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stygiusfic · 1 year

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10 books to know you better

snagging this from the lovely @coffee-writes because: what do we do when we don’t feel like working? we do memes on tumblr.

so, in no particular order, ten books that have stuck with me throughout the years!

Cien años de soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude) - Gabriel García Márquez I read the final paragraph of this masterpiece in a textbook in school and it haunted me for years until I finally read the novel. It’s a delight of magical realism and the prose is so expertly crafted that every line hits with perfect cadence (in the original, at least; I haven’t read any translations). This book is an experience.

Carmilla - J. Sheridan le Fanu People say Dracula is the height of the vampire novel, and they are wrong. Carmilla is where it’s at. Through the eyes of her victim, Carmilla’s predatory nature and her apparent affection for Laura get blended in such a way that you can see why she’s so charming at the same time as you feel the underlying wrongness of it all. Goals.

The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison The comfort read of all time. Here’s a novel based around courtly intrigue that doesn’t hinge on the protagonist being more twisted than everyone around them, or becoming corrupted by the environment. Maia struggles to be forthright and true to himself in a court that despises him, and it’s so wholesome to watch—and also very exciting when he has to get out of the traps laid for him. Also, the prose is gorgeous.

Momo - Michael Ende I read this book numerous times as a child, but it’s felt very relevant as an adult too. Momo is a little girl who is able to find joy in her surroundings, and the only one who can stop the Gentlemen in Grey, strange shadow beings that manipulate people to put their time in a “bank” with the promise that it’ll be returned later, but it never is; it only feeds the Gentlemen in Grey and their neverending greed. The novel criticizes consumerism and the trappings of a fast-paced society (and it very much applies to capitalism as we know it now too).

The Terracotta Bride - Zen Cho This novella has made me cry every time I’ve read it. It’s about a young girl who’s been so used to having her needs come second to everyone else’s that she only really starts to figure out who she is once she’s dead and in the Chinese afterlife. There, made once again to be an object for a man’s convenience, she meets the terracotta bride, a construct shaped like a beautiful woman that makes her question who she is and what she wants. The writing is poignant and beautiful at every turn.

Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier Another one for the “pervasive wrongness” vibes. It’s remarkable how deeply Rebecca’s influence is felt throughout the novel even though she is dead by the time it starts; she’s almost more of a protagonist than the point-of-view character, who isn’t even named. It’s a masterpiece of subtext and so so vivid in the way it frames its characters and scenery.

Queenpin - Megan Abbott This book rewired my brain when I read it for the first time. It’s a noir-ish tale of a young girl becoming involved in the mob’s business and becoming obsessed with the approval of her mentor, the ruthless mob queenpin Gloria Denton. It’s short but it packs a punch.

Annihilation - Catherynne M. Valente Another comfort read! This is a Mass Effect spin-off novel, but it’s so much better than any other spin-off novel I’ve ever read. It’s fast-paced, incredibly engaging and with characters that feel alive on the page. All three times I’ve read it, I’ve finished it in a day of feverish reading. It also has one of my favorite wlw romances of any book I’ve ever read.

Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-García I have a paperback of this on my shelf and anytime I think too long about how good this book is I feel a primal need to cut it into pieces and eat it. It does a fantastic job of creating that atmosphere of being trapped that is essential to horror stories, where you understand why the protagonist isn’t leaving but you wish they would because you know the other shoe is going to drop soon, and when it does all you can do is scream and hold on for dear life. It’s perfectly paced and gorgeously written, and I love it.

Harrow the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir Respectfully: this book is insane. If you know, you know. I love how Muir’s background in fanfic shows off here, in the sense that fanfic is absolutely fucking bonkers and always does whatever it wants, not what it “should”, and Muir takes that principle and makes it work so hard for her. I love it.

#ten books meme #book recs

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dont-tell-mom-and-dad · 12 days

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ash-and-starlight · 2 years

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exorcising some of the she who became the sun brainworms 😵‍💫

#posting these in honor of myken finishing the book mwah #these bitches deranged AND gay good for them good for them #zhu chongba #ma yingzi #general ouyang #prince esen #she who became the sun #the radiant emperor #my art #once again brought to you by: being bored at work #((obv being gay and homophobic isn’t even in the top ten of reasons why ouyang needs therapy i just did it for the meme))#fkdhdjdk

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greypetrel · 1 year

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"I don't understand, Chuckles, why is Sparkler scared of the outside and Pikachu isn't?" "A mistery for the ages."

