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esotheria-sims · 11 days

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Gabriel all but crash-landed in the Wagamese front yard. Tom and Roland, who were drawn out by the unusual noise, were shocked to find him at their door at that hour, and even more shocked at the awful news he brought. Without a moment's hesitation, the men of the Smithy mobilized and moved out to look for Annika.

Meanwhile, Marcus had flown over to the Gladwyns' to get Phillip. The red-haired boy was mortified when he heard what had happened, instantly jumping on Marcus' broom to join him in the search. Riding shotgun on the shaky ride had nearly cost him his head last time, but his fear of flying paled in comparison to the fear he felt for Annika's safety.

Soon, half of Wyvern's Bay was out on the streets, searching every corner of the city and surrounding area for the lost girl, calling out her name.

Hidden away in a cave deep in the wild woods, Annika couldn't hear them.

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bookclub4m · 2 years

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20 Westerns by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

Stone Song by Win Blevins

Prize Money by Celeste Castro

The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis

Gabriel's Story by David Anthony Durham

The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich

Wounded by Percival Everett

God’s Country by Percival Everett

Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

Book of the Little Axe by Lauren Francis-Sharma

Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee

The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin

Hundred in the Hand by Joseph M. Marshall III

The Devil's Revolver by V.S. McGrath

The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner by Walter Dean Myers

Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down by Ishmael Reed

That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott

Dream Wheels by Richard Wagamese

Fools Crow by James Welch

The Death of Jim Loney by James Welch

How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang

#westerns #lists

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itskindofareallyniceday · 2 years

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In honor of Native American Heritage Month, and due to the requests I've received over the years, I've compiled a list of great books written by indigenous authors from all over the Americas.

Part 1, North America:

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Magical Realism/Mythology/Dystopia: “Elatsoe” by Darcie Little Badger (Lipan Apache) “Moon of the Crusted Snow” by Waubgeshig Rice (Anishinaabe) "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline (Georgian Bay Métis) "Son of a Trickster" by Eden Robinson (Haisla and Heiltsuk) “The Removed” by Brandon Hobson (Cherokee)

Nonfiction/Memoir/Essays: “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants” by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Potawatomi) "A History of My Brief Body" by Billy-Ray Belcourt (Driftpile Cree) “A Mind Spread Out on the Ground” by Alicia Elliott (Haudenosaunee) "An American Sunrise" by Joy Harjo (Muscogee) “Dog Flowers: A Memoir” by Danielle Geller "Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City" by Tanya Talaga (Anishinaabe) "The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth" by The Red Nation “Heart Berries” by Terese Marie Mailhot (Nlaka'pamux)

Contemporary/Fiction/Historical Fiction: “Indian Horse” and “Medicine Walk” by Richard Wagamese (Ojibwe) “Jonny Appleseed” by Joshua Whitehead (Oji-Cree, Peguis First Nation) “There There” by Tommy Orange (Cheyanne and Arapho) “The Break” by Katherena Vermette (Red River Métis) “Five Little Indians” by Michelle Good (Red Pheasant Cree Nation) “The Seed Keeper” by Diane Wilson (Mdewakanton Oyate, Rosebud Sioux) “Birdie” by Tracey Lindberg (Cree-Métis, As'in'i'wa'chi Ni'yaw Nation Rocky Mountain Cree)

Mystery/Thriller/Horror/Paranormal: “The Only Good Indians” by Stephen Graham Jones (Blackfeet) “Winter Counts” by David Heska Wanbli Weiden (Sicangu Lakota) “Firekeeper’s Daughter” by Angeline Boulley (Chippewa) "Empire of Wild" by Cherie Dimaline (Georgian Bay Métis Nation)

Poetry Collections: "Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories and Songs" and "This Accident of Being Lost: Songs and Stories" by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Mississauga Nishnaabeg) "Split Tooth" by Tanya Tagaq (Inuk) “Postcolonial Love Poem” by Natalie Díaz (Akimel O'odham) "Nature Poem" by Tommy Pico (Kumeyaay, Viejas Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians) "Disintegrate/Dissociate" by Arielle Twist (Cree, George Gordon First Nation)

