#cheap book ends

[nerdierholler]

I was tagged a few days ago by @serially-wayhaven for WIP show and tell and I now have more progress on my attempted Wayhaven binding. I printed out a book! Holy shit! Looks like real book pages and everything!

I ordered some supplies for putting all of the pages together and that will hopefully be here in the next week. It does mean this is on hold again until then while I wait and also absorb a bunch of tutorials.

Tagging for anytime this week or whenever in the future @evilbunnyking @nat-seal-well @nsewell and back at @serially-wayhaven

#life at nerdy holler #I also got some book board for the cover and cheap scrapbook paper for the end pages #already some things I would change #but minor so far #mostly a slightly larger font #but I was trying to keep the page count low so that’s why it’s small #ans maybe a slightly lighter weight paper #also need to print out the first signature again #there was some weird ink ghosting on it #nerdy makes a book

[starswallowingsea]

Every time I think about how the Colleen Hoover fangirlies get mad when people even suggest that they should try and diversify their portfolios I get really, really sad. Like I don't think you have to read classics or anything and be an elite snob but if you limit yourself to just Colleen Hoover and maybe Sarah J Maas and a few other popular booktok authors, you're missing out on so so much. Even if you just want to find good new releases, keeping up with the book of the month club will give you plenty of options (even if you can't subscribe to them and have to get them from the library). Diversify your portfolio. Read older mass market paperback romances or literally anything else.

#shay speaks #anti colleen hoover #anti coho #do i put this in the coho tags too............ #do i want more drama from that anon who clearly doesnt have any reading comprehension #anyway for any of u coho stannies stalking the anti coho tags. #i'm not saying this to be elitist #literally one of my favorite books from last year is a mass market paperback romance novel from 2008 #the classics are like any other genre of books. you'll love some and hate others #and maybe actually try reading pride and prejudice without swapping out the names for your blorbos #and sitting with the themes of it. maybe you wont like it! maybe you will! only way to find out is to actually read it #even reading books you end up not liking can help you figure out your taste better #and you can think about what works for you and what doesnt from them #but please branch out. #anyway i'm done. i'm having another moment i just feel really bad for people who never bother to try things that #werent released in the last 5 years. go find some stuff on thrift books for cheap #probably my favorite way to find books

[hanzajesthanza]

me whenever the short story "something ends, something begins" is mentioned, or not even mentioned, but i have an opportunity to mention it myself

#it is my FAVORITE... if i may bestow such a title... but it's like the witcher fandom's best kept worst-forgotten secret #i love jokes i love in-jokes and i love non-canon presents and silly imaginings that will never be real #im sorry the bouquet looks a little cheap at least it is of white roses which is what yennefer had #i was too busy focusing photoshopping a folk vest on elmo's little body #because i wish to eat a third donut #witcher memes #the witcher #story: something ends something begins #the witcher books #i mean sesb just has some of my favorite favorite moments of all time #''course i know. that's why i don't get married' top 10 dandelion-est dandelion moments #nenneke being their officiant... AUGH #ciri having teenage angst (intense revenge fantasies) so much she almost couldn't enjoy her parents' wedding #GERALT CALLING CIRI HIS DAUGHTERRRR #(which doesnt even happen in the saga if you can believe it!) #yennefer healing ciri and dirtying her dress... #ciri #yennefer #geralt of rivia #dandelion #geralt and yen finally getting hitched and dandelion giving a toast (or roast ?) #wishing the couple a great wedding night for which yennefer kicked him in the shin... so in character i love it

[seaweedstarshine]

I love Amy's Choice and I love The Day of the Doctor Novelization, but something that only clicked for me recently — is that the reason the Eleventh Doctor is able to instantly recognize and brush past the Dream Lord when he appears — is because for as long as he's had this body, he's been hallucinating the War Doctor’s voice taunting him in a very similar way (minus all the jokes).

Similar like this:

Of course at the end of Amy's Choice, the Doctor sees the Dream Lord reflected in the console, looks distressed, and says nothing, and I just. I love how Moffat used that novelization to flesh out so many different elements he included in his run.