It had to be done. (Dorian survived the experience, Varric just did what the Hawke kids loved. Except he's not a panzer-like child like the Hawkes, and wasn't as appreciative.)

You're welcome about Varric.

#dragon age #dragon age inquisition #dadwolf au #dragon age memes #varric tethras #solas #dai #dorian pavus #aisling lavellan #pencil art #wip #greypetrel #flash forward to ten years later #Aisling doing barrell riding and trick riding like it's nothing both dads scared shitless by her cartwheeling on a horse #and Dorian in a shady corner with a book complaining about the bugs and the mud and the smell of horses #Aisling tries to have him mount but he hisses angrily at her #Solas has to agree that MAYBE Varric was right since Dorian doesn't seem so prone to break his own neck

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stars-in-the-storm · 2 years

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She's a 10 but she bewitches you body and soul

#pride and prejudice #jane austen #jane austen pride and predjudice #elizabeth bennet #mr darcy #fitzwilliam darcy #dark academia #classics #classic literature #literature #classic lit #shes a 10 but #shes a ten but #meme #pride and prejudice meme #academia #light academia #book quotes

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janeaustenlover · 1 year

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I suppose the real reason Ginny Weasley’s like this is because she opened her heart and spilled all her secrets to an invisible stranger.

happy valentine’s day, doc

#tom x ginny #gin n tonic #hpedit #tom riddle #ginny weasley #hprarepairnet #slytherdornet #ginny x tom #hpshipsnet #did i make it out of spite?? because even decades later tomginny doesn't get enough credit?? maybe #did i use only book quotes to highlight how canon they are??? probably #but you know what?? i'm that meme 'a million number of fans i'm one of them ten fans i'm one of them only one fan THAT IS ME'#when it comes to gin n tonic i don't careeee #out of blood and tears and ink she made him and he'll never leave her #ANYWAYS thefudge dude happy a stupid marketing driven holiday #st valentine or other higher power unquestionably blessed the rhythm of your words because it is just fckng exquisite #thank you for stucking here with us mere mortals uwu #shitty things i do for love

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cryptidlark · 7 months

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Forget Elderling lore the real mystery of rote is how old Chade is

#I thought he was elderly in the farseer books #40 plus years later he’s alive and well #I know skill can slow down aging but that asshole was really having a crisis in tawny man about learning to skill at the end of his life #only to live another ten years #he even bounced back from the chapter 3 incident #I think everyone else keeps dying young through stress and grief but he’ll outlive them all because he’s a party god #nihilism stereotype vs reality meme etc #fool’s assassin #roteblogging

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leqclerc · 1 year

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In honour of F1 Secret Santa (a sacred beloved holiday tradition) I’m crossposting this double drabble (200 words) ❄️🎄🎁 ***

Charles has called an emergency meeting, so now the four of them are standing around, awkwardly crammed into the Ferrari hospitality, occasionally stepping aside to allow a team member to brush past. It feels vaguely illegal.

“A car?”

“The budget is, like, twenty quid.”

“Mate, who cares?” Lando rolls his eyes. “It’s a stupid Secret Santa. It doesn’t mean anything.”

Charles glowers. A gift is, essentially, a reflection of a person and what they’re trying to convey. It matters. Not to mention there’s no gift that feels adequate or fitting for Seb.

“I think what Lando is trying to say,” George elbows him, “is that it’s the thought that counts.”

“This is not helpful.”

Lando snorts. “Look, just get him a set of golf clubs or something. He’ll probably like it. He’s old.”

“Seb doesn’t golf,” Charles declares matter-of-factly. He shoots Lando a pointed look. “Maybe you are thinking of Carlos.”

To his credit, Lando has the decency to keep quiet.

“Well, if you want to be original, you could always make him something yourself. You know, so it’s from the heart,” Alex suggests.

It hits him, then.

Charles springs forward, clapping Alex on the back. “Albono, you’re a genius!”

