#her books are amazing too

[you-transfix-me]

I've always looked up to Arundhati Roy. she has been bashed left and right for her political views but never once has she cowered. she is truly an inspiration

#her books are amazing too #free palestine #free gaza #palestine #israel #gaza #jerusalem #i stand with palestine #gaza under attack #israeli war crimes #israel is a terrorist state #arundhati roy #desi tag #desiblr #desi authors #Youtube #books #bookblr #save rafah

[myokk]

the summer before Hogwarts🫶

in my mind, Sebastian is a huge planner & he always insisted on bringing too much along whenever he and Anne went on adventures. It’s always better to be prepared than to realize you forgot something at home😤

the next drawing will be Anne so you can compare the two😂💓

#I love thinking about their childhood so much🤧 #this is a scene from my fic 🥹💓 #hogwarts legacy #hogwarts legacy fanart #hphl #sebastian sallow #anne sallow #today I was walking to work and an old woman asked me where the library was and I had time so I walked with her there #I can’t give directions to save my life #turns out we have the same favorite book 🥹 #then she told me ‘qué bien te parió tu madre’ jajajajajaja (my mom did a good job giving birth to me) #god I love old women & they give the funniest compliments #anyways hope you’re all having an amazing day too💓

[jakejeffreyperalta]

"books where the guy falls first" "enemies to lovers slowburn books" what the fuck is the book even about. why should i read it.

#HATEE HATE BOOKTOK SO MUCH HATE COLLEEN HOOVER HATE ALL OF THIS #anti booktok #<- btw hate booktok so so so much some books are good (even amazing) but most of them? naur #saw a girl give the song of achilles 3 stars and ugly love by colleen hoover 5 💀💀 girl are you okay is this a cry for help #anti colleen hoover #too #btw #hate her

[flo-n-flon]

"We can fight, Leane. As long as we are alive, we can fight."

Massive spoiler for The Shadow Rising.

Probably my favourite chapter of the whole series so far, if only because it was one of the most striking and extreme turns, an absolute game-changer. It was also gloriously prepared by the start of the book. I am so excited for what comes next for them.

#Siuan Sanche #Leane Sharif #wot book spoilers #wot fanart #the wheel of time #the shadow rising #show: the wheel of time #character: siuan sanche #character: leane sharif #mandatory essay about how bloody amazing siuan is #I've already talked in my notes about how raw this feels and how incredibly relatable her anger is #I could write an essay about the way you can sense the panic coming in waves to her mind and then she reins the terror in #and I KNOW it's not a word for word translation of the book #particularly when it comes to their attire but there's no way I'm drawing it like that #or that the show keeps it that way #I've forced myself to draw a background too and shade in hatches #I am so happy #is it messy ? yes but it is finished

[skyisgreen-grassisblue]

aghhh i’ve been thinking about the httyd books again and how Absolutely Insane they are…. i ADORE watching people react to them because there’s this one point in the series where everything just feels different. and they don’t give you time to process what on earth happened before launching you head first full speed into one of the best pieces of literature i think i’ve ever read

#i think the point in the series where something ‘changes’ is when we first meet excellinor #as soon as her presence is felt theres just something looming over the rest of the events #that feeling is more prominent when we meet furious too #for the rest of the book theres just something There. something isnt quite right bc what the fuck did we just read #and then all the books following that are DIFFERENT and book 9 (i cant remember if this is there for the other books) #has a warning at the beginning??? like. hey. shit has changed. #and btw these books do an Amazing job at describing fear #the scene with hiccup in the tree trying to escape the witch is chilling #the audiobooks only enhance it #httyd books #how to train your dragon #how to break a dragon's heart #also im making a post ab this later but this was all inspired bc i read the little short side books #and i was really startled when i finished how to train your viking - a mostly light hearted book #and then went into the day of the dreader and it casually informed us that everyone on berk was slowly starving to death WHAT??? #its been so long since ive experienced that kind of whiplash from these books it had me a little :’)

[nomattertheoceans]

I've been reading the Percy Jackson books for the first time over the past two weeks! Just finished "The Battle of the Labyrinth" last night (which btw is my favorite of the series so far!!)

