#David Cruickshank

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Book Covers of Note, February 2023

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The actor Bill Simpson was born as William Nicholson Simpson on September 11th 1934.

Born in Dunure, Ayrshire Bill began his career as an announcer for BBC Scotland. His only appearance in a movie was as a non-speaking extra (his name was missing from the film credits playing a bridegroom in the first remake of John Buchan's story The 39 Steps, which starred Kenneth More as Richard Hannay, although ne was several TV Movies.

Simpson devoted the rest of his career to television, radio and stage. In 1962 BBC Television adapted Robert Louis Stevenson's novel The Master of Ballantrae in which Simpson played the part of Hastie in six 30-minute episodes. Later that year, he took the role of Mr. Ogilvie in "Appearance in Court", an episode of the popular BBC police drama, Z Cars.

In  August 1962 the BBC began broadcasting its long-running Scottish medical drama Dr Finlay's Casebook, Simpson played the title role of Dr Alan Finlay, and was supported by Andrew Cruickshank as Dr Cameron, his older partner at the Arden House surgery in Tannochbrae, and Barbara Mullen as their housekeeper, Janet. With locations at Callander in Stirling, the show ran for eight seasons, the final episode, being shown on 3rd January 1971. Simpson also starred in 104 audio episodes of the A. J. Cronin  story, made by BBC Radio 4, from 1970 to 1975.

On Hogmanay 1969 he was one of several stars who appeared in Ring in the New, the first colour programme broadcast from the BBC Scotland studios in Glasgow’s Queen Margaret Drive.

After Dr Finlay finished its television run Simpson continued to work for the BBC. In 1973 he took a role as MacNair in the Scottish independence drama series Scotch on the Rocks, which was broadcast in five 40-minute episodes. In 1975 he appeared in one instalment of the BBC TV series Quiller. He played Sir Andrew Kilbrane, alongside Michael Jayston as Quiller, in an episode called Target North, which involved the death of a government minister. He also took the part of Rob Dow in the BBC's Play of the Month series in 1975, in an adaptation of J. M. Barrie's play The Little Minister, in which he co-starred with Helen Mirren and Ian Ogilvy.

Simpson had a part in a 1976 episode of the North East England drama When the Boat Comes In, playing Sandy Lewis.

Back in Scotland Bill Simpson then appeared in The Mackinnons, taking the starring role of Donald, head of the Mackinnon family, who live in the Western Isles  and feel threatened by the influx of new people with new lifestyles into their community. The show only aired for one series featuring 13 episodes.

He next travelled to France and West Germany to shoot the 1979 television mini-series Die Abenteuer des David Balfour , or as we know it,  Kidnapped , a co-production between HTV in England, Technisonor of France and Tele-München of Germany. Simpson played James of the Glens,  David McCallum played the lead role of Alan Breck Stewart.

Bill Simpson had a his history of heart problems, it is perhaps not surprising that he became less busy in the 1980′s. He contributed less to television drama, and more to factual subjects, introducing the TV coverage of the British Open Golf Championship at Royal Troon in 1982, with Peter Allis. 

One of Bill’s last appearance was in the Scottish Television docu-drama Scotland's Story: Mary and an End to the French Connection, playing John Knox; and one more, made in 1986, which he did not live to watch.

On 21st December 1986, at the age of 55, Bill Simpson died from a bronchopneumonia in Mauchline, East Ayrshire. His role as a driver's boss in the TV drama, Shoot for the Sun, was not shown on television until 16th March 1987.

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FANTASTIC VOYAGE (1966) – Episode 146 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era

“Twelve minutes left. What a time to run out of sugar!” Especially when you’re having a little coffee with your sugar. Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Whitney Collazo, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, and Jeff Mohr – as they gaze in wonder at Fantastic Voyage (1966), remarkable for its special effects and for being one of Raquel Welch’s 1966 breakout roles.

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 146 – Fantastic Voyage (1966)

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ANNOUNCEMENT Decades of Horror The Classic Era is partnering with THE CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIE CHANNEL, THE CLASSIC HORROR MOVIE CHANNEL, and WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL Which all now include video episodes of The Classic Era! Available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, Online Website. Across All OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop. https://classicscifichannel.com/; https://classichorrorchannel.com/; https://wickedhorrortv.com/

A scientist is nearly assassinated. In order to save him, a submarine is shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream with a small crew. Problems arise almost as soon as they enter it.

  Director: Richard Fleischer

Writing Credits: Harry Kleiner (screenplay); David Duncan (adaptation); (story by) Otto Klement and Jerome Bixby (as Jay Lewis Bixby)

Music by: Leonard Rosenman

Cinematography: Ernest Laszlo

Film Editing: William B. Murphy

Sound Department: Walter Rossi (Sound Effects) (uncredited)

Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy

Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss

Visual Effects: 

Art Cruickshank (special photographic effects)

L.B. (Bill) Abbott (special photographic effects) 

Emil Kosa Jr. (special photographic effects)

Marcel Delgado (miniatures) (uncredited)

Selected Cast:

Stephen Boyd as Charles Grant

Raquel Welch as Cora Peterson, the technical asst for Dr. Duval

Edmond O’Brien as General Alan Carter

Donald Pleasence as Dr. Michaels

Arthur O’Connell as Colonel Donald Reid

William Redfield as Captain Bill Owens

Arthur Kennedy as Dr. Peter Duval

Jean Del Val as Dr. Jan Benes

Barry Coe as communications aide

Ken Scott as a Secret Service agent

Shelby Grant as nurse

James Brolin as technician

James Doohan as Dr. Sawyer (Hypothermia technician) (uncredited)

Raquel Welch passed away on 15 February 2023, so the Classic Era Grue Crew thought a fitting tribute would be to cover one of her first breakout roles. Released a few weeks before One Million Years B.C. (1966), Fantastic Voyage features her as the only woman in a seven-member ensemble cast populated by excellent character actors, and she proves herself up to the task. The film’s crew is also the recipient of two Academy Awards with an additional three nominations. The Grue Crew goes a tiny bit giddy over this influential classic from the 60s. Check out what they have to say.

At the time of this writing, Fantastic Voyage is available to stream from most PPV sites, and as a very economical Blu-ray treatment from 20th Century Studios.

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule is one chosen by Daphne, the BBC TV Live production of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954), starring Pete Cushing, Yvonne Mitchell, Donald Pleasence, and André Morell!

Please let them know how they’re doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: leave them a message or leave a comment on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel, the site, or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at [email protected]. To each of you from each of them, “Thank you so much for watching and listening!”

Check out this episode!

