Latest book started on the train to Edinburgh

It’s my local Highland Games today (hot as hell but we’re having a grand time) and it’s reminding me I’ve been meaning to ask Scottish tumblr for book recs of novels set in Scotland (preferably by Scottish authors but honestly anything you’ve enjoyed)

Bitterhall picked as book of the week by Whichbooks. Buy it here

Filth, a novel by Irvine Welsh, 1998. (Jonathan Cape, UK.; W. W. Norton & Company, US)

The Collapsing Wave by Doug Johnstone

Today I am delighted to share my review of The Collapsing Wave by Doug Johnstone, the second book in the Enceladon series @writerdougj @OrendaBooks @randomthingstours #books #bookreview #thecollapsingwave #bookstagram #booksofinstagram

Oh happy days. This is the book I have really been looking forward to! Today I’m sharing my thoughts on The Collapsing Wave by Doug Johnstone, the second book in his Enceladons series. I loved The Space Between Us and it was one of my very top reads of 2023. My thanks to publisher, Orenda Books, for the advance copy of this book and to Anne Cater of Random Things Tours for the tour invite. Here’s…

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Pathologist humour

Book Week Scotland TBR

Book Week is this month and I thought I’d throw together a TBR to mark the occasion. These are all Scottish books – by Scottish authors, or relating to Scotland. I’ve chosen to make a list of seven books but I don’t expect to get through them all. Though it sure is tempting to try. You can read about Book Week here. And you can find the events here. A Gift of the Sea (Tales of Seann Àite #3) by…

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BOOK REVIEW: Anatomy by Dana Schwartz

Anatomy: A Love Story is set in Edinburgh in 1817. Hazel Sinnett is a young woman of seventeen who wants to be a surgeon. Unfortunately, as a member of the upper class, she is destined to marry to provide a rich man an heir, to be pretty, and idle away her life in luxury. She’s known her future fiancé since they were babies but now his kisses leave her unmoved. Still determined to become a…

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soap who runs a podcast wherein he’ll explain and discuss complex science processes in a way that doesn’t make learners feel dumb or left out, but also is engaging for more advanced and knowledgeable listeners who are familiar with concepts.

he’ll often have guests, usually fellow science people who maybe have more expertise than him on certain topics, but sometimes he’ll just bring in others to have a better perspective on questions and details someone less science-y might want to know.

one day, a guest has to pull out last minute, so soap asks his boyfriend ghost if he’d like to try out an episode—if he doesn’t like it, soap can just re-record and post something else no problem. but ghost agrees—by osmosis of just being around soap for so long he’s pretty knowledgeable in the realm of science himself, and, really, it’d be a wasted opportunity to hear his boyfriend rant about something he loves for an hour.

everything goes well—episode goes up, and… people are already demanding ghost to return. his deep, rough voice combined with being relatively evenly matched with soap in terms of that day’s concept made for a great listen—though, perhaps the fact that they have great chemistry as a cause of their relationship also plays a part in the episode’s positive reception.

so ghost becomes a semi-regular. he’d hate to impede on soap’s thing entirely, but he doesn’t mind returning every once in a while whenever soap plans on talking about something ghost is familiar enough with. there just seems to be an extra ounce of passion from soap whenever it’s ghost as a guest, though no one’s aware it’s because they’re dating.

As if I need more reasons to adore David, him owning a poodle mix makes this poodle owner so damn happy

I posted my first thing on ao3! It’s a very short podfic of a hilarious 240 word fanfic.

Please have a listen and tell me what you think!

Direct youtube link

@ineffablechocolatecheesecake I added your art to it! 💖🌈

"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson is available to read here

Fave Five: Queer Fiction Set in the Middle Ages

Gwen and Art are Not in Love by Lex Croucher (YA) Teach the Torches to Burn by Caleb Roehrig (YA) Emry Merlin by Robyn Schneider (YA) One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny The Scottish Boy by Alex de Campi

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may i interest you in whatever this is

Names of the Dead

Title: Names of the Dead (Tales of Seann Àite #1)Author: Tristan GrayDemographic: AdultGenre: Fantasy, Horror, Mythology, Folk Horror Synopsis: Years after her discoveries at the village of Three Willows Fiadh returns to the island of Ghav Rhien. An old friend calls for her aid as the last chance to save the haunted lord of the isle from the shadows that torment him in the night. A spirit…

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hate it when someone posts something in scots and then someone just posts this picture

or otherwise references merida in some way

like, y'all do realize that there are real scottish people, right? like just real actual people who live their lives and talk like that. scotland wasn't made up for a disney movie it's a real place and actual people live there and some of them post things on the internet sometimes