#leslye walton

[the-final-sentence]

And it is like this, while sitting on the hill, that my sisters and I wait for the day to blossom like a flower over the desert plateau.

Leslye Walton, from “El Destinos”

#Leslye Walton #El Destinos

[judgingbooksbycovers]

The Price Guide to the Occult

By Leslye Walton.

Design by Matt Roeser.

#The Price Guide to the Occult #Leslye Walton #Matt Roeser #botanical #books #book covers

[i-got-the-feels]

Blood is thicker than water. But it looks like money flows in the vien of these conglomerate families.

Saturn Devouring His Son (Franciso Goya) + Wes Fessler

The Mutilation of Uranus by Saturn (Giorgio Vasari) + Leslye Walton

Time Clipping Cupid's Wings (Pierre Mignard) + Nicole Richie

- Episode 15 and Episode 16, Reborn Rich, 2022

#reborn rich #kdramaedit #kdramadaily #asiandramanet #kdramasource #dailyasiandramas #father son relationship #art #paintings #userpinenut #usertoptaps #userjap #userstorge #natahjikio #syaring #useryd #mostlyfate #udeokmis #userdusiks #igtf edits #igtf edits: reborn rich

[gellavonhamster]

monthly media recap: september 2023

read:

Angélique, the Road of Hope and The Victory of Angélique by Anne Golon - can't believe I finished this, lol. It's a pity book 14 wasn't published, but book 13 provides a conclusion to many main plotlines, so it's still a decent ending. I will always wonder if another one of my brotps was supposed to reunite in the last book, though :D For all its faults, enjoyed this series tremendously; it's the people helping and supporting each other even in the bleakest circumstances for me

Ten Thousand Stitches by Olivia Atwater - Regency Faerie Tales part two, even cuter than part one. Seriously, these books are such a delight, I need to read part three ASAP

Spēlēju, dancoju / I Played, I Sang by Rainis - girl help, my Latvian vocabulary does not include that much archaic and/or poetic language, but I did understand enough to see how beautiful it is

Gaywick by Vincent Virga - I read that one liveblogging thread/channel, so I was familiar with the plot, but it was still so interesting to see it all happen. Incredible how a book can cover so many disturbing, truly Gothic themes and still be hopeful and sweet, loved it

Vadriel Vail by Vincent Virga - Gaywick Trilogy book 2, not nearly as good as the first one. Constant timeskips, important events only told in passing, one of the MCs is a boring Gary Stu and the other disgusting. Bearable thanks to the first one's wife and characters from book 1

The Price Guide to the Occult by Leslye Walton - it's not terrible and had some interesting stuff, but still felt sort of... superficial? Most of the characters felt underdeveloped, the story often felt like an outline. I bought it mostly because it was cheap and I'm glad it was.

+ currently reading Children of Paradise (Gaywick Trilogy #3)

watched:

Apteeker Melchior / Melchior the Apothecary (2023) - a murder mystery set in medieval Tallinn. Something bugged me about the dialogue, but I mostly enjoyed the plot and the familiar setting

The Skeleton Key (2005) - Southern Gothic, a grim old house, and Hoodoo magic. Enjoyed the final plot twists and how they recontextualize a lot of stuff earlier in the movie. Was rooting for the heroine but also had to hand it to the antagonists in the end, good for them

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) - so, so charming. Impossible not to hum and move along to the songs. Marilyn Monroe, of course, is a goddess, but Jane Russell tho... gentlemen might prefer blondes but I'm no gentleman

How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) - also charming and funny, though I found it a bit less interesting than the previous one; still good though

Constantine (2005) - I frequently felt like I was missing some context. Either I'm stupid or it's just because I haven't read the comics, but shouldn't a movie adaptation be understandable even for those unfamiliar with the source? Otherwise it was ok and had Rachel Weisz in it

Rebecca (1940) - not nearly as haunting as the novel, but a good film nevertheless. Mostly I just wanted to protect the narrator :( she's so cute

also, a bit unrelated, probably, but I saw two theatre performances last month - one was a live screening of Good by the National Theatre (powerful, amazingly done, probably wouldn't have decided to see it by myself, so thanks to the friend who suggested it) and the other The Three Musketeers neo-classical ballet at the Latvian National Opera and Ballet (really nice, cool stage design, I posted a trailer here)

#talk talk talk #monthly media recap #i also watched castlevania: nocturne yesterday but that's already for october

[inkyskye]

books that feel like nostalgia

you know those books you read that, instead of feeling like you're discovering something brand-new, they almost remind you of something you already know? like you already read it in another life? here are some books that gave me that feeling of returning home.