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Lovers Ensemble - Saxophone, Keys, Guitar, Drums

Lovers Ensemble creates a unique twist on the jazz quartet covering a diverse range of artists from Louis Armstrong & Frank Sinatra to Dua Lipa & Harry Styles. Comprised of Sydney based musicians, Lovers Ensemble specialises in providing the perfect atmosphere for any occasion. Individually, members have performed with international artists “The Temptations” (USA) and Jamie Oliver (UK) as well as local artists Tom Burlinson (Man from Snowy River), Tod McKenny (Dancing with the Stars/Boy from Oz), Su Cruickshank (Good Morning Australia/Young Einstein), Leo Sayer, David Campbell, Ricki Lee, Rhonda Burchmore and Monica Trapica (Playschool). Lovers Ensemble have a wealth of experience and have played events for AMEX, Westpac, PWC, Commonwealth Bank, Samsung, Facebook and Shopback, as well as having performed in venues across Australia including The Sydney Opera House, The State Theatre (NSW), The International Convention Centre (NSW), The Metro (NSW), Parliament House (ACT), Hisense Arena (VIC), The Forum (VIC), The Corner Hotel (VIC), The Tivoli (QLD), Brisbane Convention Centre (QLD) Amplifier (WA).

Instrumentation: Saxophone, Keys, Guitar, Drums, DJ

Music Genre: Jazz, Pop, Latin, Funk, Grooves

Size: Duo to Quartet

Setlist: Lovers Ensemble

Hire For: Weddings, Corporate, Bars, Private Parties, Hens/Bucks Nights

Equipment Supplied: Yes

"Amazing band!!! We had a range of entertainment on the night & Lovers Ensemble worked well integrating with everyone. Couldn't have been happier."  -- Cal's Corporate Event in Leura, Mar 2021 "Lovers Ensemble were fantastic!! Dave on the sax really lifted the vibes and was an absolute hit throughout the night! Thanks team for a great night!"  -- Rachel's Corporate Event in Sydney, Jul 2022

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Katerina Cruickshanks by David Gray-Barnett

Katerina Cruickshanks by David Gray-Barnett

Katerina Cruickshanks by David Gray-Barnett. Scribble, 2022. 9781950354610 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book?  Katerina keeps all the neighborhood kids entertained with their outrageous personality, exotic outfits, and elaborate performances. But when things get a bit out of hand (Mikey gets grounded and…

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David Bowie in Barrowlands, Glasgow, November 7th, 1991 © David Cruickshank

#Tin Machine #David Bowie #1991 #Barrowlands #Glasgow #David Cruickshank #white bee #jacket

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Re-imagined XX Anniversary artworks ⁠⁠

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Credit: Adam Cruickshank / Austin / Butch Gordon / Darrell Gibbs / Tim Berry / Simon Earith / Tomi Olapido / Tim Berry / David Foldvari / Leo Marcantonio

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BOOK RECS

Okay, so lots of people wanted this and so, I am compiling a list of my favourite books (both fiction and non-fiction), books that I recommend you read as soon as humanly possible. In the meantime, I’ll be pinning this post to the top of my blog (once I work out how to do that lmao) so it will be accessible for old and new followers. I’m going to order this list thematically, I think, just to keep everything tidy and orderly. Of course, a lot of this list will consist of historical fiction and historical non-fiction because that’s what I read primarily and thus, that’s where my bias is, but I promise to try and spice it up just a little bit. 

Favourite fiction books of all time:

The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock // Imogen Hermes Gowar

Sense and Sensibility // Jane Austen

Slammerkin // Emma Donoghue 

Remarkable Creatures // Tracy Chevalier

Life Mask // Emma Donoghue

His Dark Materials // Philip Pullman (this includes the follow-up series The Book of Dust)

Emma // Jane Austen

The Miniaturist // Jessie Burton

Girl, Woman, Other // Bernadine Evaristo 

Jane Eyre // Charlotte Brontë

Persuasion // Jane Austen

Girl with a Pearl Earring // Tracy Chevalier

The Silent Companions // Laura Purcell

Tess of the d’Urbervilles // Thomas Hardy

Northanger Abbey // Jane Austen

The Chronicles of Narnia // C.S. Lewis

Pride and Prejudice // Jane Austen

Goodnight, Mr Tom // Michelle Magorian

The French Lieutenant’s Woman // John Fowles 

The Butcher’s Hook // Janet Ellis 

Mansfield Park // Jane Austen

The All Souls Trilogy // Deborah Harkness

The Railway Children // Edith Nesbit

Favourite non-fiction books of all time

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman // Robert Massie

Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King // Antonia Fraser

Madame de Pompadour // Nancy Mitford

The First Iron Lady: A Life of Caroline of Ansbach // Matthew Dennison 

Black and British: A Forgotten History // David Olusoga

Courtiers: The Secret History of the Georgian Court // Lucy Worsley 

Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Katherine Howard, the Fifth Wife of Henry VIII // Gareth Russell

King Charles II // Antonia Fraser

Casanova’s Women // Judith Summers

Marie Antoinette: The Journey // Antonia Fraser

Mrs. Jordan’s Profession: The Story of a Great Actress and a Future King // Claire Tomalin

Jane Austen at Home // Lucy Worsley

Mudlarking: Lost and Found on the River Thames // Lara Maiklem

The Last Royal Rebel: The Life and Death of James, Duke of Monmouth // Anna Keay

The Marlboroughs: John and Sarah Churchill // Christopher Hibbert

Nell Gwynn: A Biography // Charles Beauclerk

Jurassic Mary: Mary Anning and the Primeval Monsters // Patricia Pierce

Georgian London: Into the Streets // Lucy Inglis

The Prince Who Would Be King: The Life and Death of Henry Stuart // Sarah Fraser

Wedlock: How Georgian Britain’s Worst Husband Met His Match // Wendy Moore

Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from the Stone Age to the Silver Screen // Greg Jenner

Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum // Kathryn Hughes

Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey // Nicola Tallis

Favourite books about the history of sex and/or sex work

The Origins of Sex: A History of First Sexual Revolution // Faramerz Dabhoiwala 

Erotic Exchanges: The World of Elite Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century Paris // Nina Kushner

Peg Plunkett: Memoirs of a Whore // Julie Peakman

Courtesans // Katie Hickman

The Other Victorians: A Study of Sexuality and Pornography in mid-Nineteenth Century England

Madams, Bawds, and Brothel Keepers // Fergus Linnane

The Secret History of Georgian London: How the Wages of Sin Shaped the Capital // Dan Cruickshank 

A Curious History of Sex // Kate Lister

Sex and Punishment: 4000 Years of Judging Desire // Eric Berkowitz

Queen of the Courtesans: Fanny Murray // Barbara White

Rent Boys: A History from Ancient Times to Present // Michael Hone

Celeste // Roland Perry

Sex and the Gender Revolution // Randolph Trumbach

The Pleasure’s All Mine: A History of Perverse Sex // Julie Peakman

LGBT+ fiction I love*

The Confessions of the Fox // Jordy Rosenberg 

As Meat Loves Salt // Maria Mccann

Bone China // Laura Purcell

Brideshead Revisited // Evelyn Waugh

The Confessions of Frannie Langton // Sara Collins

The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle // Neil Blackmore

Orlando // Virginia Woolf

Tipping the Velvet // Sarah Waters

She Rises // Kate Worsley

The Mercies // Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Oranges are Not the Only Fruit // Jeanette Winterson

