#thieves at midnight book 1

[dcitrinegames]

Thieves At Midnight Book 1 Master Post

Thieves at Midnight is an interactive work focused on character and relationship development and replayability. It’s set in the heist genre, and you’ll have missions throughout the course of the game that you can choose or fail and choices to make that will eventually culminate in the final heist.

Trigger Warnings: Parent death, grief, child abuse

Word Count: 95k

Chapter Three available on my patreon!

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You were born a child prodigy-a natural genius, talented at everything and anything, and it put you on the fast track for a career in law enforcement, until it went down in flames.

You built a new life for yourself on the other side of the law, but but it all came to a stop with an encounter with an upcoming thief team. You were set up to meet each other by someone who is pulling the strings, but to what end? With no other options, you agree to sign on with them for their first real job, but only to investigate who the person targeting you is and why. It’s supposed to be only temporary, and you were supposed to only be trying to find out who is coming after you, but eventually it becomes obvious that this mystery is bigger than you could’ve imagined, and the answers seem to be where you actually came from...

Lots of different orientation/sexuality choices (nonbinary lesbian, she/her gay man, my gender is bisexual, and more)

Play on Narrative and not have to worry about stat checks and correct answers, normal to play the game as intended, or Master Thief Mode, a true challenge.

Tons of achievements to earn!

Choose your origin between driver, forger, and thief-this will choose who your contact is, which prologue you play through, which missions you’ll play, and what role you’ll have in the final heist at the end of the game.

The player character has a set backstory and core personality traits; you’ll choose how you lean into them.

You can communicate entirely in sign language and choose which sign language you communicate with.

A variety of skills to potentially build; be a jack of all trades, a blend of two or three, or a specialist.

Decisions you made, your lifepath, and your successes or failures over the course of the game will decide the final heist at the end of the game.

Book One of Thieves At Midnight has eight love interests:

“Whatever it is that you want out of this life, I want to give it to you. I want to be your hero.” Caolán / Clíodhna O’Cunningham is the team’s leader; something spurned them to choose a life of building a professional thief team and dodging law enforcement over taking the path of a professor or diplomat. But after they meet you, their professional front soon starts combating with their heart. They are a love interest for any player.

“I’ll say or do almost anything if it’ll make you stay.” Isaiah/Ivanna is the team’s explosives expert and eternal optimist; they have the utmost faith that no matter what happens, the team will pull through. But maybe the optimism and sense of humor is just a defense. They are a love interest for any player.

“I didn’t know what to think the first time I saw you again, but I do now, and I think that we’re supposed to be together.” Milana is the team’s hacker, and your fellow prodigy; you knew Milana when you were children, and fate has brought you back together again. Milana is intelligent and hardworking, but she needs someone to show her that she’s more than just how she’s useful to people. She is a love interest for female players.

“I said to you when we met that you were just a person, but you’re not just a person anymore, you’re my person.” Suzanne is the team’s damsel. Emotionally intelligent and observant, Suzanne serves a vital part on the team; you just have to get her to see that. She is a love interest for female players.

“I could feed you a line about how if you stay, you could make a difference in the world, but I’m selfish, and I want you to stay for me.” Aeneas is one of the team’s grifters; utterly self-serving, Aeneas excels at putting on a new face and they’ve never gotten attached. But perhaps their icy exterior is just protecting a wounded heart. They are a love interest for any player.

“I’ve always seen other people fall in love, and I’ve been waiting for it to happen to me, and now it feels like it finally has.” Dominic is the team’s engineer, adept at taking anything technological apart and putting it back together. He builds the team’s gadgets and disables any security that could be in the team’s way. But the sweet and shy person that he is, maybe he’s more afraid than he’s letting on. He is a love interest for female players.

“I want to be able to close my eyes, fall back, and know that you’re going to catch me.” Milo is the team’s jack of all trades-the pickpocket, safecracker, and inside man. Independent and self-reliant, Milo has put survival first all her life. She is more than adept in the field, but she’s struggling with another aspect of the team-actually being part of it. She is a love interest for male players.

“I want you to choose someone who for once is going to put you first.” The team’s protector and guardian, Jason knows trouble when he sees it, and while initially he thinks it’s you and keeps you at a distance, but perhaps it’s not the team he’s trying to protect. Jason is a love interest for male players.

#interactive fiction #thieves at midnight #master post #love interests #thieves at midnight book 1

[asexualbookbird]

I'm tired! So no gif! Slim month for reading, but I did some neat crafts and made great progress on Secret Knitting Project I. Kicked some ass at Project Sekai, started rewatching Leverage, life goes on.

The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten ⭐⭐ - A strong start, but it quickly went downhill once we got to the court. It was boring, everyone sucks, and the magic is not as cool as it originally seemed to be.

Among Thieves by MJ Kuhn ⭐½ - I was SO hyped for this when it was released. It's been sitting on my shelf since because of who I am as a person, like an IMPOSTER. Took more than half the book just to get to the heist, and the heist wasn't even GOOD. Too many POVs, no one felt fleshed out enough, and the Secrets were just handed to the reader in the first third. It will no longer live on my shelf.

Mislaid in Parts Half Know by Seanan McGuire ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - not my favorite Wayward book, but still enjoyable. I thought it rehashed the ending of Antsy's last book a little too much, but it was nice to see more of her and go back to the Store. Also loved seeing Kade's Door and Cora's ending.

I have one (1) concrete book plan for April, and that's Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch. Consider me successfully bullied (friendly). I very much want to finish Secret Knitting Project I so I can move on to Secret Sewing Projects and Momther's Blanket I'm still waiting on a few audio holds too, so that will be fun for crafting purposes. Haven't been in the mood to do much art, but I have some fun ideas for paint! Let's go!

#bookbird babbles #monthly wrap up #march wrap up #reading wrap up #books #booklr #idk gang its hard to read when everything hurts and life sucks lol #but i feel like i say that every month so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #anyway ive been using paint in piping bags with piping tips to make flowers its been neat #and by doing that i mean i did it once and bought stuff to do it again lol #i want to try to make lilies

[defjux]

200 of my favorite albums that I swear by, from any genre - limited to one per artist. I always wanted to do this since the start of the decade and finally got around to it. I’ve had a lot of different musical obsessions up to this point and periods where i was deep into specific genres so I tried to make sure all of that was represented here. Overall it’s a mix of personal classics that I go back to constantly, albums that helped form my taste, and some recently stuff I love. Didn’t want to stress too much over the order, but i’d say the first 50ish are pretty accurate. I’ll post the list below, and a version of the charts with the titles included. Let me know what you think - any favorites here? What would some of your picks be? Let me know. Peace. Charts with album titles included  1. At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command 2. Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda 3. Aesop Rock - Labor Days 4. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele 5. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein 6. MF DOOM - MM..Food 7. De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate 8. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme 9. Converge - Jane Doe 10. Billy Woods & Blockhead - Dour Candy 11. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium 12. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - The Main Ingredient 13. Portishead - Dummy 14. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works 15. Björk - Vespertine 16. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead 17. The Roots - Illadelph Halflife 18. Isis - Wavering Radiant 19. The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia 20. Miles Davis - In A Silent Way 21. Edan - Beauty and the Beat 22. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 23. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders 24. Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus 25. Every Time I Die - The Big Dirty 26. Gospel - The Moon Is a Dead World 27. OutKast - ATLiens 28. GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords 29. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... 30. Dälek - From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots 31. Stereolab - Dots and Loops 32. Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come 33. Mos Def - The Ecstatic 34. Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun 35. Freestyle Fellowship - Innercity Griots 36. Redman - Dare Iz A Darkside 37. Armand Hammer - Paraffin 38. Panopticon - Autumn Eternal 39. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) 40. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F# A# ∞ 41. Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star 42. Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction 43. Electric Masada - At the Mountains of Madness 44. Orchid - Orchid 45. Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda 46. Digable Planets - Blowout Comb 47. Grouper - A I A: Alien Observer 48. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 49. Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music 50. Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night

