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sleepy-bebby · 1 year

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finstermond · 2 years

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#reading #book #books #house of leaves #horror #fiction #mark danielewski #johnny truant #reading meme #meme #memes #the navidson record

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arty-ffxiv · 8 days

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bold all the genres of books your muse likes to read!

Kupa loves to get inspiration from cookbooks; Ohka is an avid reader who has a soft spot for horror and romance.

C'arta can read but chooses not to.

Tagged by: @zenmai--jikake--no--komoriuta thanks sis ily ♥

Tagging: @marshalmallow, @nalukaixiv, @it-maple-moff, @ahollowgrave, @gatheredfates for Koret and/or Elandervier,

@riftdancing for Siyoh, @hythlodaes & @thefreelanceangel for Summer ♥

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gandalf-the-fool · 2 years

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#lord of the rings #lord of the rings memes #lotr #lotr memes #lotr meme #lord of the rings meme #lord of the rings post #lotr post #aragorn #meme #tom bombadil #the fellowship of the ring meme #the fellowship of the ring #the emperor's new groove #kronk #book meme #book memes #reading #reading meme

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laufire · 30 days

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march reading meme!

BOOKS

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle. Letters from Watson sent this from January to March, alongside a couple of other shorts ("The Field Bazaar" and "The Man with the Watches"). An interesting thing about it is that Sherlock was portrayed as somewhat bitter on the issue of credit (he does all the work, subpar investigators take underserved glory), while he's usually, in both ACD's later works and adaptations, portrayed as ~above such feelings. "The Field Bazaar" was interesting in that, in describing why Watson is a good "foil" for Sherlock's smarts in the books, actually illuminates why I think the smart investigator/fumbling idiot dynamic just. Fucking sucks for me lol. I don't get a kick out of it, I much prefer when they pair two investigator of different talents and portray those as both interesting and helpful in their investigations.

Investigating Lois Lane: The Turbulent History of the Daily Planet's Ace Reporter by Tim Hanley. Amazing read. It takes you through the history of the character, often looking at it through the lense of real-life issues and movements, getting into the different eras, adaptations, etc. It's giving me a lot to think about, both within the dc fandom and outside it.

Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. This one I also read in substack newsletters, going for about a year, the last one being sent in March. It was a reread, and I maintain it's a book everyone should at least try to read. Inferno is by far my favourite part (the theology lessons in Paradise grate on me, in comparison).

Batman: The Ultimate Evil by Andrew Vachss. This book was written by a crime fiction author and attorney that specialices in representing children and in child abuse cases, who was approached by DC to write a book featuring Batman facing child sex trafficking. In the book, Bruce ends up discovering that his mother, Martha Wayne, was a sociologist who was investigating a child molester ring, and that's what caused their deaths. That's what caught my eye first, because really, how many canons give any weight and importance to Martha? If they opt to make the Wayne murders a conspiracy, it's always about Thomas's actions. I also appreciated that, even though the author clearly had to follow some dc-mandated lines (fictional country, individual villain), he practically hits you with a hammer when it comes to dispel a lot of the myths we have about child molesters and how they operate, specifically to challenge those dc-mandated lines. I wish we'd seen more of the social worker character, but I liked her as it was.

Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata. I picked this novella exclusively for vibes and not plot, and it's what it gave me. It's also made me think a lot about how men see women, and how through their eyes our selves are twisted. Komako and Yoko are fascinating characters in part for how inescrutable the male lead finds them and how he might be misunderstanding them. There's so, so much hinted under the surface, about their persons and about their relationship.

The Lady Astronaut of Mars by Mary Robinette Kowal. Short novelette I picked on a whim. A 60+ yo astronaut is offered a chance to travel to space again, her dream come true. She has to choose between taking it, or staying with her ailing husband, who has little time left. The story apparently later expanded on some novels/prequels, I might pick them up.

COMICS

Secret Origins 80-Page Giant. I picked this one up for Steph's story (I'm going through her comic arcs), but ended up reading all the others. It's cemented my desire to pick up the Young Justice comics. These teens are sooooo chaotic and fun lmao, all of them (back then) with such weird and interesting backstories.

Lois Lane (1986). A two-part issue that shows Lois getting in deep in an investigation about child abductions. It's gets gruesome and heavy at times, but it's a great read, specially for her character. It shows Lois at a moment that the mainline comics seem to have ignored (she missed out on a great professional opportunity due to Superman), and it shows how obsessive she gets and how that is what makes her a great investigator and reporter. I also liked the glimpse at the dynamic between her and her sister Lucy there, how dismissive Lois was of Lucy's stewardess' job, for example.