Maurice // E.M Forster

Frankisstein: A Love Story // Jeanette Winterson

If I Was Your Girl // Meredith Russo 

The Well of Loneliness // Radclyffe Hall 

* fyi, Life Mask and Girl, Woman, Other are also LGBT+ fiction

Classics I haven’t already mentioned (including children’s classics)

Far From the Madding Crowd // Thomas Hardy 

I Capture the Castle // Dodie Smith 

Vanity Fair // William Makepeace Thackeray 

Wuthering Heights // Emily Brontë

The Blazing World // Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle

Murder on the Orient Express // Agatha Christie 

Great Expectations // Charles Dickens

North and South // Elizabeth Gaskell

Evelina // Frances Burney

Death on the Nile // Agatha Christie

The Monk // Matthew Lewis

Frankenstein // Mary Shelley

Vilette // Charlotte Brontë

The Mayor of Casterbridge // Thomas Hardy

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall // Anne Brontë

Vile Bodies // Evelyn Waugh

Beloved // Toni Morrison 

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd // Agatha Christie

The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling // Henry Fielding

A Room With a View // E.M. Forster

Silas Marner // George Eliot 

Jude the Obscure // Thomas Hardy

My Man Jeeves // P.G. Wodehouse

Lady Audley’s Secret // Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Middlemarch // George Eliot

Little Women // Louisa May Alcott

Children of the New Forest // Frederick Marryat

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings // Maya Angelou 

Rebecca // Daphne du Maurier

Alice in Wonderland // Lewis Carroll

The Wind in the Willows // Kenneth Grahame

Anna Karenina // Leo Tolstoy

Howard’s End // E.M. Forster

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 // Sue Townsend

Even more fiction recommendations

The Darling Strumpet // Gillian Bagwell

The Wolf Hall trilogy // Hilary Mantel

The Illumination of Ursula Flight // Anne-Marie Crowhurst

Queenie // Candace Carty-Williams

Forever Amber // Kathleen Winsor

The Corset // Laura Purcell

Love in Colour // Bolu Babalola

Artemisia // Alexandra Lapierre

Blackberry and Wild Rose // Sonia Velton

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories // Angela Carter

The Languedoc trilogy // Kate Mosse

Longbourn // Jo Baker

A Skinful of Shadows // Frances Hardinge

The Black Moth // Georgette Heyer

The Far Pavilions // M.M Kaye

The Essex Serpent // Sarah Perry

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo // Taylor Jenkins Reid

Cavalier Queen // Fiona Mountain 

The Winter Palace // Eva Stachniak

Friday’s Child // Georgette Heyer

Falling Angels // Tracy Chevalier

Little // Edward Carey

Chocolat // Joanne Harris 

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street // Natasha Pulley 

My Sister, the Serial Killer // Oyinkan Braithwaite

The Convenient Marriage // Georgette Heyer

Katie Mulholland // Catherine Cookson

Restoration // Rose Tremain

Meat Market // Juno Dawson

Lady on the Coin // Margaret Campbell Bowes

In the Company of the Courtesan // Sarah Dunant

The Crimson Petal and the White // Michel Faber

A Place of Greater Safety // Hilary Mantel 

The Little Shop of Found Things // Paula Brackston

The Improbability of Love // Hannah Rothschild

The Murder Most Unladylike series // Robin Stevens

Dark Angels // Karleen Koen

The Words in My Hand // Guinevere Glasfurd

Time’s Convert // Deborah Harkness

The Collector // John Fowles

Vivaldi’s Virgins // Barbara Quick

The Foundling // Stacey Halls

The Phantom Tree // Nicola Cornick

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle // Stuart Turton

Golden Hill // Francis Spufford

Assorted non-fiction not yet mentioned

The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World // Deborah Cadbury

The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History to the Italian Renaissance // Catherine Fletcher

All the King's Women: Love, Sex, and Politics in the life of Charles II // Derek Jackson

Mozart’s Women // Jane Glover

Scandalous Liaisons: Charles II and His Court // R.E. Pritchard

Matilda: Queen, Empress, Warrior // Catherine Hanley 

Black Tudors // Miranda Kaufman 

To Catch a King: Charles II's Great Escape // Charles Spencer

1666: Plague, War and Hellfire // Rebecca Rideal

Henrietta Maria: Charles I's Indomitable Queen // Alison Plowden

Catherine of Braganza: Charles II's Restoration Queen // Sarah-Beth Watkins

Four Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses // Helen Rappaport

Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832 // Stella Tillyard 

The Fortunes of Francis Barber: The True Story of the Jamaican Slave who Became Samuel Johnson’s Heir // Michael Bundock

Black London: Life Before Emancipation // Gretchen Gerzina

In These Times: Living in Britain Through Napoleon’s Wars, 1793-1815

The King’s Mistress: Scandal, Intrigue and the True Story of the Woman who Stole the Heart of George I // Claudia Gold

Perdita: The Life of Mary Robinson // Paula Byrne

The Gentleman’s Daughter: Women’s Lives in Georgian England // Amanda Vickery

Terms and Conditions: Life in Girls’ Boarding School, 1939-1979 // Ysenda Maxtone Graham 

Fanny Burney: A Biography // Claire Harman

Aphra Behn: A Secret Life // Janet Todd

The Imperial Harem: Women and the Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire // Leslie Peirce

The Fall of the House of Byron // Emily Brand

The Favourite: Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough // Ophelia Field

Night-Walking: A Nocturnal History of London // Matthew Beaumont, Will Self

Jane Austen: A Life // Claire Tomalin

Beloved Emma: The Life of Emma, Lady Hamilton // Flora Fraser

Sentimental Murder: Love and Madness in the 18th Century // John Brewer

Henrietta Howard: King’s Mistress, Queen’s Servant // Tracy Borman

City of Beasts: How Animals Shaped Georgian London // Tom Almeroth-Williams

Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion // Anne Somerset 

Charlotte Brontë: A Life // Claire Harman 

Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe // Anthony Summers

Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day // Peter Ackroyd 

Elizabeth I and Her Circle // Susan Doran

African Europeans: An Untold History // Olivette Otele 

Young Romantics: The Shelleys, Byron, and Other Tangled Lives // Daisy Hay

How to Create the Perfect Wife // Wendy Moore

The Sphinx: The Life of Gladys Deacon, Duchess of Marlborough // Hugo Vickers

The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn // Eric Ives

Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy // Barbara Ehrenreich

A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie // Kathryn Harkup 

Mistresses: Sex and Scandal at the Court of Charles II // Linda Porter

Female Husbands: A Trans History // Jen Manion

Ladies in Waiting: From the Tudors to the Present Day // Anne Somerset

Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country // Edward Parnell 

A Cheesemonger’s History of the British Isles // Ned Palmer

The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine // Lindsey Fitzharris

Medieval Woman: Village Life in the Middle Ages // Ann Baer

The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York // Anne de Courcy

The Voices of Nîmes: Women, Sex, and Marriage in Reformation Languedoc // Suzannah Lipscomb