#where DID you pick up this cheap cabernet act? bc normally when you're around im hearing a lot of 'no more' #eleventh doctor #11th Doctor #war doctor #dream lord #Doctor Who #Amy’s Choice #Day of the Doctor novelization #New Who #also. at the end #the doctor wasn't trying to hide his damage when he dismissed Amy. 'sorry- I thought it was obvious? the dream lord was me'. #11 doesn't hide it for other people. he tries to ignore it for his own sake. he wants to FORGET - not regret - but his brain won't let him #in that vein i truly think he just does not realize the self-harm comment in this episode is awkward to say #the doctor #(eleventh) doctor is neurodivergent tag #I can't express how important the eleventh doctor's psychosis is to me. #the way its depicted in the novelization- the way he mistakes who's speaking during a phone conversation- realizes its not the #coal hill headmaster- starts shaking- tries and fails his usual mental trick- finds a book to stare at till Clara can be with him #words by seaweed #btw I do think the 'dream lord is the valeyard confirmed' theory for the reflection is fun!! but also unlikely

[aroaceleovaldez]

I really dislike the inherent main plots of TSATS and Chalice of the Gods as they’re being explained to us currently, mostly just cause I feel like they take away from already established lore of the series and other plot points.

There is no way TSATS can go that doesn’t make either Tartarus feel cheap and/or the entire book just feel like Percabeth In Mark Of Athena: 2 Electric Boogaloo. Unless the twist is that they don’t go to Tartarus it is physically impossible. Because either they go to Tartarus and breeze through it, which makes Tartarus as a setting feel cheap and ruins all prior instances of it being used as a landscape of suffering, or they suffer Lots and Lots and it just feels like we’re rehashing the same exact plot over again purely for the sake of treating solangelo the same as percabeth, which doesn’t work because they’re vastly different character dynamics and putting them in the same situation has nowhere near the same emotional weights. Also it makes Nico’s original foray into Tartarus feel null because it makes it feel like his trauma doesn’t have any actual meaning, because why would he jump right back into it? Even with Nico’s character being extremely self-sacrificial, we’re at a point where we’re being told he’s improving on that and this is possibly the one circumstance he would think twice about. AND it makes Tartarus feel overused - Nico surviving Tartarus once? Okay, makes sense, he’s the son of Hades, and it’s cool that he’s the first mortal to ever survive it. Percabeth too? Getting iffy (especially since we see their trip in detail and that inherently means it’s lost a lot of potential oomph, because when you’re going for horrifying a lot of the time less is more) but okay, sure, Nico probably gave Percy some Tartarus Tips after being rescued and they had a literal dues ex machina or two helping them out, and they fell in accidentally so it’s not like how Nico waltzed in there. Third time? And it being Nico AGAIN and Will Solace (who as far as we know has little to no quest experience and most of his experience is being a battlefield medic) and then purposefully going there? Nope. It’s just a poor set-up. Plus “the major gay couple goes on vacation to superhell” is a... questionable plot set-up to begin with, especially when it’s been heavily implied it will be traumatizing for them, and we have already been told explicitly that references are being made to things like Call Me By Your Name so there is a self-awareness about the themes there (also that alone raises questions about how we’re going to be taking the tone of things - again, there’s two ways it can go and both would be extremely difficult to get right). If Mark Oshiro were not co-authoring this I’d be a little horrified. I’m very glad Mark Oshiro is co-authoring this. I don’t believe it can’t be done tastefully, and yeah it’s a situation ripe for symbolism, but it is definitely the kind of subject that would be difficult for a non-queer author to handle appropriately.

As for Chalice of the Gods, we know two things: A.) It takes place prior to TOA, and B.) The chalice Percy has to retrieve has the power to make anyone who drinks from it immortal. ..... so basically, without the book even being out, we are told “If Percy had waited like 20 minutes, all of TOA would be null.” Admittedly, this does give justification for Percy specifically to be doing this quest outside of “college” reasons, and in my opinion, “The gods asked Percy specifically because they have verified he adamantly does NOT want to be immortal” is hilarious. However, adding yet another universe mechanic to the repertoire that nullifies death is annoying as hell, because death as a consequence in the series has been completely ruined since HoO. The more avoiding death options there are, the more every death scene feels completely pointless and avoidable.