#f1 rpf #fic tag #*mine: fic #f1 drivers have no concept of money (real)#they're all that 'it's one banana what can it cost ten dollars??' meme #i mean last year they were gifting each other padel raquets like it's nothing 😭#anyway in my mind charles is 🏃🏻 to make seb a mixtape with his original piano pieces likely inspired by seb himself #or a photo book maybe. although he already did a scrapbook helmet like can you top that

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biblionerdreflections · 5 months

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Top Ten Tuesday - Reasons Why I’m Thankful for Books

Today I’m participating in Top Ten Tuesday, which was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week there is a new theme/topic, and participants choose ten books that fit it. This week’s theme is Reasons Why I’m Thankful for…

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#Book Meme #Top Ten Tuesday

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queenangella · 8 months

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#putting this in the tags bc I need to get this out but also feel kinda guilty about it so I don’t wanna scream it in a post #but I feel soo irrationally pissed at my friend #bc she’s one of my best friends and I love her but I haven’t heard from her all summer except for the like four times she answered my #messages only to immediately ask me something in return #it took her two weeks to reply to a meme I send her only to immediately follow up with ‘het remember how you said your parents wanted to #hire my band’#‘ahaha summer is so busy I’ve read all my books anyway you told me I could borrow this one book?’#last was ‘heyy sorry for not replying haha anyway im bored next week wanna go on a trip’#to which I replied ‘yeah I would love to but I have my internship starting next week remember’#and its like I don’t mind that she doesn’t answer my texts like god knows I hate texting #but its really starting to feel like our relationship is fully based on her needing me for something #which I have felt before but I kinda dismissed it as me thinking it was always me who had to take initiative which was disproved when she #asked me to meet up a few times but thinking back it was always like ‘hey let’s meet up for coffee’ and then when I arrive having literally #left the library where I’d been studying for only ten minutes bc otherwise i wouldn’t see her.#she’s like ‘oh I don’t want coffee anymore but I need to go to the supermarket wanna join me?’#which I always did bc I wanna spend time together and it’s cheaper for me than getting overpriced coffee but!!!!#anyway I’m feeling this now bc while she hadn’t answered my ‘sorry can’t go on a trip’ text I did just see that she’s currently in portugal #with another friend #which is like??? so she just found someone else to relieve her of her boredom and so she didn’t need me anymore so why answer me right??#anyway it’s probably not that bad and I will talk to her about it when I see her again which will probably be in a month I guess but for now #I don’t wanna ruin her trip

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camscendants · 2 years

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Real pictures taken of me reading Harrow The Ninth in class

#that must be interesting to watch #it takes me like ten minutes to turn the page #and I keep flipping back to previous parts #and keep going 😟🤨#they don’t have emoji’s for the faces I make while reading #:0 #harrow the ninth #Harrowhark #the locked tomb #tlt #toh #the owl house #books #reading #meme #harrowhark nonagesimus

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brin-guivera · 10 months

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Book Covers Representing My Country’s Flag

Top Ten Tuesday is an awesome meme previously hosted by the lovely folks @ The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl Book Covers In the Colours of My Country’s Flag Today is 4th July but as I’m not American the red, white, and blue theme does not fit with my country’s flag colours. The Scottish flag is blue with a white saltire (Saint Andrew’s Cross) and it’s…

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inkmage13 · 2 years

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Fellow Frankenstein enthusiasts: does anyone else really not like Universal Studios Frankenstein? I hate how inaccurate to the text it is I hate stupid square green "Frankenstein's Monster". I do think Boris Karloff did a great job in the role with what he was given. I just still hate it

#it's a movie that's so old that it's funny and silly #but i just hate how it seems like the production team read Frankenstein once backwards ten years ago #AND THEY SWITCHED VICTOR AND HENRY'S NAMES THAT INFURIATES ME #and they're all German for some reason??#although i guess i do have this movie to thank for Young Frankenstein so there's that #shitpost #frankenstein #bookblr #books #gothic lit #classic lit #mary shelleys frankenstein #frankenstein or the modern prometheus #gothic lit memes #classic lit memes #universal studios #universal monsters

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snckt · 1 year

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i think i need some blinders while cleaning. like for racehorses

#all those memes about going through ten years of history while cleaning your room are specifically about me btw #put on glenn miller to motivate me but gosh golly do i want to sit down and read through this stack of books

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aloeverawrites · 2 years

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Me: I love writing!

Also me, in front of my open doc: ... you know what how about I re-invent math instead? We went to the moon once, I think we should do it again. Let's just do that real quick. That wall could use some paint-

#writing #writing memes #editing #seriously someone come beat me with a stick your boi can't concentrate #:(#I've only got ten days to release my next book #ahhh-

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rosesradio · 1 year

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does anyone remember. does anyone remember the hoo “how far we’ve come” video.

#it says it was posted almost ten years ago...is this the new qualification for Fandom Old #if it's the persassy meme then i read the books yesterday bc i'm trying to repress that lmao #pjo

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