51. Milo - who told you to think??!!?!?!?! 52. Boris - Flood 53. Stan Getz & João Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto 54. Dr. Yen Lo - Days With Dr. Yen Lo 55. Avantdale Bowling Club - Avantdale Bowling Club 56. zeroh - awfulalterations 57. toe - For Long Tomorrow 58. Sun Ra - Sleeping Beauty 59. Dark Time Sunshine - ANX 60. Kayo Dot - Choirs of the Eye 61. Kate Bush - The Dreaming 62. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi 63. Unwound - Repetition 64. Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises In The East 65. Massive Attack - Mezzanine 66. Black Moon - Enta Da Stage 67. Tim Hecker - Harmony In Ultraviolet 68. CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange 69. Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas 70. Glassjaw - Worship and Tribute 71. Sonny Sharrock - Ask The Ages 72. J Dilla - Donuts 73. Aceyalone - A Book of Human Language 74. D'Angelo - Voodoo 75. Jam Baxter - ...So We Ate Them Whole 76. Pharoah Sanders - Karma 77. Danny Brown - XXX (Deluxe Edition) 78. Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep 79. Sonic Sum - The Sanity Annex 80. Death - Symbolic 81. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain 82. Mach-Hommy - DUMPMEISTER 83. Prince Paul - A Prince Among Thieves 84. Nas - Illmatic 85. Grant Green - Idle Moments 86. Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth 87. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain 88. O.C. - Word...Life 89. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I 90. Joni Mitchell - Hejira 91. Mr Key & Greenwood Sharps - Yesterday's Futures 92. Little Brother - The Listening 93. Max Roach - Members, Don't Git Weary 94. Cult Favorite - FOR MADMEN ONLY 95. Deftones - White Pony 96. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 97. Cocteau Twins - Treasure 98. Prince - Sign o' the Times 99. Pageninetynine - Document #8 100. Boldy James & Sterling Toles - Manger on McNichols 101. NoMeansNo - Wrong 102. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel... 103. Baroness - Blue Record 104. Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime 105. Alcest - Écailles de lune 106. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 107. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars 108. Madlib - Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6: A Tribute To Dilla 109. Aphex Twin - druqks 110. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone 111. Siah & Yeshua dapoED - The Visualz Anthology 112. Discordance Axis - The Inalienable Dreamless 113. Mastodon - Crack the Skye 114. Juggaknots - Re:Release 115. The Cure - Pornography 116. Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters 117. Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun 118. Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit 119. Blu - Below the Heavens 120. Ohbliv - Retrospective 121. Shibusashirazu Orchestra - 渋星 (=Shibuboshi) 122. United Nations - The Next Four Years 123. Mobb Deep - The Infamous 124. The Chariot - Long Live 125. Serengeti - Ajai 126. Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal 127. Talking Heads - Remain In Light (Deluxe Version) 128. Autechre - LP5 129. Lil Ugly Mane - THIRD SIDE OF THE TAPE 130. Roc Marciano - Reloaded 131. Yndi Halda - Enjoy Eternal Bliss 132. Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity 133. Open Mike Eagle & Paul White - Hella Personal Film Festival 134. Melt-Banana - Fetch 135. Bad Brains - Bad Brains 136. Deathspell Omega - Paracletus 137. Nujabes - Modal Soul 138. Nails - Unsilent Death 139. Cavalier - Private Stock 140. Flying Lotus - You're Dead! 141. The Avalanches - Since I Left You 142. Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain 143. Envy - Insomniac Doze 144. Gojira - From Mars to Sirius 145. The Doppelgangaz - Lone Sharks 146. System of a Down - Toxicity 147. letlive - Fake History 148. Goodie Mob - Soul Food 149. Death Grips - Ex Military 150. Jeromes Dream - Seeing Means More Than Safety 151. Standing On The Corner - Red Burns 152. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade 153. maudlin of the Well - Leaving Your Body Map 154. Oddisee - The Good Fight 155. Krallice - Years Past Matter 156. tricot - T H E 157. Gorguts - Obscura 158. Kvelertak - Kvelertak 159. Shabazz Palaces - Black Up 160. Sade - Love Deluxe 161. Opeth - Ghost Reveries 162. The Fall of Troy - Doppelgänger 163. Batsumi - Batsumi 164. Deafheaven - New Bermuda 165. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen 166. The Number Twelve Looks Like You - Worse Than Alone 167. Dragged Into Sunlight - Hatred For Mankind 168. Earl Sweatshirt - some rap songs 169. Burial - Untrue 170. Mgła - Exercises in futility 171. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk 172. Fugazi - Red Medicine 173. Lord Finesse - The Awakening 174. Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along The Highway 175. Cryptopsy - None So Vile 176. The Ahmad Jamal Trio - The Awakening 177. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth 178. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill 179. Bear vs Shark – Right Now, You're In The Best Of Hands 180. Wormrot - Voices 181. Broadcast - Tender Buttons 182. Swans - Swans Are Dead: Live '95-'97 183. Yves Tumor - Heaven to a Tortured Mind 184. AFI - The Art of Drowning 185. Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See 186. Botch - We Are the Romans 187. NEPTUNIAN MAXIMALISM - Éons 188. Sigur Ros - Takk... 189. Rubberoom - Architechnology 190. Herbie Hancock - Sextant 191. Big K.R.I.T. - 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time 192. Oh No - Oh No Vs. Now-Again 193. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising 194. Hella - Hold Your Horse Is 195. Loma Prieta - I.V. 196. Defcee - Lacuna 197. Genesis Owusu - Smiling with No Teeth 198. Brutus - Nest 199. Bruno Pernadas ‎- Those Who Throw Objects At The Crocodiles... 200. The Koreatown Oddity - Little Dominiques Nosebleed

#favorite albums #music recommendations #top 200 albums #at the drive-in #bjork #aesop rock #cannibal ox #company flow #kate bush #mf doom #john coltrane #sun ra #miles davis #converge #the mars volta #every time i die #the dillinger escape plan #the roots #the pharcyde #a tribe called quest #billy woods #stereolab #organized konfusion #ghostface killah

[mermaidsirennikita]

Can you rec historicals with the hero being more like a criminal?

Sure!

All of the Lorraine Heath's Scoundrels of St. James heroes (except for Sterling of Surrender to the Devil) are ex-criminals, as they were basically a part of a street gang of thieves growing up. Jack Dodger of Between the Devil and Desire is probably the most criminal as an adult, but is pretty much legit.

Joss of Joss and The Countess by S.M. LaViolette is a former sex worker so he's like... technically a criminal? And Hugo from Hugo and The Maiden is active when the book begins.

Check out Joanna Shupe's Uptown Girls trilogy--hero of book 1 is a legit lawyer but WAS a criminal in the past, hero of book 2 is a casino owner but he like... is introduced beating the shit out of someone (knuckles bloody). And the hero of book 3 runs a literal gang.

Allegreto of Laura Kinsale's Shadowheart is an assassin and literally kills people in front of the heroine. (Customary CW for noncon first encounter.)

