#non fiction reads

[umblrspectrum]

go read Memento Nori and Like the Stars and What Friends Are For and just generally all of Ad Astra Per Aspera by LadyDaybreaker on ao3

#peak fiction #two of these are like 3/4th retelling of the actual episodes #but they add so many little details and changes and i love it #little things that explain why characters act the way they do later and all that #its all good its like 341k words total if you ignore parts 6 7 and 8 #best part is #of course #lizzy and uzi and thad fucking around with a laser pointer #idk im just obsessed with murder drone fics its more of all my blorbos #opacity is my best friend i love opacity i love fucking with it #non anti aliasing is also my best and worst friend. i love the pixels but its terrible when trying to draw small #art #murder drones #murder drones uzi #murder drones lizzy #murder drones thad #murder drones n #murder drones v #serial designation n #serial designation v #is that the most characters i've had in a single post? who knows #also for you fuckers in the last post. if i connected those letters i would have been rendered incapable of reading my own fucking post #i cannot read it if i cant tell where one letter ends and the next begins

[mangotalkies]

"after all, how can one feel the loss of a thing whose existence one has become unconscious to?"

a wonderful collection of essential and constant truth bombs.

#india that is bharat #j. sai deepak #indian literature #indian history #non fiction #decolonisation #indigineous people #indigenous faith #coloniality and nature #indian academia #booklr #studyblr #notes #long reads #coffee #dark academia #light academia #desiblr #study blog #book photography #vsco

[leannareneehieber]

HELLO!

(Yes, this is me as Sarah Winchester for Halloween. Also, yes, this is pretty much my general wardrobe give or take a lace layer. Yes, I wrote a long chapter in this book about Sarah Winchester because I really love her and find her to be fundamentally misunderstood.)

I just wanted to drop by and say it's still Women's History Month and it's still a GREAT time to read about historical women and how their stories resonate with us today. BONUS: you can do this through ghost lore! Here's how!

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Word-of-mouth is so important for books like ours, so if this book interests you, could you please share? Thanks so much and Happy Haunting!

#gothic #goth #victorian #ghosts #ahauntedhistoryofinvisiblewomen #haunted history #history #historical #womens history #womens rights #womens history month #non fiction #nonfiction #haunted house #haunting #spooky #ghost stories #spirits #womens issues #goth aesthetic #goth girl #gothgoth #romantic goth #gothic aesthetic #elder goth #spooky reads #dark academia #dark aesthetic

[communistkenobi]

I don’t like when people ask how many books you plan to read/have read this year one because I think that’s a weird relationship to have to books and two because I think even reading a chapter or a portion of something is valuable. this is especially true with non-fiction but even with fiction I think any amount you read, even if you don’t read the entire thing, is not a failure or ‘incomplete’

#I read basically exclusively non fiction and every page I read is beneficial like I’m always learning something #like my relationship to reading is often extractive and utilitarian because of school and research #but that extractive process doesn’t require reading the whole text like 99.9% of the time #I’ve only read a third of Orientalism for example but like I have a good grasp of Said’s core arguments and concepts #and like part of how I finished authoritarian personality (a 1000 page book) was by skipping & skimming sections #like the whole is not always more valuable than its components #and also like ‘I read this book to complete it’ is not an insincere way to engage with a text but I feel like it’s limiting #if that’s your primary approach to reading. Like you read a book just to say you read it #& also more petty but I think that if your argument or thesis only works if people read 100% of your book then you’re doing a poor job #of getting your point across #again obviously it’s valuable to read and process whole complete texts not dismissing that but like #I don’t find a lot of inherent value in reading a book just to complete it u know

[galina]

Uh oh, they’re reading/writing/thinking about love again

#studyblr #studygram #studyspo #study #books #bookblr #bookstagram #currently reading #philosophy #non fiction #love #literary theory #writing #desk #setup #workspace #inspiration #working #neutrals #neutral tones

[deadpoetsmusings]

“I care little for plot and prefer a lingering glow..”