The Daughters of the Winter Queen // Nancy Goldstone

Mad and Bad: Real Heroines of the Regency // Bea Koch

Bess of Hardwick // Mary S. Lovell

The Royal Art of Poison // Eleanor Herman 

The Strangest Family: The Private Lives of George III, Queen Charlotte, and the Hanoverians // Janice Hadlow

Palaces of Pleasure: From Music Halls to the Seaside to Football; How the Victorians Invented Mass Entertainment // Lee Jackson

Favourite books about current social/political issues (?? for lack of a better term)

Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power // Lola Olufemi

Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Worker Rights // Molly Smith, Juno Mac

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race // Reni Eddo-Lodge

Trans Britain: Our Journey from the Shadows // Christine Burns

Me, Not You: The Trouble with Mainstream Feminism // Alison Phipps

Trans Like Me: A Journey For All Of Us // C.N Lester

Brit(Ish): On Race, Identity, and Belonging // Afua Hirsch 

The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence, and Cultural Restitution // Dan Hicks

Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living // Jes M. Baker

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women White Feminists Forgot // Mikki Kendall

Denial: Holocaust History on Trial // Deborah Lipstadt

Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape // Jessica Valenti, Jaclyn Friedman

Don’t Touch My Hair // Emma Dabiri

Sister Outsider // Audre Lorde 

Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen // Amrou Al-Kadhi

Trans Power // Juno Roche

Breathe: A Letter to My Sons // Imani Perry

The Windrush Betrayal: Exposing the Hostile Environment // Amelia Gentleman

Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You // Sofie Hagen

Diaries, memoirs & letters

The Diary of a Young Girl // Anne Frank

Renia’s Diary: A Young Girl’s Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust // Renia Spiegel 

Writing Home // Alan Bennett

The Diary of Samuel Pepys // Samuel Pepys

Histoire de Ma Vie // Giacomo Casanova

Toast: The Story of a Boy’s Hunger // Nigel Slater

London Journal, 1762-1763 // James Boswell

The Diary of a Bookseller // Shaun Blythell 

Jane Austen’s Letters // edited by Deidre la Faye

H is for Hawk // Helen Mcdonald 

The Salt Path // Raynor Winn

The Glitter and the Gold // Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough

Journals and Letters // Fanny Burney

Educated // Tara Westover

Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading // Lucy Mangan

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? // Jeanette Winterson

A Dutiful Boy // Mohsin Zaidi

Secrets and Lies: The Trials of Christine Keeler // Christine Keeler

800 Years of Women’s Letters // edited by Olga Kenyon

Istanbul // Orhan Pamuk

Henry and June // Anaïs Nin

Historical romance (this is a short list because I’m still fairly new to this genre)

The Bridgerton series // Julia Quinn

One Good Earl Deserves a Lover // Sarah Mclean

Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake // Sarah Mclean

The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics // Olivia Waite

That Could Be Enough // Alyssa Cole

Unveiled // Courtney Milan

The Craft of Love // EE Ottoman

The Maiden Lane series // Elizabeth Hoyt

An Extraordinary Union // Alyssa Cole

Slightly Dangerous // Mary Balogh

Dangerous Alliance: An Austentacious Romance // Jennieke Cohen

A Fashionable Indulgence // KJ Charles

#the only categories not on here are plays and poetry #just bc this post would be even longer! #you can ask me for my favourite playwrights/poets separately tho

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~2021 Reading Challenge~

~Books Read~

Nonfiction

Methodism: Empire of the Spirit - David Hempton

Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket - Richard Holmes

Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the present day - Peter Ackroyd

Down and Out: In Eighteenth Century London - Tim Hitchcock

London’s Sinful Secret: The Bawdy History and Very Public Passions of London’s Georgian Age - Dan Cruickshank

Warfare in the Eighteenth Century - Jeremy Black

Empires of the Imagination: Politics, War, and the Arts in the British World 1750-1850 - Holger Hooch

The Medici: Power, Money and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance - Paul Strathern

The Romanovs: 1613-1918 - Simon Sebag Montefiore

The Habsburgs: To Rule the World - Martyn Rady

The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women - Rosalie Gilbert

Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady’s Guide to Sex, Marriage and Manners - Therese Oneill

The Splendid and the Vile - Erik Larson

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage - Alfred Lansing

Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind - Yuval Noah Harari

Nature’s Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present - Philipp Blom

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies - Jared Diamond

A Natural History of the Future - Rob Dunn

American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic - Nancy K. Bristow

To Marry an English Lord - Gail MacColl and Carol McD. Wallace

Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty - Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth - Reza Aslan

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things - Jenny Lawson

Broken (in the Best Possible Way) - Jenny Lawson

Let’s Pretend This Never Happened - Jenny Lawson

I’m Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come: One Introvert’s Year of Saying Yes - Jessica Pan

The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to follow the Bible as Literally as Possible - A.J. Jacobs

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking - Susan Cain

The Highly Sensitive Person - Elaine N. Aron

ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction from Childhood Through Adulthood - Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. & John J. Ratey, M.D.

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear - Elizabeth Gilbert

The Hilarious World of Depression - John Moe

Hunger - Roxane Gay

The Comfort Book - Matt Haig

How Democracies Die - Steven Levitsky

The Day the World Stops Shopping - J.B. MacKinnon

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up - Marie Kondo

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and their race to save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts - Joshua Hammer

My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):

Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket - Richard Holmes

Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the present day - Peter Ackroyd

London’s Sinful Secret: The Bawdy History and Very Public Passions of London’s Georgian Age - Dan Cruickshank

The Romanovs: 1613-1918 - Simon Sebag Montefiore

The Habsburgs - Martyn Rady

Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind - Yuval Noah Harari

Nature’s Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present - Philipp Blom

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking - Susan Cain

The Highly Sensitive Person - Elaine N. Aron

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth - Reza Aslan

Classic Literature

Great Expectations - Charles Dickens (1861)

North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell (1854)

The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Graham (1908)

Little Women - Louisa May Alcott (1868 & 1869)

The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane (1895)

Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck (1937)

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte (1847)

The Scarlett Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne (1850)

The House of the Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorne (1851)

Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne (1872)

Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson (1883)

Persuasion - Jane Austen (1817)

(Wow, I really slacked on my Classics this year...! 😳 Shame on me!)

