#sure there's one more house (so one more book) but still. idk 🤷‍♀️

[flowered-mp3]

sjm fumbled the bag with hofas

[white-flwrs]

1. switching between the sun and the star by uncle rick and introduction to graph theory by richard j trudeau

2. seizure by robin cook! slow start but it was so action-packed, i love a good medical thriller book and mr cook writes the perfect ones

3. quick look at my goodreads shows where the crawdads sing, seven husbands of evelyn hugo, lessons in chemistry and a few of the anne of green gables books (omg can you believe that ive been a fan for years and i never knew it was a series?!)

4. i loveee fantasy fiction and medical fiction!! and mystery's been a fav genre of mine since i was a kid!!

5. keefe sencen from kotlc has my heartttttt omg and ive alw found nina zenik from soc/kos a relatable character who is such a goddamn queen

6. not book characters per se cuz as long as they are well written, they're awesome dynamic characters ig,,,,, does octavian from pjo count? (ew)

7. 23! i used to read a lot more but that's stopped lately

8. aaaaa so manyyyy but prolly ninth house by leigh bardugo

9. how?? can?? it?? not?? be?? the darkling!! aleksander morozova?!?!??! GOD he's the most well-developed villain imo adn as much as i hate darklina shippers (malina for life!!!) the darkling has a pretty solid backstory and character development. i especially loveeee how rule of wolves ended and i can't wait for the new book to be written/released

10. hmmm im not sure, i might pick up an agatha christie book

11. when i was a kid i used to read a lot of franklin the turtle books, and this was back in kindergarten haha i got into nancy drew at age 6 and it just spiraled from there

12. i dont listen to a specific playlist, just whatever i feel like listening!! currently i love my lana playlist and just shuffling GUTS by olivia rodrigo

13. rainy!!!! like is there any disagreement within the reading community regarding this?!?!!? reading in rainy weather is absolutely the best way to read

14. “Don’t care,” she said, taking another bite of cake. “So hungry.” —nina zenik what can i say, i love my food

15. not unpopular but coho is a nono... also if a book has any description of an inappropriate scene, it's also a nono (if it skips over, it's fine)

16. not a fan of poetry, it gives me trauma of literature... i dropped the subject for a reason...

17. water, coffee, tea, anything short of milk really

18. idk im not really a crier but prolly one of the series of unfortunate events books, read them yeeeears ago

19. i... dont read funny books... i really should... drop recs please!!

20. my friend recommended the love hypothesis and forced me to read it... that sex scene was terrible i was trying to skip it and j skimming over the words till it ended and god that was long and ugh i still have trauma from that... i had to take a break after that but i was too attached to the characters to dnf it

21. prolly the magnus chase series! oh it took me so many tries to get past chapter 3 but that was one awesome book

22. i read the entire grishaverse every year around november (when my finals end)

23. i borrow books from the library / download them so...

24. libgen!!!!! my fav!!!!!!!!!

25. i dont like books written in my native language, they're so hard to get through

26. curled up in bed... or the train 🤷‍♀️

27. if it wasn't obvious already, leigh bardugo!!!

28. UH YES?!?!? soc3!!!

29. finnick odair, jason grace, rue, four, snape, sirius... do you need me to go on!?!?

30. prolly six of crows HAHAHA

LUNLUN'S READING CHALLENGE!

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The challenge will be for 30 days and there are different prompts/questions you can answer. You do not need to share pictures every day or answer every prompt. Also, you can start any day you want. I just want everyone to feel safe, relaxed, and enjoy reading!

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Just reblog this post and use the hashtag #readingwithlunlun while you are posting so that everyone can see your posts.

Prompts:

1. What are you reading now?

2. What is the last book you read?

3. Share five books on your TBR list.

4. What is your favorite genre and trope to read?

5. Who is/are your favorite book character/s? And why?

6. Who is/are the book character/s you dislike? And why?

7. How many books do you want to read this year?

8. What is your favorite book cover ever?

9. Who is the best book villain in your opinion? And why?

10. Which book will you read after this one?

11. Do you remember the first book you read?

12. Share the playlist you listen to while reading.

13. What is the best weather to read?

14. Which book quote would you use to describe yourself?

15. Okay, share one of your unpopular opinions on a book/trope/author.

16. Do you like to read poetry? If so, share your favorite poem with us.

17. What do you like to drink while reading?

18. Which book made you cry your eyes out?

19. Which book made you laugh the most?

20. Share a moment from a book where you had to put the book down and take a deep breath.

21. Which book did you expect to hate but ended up obsessed with it?

22. Is there a book you just can’t stop reading again and again?

23. Do you let people borrow your books?

24. Share a website/app/platfrom you use to download books.

25. Is there a book in your native language you think everyone should read?

26. The best place to read?

27. Who is your favorite author?

28. Is there a book you are waiting and excited for?

29. A character whose death upset you the most?

30. A book you will be forever obsessed?

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[writer-sedai]

Wheel of Time 2x2 and 2x3 thoughts

Follow up to 2x1 thoughts posted here:

Very scattered since I watched the episode yesterday, these are just the things that still stick out to me in no particular order:

Liandrin having a son - first reaction was a bit of disappointment that Nynaeve didn't catch her out doing something obviously shady (though I guess she can't if they're going to keep most of the plotline from TGH intact).

