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gallium-spoon · 6 months

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Time for bed means it's also time for the October book report!

Books I finished this month:

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson (I read the last 550 pages this month)

Books I read completely this month:

Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett (430 pages)

Animorphs #29 by K.A. Applegate (65 pages)

Books I started this month:

Amber Skies by THECARETAKER (I've read 350 pages this month)

For a grand total of 1395 pages read this month! (As usual all page numbers are approximate)

#monthly book report #books #my book list

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reclaiming-god · 4 months

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thinking about this today

#OP said the book is hunters in a narrow street #by jabra ibrahim jabra #going on my to read list #palestine

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supermarketcrush · 1 year

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what's a book you read as a teenager that was so magical and personally profound to you it literally changed your life, doesnt matter if the book was actually well written or not. mine's probably the catcher in the rye

#looking for books to add to my 2023 to read list mutuals plssss rb #rb game #by phoenix

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peevishpants · 1 year

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/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\: u like book? u want buy book? two dollar *falls asleep*

available as a print here!

#CAT #artists on tumblr #i am going to make a list of every book in this drawing later #they are all some of my faves!!!#i ripped this joke from bts's suga from that show where they had to demonstrate american swag #weiwei art #pls reblog this its my favourite thing ive drawn all year

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iphigeniacomplex · 5 months

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it’s very easy to tell the good satires and pastiches from the bad ones because the bad ones are too afraid to live within the form. like if you are doing work with fairy tales and you are refusing to look closer at the underlying logic and unspoken rules of what can seem at first to be a senseless form, you are not going to create meaningful work. to borrow a turn of phrase originally used by maria tatar, if you refuse to enter “the house of fairy tale” as anything more than a gawking tourist, you will miss the particular order to the way the table is set, the rooms that are locked vs the rooms that are simply difficult to enter, the set of the floorboards and the position of the furniture. whatever you build will then be a gilded imitation of how you believe the house of fairy tale ought to look, the table set according to your educated specifications and every door open. there can be no interrogation of themes from a writer who views the form as beneath them!

#it speaks!#sondheim understood this with into the woods; the deconstruction of narrative itself is able to happen because we are able to believe in ->#<- the fairy tale logic he employs prior to this.#its a kids book but adam gidwitz understood this with a tale dark and grimm!!#cant speak for the rest of the series but that first book uses the absurdity of fairy tale logic to speak about the absurdity of ->#<- adulthood and the pedagogy present in many fairy tales to discuss the ways parents hurt their children.#rule of threes is important but theres so much on my list ive yet to read; always welcome recommendations.#fairy tales #into the woods #<- this comes from musings on how successfully i feel that musical functions so it gets the tag

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seasicksilver · 2 months

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reading the Iliad is an experience

#help how do i tag this #greek mythology #athena #ares #zeus #the iliad #genuinely this is untaggable #fan art #artists on tumblr #digital art #sketch #doodle #my art #the autism is winning. on book 11 of the iliad boys #i love how reading the iliad book 1 is like 'ok this isnt bad at all' then BOOM book 2 hits you with the biggest list of characters EVER #like oh okay this is what we're doing

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yrsonpurpose · 3 months

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He grabbed my hair in a way that made me understand the difference between rugby and football. bonus ±

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gallium-spoon · 11 months

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Time for the May book report!

I attempted to take a break from Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson this month, so I read 300 pages from it... whoops

Anyways, additional books this month are:

Beowulf translated by Constance B Hieatt (120 pages)

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (200 pages)

Grendel by John Gardner (175 pages)

And finally, I am 250 pages into Rebecca by Daphne de Maurier

(as usual all page numbers are approximate)

So, that puts me at about 1,050 pages total for the month! I feel pretty good about that as I started a new job this month and I got sick twice, so I kinda expected my page total to drop

#books #my book list #books for 2023 #Beowulf #the haunting of hill house #grendel by john gardner #monthly book report

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spookyxcloud · 1 year

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I got back into reading this year so here’s my 2022 reading wrap up

