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linecoveredinjellyfish · 1 year

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i love you secondhand books i love you paperbacks i love you public libraries i love you school libraries i love you little free libraries i love you audiobooks i love you librivox i love you libby i love you ebooks i love you pdfs i love you internet archive i love you public domain i love you free and cheap and imperfect books i love you widely accessible resources

#books #libraries #book tag

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milflewis · 23 days

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andrew going from being regularly monologued about over how the sunlight shines through his eyes the shape of his shoulders etc and him being Everywhere bc the first thing neil sees when he walks into a room is the exits and the second is where is andrew to getting like three offhand mentions about the creepy goalkeeper who hangs around kevin and neil and has a drawer full of cheese bc jean moreau could not give less of a fuck about him is so hilarious to me personally

#andrew minyards existence as a whole is endlessly amusing to me #like. tragic and i want to break so many windows. but funny #the sunshine court #aftg #book tag

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lesbianliutana · 7 months

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the problem of thor bridge

he hates this guy so much i'm crying

#oh you did did you?#my stuff #sherlock holmes #letters from watson #book tag

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belovedapollo · 7 months

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I redecorated my bookshelf today (not all of my books fit in there) and was thinking of putting something there to make it more cozy, the blanket is handmade by my granny and it’s one of the most precious things I own 🌞 reblog is ok, don’t repost

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lottieurl · 1 year

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sarah waters, fingersmith

#sarah waters #fingersmith #words #no one is allowed to judge me for the following tag #r: i kneel into a dream where i am good & loved #book tag

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hwayjino · 1 year

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different language editions of the dispossessed by ursula k. le guin

#the dispossessed #ursula k. le guin #scifi #book tag #i love old school scifi covers they have this je ne sais quoi

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undivineshepard · 3 months

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love ianthe cause she’s consistent, she never fails to make me go “what the fuck, ianthe” at least twice a book.

it’s gotten to the point where it’s now “what the fuck ianthe” (fondly)

#the locked tomb #tlt #book tag #nona the ninth #I’m like 60% done and my favorite horrible girl just showed up #missed you pookie #ianthe tridentarius #ianthe the first

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linecoveredinjellyfish · 1 year

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i looove the murderbot diaries so fuckin much it's just an endless loop of murderbot saying "and then one of the people i was working with asked for my opinion while making eye contact with me and so my performance reliablity dropped 10% and i had to go sit in a quiet room for like 20 minutes to calm down."

just. THE character of all time.

#the murderbot diaries #murderbot #book tag #it speaks!

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takemetobogman · 4 months

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Grishaverse men × Orange peel theory

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#grishaverse #shadow and bone #six of crows #mal oretsev #nikolai lanstov #Jesper Fahey #matthias helvar #Kaz brekker #orange peel #orange peel theory #book tag #book community #leigh bardugo #Instagram

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possessionisamyth · 6 days

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Just finished reading Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (it's shorter than you think) only to come to the conclusion that all the tragedies involved could've been prevented via gay sex.

To completely shelve the fictional addict to real life addict comparisons people often make of the narrative, I am serious when I say Henry Jekyll having gay sex could've stopped the creation of Hyde.

Dr. Jekyll is an educated christian, british, white man in his middle age who is both unmarried and childless. He's well off, and by well off I mean he could take a year's vacation to Germany without much issue if he wanted. However, he's tired of his safe life and uses Hyde to embrace a darker, evil, and bestial side of himself. He wants to traverse around town in this state as he pleases but also mostly be left alone during this.

Two big reputation killers and scandal causers of the 1800s was murder and sodomy. Like sodomy was really bad unless it was treated extremely under the table. A wink wink nudge nudge if you know you know type of situation unless you didn't mind uplifting your entire life to move to a different city or country with the hope the rumors don't follow you.

If Dr. Jekyll with his scientific and social standing were to suddenly employ a handsome young man of good standing and countenance as an apprentice no one would bat an eye. The young man could travel to and from Dr. Jekyll's home freely and could also be summoned whenever there was something new to be "taught or studied". Whatever strange noises occurred behind closed doors could be brushed off since Jekyll is a chemist and they work with so many drugs.

