Blorbo List

I got bored so I decided to make a list of all my blorbos. feel free to ignore :P

Note: "blorbo," in my book, is any character I would die for, not necessarily my top favorite character in the fandom. I would die for all of these, but my favorites are marked with the sparkle emoji. my all time favorite character is noted with a mushroom

(fandoms are not in order)

Fantasy

The Lord of the Rings– Merry Brandybuck, Pippin Took, Frodo Baggins, Boromir, Legolas, Gimli, Aragorn, Eowyn, Faramir 

The Chronicles of Narnia– Edmund✨, Lucy, Reepicheep, Eustace, Caspian, Peter, Susan 

The Silmarillion– Turin Turambar✨, Finduilas, Beleg Cuthalion, Finrod Felagund, Beren, Luthien  

Pirates of the Caribbean– Jack Sparrow✨, Will Turner, Hector Barbossa, Calypso, Syrena, Philip Swift    

Peter Pan 2003 – Peter Pan✨, Wendy Darling, John Darling, Slightly 

Crime/Detective

Endeavour– Endeavour Morse✨, Joan Thursday, Shirley Trewlove, George Fancy, Reginald Bright, Fred Thursday 

Death in Paradise– Humphrey Goodman✨, Camille Bordey, Florence Cassell, Catherine Bordey, JP Hooper, Ruby Patterson  

Shakespeare and Hathaway– Luella Shakespeare, Frank Hathaway, Sebastian Brudenell✨

The X Files– Fox Mulder✨, Dana Scully 

Period/Historical Dramas

Pride and Prejudice– Elizabeth Bennet✨, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Jane Bennet, Mr Bingley, Georgiana Darcy, Maria Lucas 

1917– William Schofield✨, Thomas Blake, Lauri, the convoy gang

Newsies– Jack Kelly✨, Crutchy, Spot, Sarah, pretty much all the Newsies

Our Mutual Friend– Lizzie Hexam✨, Eugene Wrayburn, John Harmon, Bella Wilfer

The Scarlet Pimpernel– Sir Percy Blakeney✨

A Tale of Two Cities– Sydney Carton✨ 

Wives and Daughters– Molly Gibson✨, Roger Hamley 

The Book Thief– Liesel Meminger, Rudy Steiner✨, Hans Hubermann  

Les Miserables– Enjolras, Courfeyrac✨, Combeferre, Jehan, Joly, Grantaire, Feuilly, Bahorel, Bossuet, Eponine, Gavroche 

Anne of Green Gables– Anne Shirley, Gilbert Blythe✨, Diana Barry 

The Man From Snowy River– Jim Craig✨, Jessica Harrison

Action  

Tintin– Tintin✨, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, Snowy

Marvel Cinematic Universe– Peter Parker✨, Loki Laufeyson, Steve Rogers, MJ Watson, Ned Leeds, Wanda Maximoff, Peggy Carter, Natasha Romanoff, Yelena Belova, Sylvie 

The A Team– HM Murdock✨, Faceman Peck, Amy Amanda Adams 

Macgyver– Macgyver✨, Pete Thornton 

Six of Crows– Kaz Brekker, Inej Ghafa✨, Matthias Helvar, Nina Zenik 

Animated 

Miraculous Ladybug– Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug, Adrien Agreste/Chat Noir✨, Alya Cesaire, Nino Lahiffe, Jessica Keynes 

Centaurworld– Horse, Wammawink, Rider, Durpleton✨, Glendale, Stabby, Nowhere King/Elktaur, Mysterious Woman, Waterbaby

How to Train Your Dragon– Hiccup Haddock✨, Astrid Hofferson, Snotlout Jorgenson, Fishlegs Ingerman, Ruff and Tuff Thorston, Toothless, Stormfly 

Tangled– Rapunzel✨, Eugene Fitzherbert 

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron– Spirit✨, Rain, Little Creek  

Skyward Sword– Link✨, Zelda, Skipper, Gorko, Pipit, Karane, Ghirahim, Fi

Twilight Princess– Link✨, Zelda, Midna, Shad, Ashei  

anyway there you go :P

movies (for when you want to cry) pt2!

link to pt 1 miracle in cell no 7 (live action, kdrama) - this movie made me cry so much i couldn't bring myself watch it again. the story of a little girl and her father, a man with an intellectual disability, who was falsely imprisoned and sentenced to death. 20th century girl (live action kmovie 2022)

i watched the spoilers and prepared myself for it yet its still so crushing? na bora is a highschool girl collecting information her best friends crush hyunjin (her bestfriend being away for surgery) while doing so, she encounters someone who she falls in love with along the way. hotarubi no mori e (anime 2011) - the shortest film on this list with a runtime of only 45 mins hotaru is a small child when she first meets gin, a spirit who seems not to age like humans do. after her first encounter with him one holiday while staying over at a relatives. the book thief (war/drama, 2013) Liesel is a young girl, living with her foster parents during the war. She steals books from the mayors house and bonds with a boy named Rudy. i hope you all liked this post! until next time! Amimi

This is my personal to-watch list. Make sure you also check out my Winter 2020 Ikemen Edition list. 😉 Throughout the season, I’ll start scratching off the ones I drop. I wonder which ones will come at the top?

♡ = Excited for; has a higher chance of not being dropped lol

A3! Season Spring & Summer

ARP Backstage Pass

Housekishou Richard-shi no Nazo Kantei

Uchi Tama?! Uchi no Tama Shirimasen ka?

Boku no Tonari ni Ankoku Hakaishin ga Imasu. ♡

Pet ♡

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun ♡

Kabukichou Sherlock cont.

number24 ♡

Ishuzoku Reviewers

Ahiru no Sora cont.

Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita. ♡

Runway de Waratte ♡

Majutsushi Orphen Hagure Tabi

Hatena☆Illusion

ID:Invaded ♡

Plunderer ♡

Infinite Dendrogram

Darwin's Game ♡

Kyokou Suiri ♡

Haikyuu!!: To the Top

Overview:

I’ve been so busy (& super sick) recently, so I know it’s going to be difficult to watch all of these. 🤣 (I wasn’t even able to complete all the ones from last season! 😢) There’s a few that really stand out from the list that I just can’t wait to watch..the supernatural and mystery ones!!! 👀👀👀 

I tried watching Try Knights and was very disappointed so I’m hoping number24 is much better. I’ve been really looking forward to it since it was announced! I feel like I’m going to have way too much fun with Boku no Tonari ni Ankoku Hakaishin ga Imasu. lol 🤣 As for the rest, I’m either watching because of the  ikemen or seiyuu, so I hope they don’t disappoint lol

Well, here’s to a great anime season!🥂

Fandoms

→ The ❌ emoji means that as much as I am open to write NSFW fics, I don’t write those for marked fandoms/characters. I may write romantic fics for all characters, but I’ll be cautious with younger ones. → Every fandom has a note about what I can take into consideration. I try to make my fanfics generic enough to fit with all of the fandom universe, but sometimes the ideas go better with different version of the character (book vs movie, season 1 vs 5, different timelines etc.). → I take suggestions for fanfiction (for all listed characters), as well as both character and fandom suggestions. ~ The list will sometimes change. Last update: 29/01/2024.