My Top Five Faves (in no particular order):

Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

Persuasion - Jane Austen

The Scarlett Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne

North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell

Fiction/Literature

(I confess I’m too lazy to separate the books further into different genres.😊)

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong

Giovanni’s Room - James Baldwin

Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade - Diana Gabaldon

The Henna Artist: Bk 1 - Alka Joshi

The Secret Keeper of Jaipur: Bk 2 - Alka Joshi

Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid

Malibu Rising -  Taylor Jenkins Reid

Written in the Stars - Alexandria Bellefleur

Red, White & Blue - Casey McQuiston

My Policeman - Bethan Roberts

The Pull of the Stars - Emma Donohue

Act Your Age, Eve Brown - Talia Hibbert

Year of Wonders - Geraldine Brooks

Once Upon a River - Diane Setterfield

The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion - Fannie Flagg

The Soulmate Equation - Christina Lauren

The Dating Plan - Sara Desai

The Flatshare - Beth O’Leary

Second First Impressions - Sally Thorne

Anne of Manhattan - Brina Starler

The Cafe by the Sea - Jenny Colgan

The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner

The Dutch House - Ann Patchett

The Trouble With Hating You - Sajni Patel

The Paris Apartment - Kelly Bowen

All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr

Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr

No Offence - Meg Cabot

Beach Read - Emily Henry

The Duke & I: Bridgerton Bk 1 - Julia Quinn

Romancing Mister Bridgerton: Bk 4 - Julia Quinn

The Forest of Vanishing Stars - Kristin Harmel

Just Last Night - Mhairi McFarlane

The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah

Very Sincerely Yours - Kerry Winfrey

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman

To Have and to Hoax - Martha Waters

A Curious Beginning: Veronica Speedwell Mystery #1 - Deanna Raybourn

A Perilous Undertaking: VS Mystery #2 - Deanna Raybourn

A Treacherous Curse: VS Mystery #3 - Deanna Raybourn

A Dangerous Collaboration: VS Mystery #4 - Deanna Raybourn

The Last Chance Library - Freya Sampson

Objects of My Affection - Jill Smolinski

Always in December - Emily Stone

A Holly Jolly Diwali - Sonya Lalli

The Party Crasher - Sophie Kinsella

Shopaholic to the Stars - Sophie Kinsella

Christmas Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella

Wedding Night - Sophie Kinsella

I’ve Got Your Number - Sophie Kinsella

I Owe You One - Sophie Kinsella

Love Your Life - Sophie Kinsella

The Paper Palace - Miranda Cowley Heller

The Matzah Ball - Jean Meltzer

Just Haven’t Met You Yet - Sophie Cousens

The Lonely Hearts Hotel - Heather O’Neill

The Library of Legends - Janie Chang

Twice Shy - Sarah Hogle

The Christmas Bookshop - Jenny Colgan

The Dreamers - Karen Thompson Walker

The Holiday Swap - Maggie Knox

My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong

Giovanni’s Room - James Baldwin

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid

All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr

The Forest of Vanishing Stars - Kristin Harmel

The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah

Red, White & Blue - Casey McQuiston

Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall

Second First Impressions - Sally Thorne

Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade - Diana Gabaldon

Science Fiction/Fantasy

The House of the Cerulean Sea - T.J. Klune

The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern

His Majesty’s Dragon: Temeraire Series Bk 1 - Naomi Novik

Throne of Jade: Temeraire Series Bk 2 - Naomi Novik

Black Powder War: Temeraire Series Bk 3 - Naomi Novik

Empire Of Ivory: Temeraire Series Bk 4 - Naomi Novik

Victory of Eagles: Temeraire Series Bk 5 - Naomi Novik

Tongue of Serpents: Temeraire Series Bk 6 - Naomi Novik

Crucible of Gold: Temeraire Series Bk 7 - Naomi Novik

Blood of Tyrants: Temeraire Series Bk 8 - Naomi Novik

League of Dragons: Temeraire Series Bk 9 - Naomi Novik

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

Circe - Madeline Miller

Firebird - Mercedes Lackey

Gwenhwyfar - Mercedes Lackey

Dune: Bk 1 - Frank Herbert

One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston

The Rules of Magic - Alice Hoffman

The Book of Magic - Alice Hoffman

Foundryside: Bk 1 - Robert Jackson Bennett

Shorefall: Bk 2 - Robert Jackson Bennett

Catherine House - Elizabeth Thomas

Arabella of Mars: Bk 1 - David D. Levine

The Midnight Bargain - C.L. Polk

The Midnight Library - Matt Haig

Star Wars: Master and Apprentice - Claudia Grey

Star Wars: Darth Plagueis - James Luceno

Star Wars: Ahsoka - E.K. Johnston

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms: Bk 1 - N.K. Jemisin

The Broken Kingdoms: Bk 2 - N.K. Jemisin

The Kingdom of Gods: Bk 3 - N.K. Jemisin

The Angel of the Crows - Katherine Addison

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires - Grady Hendrix

The Clockwork Dynasty - Daniel H. Wilson

Black Water Sister - Zen Cho

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue - V.E. Schwab

Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch - Rivka Galchen

Switch - A.S. King

The Jasmine Thorne - Tasha Suri

The Two Towers: Lord of the Rings Bk 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien

La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Bk 1 - Philip Pullman

The Secret Commonwealth:  The Book of Dust Bk 2 - Philip Pullman

The Scribbly Man: Children of D’Hara Bk 1 - Terry Goodkind

Hateful Things: Children of D’Hara Bk 2 - Terry Goodkind

Wasteland: Children of D’Hara Bk 3 - Terry Goodkind

Witch’s Oath: Children of D’Hara Bk 4 - Terry Goodkind

Into Darkness: Children of D’Hara Bk 5 - Terry Goodkind

Good Omens - Terry Pratchet & Neil Gaiman

Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman

The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini

Rose Daughter - Robin McKinley

Mistborn: Bk 1 - Brandon Sanderson

The Well of Ascension: Bk 2 - Brandon Sanderson

The Hero of Ages: Bk 3 -  Brandon Sanderson

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge - M.T. Anderson

Three Parts Dead: Bk 1 - Max Gladstone

A Darker Shade of Magic: Bk 1 - V.E. Schwab

A Gathering of Shadows: Bk 2 - V.E. Schwab

Gideon the Ninth: Bk 1 - Tamsyn Muir

Assassin’s Apprentice: Farseer Trilogy Bk 1 - Robin Hobb

Royal Assassin:  Farseer Trilogy Bk 2 - Robin Hobb

Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao

The Lighthouse Witches - C.J. Cooke

My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):

