rescatar a un amigo.

La teoría de Kim (2023), de Jay Sandoval

Trata sobre: Un día de 1986, Taylor Kim comienza a investigar una extraña construcción a orillas del lago; en 2019, Han Dakho desaparece en sus aguas. Contra todo pronóstico, ambos se encuentran.

[aliceinmadnessland]

[suicidal-demonn-blog]

Seether—Broken(Ft. Amy Lee)

[randgugotur-6]

Mar 17th 2009 #StaticX released the album “Cult of Static” #Stingwray #Terminal #Nocturnally #Skinned #IndustrialMetal

Did you know...

This was their last to feature drummer Nick Oshiro and founding member and vocalist Wayne Static. https://t.co/xRMne7gtNJ

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New Releases

It's a pretty exciting week in YA! Grown, Legendborn, Furia, and Each of Us a Desert are just a few of the books launching tomorrow. What's on your TBR pile this week? Share with us!

Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

Award-winning author Tiffany D. Jackson delivers another riveting, ripped-from-the-headlines mystery that exposes horrific secrets hiding behind the limelight and embraces the power of a young woman’s voice.

When legendary R&B artist Korey Fields spots Enchanted Jones at an audition, her dreams of being a famous singer take flight. Until Enchanted wakes up with blood on her hands and zero memory of the previous night. Who killed Korey Fields?

Before there was a dead body, Enchanted’s dreams had turned into a nightmare. Because behind Korey’s charm and star power was a controlling dark side. Now he’s dead, the police are at the door, and all signs point to Enchanted. — Cover image and summary via Bookshop.org

Legendborn (Legendborn #1) by Tracy Deonn

After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC-Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape–until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus.

A flying demon feeding on human energies. A secret society of so called “Legendborn” students that hunt the creatures down. And a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a “Merlin” and who attempts–and fails–to wipe Bree’s memory of everything she saw.

The mage’s failure unlocks Bree’s own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother died, another Merlin was at the hospital. Now that Bree knows there’s more to her mother’s death than what’s on the police report, she’ll do whatever it takes to find out the truth, even if that means infiltrating the Legendborn as one of their initiates. She recruits Nick, a self-exiled Legendborn with his own grudge against the group, and their reluctant partnership pulls them deeper into the society’s secrets–and closer to each other. But when the Legendborn reveal themselves as the descendants of King Arthur’s knights and explain that a magical war is coming, Bree has to decide how far she’ll go for the truth and whether she should use her magic to take the society down–or join the fight. — Cover image and summary via Bookshop.org

Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez

In Rosario, Argentina, Camila Hassan lives a double life. At home, she is a careful daughter, living within her mother’s narrow expectations, in her rising-soccer-star brother’s shadow, and under the abusive rule of her short-tempered father. On the field, she is La Furia, a powerhouse of skill and talent. When her team qualifies for the South American tournament, Camila gets the chance to see just how far those talents can take her. In her wildest dreams, she’d get an athletic scholarship to a North American university.

But the path ahead isn’t easy. Her parents don’t know about her passion. They wouldn’t allow a girl to play fútbol–and she needs their permission to go any farther. And the boy she once loved is back in town. Since he left, Diego has become an international star, playing in Italy for the renowned team Juventus. Camila doesn’t have time to be distracted by her feelings for him. Things aren’t the same as when he left: she has her own passions and ambitions now, and La Furia cannot be denied. As her life becomes more complicated, Camila is forced to face her secrets and make her way in a world with no place for the dreams and ambition of a girl like her.

Filled with authentic details and the textures of day-to-day life in Argentina, heart-soaring romance, and breathless action on the pitch, Furia is the story of a girl’s journey to make her life her own. — Cover image and summary via Bookshop.org

Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro

Xochitl is destined to wander the desert alone, speaking her troubled village’s stories into its arid winds. Her only companions are the blessed stars above and enigmatic lines of poetry magically strewn across dusty dunes. Her one desire: to share her heart with a kindred spirit. One night, Xo’s wish is granted–in the form of Emilia, the cold and beautiful daughter of the town’s murderous conqueror. But when the two set out on a magical journey across the desert, they find their hearts could be a match… if only they can survive the nightmare-like terrors that arise when the sun goes down. — Cover image and summary via Bookshop.org

K-Pop Confidential by Stephan Lee

Candace Park knows a lot about playing a role. For most of her life, she’s been playing the role of the quiet Korean girl who takes all AP classes and plays a classical instrument, keeping her dreams of stardom-and her obsession with SLK, K-pop’s top boyband-to herself. She doesn’t see how a regular girl like her could possibly become one of those K-pop goddesses she sees on YouTube. Even though she can sing. Like, really sing. So when Candace secretly enters a global audition held by SLK’s music label, the last thing she expects is to actually get a coveted spot in their trainee program. And convincing her strict parents to let her to go is all but impossible … although it’s nothing compared to what comes next.