Current fandoms

Alice in Wonderland

2010 Tim Burton’s movie

Alice Kingsleigh / Tarrant Hightopp / Mirana Crimms / Iracebeth Crimms / Ilosovic Stayne

Animations (Disney/Pixar, Dreamworks, and other) ❌

Anastasia

Anya / Dmitri / Vladimir

Bolt

Penny Forrester

Big Hero 6

Hiro Hamada / Tadashi Hamada / Fred / Go Go / Wasabi / Honey Lemon / aunt Cass

Brave

Merida

Coraline

Coraline / Wybie

Lilo & Stitch

Lilo / Stitch / Nani / David

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Quasimodo / Esmeralda / Phoebus / Clopin

Treasure Planet

Jim Hawkins / John Silver / doctor Doppler / captain Amelia

Back to the Future ❌

first movie of the trilogy

Marty McFly / Emmett Brown / George McFly / Lorraine Baines (McFly)

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

seasons 1-4

Sabrina Spellman / Ambrose Spellman / Zelda Spellman / Hilda Spellman / Nicholas Scratch / Harvey Kinkle / Prudence Blackwood

Gotham

seasons 1-5

Jim Gordon / Harvey Bullock / Bruce Wayne ❌ / Alfred Pennyworth / Selina Kyle ❌ / Ivy Pepper ❌ / Edward Nygma / Oswald Cobblepot / Barbara Kean / Fish Mooney / Lucius Fox / Lee Thompkins / Butch Gilzean / Victor Zsasz / Theo Galavan / Tabitha Galavan / Jervis Tetch / Jonathan Crane / Jerome Valeska / Jeremiah Valeska

Harry Potter ❌

7 books + 8 movies (original series)

Harry Potter / Hermione Granger / Ron Weasley / Fred Weasley / George Weasley / Ginny Weasley / Bill Weasley / Charlie Weasley / Percy Weasley / Lee Jordan / Neville Longbottom / Luna Lovegood / Seamus Finnigan / Dean Thomas / Oliver Wood / Nymphadora Tonks / Remus Lupin / Severus Snape / Sirius Black / James Potter / Lily Evans

Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)

Phase One movies

Tony Stark / Bruce Banner / Thor / Loki / Steve Rogers / James “Bucky” Barnes / Natasha Romanoff / Clint Barton

Once Upon a Time

season 1

Rumplestiltskin (Mr Gold) / Jefferson (The Mad Hatter) / Snow White (Mary Margaret Blanchard) / David Nolan (Prince Charming) / Ruby Lucas

Pirates of the Caribbean

movies 1-3

Jack Sparrow / Hector Barbossa / Joshamee Gibbs / Will Turner / Elizabeth Swann / James Norrington / Cutler Beckett / Davy Jones / Pintel / Ragetti

Stranger Things

seasons 1-4

Mike Wheeler ❌ / Dustin Henderson ❌ / Lucas Sinclair ❌ / Will Byers ❌ / Eleven Hopper ❌ / Max Mayfield ❌ / Nancy Wheeler / Steve Harrington / Jonathan Byers / Joyce Byers / Jim Hopper / Bob Newby / Murray Bauman / Alexei / Robin Buckley / Eddie Munson / Dmitri Antonov / Martin Brenner

The Alienist

season 1

Laszlo Kreizler / John Moore / Sara Howard / Lucius Isaacson / Marcus Isaacson

The Book Thief ❌

the book + the movie

Liesel Meminger / Rudy Steiner / Max Vandenburg

The Chronicles of Narnia ❌

7 books + 3 Disney movies

Peter Pevensie / Susan Pevensie / Edmund Pevensie / Lucy Pevensie / Caspian X

The End Of The F***ing World ❌

seasons 1-2

Alyssa / James

The Hunger Games

book trilogy + the adaptations + the prequel

Katniss Everdeen / Primrose Everdeen ❌ / Peeta Mellark / Haymitch Abernathy / Johanna Mason / Gale Hawthorne / Finnick Odair / Coriolanus Snow ❌

The Rain

seasons 1-3

Simone Andersen / Rasmus Andersen / Martin / Patrick / Jean / Lea / Beatrice

Possible future fandoms

→ fandoms in italics were recommended to me in some way

American Gods

Dark

Fear Street

Fleabag

Lord of the Rings

Peaky Blinders

Shadow and Bone

The Haunting of the Hill House

The Queen’s Gambit

The Witcher

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

We Hunt The Flame/We Free The Stars

Old fandoms

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Maniac

Ragnarok

The Umbrella Academy

Tribes of Europa

10 Characters for 10 people

Thank you for the tag @aoristiandariostis !! It's going to be difficult to choose only 10 favourite characters, but challenge accepted! I send the same challenge to @mizaelloverno107, @sienasiesta, @galaxymaster360, @ayse7124, @vector3996, @karenusia, @baddyzarc, @little-mx-cryptic, @aerialartistic, @animalgirl2018 and anyone who comes across this and wants to do it!

1) Liesel Meminger from The Book Thief

This is one of my absolute favourite books and movie. I remember watching this at school when I was in fifth grade and loving it and love her character. This story sets at the time of the Nazi Germany and the character of Liesel in front our eyes has been through very rough times in her early childhood, she has experienced and seen premature death from a very tender age and since the novel takes place during World War II, death is omnipresent and she constantly puts her own life on the line with her actions. She has a very unique prospective of life and was really fascinated by the power of the words, in fact she is referred as a "book thief", she has pretty much put her life on the line just to learn how to read and understand the meaning of the words, with which she has saved a life and saved her own.

2) Dolowa/Droite/Dextra from Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal and II

This character lays a special place in my heart. Droite is presented as a classy business woman type but rather here she seems to be a person with a duty of the Maintenance of Security in the tower belonging to its creator and the Mayor, as his right hand woman, it is also confirmed that she's an elite. The reason I began to like her it's because how her true layers of personality quickly contrasted the typical business woman/seductive persona, she was nothing like it even though most of the time, the characters similar to her character design are portrayed that way. She's purely devoted to her loved ones and she doesn't got tip to toe with her boss' wishes and would face any consequnces for them. She's caring and capable and her Dueling tactics were really cool.

3) Mebara Keiichi from Higurashi no naku koro ni (kai, rei, kira)

I love love love him. Keichii is hilarious, funny, easily can get attached to but he's a tragic hero. He breaks the chains of tragic fate in utterly hopeless situations and I love how much he cares about his friends. It's absolutely tragic the deaths they have to go through, and luckly they came past it and Keichii played a great role in breaking those tragic chains.

4) Ellen/Viola from The Witch House

The Witch's House is an JRPG game and I am so sad that this doesn't have an anime or something because the plot is really awsome. Anyway, the character of Ellen, she's the main villain, so I should feel no sorrow and sympathy for this b- bery very bad person, and especially not include her in the favourite list, but my kokoro can't be helped, even though I absolutely hate her character out of frustration, but she has a tragic ass backstory to make feel damn emotional for. I hate her but I also love her, idk anymore... Next!

5) Sana from Kodomo no Omocha or Rossana

She's super energetic, and kind and compassionate and querky, silly, stupid sometimes but also very intelligent and mature. We saw so many phases of herself and her character grow. Even though she goes through really tough times, or even dying almsot, she always has a huge heart of her to forgive and come out of trauma and look at life very brightly. She was definately my role model and I am still surprised when I rewatch the way she handled her problems, and she had tones in the anime since she's an actress and lots of teenage drama. Her approach to problems was somehow many times applicable to my life and I still feel inspired by her. She's really an awsome character.

6) Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games

I immediately fell in love with her character the moment she volunteered for her sister. She's incredibly selfless, devoted, brave and ribellious, however it's a shame the reason that everything started by trying to protect that person is taken away from her. I loved how she realised that President Coin is just another President Snow and she killed the right person and rightfully allowed the citizens of the Districts to kill Snow. There were so many parts of the book and scenes of the movie that really drawn such a high opinion of her but I can't talk about everything other than the beginning and the end, otherwise I would take ages

7) Phoenix Wright from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, Dual Destiny, everything that has Phoenix and my babies Apollo and Atena in it!!)