Cull of Grace Callaway's Pippa and The Prince of Secrets is a criminal who runs a band of CHILD THIEVES!!! Wei from Glory and The Master of the Shadows is like... sort of criminal. He's in a gray area.

Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt is a pirate and a total criminal. It's AMAZING. As far as other Maiden Lane heroes go, the Ghosts of St. Giles (Thief of Shadows, Lord of Darkness, and Duke of Midnight) are all vigilantes so it's illegal but still. Valentine of Duke of Sin is like... a kidnapper, murderer, etc. He's crazy and hides in his own walls for like 3-4 months.

#romance novel blogging #romance novels #book recs

[ls-daydreams]

♫  I don't wanna be something I'm not to stay alive ♫

name: Michael Vail // age: teen (varies) // sign: cancer // from: Plain River // occupation: student, chef, nurse, #1 cop hater // issues: daddy, mommy, abandonment, etc // likes: anime, classic rock, collecting things, beating people up (athletically) // dislikes: his dad, untidiness // primary setting: silent rebellion

“Cared for” only by a corrupt, violent father who wants nothing to do with him, Michael has to learn how to fend for himself from a very early age. He becomes incredibly resourceful and knowledgeable, books and movies his only sources of entertainment until his shell is finally worn out by an unlikely friendship with Kai. Slowly, he eases into forming more bonds, which in turn help him escape the pain of his sheltered life, even if only momentarily. After all, the more attached you get, the more agonizing it is when you’re inevitably severed away.

Listen: Spotify | Youtube

Vibes: teen angst, emo, existential sadness

Story Info: Metanoia Intro Post | Metanoia Tag

Other playlists: Mal | Gabe | Kai

Tag list (please ask to be +/-): @mirioho​ @enchanted-lightning-aes​ @wildswrites​​

There’s an intentional order to the tracks, so if you’re listening make sure to turn shuffle off. More characters (and places and vibes and couples!) coming up, so if you’d like to be tagged in updates let me know! 💓

Using @words-after-midnight​‘s Character Songs tag as an excuse to post this :D (Rules: Choose one of your characters and list songs that fit them.)

Tagging @jezifster @dogmomwrites @pens-swords-stuff @dotr-rose-love @wildswrites @tate-lin @calicojackofficial @marinesocks​ (I’m just eager for song recs lol)

(if people like these, i’m thinking of accepting requests for others’ ocs. let me know if that’s something you’d be interested in and i’ll put together a little plan!)

Tracklist under the cut:

Lisa Hannigan - Sea Song

Alessia Cara - Here

WOODZ feat. MOON - Touché

The Cure - Lovesong

Muse - Uno

Two Feet - Fire In My Head

Digital Daggers - Fear the Fever

Nothing But Thieves - Your Blood

Muse - Hysteria

Kerli - Love Is Dead

Metallica - Until It Sleeps

The Neighbourhood - Daddy Issues

Mansionair - Easier

The Neighbourhood - Void

Evanescence - Hello

Evanescence - Eternal

#writing #writeblr #writers of tumblr #writers on tumblr #writing community #writers #wtwcommunity #playlist #character intro #ldwrites #ldmetanoia

[ramoth13]

Top Ten Standalone Films

(I've done these as individuals on here already and thought I might put them all together)

1. Master and Commander

This is it. The best one. Historically, thematically, emotionally... this movie tells a story about a captain, a doctor, and the crew of a ship very far from home. Adventure and glory, sorrow and heartache, the beautiful scenery is perfectly juxtaposed with the intensity of naval warfare happening on the other side of the world. The characters are compelling and the drama feels real. I have not found a better film to watch yet. This movie has more than one Surprise waiting for you.

2. In Bruges

The funniest, saddest, most relatable and unrelatable movie I have ever seen. Excellent movie dialogue that will have you quoting it for months, gorgeous views, sex, guns, and rock & roll. This movie delves into depression without leaving us too heavy and asks if we are worth redemption. I don't know the answer, but I love the way this movie asks that question.

3. The Rum Diary

This recommendation seems a bit in bad taste considering the recent circumstances (the very high profile, publicly volatile divorce of the two movie leads), but don't let that detract from the ambiance, camaraderie, and humor this film produces. Based on the Book by Hunter S. Thompson, this movie is funny, intriguing, and more than a little revealing. No matter what paradise you live in, there's always a dark side, and sometimes the good guys just don't win. But that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the memories of friends, lovers, and the good times.

4. Cast Away

Never in my life have I felt loss like I did the first time I watched this movie. But neither have I ever felt such hope. The ups, the downs, everything in between. This movie made me believe in myself and in humanity. I can't say much more than this, if you haven't seen it, I cannot recommend it enough. Though, much like Brad Pitt (in a different movie), I can't stop asking myself "What's in the box?"

5. Wake of the Red Witch

Sailing, thieving, sunken ships, love stories, and giant squids. I love this movie. An old John Wayne film that isn't a western or a war film, this movie stands outside of most at the time. The story is old (and sometimes suffers from antiquated prejudices and morals), but this movie speaks of loves lost and new and the things we do for the memories we carry.

6. Midnight in Paris

A film by Woody Allen, this film is magical and timeless. I think as a writer it's very easy to mythologize prior authors as being greats. Most writers I know do have an appreciation for old things. Yet, while this movie does glorify the past, it makes certain to recognize that there is no real golden age. I love the story, the acting, and the vibes this movie gives off, but more than anything else, I love the message. People before you will always be better at whatever it is you are doing, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't do it anyway. Who knows? Maybe you'll be the next Neil Gaiman or Stephen King.

7. Darjeeling Limited

Having two brothers, this Wes Anderson film was me. It hit every aspect of being a brother and having brothers that feels important. It also is just a fun story. Religion, truth, soul searching, and the complexities of being a family, this film highlights the fact that being a family isn't always easy and that just because you love someone does not mean that you like them. I cannot tell you how much this movie affected me and how much watching it improved my relationships. It sounds corny, but for me at least, its true. Family is tough, but sometimes its easy too.

8. 1408

1408 is not new. It isn't ultra scary or particularly novel (haunted place that traps you inside). Yet, what makes this film so great to me is that it does 3 unique things. First, it speaks to me as the skeptic. I don't believe in the boogeyman or ghosts or spirits, but this movie acknowledges my skepticism and yet doesn't try to convince me otherwise. It places you inside of the least scary place I can think of, a heavily populated building in the middle of New York city. It doesn't ask whether you believe because it just doesn't care. Second, it tells a real story. Not like a story that actually happened, but a story with a real person at the heart of it. Real emotions, and consequences. Third, it haunts me. I saw this movie when it first came out and I still think about it. I don't believe in ghosts and while this movie did not make me believe otherwise, it did something far more meaningful. It made me- even if only for a moment, doubt.

9. The Princess Bride

What to say about this film? It needs no introduction. Adventure, comedy, romance, swordfighting, and shrieking eels, this movie has it all. This film has had me laughing, crying, and quoting lines from its impeccable dialogue since I was a child. The writing, acting, and swordplay makes this film iconic in nearly every way. There are very few movies that I could watch a hundred times and still be willing to watch again, but if someone asked me to watch it right here and now? It is inconceivable that I'd reply with anything other than "as you wish"

10. The Man in the Hat

This movie was the most relaxing, endearing, and beautiful takes on grief and our relationship with it that I have ever seen. Ciaran Hinds is always a wonderful actor, but this has to be my favorite of his (Persuasion is a close second). The soundtrack was charming and makes this traveling adventure something unforgettable. The lack of dialogue makes the film more (not less) approachable and the delightful way in which grief is neither praised nor vilified allows the story to gently pull us along without fuss. Whether the french countryside or the human capacity to explore our inner emotions, The Man in the Hat ensures a journey that you'll remember.

