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Roadwork by Richard Bachman
Things stopped.
Honestly, I don’t entirely get all the hate for this one. Sure there’s A LOT of filler, but at its best it’s every bit as good something like Apt Pupil . And really, that's probably what this story should've been, a part of one of King's novella collections. However, even as it is—with its bloated plotting and leisurely pace—it's still not the boring train-wreck I was expecting from what I've read about it online.
King writes even the most minor characters as if they’re real, living and breathing people, and gives them all phenomenal dialogue that's unsurprisingly natural and immensely readable. The opening scene is magnificent because of this—as are several others with Sal and his goons. And the character work done on Barton George Dawes throughout makes for an empathetic spiral into madness, building up to a satisfyingly over-the-top climax that, despite ending too abruptly for my liking, is effectively—and beautifully—written.
"Roll it," he said aloud, and everything began to move.
6.5/10
-Timothy Patrick Boyer.
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I’m on The Maze Runner for this summer. I’m on Chapter 26 and so far I want to read more. Hopefully I can finish all of the books by the end of the summer (or not)
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Writing prompt: The villain becomes obsessed with the hero and kidnaps them planning to marry them.
V: Am I missing anything, darling?[talking about wedding checklist.]
H: Oh wow,you really do have everything. Oh except for one thing.
V: And what would that be?
H: someone that loves you.
V: Well that would be you, My muse.
M: Don't you dare call me that! Only s/o can call me that! I love him. Not you!
V:ughh, you mean that utter buffoon? He's not deserving of you. He is nothing.
V caresses hero's face and he jerks his head away.
H: He is everything you could only wish to be and more! He owns my heart and I own his.
V sighs and grips hero's face roughly.
V: you will learn to love me, darling. Trust me it will get easier. Besides... what is a heart worth if it's not beating?
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The next chapter of my newest book, “SUPERWORLD”, is out now, only on Wattpad ! Please go read, rate, comment, and share now!
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“The Executioner: War Against the Mafia” by Don Pendleton
⭐️ ⭐️
The whole experience of this book is wild.The book was originally published in 1969, but my used copy was published in 1972. It’s the first in a 642 book series.
There is a literal cigarette ad in the middle of this book! Flip through the photos on my post if you want to see it! It wasn’t even the brand of cigarettes that our main character smoked!
Mack Bolan is the Executioner. Bolan is an expert marksman during the Vietnam War to the point that his nickname becomes The Executioner. The first chapter, which honestly was the best part of the book, tells the story of how Mack’s father got behind in loan payments to the mafia who then proceeded to shake him down. A lot of very bad things happen that I don’t want to spoil because as I said its the best chapter in the whole darn thing, but its bad, and Mack is granted leave to come home and deal with the fallout. Then he seeks revenge on members of the Mafia - execution-style.
I’ve never read something that was so obviously written for a male audience. This is absolutely written for the male gaze. If you can’t tell by the title and the dime novel nature of this cover, this is not high class literature. And that’s fine. Most of what I read is not high class literature. But this was just violence and sex.
And the women in this book were only viewed as virgins or whores. There is no in between. And there is a lot of hypocrisy in the way he treats sex workers. And if have to read one more time about women’s “globular” breasts, I swear…
So much of this book is very surface level. You don’t get a lot of what Mack’s thinking, just a lot of him doing. Most of his internal dialogue is him debating the morality of what he is doing.
Sometimes it’s funny reading a book written in the 60s, because the author is trying to show off technology that was new for the time, but was NEVER pertinent to the plot. We are given a description over the span of a couple of pages about how the mafia has computerized their prostitution business and in detail, how it works. Does it come back later for this to be important? No, it doesn’t.
Not the worst book, but wild.
