#this book took me apart

[ghostcreaturetypething]

Nona was a child.

Whatever else she was, for a short, wonderful time, she was a child who loved her family, and her friends, and her school

She loved dogs, (especially Noodle) and having her hair plaited, and lying on warm tiles, and hugs, and smiles, and graphic T shirts, and swimming in the sea, and all she wanted

Was a birthday party.

And she was going to invite everyone she loved and some people she didn't even, just because she didn't want to leave them out. She was a child, but she was so clever, and so brave, and she wanted a birthday party when she wasn't even a year old because she knew she didn't have much time left, she knew she was dying and she would have to leave everyone and everything she loved far too soon, and she wasn't even afraid.

She just wanted this last day

To spend time with her family

With her friends

For the last time

And she

Didn’t

Get it.

[lilyharvord]

To the illiterate people with 0 reading comprehension that I have seen on tik tok today claiming that Maven deserved Mare, that it was stupid and "unfair" that he didn't get her, and that clearly with his trauma and what his mother did to him he deserved her:

I would just like to issue a sincere Fuck You to you and any future illiterate children you produce.

[xinyuehui]

GOT MY HANDS ON THE NOVEL!!! Gonna translate snippets that weren't in the drama ヽ(✿ﾟ▽ﾟ)ノ

You ever questioned where Yiyong got the cans of beer to drink with his dad? It's in the novel!!

Happens after this scene in EP1

Not long after, Li Can walked out of the convenience store, holding two cans of beer. Yiyong straightened his back from the bicycle seat. "Did you get IDed?" Yiyong asked. Li Can shook his head and gave the beer to Yiyong. Yiyong stuffed the beer into his backpack, and only then did he noticed Li Can's unpleasant expression. "What's wrong?" Yiyong wondered. "Be honest, do I look really old?" Li Can's tone was as if he had died. "No." Yiyong quickly replied, not realising he was nodding at the same time. "You're wearing school uniform and you didn't even get ID checked?" Dongjun, who had been watching it go down in commotion added. Hearing this, Li Can's last trace of soul in his eyes dissipated, now resembling a walking corpse.

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[cicadaknight]

Finished binding volume 1 of Becoming Whole!

@pikapeppa thank you for being so lovely and sharing your writing with the world! (And for hyping me up and sending me pretty photomode screenshots)

[unexpectedbrickattack]

I hope you're feeling better from earlier!

You are so sweet; i am feeling WAY better actually!!

[johndonneswife]

[savage-rhi]

Magensia?

[volfoss]

my #analysis or whatever but its really interesting with how much they cut out of the Jon at the banquet 1x01 scene compared to (at least the leaked version online) the original pilot and book. like not to be like yeah grrm put this much detail in there for a reason but a lot of the detail that they removed really hurts jon as a character and its so jarring to see how much they cut to take the chapter down to about 3 minutes of the episode.

[insanefemme]

Just finished reading Powerless

Fuck

I mean some parts were like divergent meets hunger games

But as a romance lover most of what I care about is the relationship anyway

And man

Oooof

I am glad I read it today so that the sequel is just a month away

But I'm already dreading having to wait a year for the finale

We better fucking get some Kai and Paedyn steamy scenes in book 2

[july-19th-club]

went down to get some norbond (repair glue) at work today and on my coworker in Young Adult's cataloging cart there was. a young adult novel by cs pacat. already falling apart at the spine of course because the state of bookbinding today is abysmal and is the reason i go through ezbind So Fast just trying to preemptively reinforce every single thing that comes across my desk but ANYWAY. like. i have got to find out how mellowed down this novel is compared to her usual fare. like. some YA novels contain some racy bits for sure but i dont think the general pacat content could possibly be distilled into teen-friendly material and retain literally any of its x-ratedness. like. almost interested in finding out what a non-horny book by this woman would be like but also im sure i wouldnt enjoy it as much. like that would just be. a book. which is fine and i'm sure it's not bad! but i dont read pacat to read a book. i read her to read A...Book.....

[flamboyant-and-powerful]

Now, I'm not saying that my Good Omens hyperfixation led to me reading the bible...

But I am saying that I'm reading the bible. I don't know why. But I'm blaming Good Omens.

[mermaidsirennikita]

Top 5 best grovelling scenes

Ooooh yes

--Kiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. It's all about how the hero literally kneels, when he always swore he'd never kneel to anyone and it's totally against his personality, and kneeling to this person especially is humiliating... But it's all to get something back for the heroine.

--Mafia Target by Mila Finelli. I feel like queer groveling scenes don't get mentioned as much? This one is M/M, and Alessio REALLY keeps a HUGE secret from Giulio throughout the book and his first grovel attempt is more dramatic actually fails miserably. The second is quieter and I found it quite beautiful. My heart melted. I love them so much.

--The Bride Goes Rogue by Joanna Shupe. Another one where the initial grovel doesn't work long term, and he has to go back to the drawing board. But I love Preston's initial attempts with the leaving the the gifts on Katherine's doorstep; I think I've compared it to a cat leaving dead things for its owner before, and that stands lmao.

--Lothaire by Kresley Cole. Not only is Lothaire absolutely pathetic and miserable with Ellie; he literally faces his most intense trauma and childhood fear not to save her, but to save those she cares about. Also, the love confession where he's just so emotional and desperate for her that he slips into Russian? So good.

--Untamed by Elizabeth Lowell, where the hero is such a dick, but has to basically risk his life (and those of his men lol) razing his enemies to the ground to get her back. Along with an insane speech.

[yoshistory]

jigsaw puzzles always remind me of being down at the beach. the place we used to stay had puzzles and boardgames stored away for fun. i'd like to get some more of them to have

[fauna-and-floraa]

Hmmm. 🐺

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

I woke up at a reasonable time (8:45am) went to the coffee shop, got some work done on an important project, then called the psychiatrist office AND the bank. All in less than three hours. Who am I? When did a neurotypical ghost possess me? And can it stay forever?

[otherpeoplesheartachept-2]

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