#i'm reading

[fallowhearth]

Kyr is an absolutely perfect protagonist because she is such a petty bitch about everything and is spiritually a hall monitor. Sure she's a true-believer fascist raised on propaganda but she's also stupid and a horrible dweeb. She's like what if a jock was unpopular and a teacher's pet. I want her to get beaten up by sexy androgynous aliens in a homoerotic way.

#Emily Tesh #some desperate glory #I'm reading

[h0ney8ee]

just finished gone girl. i was upset amy decided to come back but thinking about it more......... i do love when two toxic people bring out the worst in each other

#fictional people of course #i give it 3.5/5 ⭐️ #h.txt #i'm reading

[tavolgisvist]

The day John met Paul : an hour‑by‑hour account of how the Beatles began by Jim O’Donnell

I’m neither “a Lennon guy” nor “a McCartney guy”; I like both equally. <…> Moreover, my main goal was not to preside over a collection of Beatle minutiae but, rather, to make manifest the spirit of July 6, 1957, Liverpool; to get at the sense of what it was like to be alive at that time, in that place. While I have made the book as factually accurate as possible, I’ve tried just as hard to extract from those facts the essence of the day—to transmute the dusty facts into living images. <…>

In attempting this transmutation of superstar facts into people images, I’ve made much of how John and Paul felt about seeing each other play for the first time. Rock and roll meant the world to them both, but until that July day in the late fifties, neither had met anybody else who felt the same way. Seeing this hot new American music emanate from teenage Liverpool hands must have hit them where they lived.

Yet neither John nor Paul was known to wear his heart on his sleeve. One of McCartney’s teachers, for example, recalls the young man returning to school after the biggest tragedy in his life, his mother’s death in 1956, and seeming okay—just a bit more reserved. He knew how to publicly contain even his deepest feelings, as did Lennon. Just because the two teens didn’t display or articulate strong feelings at their first meeting doesn’t mean they didn’t have them. I know that many writers don’t see the day that way. Most, in fact, downplay the day’s events. One McCartney biography goes so far as to say, “There were no bolts of lightning that day.” Yet, given how important rock music was to both teenagers, I can’t picture either of them not being stirred at the sight of the other performing. Sparks had to fly in their rock and roll hearts. The simple fact is that for many years following, they chose each other above all others.

In essence, there really were bolts of lightning that day—and not just figuratively. During the course of my research, I had tracked down the exact times John Lennon’s band, the Quarry Men, had performed on that simmering summer Saturday. I discovered that, according to weather bureau records, one of the performances coincided with the arrival of a thunderstorm. Then, when I was interviewing Bob Molyneux, the fellow who taped the QuarryMen playing that evening, he offhandedly mentioned that the lights had gone out during one song. I asked him why. He said there had been a bad thunderstorm. To have such a subtle point of research so casually confirmed was reassuring, if a little spooky. It made the day come even more alive for me. Apparently, I was getting some of the story right. <…> As the sun comes up over the rim of the earth, the clouds are purfled with red. The St. Peter’s Church spires catch the first shiny rays. Streaks of gold break up the larger clouds. The sky lightens into several longish blue lakes. A few clouds begin to bleach. The sun fingers the church.Then it bronzes the glittering clock hands. Lovely day for a wedding . . .

#mad magic of context #funny words #strange words #beautiful words #i'm reading #Jim O’Donnell #The day John met Paul : an hour‑by‑hour account of how the Beatles began #john and paul #1957 #liverpool #john lennon #paul mccartney

[not-rude-ginger]

Listening to Jurassic Park on Audiobook. Here are thoughts as I go through the story:

Spoilers galore on a 33 year old book with one of the biggest films ever, I guess. Also some gore mentions.

Jesus wept Crichton, that's certainly one way to open a story. They ate the baby's face!!

When I tell you the fear that settled in my soul when Tina picked up the tiny dino - I know this series!!! I was expecting so much worse, but it was still bad. Merci for the gore discretion scene POV change there Crichton.

What's the craic with the dino spit? What have you done Wu??

I kinda like that the secrecy of 'dinos be back baby!' is more by human apathy and shrugging off things than Hammond's magical will which is the only explanation we get in the film.

Yes Crichton, we can see you like science stuff and explaining how things work, we see it.

The film did the moment they see the dinos better. I almost missed it while making lunch in the book. Spielberg Win there - but tbf that's hard to beat on paper compared to a film with scale and swelling music.

I swear the narrator is picking up the film actors inflections when he does dialogue. Especially Nedry, I can hear Wayne Knight in his voice even though he isn't really doing distinct voices. Same with Sam Neil in Alan.

I am so glad they made Lex the older kid in the film - she's a classic annoying little sibling in the worst way in the book. She is bored of dinosaurs after a couple of hours! I can't decide if that's the most unrealistic or the most accurate thing in the book -- kids get used to wild things very quick.

I gotta be honest, I'd probably work in a Dino Nursery too.