I have now gained a new obsession but it might not be what you think

#like i swear to god i did not expect to be absolutely enthralled by the protagonist's mom kahskahfjkaja #she's just so fascinating to me #she's so kind and smart and she has given EVERYTHING for her son okay #like her staying married to an abuser for years to protect him omg she deserves the world #like when Poseidon called her a queen in the first book he was 100% right alright she is a queen #the woman murdered her abuser with a monster's head LIKE THAT'S SO AWESOME #also i cannot explain how obsessed i am with her relationship with Poseidon okay #like. do i want her to still have feelings for him? yes. do i need poseidon to pine and long for her from the distance?? ABSOLUTELY YES. #like realistically it's more likely that be does not but I need it okay #like at first i wanted them to be reunited because you know. of course i did. #but i am perfectly content with her finding love and happiness with a mortal man and Poseidon pining for her from the distance #like listen. this woman is amazing and she deserves to have an immortal all powerful god unable to get over her alright SHE DESERVES IT #but the way he just showed up at Percy's birthday party and called her as beautiful as ever????? omg??? BECAUSE YES SHE IS #and she blushed??? be still my beating heart #kahskahfksja honestly laughing at myself right now like I'm just over here watching a Sally Jackson tele novela in my head #AND HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE #percy jackson #no spoilers please if you see this post i know very little about the story and I'm thoroughly enjoying myself that way #also jsut as an fyi i am also a little obsessed with Percy and Annabeth kajakshdjshsha they are too cute and intense #sally jackson #percy jackson and the olympians

[scleracentipede]

1st day session of my scarecrow sleeve was complete yesterday but the lovely CurlyHorns at GhostShip Tattoos

So tired to today but so worth it! It was first day session (6 hours of tattooing with like a 20 mins break) and I’m sore af but so hyped about the tattoo and about continuing with the sleeve

#got 3 other scarecrow designs were doing on the sleeve (fear state + year one + Arkham asylum) #then we’re going to do the background all fear toxined and such! #and this was the first because it’s a coverup that’s work amazing well #like the tattoo artist is so talented she did such cool tricks to hide the underneath tattoo #check out her work and book in if ur in or can get to Liverpool #never been tattooed by someone as hyped about the tattoo as me like I loved it #(me and the CurlyHorns went to college/sixth form together so it was nice to catch up too) #salecrow #curlyh0rns #others art #not my art #pj talking #tattoos #scarecrow #Jonathan crane

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads

The Water Outlaws

fantasy inspired by a wuxia classic

a woman who’s an expert arms instructor is labelled a criminal after being assaulted by a powerful man

she joins a group of rebellious bandits who fight for justice, and becomes entangled in politics both with the group and the empire - who are trying to develop powerful magical weapons

mainly queer & female cast

#The Water Outlaws #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #i loved this a lot!! #I will say I think it has a few flaws: if I hadn't read audio it probably would have been a bit slow/weirdly paced #and i think there's too many characters that aren't developed fully enough #(maybe a result of being a retelling of something that had many characters ) #like there's setup for some amazing interesting relationships but they only get a couple scenes together? #there's this fight scene with the commander and a bit after it that made me insane then they didn't really interact after that.. #and lu junyi's storyline was a bit unconnected... #BUT ALSO the characters are all really cool and i can like. imagine in the gaps u know #LU DA my beloved himbo flower monk....i love her....... #also!!!! #no romance #there’s some discussion of a past ones…and maybe it was implying things between certain characters but I didn’t read it obviously that way #anyway i gave it five stars #its kinda one of those books where im like. #actually i would've liked more of a lot of things BUT also the baseline of what is here is already at a rly high level of what i like. so.

