#lockdown books

[nellydreadful]

Dracula REALLY benefits from the real time experience that Dracula Daily gives it. Because, like, I GET it. Jonathan has been trapped in that castle for coming on two months now. Feeling everything at once or nothing? Crying on the floor? Staring mesmerized at dust motes? Observing yet another unimaginable tragedy and feeling dull and blank? Bitch that's month two of lockdown to a tee, I have BEEN there, except for how everyone in Jonathan's quarantine bubble is a serial killer.

#I think at that point in the lockdowns I started a book club with my stuffed animals #dracula daily

[alchemy-of-spirit]

Maul loves the aesthetic of bone sculptures 🦴✨

#darth maul #star wars #maul lockdown #maulopress #darth maul edit #starwars books #darth maul art #maul edit

[dykedteach]

literally can’t compute that people are just now learning about The Terror. wym you didn’t spend every waking day of the developing pandemic self-soothing by reading about a grumpy pussycat of a man falling in love with the worlds prettiest rectangle. how did you survive being locked down in your house without kinning edward little for a bit.

#my last day out before lockdown was to rmg and it still feels weirdly bittersweet to remember #TO CLARIFY: the things I was reading was the fanfiction of the tv show mostly djfjdjsfj but the book too

[trashy1turtle]

Maul: Lockdown summarized

#star wars #darth maul #maul #star wars darth maul #i love darth maul #maul lockdown #star wars books

[jacarandaaaas]

you know what? I actually find it wild we are coming up to 3 years of encanto being released but there hasn’t been a single announcement for a short? or anything really. It’s actually bizarre to me because encanto has been the only HIT this decade but the last piece of animated content we got was ouas and before that it was a whirlpool commerical💀

#encanto #encanto disney #disneys encanto #I will always find this weird #like did they not see the numbers and the constant demand? #like d*sney love to pretend encanto was a flop because it released during lockdown #don’t mind me mourning the hypothetical encanto series again lmao #no but seriously why are they doing nothing #I love the books sm but I also miss the madrigals voices! #silly late night rant don’t take this too serious

[hella1975]

in the showing up to the library with an overnight bag part of exam season

#haven’t done any revision for the past two days bc I’ve been too sick but im at least half human today so it’stime to LOCK IN #been here since 5:30pm and my study room isn’t booked until 10pm lol. lmao even #also in the entire four floors of the library i sat down looked up and saw a guy i know sat directly opposite me #we’ve hung out enough that id call him a friend but we’re not close and also I came here alone on PURPOSE to make sure i acc worked #so i was just like oh 😃 hi 😃 #and im not flattering myself either i bet he was the exact same 😭 kms of ALL SEATS WHY DID I SIT HEREEEEE #hella goes to uni #will keep u posted on my library lockdown

[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

she has six stories left to change my mind but so far i gotta say reading kelly link’s get in trouble right after sofia samatar’s tender is…….. not doing link any favors

#i guess it’s sort of a relief to read some short stories and not like #feel my body physically seize up with emotion like someone is carving open my chest cavity each time #and also to not constantly be like ‘wow this person is so smart it makes me want to swear off language forever’ #but it would nice to be moved or impressed to some degree at any point #well. six more shots at it! #i guess in between i read zadie smith’s short lockdown book…. also not helping here #media 2k24

[dustpileofherown]

Considering another writing challenge over the summer.

#check the reblogs for the second poll!! #blue castle book club #lm montgomery #lmm lockdown #the blue castle book club #the blue castle #the blue castle fanfic #LMM fanfiction

[lindsaywesker]

Good morning!  I hope you slept well and feel rested?  Currently sitting in my study, fully dressed and ready to go!  Welcome to 2024!

Welcome to the working week although, for those of you working in the NHS, welcome to just another day.

It’s currently 2.30 a.m.  The cab will be here at 3.30.  By the time most of you are reading this, I will be at Heathrow Airport, killing time.  Flight leaves at 8.00 a.m.  Ten-hour flight.  Arrives Montego Bay 1.00 p.m.

I’m going to spend a few days with a mate.  The rest of them are going to the family house.  I will join them in time for the wake.

Many thanks to everyone that listened to the radio show.  If you missed it, it’s up on Mixcloud.  It gave me a lot of pleasure to feature three acts that don’t get enough recognition: Sly & The Family Stone, Sylvester and The Salsoul Orchestra. 

My father in law’s funeral is on Saturday, January 6th, which is why I won’t be able to do my radio show.  I’ll be back live in the studio on Saturday, January 13th.

I wouldn’t describe this trip as a ‘holiday’.  The Trouble is there to bury her dad and give him a good send-off.  She’ll be fragile for a while. 

Definitely looking forward to some sunshine.  It’s 26 degrees in JA today, rising to 31 on Saturday.  I plan to be outdoors as much as possible and get some colour on this sad, pasty skin.

I’m taking my laptop, so I should be able to do some kind of status every day.  I’m looking forward to spending time with my JA family, who will ensure that Daddy’s funeral is a memorable day.

I hope your New Year’s Eve went well, whatever you did.  Some people like raving, while some are happy to drink (and fall asleep) in front of the TV.  I had fun at The White Lion, as you can see from my pictures.

2024 will be whatever you want it to be.  Yes, there will be challenges and disappointments (just like 2023) but that’s life.  Like Frankie Beverley said, life is a subtle balance of joy and pain, sunshine and rain.  Outside of the inevitable ups and downs, 2024 is down to you.  If you work hard and work smart, 2024 will be a brilliant year for you. 

Have a marvellous and momentous Monday.  I love you all.