I strongly support the idea of showing Aes Sedai having families and outliving them - the idea from the books that all sisters just abstain from that aspect of life seemed so unrealistic and avoiding a very interesting topic - but I originally thought Liandrin was such a strange choice to have that reveal with

But after sitting with it for a bit I began to wonder if her son came about through...non-consensual means, and that's part of why she hates men/wants to have so much power no man can ever hurt her

I like that they kept the creepy flies and the scene mixing past/present together in the slaughtered village. Still not entirely sure what Perrin's visions are (originally thought the wolves were sending it to him but that seems less likely for the vision in the house) but I don't think TGH had a good explanation for what was going on there either so 🤷‍♀️

Introducing the Seanchan through Perrin's storyline is an interesting choice, since I think he has the least to do with them until book...11? Also I'm not sure of Perrin's location at this point - if 5 months of tracking Fain have put him close to Flame or if the Seanchan start casting a wider net from the outset in the show than in the book. (given that they're carting them all off to Falme and wouldn't bother doing that if it was a long way off, I think I'm leaning towards the former)

If the girls (and maybe Min/Mat) take the Ways to get to Falme they could cover the ground over a couple of days that Perrin's needed 5 months to cover, which leaves Rand needing a way to get there quickly...maybe we will see the Portal Stones after all

(I thought I saw a portal stone in Nynaeve's last test - more on that in a sec)

Hmm I can picture Mat and Min choosing to follow the girls to Falme after reasoning out that Liandrin must be Black Ajah... however I desperately want Nynaeve and Elayne solely to orchestrate Egwene's release from the Seanchan so...idk

I love the Mat/Min teamup so far, another pairing we saw very little of in the books that has a lot of potential.

Not sure what to make of Min's vision about Mat though? Is this a "possible future" thing to prove that her visions can be fallible? Will Mat fall under the dagger's sway again? Is the vision somehow extremely misleading? Haven't seen any speculation on this yet

Interesting that Min is being set up as someone who can't entirely be trusted though, with her essentially acting as Liandrin's spy on Mat. She has reasons (had a vision of Mat hurting the man she's destined to fall in love with, Liandrin has promised to let her go, etc) but it's still an interesting set up.

How did it take me this long to get to Elayne!!! I kinda wish she knew less about the Tower because she's acting a bit as an info dump to fill in gaps around what Egwene doesn't know yet but the scene where she takes 3 months punishment to avoid handing that punishment over to someone else! Her first weave being one to make alcohol! What a girl

I really liked Nynaeve's accepted test for the most part but I thought they dragged out her fakeout a tad too long...though seeing Egwene lose it was worth it tbh

Still not entirely sure what was going on with the weird flashing sequence where Nynaeve saw herself as Red Ajah? And then how wobbly the arch seemed in the third vision when it showed up only briefly...I'm tempted to say Liandrin fucked with the test but she seemed genuinely distraught when Nynaeve didn't come back

I guess she could be a very good actress though who lied outright to Egwene... doesn't sit right with me though

Nynaeve bursting through the arch cradling her non-existent daughter and immediately having a mental breakdown hurt so much though

I've always thought the arches present parallel worlds much like the Portal Stones and I think Nynaeve's third vision especially backs this up (a world in which Egwene becomes Aes Sedai, she and Perrin settle back in the Two Rivers and Mat I'm Not A Bloody Lord Cauthon still gets tangled up in becoming a lord)

Back to the Seanchan, they've been done SO WELL so far, everything about that scene was horrifying. Suroth talking through her voice, Uno being brutally murdered (that really did surprise me), and the gathering up of the girls who can channel...not to mention seeing Ishamael standing so prominently beside them

Which is a choice I really like bc if I'm remembering correctly Ishamael did work on corrupting the Seanchan during the brief periods he was free before, so making it obvious that he's influencing them is a good move

Ishamael also gives Perrin a real reason to fear becoming a wolf brother...lying out of his ass but Perrin is already scared enough that he falls for it

Hopper!!! Good to see him in the real world but I'm assuming this means I'll have to watch him die some point soon and I'm not ready for that

Verin and Adeleas confirmed to be sisters so my wish for the Grieving Sister scene can still be fulfilled! Tbh if Adeleas is killed by the Black Ajah while Verin herself is Black Ajah...that could lead to some delicious story choices

I loved the costume design for the Cairhein ball, so very 18th century France, immaculate vibes

Somehow I completely missed that Rand's Horny Dream was actually being influenced by Lanfear entering his dreams so thanks to whoever pointed that out

A mental hospital for men (gentled men?) who have gone crazy is a cool idea that took me back at first because there's nothing like it in the books but on second thought...why not? Why shouldn't there be a place for those who have no other choice but to die?