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Stewart Z (AKA Ramoth13)'s Recommendations

#ramoth13 #film #top ten #movie #movies #fandom #master and commander #aubreyad #in bruges #cast away #the rum diary #the darjeeling limited #wake of the red witch #midnight in paris #1408 #the princess bride #the man in the hat #all these movies have issues #but these were the ones that spoke to me

[booksandrandomfandoms]

Mid year book tag

@thereadingchallengechallenge tagged anyone with a B in their username so I guess that includes me 😂

1. Best book you’ve read so far : Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots - and I definitely recommend the audio if you can (some of the voices the narrator did reminded me of like cartoon villains and I loved it😂)

2. Best sequel you’ve read so far : Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo - I’ve read a few but this one’s still top of the list

3. New release you haven’t read yet but want to : The Isles of the Gods by Amie Kaufman - just ordered it too 😂

4. Most anticipated release for second half of the year : A curse for true love by Stephanie Garber - like I’ve already ordered 3 copies 😅

5. Biggest disappointment : Babel by R. F. Kuang - honestly I have many disappointments to choose from but this feels like the biggest 🤷‍♀️😓

6. Biggest surprise : How Lucky by Will Leitch - not what I was expecting, but that was probably my fault for not reading the description better 😂 (I was expecting mc to be a grouchy old man … and he’s only 26🤷‍♀️) very good book, audio was a lot of fun too 👍

7. Favorite New Author : Little Thieves by Margaret Owen - quickly ordered the sequel and am excited I already have some of their other books on my shelf (moving them closer to my top tbr 😂)

8. Newest Fictional Crush : The Chemistry of Love by Sariah Wilson - still looking for my Marco 😂

9. Newest Favorite Character : Court of the Undying Seasons by A. M. Strickland - Kashire was a LOT 😂

10. Book that made you cry : Vampires, Hearts, and Other Dead Things by Margie Fuston - wasn’t expecting it to but the end hit me hard 😭😭😭

11. A book that made you happy : Three Kisses, One Midnight by Roshani Chockshi - picking one that isn’t already mentioned and I was kind of surprised by , really cute

12. Favorite adaptation : actually haven’t been watching anything except Owl House lately 😅, i did see the Dungeons and Dragons movie (if that counts, though I’ve never read or played any D&D before) I do want to beg everyone to read my newest WEBTOON obsession Cursed Princess Club by LambCat (I fear we’re near the end though 😭)

13. Prettiest cover : Eternally Yours by Patrice Caldwell - it’s an anthology and it’s so pretty 😂

14. A book you need to read before the end of the year : Garden of the Cursed by Katy Rose Pool - another anticipated release that actually come out next week, I liked her there will come a darkness series and I hope I’ll love this one too 🤞

I’m tagging @themelodyofspring & anyone else who would like to share their mid year thoughts

#mid year check in #mid year book tag #about me #books I’ve read

[age-of-moonknight]

"Moon Knight Fail Compilation" (...Part 1)

As promised, @kittiesluvyou, a compilation of pratfalls (both literal and metaphorical) throughout Moon Knight's comic book history. It's pretty telling that I'm only about half way through the first volume and I'm already at the picture limit, so there will be more to come hahaha.

Jack Russel starts the tradition of Moon Knight getting chucked into some body of water; Werewolf by Night (Vol. 1/1975), #33.

2. Marc falls right into a death trap and is surprisingly nonchalant about it; “Who Remembers Scorpio? Part One: Sinister Savior” The Defenders, (Vol. 1/1972), #48.

3. Marc what did you think was going to happen (and the Hulk sending Marc flying is a surprisingly common occurrence); “Who Remembers Scorpio? Part Two: Rampage” The Defenders, (Vol. 1/1972), #49.

4. Marc attacks a guy named "Cyclone" and yet is still surprised by what happens next; "Guess Who’s Buried in Grant’s Tomb!” Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1/1976) #23.

5. Someone steals Jake's cab (this is apparently not the only time this has happened ????); “Graven Image of Death!” in Hulk! (Vol. 1/1978) #11.

6. Oh Marc...; “An Eclipse, Waning,” Hulk! (Vol. 1/1978) #15.

7. The panels that inspired me to do this whole thing in the first place hahaha; "An Eclipse, Waning” and "An Eclipse, Waxing," Hulk! (Vol. 1/1978) #15.

8. Continuing the horrible day Marc had during this issue; “The Mind Thieves,” Marvel Preview (Vol. 1/1975) #21.

9. Marc's situational awareness fails him, but he doesn't forget to apologize to the painting; “Midnight Means Murder,” Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1980) #3.

10. Real recognize real; “Ghost Story,” Moon Knight (vol. 1/1980) #5.

11. Marc's situational awareness, once again, fails him and/or he forgot to clear the backseat; “Night of the Wolves,” Moon Knight, (Vol. 1/1980) #8.

12. Classic pre-team-up misunderstanding; “Power Play,” Marvel Team-Up, (Vol. 1/1972) Annual #4.

13. ...Did he taste the "rat food"??? Does he usually know what rat food tastes like???; “Ruling the World from His Basement,” Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1980), #15.

14. Marc of all people should know not to underestimate nor patronize Marlene hahaha; “Sniper Master’s Legacy!,” Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1980), #17.

15. Just...practically this whole issue; “The Worship of False Idols,” Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1980), #17.

But yeah, there's plenty more, so keep an eye out for similar posts hahaha

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Moon Knight comics #Moon Knight #Marc Spector #long post #/very/ long post hahaha #this was a lot of fun #it did force me to confront the typos and ramblings of my past self however (oh gosh) #and GOODNESS my cropping (or lack thereof) #near criminal #I'll have to go back through and edit those someday hahaha #hope some of you guys get some enjoyment out of this too! :D

[eddydreaming]

Books I Must Read On 2024

Us readers have infinite TBRs... and that will always be like that because everytime we finish one book we add 2 or 3 more to our list. However, there are some that have been on my TBR for a long time that I would like to finally read. I have chosen 5 of them and I hope I am able to read them all.

Note: they are all books that have been on my TBR for a long time, so they will not be recent or future releases.

1) Throne of Glass

406 pages

Publishing date: August 7, 2012

Fantasy, Romance, Fiction, Young Adult

"In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, Celaena, an assassin, is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king’s champion.

The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of glass—and it’s there to kill. When her competitors start dying one by one, Celaena’s fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival, and a desperate quest to root out the evil before it destroys her world."

(Source: Goodreads)

Sarah J. Maas is one of the authors I enjoy reading the most. So far I have read ACOTAR and I'm currently reading Midnight City as it releases. Throne of Glass is another book series of her, and it looks so good, so I would love to read it as soon as possible.

2) Circe

393 pages

Publishing date: April 10, 2018

Fantasy, Fiction, Mythology, Retelling

"In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child--neither powerful like her father nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power: the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.

Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts, and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.

But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from or with the mortals she has come to love."

(Source: Goodreads)

I actually purchased this book a couple of weeks ago, so now I have no excuse not to read it. This book along with The song of Achiles are very well-known books by Madeline Miller, and as this is the one I found in the store, it is the one I am going to start with.

