#coming october 2023

[a-skirmish-of-wit-and-lit]

Book Review: The Hurricane Wars (The Hurricane Wars #1) by Thea Guanzon

The Hurricane Wars is a heady, political, action-packed fantasy with two characters who are forced into an alliance (aka: an arranged marriage) even though they're heirs poised on opposite sides of a decades-long war, and despite having started out intent on destroying one another. Talaysn is a wily solider who can access light magic. Alaric is an inscrutable prince of the Night Empire who can summon shadows. Similar to The Bridge Kingdom, the two of them are brought together by circumstance and necessity, forcing them to band together for the peaceful survival of The Continent.

However, things are never as simple or as smooth as they seem. Not only are there secrets to unravel, political schemes to dodge, and rustling feelings to subdue, but there is a magical storm brewing in this world that Talaysn and Alaric must learn how fight. Not to mention win. And soon...or else they'll all be doomed.

I found this to be engrossing for the most part. I particularly liked the Filipino history that was infused into the setting and climate. There was also some satisfying commentary on the sacrifices of war, the degradation of colonization, the drive to protect and preserve culture. I liked the enemies to reluctant allies to lovers of it all too, of course. That's my literary catnip!

I did struggle to fully settle into the world building, though. It felt a little helter-skelter at times, with there being too much information dispensed at once sometimes and then at other times not enough. The bare bones of the magic system were there, rife with names, with functions, with potential, but it never took off or developed to the extent that I was hoping it would. That made it hard to fully immerse myself in this world.

That said, this was an enjoyable read overall and it had a lot of tropes that will resonate with folks. And that cliffhanger! Oof! You'll be clamoring to know what happens to Talaysn and Alaric next!

Special thanks to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for the ARC in exchange for my review.

3.5/5 stars

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#ashlee bree's book reviews #the hurricane wars #thea guanzon #arcs #fantasy #romance #new adult #recs: ashlee approved! #read june 2023 #coming october 2023 #bookblr #booklr #book reviews #book recs

[favroitecrime]

Palestinian freedom fighters breaking out of Gaza and reclaiming their occupied territories. They’ve taken over israeli tanks and have chased out the settlers that were on that land. They’ve launched rockets everywhere and the iron dome has failed to intercept. This is about to mark a momentous event in history.

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

#free palestine #it feels so surreal and so shocking #there’s so much hope but so much fear #you just know they’re about to retaliate with the genocide they’ve been planning for years now #i fear for my palestinian brothers and sisters but this is so fucking huge #they tore down part of the barbed wire fence!!!! the people of Gaza are breaking out!!!! #god there’s so much more on twitter but i beg if you look do NOT look at non-palestinian sources #they’re twisting the narrative as if this isn’t retaliation for 76 years of torture #as if the israeli forces and settlers didn’t kill 4 palestinians yesterday alone #as if they haven’t killed nearly 300 palestinians this year alone #do NOT let the media trick you into thinking anything after will be a retaliation to an attack Palestine started #PALESTINE is the one retaliating #also if you’re gonna come in here with both sides or whatever sincerely block me and lmk so i can blokc you #they’ve already out out statements to leave children and the elderly alone so any middle aged fuckers are free to kill :) #which is fine since they’ve likely killed hundreds if not thousands of their friends and family and neighbors anyway #tag: important #fuck israel #gaza #tag: october 7 2023

[glassedplanets]

a few months ago giffy was like "haha hear me out, what if tattoo au" and then we blacked out and talked about nothing else for like three weeks

#my art #one piece tag #zosan #if you've been here since 2012 then a) i'm sorry. thank you for your service. b) PLEASE have a Sensible Fucking Chuckle with me about this #honest to god the ufnniest possible thing that i personally could have done in the year 2023 #if you're wondering what happened in 2012 then please leave that stone unturned. tghank you #anyways this whole thing brings me INSURMOUNTABLE joy ask me any question about anyone and i am sure i will have an answer #we have meanings or reasons for just about everything visible here and uhhhhh soooo so so so much more (ask me questions.. ask me....) #fitting the general fuckbonkers insanity of one piece into a modern au was both challenging (fun!) and INCREDIBLY hilarious #giffy is the funniest fucking person on the planet for coming up with half the situations that we shoved everyone into #(i did these in.. october i think?? maybe earlier? during the time i limited myself to sketches only) #tattoo au tag

[royalarchivist]

Baghera: What's happening?