[catoscloves]

enemies to lovers isn't "he's generally an unpleasant person to be around, he constantly puts other people down and disrespects/condescends/ostracizes them, he's cruel and a bully... but his one redeeming quality is that he looks attractive" like. bestie that's not a redemption arc!! or a redeeming quality!!! a person can and should control their behaviors, but how they look literally has no bearing on their worth as a person!

like... this trope is about an initial misunderstanding and miscommunication that leads to mild conflict and resentment of each other,but eventually they move past this rocky start by revealing to each other their humanity and good qualities, and communicating what happened the first time they met so that they can clear up that situation, and slowly becoming good friends who enjoy spending time with each other and eventually become really close, and the realization that one accidental mishap/slip in behavior/aashole mistake isn't what defines a person and sometimes your first interpretation of them is sometimes wrong!! an entire opinion of someone should be formed based on their behaviors, values, actions, and morals, and quality time spent with this person, not because they have nice cheekbones.

#and i can speak to this from experience #because i didn't outright hate this guy we just had very contradicting personalities and were polar opposites which is why we didn't #get along well when we first met #but then i realized how charming and sweet and kind and intelligent he was and i liked him so much for the same things #that I initially found as off putting and negative traits at first #and he had a similar experience with me and we found that our opposing personalities complemented each other #and THEN i noticed that he was literally so fine and had an amazing back and really nice eyes and a charming smile and good hair #he became one of my best friends first and the person i wanted to spend time with the most LONG BEFORE i ever found him physically appealin #or attractive at all #also this post is calling out middle school me because i read tlc and i wanted iko to have a love interest #and it was very heteronormative at the time too #and then the author literally didn't develop her or her love interest character AT ALL and designed them so poorly #and i didn't realize that this wasn't the correct way to do enemies to lovers #or that iko stood on her own as a character and kinney was completely unnecessary and so boring and bland aldjfkfkf #wait i might have to tag this #anti kiko #anti iko x kinney #the way I haven't thought about this book series in years akdjfkdmdl #enemies to lovers #tropes #anna speaks

[miss-mossball]

Write it down real quick

Iris belongs to @duckroulette

#doodle heaven #my ocs #iris nordlicht #prince haze #iris x haze #rou's amazing ocs #haze writes books based around how he loves iris #he always had and publishes under a fake name and she just happens to be a big fan #so they r very very happy together #(hes secretly a big fan of her work too but he'll never admit that out loud)

[look-at-the-stars-tonight]

i've been thinking about simon heap a Lot during this reread

#septimus heap #simon heap #he's. hm #he's just trying to survive and also. he is Barely an adult #like does that excuse his actions??? not at all #but i do think the fact that he was able to LEAVE the darke behind him was kind of amazing #cause everyone else seems completely consumed by it #like. he Chose to turn his back on it #partly cause his silly little plan failed and his master died and he had no other options really #idk #like septimus's deep mistrust of him is SO SO SO valid #because marica is far too forgiving for her own good #but also i don't mind his redemption arc as much as i did the first time i read it #cause the first time i read the books i was like nine and so annoyed that he tried to KILL his brother #KIDNAPPED his sister #and was just an all around asshole just because he didn't get an apprenticeship he felt entitled to #but also #i've spent most of my life Wanting things and have been lucky enough to get most of them #and usually if i don't get something i very quickly find a new target #but i get simon better now. if i wanted something Badly enough and a little kid got it over me. maybe turn into a villain too #maybe #anyways i'm excited to see him in todhunter moon

[sudaca-swag]

the funniest thing sanderson did with the cosmere was to create an entire empire where men werent allowed to read, only the women, so men were all illiterate and super proud of it and their job was go to war and die lmao

#this is modern feminism talking 🎶🎵 #wdym i have to read go to college and invent shit that is a womans job!! i only need to study the blade!! #and his female characters are always amazing im honestly shocked that a man can write such accurate portrayals of womanhood tbh #hes obsessed w his wife too and dedicates all his books to her #cata reads

[algolagniaa]

As the crowd disperses either to dance or seek other diversions, you stand still a moment, wavering. You really should start looking for this hidden room; who knows how long it will take to discover it, let alone break in? But the temptation is too strong and you turn towards the direction the Duke indicated for the east wing, determined to find this Luna.

You do have all night, after all.