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Zuko immediately going to his room and doodling Aang after he loses him is so funny to me
#its like zukos version of the burn book#atla live action#atla#avatar the last airbender#avatar the last airbender live action#aang#zuko
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the thing is there's like, a point of oversaturation for everything, and it's why so many things get dropped after a few minutes. and we act like millennials or gen z kids "have short attention spans" but... that's not quite it. it's more like - we did like it. you just ruined it.
capitalism sees product A having moderate success, and then everything has to come out with their "own version" of product A (which is often exactly the same). and they dump extreme amounts of money and environmental waste into each horrible simulacrum they trot out each season.
now it's not just tiktokkers making videos; it's that instagram and even fucking tumblr both think you want live feeds and video-first programming. and it helps them, because videos are easier to sneak native ads into. the books coming out all have to have 78 buzzwords in them for SEO, or otherwise they don't get published. they are making a live-action remake of moana. i haven't googled it, but there's probably another marvel or starwars something coming out, no matter when you're reading this post.
and we are like "hi, this clone of project A completely misses the point of the original. it is soulless and colorless and miserable." and the company nods and says "yes totally. here is a different clone, but special." and we look at clone 2 and we say "nope, this one is still flat and bad, y'all" and they're like "no, totally, we hear you," and then they make another clone but this time it's, like, a joyless prequel. and by the time they've successfully rolled out "clone 89", the market is incredibly oversaturated, and the consumer is blamed because the company isn't turning a profit.
and like - take even something digital like the tumblr "live streaming" function i just mentioned. that has to take up server space and some amount of carbon footprint; just so this brokenass blue hellsite can roll out a feature that literally none of its userbase actually wants. the thing that's the kicker here: even something that doesn't have a physical production plant still impacts the environment.
and it all just feels like it's rolling out of control because like, you watch companies pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into a remake of a remake of something nobody wants anymore and you're like, not able to afford eggs anymore. and you tell the company that really what you want is a good story about survival and they say "okay so you mean a YA white protagonist has some kind of 'spicy' love triangle" and you're like - hey man i think you're misunderstanding the point of storytelling but they've already printed 76 versions of "city of blood and magic" and "queen of diamond rule" and spent literally millions of dollars on the movie "Candy Crush Killer: Coming to Eat You".
it's like being stuck in a room with a clown that keeps telling the same joke over and over but it's worse every time. and that would be fine but he keeps fucking charging you 6.99. and you keep being like "no, i know it made me laugh the first time, but that's because it was different and new" and the clown is just aggressively sitting there saying "well! plenty of people like my jokes! the reason you're bored of this is because maybe there's something wrong with you!"
#this was much longer i had to cut it down for legibility#but i do want to say i am aware this post doesnt touch on human rights violations as a result of fast fashion#that is because it deserves its own post with a completely different tone#i am an environmental educator#so that's what i know the most about. it wouldn't be appropriate of me to mention off-hand the real and legitimate suffering#that people are going through#without doing my research and providing real ways to help#this is a vent post about a thing i'm watching happen; not a call to action. it would be INCREDIBLY demeaning#to all those affected by the fast fashion industry to pretend that a post like this could speak to their suffering#unfortunately one of the horrible things about latestage capitalism as an activist is that SO many things are linked to this#and i WANT to talk about all of them but it would be a book in its own right. in fact there ARE books about each level of this#and i encourage you to seek them out and read them!!! i am not an expert on that i am just a person on tumblr doing my favorite activity#(complaining)#and it's like - this is the individual versus the industry problem again right because im blaming myself#for being an expert on environmental disaster (which is fucking important) but not knowing EVERYTHING about fast fashion#i'm blaming myself for not covering the many layers of this incredibly complicated problem im pointing out#rather than being like. yeah so actually the fault here lies with the billion dollar industries actually.#my failure to be able to condense an incredibly immense problem that is BOOK-LENGTH into a single text post that i post for free#is not in ANY fucking way the same amount of harm as. you know. the ACTUAL COMPANIES doing this ACTUAL THING for ACTUAL MONEY.#anyway im gonna go donate money while i'm thinking about it. maybe you can too. we can both just agree - well i fuckin tried didn't i#which is more than their CEOs can say
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I don’t know about anyone else but sometimes when I just see the title of a book I get so excited. The name can just be so amazing that I don’t need to read the book to know it’s going to be my new favourite thing.