I admire how he believes the innocence of the people and is after the truth and not winning the case, he's true, genuine and honest. I love how he does the extreme to repay people back, literally make them either his assistant, adopted daughter, his apprentice, his husband (yes I am talking about Edgy), I can't even take account of at this point.

8) Shuici Saihara from Danganronpa

I have a thing for Detectives with the name that starts with a "S", the only reason I didn't put Shinici Kudo from Detective Conan because I couldn't keep up with the series and honestly I can't, maybe one day when my online classes will end, anyway... Shuici, I like his detective work, his reasoning and the bond she formed with Kaede and his sidekick Kaito, it makes me cry just remembering it, and he's actually sensitive. I loved him even more after his reactions in Love Hotel and secret scenes. The character of Kaede was a huge influence on him, he didn't want to find the truth before because he was scared, but then he took off his cap and solved cases with his head up in the sky (I still can't get over the feels from the fact Kaede's portrait is always on Shuici's side in scrum debate to show she's always with him even after death 😭)

9) Alvin Junior from The Walking Dead

Even though I followed the series of Walking Dead for a very long time, I really got attached to Alvin Junior as much as Clementine, he's just a young god and can't convince me otherwise. Some fans didn't like AJ that much because he was new but I really saw AJ like a young Clem and Clementine now being in Lee's shoes and protecting AJ with her life just as Lee did with hers. AJ is such a mood sometimes and also really reliable. He had to make really hard calls poor guy, but I am really glad to having a happy ending

10) Agatha from the Dark Deception

Agatha is a merciless monster and a spoiled brat that will say that you're cheating by speed boost while she teleport and cut you into a corner while we're running, but I still love her <3

Wonderful 1000: The Merry Misadventures of Chopin the Pig

@cherepashkadrabbles requested a tale featuring an assortment of Kiraly-von Holstadt family pets and somehow this happened. Enjoy!

--

It was all Anna’s fault, really.

Not Anna Király the elder—that esteemed matriarch had gone to her reward over a decade prior, though Andras insisted that her spirit still kept a watchful eye over the family, particularly around Christmas. The perpetrator this time was Anna Király the younger, aged three, the apple of her mother’s eye: a plump, auburn-haired little elf with strong opinions on absolutely everything. 

The opinions, this time, were regarding the family dachshund.

“Wolfgang is sad,” Anna insisted, with a fervent tug at her mother’s skirts. “Sad sad sad.”

Marta reluctantly put down the letter she was reading—a rare missive from her friend Sophie in New York—and regarded her daughter with surprise. “What on earth do you mean, Anna darling? Wolfgang is the happiest dog in Vienna. He has lots of food and a warm bed and you and Sofia and Zoltan to play with him. He has no reason at all to be sad.”

Anna shook her head firmly. “No, he sad. Lonely. He need ‘nother dog. Or kitty.”

“He’s lo…” Marta paused, her stomach twisting in sudden worry. How exactly did Anna, still practically a baby, know that word? Was Anna lonely? It couldn’t be terribly easy to be the youngest in their family, that much was true. Sofia and Zoltan, while affectionate and kind older siblings, had a tendency to disappear into their own artistic pursuits, just as their father did; Sofia with her singing lessons and Zoltan with his drawing. Leaving little Anna...well, out.

Perhaps it wasn’t Wolfgang who needed another animal around the house. 

“I’ll tell you what, darling,” Marta said slowly. “Your uncle Heini spends most of his time out in the country and he knows all sorts of animals. Perhaps he’ll have a kitten or a puppy who needs a new home.”

Andras might have some objections to another pet being brought in without warning...but at the smile on Anna’s round face Marta really couldn’t bring herself to care.

--

Heini’s reply was swift and enthusiastic.

Dear Marta,

I was wondering when you were going to ask me this very question. Three children and only one old dog around the place to keep them company? It’s obscene.

I have just the beast for you, too. You’re expecting a barn cat or some such, I’m sure, but I have a slightly more unusual suggestion. I’ve convinced Father to let me acquire a new kind of miniature pig from the East (I won’t bore you with all the agricultural details), and one of the sows has just produced an excellent litter of piglets. Would Anna like one? As babies they’re the size of a cat, practically, and they don’t grow to be more than two feet tall. Once he gets older he might have to spend most of his time in the back garden, but I can guarantee the children will love him.

Your affectionate brother,

Heini

“A pig?” Andras said incredulously that night, as he and Marta got into bed. “In the house? I always knew your brother was just as mad as you are but this seems like a bit much.”

“But it’ll be wonderful for the children, darling,” Marta replied. “Think what an educational experience it will be for them to have a new kind of animal to learn to take care of!”

“They’ve already got more animals than I ever had as a child. I had to make do with Erszi the pigeon, while our youngsters have Wolfgang and Nyafi and all the animals at Burg Holstadt…”

“Nyafi is a wonderful cat,” said Marta, “but she spends all her time in Pest and so the children only get to see her about half the year. And Andras, I think that…” She paused, collecting her thoughts. “I think Anna needs this. Yes, she’s still very young, but she needs something that’s hers. Why not a pig?”

Andras sighed, though it was obvious that his resistance was softening. “I still say pigs belong in the barn, not in the house. Is this one of those things that’s so lower-class it’s gone full circle and somehow become fashionable?”

“Undoubtedly.” Marta snuggled closer and planted a kiss on her husband’s cheek. “And we’ll be the most fashionable family on the Wipplingerstrasse.”

“Hmm,” said Andras wryly. “If it’s a matter of fashion, I suppose I can’t possibly refuse. Now come over here and give me a proper kiss.”

Marta grinned triumphantly as her husband pulled her into his arms. If anyone ever asked why she’d given up a title and a fortune to marry a musician—as they still occasionally did—it was moments like this that she pointed to. Every single time.

--

The newest member of the family arrived two weeks later, carried in a basket and delivered by a beaming Heini. It was certainly a fetching creature; small and bristly and ivory-colored with dark splotches and shining eyes. And the children, of course, were utterly enchanted by it.

“What should we call him?” six-year-old Zoltan demanded. “Should it be a Hungarian name?”

Sofia rolled her eyes. “No, silly, Nyafi the cat already has a Hungarian name. The pig needs an Austrian one.”

“But Wolfgang already has an Austrian name…”

“Well, Wolfgang is named after a composer,” Marta cut in gently. “So perhaps this little fellow should be too. Andras, what music does he make you think of when you see him?”

“He has rather melancholy eyes, doesn’t he,” said Andras. He scratched his chin thoughtfully and hummed a few bars of something slow and romantic. Both Sofia and Zoltan screwed up their faces, thinking deeply, until finally Sofia clapped her hands in triumph.

“Of course!” she cried. “Chopin! It’s perfect.”

“Well, I certainly like it,” said Marta. “But Anna should have the final say. What do you think, love?”

The entire family looked down at Anna, who was crouched by the basket softly petting the piglet’s bristles. At the sound of her name, the little girl looked up and beamed.

“Chopin,” she said. “My piggie.”

There appeared to be nothing more to say on the subject.

--

“I am going to make that damn creature into kolbasz,” Andras growled. “I mean it, Marta. This is the last straw.”

Marta’s eyebrows went up. “Final straw? What were the first straws?” She had to admit, the last month having Chopin as a pet had been slightly less peaceful than expected, but she hadn’t been aware of anything too terrible. Besides, the children loved him.

“Well, first of all, Anna insists on letting him sleep in her room, and he knocks everything over and chews on all her toys. And then Zoltan put paint on his hooves for some piece of art he wanted to do—is that what art is coming to in this country?—and Chopin tracked it everywhere. And now,” Andras said with bitter triumph, “he has destroyed my work.”