DC First: Batgirl/Joker. I don't like it as much as the early-Batgirl (2000) run but it's kind of on that vein. Barbara tells Cass about her first encounter with the Joker, and Cass is determined to prove herself against him. I loved the art as well (very different than in the cover).

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msmargaretmurry · 16 days

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2 and 44 for book meme, and if those have been asked/answered, dealer's choice!

2. Favorite fantasy book(s).

a wrinkle in time obviously!! as previously mentioned for this meme, robin hobb's farseer books (the first trilogy is my most favorite, but i also have a lot of love for the bingtown traders trilogy and the second fitz trilogy; although here i must admit i haven't read the last 7 books in the series because i fell off the reading wagon in general after the third trilogy). lynn flewelling's nightrunner series. loved the raven cycle, loved six of crows/crooked kingdom (enjoyed the other books in that universe too but the crows books were the best). the radiant emperor duology is a recent entry into the faves list.

44. The book(s) whose stories have become part of your very makeup.

a wrinkle in time obviously!!!! and, again, the farseer books. recently maggie read the farseer books at my behest and was like "wow i understand so much about you as a person now." the giver. plenty of girl-centered classics: anne of green gables; little women; the little house on the prairie books because my mom read them all to my sister and me as kids although i do acknowledge their very problematic aspects as an adult. from the mixed-up files of mrs. basil e. frankweiler was formative to young me, as was running out of time by margaret peterson haddix. animorphs got me into trauma and found family early. i only read the left hand of darkness for the first time a couple years ago but it did change me as a person.

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bebx · 1 year

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You don’t have to, but I’d highly appreciate it if you could help reblog this for bigger sample size

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satelliteinasupernova · 4 months

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book ask: 12 and 17 :-)

12. Any books that disappointed you?

Aside from the previously mentioned A Curse for True Love; Only A Monster by Vanessa Len was disappointing because the premise was *so* good, but the way the protagonist propelled the story forward in a way that completely bulldozed past the concerns of her companions almost.. broke suspension of disbelief?

The other one I can think of is much more recent, I started reading Psyche and Eros by Luna McNamara last week, and I was already squinting at the way critics talked about it as a "feminist retelling," and like, as a fan of the original myth, I don't know that I needed Psyche, trained as a warrior since youth, so strong, so brave, as an addition to the story. Sometimes it's fun for characters to be a bit pathetic and to struggle with things outside of their control. Also, Eros should be worse. What's the point of being cursed by your own power if you start off being reasonable and disaffected?

I haven't finished the book yet. I will probably finish it. So that I can complain about it more lmao.

17. Did any books surprise you with how good they were?

Little Thieves and Painted Devils!!! Wow, a fairytale retelling involving a demisexual cat & mouse/detective & thief romance had no right to be so good.

(House of Leaves was exactly as good as I expected, so I don't think it counts lol)

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theglitchywriterboi · 1 year

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This trope hurts me so much everytime

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the-golden-vanity · 6 months

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I was tagged by @clove-pinks for a reading meme! Thank you so much, Shaun!

Last read: Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton. On the reading list for one of my local book clubs, and highly recommended by several other polar history enthusiasts on this very website. A fun and fast-paced peek into the expedition that kicked off the Heroic Age of Polar Exploration. #JusticeForFredCook.

Current read: Savage Girls and Wild Boys by Michael Newton. Halfway between a personal essay and a cultural history of both folklore and confirmed cases of feral children. I'm not too far into this, but so far it's interesting.

Next read: Bad Mexicans by Kelly Lytle-Hernandez. I put this one on pause when I started Madhouse, as I was having a little trouble getting into it, but I hope next time will be different! The subject matter is absolutely fascinating.

Wow! This is a really nonfiction-heavy (well, entirely nonfiction) list from my "year of getting back into reading fiction", hahaha. Thanks again for the tag! I'm passing this along to some interesting readers I know like @habemuscarnificem, @brimstone-cowboy, @pilkingtonian, @yetanotherknitter, @bilgewater01, and whoever else would like to do this. :)

#only one of these is boat related but alas #If I did a post of all the boat related books I read this year would people be interested?#madhouse at the end of the earth #savage girls and wild boys #bad mexicans #nonfiction sweep lol #clove pinks #reading meme #about me

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crowsofseven · 2 years

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confirmed: being bi is rereading your favorite book and re-falling in love with all of the main characters every time you read it

#bi #bisexual #reading #books #reading meme #bi meme #favorite books #favorite characters #the inheritance games #the hawthorne legacy #this is definitely about Avery Grayson and Jameson #jennifer lynn barnes

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shu-of-the-wind · 1 year

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From the book ask: What were your top five books of the year?