Now I'm imagining that Rand heard about this hospital and traveled to Cairhien specifically to work at it and see the end result for men who can channel and try to help them while he can before he becomes one of them

I loved the fireworks! I feel like for show-only viewers that would've been such a "wtf" moment since nothing else in the show indicates that gunpowder exists yet

Rand throwing the first invitation he receives in the fire...oh boy, the game is just beginning

[disco-tea]

1x07 background details:

In the opening flashback sequence that shows Harold’s backstory, he had a cereal box and if you look closely you can see that it’s Clever Crisp Cereal. 

Five is not present during Harold’s flashback.

I’m not sure how many of the siblings titles are confirmed in-canon, but in the flashback you can see fan made posters/signs with “Spaceboy” and “Seance” on it.

There’s also a poster in Harold’s things that has a Rumor Has It pun for Allison so that likely confirms her title too.

Ironically, by humiliating Harold and sending him back home to his dad, Reginald created both the fuse and the bomb.

Harold had a suitcase. He got all dressed up in his uniform and “came all this way” and jumped the fence and told Reginald about his birthday because he wanted him to adopt him so he wouldn’t have to live with his abusive dad anymore.

Harold stole the Reginald doll/action figure in 1x06/1x07 because it was the only one of the set he didn’t have as a kid. Also, he made Vanya a little wooden figureine in 1x03, which almost symbolically completed the set for the whole family.

I’m not sure what the other book is, but Harold has A Series of Unfortunate Events amist his things.

I have a hard time reading Reginald’s handwriting but it’s dated 2001 and it’s about Klaus and the mausoleum. 

This really isn’t a background detail, I just find it hilariously ironic that Five says “we have to find (Harold Jenkins)” and he’s literally in their house at that very moment.

It just makes me sad no one noticed that he kept holding his side and winching.

Five limps through the whole episode and checks his side at least 3 times.

Diego starts stuttering when he’s talking about Eudora with Chuck behind the police station.

This is a slightly ambiguous and questionable detail, but if you listen closely it almost sounds like Five grunts quietly in the background while Allison calls Vanya and whispers something that sounds (to me) like “I’m okay”

Luther: I sacrificed everything for him. My entire life. I never left this house. I never had friends. And for what?

I wonder what the inside joke is with O Captain My Captain, because that poem is actually quite sad.

I’m not really sure what Cha Cha’s feelings towards Hazel were supposed to be, but earlier in the series she says they agreed to be “in it for the long haul” and it’s Hazel’s “simple life with a partner” speech that makes her decide not to shoot him. He talks about the birds that mate for life and about how the male brings the female food. In the next scene Hazel asks her if she’s hungry and she says “I could eat.” Perhaps that line was there for her to misinterpret. Idk 🤷‍♀️

IM SORRY BUT FIVE IS VERY OBVIOUSLY LIMPING AND GRUNTING WHEN HE GETS OUT OF THE CAR AND USES THE STAIRS FOR SUPPORT SOMEBODY HELP HIM PLZ

Idk if it has any significance or references to the siblings but the number on Leonard’s door is 147.

I repeat, Diego knows how to pick locks. He picked Five’s van lock in 1x04. Maybe he chose not to because of his arm, but still lol

The name of Vanya’s orchestra is St. Pluvium Chamber Orchestra. Pluvium means rain in Latin. (Ut Malum Pluvia)

Hargreeves all share one (1) brain cell because Allison, Diego, and Five all simultaneously say “shit” when they see their defaced/melted dolls.

There’s blood dripping down Five’s knee right before he collapses.

In both versions of Wednesday, Grace calls Diego “Diego, dear.”

When Klaus hits his head and ‘dies’ you can hear a bell toll in the background. Bell tolls are generally associated with death because they’d toll the church bell when someone died.  (“for whom the bells tolls”)

The barber shop where Klaus finds Reginald is called Nite Owl Barber Shop

On the door it says “barber banter may offend”

The portraits behind the barber chair are of Luther, Diego, Reginald, Dave, Five, and Ben. There are more pictures on the opposite wall, I don’t know who the other two men are, but the bottom one maybe almost looks like Vanya? More specificly one of her Extra Ordinary photo shoots? Idk, just a thought.

Cha Cha calls Hazel “shitheel” when she wakes up handcuffed

Diego hits the seat in the holding cell he’s in after getting arrested for Eudora’s murder. So basically yeah, I think sometimes he hits/punches things when he’s distraught.

Okay but I love the way that sequence of where all the siblings are at the end is cut together. You see the eyeball on Five’s desk as he sleeps and after that it immediately cuts to Vanya and it’s revealed that Leonard’s eye is missing.