Though sometimes I get so excited that I have to leave it for like a whole week before I can pick it up because otherwise I won’t be able to read it properly.
And the first few sentences of a book can be too exciting too and I just can’t help but have to leave it for a while before I can even go near it 😭😅
#good books#exciting#autistic#autism#adhd#romance books#action books#fanfiction#good grammer#good writing#good writers#book title
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RIP Annabeth, I just know Percy sacrificing himself for you, after knowing you for a week, after telling you that you’ve done more for him this week than his father ever has, is permanently altering the brain chemistry of your avoidant attachment self
#epitome of the quote: there is something really healing about being loved#which is from a book I CANT REMEMBER SO I CANT LOOK IT UP PROPERLY#let me know if you guys know what I’m talking about#i just know Percy’s actions had her on her knees#what is this? unconditional love?#is this why people make friends?#i am lovable?#this is amazing#oh shit my new friend is about to die#I’m so normal about them (I’m lying)#pjo#pjo spoilers#pjo tv show spoilers#pjo series#pjo tv show#percy jackson#annabeth chase#Percy and Annabeth#mine
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I was poking fun at how unexpectedly silly the CHB kids looked in armour in the first two episodes of the PJO show (acting like an almighty army and all) and then it hit me. This is exactly how some of them will look like when they will be dying in the final battle. Silly. Tiny. Literal children
#i'm sorry i always knew that they were children but#when i read books the characters' ages. idk. don't really register completely#maybe it's because i know their internal pov and don't hear their voices or see them#but these are. 12 y/os#fighting things#and only now that i see an actual live action rendition of pjo do i realize the weight of it all#they're so young oh my god#percy jackson#pjo#pjo tv show#lonely thoughts
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Argylle by Elly Conway
"When you're faced with a choice, pick the option that scares you most."
"Elly Conway" is obviously a pen-name, what with the obscene deals they penned for this debut book and its film rights. And I'm not gonna lie, I put a hold on this at my library the second the Taylor Swift rumors started. I left the hold on it after that was 'debunked' because I was still curious about who "Elly Conway" really is. Reading the book, it became instantly clear that they're definitely not Taylor Swift. Despite what their bio says, they're clearly British, and my bets are on it being a man - using the female pen-name and some superb PR work to boost sales for both this book and the film which the atrocious badge on this book's cover claims this book inspired. My guess is that it's the film's director, Matthew Vaughn. Or maybe the film's co-star, Dua Lipa?!? Or some American who decided to awkwardly use a ton of British turns of phrase and spelling to throw us off?? I don't know, and honestly, I care even less than I did (which was already very little) now that I've read it.
Argylle is not a good book. Sure, it does have its fun moments, including a couple silly heists and some absurdly unrealistic shootouts. But, for the most part, its a cliché-ridden mess of a story further hindered by clunky prose teeming with unnecessary words and embarrassingly thin character work. The story plays out like "Conway" watched the Bond films and read The Da Vinci Code a few too many times. The characters have less depth than those in a short-lived CBS drama. And the final act is so poorly executed that it somehow drains all the fun and suspense out of what should've been a shockingly explosive finale. That setting and those odds?!? C'mon! I should've been on the edge of my seat the entire time, wishing I was shooting it out along side Aubrey Argylle and his team.
Oh well. I'm still looking forward to the movie, though... if only for the cat.
3.5/10
-Timothy Patrick Boyer.
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starting off with an amuse-bouche of some of my initial favorite bits! y'all, this update was WILD.