I adore Richard Attenborough's Hammond, but the book version helps explain far better why things go so wrong. He's just a Bezos or Musk.

The debate with Wu about Version 4.4 is very interesting. Hammond thinks having the original wolf is what people want but Wu is probably right that what people really want is closer to a dog, even if they say they want the wolf. Anyone who actually wants the wolf is looking for a Darwin award.

When Crichton made sure to include an explanation of what a CD player was I cracked up laughing, because it may have been new enough in 1990 to need a quick explanation, but it will most definitely need it for the future given how CDs are being made obsolete. 😕

Interesting how Arnold (Sam Jackson) describes the dinos as 'precious and delicate'. It makes sense, but it wasn't carried over to the film where it's more ... wonder and awe and 'how could something so magical go wrong?' But the book does talk about how many dinos have died in the project from all sorts of things, so they must seem so fragile when you're buried into it.

Also interesting that even though they made sure all the dinos were girls (great work there Wu, no notes!) they admit they still call the 2 T-Rex (yes there are 2!! A juvenile and an adult!) 'him'.

To be continued when I listen to more - we're about to reach Rexy's Enclosure for the first time.

#jurassic park book #i'm reading #might make this a thing #if I have time #I do want to start a book journal #thinky thoughts

[ninsiana0]

Read THE DAUGHTER OF DOCTOR MOREAU by Silvia Moreno-Garcia if you like feminist reimaginings, historical conflicts, medical fuckery, beasts, the unbearable pain of longing, the unbearable pain of existing. transformations, broken hearts, found family, isolated locations, class dynamics, and endless cups of tea.

#The Daughter of Doctor Moreau #Silvia Moreno-Garcia #The Island of Doctor Moreau #retellings #book #books #book review #book reviews #book recommendation #book recommendations #book nerd #bookworm #book lovers #read #reads #reading #I'm reading #Read this if #bookish #bibliophile #novel #novels #books of tumblr #booksoftumblr #reader #readers #readersoftumblr #readmore #read more

[blackberryjambaby]

yeah i annotate my books (drew a sad face in the margins)

#rj speaks #i'm reading #aristotle and dante dive into the waters of the world

[ofallplaceswhythis]

tcoptp thoughts (pt 1)

Chapter 2:

Remus acting a posh when he isnt? Him hating his dad? Why is all this happening?

HE HAS A DOG

what happened to hope??

Chapter 3:

Remus already annoying a driver 💀.

Obsession with chocolate !!!

LILY YESS.

ugh snape. should've known

and he's already annoying

queen lily i bow down to you.

Lily's in Ravenclaw?? what??

at least she's still a prefect.

Chapter 4:

Shit Remus thinking that Lily doesn't actually want to be with him hits right in the guts.

AYYY THE REST OF THE GUYS

love how Remus got flustered by Lily when she reached over him and then proceeded to call James 'handsome' as his first impression of him

Love how it took an entire paragraph with 8 lines to describe Sirius.

Ok im kinda worried that Sirius won't like Remus in the first Chapters but its ok ig.

#i'm reading #my thoughts #i guess #the cadence of part time poets #sirius black #remus lupin #thoughts

[im-secretly-a-frog]

Debating making a third cup of tea...

#tea #I'm reading #and the fic I'm reading is very cosy #it's called and they were streamers #if anyone's interested #by @mrghostrat

[crystalizedirongoblin]

I've succumbed to peer pressure

#I'm reading #One Piece #I'm on chapter 307 already #skypiea arc was long #crystalizedrambling

[specialshinytrinkets]

So that April Fools Sonic game

#random.dusty #i'm reading #tails gets trolled #right now and this fit perfectly #life fabric snippets #blood #kinda? it's poorly drawn but better safe than sorry #the murder of sonic the hedgehog #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #sth #sth memes #shitpost #sonic shitpost

[h0ney8ee]

20% through gone girl and so far my only thought is that amy is insufferable. i don't even care that she's missing. plots done book over

#it's alright so far #h.txt #i'm reading

[tyrilstarfury]

OK so I know I said I was whipped by Lancelot... But Arthur tho... 👀

#playchoices guinevere #This fucking book is giving me whiplash... Urgh #i'm reading #At a snail pace I'm on chapter 3...but this book is good please adhd brain let me concentrate for a couple of hours so I can binge read

[ariadnaltos]

So @aleskael lent me Coraline after we watched the film. I'm reading the book and I'm astonished at how well written it is. x_x I know that Neil Gaiman is a master but still it's just so so so good. <3

#i'm reading #coraline #neil gaiman

[poorlittlevampirebaby]

😭

#i'm reading #putting it together

[geezerwench]

I'm reading.

#i'm reading #harry potter memes

[dafukdidiwatch]

The fact that Cheth’s face is still just as expressive even as a dinosaur kills me.

#dafukblog #PhantoSea #PhMchp4 #PhM04 #i will break that code someday #after this #not now #I'm reading #probably says your welcome or something