#so yeah I'm rusty

[tabbyphobos]

Book Review: Mistaken Reality by Traci Hunter Abramson

TL;DR: Bin it.

Today I finished reading Mistaken Reality by Traci Hunter Abramson. I’ve been reading it for two weeks, with a sizeable break to play Sims since I hated it so much. But it’s really easy to just pick up and not finish books, and that’s how I got into a reading slump last year, so I’m making the effort.

I got this book from the library when I went to print a shipping label; my OCD declared it the next book to get. I had already tried it in the past and thought the opening was bad, but like I said, I wanted to make the effort and try to see if there was any diamond in this rough.

Mistaken Reality is labelled as Christian, but I wouldn’t call it that. Clean thriller is what I would put in my spreadsheet if I was to have my own copy. It’s halfway to cozy, if it wasn’t for the sheer number of government agents in the story.

The story starts off with a woman named Hadley going to dinner with her boyfriend and some of his work friends, like his boss. They unceremoniously break up almost on the spot over something that if you had been dating for six months, you would have talked about by now. Anyway, she goes to the bathroom to cry when an FBI agent named JD comes in and tells her she needs to leave and that the restaurant is being evacuated. They get out just seconds before a car bomb goes off outside.

If you thought the plot of the story is a whodunnit, you’d be wrong. They already know who done it: an international criminal named Rabell that they know is also into human trafficking. How do they know this? They got a tip outside the scope of the story, making it seem like you are accidentally reading a book two-plus, but you’re not. This is a standalone.

In the first three chapters so many government agents from the FBI, CIA, and others are introduced with almost identical voices and hardly any description that they are mentally interchangeable. It’s only later on that there is some difference, and really only in who’s married to who. Two of the characters are basically gone for 80% of the book after being introduced.

One of the agent characters leaves the country midway through the book to go on a semi-related mission that feels like a non sequitur until the book’s climax, leaving the reader wondering why they should care about Kelsey and her team of SEALs that refer to each other by their first names (government types are usually all last names) and point blank ask her her real name even though she’s two or more layers undercover. AND SHE TELLS THEM. FOR A PRAYER. What, was it not going to work unless she gave the guy leading the prayer her real name that’s been kept Top Secret for safety reasons? I half expected him to betray them all. And once they finish the mission, the book is only about two-thirds through.

The rest of the story is detective stuff, but since they know who, and even how, they just need a motive, I guess? Even though this guy is a known human trafficker that they are trying to get in custody for reasons unrelated to the bombing? It devolves mostly into trying to find out when and how he can be found.

Here’s the saving grace: the climax of the book actually feels climactic and actually has some tension. It’s not just a romance dressed up as a thriller with a side of military operations at that point. It actually grabs the reader and holds on. Too bad it took 200+ pages to get there.

Would I recommend giving it a shot? No. I’m just glad I didn’t have to pay the $17 it’s priced at for the displeasure of reading it. Bin it, and use your public library, even if it has some stinkers in the stacks.

[rachmcadams]

"I feel physically, that's what's different."

Klute (1971) dir. Alan J. Pakula

[silvers-starrway]

Throws another mdau doodle dump in here featuring randum stuff and some shots from ep 8. Oh and also a Kit!! Gotta mess around with his design more for sure

MDAU Masterlist

[tblsomedoodles]

a stupid Preferable Alternative doodle b/c i'm getting back into the swing of things and am feeling excited about this again.

[egginfroggin]

Some bois (from a show I haven't seen in years) (Also please click for better quality, Tumblr keeps scrunching my pics >_>)

First page:

lil Greg! lil guy

rare portrait of Wirt looking neither worried or exasperated (his face just settles into those expressions so nicely okay)

Greg sees something (what do he see?), and frankly Wirt would rather not investigate (places to be, please)

shading didn't come out quite right, but it was only a matter of time before I tried drawing Wirt looking truly wide-eyed and terrified at something, let's be honest

Second page:

little brother is not quite little enough to be comfortably held by his brother's antlers Dialogue transcription: Wirt: AAAAOWOWOWOWOWOWOW Greg: oops (small arrow pointing to Greg: a little too heavy)

Flower crowns! So many flower crowns!!!

Third page: technically the second page I did, but I wanted to finish the post with it, so here you go; he's a perfectly nice young man, really, just. just a little off. just a bit. he don't bite (probably)

[timmie15]

I made buddy into a decal

It took me hours ok i'm so normal for him..

I'm not doing decals often but I wanted to try something fun this time :} not sure how did i do.. I tried my best

also stickerss <3

Share ID for Rusty decal:

Rusty's design by @beth4short-blog

I'll probably make Iguazu too

[aelswiths]

I'd wanna be next to you Right next to you Next to you

- Die With A Smile (by Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars)

[caroll-in]

anyway, meet my guy ✨

[dragonflyxem]

Heyyyy so I just finished binging Supernatural and um

WHAT THE FUCK

[op3ra]

guys. i've um. i've been lying about rust repair the whole time. yeah sorry i never actually shipped them. they were just a coverup for my one true otp.........espressball.....

[active-mind-15]

[Art related to my fic, Accidental Siblings.]

Friendos! I'm back with more cute baby Bokushi fanart based on this headcanon of mine from my fic. I know Mibuchi has shorter hair in Extra/Last Game, but I like being in denial so I gave him back his inches. Anyway, hope you enjoy the fluffiness. 🤭

[doctor-octiddius]

BREAKING NEWS: WEIRD AL HAS TAKEN ANOTHER PRISONER (aka hey guys, I have an accordion now)

[rhonuscorner]

Have a WIP to show that I'm not actually dead when it comes to drawing DCA stuff. Also, new AU yaaaaay! No I haven't forgotten about my circus theater AU, but these two suddenly decided they have a right to take up space in my brain and wanted a story to go with it, so that's a thing now. I can't wait to actually show off their designs, so happy with how they came out.

I'm calling this AU the Eclipse Protocol and I'm really excited about it 👀 I say that while I still haven't uploaded the first chapter of Cirque des Célestes, which is still sitting unfinished at 14k+ words which is way too big and I have yet to figure out how I'm gonna tackle that and make that story manageable. I don't have the brain power for that right now, so I'm giving the new AU priority for the moment.

I also have a love/hate relationship with drawing robo hands/joints/parts aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. It's fun but it hurts my brain.

[mars-ipan]

ive never danganed any ronpa but nagito komaeda looks like an opossum. the hair. the expressions. in my heart i want to see him with one. despite his luck making him nervous around animals i think? and him living in japan maybe????

also hajime gives me opossum vibes.

kind of love the idea of animals just Happening to komaeda. i feel like animals just happen to him sometimes. help him

[claudiajcregg]

Tonight I can write the saddest lines. I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too. Through nights like this one I held her in my arms. I kissed her again and again under the endless sky. She loved me, sometimes I loved her too. How could one not have loved her great still eyes. Tonight I can write the saddest lines. To think that I do not have her. To feel that I have lost her.

Poem XX: I Can Write (Pablo Neruda)

[imaginethatsupernatural]

"Look, uh, I'm not really sure what's going on. But...I'm around if you need anything, alright?"

Requested by @hehewh0r3 IF THIS IS YOUR GIF PLEASE LET ME KNOW.