Slimecicle: [Pretending to cry] No, it's fine! You guys go on, I'll catch up. I'll catch up.

Jaiden: Wait- come out! Come out, you gotta see these boobs!

Baghera: Oh, boobs! :D

Jaiden: You gotta see these boobs.

Baghera: Oh yeah, that's a boobie.

Jaiden: Cellbit, you don't wanna come out and see boobs?

Slimecicle: Why do we– Why are we looking at boobs?

Baghera: Cellbit, if you want to see boobies, you have to go out! [Cellbit doesn't respond] Oh, you don't want to see boobs? You can see an ass too.

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Baghera: What's happening?

Slimecicle: [Pretending to cry] No, it's fine! You guys go on, I'll catch up. I'll catch up.

Baghera: Is it because of your parents? Because of your friends? What happened?

Jaiden: Wait- come out! Come out, you gotta see these boobs!

Slimecicle: I ate-

Baghera: [Cutting him off] Oh, boobs! :D

Jaiden: You gotta see these boobs.

Slimecicle: Wtf

Baghera: Oh yeah, that's a boobie.

Jaiden: The underboob on this woman, insane.

Baghera: Yup.

Jaiden: Cellbit, you don't wanna come out and see boobs?

Slimecicle: Why do we– Why are we looking at boobs?

Baghera: Cellbit, if you want to see boobies, you have to go out!

Cellbit:

Baghera: Oh, you don't want to see boobs?

Jaiden: Boobs?

Baghera: You can see an ass too.

#Slimecicle #Baghera Jones #Jaiden Animations #Cellbit #Charlie Slimecicle #Outlast Trials #Outlast #Baghera #Jaiden #October 8 2023 #Q #Frickin ''Cellbit come out of the closet and look at boobs'' is killing me

[artstetic-real]

father and daughter who are SO NORMAL and NOT SICK AT ALL and MENTALLY WELL and PERFECTLY FINE!! OKAY??????

#slimecicle #juanaflippa #mcyt #qsmp #qsmp fanart #my art #doodleboot #thank you slimecicle for coming back #october 2023

[batshaped]

so, Brain... what are we going to do tomorrow night?

(this ratastrophe commissioned by an anonymous mousewife)

#art #julia #julia brain #animaniacs #animaniacs reboot #animaniacs 2020 #10202023 #october 2023 art #2023 art #every time some sick shit i drew flops on twitter i just come over here #i have faith that you people are more cultured #you will appreciate her

[sauce-cat]

🐺🦊

#wriochi #wriothesley #childe #tartaglia #drawing genshin men as dogy? don't mind if i do :) #i'm something of an expert when it comes to drawing dogy #i'm so mad these are the BEST snarls i've ever drawn and it's for fucking genshin fanart art are you SHITTING me #genshin impact #fanart #fan #art #saucecat #2023 #october #sketch

[a-lilacsong]

Manifesting this ending, I just want them to live happily ever after together.

#slay the princess #the damsel #the slayer #slay the princess art competition #slay the princess fanart #my art #a-lilacsong art #traditional art #To any of my followers this game is coming out on October 20th 2023 and I'm really excited for it #I recommend it but is a horror game so gamer discretion is advised

[larrylimericks]

31Oct23

Parmageddon Edition Some things, they just give you the ick: Like chicken not cooked makes you sick, Or protesting too much Theories no one brought up? And talking to fans like a dick.

#larry #louis #louis tomlinson #i know it's a week later #but i wrote this the day it happened and am still pissed #it's so obvious when it's orchestrated #he teases he's going to be on twitter for a chat #then proceeds to come on and reply to a fan's question #that had nothing to do with chickenstuffedwithmozzarellawrappedinparmaham #and bring up 'childish theories' when absolutely no one asked #it was planted to get the media clickbait stories about it #and tie 'childish' to the larry conspiracy for whatever new fans his team is chasing #or something #hell if i know #stop treating your fans like shit #i've been craving chicken parmesan since then #dude ... louis ... even larries aren't bringing up larry as much as you're bringing up larry #limerick-lt #october 31 #2023