I hope you had a wonderful reading year and met all your goals! 📚💕

HMMMMMMM top five of the year would have to be, in no particular order:

What Souls are Made Of by Tasha Suri. Remix of Wuthering Heights where both Catherine and Heathcliff are desi.

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall. Trans regency romance!!

Sadie by Courtney Summers. It's billed as a ~true crime podcast~ book, but it's the story of a girl looking for her little sister who disappeared, and a SCATHING indictment of the true crime podcast complex.

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse. Fantasy novel based off of Indigenous Mesoamerican culture and history.

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo. Lesbian YA set in the 1950s in San Francisco. Absolutely gorgeous.

Bonus listing: My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones. A horror novel that flips the concept of "final girls" on its head in the best possible way.

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kitewithfish · 2 years

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Wednesday reading meme

What I've Read

The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik - Oh, this is how you end a trilogy. This books took the relationships and themes and even the monsters that have followed the main character from the very first book, and hunted them all down to pull the last thematic dregs from their depths. I didn't quite cry when I found out what really happened to Orion, but man, it hurt. It hurt so good. El Higgins will always live in my heart.

Mutually-Assured Destruction by Sineala - Bucky/Tony 616 Marvel comics in the 1960s - Identity porn! 1960's Tony Stark is Iron Man and nobody knows. So when the Winter Soldier comes out of the Soviet Union to ask to join the Avengers on the condition that he doesn't ever tell anyone his name or reveal his face, even to Captain America.... Tony thinks, oh, maybe we could be friends? Maybe I can be a little bit myself with this one? And things snowball from there. This is a great fic by an author that loves the 1960s comics version of the Avengers, and honestly, the tone fits those comics so well. This fic was slipping into a warm bath - angsty just in measure to the comfort. I was following updates from Sineala's Patreon while she was writing it and I was so glad to see if come out!

a simple thing- Chapter 47- by iridan - Star Wars, Mandalorian, Boba Fett/Din Djarin. - Chapter 47 just hit this week, which means we are ONE CHAPTER FROM THE ENDING OF THE FIC,this is not a drill. This fic is 765K words and Chapter 47 alone was 27K words, and I heartily recommend it if you want to watch someone really live into their tags that say " Din 'I Can't Talk Right Now I'm Doing Queer Person With Religious Trauma Shit' Djarin" and "rebuilding a culture is hard." Honestly, great work on the cultural stuff about how there's been tons of contradictory ways of portraying Mandalorians in Star wars, and this fic makes them all feel like people who have been out in the world, trying their best.

Fic Rec based on Scholomance series: If you want a smaller, single person version of the themes in The Scholomance Trilogy, I heartily recommend two other works by Astolat (aka, Naomi Novik in her fic writing persona) -

-Heal Thyself a Draco post-canon character study about what damage using Dark Magic does to a person, and what it takes for Draco to really come out of it the other side. (Technically Harry/Draco, but only towards the end, well after Draco has done the work of fixing himself.)

-Victory Condition: A Tranformers fic in which Megatron and Optimus Prime have to actually talk thru their world views, and Optimus Prime has to face that the Golden Age he remembered was built on the suffering of people he didn't see. (Honestly, I kind of recommended The Scholomance series to someone based on the idea that El Higgins is a Megatron with a bit more support and Orion the human is pretty clearly based on Orion Pax aka Optimus Prime, but with some complicated history.)

Honorable mentions to fic that didn't quite make the novel-length cut: Don’t be afraid. by spqr -Star Wars, Anakin/Obi-Wan, ages reversed. I... I find this pairing normally not for me, and I am aware that this is working on me because I love fic where a traumatized character is confronted with love and care, and well, this did the job.

What I'm Reading

Homeworld Elegy - Ashcroft Writes - Star Wars AU - Obi-Wan/ Cad Bane - 138K words -Once I got some momentum on this fic, I'm just flying thru it. I'm in a section that creates a whole history for Cad Bane and Duros and their world and his childhood romance with a friend, and I'm like, I thought this was just a mean blue man in a big hat, and now you are making my feel emotions??? It's just working for me really well.