#pjo #riordanverse #tsats #the sun and the star #chalice of the gods #forgive me for complaining this was in my drafts and i figured since i was talking about plot changes i'd make yesterday #might as well post this then yknow #while we're on the topic #i'll find something lighter/sillier in my drafts to post later #also my hesitancy about the overarching plot does not say anything regarding my expectations for the actual quality of the book(s) #just putting that as a footnote #could the plots be total shit but the books themselves end up lovely? sure. totally. #i am just personally grumbly about Tartarus' use as a narrative device and how it keeps getting overused #and also the growing lack of consequence in the riordanverse which tends to make any stakes feel automatically low and cheap #mind you i would LOVE if the twist in TSATS is that they end up not going to Tartarus at all #im currently 50/50 on reading it but if it turns out they dont go to Tartarus at all i'd be sold immediately #and i do think Percy being saddled with a quest because he's the only one who wouldn't be tempted with immortality is hilarious #tbh if we had a third plot concept rolling here and we condensed all three ideas down we could just do another 3-short-story book #like Demigod Files and Demigod Diaries #we have options #heck. yknow. if we're talking particularly long short-stories here we could probably roll with two #if demigod files is for the first series and demigod diaries is for HoO we need a TOA one anyways #cause CHB:C and CJ:C and those ones are their own category they're different

[voidedjuice]

Made a cute dress for my Valerie

#pullip #proper doll collection introduction post coming uhhh whenever ive got them all in satisfactory setups #in the styles i want them to have #lots and lots of sewing mistakes in the dress if you look closely but it looks mostly ok :) #pattern i followed was from the book tiny wardrobe by hanon #really good for pullip clothing :) the dress ended up a bit loose on her stock body though #i wanna make her some socks too sometime soon but hmm id probably need to go buy fabric for that 🤔🤔🤔 #also there was a pattern for some cute boots in the book so if i could find leather scraps for cheap she could have something else #other than the broken lq stock shoes :( they keep falling off #model is pullip varele if you want to know

[tom-at-the-farm]

I went on the internet for some discussion of Bunny and O Lord, the children do not know what magical realism is. Dear God, they think the last resort of every lazy uninspired psychological thriller since A Beautiful Mind, the ol' "the main character is schizophrenic and hallucinated literally everything," is a valid plot device. The children are dropping "unreliable female narrator" with such pitiful earnestness, Heavenly Father. And did I mention they don't know about magical realism? Please smite them thnx amen

#this is not by any means high brow stuff #but please love yourselves enough not to think you just read a whole ass book for some cheap twist like 'lol bitches are crazy' #'when bruce willis was dead at the end of sixth sense I jizzed in my pants'.mp3 #mona awad #bunny

[yourqueenb]

You have no idea how happy I am to see that other people like you don't like blades 2 as well. Like yes it was decent, but on the same level as book 1 in the LEAST.

And I agree, book 3 seems like an excuse to get fans off of their back about the writing. The finale felt extremely disappointing, compared to the thrill you could feel in book 1 end

Yeah, I’m still gonna play book 3 and (foolishly) hope that it’ll be better. But those hopes aren’t too high because book 2 was not a good set up for book 3 at all in my opinion. There’s so much going on. I don’t like that Valax is a part of our friend group now. However, the group dynamics were off long before that if I’m being real. Mal’s route was ruined for me.

When I was going through and deleting my screenshots the other day, I reread the “You slept through it scene” and just felt a renewed sense of hurt and anger at him and really all of our friends. Mal caught a lot of heat from me specifically because he’s my LI and the one who said such an awful thing. But honestly, the rest of the group essentially agreed with him by expanding on what he said (Imtura and Nia) or not saying anything at all (Tyril) and only getting on one accord to exclude MC.

And then on top of all of that, there are quite a few holes that really should be patched up. The plot was a mess for the majority of the story. Tbh it was almost giving Endless Summer because they were locking important information behind diamond scenes and in the lore tablets.

So all this to say that at this point in time, I no longer have faith that PB can handle complex storytelling. Their parent company and higher ups (unsurprisingly) only care about money. And the writers themselves are too lazy and too biased. Does that mean they can no longer write enjoyable stories? No, of course not. But I do think they need to rein it in and be a bit more realistic about what they can handle right now because there’s nothing wrong with a simpler book/plot that’s aware of what it’s trying to accomplish. And it’s clear that they were far too ambitious with Blades 2

