#the penderwicks in spring

[misted-buttercup-enjoyer]

Ben Penderwick watched Technoblade like it was his job and tried to copy his PvP skills and had potato farms and called himself an anarchist prolly without even knowing what it meant and tried to sneak Techno quotes into his everyday life and cried bitterly when he died and then joined the Technodad subreddit when his parents agreed he was old enough to have a reddit account and he and Rafael would shout "TECHNOBLADE NEVER DIES" to each other randomly no one can change my mind.

Ben Penderwick watched Technoblade.

#mcyt #technoblade #technoblade never dies #the penderwicks #ben penderwick #rafael the penderwicks #minecraft youtube #the penderwicks in spring #the penderwicks at last #the penderwicks on gardam street

[oflightningandstars]

The annual "it's spring and it's nice outside, maybe I should reread The Penderwicks in Spring, a book that emotionally destroys me every time!!!"

#the penderwicks #the penderwicks in spring #ramble

[pender-what-now]

I’ve decided that Ben Penderwick’s collection of toys in The Penderwicks In Spring includes at least one Heroes action figure. I don’t know, I’m just gonna assume 11-ish-year-old Skye was into it despite the scientific inaccuracies and had roped Jane in because Jane wanted to learn more about different genres and such. It’s my blog and my headcanons and I can insert references to one fandom I have a tumblr about into the way I imagine another fandom I have a tumblr about it.

#the penderwicks #ben penderwick #skye penderwick #jane penderwick #the penderwicks in spring #it’s MY blog and I’ll make a crossover episode if I want to #what if it’s a nathan petrelli action figure and someone decided to have it represent Dexter Dupree #‘lol’ said the scorpion. ‘lmao.’

[izzielizzie]

the 5 penderwicks books

the penderwicks on gardam street

2. the penderwicks at point mouette

3. the penderwicks: a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very interesting boy

4. the penderwicks in spring

5. the penderwicks at last

#there was no need to write out the full title for the first book but i love it so much that i have to every time i get the chance #the penderwicks on gardam street #the penderwicks at point mouette #the penderwicks #the penderwicks in spring #the penderwicks at last

[alwaysspeakshermind]

Having another one of those urges to rewrite the entire final book in a series that I started reading at the appropriate age but that destroyed my life as an adult because it ended WRONG and I am BITTER about it and there is a part of me that will never rest until things are set RIGHT.

No, I do not care that it's a middle grade series.

I WAS ROBBED AND I WILL NOT GO GENTLY INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT.

#yes this is about the penderwicks #like #the penderwicks #a gift #penderwicks on gardam street #a treasure #penderwicks at point mouette #a masterpiece #penderwicks in spring #a sonata #penderwicks at last? #an adhesive rhinestone somebody glued onto the one empty spot on the diamond necklace #like what was that??? #i can live with things not going the way i personally wanted #but every decision just made no sense? #like if i'm supposed to support these decisions let me meet people! #make me like them! #make me see how my previous thoughts are wrong! #literally change my mind! #rant

[magnus-rhymes-with-swagness]

came across a playlist i made in summer of 2022 and it’s a perfect little time capsule of that summer :’)

#somehow forgot about it despite it being one of my favorites #shenandoah (the version by trampled by turtles) was the first song and the one i based the playlist around #because i’d recently done my annual penderwicks in spring reread and wanted to listen to all the music batty sang #i now vividly remember listening to it in specific places and all these memories are coming back :’) #i love you music!!! #my words #personal #music stuff

[crying-in-converse]

if you are a fan of the penderwicks follow @bugmancatchers !!!

its an active blog that is trying to keep the penderwick fandom on Tumblr alive !!!!

#the penderwicks #skye penderwick #rosalind penderwick #Jane penderwick #batty penderwick #jeffery the penderwicks #jeffery penderwick #Tommy geiger #nick geiger #mr penderwick #penderwicks #the penderwicks on gardam street #the penderwicks in spring time #noromo35 talks

[neon-vocalist]

I hope Evie knows how much I love her.

I know she’s got people now, to match her new self, so many times removed from the little girl whose hair I braided and whose fingers were always sticky with lollipops from my pockets and who I watched fall asleep with Cinderella open on my lap. I know that’s not her anymore, and she’s 14 and I’m 20 and we aren’t children. I don’t dream of being a nurse when I grow up because I’m already grown up, and we’re past that. I don’t help her sign the bodyname in script at the bottom of silly kindergarten contracts because she can manage cursive herself now, better than I ever could. But I love her.

I take care of a different seven year old now, a girl with twin pigtails going down her back who talks my ear off about My Little Pony every night and I wouldn’t have it any other way. But I watch Evie tie shoes the way I taught her and I wonder if she knows. I watch her learn to drive, take selfies in the rearview, and my voice echoes in her ear as I tell her I’m proud of her, and of course she doesn’t know it’s me. She thinks it’s Matara. That’s okay.

Evie doesn’t know me. Doesn’t know how I became who I am for her. Doesn’t know how when she was tiny and six years old and had just finished The Penderwicks In Spring she looked at me and asked if I was her Rosalind and I said yes. Asked where Jane and Skye were and I said it was just us two, and she said it was okay because she always liked me best anyway. Asked if I would make her a pair of butterfly wings.