#art#twisted wonderland#twisted wonderland spoilers#twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers#twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers#we really got it all in this update huh#we got flashbacks! backstory! shocking twists! cgs?!#we got the silver breakdown to end all silver breakdowns#the boy does not emote for 6 episodes straight and now it's POURING out and i am shoving my face directly into it#not to mention my favorite: action scenes represented by intensely wiggling the sprites around#and OF COURSE meleanor my beloved. your highness. ma'am. holy shit.#i guess it's mel instead of mal? hey she can spell her name however she wants#meleanor can do whatever she wants about anything. who is going to stop her.#meleanor: hold on baby. mommy wants to make a point. (yeets malleus' egg across the room into liia's face)#man though i am so afraid that crowley really might turn out to have been revaan this whole time#because this means we live in a world where dire fucking crowley managed to pull BOTH meleanor and lilia and i cannot accept that#briar valley are you okay. is it something in the water.#mrs. zigvolt took all the good taste and left none for anyone else
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Devilman Crybaby meets Marvel’s Venom in Exordia, the science fiction debut of Seth Dickinson, author of The Traitor Baru Cormorant.
Ssrin Character Illustration by Julie Dillon
WHAT’S IT ABOUT
Meet Anna Sinjari, a refugee and disaffected office worker eking an existence in New York City. Her life is about to be upended by Ssrin, an alien with eight serpent heads, no qualms with cold-blooded murder, and an appetite for turtles (yum).
The universe is governed by seven passions, seven patterns which appear again and again, across species and across time. Anna and Ssrin are bound by the last and the greatest. The cosmos itself ships their very souls. Specifically for them, that means they’ll have to outmaneuver spies, armies, and government agencies to save humanity from a diabolical alien entity, hellbent on pinioning the souls of every creature on earth.
Exordia is expansive adventure science fiction that reads like a race-against-the-clock thriller in the vein of Michael Crichton, but steeped in the irony, humor, and pain of the Internet age. An alien-human epic for those who've always rooted for the monster.
#ssrin#seth dickinson#exordia#baru cormorant#traitor baru cormorant#julie dillon#original artwork#booklr#new books#monster lit#action#adventure#science fiction
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The next chapter of my newest book, “SUPERWORLD”, is out now, only on @wattpad ! Please go read, rate, comment, and share now!
#indiebook#original fiction#wattpad#writers on tumblr#book#indie author#writing community#writumblr#superhero#conspiracy#action#adventure#mystery book#conspiracy book#action books
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Reading highlights of 2022: A baker’s dozen and then some…
Reading highlights of 2022: A baker’s dozen and then some… @seagullbooks @archipelagobks @FitzcarraldoEds @JantarBooks @action__books @TiltedAxisPress
It seems to me that last year I resisted the annual “best of” round-up right through December and then opened the new year with a post about some of my favourite reads of 2021 anyhow. This year I will give in, look back at some of my favourite reading experiences out of a year in which I had a wealth to choose from and aim to get some kind of list posted before friends start hanging up their 2023…
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#2022 wrap up#Action Books#Archipelago Books#book review#books#Fitzcarraldo Editions#Henningham Family Press#Jantar Publishing#literature#MadHat Press#musings#photography#Schism Press#Seagull Books#The Eriskay Connection#Tilted Axis Press#translation#Twisted Spoon Press
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So.
We went from this for Starclan Cats:
To.
This:
Biggest downgrade of my life.
#warriors#warrior cats#this is almost worse than the disney live action remakes to me#like. i used to stare and study wayne mcloughlin's art in the code of the clans book for ages before moving on to the actual story#it was so good and pretty#richardsons's...#i feel nothing except mild disappointment and concern for his well being from harpercollins#cuz uh.#what kind of time crunch does the wc team/divisionshave him /on/?????#like. the star patterns for reedwhisker are....okay and look like stars#but mistystar..... she looks like she got dunked in the lake first#or like she could be mistaken for ferncloud...cuz man....those are absolutely 100% not stars on her pelt#props to reedshisker for being the first cat in ??? book covers for having a different expression (even if it's a lil wonky) though#star's cover gets one point#a starless clan
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