Marta inhaled sharply. “He hasn’t broken Clara, has he?” Though technically an inanimate object, Andras’ beloved violin had been a part of the Király family since 1861, and if something happened to her…

“No, thank God. If Chopin damaged Clara he’d be at the butcher’s shop this very minute. But what he did do isn’t much better. I have a performance in three weeks, at which I am supposed to be debuting my No. 4 in B Minor which I have been working on all week, but that creature,” said Andras grimly, “has gone and defecated on it.”

The snort of laughter that escaped her lips was one Marta immediately regretted, and at Andras’ scowl she quickly apologized. “But how did he get on top of your sheet music, darling? Was it on the floor?”

“I don’t see how it matters where my papers were,” Andras said primly (which translated to “yes, they were on the floor, due to my excessive absentmindedness”). “We need to get that thing properly trained or he’ll be going right back to the country where he belongs.”

“I’ll take care of it. Now get back to work.” Marta wagged a stern finger in her husband’s direction. “If you give a performance that isn’t a success my parents still may find a way to annul our marriage.”

--

It was a generally understood rule in the Király household that when Andras was in his study composing, he was only to be disturbed in the event of an emergency. This was less because it would annoy him and more because when he was focused on music, he was temporarily incapable of thinking about anything else.

All of this was to say that, when Sofia cautiously entered the study shortly before dinner on Saturday, it was clearly a matter of some concern.

“Papa?” she asked. And, when her father neglected to look up, a bit louder: “Pa?”

Andras, whose world for the past two hours had consisted entirely of the concerto he was writing, jolted out of his reverie to find his hands nearly black with ink and a worried-looking eight-year-old staring at him. “What’s the matter, Sofia?”

“Have you seen Zoltan?” Sofia blurted out. 

“Sofia, your brother will be holed up in his bedroom or out in the garden. Is this really…”

“He’s not, though. I’ve looked everywhere, he’s missing.” Sofia sniffled and wiped at her eyes. “And it’s all my fault. The von Braumark twins came for a visit today and Zoltan wanted to play with us but Lottie said he couldn’t because he’s a boy and Liesel and I went along with it and he was so upset, and after the twins left I went to find him to say sorry and he’s gone.”

Having grown up with three temperamental younger sisters, Andras was quite accustomed to children going missing and then reappearing at the oddest of times. Therefore the news of Zoltan’s evident disappearance was no cause to panic.

Not yet, anyway.

--

Two hours later, through concentrated search efforts and several hastily dispatched messages, the Királys had been able to establish a list of places where Zoltan was not.

He wasn’t anywhere in the house or back garden.

He was not at his grandparents’ house (as far as anyone could tell, though the von Holstadt mansion had eighty rooms and it took considerable time to search all of them).

He was not at the homes of any of their family friends, nor was he in the nearby park.

And while all of this information was technically useful, it was not making Marta and Andras any less worried.

“I don’t want to call the police, but I think we might have to,” said Andras, pacing back and forth across the sitting room floor as he had been for the last ten minutes. “How else are we supposed to track the wretched boy down?”

Anna, who was crouched on the floor patting Chopin, looked up eagerly. “Chopin can find him.”

“Anna, darling,” Marta sighed. “Chopin is a very nice pig but I don’t think…”

“No, Mama, she’s right. Pigs have a good sense of smell, even better than dogs,” said Sofia. “And they’re very clever too. If we give him something of Zoltan’s to smell, and then we follow him…” She trailed off, looking up at her parents hopefully. 

Marta and Andras looked at each other for a long moment, until finally Marta sighed and nodded. “I suppose it’s worth a try.”

--

The five (four and a half?) of them made a rather odd sight on the rainy Viennese streets: Andras holding both Anna and a bright red umbrella, Marta clutching Sofia’s hand and Chopin’s lead. A proper traveling circus, that’s what they were. Marta would have found the situation more amusing had she not been scared out of her wits.

Chopin, at least, seemed to have understood his instructions. After getting a good whiff of Zoltan’s nightshirt he appeared to recognize the boy’s scent and was now trotting along briskly, pausing occasionally to snuffle at the ground. If he actually found Zoltan, Marta decided, she would feed him the finest scraps to be found anywhere in the city.

Finally, after what seemed like hours but was probably only ten minutes, Chopin halted in his tracks at the imposing gothic facade of St. Maria’s am Gestade. He snuffled at the ground for a moment as though confirming a suspicion, and then grunted with satisfaction.

“Is it sacrilegious to bring a pig into a church?” Marta inquired.

“If we’re looking for a missing child, then I’d say we’ll be forgiven,” Andras replied. “And this door had better be unlocked.”

It was, thank goodness. And when Marta’s eyes had adjusted to the gloom, she detected, in one of the front pews, a small dark-haired figure sitting completely still.

“Zoltan!”

The little boy looked up in surprise as his family all but ambushed him. “Mama? Papa? Chopin? What time is it?”

“Past time for you to be home! I am so glad you’re safe.” Marta pulled her son into a tight hug before pulling back with a frown. “But darling, what on earth are you doing here?”

“I like that painting,” Zoltan replied, pointing up at the glorious gold-hued altarpiece. “It always makes me feel better. So I thought I would come and sit here until I stopped being cross with Sofia.” He looked down at his feet and kicked his legs guiltily. “But it was naughty to run away, wasn’t it.”

“Very naughty,” Marta said, with considerably less sternness than she intended. “You’re lucky that we found you.”

“No, Chopin find him,” Anna insisted from Andras’ arms.

“Chopin was brilliant,” gushed Sofia. “Pa, you like him now, don’t you? You won’t have him made into sausages?”

Andras let out an exaggerated sigh. “I suppose so, but I expect you lot to keep him in line. Train him up. No feral pigs in my house, if you please.”

As the children launched into a debate about what tricks, if any, Chopin could be trained to do, Marta reached down and scratched the piglet gently between the ears. “Thank you,” she whispered. “I knew you were worth the trouble.”

While none of the other members of the family would believe her, Marta insisted that Chopin replied to this with a very cheeky wink.

If it’s not too much trouble, could you share some of the book recommendations you got a while ago for your daughter? Or some she’s read and enjoyed? Mine (11)is going through books at an awe-inspiring pace and we can’t find new ones fast enough for her

I’d be happy to! This is just a small selection of ones I was recommended and researched for her. I’ve bolded the ones we bought and read. There is an emphasis, later in the list, of books with characters who have anxiety, since that’s something she’s dealing with.

Watership Down - Richard Adams: A group of rabbits leave their warren after one of them has a premonition that they will be killed. On the way to finding a safe place to live the encounter dogs, cats, mean rabbits, and humans. Very strong Warrior Cats vibe.

Animal Farm - George Orwell: A group of talking farm animals take over the farm and run it themselves. As the discrepancy between the working animals and the animals in charge grows, it becomes apparent that four legged pigs aren't so different from two legged ones. (It's an allegory for the Russian revolution and the rise of communism.)

Island of the Blue Dolphins - Scott O'Dell: A native girl is left behind by her tribe during a migration. Alone on an island she learns to hunt and survive, befriending a wolf and making a really pretty dress. Based on a true story. Similar to Hatchet.

Tuck Everlasting - Natalie Babbit: A girl in the 1800s meets a boy whose family drank from the fountain of youth and must now spend eternity protecting their secrets.

The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman: An orphan boy is raised by a vampire and several ghosts and ghouls in a graveyard until the world of the living intrudes. Avoids the "death by Newbury" curse by having the mentor figures dead to start with.

The Blackbird Girls - Anne Blankman: Two girls in Russia deal with the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster. 

Call of the Wild - Jack London: Trials and tribulations of a half-wild dog in the Yukon in the early 1900s.

Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones: Under a spell from the Witch of the Waste Sophie joins the household of the wizard Howl, hoping to find a way to break the curse. Along the way she befriends a fire demon, tames the wizard, and take on the witch herself.

The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper: Steeped in King Arthur lore, it's a fantasy adventure surrounding a boy who discovers on his 11th birthday that he is one of six people who can fight against the Dark - and evil power threatening to take over the world.

The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Elizabeth George Speare: Set in the 1600s, Kit Tyler moves from the bright, warm Caribbean to the cold, stiff Puritan community in the Connecticut Colony. Lonely and trapped, her only friend is an old Quaker woman who lives outside of town that everyone calls a witch. When their friendship is discovered, the community turns on Kit, accusing her of witchcraft.

The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak: At the start of WWII, in Germany, a girl is sent to live with foster parents. On the way she steals a book. Told from the POV of Death, we follow Liesel through the next few years of her life, stealing books, pretending to be a Nazi, and hiding a Jewish man in the basement. Through it all, Liesel steals books, as her love of reading and words keeps her sane in a world increasingly growing mad.

Doll Bones - Holly Black: The story of three morbid kids trying to bring a haunted doll to its rightful grave in a neighboring town.

Emily Windsnap Series - Liz Kessler: A girl in England discovers she's really a mermaid and goes on adventures.

Grace Moore Series - Frog and Esther Jones: Magic is illegal. When a group of secret magic users is killed Grace must team up with an untrained, untrusting boy to try to solve the mystery. Fun characters, LGBT representation.

The Shadows Between Us - Tricia Levenseller: Alessandra has a fool prof plan to become powerful. Woo the Shadow King, kill him, rule as queen. But before she can be queen she needs to marry him and to do that she needs to keep him alive. Turns out she's not the only one who wants him dead. And maybe the only match for a Shadow King is a cunning queen.

Every Heart a Doorway - Seanan McGuire - Nancy is the latest guest at Miss. West's Home for Wayward Children, a home for all the children who have gone on fantastic adventures in other worlds, only to come home to the real world. It's a home where they can be believed, while also coming to terms with the fact they can never go back. But then children start to die- murdered - and Nancy must band together to find out who is killing them and protect their home. (Nancy is portrayed as a romantic asexual and the book is hailed as a good one for kids who are questioning their own sexuality.)

A Quiet Kind of Thunder - Sara Barnard: A girl with anxiety and selective mutism befriends and eventually falls in love with a deaf boy who accepts her for who she is and helps her find her voice.

The Rest of Us Just Live Here - Patrick Ness: A story about all the people in the magical adventure who aren't "the Chosen One." trying to live their lives and go to school and not get caught up in the zombie apocalypse or quest for the grail

Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo: Aspiring criminal Kaz is offered the chance at the score of a lifetime - sure to make him rich, if he can get along with the other misfits he needs to pull it off.

Turtles All the Way Down - John Green: Lifelong friendship, the intimacy of an unexpected reunion, Star Wars fan fiction, and tuatara. But at its heart is Aza Holmes, a young woman navigating daily existence within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.

This is Not a Test - Courtney Summers: Six teens are trapped in a school during a zombie apocalypse.

Under Rose Tainted Skies - Louise Gornall: A teen girl named Norah struggles with extreme anxiety and OCD that keep her a prisoner of her own home, until a boy named Luke gives her a reason to step out.

Everything All At Once - Katrina Leno: When her anxiety worsens after a death in the family, Lottie receives a series of letters from her aunt - a famous author - which help her overcome her fears and find her own voice.

15. 34. 35. 38.

15: What book changed your life? that's a big question but i think i can safely say "the book thief" and also more recently "how to do nothing: resisting the attention economy" by jenny odell. also every single mary oliver poem i've ever read. (+ yeah ok typical answer of harry potter series changing my life by turning me into a reader)

34: List five OTPs (disclaimer: i haven't had that "this is my otp feeling" in a really long time so these are really, really old. like i’m sure these are all at least four to five years old. like, i LOVE romance but for me an otp has to stand the test of time)

first of all we have to mention the otp that taught me what an otp was before i even knew the term: harry and hermione. listen, yes, i was that kid... there's not much i can say about this. if you know, then you KNOW. 

second, max and liesel. i'm afraid this may be a little controversial but! in my head, i just really love them together and an OTP isn't necessarily a romantic or sexual relationship! they saved each other’s lives..........

third, like, adam and ronan? absolutely. ABSOLUTELY. i haven't read the last book but does that matter? absolutely not. 

fourth, i'm gonna cheat a little bit here and say roy and riza from the fma manga (even though i was introduced to them through the anime first).

fifth, jem/will/tessa. the polyamory trio that should have been but cass was too much of a coward to let it be.

35: Name a book you consider to be terribly underrated I THINK THAT THE NEWSFLESH TRILOGY BY MIRA GRANT (AKA SEANAN MCGUIRE) IS CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED.

38: What language do you (most often) read in? the overwhelming majority of books i read are in english. this isn't because i don't enjoy reading in spanish or anything like that but it's more based on the fact that there's more availability and diversity of options in english. i should read more in spanish though...

thank you so much for asking!!!!!!

So apparently I’ve been tagged? I thought people didn’t know my blog existed and I am confusion? But the public (meaning @batette, the babe who tagged me) demands answers, and who am I to deny them.

Rules: Answer 20 questions, then tag 20 people you want to know better.

Nickname(s): Adry. Adry Grace.

Height: 5’4”

Orientation: Straight

Favorite fruit: Blueberries

Favorite Season: AUTUMN

Favorite Flower: Currently? 🌻🌻🌻

Favorite Scent: Anything ocean-y.

Favorite Color: Green.

Favorite Animal: Shark. Lions are a close second.

Coffee, Tea, or Hot Chocolate: Coffee

Average Hours of Sleep: 6

Cat Person or Dog Person: KITTIES

Favorite Fictional Character: Bellamy Blake. Tim Drake. Peter Wiggin. Damon Salvatore. Archie Andrews. Percy Jackson. Daniel Desario. PETER WIGGIN. Liesel Meminger. The list goes on.

Number of Blankets You Sleep With: 2 usually

Dream Trip: Germany

Blog Created: April(?) 2018

Number of Amazing Followers: Hell, I don’t even know. Like 20-30???

Random Fact: I want to be a screen writer, and I want more than anything in the world for Mikey Murphy to direct one of my scripts.

Tagging: um? idk? if u see this and u want to do it then go ahead!!!! Tag me in it so I can see all your lovely answers😊😊😊

Liesel’s Fall 2019 Anime List

This is my personal to-watch list. Make sure you also check out my Ikemen Edition list. 😉 Throughout the season, I’ll start scratching off the ones I drop. I wonder which ones will come at the top?

♡ = Excited for; has a higher chance of not being dropped lol

Vinland Saga cont. (Sun) ♡

Fairy Gone S2 (Sun) ♡

Babylon (Sun) ♡

Ensemble Stars cont.

Keishichou Tokumubu Tokushu Kyouakuhan Taisakushitsu Dainanaka (Sun) ♡

Actors (Sun)

XL Joushi. (Sun) ♡

Stand My Heroes: Piece of Truth (M) ♡

Ahiru no Sora (W)  

Ore wo Suki nano wa Omae dake ka yo (W) ♡

Beastars (W) ♡

Shinchou Yuusha (W)

Hoshiai no Sora (TH) 

Assassins Pride (TH)  ♡

No Guns Life (TH)

Chuubyou Gekihatsu Boy (F) ♡

Enen no Shouboutai cont. (F) 

Kabukichou Sherlock (F) ♡

Kono Oto Tomare! S2 (S)

Mairimashita! Iruma-kun (S) ♡

Val x Love (S)

Pet (?)