Circe - Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

The House of the Cerulean Sea - T.J. Klune

The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern

Temeraire Series - Naomi Novik

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Trilogy - N.K. Jemisin

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue - V.E. Schwab

Children of D’Hara Series - Terry Goodkind

Mistborn Trilogy - Brandon Sanderson

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge - M.T. Anderson

YA Books

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

We Hunt the Flame: Bk 1 - Hafsah Faizal

We Free the Stars: Bk 2 - Hafsah Faizal

Cinder: Lunar Chronicles Bk 1 - Marissa Meyer

Winter: Lunar Chronicles Bk 4 - Marissa Meyer

Stars Above; Lunar Chronicles Collections - Marissa Meyer

Uprooted: Bk 1 - Naomi Novik

Chain of Gold: The Last Hours Bk 1 - Cassandra Clare

Chain of Iron:  The Last Hours Bk 2 - Cassandra Clare

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue: Bk 1 - Mackenzi Lee

The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy: Bk 2 - Mackenzi Lee

The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks: Bk 3 - Mackenzi Lee

Timekeeper: Bk 1 - Tara Sim

Chainbreaker: Bk 2 - Tara Sim

Firestarter: Bk 3 - Tara Sim

Scavenge the Stars: Bk 1 - Tara Sim

Honey Girl - Morgan Rogers

Autoboyography - Christina Lauren

A Great and Terrible Beauty: Bk 1 - Libba Bray

Rebel Angels: Bk 2 - Libba Bray

The Sweet Far Thing: Bk 3 - Libba Bray

Come Tumbling Down: Bk 5 - Seanan McGuire

The Gilded Ones - Namina Forna

By the Book - Amanda Sellet

Rogue Princess - B.R. Myers

The Evil Queen - Gena Showalter

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins

Instructions for Dancing - Nicola Yoon

Dark and Deepest Red - Anna-Marie McLemore

Excuse Me While I Cry Ugly - Joya Goffney

Book of a Thousand Days - Shannon Hale

Eve of Man - Giovanna & Tom Fletcher

The Cruel Prince: Bk 1 - Holly Black

The Wicked King: Bk 2 - Holly Black

The Queen of Nothing: Bk 3 -Holly Black

Gods & Monsters - Shelby Mahurin

Six Crimson Cranes - Elizabeth Lim

Spin the Dawn: Bk 1 - Elizabeth Lim

For the Wolf - Hannah Whitten

The Library of the Dead - T.L. Huchu

Three Dark Crowns: Bk 1 -Kendare Blake

Wicked Fox - Kat Cho

Entwined - Heather Dixon

Chaotic Good - Whitney Gardner

If the Shoe Fits - Julie Murphy

Every Day - David Levithan

Blood Like Magic - Liselle Sambury

Prudence: The Custard Protocol Bk 1 - Gail Carriger

The Raven Boys: Bk 1 - Maggie Stiefvater

The Bone Witch: Bk 1 - Rin Chupeco

Strange the Dreamer: Bk 1 - Laini Taylor

Muse of Nightmares: Bk 2 - Laini Taylor

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao

My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

We Hunt the Flame Duology - Hafsah Faizal

The Last Hours Trilogy - Cassandra Clare

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue Trilogy - Mackenzi Lee

Timekeeper Trilogy - Tara Sim

A Great and Terrible Beauty Trilogy - Libba Bray

The Cruel Prince Trilogy - Holly Black

Six Crimson Cranes - Elizabeth Lim

The Lunar Chronicles - Marissa Meyer

Strange the Dreamer Duology - Laini Taylor

Middle Grade/Children

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey: Bk 2 - Trenton Lee Stewart

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma: Bk 3 -  Trenton Lee Stewart

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages: Bk 4 -  Trenton Lee Stewart

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict - Trenton Lee Stewart

A Tale of Magic - Chris Colfer

The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane - Julia Nobel

Stuart Little - E.B. White

The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Graham

The Peculiar - Stefan Bachmann

The Whatnot - Stefan Bachmann

Cinders and Sparrows - Stefan Bachmann

Liesel & Po - Lauren Oliver

The Wishlist - Eoin Colfer

The Barren Grounds - David A. Robertson

Stay Alive: Breakdown - Joseph Monninger

Strangeworlds Travel Agency - L.D. Lapinski

The Scarecrow and His Servant - Philip Pullman

A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L’Engle

A Wind in the Door - Madeline L’Engle

A Swiftly Tilting Planet - Madeline L’Engle

The Amulet of Samarkand: Bartimaeus Series Bk 1 - Jonathan Stroud

The Golem’s Eye: Bartimaeus Series Bk 2 - Jonathan Stroud

Ptolemy’s Gate: Bartimaeus Series Bk 3 - Jonathan Stroud

The Ring of Solomon: A Bartimaeus Novel  - Jonathan Stroud

The Last Siege - Jonathan Stroud

The Screaming Staircase: Lockwood and Co Bk 1 - Jonathan Stroud

The Whispering Skull : Lockwood and Co Bk 2 - Jonathan Stroud

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling

Bliss - Kathryn Littlewood

Reverie - Ryan La Sala

The Case of the Missing Marquess - Nancy Springer

The House of Secrets - Chris Columbus & Ned Vizzini

The Unwanteds - Lisa McMann

The Doldrums - Nicholas Gannon

The Doldrums and the Helmsley Curse - Nicholas Gannon

Magyk: Septimus Heap Bk 1 - Angie Sage

Flyte: Septimus Heap Bk 2 - Angie Sage

Physik: Septimus Heap Bk 3 - Angie Sage

Queste: Septimus Heap Bk 4 - Angie Sage

Siren: Septimus Heap Bk 5 - Angie Sage

Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom - Sangu Mandanna

Lintang and the Pirate Queen - Tamara Moss

The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail - Richard Peck

The Oddmire: Changeling Bk 1 - William Ritter

The Hidden Oracle: The Trials of Apollo Bk 1 - Rick Riordan

The Dark Prophesy: The Trials of Apollo Bk 2 - Rick Riordan

The Burning Maze: The Trials of Apollo Bk 3 - Rick Riordan

The Tyrant’s Tomb: The Trials of Apollo Bk 4 - Rick Riordan

The Tower of Nero: The Trials of Apollo Bk 5 - Rick Riordan

The Sword of Summer: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Bk 1 - Rick Riordan

The Hammer of Thor: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Bk 2 - Rick Riordan

The Ship of the Dead: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Bk 3 - Rick Riordan

The Lost Hero: The Heroes of Olympus Bk 1 - Rick Riordan

The Son of Neptune:  The Heroes of Olympus Bk 2 - Rick Riordan

The Mark of Athena:  The Heroes of Olympus Bk 3 - Rick Riordan

The House of Hades:  The Heroes of Olympus Bk 4 - Rick Riordan

The Blood of Olympus:  The Heroes of Olympus Bk 5 - Rick Riordan

The Blackthorn Key: Bk 1 - Kevin Sands

Mark of the Plague: Bk 2 - Kevin Sands

The Assassin’s Curse: Bk 3 - Kevin Sands

The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone: Bk 1 - Jaclyn Moriarty

The Whispering Wars: Bk 2 - Jaclyn Moriarty

Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating - Adiba Jaigirdar

Alone - Megan E. Freeman

My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):

The Mysterious Benedict Society Series - Trenton Lee Stewart

A Tale of Magic - Chris Colfer

The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane - Julia Nobel

The Peculiar - Stefan Bachmann

The Scarecrow and His Servant - Philip Pullman

A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L’Engle

Bartimaeus Series - Jonathan Stroud

Lockwood and Co Series - Jonathan Stroud

The Trials of Apollo Series - Rick Riordan

The Heroes of Olympus Series - Rick Riordan

Graphic Novels/Manga/Comics

Avatar the Last Airbender: The Promise - Gene Luen Yang

Avatar the Last Airbender: The Search - Gene Luen Yang

Avatar the Last Airbender: The Rift - Gene Luen Yang

Avatar the Last Airbender: The Lost Adventures - Gene Luen Yang

Avatar the Last Airbender: Toph Beifong’s Metalbending Academy - Faith Erin Hicks