You’re not the only one walking towards the east wing, either. You follow a group of people who appear to know the way, up a gleaming staircase and down several halls. Many of the rooms have doors standing open with partygoers inside, drinking or playing games or watching another entertainer perform. As you pass one room, you catch a glimpse of a woman in a long glittering dress draped over a couch. A man kneels next to her and feeds her something dark and wet out of a wooden bowl that stains the edges of his sleeve crimson, but the door shuts before you can tell what it is. Finally, you reach a room with a sign propped on an easel next to the door that proclaims that Luna, the Ecdysial Ecstasy will be performing within.

A woman – presumably Luna - stands in the middle of the room on a slightly raised platform that is bare except for a cushioned stool. Chairs surround her in a semi-circle and you take one of the few remaining seats. Music plays softly from seemingly nowhere as you glance around the room. The walls are draped with dark velvet, muffling all sound, and several candelabras surround the platform. Luna still does not speak or otherwise acknowledge the presence of the audience. She is dressed in a white lace corset with a sheer, gauzy skirt that reveals more than it covers. Her mask is a very light shade of green, with an odd embroidery beneath each eye that looks like a second set of eyes picked out in black and yellow thread. She is also, you notice, barefoot. At some unknown sign, the music grows louder as the gas lamps are turned down and the murmured conversation dies out immediately as everyone’s attention is fixed on Luna.

The dance begins.

She bends and sways and spins, sending her skirt floating after her like the tail of a comet. Luna moves with the grace of a prima ballerina, sensual, captivating. She removes her skirt with a flourish and it floats gently as a feather to the ground.

Luna puts one foot onto the cushioned stool and reaches for the top of her thigh as if to remove a stocking, though her legs are bare. Instead, to your astonishment she begins to roll the skin of her thigh down with seductive deliberation, revealing delicate sinew and red-gleaming muscle. There is very little blood, just the slow and steady divesting of flesh. The skin of her arms she removes one finger at a time as if tugging off opera gloves. The audience watches in rapt silence as the flayed woman continues dancing, leaving bloody footprints on the platform. She treats the peeling off of her skin as if it was as painless and tantalizing as the removal of her clothes – and it is.

It’s beautiful. It’s horrific. It’s violent and elegant and you can’t stop watching, your mind ablaze with fascination.

Luna turns her back to you with exaggerated coyness despite the fact that she is more naked than is possible by merely undressing and undoes her corset, letting it fall away. There’s something on her back, spreading across her shoulderblades and down her spine; you can’t get a good look at it in the flickering candlelight but the shifting shadows make it appear to writhe slightly, as if something is pressing against the underside of her skin and is -desperate to burst free. She slowly reaches behind her to the middle of her back, hips swaying to the music, and pulls. The drums begin to pound and your heart pounds with it, everything feeling as though it is building to something, the tension growing tighter and tighter until your every nerve is pulled taut. Something is about to happen, but you don’t know what. You realize you are holding your breath, leaning forward in your seat in anticipation.

And a pair of pale green moth wings unfurls from Luna’s back, the motion as sharp and smoothly elegant as a woman snapping open a fan. It sends a fine spray of blood over the people sitting in the first two rows, but they do not appear to notice the blood now staining their masks. The wings, several feet in diameter, stretch and shudder, still dripping blood from the tail on the lower set of wings. There is no mistaking that they are not a costume but attached to the exposed muscle of Luna’s back. She strikes several poses so the audience can better admire her wings, her metamorphosis complete. You can see her muscles tense and pull as she moves; she is fully naked besides her mask, not even her skin keeping her from the hungry eyes around you.

Finally the song draws to a close and Luna dips into a bow, her wings fluttering slightly. The audience claps with enthusiasm, and for the first time Luna smiles. The gas lamps are turned up again and the rest of the audience gets to their feet and begins to file out of the room. Some people talk animatedly to their companions, raving about her performance and declaring it even better than last year’s, while others nearly stumble out, looking as stunned as you feel.

You walk out of the room, mind reeling. Every terrible rumor you’ve heard about this night, the stories told in hushed whispers and dismissed with a nervous laugh, you’re beginning to think are true after all. You’ve never seen anything like this before, never dreamed such a thing was even possible. And yet...you know what you saw. This wasn’t a costume or some stage magician’s trick, you just saw a real woman take off her skin like it was nothing more than fabric to be discarded with a teasing glance.