Psycho-Pass 3 (?)

Quan Zhi Gao Shou / The King’s Avatar S2 (?) ♡

Overview:

I won’t have a lot of time to watch anime this season (or will I? 😏) so a lot of these are going to have to go. This is also the reason why I’m posting the list so late lol Sunday is the day with the most anime airing, but I’m just transferring some to Monday instead of dropping them since I’m really looking forward to most of them lol I know I need to make my list shorter but it’s so difficult to make a choice. I don’t want to drop any! 🤣

I’m continuing a few from last season:

Vinland Saga: which btw was my #1 last season!!! I originally just watched it because of Yuto Uemura voicing the mc, but holy shit I love everything about it. Askeladd is my husband!!! 😍

Enen no Shouboutai: well...tbh I’m very behind on this one, but I liked it enough to continue watching it lol Hopefully I can catch up soon.

Ensemble Stars: I didn’t expect it would get a 2nd cour! I need to also catch up on this one, but this one is in danger of being dropped. I still want to give it a chance though 🤣 

As for this season: I’m just so fucking excited for VinSaga, Babylon,  Chuubyou Gekihatsu Boy, Beastars, Ore wo Suki nano wa Omae dake ka yo, Fairy Gone S2 & Quan Zhi Gao Shou S2!!! (Hopefully it finally airs this season lol) 

Well, here’s to a great anime season!🥂

All the odd-numbered ones for Ingrid

1. What’s their full name? Why was that chosen? Does it mean anything?Ingrid Luzia Ziegler. Ziegler is her family name, but she chose the other names for herself “because they sound solid and serious.”

3. Did they have a good childhood? What are fond memories they have of it? What’s a bad memory?She has a loving family, but they were plagued by financial insecurity and that caused some tension. She had to start working at a young age to help support her siblings. Her fondest memories are studying the Ibraic holy books with them. A bad memory is when her father came home after being laid off again and her parents had a fight.5. Do they have any siblings? What’s their names? What is their relationship with them? Has their relationship changed since they were kids to adults?Ingrid has four younger siblings: Hans, Liesel, Maya, and Leon. They all looked up to her when they were younger and still do, even if they don’t understand all of her life choices, but they’re trying hard because Big Sis is the coolest and always knows what’s up7. Did they have lots of friends as a child? Did they keep any of their childhood friends into adulthood?Ingrid had a hard time making friends because she often came off as cold and didn’t care that she did. She also has a hard time trusting other people. Her siblings are her only close friends now.9. Do animals like them? Do they get on well with animals?Not particularly, but she loves cats. If a cat likes her back she feels #blessed11. Do they have any special diet requirements? Are they a vegetarian? Vegan? Have any allergies?Nope, she’s pretty much an omnivore and thinks it’s stupid to purposely exclude any option.13. What is their least favourite food?Again, she refuses to be picky, but if she absolutely does have the luxury of choice, she’s not a big fan of mushrooms. Bad texture.15. Are they good at cooking? Do they enjoy it? What do others think of their cooking?She can make big hearty meals like the kind you’d find in a classic American diner. She doesn’t particularly like or dislike cooking. People tend to like her cooking a lot.17. Do they like to take photos? What do they like to take photos of? Selfies? What do they do with their photos?She doesn’t own a camera, but if she did, she would take lots of selfies and pictures of cats and flowers. She keeps the selfies in a secret album to look at when she needs to boost her self esteem and puts the other pictures in her room.19. What’s their least favourite genres?Romance and horror21. Do they have a temper? Are they patient? What are they like when they do lose their temper?Having four younger siblings taught her to be patient, but she still gets testy easily. When she finally loses her temper for real, it’s the super loud, shouty kind of anger. She blows off steam quickly though, in most cases.23. Do they have a good memory? Short term or long term? Are they good with names? Or faces?Short and long term memory are both pretty good. Almost always remembers names and faces.25. What do they find funny? Do they have a good sense of humour? Are they funny themselves?She makes the most esoteric shitposts without even trying. Enjoys morbid humor. She’s pretty funny if you understand her/are okay with the morbidity. The shitposts resonate deeply with Wilhelm and Jonathan and No One Else27. What makes them sad? Do they cry regularly? Do they cry openly or hide it? What are they like they are sad?Lots of things, but especially injustice, and especially if she can’t do anything about it. She’s secretly very sensitive, but she doesn’t cry often and would rather die than let other people see. When she’s sad, she’s even more quiet than usual.29. What do they do when they find out someone else’s fear? Do they tease them? Or get very over protective? She teases them if she considers it a small stupid thing, like spiders. If they shared their deep existential dread of the inexorable march of time she’d be like “same bro”31. Do they drink? What are they like drunk? What are they like hungover? How do they act when other people are drunk or hungover? Kind or teasing?She drinks socially but doesn’t want hangovers to get in the way of her job so she tries not to get carried away. When she’s drunk, she’s very loud and giggly. When she’s hungover, she’ll murder anyone who looks at her the wrong way. Teases the shit out of drunk/hungover people.33. What underwear do they wear? Boxers or briefs? Lacey? Comfy granny panties?Comfy granny panties are her aesthetic and she doesn’t care what anyone else thinks35. What’s their guilty pleasure? What is their totally unguilty pleasure? Guilty: when she goes dumpster diving for stuff to sell, she also salvages all the clothing she can carry for her own use. Unguilty: she genuinely enjoys the thrill dumpster diving.37. Do they like to read? Are they a fast or slow reader? Do they like poetry? Fictional or non fiction?She doesn’t really have time to read anything besides headline news and installments in cheap magazine serials. She considers herself slow. Poetry is bullshit. Prioritizes non-fiction (news articles).39. Do they like letters? Or prefer emails/messaging?Letters are the only thing listed here that is accessible to her and exists in Entropy

41. What’s their sexuality? What do they find attractive? Physically and mentally? What do they like/need in a relationship?She’s bisexual. Has a thing for shy people because she thinks they’re cute when they’re teased. If you don’t look like a tough cookie but you’re actually shy/a dork that’s a bonus. She wants someone who can handle her teasing, and needs someone who can remind her that there’s good in the world and makes her smile.43. Are they religious? What do they think of religion? What do they think of religious people? What do they think of non religious people?She was raised Ibraic and is still very devout despite her problems with quibbles with church doctrine, but she strongly believes that God still sees her as a Good Person, ultimately. Or at least she tells herself that. She finds religion a bit limiting at times but finds a lot of comfort in the idea that God is out there taking care of things. She doesn’t understand non-religious people and wonders if they feel alone in the universe.45. How do other people see them? Is it similar to how they see themselves?Other people see her as cold and pessimistic, even selfish. She agrees that she can come off that way but disagrees that it’s a bad thing. She’s glad that people don’t realize how she’s secretly emotional.47. How do they act in a formal occasion? What do they think of black tie wear? Do they enjoy fancy parties and love to chit chat or loathe the whole event?She loves an excuse to dress up and grab nice food but haaates every other part of it. She’ll just cling to a friend the whole time and she’ll be polite to anyone who talks to her but she secretly wants to die49. What is their most valued object? Are they sentimental? Is there something they have to take everywhere with them?Her most valued object is her silver brooch, which she can also convert into a necklace. She’s secretly very sentimental. She has to take the brooch everywhere, but not actually for sentimental reasons. It has... a Purpose

Tagggggggggg

Rules: answer the questions and tag 20 people you want to get to know better I got tagged by @ndbrt6 what a cutie

Nicknames: evaatje (little Eva) and kleintje (little one)

Star sign: Scorpio

Height: 158 centimeters

Current time: 21.39

Last thing I Googled: bananas (look at @doddlepoddle her blog and you’ll understand)