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley

Circe by Madeline Miller

The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Normal People by Sally Rooney

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton

#some of the best books ive ever read #the secret history #nostagiacore #nostalgia #currently reading #book recommendations #book reccs #fantasy books #whimsical books #in another life #books and literature #the raven cycle #normal people #addie larue #ve shwab #christina lauren #the book thief #madeline miller

[scopriusmalfoy]

got tagged by @juntateshima

Rules: In a text post, list ten books that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard — they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just the ones that have touched you. Tag ten friends, including me, so I’ll see your list. Make sure you let your friends know you’ve tagged them.

the Harry Potter series

the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas

the Blood & Ash series + prequel series Flesh & Fire by Jennifer L Armentrout

the A Court Of... series by Sarah J Maas

The Fault in our Stars by John Green

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

My True Love Gave to Me (anthology, edited by Stephanie Perkins)

I'm tagging: @remusreads @wilwheaton (because honestly let's try!) @eldcrwand @ewatson @magicfolk @umfleur @regulusblackss @books-and-cookies @booksanerd

#i was tagged #personal

[two-maroon-ghosts]

Books I've read so far this month:

The Moon and More - Sarah Dessen (5 hours)

This Lullaby - Sarah Dessen (3 hours, 40 minutes)

Just Listen - Sarah Dessen (4 hours)

Spells for Lost Things - Jenna E. Welch (4 hours 40 minutes)

Saint Anything - Sarah Dessen (4 hours, 40 minutes)

Love and First Sight - Josh Sundquist (2 hours, 40 minutes)

Someone Like You - Sarah Dessen (2 hours, 40 minutes)

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender - Leslye Walton (4 hours, 10 minutes)

If These Wings Could Fly - Kyrie McCauley (5 hours)

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder - Holly Jackson (4 hours, 40 minutes)

Cinder - Marissa Meyer (4 hours)

#I will keep adding to this #There's a few others that I've started #But they aren't here yet #I'm determined to destroy our library's summer reading challenge #And beat all of my family in it #My sister is up on me because she started sooner than I did #I technically started on the tenth #But I had just happened to already have read two books #At the beginning of the day one of my sisters had ten hours on me #But now I'm only behind by four #I'll overtake her tomorrow or tonight for sure #The only one of these I wouldn't personally recommend is The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

[academicdisasterfic]

13, 14 & 18 for the weird questions pls and thank youuuuu!! If those don’t spark joy or you’ve already done them, swap ‘em out!! xox

hello lovely person!!! thank you!!!

13. What is a subject matter that is incredibly difficult for you write about? What is easy?

I think the most difficult thing for me to both write and read about is anything to do with addiction - I've tried, a couple of times, as a way to process things, but I always end up not being able to do it.

I find it really easy to write a lot of really angsty things though! I tend to explore mental health, illness, loss, and grief quite consistently and without really trying.

14. Do you lend your books to people? Are people scared to borrow books from you? Do you know exactly where all your “lost” books are and which specific friend from school you haven’t seen in twelve years still possesses them? Will you ever get them back?

I do lend my books to people! There are quite a few I've never gotten back. The only one I really miss is a particularly beautiful hardback copy of The Price Guide to the Occult by Leslye Walton that I lent to one of my ex's friends - I've harboured that bitterness for YEARS. I eventually caved and just bought another copy.

18. Choose a passage from your writing. Tell me about the backstory of this moment. How you came up with it, how it changed from start to end. 

This is such a good one - I ended up picking this microfic, and this specific passage:

i like halves and quarters and non-divisible parts, and i like boys who have to scrap the good parts of themselves together and cling tightly to them, and i like fighting while fucking, and i like lashing out just to be held, and i like being the only thing you’re selfish for, and - yes, harry, i like you.

