#2010s literature

[thelibraryofeden]

A Death-Struck Year, That’s right I can post about things other then Scott Pilgrim.

A Death-Struck Year by Makiaa Lucier is a young adult novel published in 2014. It takes place in Portland, Oregon during the 1918 influenza pandemic. The main character is a seventeen-year-old girl named Cleo Berry. Who escapes quarantine at her private school to volunteer with the Red Cross. During her time with the Red Cross, she tries to save as many people as she can in suspenseful scenes, tries to cope with the trauma of the pandemic, and meets people who will change her life forever.

It is a relatively simple book—the plot, writing, and characters are good enough that the novel neither stands out as outstandingly amazing nor is it outstandingly awful. The aspect of the novel that makes up for this is the book’s setting. The author clearly put immense effort into accurately portraying the era in a way that allows the reader to learn in an entertaining way. When considering the recent and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, reading the book in the present day is oddly comforting. In modern times it is evident that most of the world seems to have moved on from the pandemic, especially following the height of the pandemic. But, as it stands, over six million people have died from COVID or COVID related complications. Many people are still in mourning for those they lost along the way. Some people still have to quarantine because they or someone they love are vulnerable or immuno-compromised. Some people still suffer from COVID symptoms or have developed long COVID. Even if nothing particularly tragic has happened to an individual, living through historical events like this is traumatic. Seeing a character experience life through a pandemic so similar to the current pandemic, right down to the dismissal once a vaccine becomes widely available, was healing in a way. The book was published in 2014, however, so there is no way the author could have known nor intended for this parallel. But, for this generation of teens perusing their local or school libraries, this book sends a message that they are not alone.

#YA Novel #Historical fiction #2010s literature #female author #POC female author #pacific islander author #covidー19

[lazulilu]

Back covers illustrated by Eric Nyquist for the eco-fiction and sci-fi trilogy The Southern Reach (2014) by Jeff VanderMeer, whose award-winning first volume (Annihilation) was adapted for film as Annihilation (2018) by Alex Garland, starring Natalie Portman.

#illustration #art #eric nyquist #the southern reach trilogy #the southern reach #2010s #jeff vandermeer #literature #books #backcovers #backcover #scifi #ecofiction #annihilation #alex garland #natalie portman #book #book backcover #book backcovers

[tygerland]

Michael Fassbender - 2015 - by Bruce Weber.

#michael fassbender #bruce weber #jean genet #lit #books #reading #coffee #tea #literature #cinema #2010s #culture #fashion #celebs #lifestyle #people #movies #style #film #hot celebs #📚

[marzipanandminutiae]

just Millennial Teen Taking Fashion Cues From YA Urban Fantasy things, because "early 00s teen nostalgia" videos only make me nostalgic for the things my mother made me wear to school events

glitter eyeliner. bonus points if it's not black

henna tattoos

Renaissance Faire bodices with jeans

brightly-colored handkerchief skirts with combat boots

hair dyed a shade that's natural, but clearly not YOUR natural color

Celtic motif jewelry

ear cuffs

jewelry shaped like daggers or swords

Amy Brown art t-shirts. did anyone in those books actually wear Amy Brown shirts? shut up; there's a dragon on it

striped knee-high or thigh-high socks. we might have actually gotten this from the Amy Brown art, in hindsight

cold-shoulder tops, especially with long hair worn down and loosely curled

belly dance skirts, the kind with double slits, over bike shorts

bonus points if you wear the above WITH combat boots

ANYTHING with a hood. if you had a long coat with a hood, you were automatically the coolest kid in your friend group

#millennial #YA literature #early 00s #2010s #nostalgia #(my teen years were 2006-2013 so. it bridges the gap)

[haveyoureadthispoll]

A sweeping and lyrical novel that follows a young Palestinian refugee as she slowly becomes radicalized while searching for a better life for her family throughout the Middle East, for readers of international literary bestsellers including Washington Black, My Sister, The Serial Killer, and Her Body and Other Parties. As Nahr sits, locked away in solitary confinement, she spends her days reflecting on the dramatic events that landed her in prison in a country she barely knows. Born in Kuwait in the 70s to Palestinian refugees, she dreamed of falling in love with the perfect man, raising children, and possibly opening her own beauty salon. Instead, the man she thinks she loves jilts her after a brief marriage, her family teeters on the brink of poverty, she’s forced to prostitute herself, and the US invasion of Iraq makes her a refugee, as her parents had been. After trekking through another temporary home in Jordan, she lands in Palestine, where she finally makes a home, falls in love, and her destiny unfolds under Israeli occupation.