Under the strict supervision of her instructors at the label’s headquarters in Seoul, Candace must perfect her performance skills to within an inch of her life, learn to speak Korean fluently, and navigate the complex hierarchies of her fellow trainees, all while following the strict rules of the industry. Rule number one? NO DATING, which becomes impossible to follow when she meets a dreamy boy trainee. And in the all-out battle to debut, Candace is in danger of planting herself in the middle of a scandal lighting up the K-pop fandom around the world. If she doesn’t have what it takes to become a perfect, hair-flipping K-pop idol, what will that mean for her family, who have sacrificed everything to give her the chance? And is a spot in the most hyped K-pop girl group of all time really worth risking her friendships, her future, and everything she believes in? — Cover image and summary via Bookshop.org

God Loves Hair: 10th Anniversary Edition by Vivek Shraya illustrated by Juliana Neufeld

God Loves Hair is a collection of short stories that follows a tender, intelligent, and curious child as they navigate the complex realms of gender creativity, queerness, brownness, religion, and belonging. This tenth-anniversary edition includes a foreword by award-winning YA writer Cherie Dimaline (The Marrow Thieves), as well as additional a new preface, story, and illustrations.

Told with the poignant insight and honesty that only the voice of a young mind can convey, God Loves Hair is a moving and ultimately joyous portrait of the resiliency of youth. — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

Never Look Back by Lilliam Rivera

Featuring contemporary Afro-Latinx characters, acclaimed author Lilliam Rivera blends a touch of magical realism into a timely story about cultural identity, overcoming trauma, and the power of first love. Eury comes to the Bronx as a girl haunted. Haunted by losing everything in Hurricane Maria--and by an evil spirit, Ato. She fully expects the tragedy that befell her and her family in Puerto Rico to catch up with her in New York. Yet, for a time, she can almost set this fear aside, because there's this boy . . . Pheus is a golden-voiced, bachata-singing charmer, ready to spend the summer on the beach with his friends, serenading his on-again, off-again flame. That changes when he meets Eury. All he wants is to put a smile on her face and fight off her demons. But some dangers are too powerful for even the strongest love, and as the world threatens to tear them apart, Eury and Pheus must fight for each other and their lives. This Own Voices retelling of the Greek myth Orpheus and Eurydice is perfect for fans of Ibi Zoboi's Pride and Daniel José Older's Shadowshaper.

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Alpha Centurion War:

A memory of the first time they reentered berserker juggernaut rage was when the berserker rage, they locked away was reawakened and killed every single intergalactic alien slaver that forced them to steal, fight, & kill. A memory of Alexander Mack Smith/Alexandria Macy Smith being experimented on as a child for being a superhuman and metahuman on a giant black site planet as part of intergalactic compartmentalized deep black projects intergalactic government. This is a memory of a mixed Southeast Asian Japanese, Latinx Colombian, & Polynesian Tongan and Hawaiian Indigenous Pacific Islander, & Indigenous Colombian young adult metahuman and superhuman child spec ops black ops super soldier who’s been fighting since he/she/they were a metahuman and superhuman spec ops black ops child soldier. Alex/Lexi as a young adult superhuman and metahuman spec ops and black ops super soldier was sitting on the hood of a burned down hover humvee. No one knew what country or even planet they were from. No one knew why he/she/they were there. No one knew who they were. No one knew what they were. No one knew their name thanks to the supernatural lifespan and healing no one knew their true age. No one knew where he/she/they received his/her/their prior training that was so comparable to the training of tier one black ops soldiers, tier one spec ops soldiers, & tier zero super soldiers. Death walks amid you. It was like they were a phantom, a spirit, a ghost, a spectre. A mere superhuman and metahuman preteen but already a highly trained killer who knew most of the points of immediate death: the larynx, spine, lungs, jugular, kidneys, heart, & liver since they were a mere child. They were someone who was raised from childhood to be the ultimate soldier, warrior, & killer. They were trained in espionage, intelligence, linguistics, assassination, torture, interrogation, hacking, infiltration, & sabotage. This was the beginning of their top secret classified intergalactic compartmentalized deep black classified codename that is a classified top secret SSSS class secret no one (not even people like Director Amanda Waller, Director Jeremiah Danvers, Director Vic Sage, Director Nick Fury, Director Eliza Danvers, & Deputy Director Steven Trevor of DC and Marvel comics) are privy to. Only Mystic Mercenary or Arcane Assassin (Laurissa Owen Maximiliana “Lori” Jones a half goddess/half magical human who was kryptonianized and given alien powers in a super soldier experiment) is privy to this codename thanks to their physical, mental, emotional, & spiritual link and telepathic, empathic, & psionic bond. They had sent many international and intergalactic S+ class assassins, S+ class mercenaries, & S+ class bounty hunters after him/her/them to eliminate him/her/them and to collect the billion dollar bounty on his/her/their head since they were a child until they were a young adult. But they never returned. In fact they were sent back in separate body bags with their heads mailed to their leaders. The hunters became the hunted. Many thought they were an adult not a child, preteen, teen, or young adult. This metahuman and superhuman preteen black ops spec ops super soldier in question was none other than the future Cardinal Changeling (Alexander Mack “Alex” Smith/Alexandria Macy “Lexi” Smith) as a teenager or young adult carrying a hard light plasma silenced 5.56 mm assault rifle (with scope, with a drum magazine, red laser sight attachment, a flashlight attachment, & a 40 mm grenade launcher attachment) in his/her/their arms. He/she/they a superhuman and metahuman was the child of Eclipse agents (a mix of the DEO agent, Shield agent, Argus, Outsiders, & Checkmate). A mother that was an Indigenous Colombian and Hispanic Columbian woman of color named Maria Garcia Bahr Alejandra Smith and a father who was a Japanese person of color and Polynesian Hawaiian and Tongan Indigenous Pacific Islander metahuman named Mark Akio Puleleitte Oshiro Kaimana Kato-Smith. 