I wrote the first half of this microfic without being quite sure of what I was trying to say, only trying to chase a specific feeling I had of how terrifying it is to be really known by someone. I'd used a lot of imagery and poetic language in the first part, and then I realised what was missing was something grittier, more raw, because the feeling itself is a very gritty, raw feeling.

My boyfriend has called me stubborn at least three times a day for the past week, and every time he does I smile, because it reminds me that they see me at my absolute most frustrating self and want me anyway. It reminds me of this passage and I love that.

Weird questions for writers here

#rooney answers

[smokinsunrise]

If she thought of her love as a commodity and were to, say, eat it, it would fill 4,745 cherry pies. If she were to preserve it, she would need 23,725 glass jars and labels and a basement spanning the length of Pinnacle Lane. If she were to drink it, she'd drown.

— Leslye Walton, The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

#books #the strange and beautiful sorrows of ava lavender$ #book recommendations #bookworm #book recs #good books to read #book quotes #book quote #quotes

[ladyimaginarium]

my father does the breaking and my mother does the burying.

keep breathing. / keep breathing / keep breathing / unknown. / unknown. / the strange and beautiful sorrows of ava lavender - leslye walton. / keep breathing. / keep breathing. / unknown. / keep breathing.

#web weaving. #PAIN™ #i can only forgive my father in dreams. #my mother's love is choking me. #mine. #the quality of some are ass but netflix a bitch so 😭😭😭😭 #arcana.weaves

[thebackgroundmusic]

December 2023 Reading Log

The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger 

Did You Hear About Kitty Karr by Crystal Smith Paul

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai 

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica

The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton

Lightlark by Alex Aster

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Rootless by Krystle Zara Appiah

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

#reading #reading log #lit #literature #books

[snowedinwithbooks]

“Happiness had a pungent scent, like the sourest lime or lemon. Broken hearts smelled surprisingly sweet. Sadness filled the air with a salty, sea-like redolence; death smelled like sadness. People carried their own distinct personal fragrances.” ― Leslye Walton, The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

[inkyskye]

atmospheric books to read this winter

for when you want books with those frosty, slightly unhinged vibes~

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

The Boneless Mercies by April Genevieve Tucholke

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton

The Snow Song by Sally Gardner

The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton

#emily bronte #the winternight trilogy #winter #ve shwab #fantasy books #reading #currently reading #book recommendations

[knoansw]

17 Best Quotes About Family Relationships

17 Best Quotes About Family Relationships

Get here the best inspirational quotes about family relationships. Inspirational Quotes About Family Relationships 1. “I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.” ― Maya Angelou 2. “Children betrayed their parents by becoming their own people.” ― Leslye Walton 3. “If a man’s character is to be abused, say what you…

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“She spent her days trying to forget the sound of his voice, and her nights trying to remember.” -The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton Get this book 📚 - https://amzn.to/3bL04Cj #booklover #books #booksquoteqworld #booknerd #bookstagram #bookquote #bookquotes #quotefrombook #quote #quotesoftheday #quotesdaily #quotestagram #quoteoftheday #quotes #forget #remember #love #lovequotes #thestrangeandbeautifulsorrowsofavalavender #leslyewalton https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfl_W6vrk7f/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#booklover #books #booksquoteqworld #booknerd #bookstagram #bookquote #bookquotes #quotefrombook #quote #quotesoftheday #quotesdaily #quotestagram #quoteoftheday #quotes #forget #remember #love #lovequotes #thestrangeandbeautifulsorrowsofavalavender #leslyewalton

[orlamccools]

Answer all the book questions pls

ajdjdkskakal alrighty anon you asked for this!! this is gonna get long

1- Book you’ve reread the most times?

already answered here!

2- Top five books of all time?

This is an impossible question to answer so I’ll do top 5 that i think more people should read!

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould

Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

3- What is your favorite genre?

I’m a pretty versatile reader so I’ll read anything but probably fantasy

4- What sections of a bookstore do you browse?

