☀️ Sunny Reading Tag ☀️
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🥞 Favourite book
I tend to not really do favourites, but the first two that spring to mind are The Gods of Tango by Carolina de Robertis and Circe by Madeleine Miller.
🌾 Tropes that make you go "asfgrthgj"
Couples/Groups of people with a past in common who’re then reunited, found family, grudging rag-tag group of allies-turned-team-turned-friend-turned-family, aaand I’m always a simp for an unhinged lover when their partner is in peril, hurt, gone missing etc.
🌻 Comfort book
Probably a toss between Grace Draven’s Entreat Me, Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden and/or Stephanie Victoire’s The Other World, It Whispers (honestly there’s just something about Victoire’s writing that is so soothing to me, even if the stories aren’t necessarily happy/comforting)
🌙 Death in a book you would take back
Oooh this one is interesting... I can’t really come up with any recent book death that I wish didn’t happen, so I’d have to go a bit back in my reading history to find ones that affected me to that degree. So, while I don’t want to promote the series, I’d probably say Fred Weasley OR the little match girl in H.C. Andersens The Little Match Girl story (my boy H.C. truly did six-year old me dirty by killing her off)
💡 Book you wish you could read again for the first time
Hmm, I’d probably say Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi and/or Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi. The first I remember as a powerful read and the second I thorougly loved as an audiobook, but now kind of wish I’d given it the time to sit down an immerse myself...
OR I might go for Sarah Waters’ Fingersmith or Tipping the Velvet. Her books are just perfect reading experiences for me - you just get sucked in and - unless something literally drags you away - you won’t look up until you’ve finished.
Tagging without pressure: @thelibraryiscool, @natreadsthings, @readingoals, @aliteraryescape, @aliteraryprincess, @myonetruebook and @mariscranes if any of you guys want to do this! 🌻
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Telephone Tag Game
Rules: You must take the following description of this character, then make your own post redescribing the character. You cannot change any feature, but you may rephrase things however you wish. You can add or remove one feature, though limit yourself to one paragraph total. Then, tag however you wish.
When you are tagged, you MUST NOT look at any post before the one you are tagged in, as the point is to see how much this deviates from the original. Once written, tag the original creator, and get the link to their post to add to yours so people can see how much it changed.
OG Creator: @isabellebissonrouthier
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Tagging: @havenwritesfantasy @blind-the-winds @writingpotato07 @late-to-the-fandom @kjscottwrites and open tag !!
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The woman kept her gaze like an oath on the person before her. Her dark, vacant eyes hung like a coffin buried beneath the earth. Robes of the forest clung to her towering figure. Apollo grinned down on her laurel wreath tiara, encased in gold to honor him eternally. He danced like a child through the untamed strands of her bloody curls.
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@goosemixtapes tagged me to post my top books of 2022 so far :) ty max ily
1. when i sing, mountains dance by irene solà, translated from the catalan by mara faye lethem - you have all probably seen me mention this book before, but it completely blew me away. it’s loosely centered around two families in the rural pyrenees but the chapters are narrated not only by various characters, but by mushrooms, storm clouds, dogs, etc… it sounds weird but it’s so well-written & translated, so interesting, and the last chapter is incredible. begging everyone to read it. if this gives you any idea of how much i loved it: two months after i finished reading it, i forced my mom to leave my soccer game early & drive to a book fair to hear the author speak & have her sign my copy. i told her it was one of my favorite books ever.
2. brickmakers by selva almada, translated from the spanish by annie mcdermott - this is inspired by r&j and set in rural argentina. it’s violent and painful and a quick read and soooo good. i read it on a plane in one sitting and when i finished it i just had to sit there staring into space for 30 minutes to process it. definitely try & check content warnings if you’re interested (i can also elaborate if needed) but it’s great
3. labyrinths by jorge luis borges, translated by the spanish from [idk and can’t find my copy rn sorry]- man. both my dad and my spanish teacher used to tell me borges was super difficult (and i get it!), which is why i picked this up in english not spanish, but… wow. he’s famous for a reason. the concepts in his stories and essays are incredibly interesting, and it’s definitely something i hope to revisit when i’m older so that i can get more out of it
4. chilean poet by alejandro zambra, translated from the spanish by megan mcdowell- i am an alejandro zambra fan through and through so i was super excited to read this!! probably not my favorite book of his (multiple choice <3) but still very well-crafted, deceptively simply told, and as always… fathers and sons… they get to me
5. los detectives salvajes by roberto bolaño - this book is VERY long and VERY weird, and i don’t know if i genuinely liked it this much or if i just spent so much time with it i got attached. i remember feeling meh for the first ~200 pages, but once i started really thinking about ulises + belano searching the globe for a writer, just as the narrator searches for them, i got into it. it made me want to read 2666 at some point!!
6. formas breves by ricardo piglia - much shorter than los detectives salvajes haha! this was mostly literary criticism/commentary with a little fiction but i genuinely enjoyed it a lot, plus piglia talked about a couple different writers from argentina that i now want to check out! reading list material hehe :)
7. a ghost in the throat by doireann ní ghríofa - i read this way back in early january, so my memory isn’t quite as sharp, but this is sort of a novel-memoir of an author and mother who becomes fascinated by an 18th century irish nobleman/mother/poet (eibhlín dubh ní chonaill). super interesting!!