Amulet: Bk 1 The Stone Keeper - Kazu Kibushi

Amulet: Bk 2 The Stonekeeper’s Curse - Kazu Kibushi

Amulet: Bk 3 The Cloud Searchers  - Kazu Kibushi

Amulet: Bk 4 The Last Council - Kazu Kibushi

Amulet: Bk 5 Prince of the Elves - Kazu Kibushi

Amulet: Bk 6 Escape from Lucien - Kazu Kibushi

Amulet: Bk 7 Firelight - Kazu Kibushi

Amulet: Bk 8 Supernova - Kazu Kibushi

Snow, Glass, Apples - Neil Gaiman & Colleen Doran

Monstress: Volume 1: Awakening - Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda

Daredevil: Ultimate Collection Bk 2 - Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev

Pashmina - Nidhi Chanani

Smile: #1 - Raina Telgemeier

Sisters: #2 -  Raina Telgemeier

Guts: #3 -  Raina Telgemeier

Earthian: Volume 4 - Yun Kouga

Shuriken and Pleats: Volume 1 - Matsuri Hino

Shuriken and Pleats: Volume 2 - Matsuri Hino

The Story of Saiunkoku: Volume 9 - Sai Yukino & Kairi Yura

Sailor Moon: Short Stories Volume 1 - Naoko Takeuchi

Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden: Volume 1 - Yuu Watase

Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden: Volume 2 - Yuu Watase

Everyone’s Getting Married: Volume 1 - Izumi Miyazono

Everyone’s Getting Married: Volume 2 - Izumi Miyazono

Everyone’s Getting Married: Volume 3 - Izumi Miyazono

My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):

Avatar the Last Airbender: The Promise - Gene Luen Yang

Avatar the Last Airbender: The Search - Gene Luen Yang

Avatar the Last Airbender: The Rift - Gene Luen Yang

Avatar the Last Airbender: Toph Beifong’s Metalbending Academy - Faith Erin Hicks

Amulet Series - Kazu Kibushi

Snow, Glass, Apples - Neil Gaiman & Colleen Doran

Monstress: Volume 1: Awakening - Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda

Daredevil: Ultimate Collection Bk 2 - Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev

Earthian - Yun Kouga

The Story of Saiunkoku - Sai Yukino & Kairi Yura

Poetry

Crush - Richard Siken

Depression & Other Magic Tricks - Sabrina Benaim

(I read much more poetry than this over the course of the year, of course, but these two were the only collections I read in their entirety.)

LGBTQ

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong

The House in the Cerulean Sea - T.J. Klune

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern

Chain of Gold: The Last Hours Bk 1 - Cassandra Clare

Chain of Iron:  The Last Hours Bk 2 - Cassandra Clare

Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade - Diana Gabaldon

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue: Bk 1 - Mackenzi Lee

The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy: Bk 2 - Mackenzi Lee

The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks: Bk 3 - Mackenzi Lee

Giovanni’s Room - James Baldwin

Timekeeper: Bk 1 - Tara Sim

Chainbreaker: Bk 2 - Tara Sim

Firestarter: Bk 3 - Tara Sim

Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid

Written in the Stars - Alexandria Bellefleur

Red, White & Blue - Casey McQuiston

One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston

Honey Girl - Morgan Rogers

Autoboyography - Christina Lauren

My Policeman - Bethan Roberts

A Great and Terrible Beauty: Bk 1 - Libba Bray

Rebel Angels: Bk 2 - Libba Bray

The Sweet Far Thing: Bk 3 - Libba Bray

The Rules of Magic - Alice Hoffman

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao

My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade - Diana Gabaldon

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzi Lee

Timekeeper Trilogy - Tara Sim

Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid

Written in the Stars - Alexandria Bellefleur

Red, White & Blue - Casey McQuiston

One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston

DNF’ed Books (did not finish)

Fix Her Up - Tessa Bailey

My Top 25 Faves Overall (in no particular order):

Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

The Scarlett Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne

All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

The House of the Cerulean Sea - T.J. Klune

Temeraire Series - Naomi Novik

Mistborn Trilogy - Brandon Sanderson

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

Circe - Madeline Miller

Timekeeper Trilogy - Tara Sim

Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall

Red, White & Blue - Casey McQuiston

Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade - Diana Gabaldon

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue Trilogy - Mackenzi Lee

Lockwood and Co Series - Jonathan Stroud

Bartimaeus Series - Jonathan Stroud

The Trials of Apollo Series - Rick Riordan

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge - M.T. Anderson

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking - Susan Cain

The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah

The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern

We Hunt the Flame Duology - Hafsah Faizal

The Peculiar - Stefan Bachmann

(Okay, fine, I lied! lol My Top 26 Faves Overall, because I just COULDN’T find one more I could bear to take off the list. ^.^)

(My End of the Year Book Asks here.)

#2021 reading challenge #reading challenge #reading list #books #literature #reading #non fiction #fiction #classics #fantasy #science fiction #ya books #middle grade books #children's books #graphic novels #manga #comics #poetry #lgbtq #lgbtq books #dec 31 2021

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The respected Scottish actor Roy Hanlon passed away on June 30th 2005.

Throughout his career Roy Hanlon was a much loved and respected character actor. He appeared often on television, with many theatre companies in Scotland and Ireland and graced many productions at the Edinburgh Festival. Indeed he had the distinction of appearing in three productions of the epic Thrie Estaites in the same role. His well-known face, however, was seen in important supporting roles in a host of Scottish drama series, including Dr Finlay’s Casebook, Sutherland’s Law and The Borderers.

Roy Hanlon trained with the Scottish Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1960. He joined the Glasgow Citizens’ Company and was a member of the company at that year’s Edinburgh Festival in Durenmatt’s seldom-performed Romullus the Great. He was back two years later in an equally rare play - The Doctor and the Devils - with a host of leading Scottish actors.

In 1964 Hanlon made the first of several appearances in Dr Finlay’s Casebook and appeared as a menacing doctor in Edward Bond’s acclaimed radio drama Castles in Spain. In 1967 he was in two films. The first (Robbery), starring Stanley Baker, was about a gang who robbed the overnight Glasgow to London train. He then appeared in an espionage thriller, The Naked Runner alongside Frank Sinatra and Edward Fox. Critics greeted neither movie with much enthusiasm. Two years later, Hanlon was cast in several leading television dramas of the period, notably the underground spy drama Jason King, which made a star of Peter Wyngarde.

Throughout the 1970s, Hanlon appeared in a host of roles. These included BBC Scotland’s popular 1972 drama Sutherland’s Law, about a procurator fiscal, starring Iain Sutherland, and The Saint - the award-winning series on ITV starring Roger Moore.