Two Old Women by Velma Wallis - I'm just not finishing this very quickly, dunno why. The voice just feels like listening to someone telling a story.

What I'll Read Next:

Library books are on hold for this week because I'm going to be traveling, unless I get finished with them before I go.

Darth Maul: Lockdown

Whale Rider

Thrawn -Heir to the Empire

Maybe Spinning Silver

Tiger's Daughter

Things I own:

Might re-read City of Lies in order to get back on the page for the sequel book.

Hunting Towards Heartstill -blackkat

Think of England - KJ charles

#realized that i've been posting a fair bit about what i'm reading to dreamwidth #and that's great #but tumblr loves and needs recs #so I'm giving them some #star wars the clone wars #marvel comics #mandalorian #fic recommendation #reading meme

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snowdropsandtigers · 1 year

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4, 6, 7, 10

4. Do you plan to read any genres you haven't read much before?

Don’t think so, but am not sure. My plans aren’t plans so much as floating possibilities; some of those possibilities are Cities That Shaped The Ancient World by John Julius Norwich, among other history books, and The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, which looks to be science and some memoir. I used to read in the first two genres more often, just when I was younger. Does that count? Also, I borrowed Brian Froud’s World of Faerie from the library last month, and am still reading it. I collect art books but don’t often read them the whole way through, so this might count.

6. Do you have any conceptual reading goals? E.g., I plan to read books on food history.

Conceptual reading goals are to read poetry—especially local poetry—PR history, and more of my sff book piles. Also, more sffh magazine reading! I made a list of every magazine I’ve heard of with a website, even some which are defunct/on a years-long hiatus, to see my options in one place.

7. What languages do you plan to read in? Do you want to read anything in translation?

English and Spanish! I don’t have plans to read a specific translated work, though last Saturday I did almost grab a couple translated into English. But I hadn’t read the originals first, so decided against.

10. If you're more of a mood reader, what do you think your 2023 reading mood(s) will be?

Not sure what a mood reader is. I think my mood is I want to read more!

Thanks so much for asking, this was very enjoyable to write!

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nossbean · 1 year

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17. What highly specific AU do you want to read or write even though you might be the only person to appreciate it?

Whew! Okay, my specificest of specific AUs I want to write (though I would also happily read it!) is somehow mashing up Tomb Raider with JB. I've been trying to think of something for ages but can't think of a damn thing. Of past fandoms, I do actually somewhere have a Tomb Raider/Doctor Who crossover partially written where River Song trolls Lara Croft across various archeological/occult-adjacent adventures, timey-wimey shenanigans, "spoilers", Professional Disagreements about whether the being they're facing is a demi-god or an alien or perhaps both, romance, polyamory because obvs Lara is dating Sam (this is one of the places the latter two games in the franchise failed) whilst River has the Doctor, hurt/comfort, all the good stuff. It's good fun and fits together surprisingly well, but I'm not sure I still have a good enough hold on DW, and River specifically, to ever return to it.

Back to ASOIAF/JB, one that I would be entirely incapable of writing but would be very interested in reading, is a thorough exploration of Brienne going Dark, with Jaime as a counter balance. I don't want this to happen in the books for a variety of reasons though I know GRRM has made some overtures that it's the way her story may go :( IN FIC HOWEVER, some sort of deep dive into what would actually get Brienne to that place and how she'd get back out, basically fighting herself on her beliefs versus whatever it is she's seen/experienced, how this would thoroughly shake Jaime and what he'd need to do to keep from falling back into similar darkness and also be a support/tether for Brienne as she battles her way through... making the most of that 'angst with a happy ending' tag. Mmm yes. This one is perhaps less niche I admit; although getting into specifics a bit for my personal ideal, I'd personally veto the dark!Brienne turn coming from any form of sexual violence.

Questions for writers

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laufire · 3 months

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I borrowed this from someone at dreamwidth and I thought I'd post it over here too: behold, my (completed*) January reading! feel free to borrow the meme yourself.