Anthologies: “Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction”, contributed to by Joshua Whitehead, David Alexander Robertson, Darcie Little Badger, Nathan Adler, Gwen Benaway, Nazbah Tom, Gabriel Castilloux Calderón, and Kai Minosh Pyle "This Place: 150 Years Retold" (comic, nonfiction), contributed to by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Chelsea Vowel, Katherena Vermette, Jen Storm, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, David Alexander Robertson, Richard Van Camp, Brandon Mitchell, Sonny Assu, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Alicia Elliott, and illustrated by G.M.B. Chomichuk, Scott B. Henderson, Tara Audibert, Natasha Donovan, Kyle Charles, Scott A. Ford, Donovan Yaciuk, Andrew Lodwick, Ryan Howe “Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection, Volume 1”, contributed to by Hope Nicholson, Michael Sheyahshe, David W. Mack, David Alexander Robertson, Haiwei Hou, Dayton Edmonds, Micah Farritor, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Menton3, Arigon Starr, David Cutler, Elizabeth LaPensée, G.M.B. Chomichuk, George Freeman, Tony Romito, Jeremy D. Mohler, Ian Ross, Lovern Kindzierski, Adam Gorham, Richard Van Camp, Nicholas Burns, Todd Houseman, Ben Shannon, Jay Odjick, Joel Odjick, Claude St. Aubin, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Andy Stanleigh

More: New books that I haven't read/heard enough about to recommend yet

Part 2: Central & South America

#in the middle of updating this #ownvoices #native american #books #book recs #itskindofme #indigenous

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biandlesbianliterature · 4 years

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The Books That Defined My Decade

The 2010s are over, and in my latest Book Riot video (did you know I make videos weekly on that channel now?), I wanted to reflect back on my decade in reading. I picked a favourite book of each year, as well as a whole bunch of runners-up. Of course, most of them are bi or lesbian. Below are all the books mentioned and my reviews. Non-Lesbrary books are crossed out.

Titles have an Amazon Affiliate link: if you click through and buy something, I get a small percentage.

2010:

The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall (review and discussion)

Two or Three Things I Know For Sure by Dorothy Allison (review)

2011:

Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature by Emma Donoghue (review)

The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson (review)

2012:

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth (review)

Miss Timmins’ School for Girls by Nayana Currimbhoy (review)

The Last Nude by Ellis Avery (review)

2013-2019 under the read more:

2013:

Nevada by Imogen Binnie (review)

The Collection edited by Tom Leger and Riley Macleod (review)

Fist of the Spider Woman edited by Amber Dawn (review)

The Red Tree by Caitlin Kiernan (review)

The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez (review)

2014:

Tamora Pierce, including the Circle of Magic series (review)

Adaptation (review) and Inheritance by Malinda Lo (review)

Prairie Ostrich by Tamai Kobayashi (review)

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

2015:

Bodymap by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna Samarasinha (review)

The Truth About Stories by Thomas King

Falling In Love with Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson (review)

The Summer We Got Free by Mia McKenzie (review)

The Color Purple by Alice Walker (review)

Beloved by Toni Morrison

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

Sailor Moon manga

2016:

Sexual Fluidity by Lisa Diamond (review)

The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg (review)

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

When Fox is a Thousand by Larissa Lai (review)

2017:

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (review)

Everfair by Nisi Shawl (review)

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty

Sugar Town by Hazel Newlevant (review)

Hunger by Roxane Gay (review)

2018:

Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

Ragged Company by Richard Wagamese

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (review)

How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake (review)

The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O'Neill

Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higginbotham

As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman (review)

All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages edited by Saundra Mitchell (review)

Space Battle Lunchtime by Natalie Riess (review)

2019:

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (review)

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, edited by Carmen Maria Machado (review)

This Is What it Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow (review)

Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy (review)

Alice Isn’t Dead by Joseph Fink

Gnarled Hollow by Charlotte Greene

#queer books #lesbian books #sapphic books #wlw books #lesbian fiction #lgbtq books #lgbt books

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esotheria-sims · 1 month

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See? I wasn't lying about those horses. I love the movement in this pic so had to post it separately!

Last one there buys the drinks!

🕙

#sims 2 #ts2 #sims #gameplay #bacc #wyverns bay #wyverns bay extras #gabriel blackbird #tom wagamese #roland pelletier #pets #rufus the dog #mine

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esotheria-sims · 4 months

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And how are the Bayers enjoying the new formal garden?