#mixcloud #mi soul #dj #music #new blog #lockdown #coronavirus #books #weekend #democracy

[rivoluzionaria]

"Eppure lui era una di quelle persone che sapeva provare l'amore di tutti i baci di Nuovo Cinema Paradiso e, al contempo, l'amara verità delle lacrime di Totò. Una di quelle persone che in ogni bozza, nelle cose taciute, tra grafite e candore, conservava un po' di sé, un po' di me, un po' di te.

Una di quelle che poi si perdeva nelle storie degli altri solo per vedere se certe cose avevano il coraggio di succedere davvero. Una di quelle persone che spesso fissava il sole fino a voler bruciare gli occhi e ogni loro pensiero; una di quelle che ascoltava la musica perché sapeva che ogni parola scritta, per resistere al tempo, doveva vibrare in armonia sopra un'accordo.

Una di quelle persone capaci di rendersi Primavera tra le mani del Botticelli; una di quelle in grado di ascoltarti con lo stesso silenzio assordante di Roma deserta durante il lockdown, che quasi riuscivi a sentire le voci di tutti i desideri del mondo dentro Fontana di Trevi."

— manuela g.

#manuela g. #mare #sea #sea aesthetic #poetry #poesia #libro #libri #citazione #quote #the night we met #ocean #waves #booktok #book #book quotes #mare fuori #citazione libro #lockdown #rome #italy #italia #fontana di trevi #love #love quotes

[no-where-new-hero]

In seeing the posts for Chaps 20 + 21 and also thinking of how LMM wanted Blue Castle to be a more grown-up novel, I realize how incredibly sheltered most of her heroines are. A scholar once pointed out the privilege that exists throughout LMM's work, and that does feel evident when comparing Valancy with Cissy, or Anne with someone like Leslie Moore or Katherine Brooke--not only in economic security but also in how the darker and more...cynical sides of life are shielded from them. Cissy knows about and has partaken of the world of Chidley Corners, where sexuality and violence muddles a fairytale idea of romance. Leslie's history suggests Anne's orphaned state is better than having a mother that would practically sell you for her own happiness.

Partially this is LMM staying in her own milieu--she writes about the society of Blair Water and Priest Pond vs "Stovepipe Town," for example. But from the way she sneaks in these allusions to rougher and grittier lives, I don't think she was entirely sugarcoating everything. It seems to me more like a certain escapism, plus a pressure to present "Sunday-School" appropriate stories for her audience. The longer she writes, the more I sense an urge in her to break away from that angle (I think she comments in her diaries of wishing she could explore more psychological and "adult" themes in her romances). The Emily books and Blue Castle were written in the same 5-year period and deal frankly with sexual "scandals" in Cissy's illegitimate baby and Ilse's mother purportedly running away with another man. LMM never (in the narrative) condemns Dean's amoral history or attitude to Emily. She also relishes making Barney a "bad boy" and attractive for that very reason.

So despite the naiveté that runs through her heroines, I don't think LMM wanted to pretend that everyone's experiences were like that and left room in secondary characters and alluded storylines for those different aspects of life to be discussed, through the lens of nasty gossip (which shows the tenor of public opinion of the time) but also in deeply sympathetic ways (Emily's anguish over and eventual truth-finding about Ilse's mother, Valancy taking care of Cissy, Anne's eventual friendships with Leslie and Katharine).

#even if someone held a gun to my head i don't think i'd be able to make commentary on any lmm book without immediately referencing another #lm montgomery #blue castle book club #the blue castle #anne of windy poplars #emily of new moon #lmm lockdown

[alwayschasingrainbows]

I didn't include Barney Snaith, Gilbert Blythe and Hilary Gordon, because they seem to be the best liked.

Also, I am curious about the results.

#emily of new moon #lm montgomery #kilmeny of the orchard #blue castle book club #anne of green gables #lantern hill book club #the blue castle #kilmeny readalong #lmm lockdown #pat of silver bush #rilla of ingleside

[vasilek-ymep]

cover for my new handmade book about darth maul ^^

"Maul: Lockdown" - in our country this book is no longer printed, the circulation was too small, but i wanna read it!

#art #digital art #star wars #darth maul #maul #maul opress #maul: lockdown #sith #books #handmade books

[vaders-georg]

officially begging for a maul: lockdown animated miniseries

#THIS BOOK IS SO FUCKING INSANE #it’s the mad god of star wars #maul lockdown #darth maul #chatter

[amongdetectiveking-or-qu33n]

WIP!!

#blabbering #mention #among us #oc’s #my art #HQ Lockdown #Book 1: Skeld Traitors

[creature-of-the-stars]

A review I recently received on FanFiction.net:

The bio of this user:

I was gonna laugh this off and just delete it, but I thought I’d share. I understand the need for rules, but I honestly find this hilarious. A self-appointed purity police officer that seems like just a random person who’s taken it upon themselves to cleanse the website is equally pathetic, funny, and concerning.

Unfortunately, this review on a fic I cross posted to ff.net serves as a reminder of why ff.net traffic has slowly dwindled down to a trickle, and why Ao3 needs to remain the amazing, uncensored place that it is.

God bless Ao3 and the freedom it provides.

**disclaimer: before uploading the fics I have to ff.net, I was under the impression that the content guidelines outlawed dead dove content, not anything sexual or violent at all. I underestimated just how bad it had gotten over there.

#no one bother coming to this post to troll your ass off if you don’t agree #censorship is a gateway to full freedom of speech lockdown and it is wrong no matter what #you are responsible for yourself #FanFiction #ao3 #fanfic #writing #censorship #book banning #website censorship #FanFiction.net #ff.net #creative writing #guess it’s just sunshine and daisys with friends holding hands and nothing ever bad or intimate happens over at ff.net