#book: against the loveless world #author: susan abulhawa #genre: historical fiction #genre: literary #genre: contemporary #genre: palestinian literature #year: 2010s

[picturebookshelf]

Coraline

Story: Neil Gaiman -- Art: Chris Riddell Original Edition: 2002 -- This Edition: 2012

#coraline #neil gaiman #the other mother #2000s #00s #2010s #chris riddell #children's novels #kid novels #kid books #children's books #kidlit #children's literature #child horror

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Jiří Dvořák and Ivan Trojan in Angel of the Lord 2 (Anděl Páně 2) 2016, dir. Jiří Strach IMDB

#Czech #čumblr #Czech cinema #Czech film #Angel of the Lord 2 #Anděl Páně 2 #Jiří Dvořák #Ivan Trojan #Jiří Strach #film #film edit #fantasy #fairy tale #comedy #adaptation #Czech literature #2010s #central Europe #European cinema #European film #Marek Epstein #Lucie Konášová #Božena Němcová #psychotronic film #campy #Czech Republic #Czechia #Czech pop culture #actor #gif

[pageffs]

Las dokis

#doki doki literature club #doki doki plus #doki doki art #doki doki forever #doki doki sayori #doki doki monika #just monika #ddlc fandom #ddlc art #ddlc yuri #doki doki yuri #doki doki natsuki #ddlc monika #2010's 2019's anime #ddlc natsuki #doki doki takeover

[oakleaf-art]

the little cat drawings I made throughout my copy of Fading Echoes as I read it in 2010 :’)

#warriors #warrior cats #art #books #cats #erin hunter #my art #literature #wc art #wc #fading echoes #lionblaze #cinderheart #dovewing #ivypool #2010

[heatherfield]

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Kissing in the Rain, Episode 9 “Anne & Frederick” [x]

#persuasionedit #austenedit #perioddramaedit #kissing in the rain #shipwrecked comedy #persuasion #jane austen #sinead persaud #sairus graham #period drama #regency #19th century #classic literature #with her nose stuck in a book #rain #2010s #gifs #my edits #kitredit

[crosstheaegeansea]

the perks of being a wallflower | dir. stephen chbosky (2012)

#aesthetic #moodboard #layout #literature #logan lerman #emma watson #the perks of being a wallflower #film #cinema #cinemetography #film stills #2010s nostalgia #2010s #2012 tumblr #filmblr #movie recommendation #movies #bookworm #stephen chbosky #i miss 2012 #movie scenes #grunge #grunge aesthetic #indie #hipster #music #english literature #the smiths #movie quotes #book quotes

[mspaintbunnie]

What a totally normal and safe and not at all evil club ♡

#ddlc #doki doki literature club #k on anime #k on #ddlc memes #light music club #kawaiicore #moe #moecore #pink #kawaii edit #my edit #otakucore #animecore #weebcore #cutecore #neetcore #kawaii #pink horrorcore #2010s #kawaii blog #pinkcore

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Iron Maiden  - The Talisman

#Iron Maiden #The Final Frontier #The Talisman #Release date: August 16th 2010 #Full-length #Genre: Heavy Metal NWOBHM #Themes: Literature History Life Death War Mythology Society Religion Sci-Fi #UK

[marzipanandminutiae]

actually I am mad about the Jennifer's Body parody in the book Beauty Queens (2011) by Libba Bray (which is mostly a really good book, and whose author is mostly a great writer)

it's very much portrayed as "oooh look at this bad misogynistic movie that says women who like sex have to be demons! and the boring Good Girl only cares when the ex-best friend succubus tries to steal her boyfriend, because the writers think women care more about that than literal murder! let's all point and laugh at it!"

and I bought into that. because I was 18 and I hadn't seen JB, nor did I know anyone who had. just like I bought into Corsets Were Always Torture Devices because EVERYONE knew that was true!

so now, having actually seen a movie that is definitely an analogy for sapphic desire and compulsory heterosexuality and how trauma following sexual assault can destroy specifically a teen girl's mind, and realized that the messages are so obvious that the dissonance between the marketing and the actual content is the whole reason the movie flopped-

I'm kind of pissed that I was misled by a book whose whole point was "I see you, I get it, I'm on your side"

#libba bray #beauty queens #jennifer's body #early 2010s ya #ya literature

[haveyoureadthispoll]

PSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you? ME: I don't know, I'm – what's the word – depressed? Do I have to go into detail? Baek Sehee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she begins seeing a psychiatrist about her - what to call it? - depression? She feels persistently low, anxious, endlessly self-doubting, but also highly judgmental of others. She hides her feelings well at work and with friends, performing the calmness her lifestyle demands. The effort is exhausting, overwhelming, and keeps her from forming deep relationships. This can't be normal. But if she's so hopeless, why can she always summon a yen for her favorite street food: the hot, spicy rice cake, tteokbokki? Is this just what life is like? Recording her dialogues with her psychiatrist over a twelve-week period, and expanding on each session with her own reflective micro-essays, Baek begins to disentangle the feedback loops, knee-jerk reactions, and harmful behaviors that keep her locked in a cycle of self-abuse. Part memoir, part self-help book, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki is a book to keep close and to reach for in times of darkness. It will appeal to anyone who has ever felt alone or unjustified in their everyday despair.

#book: i want to die but i want to eat tteokbokki #author: baek se-hee #genre: korean literature #genre: mental health #genre: non fiction #genre: memoir #year: 2010s

[picturebookshelf]

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers (2019)

Lyrics: Fred Rogers -- Art: Luke Flowers

#fred rogers #mister rogers #a beautiful day in the neighborhood #poetry #mister roger's neighborhood #mister rogers' neighborhood #luke flowers #daniel striped tiger #king friday #2010s #10s #picture books #kidlit #kid books #children's books #children's literature