3) Gilded

Pages 502

Publishing date: November 2, 2021

Fantasy, Romance, Retelling, Fairy Tale

"Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller's daughter has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastical and spellbinding and entirely untrue.

Or so everyone believes.

When one of Serilda's outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds herself swept away into a grim world where ghouls and phantoms prowl the earth and hollow-eyed ravens track her every move. The king orders Serilda to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold, or be killed for telling falsehoods. In her desperation, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious boy to her aid. He agrees to help her... for a price.

Soon Serilda realizes that there is more than one secret hidden in the castle walls, including an ancient curse that must be broken if she hopes to end the tyranny of the king and his wild hunt forever."

(Source: Goodreads)

I have read The Lunar Chronicles and Heartless by Marissa Meyer, so I would like to read this one as it is a retelling of Rumpelstiltskin.

4) The Way of Kings

Pages: 1007

Publishing date: August 31, 2010

Epic Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fiction, High Fantasy

"Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass retracts into the soilless ground. Cities are built only where the topography offers shelter.

It has been centuries since the fall of the ten consecrated orders known as the Knights Radiant, but their Shardblades and Shardplate remain: mystical swords and suits of armor that transform ordinary men into near-invincible warriors. Men trade kingdoms for Shardblades. Wars were fought for them, and won by them.

One such war rages on a ruined landscape called the Shattered Plains. There, Kaladin, who traded his medical apprenticeship for a spear to protect his little brother, has been reduced to slavery. In a war that makes no sense, where ten armies fight separately against a single foe, he struggles to save his men and to fathom the leaders who consider them expendable.

Brightlord Dalinar Kholin commands one of those other armies. Like his brother, the late king, he is fascinated by an ancient text called The Way of Kings. Troubled by over-powering visions of ancient times and the Knights Radiant, he has begun to doubt his own sanity.

Across the ocean, an untried young woman named Shallan seeks to train under an eminent scholar and notorious heretic, Dalinar's niece, Jasnah. Though she genuinely loves learning, Shallan's motives are less than pure. As she plans a daring theft, her research for Jasnah hints at secrets of the Knights Radiant and the true cause of the war."

(Source: Goodreads)

I've been putting this off because it's 1007 pages long... But I loved the Mistborn series by Branden Sanderson, they are one of the most mind-blowing books I've read, so I'd like to read some more from him. This one is very famous, so Idecided I could go with it.

5) Divine Rivals

Pages: 357

Publishing date: April 4, 2023

Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult, Historical Fiction

"After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again. But eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow just wants to hold her family together. Her mother is suffering from addiction and her brother is missing from the front lines. Her best bet is to win the columnist promotion at the Oath Gazette.

To combat her worries, Iris writes letters to her brother and slips them beneath her wardrobe door, where they vanish—into the hands of Roman Kitt, her cold and handsome rival at the paper. When he anonymously writes Iris back, the two of them forge a connection that will follow Iris all the way to the front lines of battle: for her brother, the fate of mankind, and love."

(Source: Goodreads)

This is the most recent book, but I've been wanting to read it for a while now so I decided it would be a good idea to add it to this list.

#books #reading #books 2024 #reading goals #tbr

[godlyheathens]

2023 books ☁️

january:

1. arlindo — 5 ⭐️

2. não olhe para mim — 4 ⭐️

3. tiger honor — 4 ⭐️

4. red, white and whole — 5 ⭐️ + ♥️

5. a brush with love — 2,5 ⭐️

6. violet made of thorns — 2,5 ⭐️

7. the dead romantics — 3 ⭐️

8. self-made boys — 4 ⭐️

9. mr. perfect on paper — 3 ⭐️

10. unseelie — 4 ⭐️

11. unfamiliar — 3,5 ⭐️

12. destiny's surrender — 4 ⭐️

13. destiny's captive — 3,5 ⭐️

14. the worst woman in london — 4 ⭐️

15. forbidden — 3 ⭐️

february:

1. taco bout love — 3 ⭐️

2. the fraud squad — 2,5 ⭐️

3. highly suspicious and unfairly cute — 4,5 ⭐️

4. songs of vice — 3 ⭐️

5. for her consideration — 3,5 ⭐️

6. to catch an heiress — 2 ⭐️

7. better than fiction — 3,5 ⭐️

8. a thousand hearbeats — 1,5 ⭐️

9. hard feelings — 2 ⭐️

10. exes and o's — 3,5 ⭐️

11. wait for it — 4 ⭐️

12. the border keeper — 3 ⭐️

13. breathless — 2,5 ⭐️

14. mooncakes — 4 ⭐️

15. tempest — 3,5

16. wild rain — 3,5 ⭐️

17. roda gigante — 3,5 ⭐️

march:

1. full exposure — 2,5 ⭐️

2. bitter medicine — 3,5 ⭐️

3. the bodyguard — 4 ⭐️

4. the lost apothecary — 3,5 ⭐️

5. the midnight lie — 3,5 ⭐️

6. i love you so mochi — 3,5

7. how to win a breakup — 4,5 ⭐️

8. never kiss your roommate — 2,5 ⭐️

9. the care and feeding of waspish widows — 3 ⭐️

10. to catch a raven — 3,5 ⭐️

11. perfect on paper — 4 ⭐️

12. a closed and commom orbit — 4 ⭐️

13. la différence invisible — 4 ⭐️

april:

1. azedo — 2,5 ⭐️

2. something spectacular — 3 ⭐️

3. to sir, with love — 3 ⭐️

4. dracula — 3 ⭐️

5. the gossip games — 2,5 ⭐️

6. flowerheart — 3 ⭐️

7. a prayer from the crown‐shy — 4 ⭐️

8. assassin's apprentice — 4 ⭐️

9. the fine print — 2 ⭐️

10. take a hint, dani brown — 3 ⭐️

11. stars collide — 4 ⭐️

12. untethered sky — 4 ⭐️

13. dreams bigger than heartbreak — 4 ⭐️

14. happy place — 3 ⭐️

15. promises stronger than darkness — 4 ⭐️

16. heartless prince — 4 ⭐️

may:

1. playing for keeps — 3,5 ⭐️

2. breakup, makeup — 4 ⭐️

3. the problem with perfect — 3 ⭐️

4. nick & charlie — 3,5 ⭐️

5. you dont have a shot — 4 ⭐️

6. chlorine — 3 ⭐️

7. yellowface — 4 ⭐️

8. her good side — 3,5 ⭐️

9. garotas (im)perfeitas — 3,5 ⭐️

10. jana goes wild — 3 ⭐️

11. single dads club — 3 ⭐️

12. livre pra recomeçar — 3 ⭐️

13. one to watch — 3 ⭐️

14. the matchmaker — 4 ⭐️

15. chasing pacquiao — 2 ⭐️

16. jasmine and jake rock the boat — 4 ⭐️

17. the last tale of the flower bride — 2,5 ⭐️

18. delicates — 4 ⭐️

june

1.heartstaker — 3,5 ⭐️

2. todas as nossas meias-noites — 2,5 ⭐️

3. até o último floco de neve — 4 ⭐️

4. the love theorem — 2,5 ⭐️

5. o auto da maga josefa — 3,5 ⭐️

6. finders keepers — 2,5 ⭐️

7. the songs you've never heard — 3 ⭐️

8. legends and lattes — 4 ⭐️

9. no cooldown for love — 2,5 ⭐️

10. pageboy — 5 ⭐️

11. querida penelope — 4 ⭐️

12. playing for keeps — 3 ⭐️

13. you've been served — 3 ⭐️

14. timekeeper — 3,5 ⭐️

15. payback's a witch — 4 ⭐️

16. the girls ive been — 4 ⭐️

17. o nome dela é sophia — 3 ⭐️

18. como se fosse fanfic — 2,5 ⭐️

19. late to the party — 4 ⭐️

20. lose you to find me — 3 ⭐️

21. riley weaver needs a date to the gaybutante ball — 3 ⭐️

22. just as you are — 3,5 ⭐️

23. venom & vow — 3 ⭐️

24. chef's kiss — 3,5 ⭐️

july

northanger abbey — 4 ⭐️

kismat connection — 3 ⭐️

the only purple house in town — 2,5 ⭐️

os padrinhos — 3 ⭐️

mariposa vermelha — 4,5 ⭐️

scandalized — 1 ⭐️

love at first site — 4 ⭐️

princess princess — 4 ⭐️

chef's choice — 4 ⭐️

the invisible library — 2 ⭐️

the ex talk — 3,5 ⭐️

bear with me now — 2 ⭐️

lights — 4,5 ⭐️

boas maneiras — 3 ⭐️

confetti realms — 2 ⭐️

agust

a hollywood ending — 3 ⭐️

role playing — 4 ⭐️

to have and to heist — 3,5 ⭐️

curves for day — 2,5 ⭐️

this winter — 4 ⭐️

a master of djinn — 4,5 ⭐️

café majestic — 3,5 ⭐️

sign of the slayer — 3,5 ⭐️

brynn and sebastian hate each other — 2 ⭐️

cuckoos three — 4 ⭐️

september

the unmaking of them — 3,5 ⭐️

the second chance hotel — 3,5 ⭐️

sister of the bride — 4 ⭐️

her radiant curse — 4 ⭐️

witch king — 3 ⭐️

hell followed with us — 4 ⭐️

others were emeralds — 4 ⭐️

little thieves — 4 ⭐️

the spirit bares its teeth — 4,5 ⭐️

some kind of blunderful — 3 ⭐️

lies and other love languages — 2 ⭐️

glitch — 3,5 ⭐️

the sun and the star — 4 ⭐️

cleat cute — 4 ⭐️

of dreams and destiny — 3 ⭐️

the borrow a boyfriend club — 4 ⭐️

they hate each other — 4 ⭐️

forged by blood — 2 ⭐️

percy jackson and the chalice of the gods — 4 ⭐️

operação paddock — 4 ⭐️

#mirella says #text #2023 books #books 2023 #booklr #bookblr #booktumblr #january #somente para organizar 😘😘

[intotheforestworld]

fool’s errand

by JT

Newly 15. That was me.

Lonely. That was me.

Starved and hungry. That was me.

These memories feel like ghosts to me. Their lives written in a forgotten history book discarded in an abandoned school somewhere.

To look back, I have to get out my film and projector. Set up the sheet and cover my eyes to hit play.

As I force myself to watch the candor in that dark TV room, I sit in fear.

I sit shaking.

Wondering

Wondering if everyone has someone that haunts them the way you glide through my brain in my obsolete hours.

In the hours where I forget what sunlight looks like.

In the hours where my night becomes purple black.

Wondering what horrors will play as the film counts down

3

2

1

A Christmas party lights up the screen

My hair is curled and pinned back

I am wearing blue

My wide eyed gaze is coated in mascara

I sit by a Christmas tree with a girl named Candy

The string lights glittering in our eyes

As we giggle about boys and toys

I get a call from you, my fool’s errand.

Tell me, was it planned all along?

Did you know every step you would take?

Did you want to be a thief or was that part impulsive?

Was it hard to put on that oh-so realistic mask everyday?

Were your lines memorized?

How many hours of rehearsing did it take you?

When did you know you had succeeded?

Were you okay with being my coach and elder because you could dish out my secrets and wash your body after?

And why did I ignore the stench?

Why did I believe all your calculated lies?

Why did I keep my mouth shut the first time I saw the flash of a camera?

On my knees —

The second time?

Why did my mouth say yes despite my mind, body, and soul shrieking no?

How could I look at anything blue after you?

How does your mint taste still not poison me to this day?

Why did I ignore my own sobs to stop?

Years later, I looked under that bridge in the first tunnel on Woodland Way.

Have you been there since?

Did you dare walk there?

Was it just like a blood ocean?

Hot, overwhelming, and drenching

Or is that just me?

Out of my fool’s errands, you are my most regrettable.

Why?

Because I was the perfect jester.

Perfect for your methodical, criminal plans

Small

Bright eyed

Bushy tailed

Tongue tied

My girlhood still unscathed

Just lonely enough

Next time, could you please leave the fresh fifteen year old alone?

Could you shoot the gun rather than making me believe I had a choice?

Or could you tell me that the gun was locked, loaded, and on a timer the whole time?

Could you teach me the game before making me play a savant?

Next time

Next time

Next time

Because of you I know how to play a grandmaster

I know exactly what to do if I find myself in a blood rainstorm

I know how to handle a man who leaves

I know how to spin the tables

I know how to plot my revenge when all my skeletons are poured out to filthy swines

I know how to build ice cold fortresses around my heart

And I know who to trust with my body — myself.

But I don’t know what to do with all this regret

This torment

I don’t know how to thieve everything back from you

The film flips faster

Me in cleats

You, the confidant

Me skipping in a blue jumper

Your footsteps behind me

Me in sneakers

You in a car

My curls

Your glare

Your water

My lack of memory

My bloody underwear

You unharmed

Me surrounded by you and your ferocious pack — ready to tear open the girl in blue and see just what was inside.

I can tell you what you would have seen—

the color blue

a pink bedroom

a piggy bank

sister hugs

laughter

butterfly stickers

schoolgirl notebooks

Our Fathers

And

an intact cherry

Me running

Your cackle

My excitement

Your scheming

My midnight smile

Your charisma stain

My confusion

Your charm

My questions

Your poison

My heart

Your knife

Would you like to know what you would find if you could get your claws on me today?

the color red

a baron room

a smirk

a vendetta

Hail Marys

winter freeze

suspicion

fuck yous

disdain for my fool’s errand

As the film begins to slow, the final scenes conclude with only me.

No more fifteen year old skipping, chatting, and giggling.

My nectar snatched.

With the realization that I was played and betrayed.

Marooned in my bed

Breathing in a salt soaked pillowcase.

The film reel clicks and I am left in my purple black mind.

Dust on my darkened hair

Not with any tears

Not with sadness

But with something much more vast — emptiness.

My fool’s errand frozen for only me to morn

I sit there in repentance

No longer hungry

No longer lonely

Newly 22.

#poetry #depressing poem #poem #poems and quotes #art #writing

[dcitrinegames]

Wooooo, it’s happened!!! It’s finally here!!

I’ll be honest, still not quite how I wanted it to happen-it only has the driver prologue and I’m a little too tight on money to have Jason’s art done and his will done at a later date, but it’s finally here!! All the mountains of edits and rewrites, and it’s finally happened!

I’m taking a break over the weekend, but will be back to working on chapter four and the forger prologue over the weekend.