Henry Jekyll could in secret engage in these sinful, "horrible", and pleasurable acts to satisfy the perceived evils within his heart. He could take his apprentice out to events or dalliances with colleagues and get a thrill from knowing the true nature of their relationship and his connections being none the wiser.

Another layer of secrecy is added because if the apprentice were even to consider blackmail by revealing the nature of their relationship, he'd be caught within his own trap of the sodomy crime. Besides, it's more likely he wouldn't as Henry would write in his will to give all his shit to his apprentice in the event of his death or disappearance. And I can make this assumption because in the book he gives all his money and possessions to Hyde and then rewrites it to give his stuff his lawyer. If that man had any estranged family, they weren't getting shit from him.

Not to "men be fighting demons and those demons is bisexuality" this theory, but the post nut clarity that comes with gay sex would not have only fixed Henry Jekyll, it also might've paved the way for some advancements in medicinal drug use.

#jekyll and hyde #dr jekyll and mr hyde #henry jekyll #literature #book tag #<-new tag since I'm reading things rn

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lesbianliutana · 4 months

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his last bow

guy of all time,,,,,,

#my stuff #sherlock holmes #letters from watson #book tag

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howlsmovinglibrary · 4 months

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Top 5 Books of 2023!

I don't know if this blog even counts as a book blog anymore, but this year I read 60 books, which is twice as many as last year (and therefore also double my 2023 Reading Goal). I'm so pleased to have overcome my three year reading slump that has plagued me since Covid, and wanted to celebrate by... yknow. Actually doing a book blog post lmao. So here are my five favourite books of 2023!

1) Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

Not only was this book written Specifically For Me (faeries, rivals-to-lovers, academia), I just think it's a really good example of a cosy fantasy that is well-written and well-paced. The vibes are wholesome and fanfic-adjacent, but that doesn't mean that nothing happens. I'm not a fan of the new 'cosy' subgenre generally, but I think this book combined the right amount of comfort with action.

2) The Thousand Eyes by AK Larkwood

I read the Serpent Gates duology this year, and while the first book was good, the second book was just overwhelmingly brilliant. I loved the way this author manages time and character development - we follow all the characters for decades of their lives, so the final heroic triumphs in each of their stories just... hit different. It was such a wonderful book series, that left me feeling inspired to write.

3) The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

I love Shannon Chakraborty's writing generally, but it was really fun (after the slowburn pining of the City of Brass books) to give her a far less pious and brazen heroine that resulted in an entirely different tone of story from her previous trilogy! I loved the narration and plot of this novel, also obsessed with this pirate milf and her demon boyfriend.

4) A House With Good Bones by T Kingfisher

I love T Kingfisher but I've never been able to get all the way through one of her horror books before - idk why, I just don't tend to vibe. But this book, which leaned more towards Gothic horror, twisted to fit a modern setting, was so gripping - I read it all in one sitting. I love the funky little bug archaeologist protagonist, who's first sign that her house is haunted is the fact that there are no insects in her mother's garden.

5) You and Me On Vacation by Emily Henry

I went on a beach holiday for the first time since Covid and proceeded to devour every single fucking book Emily Henry had ever written. Although I loved all of them, You and Me On Vacation was the one written Specifically For Me, which was surprising given that the other two most popular releases by her are about books (oh well...mutual pining, my beloved).

Special Mentions:

Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett

I read all of the Tiffany Aching books for the first time this year, based on a diagnosis from a pal that Wintersmith would be 'my' Terry Pratchett book. Reader, she was right... (which says more about me as a person than I'd like).

If anyone wants to give me any recs for good books they read this year, feel free to reply to this post!

#booklr #bookish posts #book tag #2023 reads #best books of 2023 #emily wilde's encyclopaedia of faeries #the thousand eyes #the serpent gates #the adventures of amina al-sirafi #a house with good bones #emily henry

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disbestyx · 11 months

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May the power of pride be with u all this month.. also, here is a dedication to that one tiktok thing dominating my for you page... You know, aside from the SUB-sized elephant in the room..