#durga chew bose #too much and not the mood #books #booklr #book photos #my posts #book photography #litblr #essays #non fiction #read #reading #adult booklr #neutrals

[artschoolglasses]

Currently Reading: Shoplifting in Eighteenth-Century England, by Shelley Tickell

I do love an incredibly specific historical non-fiction read. Bonus points for an absolutely scandalous cover image. Oh my. 👀

#am I on an 18th century history kick? #yes yes I am #shoplifting in eighteenth-century england #Shelley tickell #reading #read #book #bookblr #booklr #books #history #nonfiction #non-fiction #currently reading #current read

[nyiiwest]

The reason it’s so important to read news articles, books and pages scholars have written, religious texts from all religions, and books on uncomfortable topics from brown authors is so you have insight to see these topics in a new light and proper information on these topics. Far too often I see people read one article then assume they’re educated on a topic, no read and consume all the media you can on each topic. Learn, absorb and understand something new. Re read it again and again, listen to people’s stories again and again. Education on things that actually are worth something is more valuable than any form of social currency.

#education #educate yourself #religious #non fiction #books and reading #news #global news #gaza genocide #palestine #falestine #blm #lgbtq #native american #real issues #trending

[hauntedpearl]

thinking thoughts about things and such but I do wonder if cas had, say, an amnesia moment or whatever and dean did dean things which would include kidnapping him and keeping him in an underground bunker etc etc you understand. like if and when cas does come back to himself. i do wonder. if his freaky ass would be so into it that he'd jump dean's bones about this violation of human rights. i do wonder.

#like. I'm just saying. the OH HE WANTS ME of it all. like. OMG YOU. YOU KEPT ME NEAR YOU???? #like brother he was. he had you like straight up in the dungeon brother get out #but he won't listen you know #doe is talking again #spn posting #destiel is toxic? to the world probably. but they are making it work and they're happy about it so you know. it's. whatever #btw. btw. I'm sleeping deprived again. well not exactly. I'm just sleepy. it's bc I'm sleeping all weird these days :( #I will go have lunch now. ans then I will sleep. #i am also reading this book about cardiology and it's very interesting but it's also non-fiction so it's slow going yk #anyway ask me about things I can talk sometimes! #about destiel #Castiel you little freak you you!!! #ps: dean would also be into it if it were to happen the other way around. altho i do think non-godstiel cas would not do that to him. #okay byeeeee

[idontcarecarebear]

🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩A red flag in any book I read that makes me instantly put it down is when an author goes into detail describing the chest or sexualising the body shape of an underage female character. I hate it whether it goes into a heavy detail or does it offhandedly, I just have to stop reading it. Especially if the point of view is from a grown man who is supposed to be the protagonist I support while reading. 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

#books #readers #book red flags #books & libraries #books and reading #book review #reading #authors #writers #female characters #writing #gross and unnecessary #fiction #non fiction #red flags #male authors #female authors #It's gross you're gross

[burning-academia-if]

Hello, I blinked and March was over. Another busy/hectic month in regards to Real Life things + I got pretty sick at the end of it (because being sick in February wasn't enough lol). With that being said, here's what I did get done:

Wrote 16.1k words (Chapter 2 total word count: 27.4k )

Started editing/coding in the start of Chapter 2

Did some more coding/tweaking for stat pages

Fixed some variables in Chapter 1 + added piercings and facial hair options to character customization (these will all be added when Chap 2 releases)

Posted Rhea's bday art

With that being said, I thought Chapter 2 would be a max of 30k words, but all the small branching and flavor text in this chapter is really adding up lol. Of those words written, most of it went towards the Lars/Student Warden path. I did however write one of the three endings, and one of two of the RO pov ending scene variants.