It was in 1984 that Hanlon first came to the Festival to play Spiritualitie in Tom Fleming’s dramatic production of the Thrie Estaites. The production starred such actors as Andrew Cruickshank, David Rintoul, Edith Macarthur and Alec Heggie and was repeated the following year. Hanlon also returned to the same role in the 1991 production of the play. In 1985 it was performed at the Assembly Hall in tandem with Sydney Goodsir Smith’s The Wallace, in which Hanlon played John Mentieth. The Wallace demanded much of the huge cast: the opening scene alone was given in old Scots and contemporary English.

In the early 1980s, Hanlon became a regular visitor to Ireland and worked often with the Abbey Theatre of Dublin (including a memorable Doctor’s Dilemma in 1982). Two years earlier he had made a notable impression in the world premiere of Brian Friel’s Translations, in which Hanlon delivered an engrossing account of Jimmy Jack alongside the young Liam Neeson and Stephen Rea.

Hanlon was with the Abbey in 1995 for Patrick Mason’s production of Sebastian Barry’s The Only True History of Lizzie Finn. In 1998 Hanlon was nominated for a Barclay’s Theatre Award for his appearance in Juno and the Paycock. Hanlon remained a fiercely proud Scot and was devoted to his profession and his family. He was still working up to 2014, when he was seen in BBC2’s Takin’ Over the Asylum.

#scotland #scottish #actor #television #theatre #cinema

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Lovers Ensemble - Saxophone, Keys, Guitar, Drums

Lovers Ensemble creates a unique twist on the jazz quartet covering a diverse range of artists from Louis Armstrong & Frank Sinatra to Dua Lipa & Harry Styles. Comprised of Sydney based musicians, Lovers Ensemble specialises in providing the perfect atmosphere for any occasion. Individually, members have performed with international artists “The Temptations” (USA) and Jamie Oliver (UK) as well as local artists Tom Burlinson (Man from Snowy River), Tod McKenny (Dancing with the Stars/Boy from Oz), Su Cruickshank (Good Morning Australia/Young Einstein), Leo Sayer, David Campbell, Ricki Lee, Rhonda Burchmore and Monica Trapica (Playschool). Lovers Ensemble have a wealth of experience and have played events for AMEX, Westpac, PWC, Commonwealth Bank, Samsung, Facebook and Shopback, as well as having performed in venues across Australia including The Sydney Opera House, The State Theatre (NSW), The International Convention Centre (NSW), The Metro (NSW), Parliament House (ACT), Hisense Arena (VIC), The Forum (VIC), The Corner Hotel (VIC), The Tivoli (QLD), Brisbane Convention Centre (QLD) Amplifier (WA).

Instrumentation: Saxophone, Keys, Guitar, Drums, DJ

Music Genre: Jazz, Pop, Latin, Funk, Grooves

Size: Duo to Quartet

Setlist: Lovers Ensemble

Hire For: Weddings, Corporate, Bars, Private Parties, Hens/Bucks Nights

Equipment Supplied: Yes

" Amazing band!!! We had a range of entertainment on the night & Lovers Ensemble worked well integrating with everyone. Couldn't have been happier."  -- Cal's Corporate Event in Leura, Mar 2021 "Lovers Ensemble were fantastic!! Dave on the sax really lifted the vibes and was an absolute hit throughout the night! Thanks team for a great night!"  -- Rachel's Corporate Event in Sydney, Jul 2022

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Maude ‘Lores’ Bonney: Why a Google Doodle celebrates the Australian aviator’s 122nd birthday today

Maude 'Lores’ Bonney became the first woman to fly from Australia to England in 1933, surviving storms, crashes and a herd of water buffalo

By David Hughes

Wednesday, 20th November 2019, 6:08 pm

Google is celebrating the Australian aviator Maude “Lores” Bonney with a special commemorative Doodle on what would have been her 122nd birthday.

The first woman to fly solo from Australia to England, Bonney made her groundbreaking voyage in 1933, surviving heavy storms, two crashes and a confrontation with a herd of water buffalo.

Her achievements made her a pioneer for female pilots, earning her an MBE and inspiring the generations of women that followed – here’s what you need to know about her.

Trailblazing record-breaker

Maude Rose Rubens was born on 20 November 1897 in Pretoria, South Africa, later adopting the name “Lores”.

She moved with her family first to England and then to Australia, growing up in Melbourne before attending a finishing school in Germany.

It was there that she met her husband Harry Barrington Bonney, and the married couple moved to Brisbane, Queensland.

Harry’s cousin was Bert Hinkler, a pioneering aviator and inventor dubbed the “Australian Lone Eagle”, who was the first to fly solo both from Australia to England and across the Southern Atlantic Ocean.

It took just one flight in his Avron Avian biplane in 1928 to spark Bonney’s desire to become a pilot.

She initially took flying lessons in secret, but after she revealed her intentions to her husband, he bought her a de Havilland “Gypsy Moth”, named My Little Ship.

In 1931, Bonney completed the first of her record-breaking feats in this aircraft with the longest one-day flight by a woman: a 1,600km, 15-hour voyage from Brisbane to Wangaratta, Victoria to meet her father for dinner.

From Brisbane to… Croydon

The following year, she became the first woman to circumnavigate Australia by air, a journey of 12,800km, before making her epic, history-making flight to England in 1933.

Her 20,000km trek from Brisbane to Croydon took 157 hours of flight time fraught with peril – her encounter with the buffalo came as she tried to land on a beach, forcing her to veer off into the sea.

After substantial delays caused by weather, bureaucracy and mechanical failures (and repairs), Bonney arrived in Croydon at 5.20pm on 21 June, two months and six days since she departed. Following her achievement, Bonney was appointed MBE by King George V in 1934.

She completed another milestone in 1937, flying a different aircraft – a Klemm Kl 32 – from Australia to South Africa, the country of her birth.

However, her dream of completing a flight around the world (via Japan, Alaska and the US) was curtailed by the outbreak of the Second World War, and the destruction of her plane in a hangar fire.

Although she held a commercial pilot’s licence until 1948, her failing eyesight and hearing ruled out any further record attempts after the war ended.

Bonney lived the rest of her long life in privacy, although further recognition came with the award of the Order of Australia Medal in 1991.

She died at the age of 96 in a nursing home, 57 years after setting her final record – as a final tribute, a Queensland electoral district was named in her honour in 2017.

'An inspiration for everyone’

The animated Google Doodle honouring Bonney’s flight to England on 20 November was designed by the artist Matt Cruickshank, who said he was inspired by “her attitude to diversity”.

Highlighting Google’s efforts “to celebrate well-known and not-so-well-known stories equally”, he explained: “I grew up reading boys’ adventure comics about male explorers.

"Bonney’s accomplishments are straight out of a girls’ adventure comic and are equally as important. She can be an inspiration for everyone.”

On the design itslef, Cruickshank said: “Australia is East of the UK, so adding in both countries visually left me with the simple task of connecting Bonney’s journey using animation. Far easier than how she achieved the task.”

Link:  https://inews.co.uk/light-relief/offbeat/maude-lores-bonney-google-doodle-122nd-birthday-1303969

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