#choices bolas #choices blades #blades of light and shadow #choices stories you play #playchoices #if book 3 is as disappointing as or worse than book 2 I’m just gonna ignore them and only consider book 1 canon #and then just make up my own headcanon for what happened after lol #I think i and quite a few other people have been operating off of the notion that PB could tell great complex stories #but they weren’t because cheap smut is what sells #but now I can’t even believe that anymore #they just don’t have the range #and maybe I should’ve come to this conclusion sooner but 🤷🏽‍♀️ #and back to the Mal thing for a second I’m being so serious when I say rereading that scene broke my heart all over again #when I first read it my initial reaction was anger so I couldn’t even really focus on anything immediately after that #but upon rereading my heart just sunk for MC #bc if the writers did one thing well it was making the rift between MC and the rest of the group palpable #and it was also very obvious that she was hurt by that and ended up internalizing Mal’s statement/the group’s sentiments on that year #‘Just a little blood No scars Nothing I was asleep for all of it My body works fine’ #so I’ll just close out by saying enjoying the book was a challenge for me #and it shouldn’t have been because I *wanted* to enjoy it #book 1 was so good and it getting greenlit for a book 2 was such an unexpected surprise #plus we waited so long for it but it just did not meet expectations #choices #choices app #choices ask

[toskarin]

I'm glad that my parents raised me to have a crippling fear of spending money for any reason. I may have to run to the bathroom to vomit in the toilet every time I pay for groceries, but it saved me from filling my bedroom with cringe anime merch

I used to have that problem! while being frugal is nice, it's important to keep things around that make you happy even if they're cringe. you've ideally gotta live, not just survive

#doesn't even have to be anything expensive. I have a lot of secondhand books and cheap lights #it's your room at the end of the day

[fauna-and-floraa]

Getting into skz was a bad idea because I've always had a penchant for collecting things, ESPECIALLY different variations of the same thing... and boy, does this album have different variations of the same thing.

#started with coins and beanie boos as a kid and then as a tween/teen i got super into riot grrrl groups #and the runaways was the proto all girl rock group from the 70s so i ended up collecting so much stuff #and tbh i still love all of it like the 70s japan had the best a3 size photobooks #just huge glossy pictures and then of course i collected all the records and then all the bootleg records that were recorded live #i was on some weird ass back alley websites to find those... hilarious tho it was before the kstew dakota fanning movie came out #and the runaways were popular in japan australia and a couple european countries but the US never fucked with them #lots of the old collectable shit was in the us the bc they were an american band so i got so much of it for so cheap #no way itd be that cheap now #stray kids albums just feel like smaller versions of the 70s runaways albums #love a good picture book with an album love a good poster i cant help it #i should take a pic of all my runaways merch for my main blog i always mean to do that

[garbagequeer]

the thing about beautiful riverdale is that there are a couple of people in my life who seem to have learned the trick to see me turn into the happiest person on earth with the biggest smile under any circumstances which is asking me about riverdale

#the other day having dinner one last time with my friend before she moved to germany #which i could comfortably fit into my schedule because i was on a depression leave from work that lasted almost 2 full months #talking about life: (us both) well it's been going bad hasnt it. what with no money and crazy families and tragedy striking a ho etc etc #her bf asks me about what books im reading: well im reading this book about this guy who lives such a meaningless life what with capitalism #that you think yeah the only way out is to kill yourself here but the guy has become such a non-person that he cant even #kill himself in any way that matters. also he hates women so it's a really upsetting book #me to the bf: so do you already know when it's a good time to visit her in germany #the bf: well actually there used to be cheap flights but not anymore so idk if we can visit because it's so expensive now :( #my friend (genius): so i heard riverdale ended what happened on riverdale season 7 #and for 10 minutes it was a great time thank you riverdale forever #personal

[catocappuccino]

Snork and Snorkmaiden's relationship in the books is so funny

They are the most sibling sibling characters that exist I love them

#especially in “Hobgoblin's Hat” they made me laugh very hard I also love at the end of the book that it was SNORK who wished to turn back #Snorkmaiden's not well thought of wish #it was very sweet (he wouldn't get what he wanted either way if I remember correctly) (I really REALLY need to reread the books or I'll #evaporate) #oh yeah also I never posted my art of Snork on here??? that's crazy because I draw him a decent amount #I'll change that when I have something cool to post of him #Wait does Snork even have any merch aside from cheap figurines? 🤨 I don't think he does WELL... *Common Snork L* /j #okay but what about Muskrat #Emma the stage rat merch where is it at #I'm just gonna make most of my moomin merch at this point 😭 MOOMIN CHARACTERS ✨️tm✨️ ARE *NOT* GIVING ME WHAT I NEED #except for that one the Ancestor keycharm I love that keycharm so much it's the best thing ever so happy I got him and not someone lame like #Snufkin or whateva 🙄 /j (I LIKE SNUFKIN I SWEAR DON'T DIE ME PLEASE) #what am I even babbling about at this point

[acandletoguide]

*looks at G-R winners*

*sees the Y-A Fantasy winner*

Oh, love is dead, I see.

