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in-the-stacks · 1 month

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Presenting Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones. Reviewed by Read Local for In the Stacks.

https://www.inthestacks.tv/2024/03/read-local-leslie-fcking-jones

#in the stacks #books #reading #librarian book reviews #michelle zaffino #video book reviews #guest librarian #writing #mylibrarian #librarians #african american actresses #african american women #memoir #california #new york #humor #comedians #leslie jones

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favqt · 3 months

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#favqt #book review #recommendation post #video

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freelanceplatypus · 1 month

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Dungeon Meshi modern au where both Laois and Falin are food vloggers. Laois is always travelling to remote areas and cultures to try the most "extreme" foods and bring them to light. He's known as the guy who will drink blood and slam a still wriggling bug just to comment on it's nutty flavor. Meanwhile Falin is visiting long-standing eateries and sharing the stories behind local cuisine.

Nobody actually puts together they're siblings (in part due to wildly different viewerbases) until Falin in one video mentions how she enjoys eating insects and the comment section is full of folks asking her to "collab with the bug guy". Her very next video is her and Laois smiling infront of a mukbang style platter of insects and she introduces him as her brother.

#marcille is falins video editor/manager in general #which results in a lot of fancy editing and trip booking #meanwhile laois is working with his crew of senshi and kabru #kabru works as the face getting them in to restricted areas and senshi actually documents these cultures recipes #marcille actually edits laois vids too despite getting so grossed out watching them #meanwhile she makes falin eating blood sausage look like art #chilchuk is just on call at all times to get them in and out of countries #he takes care of scheduling in general you think the touden siblings can keep a calendar #itzumi is the picky eater friend that i feel needs to appear in more food review content #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #modern au #laois touden #falin touden

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bookwormbluee · 6 months

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Kitaplarla, resimlerle, güzel şeylerle dolu bir ev hayalî.

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nature-pay-compare · 22 hours

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#spongebob #terry richardson #sims 3 cc #harry styles icons #video sex #Rhys Darby #butterfly #tomgreg #travelling #bkdk #spilled poetry #debby ryan #book review

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troythecatfish · 6 months

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Here’s my personal recommendation of a YouTube video to check out:

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crow-caller · 5 months

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It's out!!!! finally! Running a premiere was a LOT of fun and you can expect to see me do it more. This series is legendarily... outrageous, I guess. It's fitting it has 'seeing is believing' because it's extremely hard for most people to believe me when I tell them it's real, it's not a joke or satire or feitish, and it was published by a Big Five mainstream press in 2013-2015.

It has the most trigger warnings I've ever had to include and I am Not Kidding.

#yewchube #videos #book review #booktube #Youtube

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this-is-cool · 8 months

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We've just got our hands on a copy of the excellent The Art Of The Box from Bitmap Books. Please check out our review and preview book video - https://www.this-is-cool.co.uk/the-art-of-the-box-book-review/

#The Art Of The Box #Bitmap Books #Art Book Review #4K Book Video #this-is-cool #scififantasyhorror #sci-fi art #science fiction art #sci-fi artist #fantasy art #Retro Art #Video Game Art #Video Game Art Book

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in-the-stacks · 2 months

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A video book review of The Expatriates by Janice Y.K. Lee. Reviewed by Michelle Zaffino for In the Stacks.

https://www.inthestacks.tv/2024/03/in-the-stacks-218-the-expatriates

#in the stacks #books #reading #librarian book reviews #michelle zaffino #video book reviews #guest librarian #writing #mylibrarian #librarians #expats #expatriates #the expatriates #janice y. k. lee #nicole kidman #amazon video

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stylesslytherinskywalker · 5 days

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new video out!

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koszmarnybudyn · 9 months

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Wow i actually drew my ocs??? Crazy.. crazy indeed, anyway have some gay pirates that i created at twelve.

#my ocs #original character #my art #pirates #do i know how to tag no <3 #they do not have actual names but do have exceptionally tragic backstories and one of them is a prince lol #and they begane existing cause of a book review about a smutty gay book with a ginger elf #from a person i really like watching at the time that made lion kind theory videos #at any point in my life i was a degree away from being a furry i guess

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aliensupersyn · 6 months

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An Ajin Manga Review: Discussing the Art

Part 1: Art Style in Relation to Storytelling

I entered this manga not knowing the first thing about it. I was scrolling through Manga4life after catching up on Hunter x Hunter and came across Ajin on the highest rated filter. I read through the comments and saw the praises for the story. I was collecting a number of different titles to read through and chose Ajin to begin my series of readings.

Why did I choose Ajin as a starter? What stood out to me about Ajin was its art. For many mangaka, the art begins somewhat immature and the artist hones their skills throughout the serialization. For example, there's a noticeable change in Tokyo Ghoul, Bleach, Naruto, HxH, etc. Ajin began with a recognizably polished art style thanks to Gamon Sakurai. The lines were confident and the scenes were already challenging in a way a veteran artist might be expected to execute. I was grabbed immediately!

These two pages are both from the first chapter. Note the details on the folds of clothes, the sneakers, the officer's ear, and his uniform even. I have not come across many manga who's art begins with dramatic detail in the most mundane things such as clothing, at least not in such a way. I'm reminded of how in sports manga, the mangakas take a lot of time to detail a player's shoes, because those have importance to the sport itself.

To clarify, Ajin still went through a maturity in its art. Obviously, there was a change when the original writer Tsuina Miura left. With Sakurai having more control over the story, it's clear his change in story affected the characters and art style as well. For example, Kei Nagai goes from a rounder more doe-like appearance to sharper and straighter lines. His original design fit alongside his character portrayal as an innocent kid unfit for the severity of the story's premise; Kei was perhaps meant to be pitied in the original story.

After Sakurai became the writer, Kei changed into an untrustworthy character who could shift personalities, utilizing both the younger look of the first volume, and the more confident and mature appearance Sakurai had created. Sakurai says that after volume 1, he "tried to move the art gradually closer to [his] own style" (ch.83, pg. 82). I recognize Kei's purposeful tonal changes as a creative method to transition the manga into Sakurai's own style and design changes that he had decided for the story.

Below, this series of pages illustrate first the differences between Kei in volume one and two. Then, the ways Sakurai uses both the softer and sharper designs to convey a transition of his character.

Finally, in chapter seventeen, page seven, Sakurai commits to the shift and reveals this new design and characterization to be the "real" Kei all along. Nakano comes to the same realization as the reader.

Sakurai used Kei's earlier more pitiful appearance to show Kei's softer mask that he wore to hide his true, more cold and calculative nature. After the moment between Nakano and Kei, the later design remains more consistent and total. Personally, I enjoy the later design more than the first and what it implied for the story. Along with a change in Kei's character was a change to the story's tone as well. Sato became more devious, and so did Kei. These character changes, in a way, foreshadowed the extremes in which the plot would take as well.

Though, still I would have enjoyed the closer relationship that was foreshadowed for Kei and Kai. I mean, look at these pages and tell me you don't see a budding homoerotic romance on the rise!

To round out my thoughts, I enjoyed the first premise, but overall enjoyed the second premise even more. In the next review, I'll dissect Sato's character and how he was handled from an authorial point of view. I just needed to discuss the art style change and what it implied for the story, especially Kei, as he plays an important role for the overall tone of the story.

#ajin #ajin demi human #ajin manga #manga #ajin review #manga review #literature review #book review #review #okay yeah #I should make this a youtube video

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delightfullyatomicfest · 4 months

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A few weeks ago I found this quote on wattpad, which seemed to be from the book Liverpool The Fifth Beatle.

I found the book and… it’s a real quote!