#thieves at midnight #thieves at midnight book 1

[castielsupernatural]

im cheating and sending u the same numbers that you sent me because theyre like, the best questions okay 1, 2, 15, 19 KISSES

hiiiiii bestie my answers aren't nearly as interesting as yours sadly, i could NEVER be as well read as you. this got long so the tldr is don't listen to me for book recs just go to jess :)

1. book you’ve reread the most times?

technically it’s probably twilight but let’s say it’s not, and in that case let’s say it’s the raven boys by maggie stiefvater. it’s definitely my most heavily annotated book and i tend to date my annotations and well there’s just a lot of them

2. top 5 books of all time?

i’m gonna do a fiction list and a nonfiction list and again be nice bc i’m not super well read 😭😭 also in no particular order

fiction:

catching fire by suzanne collins sorry i’m a slut for the second book in a series

a gathering of shadows by v.e. schwab see above

the dream thieves by maggie stiefvater sigh. see above

six of crows by leigh bardugo

the secret history by donna tartt sorry women

nonfiction:

dark waters: flood and redemption in the city of masterpieces by robert clark

the power broker: robert moses and the fall of new york by robert caro

the line becomes a river: dispatches from the border by francisco cantù

dopesick: dealers, doctors, and the drug company that addicted america by beth macy

unsettling truths: the ongoing, dehumanizing legacy of the doctrine of discovery by mark charles and soong-chan rah sorry for listing a book on religion. also if these guys names mean anything to you pls do NOT look at me

15. recommend and review a book

ok ok gonna do my fave nonfiction i've read recently and some of you have been unlucky enough to hear me talk about it but it's the power broker by robert caro, it's a 1,200+ page brick of a nonfiction book published in the 1970's as a biography of robert moses and just new york city infrastructure in general. i read a lot of nonfiction and honestly a lot of the writing is just bad even if the content is interesting but this was seriously one of the most well-written pieces of work i've ever read and it completely changed the way i think about local government. some fun excerpts and all my notes:

granted, part of the fun was i read it with my dad and we had a lot of fun bonding over it, but still! it's been such a cool foundation for other works on urban studies, too - i recently finished davarian l baldwin's in the shadow of the ivory tower: how universities are plundering our cities and there was a whole chapter on new york that i felt really well-equipped to engage with

19. most disliked popular books?

ok not to be one of those ppl that are like teehee i hated it before it was problematic but genuinely i never got the hype about harry potter. i think the problem is i read them out obscenely out of order and probably just a little too young (i started with the order of the phoenix when i was 10) but nevertheless i've just never cared. more recently i read the midnight library and i was so unimpressed i was this could've just been a supernatural episode we didn't have to do all this

book asks <3

#so seriously. if you know of a series with a compelling second installment send it my way bc i’m bound to make it my whole personality #SORRY THIS WAS LONG WINDED #in short: don't come to me for book recs. go to jess!! #i know i got more of these asks but i am going to answer them later as i need to go get a slushie before my laundry finishes

[titlemewickedwonderland]

Saltwater (Kaz Brekker) Part 1

Summary: After escaping from a trader who deals in human trafficking Ira finds herself drowning in more than just the ocean. When she thinks she's going to die - She stares into the endless depths of the Leader of the Crow Club and suddenly she is drowning in more than just the sea.

Pairing: Kaz Brekker x Fem!Oc

Warnings: Mention of SA, Angst, Slight Kaz Brekker OOC?

A/N: I have never read any of the books but have seen most of the show; it had been a while back but I hope I do this one-shot justice. I've revisited the show again so I wanted to write something.

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Part 2 here

It was a good plan. A well-thought-out plan with alternatives if something went wrong. But not even the smart and cunning mind of the leader of the Crows could have foreseen such a wrench being thrown into his plans. Inej had said her informant had gotten news that a ship filled with gunpowder was coming to dock here in Ketterdem. An illegal ship carting so much gunpowder that anyone who could get their hands on their cargo would be set for life; one rich motherfucker with pockets overflowing with Kruge. Of course, he had to be the one to nab it. It was after all, what he and his crows did best; stealing and thieving for not only clients but for themselves too. There was a reason why they were famous for their work - they were damned good at it and not a lot of gangs in the area wanted to cross them.

But if Kaz believed in any type of saints or gods he would have probably cursed them out for this. It was supposed to be a flawless plan. That was until it all went to shit in a blink of an eye. The ship was docked near midnight; the darkness was a perfect cover for Inej to slink her way onboard while the crew of the ship had gone to the local pub with only a few men to guard the cargo. She would make quick work of them while Jesper and himself would climb aboard to grab how many barrels they could onto an empty cart and buggy just around the corner in the alleyway from the docks. It was a perfect plan if he did say so himself.

But they had not accounted for one more person beneath the ship's deck. A Heartrender hiding away for this sort of thing; a measured precaution. Kaz should have known right away that something was amiss immediately at the sight of the rogue Grisha as soon as he and Jesper went below deck. A pirate crew with a Heartrender onboard guarded more than just a load of gunpowder. But it was too late too little to say anything about it and all hell broke loose.

~

It was cold and cramped. Little covered her from the chill of the darkness that engulfed her. But even without her sight, she could feel the things around her. Hear the things around her. She had sworn never to allow a man to take advantage of her again; to allow her to see her so weak and vulnerable. But for a girl in her position it was little she could do; even fighting back was returned in punishment far worse. The soft whimpers and sobs surrounding the darkness of their cramped enclosure were going to drive her mad as much as the swaying of the ship would. She hated the ocean. Hated it was a passion and she felt more trapped in it than the cage she was currently being hidden inside.

And when the soft broken prayers of the other girls long past went silent she couldn't help but silently begin her own; even when she knew her faith lay in no one but herself. But perhaps that would soon change when suddenly a flash of light illuminated their enclosure with a bang and a few screams of fear from the other girls. Two men came barreling inside; they grappled together and the girl pressed herself closer to the front of the bars even when the others within their own restraints backed away and suddenly she felt the glimmer of fire back in her soul.

She realized one man was that of the Heartrender who had been guarding them - the one who found pleasure in tormenting them. She only pulled away from the bars when the men smashed into the lined cages - a clinking sound caught her attention as a set of keys on a ring slid just into her reach and she was swift to pick it up and smash the damned metal into the pedlock on her cage. She would have liked to think she was kind and unlocked those of the other girls. But one look at the scene in front of her told her she had no time to do so; she had to run - she knew they were in port. Docked at whatever destination they had been assigned to take them. This was her chance and she took it.

Scrambling over the grappling men on the floor she made it to the opened slot where the hidden wall panel had been smashed in; she turned to look into the dimly looking room with conflicted eyes. She didn't know who these people were; they could be thieves they could be the very people who bought her and the other girls just wanting to take out the trash before anyone could rat them out. But something in her gut twisted when she witnesses the man in a wrestling match with the Heartrender began to lose his strength. He had the Grisha's hands unable to perform the movements needed to use his ability to stop his heart but that didn't mean he was safe.

And then it happened. A gun slid across the floor and landed inches from her bare toes. She felt her heart start to pound as she looked up just as the two men looked at her as if realizing what was going on. The Heartrender shoved the other man off of him and launched himself at her. She acted without thought as she bent and snatched the weapon from the floor; lifting it with a face of pure evil as she pulled the trigger. But her aim was not true as she'd never fired a gun in her life and instead of hitting the man in the heart the bullet landed in his shoulder. Seeing this she dropped the weapon and bolted into the captain's quarters and up the steps towards the deck passing by another dressed in all black. She paid little mind to him as he didn't try to stop her.