Alex/Lexi he/she/they had on insignia signifying their rank of major compared to the company of one hundred and fifty metahuman and superhuman child, preteen, teenage, & young adult spec ops black ops super soldiers that he/she/they led who were privates, corporals, sergeants, & captains under his/her/their command. He/she/they reported to a female young adult spec ops black ops super soldier who had a rank of a colonel, the young adult lieutenant colonel who would become an SSSS class super soldier who took his/her/their left eye when he/she/they became a SSSS class super soldier and challenged her to a fight to the death. He/she/they wore black and red fingerless gloves for their clawed hands with opposable thumbs and black open toed steel toed combat toes for their clawed feet with opposable toes. He/she/they as a superhuman and metahuman were born with superhuman: strength, life span, agility, dexterity, reflexes, speed, durability, self sustenance, condition, instincts, accuracy, flight, metabolism, senses, endurance, intelligence, memory, healing, flexibility, & stamina. After the experimentation done to him/her/them, he/she/they were given supernatural: strength, life span, agility, dexterity, reflexes, speed, durability, self sustenance, condition, instincts, accuracy, flight, metabolism, senses, endurance, intelligence, memory, healing, flexibility, & stamina. He/she/hey was born with the ability to shapeshift into humans, aliens, humanoids, & animals. He/she/they were born with transcendent alpha physiology (a mix of alpha physiology like Sarah Kerrigan and an omega physiology like Darkseid). He/she/they were born with the ability to see throughout the electromagnetic spectrum. After the experimentation done to him/her/them, he/she/they were given the ability to also see the entire electromagnetic spectrum including binocular vision, microscopic vision, & nanoscopic vision. He/she/they were also born with the ability to grow claws, fangs, saber teeth, horns, tusks, & canines that can rip apart diamonds. After the experimentation done to him/her/them, he/she/they were given the ability to grow, fangs, saber teeth, horns, tusks, & canines that can rip apart materials stronger than diamonds. After his/her/their superhuman and metahuman parents who were international and intergalactic: doctors, scientists, & surgeons working throughout Earth in the Middle East, South America, Africa, North America, & Asia disappeared. To survive he/she/they were forced to join a black ops spec ops private army military unit. He was under the command of someone who would make even Shaggy Man (General Wade Eiling) and General Samuel “Sam” Lane (father of Lois Lane and Lucy Lane) look like saints. He forced him/her/them to fight around the world commanding a company of one hundred fifty other metahuman and superhuman child, preteen, teenage, & young adult black ops spec ops super soldiers and other metahuman child, preteen, teenage, & young adult black ops spec ops super soldiers who were war orphans from across Earth to fight in wars, civil wars, proxy wars, & conflicts across Earth as a child and preteen. They would all eventually command a battalion of eight hundred other metahuman and superhuman child, preteen, teenage, & young adult black ops spec ops super soldiers and other metahuman child, preteen, teenage, & young adult black ops spec ops super soldiers who were war orphans from across the galaxy to fight in intergalactic wars, intergalactic civil wars, intergalactic proxy wars, & intergalactic conflicts across the universe as a teen and young adult. He/she/they are on a first name basis with all the crime lords, weapon dealers, & rouge scientific facilities in the universe and multiverse. This later caught the attention of Ares the Greek god of war and Mars the Roman god of war who betrothed their daughters Carina Akali Ragorio the daughter of Mars and Venus and Diona Artemis Megalos the daughter of Ares and Athena to him/her/them as a preteen. This also caught the interest of an alien immortal warlord. This was when they first met his/her/first love (who he/she/they later married) Joanna Jo Jacobson who uses all her power and resources to save him/her/them and the child, preteen, teenage, & young adult metahuman and superhuman child soldiers under his/her/their command. This eventually even caught the attention of an evil alien devil of this Earth when he/she/they as a preteen and teenager later fought commanding metahuman and superhuman: children, preteens, teenagers, young adult, & adult: spec ops black ops soldiers in intergalactic wars, intergalactic civil wars, intergalactic proxy wars, & intergalactic conflicts across the multiverse. The alien devil of this Earth 579 later betrothed Loran the God Slayer and Hleor the Devil Killer (two female alien superhumans who are stronger than Mad Harriet, Artemis Bana Mighall, Maxima, Precious, K'li, Gilotina, Knockout, Scandal Savage, & Grail the daughter of Darkseid of DC comics combined) to Cardinal Changeling in the future when they turned into a young adult.

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