The answer: Each in their own way!

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esotheria-sims · 5 months

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Under the golden rays of the vernal sun, the Queen's melodic voice carried across the gathered crowd with an authority that befit her royal stature.

She delivered a heartfelt speech about growth and unity, comparing the restoration of the park - a once-desolate plot of land - to the realm itself and its enduring spirit.

As she concluded her address, the busy street erupted in applause, the townspeople eager to make the most of the long-promised green oasis.

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esotheria-sims · 5 months

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Meanwhile, Ambrose continued to be the linchpin of the household, working his bones off to keep the castle clean and operational.

Enchanted roses that bloom in winter sound like a good idea until you have to trim them while it's snowing! 😅

#sims 2 #ts2 #sims #bacc #wyverns bay #gameplay #bacc gameplay #moonfeather #moonfeather week 3 #ambrose gui #tom wagamese #mine

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esotheria-sims · 26 days

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I'm leaving Annika to take her waterfall shower in peace to focus my attention on the other Hot Springs visitors. That's right, Neighbour Watch is back! 👀 The lot has spawned a surprisingly large number of sims; here's what everyone is up to:

Neva and Charity are in the hot springs, with the latter telling the former that ruby-red looks stunning on her and that she'd look even more stunning with a set of real rubies that Charity just so happened to have on sale, 25% off just because it's her!

Ruben is trying to convince Tom to adapt a sunnier outlook on life and take it easy every once in a while; but Tom finds it hard to take anything 'easy' when a certain raven-haired maiden is parading around in the nude just behind him!

The elusive sir Harald Talbot made an appearance! He was only in passing and didn't stick around, though.

Even Queen Aruena was there, but she didn't seem interested in either the springs or the chatter, contenting herself with just…kinda standing there.

Annika, who'd moved into one of the hot springs in the meantime, was soon joined by a bubbly younger girl who introduced herself as Beatrice Tanner.

It would seem Ruben had finally convinced Tom to let his hair down; but rather than hair, it appears they'd dropped their breeches instead, since both were butt-nekkid and waiting their turn to soak in the hot springs. Opinions on the guys' (lack of) swimming attire were divided: Neva thought their display was boorish and unnecessary; Charity thought Neva should get over herself and get out of the hot springs if 'hot and steamy' wasn't her speed.

The two nakey men hadn't escaped the notice of the girls in the spring from across, either.

Annika: *blushing and staring right ahead* "Oh my Watcher! Don't look, but there's two dudes flashing their family jewels at nine o'clock!" *thinking* "Is that Tom??"

Beatrice: *unfazed in lesbian, just trying to have a good time* "Pfffft, ewww! Lol."

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esotheria-sims · 26 days

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And then evil Grand Warlock André Gilly showed up to rain on everyone's parade - proverbially and literally.

Annika was ready to fight him for killing the vibe, but quickly changed her mind once she witnessed his dark powers. Having been raised in a family of good witches, evil magic didn't particularly agree with her.

It seemed the other visitors shared her sentiment, because everyone scurried off before André could cycle through his full repertoire.

#sims 2 #ts2 #sims #gameplay #bacc #wyverns bay #wb gameplay #blackbird #blackbird week 4 #annika blackbird #beatrice tanner #tom wagamese #wb townies #ruben blake #andré gilly #sim butt #hot springs #mine

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esotheria-sims · 1 year

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Time to check in with Tom, Roland, and Rufus!

We find the boys on a cold, snowy winter’s morning, getting an early start on their day and doing their best not to freeze their jewels off in the process. Thank Watcher they have a fireplace, cause otherwise this would’ve been one very short rotation. 🤣

(Their livingroom was really freaking cold and the guys kept getting hypothermia unless they were warming themselves by the fire. I had to consult the SimsWiki to get to the bottom of the issue, and turns out it's because one of the walls in their livingroom is from a gable roof and apparently, the game interprets that as the room being open to the outside. Go figure! Let’s just settle on saying that the living room is drafty and has bad insulation.)