Favourite musical artist: oh god I don’t know.. my fave band is bring me the horizon

Song stuck in my head: all star

Last movie I watched: nerve

What I’m wearing: my grey jogging and my navy blue sweater with ‘nobody cares if you don’t go to the party’ on it

when I created this blog: late 2015

blog content: feminism, black lives matter, lgbtq+, positivity, mental health, cute animals, memes, some fandoms and beautiful people

do I get asks regularly: not at all

why did I choose this url: I thought it was cool but I kinda want to change it

gender: cis female

hogwarts house: Slytherin ^-^

Pokémon team: none

favourite colour: black and red

average hours of sleep: what is sleep?

lucky number: it always changes, rn I like 17

favourite characters: oh boy oh boy, Clary Fray, Jace, Alec Lightwood, Isabelle Lightwood, Liesel Meminger, William Herondale, Tessa Grey, and the list goes on.

dream job: no idea, maybe photographer

Numbers of blankets I sleep with: 2

Followers: 114

I tag @doddlepoddle (who’s already tagged by berta), @shook-asfook (also already tagged), @angel-bean-d-slice, @drive-bi, @everytimeiopenmyeyes (already tagged lol), @dotsandstars aaaaannnd anyone who wants to :)

Tagged by the love of my life @raesberri!!

Name: Mathilde

Nickname: Tilde

Gender: Cis Female

Star Sign: Scorpio

Height: No idea tbh

Sexual Orientation: Asexual or demisexual idk

Hogwarts / Ilvermorny House: Gryffindor and Pukwudgie

Favourite Colour: Ocean blue/green

Average Hours of Sleep: Like 7?? 8?? Idk man

Cat/Dog Person: ANIMAL PERSON my good man

Favorite Fictional Characters: Do you know how hard this is??? Hermione Granger, Lyra Silvertongue, Liesel Meminger, Scout Finch, Matilda Wormwood, April Ludgate, Gina Linetti, Jake Peralta, Dustin Henderson, ELeven, Lorelai Gilmore, Riley Matthews, Maya Hart, the list could go on!!! 

Number of Blankets I Sleep with: My doona + my cat’s blanket

Favorite Singer/band: God so many, but I really love The Paper Kites, Mighty Oaks, Tinpan Orange, and Grace Vanderwall at the moment

Dream Trip: A trip all round the world 

Dream Job: As a zoologist or a TV screenwriter!

When was this blog created: Like wayyyy back in 2012 or 2013 lol

When did your blog reach its peak: Idk tbh, maybe sometime late last year 

I tag: @danahscott @mayaschuyler @couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name @zayadorah @rebellam-y @daisyse

A Definitive List Of Top Seven World War Two Novels

By Donald Allen

In the history of mankind, there have been numerous events that occurred that helped shape society into what it has become today. While some of these events that shook mankind may not have been positive during its time of propagation, one cannot deny the influence and also some benefits that it has provided. As a result, the memories and experiences that men, women, and children have about these moments in history have been immortalized into all forms of media and shared by many. This is most evident in the form of literature, television shows, paintings, songs, photography, other forms of mixed media and even pop culture references in blockbuster movies and film franchises. Due to the high level of interest that people have in these things, it has amassed a large following. Following this trail of thought, this article will be relaying a definitive list of top seven world war two novels to add to your reading queue. To top this off listing is a publication entitled All of the Lighting We Cannot View, that was composed by an American author called Anthony Doerr. It was printed in the six of May in 2 thousand and fourteen and detailed the events which happened in France throughout the Second World War, wherein a handicap young woman meets with a young German boy on the way. This is a brand new outlook on a regularly told story since it had been composed with young children's eyes. After its publication, it got a trophy and won a Pulitzer award. Book Thief is an item of literary work that was made by Markus Zusak in 2 thousand and 5. Despite the fact that Markus has actually lots of various other released jobs, this is his most prominent one as well as took pleasure in large success. It was not just adjusted right into the cinema, the tale itself was equated right into greater than 10 languages for non English and also German readers. The nominal personality is called Liesel, that saw as well as experienced firsthand the scariest of exactly what happened throughout the Nazi routine as a young teen. Perhaps the most popular addition to this list is entitled The Diary of a Young Girl, which at the time of publication, the author had already died. However, what sets it apart from other titles on this list is the fact that all its contents were real life events that were written down by Anne Frank, who was around thirteen to fifteen years old. She, her family, and various other survivors were setting up camp and hiding from the Nazis. Sadly, she died before making it out of the war due to typhus and will never know the importance and significance of her diary. The following addition with this guide is a historic work of fiction which was written by Elizabeth Wein and has been given the proper name of Code Title Verity. The narrative focuses which two buddies shared, although one girl was English. It had been the one which obtained earnings gained attention, and has been awarded an award although a sequel has been released on. A prominent and accomplished writer included here is Kurt Vonnegut, who is most known for his satirical style of composition and dark humor in his writing. Even though Kurt has made plenty of publications in the course of his career, including fourteen books and five plays to name a few, his most popular and celebrated work is still Slaughterhouse Five, released in nineteen sixty nine. The titular character is Billy Pilgrim, an American soldier whose experiences during battle were based on the experiences of Kurt himself when he was drafted out to the battlefield. For those who enjoy a good story line and breathtaking illustrations to accompany it, consider getting your nose into a graphic novel entitled Maus, written and illustrated by Art Spiegelman. Art is primarily a cartoonist and this is most apparent in his illustrating style and the way the plot unfolds on itself while reading. The story is basically Art himself who was interviewing his dad who is a living survivor of the Holocaust. What makes it unique is its depiction of characters, which are primarily animals instead of real life humans. The imagery was met with positive reviews, recognizing and appreciating the symbolism and imagery associated with each person within the story. The previous addition is People Who Save Us, released early in 2004. Behind the composition is Jenna Blum and its own storyline concentrates on Anna, an older woman who spent some time in Germany during the second war. It is very necessary to notice that the story took place fifty years before she relays her experiences with Jenna.

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A Definitive List Of Top Seven World War Two Novels