I’ve been Rosalind ever since, but it’s been three schools and countless dogs since she’s been Batty.

I hope she knows I still see her wings.

#🌷Rosalind

[a-hundred-jewels]

What are your thoughts on Jane and Jeffry as a couple? I read a fic on ao3 that paired them together and I kind of really liked it!!

hi sorry it took me literally forever to respond to this!!! i assume you're talking about "you are in love" by @izzielizzie? i absolutely love that fic! I htink im behind a chapter bc of school stuff and scatterbrain but i extremely look forward to catching up!

in terms of jane and jeffrey as a couple, i really like them! tbh when i was reading in spring with my mum i distinctly remember asking her "why can't jeffrey just fall in love with jane instead, wouldn't that be more convenient?" and then my poor mother trying to explain romantic feelings to a ten year old. i think that jane and jeffrey would be such chaos honestly, like they would be so good for each other in the worst way for everyone around them.

the more i think about it the better it is... shit i may be adding to my (gazillion) wips...

my actual favourite jane otp still remains her with rachel dare (from percy jackson), a ship that makes almost no sense but that i love and have devoted approximately 70k words of fic to (only some of which i've gotten around to posting thus far). jane and jeffrey is much more reasonable... penderwickians, we've been sleeping on gold, it's time to revere @izzielizzie as the wisdomous prophet they are

anyway, thank you for the ask! love a good penderwicks rant as always :3

#the penderwicks #jane penderwick #jeffrey tifton #penderwicks #penderwicks headcanons #talk to the dirt

[francesderwent]

magpie-trove said: OH OH IS CHILDRENS BOOK. IS IT PENDERWICKS? IS IT BATTY AND JEFFERY? OR JEFFERY AND SOMEONE?

it IS Jeffrey and Batty!!!!! the revelation of them in Penderwicks At Last was life-changing.

(their defining moment is without a doubt when he’s flown all the way from Germany [skipping out on a gig!] to rescue her from his mother and sees her through the window wearing Rosy’s wedding dress and starts to move closer like he’s being pulled and she turns and sees him and they’re both just standing staring at each other in equal confusion and then she opens her arms and smiles at him like the first day of spring. the song for that moment is both Labyrinth and Snow on the Beach)

#ask game #that’s em all folks!!!!

[protectcosette]

To the bitch who's been hogging the last copy of The Penderwicks in Spring audiobook on Libby.

i hope you get coal in your stocking you goddamn whore

#certified protectcosette original

[foxgloveinspace]

39, 35, 21, 14, 13, 12!

39. sweetheart - favorite mug/cup?

My yeti mug! I got the limited edition green one from fall 2021, i got it with my bday money that year, and I use it legitimately every day! I have my morning coffee in it. I reccomend yeti mugs tbh, even without a lid on them they keep your coffee hot way way longer (or tea!)

35. watermelon - do films ever make you cry?

hmmm, it takes a LOT to make me cry tbh. I watched The Boy and The Beast without shedding tears, oof. I do cry sometimes to films, i cried in the theater when Tony died, but I feel ok about that one cause the teenage guy cried next to me, lol. It depends on what happens I guess, and how I'm feeling in the moment. I cry easier to movies then I do to music! And my tear ducts turn off when I read, lol. (only two books have made me cry, when i was a kid it was the Warriors book where Firestars friend left for the water clan (don't remember their names very well) and then a couple years ago when I was reading the Fae King (highly highly recommend that duology.)

21.paper - favorite children’s book?

hmmmm, this is hard, I have always been a bookworm. Probably the Penderwicks though. I actually recently reread the first spiderwick chronicles book though! And I really enjoyed it lol.

14. buttery - favorite snack?

snack cakes lol. twinkies, and ho-hos, and snowballs and ZEBRA CAKES <3<3<3

13. sunkissed - autumn or spring?

autumn!! no doubt! I don't like bugs, and i love cooler weather.

12. dimples - most attractive features of a person’s face?

hmmm. I don't know?? I like mouths a lot, I think I notice them first the most.

#hihi!!! #thelittlest-lynx #thanks for the ask! sorry the last one is kinda short but my brain short circuited lol and I can't pick one

[tomes-of-fenwyrm]

August Reading Wrap Up:

The Neverending Story - Michael Ende 

5/5: Full of life and imagination! This encompasses everything I expect a fairy tale to be and it fulfilled every wish I could’ve had for one. The first half was delightful and I enjoyed seeing a more fleshed out version from the movie’s and the latter half was surprisingly introspective. I love how it’s possible to read this at a young age and still enjoy it but upon rereading as an adult, you’ll find a completely new layer to relate to. It’s a book that grows with you and I think that’s beautiful.

The Penderwicks in Spring - Jeanne Birdsall

4/5: I didn’t enjoy this one as much as Point Mouette but it was still extremely comforting. I enjoyed specifically seeing Batty’s perspective on things and the kind of way she’s dealt with family trauma. It felt raw. It felt real. It reminded me of how those feelings are so strong as a kid. 