Perhaps this experience has made you even more determined to steal what you can from the Duke, since now it seems the worth of his treasures is far beyond what you originally estimated. Or has what you’ve witnessed lit a fire in you that has yet to burn out? Will your feet carry you almost unconsciously on to the next spectacle?

well I’m definitely still here to steal. And I’m going to steal. I take my work very seriously. but holy shit…… I’ve never seen anything like this before. I’m probably never going to have another chance to see a place like this again. there won’t be any harm in exploring a little….. especially since I don’t know the layout of the mansion, after all. hard to know where a secret room is if I’m just running around haphazardly. my best bet is probably to wander around a little and get the lay of the land, watch how other people are coming and going. especially servants or anyone who seems like they may be more than just a guest - they might unconsciously lead me right where I’m trying to go.

and if I have some fun while I’m working and check out more creepy circus acts….. well who could blame me? it’ll probably even make me look less suspicious if I’m actually participating in the night’s events. part of me knows that I’m just talking myself into this because I really want to see more of this ball, but the rest of me ignores that little voice and keeps talking myself into it. I take a sip of the drink in my hand and follow the crowd into the next room

#GUYS THIS IS MY GIRLFRIEND AND SHE’S WRITING ALL OF THIS FOR ME #SHE’S WRITING A BOOK FOR ME IN ORDER TO PUT ME IN SITUATIONS #and it’s so good her writing is INCREDIBLE #like are y’all READING THIS do you see how perfect she is #she wrote me a love letter too #everything she does is amazing #this is 1000 words long and includes everything I like like there are thieves and cool outfits and magic and parties and cults and flaying #like #holy shit I’m never getting over this

[stars-and-birds]

every time you post another thought abt HtN I am newly overcome by how goddamn perfect that book is. I'm sure you're confused but that's just part of the immersion--it's SO worth it

smo when i tell you i am OBSESSED with this book. i cannot put it down. every part of it, the characters, the writing, the story. i need to finish it or i might go insane

#BUT i can’t finish it too quickly bc i’m out of the country and i can’t get nona in english here ;-; #i’ll make it last but i’m *dying* to know what’ll happen #why is it in the second person?? why are harrows memories altered??? what the fuck is ianthe doing??? #she’s funny tho i like her more this book #esme reads #the locked tomb #smo💗 #ask #amazing mutuals

[stardusteyes]

I have to say, I did have some doubts about Ariana Grande's casting as Glinda at first, (though I was always certain that her singing would be killer) but after watching the trailer, I am now more or less convinced that she will do a great job

#i love her more passive aggressive interpretation #though still no slouch in the dramatics #(or at least i think that's what they're going for) #which i feel was the right call for the new medium #there are so many parts of the show that only really work on stage #glinda's characterization and a lot of the humor surrounding that being one of them #unless you're trying to go FULL camp and even then it's a delicate balance #you're at more of a risk of the audience cringing at the antics #i only JUST started the og book so let me know if i'm wrong but #i believe that was a holdover from there too #i do still have problems #for example: fiyero is STILL whitewashed (come on guys) #and i'm nervous about how they're going to handle nessa #also the length of the whole story (which i suspect has something to do with adding back in stuff from the books) #but my hope for it being good has shot up significantly #elphaba looks and sounds AMAZING i have nothing but confidence in her #wicked #star rambles about shit #the things i make

[hrhmiat]

Princess in Love....

~.~.~.~.~.~ ~.~.~.~.~.~ Roses are Red Roses are red Violets are Blue But cherries are redder You may not know it Maybe she can clone fruit flies But someone loves you. But I like you better. ~.~.~.~.~.~ ~.~.~.~.~.~

Roses are red Violets are blue You may not know it But I love you, too.

#mia thermopolis #the princess diaries #princess diaries #michael moscovitz #books #thesnowflakenecklace #lilly moscovitz #tells her brother #the only thing that shes done for Mia raelly #meg cabot #book 3 is amazing #And michael's reveal of loving mia too after 20 years later STILL HAS ME