By Donald Allen

In the background of human race, there have actually a lot of occasions that happened that aided form culture right into just what it has actually ended up today. While several of these occasions that trembled humanity could not have actually declared throughout its time of breeding, one could not reject the impact and some advantages that it has actually offered. Therefore, the memories as well as experiences that females, guys, as well as youngsters have concerning these minutes in background have actually been celebrated right into all kinds of media as well as shared by several people. That is quite evident in the kind of literature, tv displays, paintings, music, photography along with other kinds of combined media and perhaps even pop culture references in blockbuster films and movie franchises. As a result of high degree of attention that people have in such items, it amassed a huge following. This guide will relay a collection of high seven world war two novels to enhance your viewing list. To top off this list is a book entitled All the Light We Cannot See, which was written by an American writer whose name, is Anthony Doerr. It was first published in the sixth of May in two thousand and fourteen and details the events that took place during the Second World War in France, wherein a French girl with a visual disability meets a young German boy along the way. For some, this was a fresh perspective on a frequently told story because it was written with the eyes of young children. A year after its publication, it won a Pulitzer award and earned a medal. The Book Thief is a piece of literature that was made by Markus Zusak in two thousand and five. Even though he Markus has many other published works, this is his most popular one and enjoyed massive success. It was not only adapted into the big screen, the story itself was translated into more than ten languages for non English and German readers. The titular character is named Liesel, who witnessed and experienced firsthand the horrors of what occurred during the Nazi regime as a young teenager. Probably the very popular accessory to this record is entitled The Diary of a Young Girl, that in the time of publication, the writer had already expired. What sets it apart from other names on this listing is the simple fact that of its contents were actual life events which were written down. She, hiding by the Nazis and then her loved ones, and other lands were putting up camp. She won't ever understand the significance and importance of her journal and died before creating it. The following enhancement on this post is a historic job of fiction that was made up by Elizabeth Wein and also was provided the suitable title of Code word Accuracy. The tale concentrates on the special bond that 2 British buddies shared, despite the fact that one girl was English and also the various other a Scottish spy that was recorded throughout the name the Nazis took control of. A follow up was launched later on, it was the initial one that got much interest, obtained sales, and also was offered an honor. An established as well as popular author consisted of below is Kurt Vonnegut, that is most understood for his ridiculing design of structure and also dark wit in his writing. Although Kurt has actually made a lot of magazines throughout his profession, consisting of fourteen publications as well as 5 plays among others, his most well known and also preferred job is still Abattoir 5, launched in nineteen sixty 9. The titular personality is Billy Explorer, an American soldier whose experiences throughout fight were based upon the experiences of Kurt himself when he was prepared bent on the field of battle. For those who enjoy a good story line and breathtaking illustrations to accompany it, consider getting your nose into a graphic novel entitled Maus, written and illustrated by Art Spiegelman. Art is primarily a cartoonist and this is most apparent in his illustrating style and the way the plot unfolds on itself while reading. The story is basically Art himself who was interviewing his dad who is a living survivor of the Holocaust. What makes it unique is its depiction of characters, which are primarily animals instead of real life humans. The imagery was met with positive reviews, recognizing and appreciating the symbolism and imagery associated with each person within the story. The previous addition is People Who Save Us, released early in 2004. Behind the composition is Jenna Blum and its own storyline concentrates on Anna, an older woman who spent some time in Germany during the second war. It is very necessary to notice that the story took place fifty years before she relays her experiences with Jenna.

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55 Reading Questions

So I answered this on tumblr in 2013 [http://under-theopen-sky.tumblr.com/post/48209148590/55-reading-questions], thought it would be fun to do it again.

1. Favorite childhood book? -The Story of Tracey Beaker by Jacquline Wilson (or any of the other JW books I’ve read for that matter)

2. What are you reading right now? - Almost done with “Sapiens” by Yuval Noah Hariri

3. What books do you have on request at the library? -There are 3 but the one I’m looking forward to most is Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Hariri

4. Bad book habit? -Emm.... not sure

5. What do you currently have checked out at the library? -The Vital Question by Nick Lane, haven’t read it

6. Do you have an e-reader? -No, I use my dad’s iPad, my phone, and occasionally my computer. I forever prefer traditional paper books

7. Do you prefer to read one book at a time, or several at once? -one at a time, but lately I have been reading several at once

8. Have your reading habits changed since starting a blog? -I think they’ve changed as I’ve gotten older

9. Least favourite book you read this year (so far)? -The Vegetarian by Han Kang 10. Favorite book you’ve read this year? -All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. It has gone on to become my favourite fiction book ever. Sapiens is pretty fantastic too

11. How often do you read out of your comfort zone? -Not very often I think. I have my genres of preference that I generally stick to. But lately I haven’t been very impressed with a lot of the books I’ve read, so maybe it’s time to venture out, try new things, and let my tastes mature

12. What is your reading comfort zone? -Emm, not sure how to define it. Self-help and sci-fi thrillers?

13. Can you read on the bus? -Yes when I’m not sleepy

14. Favorite place to read? -nowhere in particular, depends on my mood and the book. if it’s a good book I’ll read it anywhere, especially if I have the ebook on my phone - not the preferred medium but books on my phone are the most logistically convenient

15. What is your policy on book lending? -Now this is something that has changed. I love lending books and I love it when books wear out a little, it shows that they’ve been loved

16. Do you ever dog-ear books? -No

17. Do you ever write in the margins of your books? -I’ve started to. It’s a useful practice

18. Not even with text books? -Hah. I don’t buy textbooks if I can avoid it

19. What is your favourite language to read in? -English

20. What makes you love a book? -The style of writing and plot…. and a loveable/ relatable character

21. What will inspire you to recommend a book? -I’ll recommend a book to anyone and everyone if I like it a lot (been doing that with Anthony Doerr and Sapiens). Otherwise I recommend them based on the tastes of the person I’’m talking to

22. Favorite genre? -Right now none. Most read genre right now is probably self-help

23. Genre you rarely read (but wish you did)? - Emm.. Classics I guess

24. Favourite biography? -Actually haven’t read very many, the only one I remember reading and kind of enjoying was Yakuza Moon by Shoko Tendo

25. Have you ever read a self-help book? -Yes. Tons

26. Favourite cookbook? -Don’t have one

27. Most inspirational book you’ve read this year (fiction or non-fiction)? -It’s a tie between How to be Bawse by Lilly Singh and Daring Greatly by Brené Brown

28. Favorite reading snack? -I don’t usually eat while I read, but if I enjoy the book I might read it while I’m eating

29. Name a case in which hype ruined your reading experience. -Room by Emma Donoghue 

30. How often do you agree with critics about a book? -sometimes. I don’t really think I ever paid attention to whether I was reading a critic’s review or just a regular review

31. How do you feel about giving bad/negative reviews? -I guess it depends. I mean if it’s a book a lot of people have enjoyed, I might just say it’s not my cup of tea

32. If you could read in a foreign language, which language would you chose? -French, I’d also like to be able to read in my own mother tongue (which I can’t)

33. Most intimidating book you’ve ever read? -1Q84 by Murakami, mostly because of the size

34. Most intimidating book you’re too nervous to begin? -Great War For Civilization by Robert Fisk, again because of size. but I don’t know if this counts because I’ve begun reading it like 3 times now over the past 6-ish years

35. Favorite Poet? -Cap'n Chenbeard on DeviantArt! :D I don’t read poetry much

36. How many books do you usually have checked out of the library at any given time? -0 to 3

37. How often have you returned books to the library unread? -Fairly often

38. Favorite fictional character? -Ohh so many! Liesel Meminger, her adoptive parents, Max, and Rudy Steiner from the Book Thief, All the main characters in All the Light we Cannot See

39. Favourite fictional villain? -Don’t have one right now

40. Books I’m most likely to bring on vacation? -Not sure, I don’t think I have a preferred set of books to read on vacation, so just whatever I’m reading or intend to read

41. The longest I’ve gone without reading. -Can’t remember/don’t know

42. Name a book that you could/would not finish. -Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Mayer

43. What distracts you easily when you’re reading? -Music

44. Favorite film adaptation of a novel? -I don’t know if this counts, but the Perks of Being a wallflower - I loved the movie and hated the book

45. Most disappointing film adaptation? -Not sure.

46. The most money I’ve ever spent in the bookstore at one time? -$150 

47. How often do you skim a book before reading it? -I don’t usually skim, but I almost always read the last page while I’m somewhere in the middle

48. What would cause you to stop reading a book half-way through? -boring or stupid storyline

49. Do you like to keep your books organized? -yep

50. Do you prefer to keep books or give them away once you’ve read them?-Depends on the book. I usually get rid of books I didn’t like and I know I won’t read again. l keep books I enjoyed and would like to read again or refer to in the future

51. Are there any books you’ve been avoiding? -If avoiding means there are other books I’d rather read, then yes, almost my entire goodreads to read list

52. Name a book that made you angry. - I can’t recall any particular book that made me angry, but there were quite a few I found annoying. The one that came closest to making me “angry” was probably All that Man is by David Szalay

53. A book you didn’t expect to like but did? -Animal Farm by George Orwell

54. A book that you expected to like but didn’t? -The Girl on the Train

55. Favorite guilt-free, pleasure reading? -Emm... do chick blogs count?