I'm piggybacking a bit off of the last ask of asking for writing tips but I have an odd question... Am I the only person that struggles actually PICKING a book? It's the absolute bane of my existence because I feel like I can be so picky... Don't get me wrong, I love being a bookworm, and I'm trying to get back into reading physical books but it's so difficult to find a real taste of what the book is like without being completely spoiled or something... I miss when backs of books had an actual summary and not just NO.1 NEW YORK BESTSELLER!!!! It's so frustrating... I've been trying to get back into it by re-reading fond chapter childhood books read to me (The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane & A Wrinkle In Time). But at the same time I'm also trying to get into more "adult" books that isn't... Well, you try googling "adult books" and see how that goes, I didn't think too hard about what a poor decision THAT was. But I'm working up the courage to read Cat's Cradle right now to start with "Classic Authors" I guess!
Anyway I'm rambling here, I guess my question is... How do you pick out the books you read? I don't really have friends that read many books to recommend to me :')
Thank you in advance, Bog! I hope you get a callback from that interview soon!
no ok actually you've mentioned something that's been bothering me for a while - What The Hell Do Y'all Mea, Books Don't Have Summaries Anymore???? i have not once in my life found a book that didn't have a summary. i was in barnes & noble recently and everything i looked at had a summary. i have literally never seen a book without one in my life of reading & looking at new books on a regular basis
softcovers have theirs on the back. hardcovers are on the inside of the sleeve - lift the cover and it should be printed right there on the inside flap! summaries aren't legally required but both the author and Especially the publisher(s) know that no one's gonna buy a book without a summary. trust me, all books worth reading have a summary. if a book doesn't have one, it's probably not worth your time anyway. you just gotta know where to look!
so my answer to how i choose books... i read the summary lmao. if it seems interesting, ill either write it down to get later or ill get it there and then.
Before the summary though, i look for any titles that jump out at me from the shelf. then i look at the thickness. i like a bit of meat in my literature, so i tend to shy away from thinner books. thicker ones grab my attention more easily. then i look at the cover - if it interests me, then ill read the summary. i don't have specific tastes in title or cover. as long as it makes my brain "hm" thoughtfully, ill take a gander!
and really, if you have access to a bookstore (chain or not, ive found plenty of bangers in tiny used bookshops) or library, the best way to find a book is to physically browse. even if you dont buy anything, you can take pictures of books / write them down to buy online. but going to the store lets you search them out, examine the length, cover, title, summary - and easily put it back on the shelf or keep it. i hate shopping online bc there's ads, you can't examine the product, nothing really stands out since it's all portrayed similarly, there's limited pictures instead of the physical thing, and photos can lie.
plus, everything is (typically) meticulously sorted by genre & age range. when you go into a section with literature aimed at adults, you'll find exactly that instead of smut novels lmao. real life bookstores can be more accurate than online searches. & there's just something so good about walking through shelves, searching for that one book before you know it exists, smelling the paper... yeah...
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There needs to be more content of heavy with him just by himself because 99% of all heavy fanart is him with medic.
To the tf2 fandom overall heavy just seems to be a side character to medic. He can’t just exist by himself he HAS to be constant thinking about/with medic or his character isn’t worth talking about at all.
I can’t blame anyone really because yeah, medic’s a popular character, but the fandom lessens heavy’s character ALL the time & it makes me so mad.
he doesn’t exist just for others he’s a whole ass guy
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💎💎💎 for tristo from mino?
[Thanks for the ask!! There's something about sad ginger HKs aren't there...]
A melancholic look takes to Minovae's expression. "Oh, Tristo..."
She shakes her head. "I don't often find much love for the Gate. They're strange, even among our kind. If the Rack is most comfortable with mortal tyranny, cozying up with House Thrune, then the Gate is most at risk for the more immortal kind... cavorting too comfortably with infernal forces and more to do the same work one could do with a well placed offer of a free drink and friendly smile. But, Tristo..."
Her lips tighten and twist. "I just feel more sad for him than not."
She then hurriedly clarifies. "Not in a condescending way! He's an adult and made his own decisions, but you also can't deny said decisions were shaped by the horrific childhood he endured. Being raised among nobility in a pro-diabolism household? And as an aasimar at that? Of course I feel for him... and I hate that my actions helping put House Thrune in power are responsible for it."
She sighs through her nose. "There's something to be said about Hellknight flames burning the coldest. For all one would assume him to be warm from the halo and complexion, I wonder sometimes if there's truly any spark of life left in there... any passion or care or love... He makes Regill at his worst seem more truly alive at times. There's a coldness and loneliness to him that feels as vast as the void, and I suppose I can't blame that entirely on the Gate, they just took advantage of a hole that was already there."
"Still", she shrugs. "He's good at his job. Amazing, even. He's dutiful to the point of self-destruction- though I can't say much on that", she snorts dryly in awareness. "His loyalty is unquestionable. He's a fearsome force on the battlefield. Truly, he is the model, modern, Hellknight. She says the one word with clear distaste. "Exactly what Thrune's influence in our modern teachings and practices would hope for. He doesn't ask questions. Doesn't challenge things. Doesn't stir the pot or shake the boat... He tells me everything about just how dire the infection in our ranks has gotten."
She then stares off into the distance, a pensive expression on her face. "If anyone can bring him back, though, it'd be Sosiel... If he can warm that flame and remind him of what it means to be alive... Pull him back from Hell's embrace..."
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honestly out of all of the portraits iris made this one freaks me out the most ngl
even without considering the partial corrosion/corruption from her ghost and years if not decades of decay in the manor, iris portrays herself with sunken hollow eyes (no eyes, really), hollow cheeks and sallow skin, a wilting rose at her feet and those two hooded figures with strange features, who probably are the black cat and the dog's """"human"""" forms hiding and melting in the darkness behind her (this is an enhanced ver, the og has them barely visible, almost blending in the background).
she really turned her greatest talent and passion into something nightmarish to cope with the horrors she was going through.
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that post-essay bed >>>>>>>
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