#the book is fantastic btw

[fakakta-art]

digitizing some sketches i made for my etsy and a completely unrelated song, because i like to add songs :)

[raptorkin]

You're not joking! One of your novels even ended up as a recommendation in a FB group the other day.

I love that random-ass garbage posts of mine keep showing up in people's "Based on your likes."

If you don't come to Natalie, Natalie will come to you

[deithe]

re-reading asoiaf and god. i feel like we take r+l = j for granted since it's been years since the theory first spawned, and it's all but canon but by god the foreshadowing for it in the books is so. beautiful almost? it's never said, it's never even alluded to, but it's just there, under the face of george's writing, from the tower of joy flashback, to the allusion of a promise ned made to lyanna on her death bed, the mystery of it all, the whole thing about rhaegars missing ruby and dany and jon's innate and magical connection. it's a masterclass in foreshadowing and keeping a secret within the text, because it's never clear enough to be in your face, but just thinking about it for a while makes it very clear why jons parentage is so secret. it rewards you for paying attention and it's genuinely such a fun thing to look for when reading, all these little gems, like grrm is giggling with you through the text, like, "omg you've spotted it". genuinely so fun

[dykedvonte]

I dislike takes that Danse would be just as conservative in modernized aus when it's clearly shown his staunch views of things come from his time in the Brotherhood and his deep-rooted desire to belong to something with a greater purpose.

Not to mention lines that show much more open-mindedness that get overlooked for his harsher sentiments when you first meet him. Like the oppurtunity to be a part of something is why Danse fell so far into Brotherhood dogma and it doesn't negate the offense things he does but I feel like it's just lazy to be like "hmmm he'd def be racist" just so it aligns to his BoS beliefs.

[kulapti]

Bookbinding matching set of my four favorite Fantastic Beasts fanfics, completed 2024.

I've been working towards this for quite a while now! When I first got into binding fanfiction, this was the first project I envisioned. It's not perfect but I learned a lot in the process and improved with each piece I think. The endbands definitely get better by the time I got to Sin Eater! (far left in image 3).

The works from left to right, but otherwise in no particular order, are: This Thing of Darkness by @maggieandthedragon, l'Ombre de ton Ombre by windfallswest, A Wizard's Devotional by @polymathema, and Sin Eater by @xzombiexkittenx. These are NOT a series, I just wanted my favs from this fandom to have cool matching spines. I have been privileged with the opportunity to make gift copies for two of the authors so far, with a third in progress. YAY.

I like these four works because of how the authors chose to engage in thoughtful ways with difficult topics including differing expressions of PTSD, abuse survival, recovery, and coping mechanisms, and homophobia. I particularly appreciate how these works each have different interpretations of how one main character responds to his religious upbringing and his mother using Christianity as a tool of abuse. Depending on the story, this character either claims a different theology than what he was raised to believe and find it a source of comfort, feels conflicted and undecided, or rejects all elements of the traditions that harmed him. All of these possibilities resonate strongly with me as a queer person who finds comfort in my faith, while also fully supporting my friends who have made a variety of different decisions about whether to engage with religion at all after being harmed by it.

[vonlipvig]

oh i forgot, but i finished reading the half life of valery k the other day and i really enjoyed it! it had been a while since i'd read a book so specifically tailored to my own tastes, but this really felt like something made for people who rewatch hbo's chernobyl every couple of years and wish they could imagine jared harris and stellan skarsgård holding hands without feeling like they're desecrating a grave. 10/10 no notes.

[giggly-squiggily]

Hi hello I literally started this book a few minutes ago and there’s literally a tickle scene 5 pages in and I just- 😭😭😭🥰🥰🥰

Now I’m thinking about wake up tickles qjsnnwnsnwnse

[j-ayne]

Reading Zadie Smith's The Fraud and trying to consider what my summer reading list might be

[ellieloves2draw]

went and saw the last voyage of the demeter last night! this is not the dracula from that film, but boy howdy am i in a dracula mood now

this guy is loosely inspired by @dross-the-fish’s absolutely fantastic dracula design :]

(ID: a pencil sketch of count dracula from the novel dracula. he is an older man with short, somewhat spiky swept-back hair, pointed ears, thick eyebrows, and a beard. he is backlit and smiling cruelly, showing off his fangs. his irises are slightly glowing. end ID.)

[thegodcomplcx]

SO WAS ANYONE GONNA TELL ME THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR IS THOSCHEI FANFIC ORRRR

[asleepinawell]

i know book sales pitches that follow the pattern "it's X meets Y" (like it's the mcu meets game of thrones) have been shown as being a successful way to increase sales by some suspect data points but the visceral hatred this gimmick evokes in me every time does the opposite of make me click the purchase button. not only are X and Y usually things I don't want more of, but they also usually have nothing in common with the book

[spicyherbamyst]

we're running into this "all manga/anime inspired literature is YA by default" problem at the library and i need to explain to staff members that those who watched salior moon on toonami when it was airing are in their mid to late 30s and those who watched madoka when it was airing on [insert your favorite illegal streaming site here from circa 2k11] are in their mid to late 20s.

[biblicalhorror]

Went to a book reading for a coworker/new-ish friend of mine today and afterwards we were talking about books/what we like to read and she recommended this one uthor to me and then went "oh, and she has this other really great book on vaccination!" and I was like oh no

But thank God. I looked up this book and it's actually about the history of vaccines and genuine medical corruption and why people are so deeply afraid of vaccines/toxins/chemicals etc. Which actually seems like a super interesting book! But for a second I was like oh no please don't be another secret antivaxxer you were so cool

[thedailydescent]

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[kulapti]

The Boot is Famous to the Earth (chpt 1-3) tiny book, fic by alamorn, bound Jan 2023.

Making tiny journal charms is so much fun and now that I've made one with a story printed inside, I'm DYING to make more of these! Might post some process pics later in the reblogs. Materials: cotton star-print fabric, text laser printed on acid-free printer paper, archival craft glue, marbled paper scrap for the spine, scrapbooking paper for the endpages, two weights of thread, and a split ring intended for craft jewelry. I drew my digital logo for Tailfeather Binding with a tablet in krita.

[madbard]

Me, trembling with barely repressed rage, gripping the book as tightly as I can: “I swear, if you introduce another Aureliano, I will throw you at the wall.”

One Hundred Years Of Solitude: “:3”