(list & some thoughts under the cut)

NOVELS

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. This was, technically, a reread. I say technically because I don't remember the last part of the book and now I'm wondering if I DNFed it over a decade ago and completely forgot LMAO. I... could see why. While it's A Classic, and there's plenty to like in the novel, especially in the sisters, the moralising really got to me at some points. The biggest was the one where Jo attends this meeting full of artists and geniuses and political giants ~behaving just like people~~ and this is DEVASTATING to her (and then Bhaer peddles some chrisitanism). Gurl, I would have loved that LOL. But all in all I mostly enjoyed the read. I did it bit by bit, subscribed to The Public Domain Book Club in substack; each month (or, in LW's case, each couple of months) they go through a book. I've kept the subscription for February, where it'll post "Sense and Sensibility", another Jane Austen novel I haven't read.

Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirlees. I fucking ADORED this novel. I've mentioned it in this blog before but I just found it such a treat to read. Mirlees' prose is enticing and enchanting and everything I want mine to be. If you're someone that enjoys a good descriptive, florid style of narration, give this one a shot.

SHORT STORIES

I read three short stories by Angel Carter. The first three in "Burning Your Boats", apparently her earliest work: "The Man Who Loved a Double Bass", "A Very, Very Great Lady and Her Son at Home", and "A Victorian Fable (with Glossary)". They're not nearly as good as the handful of later ones I've read, but I enjoyed seeing some signs of her future style. "A Victorian Fable" was also really interesting in a technical sense.

*I put the cover of the whole book, although those three only form a section of it, just to make this more manageable.

COMICS COMICS COMICS

I'll just list here runs I set out to start and finished. Sometimes that means "reading every appearance of character X", sometimes "reading everything author Y did in this volume", sometimes "this one specific issue-long plot", sometimes it's a run properly speaking.

DC Speechless. Really cute run. Just some popcorn to the brain that you can chill with.

Robin: Year One. A re-read. Sometimes Chuck Dixon writes well. I absolutely don't have to hand it to him though.

The Judas Contract. A staple and a must-read if you're interested in these characters. Tara Markov's characterisation is sure. Something that happened. But unintentionally on the part of the writers, very, very interesting. And I loved reading Joey's introduction! Ngl, I lowkey ship him with Dick. I lowkey ship Dick with a lot of people lol.

Superman: Lost. This run is more interesting in a meta sense than a properly narrative one. I'll have to mull over it.

Oracle: Year One (The Batman Chronicles #5). Another re-read. BTW, it's already suspect that Robin: Year One has FOUR issues (and Nightwing: Year One SIX), AND JOKER IS GOING TO HAVE THREE, but Oracle: Year One is like, 18 pages within a random issue of a Batman-adjacent comic ñlaksdjf. She deserved something longer and plottier. BUT. Those 18 pages are near perfect and a must-read to all DC fans.

The Next Batman: Second Son. About Timothy "Jace" Fox, who was Batman for a little while. I was curious, and it's a really short read (the issues are more webtoon-length than usual comics length). It was fine, but I had set out to read it before I was like, 99% done with Prime Earth lol. I wouldn't read it now and I doubt I'll continue his journey. Sorry Jace, you were alright.

Nightwing/Huntress. Loved it. Gave me a new ship. A bit heavy-handed at times (Devin Grayson's writing gains a lot more subtlety later on), but I still loved it. And the art is gorgeous.

Batman & Son (Batman #655-658). AKA a reread of Damian's introductory arc. Morrison will have to answer for their crimes against Talia lol, but I wanted a refresher.

JLA/Titans. I'd say the same re: Devin's writing (and I'd say the same about the next in the list), but it was also a really enjoyable read. Very long, lots of characters and moving parts, lots of POWER OF FRIENDSHIP Titans stuff but they're messy as fuck (as proved by the continuation of this plot in...).

Titans #1-20, aka Devin's run. LOVED IT. They are SO messy, SO interesting, SO fun to read. The exact opposite of the current Titans run, if you ask me lmao. The character concepts alone... *chef's kiss*.

Devin Grayson's Nightwing run. Oh, this is a controversial one (yes, this one includes the infamous #93, but you have to analyse it in context)... but I adored it. Grayson's writing matured for this one, it's a lot more nuanced, it doesn't lead you by the hand. It was extremely compelling, maybe one of the most compelling storyarcs I've read in DC comics. And ofc, it was cut short and interrupted in an abrupt way by editorial meddling smh. @ dc, fight me.

Far From the Tree (Batman: Gotham Knights #15). I read this one because I wanted a taste for Tim's characterisation under certain circumstances. It's good. Bruce is an ass during it xD

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