#seriously??? of all things d*vine r*vals???? #didn't know it was so popular #it's a horrible book #ass plot ass characters #the confession scene made me nearly throw up #uses war for cheap feelsTM 🙄 #because it only exists as a very half-assed backdrop #at least it didn't end up being sp*ce r*ad that was even worse #but the bar is in hell apparently

[runawaycarouselhorse]

Most of (but not all--my Little Mermaid mouse and mousepad, for example, aren't pictured) of my Little Mermaid collection circa 2004 on a sheep skin rug.

#my first special interest #The Little Mermaid 1989 #The Little Mermaid #Ariel #and then mama and my sister ended up using things from my collection and giving the school supplies in the little bag #so much of my collection has been lost or destroyed yay..... I only want to collect not use stop that ;___; #all that's left are those cheap Simba dolls (I also have another cheap doll with Eric and... I think the twins from the series???) #the collector's edition doll on the right was ordered online by my mother but I dismantled it due to suspicion of sihr #.......... so basically all I have left are the cheaper dolls and they uh #lost hair due to the heat ruining the plastic #stares at ceiling #... I have some newer TLM stuff though!!! like books ;3; #it IS funny though that the only doll I took out of the box and played with (and ruined the hair of) was the collector's edition one #expensive tastes from childhood #even now cheaper plushies and toys I won't get attached to or want much BUT #the rarer/fancier/well-made ones now THESE I want to play with #my poor Deerling that's over a decade old getting a little bit roughed up because I want to take it places and take pictures of it #I keep it wrapped up and cushioned now if I want to carry it in a bag! #dolls

[moonlightfilly]

i've been totally consumed reading Kaleidoscope of Death it's too much fun i love gay horror

#i was watching the drama but i've given it up the book is just worlds better they changed too much in the drama.... #even their dynamic feels softer?? WHY. and they just didn't have freedom or budget to serve horror.... it's massively turned down... cheap. #enjoying the horror and the crossdressing bfs in the book so much mwah #Nanzhu gutting the witch without warning and ending up covered in blood. everyone runs away but Qiushi just wipes the blood off his face <3 #every time they're both just like 'we are normal people' *reacts in a way that is Not Normal* i love them sm #normal ppl: IS THAT BLOOD??? DID SOMEONE DIE? WAHHH I'M SCARED. meanwhile Q: ........ did you just accidentally kill our clue? N: .....oops #anyways horror is easy for qiushi. admitting he loves nanzhu is hard kjdfg but we're getting there i mean they're basically already dating #Evie reads #Evie reads Kaleidoscope of Death #tumblring by moonlight

[drjohnhwatson]

one thing that makes me mad as a hornet is whenever I pick up a detective book especially if it’s in a series and I go to goodreads and see a slew of negative reviews becos inevitably I can tell you the tenor of it without even looking. “SHERLOCK HOLMES RIP-OFF” they all scream.

does your story have a duo solving crimes? SHERLOCK HOLMES RIP-OFF.

does your story have the narrator be the sidekick? SHERLOCK HOLMES RIP-OFF.

is your story’s detective eccentric in some manner of dress or personality? SHERLOCK HOLMES RIP-OFF.

I’ve picked up two detective series recently (the gower street detectives, barker & llewelyn) and we are two for two with people gnashing their teeth over it. Sherlock Holmes isn’t the only detective? Hello?? I guarantee if Agatha Christie was a writer now and published her first Poirot story TODAY, people would be gnashing their teeth and growling about how it’s just a flimsy SHERLOCK HOLMES RIP-OFF.

#It just makes me so mad I don’t know. #like I used to love Sherlock Holmes [gestures to username and entirety of blog]. #but between the young internet fandom saying bbc Sherlock is the BEST THING EVER ALL OTHERS PALE IN COMPARISON. #and the older irl battalion sneering if you don’t know every canon detail and being not great toward women or queer people. #and BOTH groups looking down on like every single other detective book or series like Holmes is some divine untouchable creation #The basis for all detective literature the fount the beginning and end and any that has been made or will be made is just a cheap imitation #its just soured me on the source and bummed me out becos I really do love Sherlock Holmes AND it opened the door to other classic lit #like raffles notably which I now like more. #there’s a lot of great detective stuff that gets dismissed or unfairly rated becos Holmesian fans can’t pull their heads from their asses. #and it just makes me really sad (and also very angry obviously). #about me #gtoy