And then she felt it; the sudden fury of pain in her chest that made her collapse and grip the banister for support. Her eyes welled up with tears; not for the pain in her chest although it was excruciating it was for the fear of what was about to come. She didn't want to die. She looked up as the Grisha stumbled up the steps looking worse for wear and with a face like a devil. As her vision began to blur in red and black as the pounding in her ears became harder and louder; her strength weakened as her heart nearly burst within her chest cavity.

And as her vision began to grow blank and her eyes close over glassy orbs she saw the figure in black swing the cane she hadn't noticed him using and smash the Grisha in the back of the head. The pain was immediately relieved but it was far too late as her eyes closed and she tipped backward over the banister. She did not feel the ice-cold water as it engulfed her small form nor did she see the figure of the man whose gun she shot dive in right after her.

She did not know how long she was out but her consciousness slipped in and out. She was dead right? She should be. Her body hurt; her lungs and her heart tried to work overtime to gather whatever strength of life she had left in her to keep her breathing. Her eyes fluttered open briefly to see a blurry figure of a man leaning over her drenched in seawater as he desperately tried to pump air into her lungs.

When her eyes finally fluttered open for the last time just to catch a glimpse of pale blue cold as the water she'd drowned in staring down at her under severe brows she realized she'd never seen any other color more beautiful; she must have been dead to be seeing an angel then. Her eyes slid shut as she went limp against the wet dock beneath her.

#Shadow and Bone #Six of Crows #grishaverse #Kaz Brekker #fem!oc #Freddy Carter #SaB oneshot #SoC oneshot #should i make more? #angst #slight fluff

[fancyghosts]

2023 ~

1. Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical (2022) (01.01.2023)

2. Puss in Boots (2011) (01.04.2023)

3. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) (01.05.2023)

4. Tár (2022) (01.07.2023)

5. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) (01.10.2023)

6. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (01.11.2023)

7. M3GAN (2022) (01.14.2023)

8. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) (01.17.2023)

9. The French Dispatch (2020) (01.20.2023)

10. The Sea Beast (2022) (01.24.2023)

11. The Maltese Falcon (1941) (01.25.2023)

12. The Fabelmans (2022) (01.30.2023)

13. Knock at the Cabin (2023) (02.14.2023)

14. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) (02.18.2023)

15. Cocaine Bear (2023) (03.02.2023)

16. Catch Me if You Can (2002) (03.05.2023)

17. The Last of Us (Season 1) (2023) (03.13.2023)

18. John Wick (2014) (03.14.2023)

19. Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023) (03.16.2023)

20. Joh Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) (03.18.2023)

21. The Ten Commandments (1956) (03.19.2023)

22. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019) (03.20.2023)

23. The Mummy (1999) (03.24.2023)

24. John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) (03.26.2023)

25. Dungeon & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) (03.31.2023)

26. The Super Mario Bro. Movie (2023) (04.08.2023)

27. Air (2023) (04.09.2023)

28. The Owl House (Season 3) (2023) (04.12.2023)

29. Renfield (2023) (04.18.2023)

30. The Mandalorian (Season 3) (2023) (04.19.2023)

31. Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel (2022) (04.20.2023)

32. Van Helsing (2004) (04.21.2023)

33. Shrek Forever After (2010) (04.29.2023)

34. Cool Hand Luke (1967) (05.02.2023)

35. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) (05.04.2023)

36. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) (06.02.2023)

37. The First Wives Club (1996) (06.02.2023)

38. Ted Lasso (Season 3) (2023) (06.08.2023)

39. The Flash (2023) (06.15.2023)

40. Somewhere In Queens (2022) (06.16.2023)

41. Mid90s (2018) (06.20.2023)

42. Elemental (2023) (06.22.2023)

43. Asteroid City (2023) (06.28.2023)

44. Nimona (2023) (06.30.2023)

45. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) (07.02.2023)

46. Every Body (2023) (07.05.2023)

47. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) (07.16.2023)

48. Little Shop of Horrors (1986) (07.17.2023)

49. Barbie (2023) (07.19.2023)

50. They Cloned Tyrone (2023) (07.29.2023)

51. Sleepless in Seattle (1993) (07.30.2023)

52. Theater Camp (2023) (07.31.2023)

53. Oppenheimer (2023) (08.02.2023)

54. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) (08.05.2023)

55. Heartstopper (Season 2) (2023) (08.09.2023)

56. The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) (08.11.2023)

57. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) (08.12.2023)

58. Adventure Time (Season 3) (2011) (08.21.2023)

59. Gran Turismo (2023) (08.26.2023)

60. What We Do In The Shadows (Season 5) (2023) (09.02.2023)

61. My Best Friend’s Exorcism (2022) (09.04.2023)

62. Bottoms (2023) (09.05.2023)

63. Adventure Time (Season 3) (2011) (09.18.2023)

64. Ikiru (1952) (09.26.2023)

65. Booked (2023) (09.30.2023)

66. Unforgiven (1992) (10.03.2023)

67. Ahsoka (Season 1) (2023) (10.03.2023)

68. Sleepy Hollow (1999) (10.12.2023)

69. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) (10.13.2023)

70. The Fall of the House of Usher (2023) (10.25.2023)

71. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) (10.28.2023)

72. Haunted Mansion (2023) (10.31.2023)

73. Our Flag Means Death (Season 2) (2023) (11.04.2023)

74. Midnight Mass (2021) (11.13.2023)

75. Grey Gardens (1975) (11.14.2023)

76. The Holdovers (2023) (11.23.2024)

77. In the Heat of the Night (1967) (11.28.2023)

78. The Killer (2023) (11.30.2023)

79. Bend It Like Beckham (2002) (12.05.2023)

80. The Boy and the Heron (2023) (12.10.2023)

81. Feast of the Seven Fishes (2019) (12.24.2023)

82. Porco Rosso (1992) (12.25.2023)

#only original post on this blog every year #films i've seen

[terror-of-the-seas]

Decided to spend July reading fairytale-adjacent books. I was going to set an order but I won’t read at all if I do so here’s a list of various books I might read this month

1. Witches abroad by Terry Pratchett (1/7/23)

2. Water song by Suzanne weyn (1/7/23)(does this even count it took an hour)

3. Beauty sleep by Cameron dokey(1/7/23)

4. Fire and hemlock by Diana Wynne jones (2/7/23)

5. Little thieves by Margaret Owen(3/7/23)

6. Painted Devils by Margaret Owen(8/7/23)

7. The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth

8. The blue rose by Kate Forsyth

9. Night Dance by Suzanne weyn

10. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

11. Princess of the midnight ball(9/7/23), princess of glass(10/7/23), and princess of the silver woods (12/7/23) by Jessica Day George

12. Gilded by Marissa Meyer

13. North Child by Edith pattou

15. A court of thorns and roses (as a last resort)

16. Cinderella is dead by Kalyan Bayron

17. Book of a thousand days by Shannon hale

18. The goose girl by Shannon hale(31/07/23)

19. The world above by Cameron dokey

20. Deerskin by Robin McKinley

21. Beauty by Robin McKinley(2/7/23)

22. Belle by Cameron dokey (1/7/23)

23. Accidental cinderella by Emily evans

24. Accidental Snow White by Emily evans

25. An offer from a gentleman by Julia Quinn(25/7/23)

26. Hag: Forgotten folktales (8/7/23)

27. Half a soul by Olivia Atwater(12/7/23)

28. Ten thousand stitches by Olivia Atwater(13/7/23)

29. Long shadow by Olivia Atwater (17/07/23)

30. Girl, serpent, thorn by Melissa bashardoust (27/7/23)

#reading challenge #personal #fairytales