The Penderwicks at Last - Jeanne Birdsall

3/5: I hate to say the series ended on a sour note but....it did a little bit. It wasn’t terrible, it just didn’t have that flavor I come to expect from these books. Most of the characters didn’t feel like they were acting like themselves and honestly the story itself was kind of boring. There were a lot of issues I had with the story direction. Jane still remains my favorite though. If I reread this series again, I’ll stick to the first three or four. 

Parable of the Sower - Octavia E. Butler 

5/5: I’m surprised I ending up liking this as much as I did! This was recommended by a friend and even though I’m not the biggest apocalyptic fiction person, I gave it a go. It’s shockingly realistic for when it was written, and it’s easy to see how our reality could easily fall into this kind of corruption if we don’t try to stop it. Lots of good themes, I liked the character development. It felt personal when you’d hear characters give their own personal accounts of what life has been like for them and it helped me feel like I was really getting to know them. It was extremely dark and I had to take frequent breaks. It’s important information though, so worth it. It ended with a message of hope, and I like that the most.

Parable of the Talents - Octavia E. Butler 

3/5: Then this happened. Maybe I had a case of world exhaustion going straight to this from Sower but honestly, I just didn’t like this one. It felt a bit repetitive and most of the themes of how terrible the state of things is, was already established in the first book. I also felt like the format was kind of unnecessary unless you wanted to take that perspective from the beginning. The characters also felt different and I just can’t like anyone. And no one likes any one else either. There’s very few real human connection in the book an it just feels like automatons walking around. There’s also so much death and gore that I just began to feel desensitized to it. It was also much longer than the first and it felt so extreme. I just wasn’t feeling this one. I feel like the first book was solid, said what it needed to say and could have been left at that.

Sandman Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 - Neil Gaiman

5/5: Stunning universe! I fell in love with everything! The characters, the stories, and the art! Absolutely fantastic but it should come as no surprise from a author like Neil Gaiman. I read the first volume in about a day and I was so fully immersed, I cried multiple times. I’m excited to read the next two volumes soon.

Persuasion - Jane Austen

5/5: Another absolute favorite book of mine. This one is a quiet love story. The romance comes from the smallest of glances, the constant, quiet longing from each person...it’s beautiful. Despite the size, it’s packed with story and characters that feel real and developed. Also coming into a story where the two main characters already have a history is genius. I’m rambling but this has to be one of my favorite Austens. 

Cain’s Jawbone - Edward Powys Mathers

Unrated: This is indeed a book. Yes. I’ve posted about this a bit on my main account but I’ve been so inconsistent at solving it. I did read the entire thing through though, so I’m giving myself a point. Step one is a success!

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller 

3/5: This was a disappointment to me as well. It was fine. Just that. Everyone raves about this one and I’m probably missing something (a heart?) but I just wasn’t feeling this one either. Felt a bit wooden to me and since I already knew what was going to happen, I just didn’t feel like weeping, you know? There was a few scenes I thought were written really prettily but otherwise, I just kind of felt bored half way through. It also feels very one sided somehow? Patroclus really adores the way Achilles does...anything really.. and Achilles....thinks Patroclus is neat? I never feel like their attraction matches energy at all. I’ll be trying Circe sometime soon, so I hope I like it a bit better. This was still worth a read though.

Horrorstor - Grady Hendrix

3/5: This was also just fine? I liked the beginning the most. I didn’t get as much comedy as I was expecting although I really like the furniture descriptions for each page. I did listen to an audio book so I don’t know if a physical copy would help with immersion. I was also unaware that Grady Hendrix is known for his gory imagery so imagine my surprise...(I also had hope that you were a good person Basil, I’m annoyed.) Over all, it just felt drawn out. Still kind of fun to listen to while doing chores. 

11 Books Read This Month!

Mini Update:

You may be noticing a lack of a Rory Gilmore challenge book for the last few months. This is because I’ve found so many other books I want to read, that I just haven’t had time for it. At this point, I think the challenge has served it’s purpose which was, really, to get me back into reading. It was in case I felt like I had nothing to read, I could glance over the list and choose something. Right now, I feel like I’m fully back into my groove pre-slump and I’m almost overwhelmed with how many I could read. Which is perfect. :)

I’m going to attempt to be a little more organized (and hopefully more professional) with this blog and other related socials in the coming months. I’d like to delve into Instagram and Tiktok a little more and have a consistent upload schedule, so keep your eye out for new content! 

#august wrap up #tomes of fenwyrm #books #wrap up

[poridge]

The penderwicks in spring is such a hard book. Truly....those book approach childhood with respect for it's seriousness

[izzielizzie]

the fact that anna was not one of rosalind’s bridesmaids in at last is actually a tragedy i really wanted to see her all grown up

#anyway it’s spring which means penderwicks reread!! #which in turn leads to more fics so if you have requests lmk #anna cardasis #the penderwicks #also just realized she wasn’t in the last two books at all #despite being rosy’s best friend for YEARS since the girls were already besties when batty was born

[pender-what-now]

I am once again thinking about Keiko Trice

#the penderwicks #the penderwicks in spring #Keiko trice #she’s very bi