8. translating myself and others by jhumpa lahiri - i found these collection of essays, most about lahiri’s ideas on translation after beginning to translate from italian, & since i like the concept of translation & translated literature this was fun for me
9. no voy a pedirle a nadie que me crea by juan pablo villalobos - this was another weird one, i’m not gonna lie, but the way in which it’s told is cool & i found the tone — unsettlingly sarcastic and funny, given that it’s literally about a guy getting blackmailed by a criminal organization — fascinating.
i think a lot of ppl have been tagged already but i will tag @tucurui @rothko @metaphysical-cheese @sofyarostova & honestly anyone else if you want to do it!!
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LuTe Week, Day 1: Gladiolus/Combatant
“Wings of glory, guide us on the path to victory!”
It’s time to properly kick off LuTe Week! These two have honestly been my OTP since I was fourteen, so they forever have a special place in my heart. Usually, I’m not a fan of couples who constantly bicker, but these two are just so good! (and also fall out of that trope for the most part after Luke gets his haircut and his act together) Highly looking forward to replaying Abyss and also highly looking forward to all the wonderful content this week will bring!
I feel like the sketch of this picture ended up looking better than the end result, but I still kind of like how it turned out, even if it is a bit too bright and too smeary and overall the more I look at it the less happy I am with it. Probably my favorite part of the piece is Jade in the background about to prevent Nanaly from interrupting Natalia’s healing (fun fact, in the original sketch, I had him saying “vibe check” in a tiny little text bubble, and was very tempted to keep that in the final product, but it’d kind of kill the mood of this piece and it’d be covered up by the effects for Holy Lance anyway) That bonus boss fight in the Colosseum is an absolute doozy, but it’s still fun in its own hectic way. (Regarding Mint, she’s off camera in this)
Anyway, hope you like it! Everyone have a fun LuTe Week!
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pairing: lando norris x fem!australian!reader [no faceclaim]
summary: honestly, you kind of expected this part-time gig to just be four days of pure chaos that gave you an excuse to see an f1 race up close. then some guy in the fanzone complimented your shoes, and the rest is history.
notes: requested by anon!! this has been sitting in my drafts for aaaaages, sorry love <3 y'all are so brave for putting up with me while i try and remember how tf to write these uhhh yeah this one took a turn hope u like it anyway LMFAO
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ausgp Arriving in style! The lads looked great at the Melbourne Walk today 🤩🤩
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username1 lewis and zhou are absolutely slaying!! and oscar is also there
ynusername oscar i love you but you gotta step up your game mate, i wanna wear your merch so bad but it is UGLY!!
landonorris excuse me ausgp i think my fit was deserving of recognition in this post :(
ausgp Can't compete with the hometown hero 🤷♂️
landonorris but daniel isn't in this either ?
oscarpiastri You're funny.
landonorris
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landonorris he shoots, he scores! thanks for such a warm welcome melbourne :)
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oscarpiastri You and I have different definitions of scoring I think
landonorris ever heard of playing the long game?
oscarpiastri Nurse he's out again
username2 where's the worker with the shoes i think they're indirecting her
username3 GET THIS MAN THE SHOE LADY'S DIGITS
maxfewtrell Now that's just uncalled for
ausgp Love to see the spirit 😉
username4 aww lando always looks so happy in melbourne, he loves it here :'))
ynusername oh wtf
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ynusername busy busy busy day, absolutely buggered, but very excited for tomorrow 😁 (also peep The Shoes on the last slide)
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yourfriend i mean... he's right, they are sick shoes
ynusername you're just saying that cos you made me buy them
yourfriend well yes!
username5 omg are u the girl who was working the fanzone today??
ynusername i was one of them!
username6 ok if this is the shoe lady i don't blame lando for staring she's so pretty omg
yourfriend "the shoe lady"
ynusername i've been titled?????
ynusername
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ynusername weirdest work day ever (included today's shoes bc apparently it's a thing now)
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yourfriend that wrap was good as hell tho
ynusername deffo the most exciting part of lunch
username7 wait who is this girl and why does lando follow her?
username8 go to lovestruckln on twitter, she has a whole thread about it!
landonorris ...weird in a good way, right?
username9 your lack of rizz is astounding lando
username10 bro STAND UP
ynusername weird in an interesting way
landonorris i'll take that
landonorris
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landonorris melb, you have my ❤️
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username11 SHOE GIRLLLLLL
username12 i hope they never hard launch and he just keeps posting pics of cool sneakers
georgerussell63 You're welcome
charles_leclerc You did it, you crazy son of a bitch
ausgp Where's our credit??
georgerussell63 You put the pieces in play, I moved them into checkmate
ynusername you threw a shoe at me. calm down.
ausgp He what???
username13 bro's collecting aussies like infinity stones
danielricciardo ??
oscarpiastri No
ynusername ://
landonorris 😁😁
ynusername you're cool ig 🙄
landonorris your swag style and utter disdain for me has captured my heart
ynusername oh my god stop i'm blushing
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@ever_bizzare @clemswrld @hollieeelol @leireggsworld @ironmaiden1313 @lunar-racing @lightninginab0ttle @maddie-naps @bwddermilch @pnkwhskyprncss @landossainz @chaotic_version
request: hiya! i love how funny your smau’s are and i’m begging for an aussie!reader x Lando one. maybe she works for the AusGP and they met in Melbourne? idk -anon
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