Fantasy/Sci Fi —> Fiction —> YA —> Political Science/Current Affairs —> True Crime —> Mysteries/Thrillers —> Romance —> Anything else that compels me

5- Where do you buy books?

Well i am both blessed and cursed to work at a barnes and noble so typically there. if not, i’ll go to one of the independent bookstores in my town, or order online thru bookshop.org. I try to avoid am*zon as much as possible, and usually the only time i buy on there is if: a. the author publishes thru amazon exclusively or b. i cant find it anywhere else at a decent price point

6- What books have you read in the last month?

I’m still recovering from a slump so i haven’t read a ton this past month include:

Fairytales of the Macabre by Olivie Blake

Midsummers Night Dream by Olivie Blake

Birds of California by Katie Cortugno

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

7- Is there a series/book that got you into reading?

Not that I remember, to be honest! corny but ive been a reader since i was a small child so i dont know what really got me into it. all i know is that ive loved doing it for my entire life

8- What is the first book you remember reading yourself?

Magic Tree House Dinosaurs at Dawn. i was a HUGE MTH kid (had books 1-30 at one point!!) and i distinctly remember reading that book in one of the little seat cubbies they used to have at the east mountain public library

9- When do you tend to read the most?

I commute via bus and its about a 30 minute ride so usually then, which tends to be mid afternoon. i also try to read before bed, depending on how tired i am. also, whenever i have days off i try to go sit on a bench at my favorite park or on campus and read for several hours in the evening. this gets me out of the house, gets me vitamin d, and lets me tackle my tbr.

10- Do you have a guilty fave?

already answered here!

11- What non-fiction books do you like, if any?

already answered here!

12- Did you enjoy any compulsory high-school readings?

Yes!!! Some of my faves include Unwind by Neal Shusterman, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury. My teachers assigned some good books tbh!

13- Do you have a goodreads?

Yes i do!! feel free to follow me :)

14- Do you ever mark/dog ear books you own?

already answered here!

15- Recommend and review a book

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang is a brilliant five star debut. It follows Fang Runin, a war orphan from the impoverished town of Tikany as she tests into an elite military academy. While there, she makes both friends and enemies and uncovers a world beyond our own and a power that she can barely comprehend. But these easy days don’t last, for the empire of Nikan is surrounded by enemies. As the story shifts from a simple coming of age to a brutal story about the horrors of war, Kuang is able to create emotional stakes that keep you glued to the pages and invested in the story. I read the last three hundred or so pages in one sitting, simply because i could not bear to leave the rest of the story for the morning. Rin is such a strong character, and one that i found myself empathizing with, even as she made the worst possible decisions (seriously babes genocide is NOT the answer). Her relationships with both Kitay and Nezha hurt me emotionally for different reasons, but one relationship that stands out above the rest is that with her commander and childhood crush Altan. Theres absolutely no way any sort of relationship with the two of them wouldnt be hella toxic, but damn did i understand rin’s feelings for and bond with him. The ending of the story had me wreaked in the most incredible and soul crushing way, and i could not wait to read The Dragon Republic. This isnt a book for everyone (seriously see the attached picture w all the trigger warnings) but its a book for me and one of my new all time favorites. Five out of five stars!

16- How many books have you read this year?

i have read 9/52 books this year which isnt great but it is what it is

17- Top five childrens books?

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

The Phantom Tollbooth by Jules Verne

Wildwood by Colin Meloy

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

18- Do you like historical books? Which time period?

Not a huge historical fiction fan, but like historical fantasy is elite and very up my alley! I don’t really think I have a favorite time period.

19- Most disliked popular book?

already answered here!

20- What are things you look for in a book?

thats hard. as previously stated i will read whatever i want but i guess some main things i look for are strong characters with distinct traits and voices, worlds with magic in them, and books where bad things happen but it mostly ends happily (this DOESNT apply to the poppy war rip)

#maddie mumbles #ask #anon #ask game #if the formatting of this is funky i will hit a pedestrian w a car #n e ways thanks for the ask!!! #also take a shot everytime i mention the poppy war 😭😭😭 im sorry the brainworms are too strong