[once-upon-a-time-a-crow]

Anyone else love the sound of crows? And in October it’s just 👌 🍂 🎃 🦇

#halloween season #all hallows eve #halloween vibes #halloween #halloween 2023 #spooky #halloween aesthetic #happy halloween #halloween blog #halloween is coming #halloween wallpaper #halloweencore #is it halloween yet #halloween poll #spooky season #october #spooky vibes #spooktober #spoopy #spooptober #pumpkins #crows #crowcore #birds #bats #ghost #vampire #scary #spooky scary #random

[starmonsterrr]

Inktobertale Day 4: Honey (selfship edition)

i forgor broomie but bro i loved this prompt

#ALSO MY BIRTHDAY IS COMING SOON #ON THE 17TH OF OCTOBER #FELT LIKE MENTIONING IT #regular tags -> #ink sans #inktale #inktobertale #inktobertale day 4 #ink sans fanart #inktobertale2023 #inktobertale 2023 #utmv #undertale au #| my tags -> #corv's io #corv's ocs #utmv oc #undertale au oc #still figuring out how to organize these tags #the starry night (selfship)

[royalarchivist]

Pac: How can we live without Forever, you know? I don't know how– Like, I have already lost– I have already lost like, in a way, like Richarlyson, I have already lost like Mike, I have already lost like Walter Bob– I can't lose Forever, you know? I can't lose him.

Fit: It's gonna be ok, Pac.

#Pactw #FitMC #QSMP #Don't hate me for this. I'm going through my clips and this absolutely gutted me #:( #Me too Pac #People are talking about who's going to miss Forever most (hint: it's Richarlyson) #but I don't think people realize just how much Pac is going to miss him too #The Favela Six... now the Favela Five again :( #Forever loves QSMP though I'm sure when Stonkscraft is over he'll come back #it'll just be a while #But! I'll wait to hear from him before feeling too glum #October 10 2023 #Fit #Pac

[ilsilenteloquaceblog]

— “COME STAI?”

Glielo chiedeva ogni volta

ed ella se ne sorprendeva sempre.

Non tanto per la domanda in sé,

posta da chiunque la incontrasse,

quanto invece per l’ATTENZIONE

che solo Lui prestava dopo…

quando in modo realmente interessato,

ASCOLTAVA la sua risposta.

Il Silente Loquace ©

— @ilsilenteloquaceblog

#lui #uomo #lei #donna #come stai #domanda #risposta #attenzione #interesse #ascoltare #pensieri miei #october 2023 #@ilsilenteloquaceblog #isl

[wheucto]

OBJECTOBER 1 - Computer

do you think electronic objects link up together? do you think their minds connect?

#wheucto #art #osc #object show community #objectober #objectober 2023 #q #doing this early cause i come back from something the 1st of october so i dont have to come back and draw this. sometime somehow #anyways i think about this sometimes. what do you think its like? i find it interesting #like imagine... two friends chilling but they're like. mind connected or smth. or playing minecraft. maybe trying to see if they can run - #- doom. together. or whatever #or maybe... do you think electronic objects might come together_ and live connected forever? like maybe two electronics together_ maybe mor #they could form a hivemind_ maybe.

[fathercharlesoffdensen]

Kloktober 2023, Day 11: Horror Movie Crossover: Per @thortwenty151, the Saw franchise is the obvious choice here. [Posting this a tad early in my time zone while I can.]

"You're probably wondering where you are. I'll tell you where you might be. You might be in the room that you die in." - Saw (2004)

#kloktober #2023 #day 11 #october 11th #national coming out day #metalocalypse #dethklok #masked metal assassin #the man with the silver face #charles foster offdensen #nathan explosion #pickles the drummer #william murderface #toki wartooth #skwisgaar skwigelf #doomstar requiem #army of the doomstar #bookklok #girlfriendklok #black fire upon us #saw #jigsaw #i want to play a game #halloween #spooky season #fall #autumn #scary movies #horror #Youtube

[sunshineandlyrics]

💎 Louis always leaves a lasting impression (30 October 2023) x

#im sure his reputation in this music community #always helping small and up and coming acts #lock-in #30 October 2023 #everyone loves Louis #30 October 2021 #Louis Tomlinson #mine