With that said the Rhea/Student Government path should be a lot shorter since it's more straight forward, and once that's done, all that's left is a handful of smaller scenes/variants to finish up and then Chapter 2 will be done! I'm guessing it'll end up being between 40k to 50k words in total. I'm hoping to finish up the writing in April and then code everything in to release it by late May! This is obviously very tentative, but unless the universe decides to cause mayhem once more, that's what I'm aiming for!

Lastly, here's another little preview for the confrontational MCs this month (ft Lars):

#BA: updates #didn't hit my word count goal either but I did lose an entire week of writing to a fever in my defense asjkflas #health>>>>>>writing #also if you're reading the tags random off topic request lmfaO #but I like to read during my hour break at work and I need book recs #I read pretty much everything in all genres and age demographics #non fiction and comics/mangas included #anyways I read a lot but I think my issue lately is I've read so much in my comfort zone and now nothing looks interesting #I've read 33 books this year and only a handful weren't fantasy (I know that sounds like a lot but like 19 of those were manga asfaklj) #the only limit is it can't be self published since it would need to be available at my library and they never carry indies

[uncanny-tranny]

I know this is a very unoriginal observation (much like any other), but I'm finally reading The Great Gatsby, and even I wouldn't describe men the way Nick does.

#queer #lgbt #lgbtq #i did watch the 2013 film for my ap english class though (i think they didn't have enough time left for us to actually read it) #like the way he described tom was very. superfluous in my opinion. something you want to tell the class NICK (joking) #i find myself really partial to the general writing styles of that time though #i haven't even gotten that far in the book either i'm just barely past the part where daisy is introduced #so nick is just waffling about his family history and how he rents for $80/month #which is relatable when you consider inflation. nick i hope you eat you landlord #i can see why people don't like this writing but i am endlessly fascinated by the prose #maybe i should just free myself from the impulse to hide behind layers of self-censorship and live like nick does #tbh tho i still prefer non-fiction and textbooks BUT fiction is valuable and is useful #fiction is like play - it lets you explore different possibilities and thought in a safe environment

[nooskadraws]

the non-fiction books i read in 2023

#illustration #artists on tumblr #books #wanted to read more non-fiction last year to make my stories better and whOO i'm getting there!! #most of these books i read for my graphic novel ancestree #the books about empire and power yes #hopefully these readings will help make the story stronger! #here's to more non-fiction in 2024 and i wanna draw book covers this year too!!!

[hpowellsmith]

Heretic Dreams is on itch!

I've transferred my dark fantasy/horror Twine game Heretic Dreams over to my itch page to play for free/pay what you want!

No one knows you swallowed the power of a god, but it will break you apart as you guide your mining party to icy disaster.

Make hard decisions. Bond with your captain. Sacrifice yourself or others. Reach many endings, none good.

First published in sub-Q Magazine, 2016.

Contains sexual references and animal and human death.

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Play more short free IF on my itch page!

#twine games #indie games #interactive fiction #free game #text game #this was the first non-reprint IF I was ever paid for! #i am immensely fond of it still #i love some bad stuff happening in the snow!! #if you liked this you should read sorcerer of the wildeeps by kai ashante wilson because that novella strongly inspired me

[galina]

Currently: Pear Nuallak, Pearls from their Mouth. A really unique genre-blending collection which moves seamlessly between folktale, horror, satire and critique at which the centre is an exploration of the complexities of living as diasporic Thai queer artist in modern Britain. This one was a gift from a dear friend and gratefully received.

#studyblr #studygram #studyspo #bookblr #books #book #reading #currently reading #b #read more #non fiction #non-fiction #non fic #booklr #bookstagram #brown #neutral #neutral colours #neutral tones #minimal #yellow #autumn #london #home

[sammyloomis]

finally picked up this book from a local lgbt bookshop after reading the last lines of it and immediately tearing up in waterstones aksbska

#ash.txt #ive been wanting to read more non fiction so why not start with something i actually care about :’] #trans #transmasc