✨📚Physical 🎧 Audio Book 💻 Digital book ✨

📚Geek Love- Katherine Dunn

📚A Far Wilder Magic - Allison Saft

📚Anatomy: A Love story -Dana Schwartz

📚Song Of Achilles- Madeline Miller

📚The Girl Who Kept Winter- Giao Chi

💻Gothikana- RuNyx

📚Nothing But Black Teeth - Cassandra Khaw

💻Harrow Faire book 1-6 - Kathryn Ann Kingsley

* The Contortionist

* The Puppeteer

* The Clown

* The Ringmaster

* The Faire

*The Astonishing Strande Brothers

💻If We Were Villans -M.L Rio

💻Tenebris series book 1-3 -Kayhryn Ann Kingsley

* Of Visions & Secrets

* Of Flesh & Bone

* Of Grave & Glory

📚Belladonna- Adalyn Grace

📚Down Comes The Night -Allison Saft

🎧 A Court of Thrones and Roses- Sarah J Mass

🎧 A Court of Mist and Fury - Sarah J Mass

🎧I’m Glad My Mom Died -Jennette McCurdy

📚Carmilla- Sheridan Le Fanu

📚 so much manga I’m not even going to list here. But one series I read and Really enjoyed was Hells Paradise.

✨Lets hope I read more in 2023 I have a long TBR ✨

#reading year in review #reading #my book list #manga #books

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writingfanficsfan · 2 years

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Book 80 of 2022

The other orphans say Margot is lucky. Lucky to survive the horrible accident that killed her family. Lucky to have her own room because she wakes up screaming every night. And finally, lucky to be chosen by a prestigious family to live at their remote country estate. But it wasn't luck that made the Suttons rescue Margot from her bleak existence at the group home. Margot was hand-picked to be a companion to their silent, mysterious daughter, Agatha. At first, helping with Agatha - and getting to know her handsome older brother - seems much better than the group home. But soon, the isolated, gothic house begins playing tricks on Margot’s mind, making her question everything she believes about the Suttons... and herself. Margot’s bad dreams may have stopped when she came to live with Agatha – but the real nightmare has just begun.

This is another YA Spooky book that Plant Based Bride recommanded and I loved this one. At first I expected some supernatural element (probably because Sawkill girls had that) but this book is more creepy because it’s something that can happen (and does) in reality.

#books #book review #booklist #my book list #katie alender #spooky books

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theramblingvoid · 2 years

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Low level/continuous pain tips for writing

Want to avoid the action movie effect and make your character's injuries have realistic lasting impacts? Have a sick character you're using as hurt/comfort fodder? Everyone has tips for how to write Dramatic Intense Agony, but the smaller human details of lasting or low-level discomfort are rarely written in. Here are a few pain mannerisms I like to use as reference:

General

Continuously gritted teeth (may cause headaches or additional jaw pain over time)

Irritability, increased sensitivity to lights, sounds, etc

Repetitive movements (fidgeting, unable to sit still, slight rocking or other habitual movement to self-soothe)

Soft groaning or whimpering, when pain increases or when others aren't around

Heavier breathing, panting, may be deeper or shallower than normal

Moving less quickly, resistant to unnecessary movement

Itching in the case of healing wounds

Subconsciously hunching around the pain (eg. slumped shoulders or bad posture for gut pain)

Using a hand to steady themself when walking past walls, counters, etc (also applies to illness)

Narration-wise: may not notice the pain was there until it's gone because they got so used to it, or may not realize how bad it was until it gets better

May stop mentioning it outright to other people unless they specifically ask or the pain increases

Limb pain

Subtly leaning on surfaces whenever possible to take weight off foot/leg pain

Rubbing sore spots while thinking or resting

Wincing and switching to using other limb frequently (new/forgettable pain) or developed habit of using non dominant limb for tasks (constant/long term pain)

Propping leg up when sitting to reduce inflammation

Holding arm closer to body/moving it less

Moving differently to avoid bending joints (eg. bending at the waist instead of the knees to pick something up)

Nausea/fever/non-pain discomfort

Many of the same things as above (groaning, leaning, differences in movement)

May avoid sudden movements or turning head for nausea

Urge to press up against cold surfaces for fever

Glazed eyes, fixed stare, may take longer to process words or get their attention

Shivering, shaking, loss of fine motor control

If you have any more details that you personally use to bring characters to life in these situations, I'd love to hear them! I'm always looking for ways to make my guys suffer more write people with more realism :)

#voidrambles #writing #whump #does this count as that? whatever those folks will probably enjoy it at any rate #this is honestly mostly for my own reference but i hope it can maybe help some other people too :)#I'm so pulled in by books that write pain in a human and detailed way and not just when it's dramatic or intense #would love to see more of that and incorporate it into my own writing #oh i should have added. distraction seeking to that list #like writing a really long post about.#...yes i may be chronically ill and having a flare today and yes i may be farming myself for writing tips for Future Me hdgfhfhsjs #but hey gotta do your research somewhere babeyyy it all goes in the creativity soup #tw injury #tw illness

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deoidesign · 1 month

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