#small hours

[sokkas-first-fangirl]

Mirabel found herself in Casita’s kitchen, squinting at a recipe for orange and cranberry cookies. It was a new recipe book from the next town over and everything Julieta had baked from it so far was, of course, utterly amazing.

Mirabel wasn’t much of a baker, but she wanted to give her mamá a break, okay? A nice surprise. One less thing to worry about in the morning.

It’s just, you know, Casita was always so dang busy and Mirabel wanted this to be a surprise…So she was baking in secret at midnight.

Well, no one ever said it was a well thought out plan.

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Mirabel wants to make a nice surprise for Julieta, but no one can ever accuse Mirabel of planning ahead. At least Bruno's happy to help her out.

Or: Mirabel and Bruno make cookies for Julieta, and Mirabel loves her family very much

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For @junosaccount​ for the secret Santa exchange! Happy holidays 🎄

[essaysandopinions]

Small Hours - Bobby Palmer

Small Hours is about a man called Jack who loses his job, rescues a fox, and finds out his mother has gone missing on the same day. He goes back to his family home, and the rest of the story unfolds from there, the family dynamics being slowly peeled away until there's nothing left to see.

This one was a bit tricky for me. While I can appreciate that the author's style of writing, his tone and choice of language, I didn't get along very well with the content of the book.

This is a family drama at heart, but in a sort of toned down way that could really appeal to someone wanting a cozy, slice-of-life type story. I found that parts of it dragged a little because of this, with a lot of sections being a repeat of things we already know but from a new perspective. These sections have their worth, don't get me wrong, but I do feel a little like the audience is being led to the answers, rather than being expected to make connections themselves.

On the whole the characters are extremely believeable and work well together, but again I found this a little flavourless. We do get character growth, especially from Jack, the main character, but it is exactly as expected, with little that really grabs your attention. None of the characters ever really break the moulds of their steroetypes, and while that does match the tone of a book trying to provide nothing but comfort, I prefer to be challenged, even just a little.

All in all a well structured, well written, wholesome family drama. But I couldn't find that little spark that might have made me care.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

[loftydreams101]

Hazy Blue Lights

Painted shades of blue

In the night’s small hours

By televisized dreams

And sleepless chatter

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Floating in the static

To hands outstretched

Into the solitude’s depth

Through their circling phantoms

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The same dreams flare

From their own quiet barges

Separated and shaped

By the night’s wide shadows

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Their bloodshot eyes

Are masked in blue

As the world’s colors blur

And they spiral through time

[currymanganese]

päikesetõus - 11 colors

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[refreshdaemon]

Doe Jaemyoung recently dropped a trio of new singles, each having an interesting meditative experimental pop sound and I appreciated each. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz3hJ2ultbI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBSXPHdGfeM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iP5ZC9lXsw

[effabledisaster]

Sudden rain sounds in the deep times

[hilacopter]

tbh ryoko kui cooked with this one why is this the funniest image I have ever seen

[timethehobo]

Manfred aggressively shipping like-

[elfboypussy]

🩷💛🩵 Pan Pride 🩷💛🩵

astarion is grumpy because he thought there would be more naked twinks and debauchery based on the complaints in the editorial section of the baldur’s mouth gazette

jaheira and minsc are on the side doing that tiktok “talk valentina!”/“ally!” bit

[hinamie]

long way home

[filmnardo]

Dip & Pip redraw 🙌

[shepscapades]

Contrary to popular belief etho and bdubs are not divorced and in this essay I will

[inthewindtunnel]

Tyresta

I Dreamt That We Were Laughing

Small Hours

-album-

[daveb]

toofinetonestleinthisdreamyoursmallhourssnowfallvoice (First published in Bones.)

[wastedends]

At the laundromat

[sugerkainart]

one at a time