#sims 2 #ts2 #sims #gameplay #bacc #wb gameplay #wyverns bay #wagamese #wagamese week 3 #tom wagamese #roland pelletier #pets #rufus the dog #mine

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esotheria-sims · 1 year

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The Gatehouse Inn dinner date went well by all accounts. The couple was sat at Tom's favorite corner table, enjoying their food and chatting the night away. Tom found out that Naomi was a professional dancer and very passionate about her job* (*she’s the Music&Dance hobby enthusiast!), that her favorite color was orange (duh), and that she had a sweet tooth. She had a lovely, melodic voice, and Tom found talking to her very pleasant. He didn't dare do anything more than talk, though; insisting on physical contact on the first date felt impolite.

They chatted some more after finishing their food, and then Tom came up with the great idea to go up to the bridge overlooking the Main Gate and enjoy the view. Naomi's eyes lit up at the proposal: she'd never been up on the bridge before!

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Gatehouse Inn's bridge offered a perfect view of the City's walls and Main Gate; the warm spring air caressed their faces as they took in the splendid scenery. From their vantage point, they could see the road going in and out of town, the surrounding houses, and the star-speckled sky above them, stretching across the Bay and on to infinity.

- "It's breathtaking!" - Naomi gushed.

Not as breathtaking as you - Tom thought, but stopped himself last minute from blurting the words out loud.

#sims 2 #ts2 #sims #gameplay #bacc #wb gameplay #wyverns bay #wagamese #wagamese week 3 #tom wagamese #wb townies #naomi porter #elsie hopper #mine

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esotheria-sims · 1 year

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It’s THAT time of the week again. Rufus, get ready for your bath! 🛁

Tom was in charge of Mr. Stinky this time around. To both his and my surprise, Rufe was actually being a good boy in the tub for once. Has he finally come to the realization that lukewarm bathing water is not out there to get him? It looks like it!

Tom is proud of his dumb four-legged son!

#sims 2 #ts2 #sims #gameplay #bacc #wb gameplay #wyverns bay #wagamese #wagamese week 3 #tom wagamese #pets #rufus the dog #mine

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esotheria-sims · 1 year

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Cold or not, Tom has to keep his business running. The Smithy must be well-stocked at all times, which means getting up early to craft new wares before the shop opens. Not even freezing temperatures can keep Tom away from his forge!

And it seems he’s not the only one undeterred by the snowy weather. Rufus saw a wolf sneaking around the house, but docile doofus that he is, he immediately took to playing with it (who wants to bet the wolf is female? 😏). Thankfully for Rufus’ jugular vein, the feral newcomer seemed to share his friendly enthusiasm, and the two animal pals enjoyed a wholesome playdate in the snow.

And here I thought you were supposed to be some sort of hunting dog, Rufe! 🤣

#sims 2 #ts2 #sims #gameplay #bacc #wb gameplay #wyverns bay #wagamese #wagamese week 3 #tom wagamese #pets #rufus the dog #mine

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esotheria-sims · 1 year

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The Smithy is running full speed and Tom and Roland can barely keep up with the never-ending flow of customers' demands!

After a full day of pitching wares, sweet-talki... er, servicing customers, restocking shelves (and, in Roland's case, flirting), the two business partners are completely knackered. Tom in particular was so tired that he felt he could collapse right then and there - which is exactly what happened. 🤣

Thankfully, it was after the shop had closed so no one except Roland was around to witness his embarrassment.

#sims 2 #ts2 #sims #gameplay #bacc #wb gameplay #wyverns bay #wagamese #wagamese week 3 #tom wagamese #roland pelletier #feanor moonfeather #wb townies #charity osborne #alison eves #ginevra danes #mine

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esotheria-sims · 1 year

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To add insult to injury, Annika Blackbird showed up at the Smithy the very next day. For a petite girl, she really had a way of filling a room, and her Big Presence made Tom realize two things: for one, she truly was a beautiful young lady, growing prettier by the day; but also, she was a child half his age, and the odd sense of loss he felt after learning that she was spoken for was both highly misplaced and inappropriate.

That evening, Tom took a long, hard look at himself in the mirror. "What is wrong with you?" - he chided his own reflection, but he already knew the answer. It wasn’t that he was longing for Annika’s company, per se; he was longing for company, period. Company that he hasn’t been able to find in years. And he wasn’t getting any younger...

Things couldn't go on like this. Something in his life needed to change.

#sims 2 #ts2 #sims #gameplay #bacc #wb gameplay #wyverns bay #wagamese #wagamese week 3 #tom wagamese #annika blackbird #wb townies #folke agnarsson #mine

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