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bookgeekgrrl · 7 months

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My media this week (10-16 Sep 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

🥰 'Til The End Of Time (fandomfluffandfuck) - 66k, stucky, basically PWP with stucky + pre-war bucky (due to multiverse/time slip shenanigans) [reread, fave, really quality filth 🥵]

😊 Rapidly Becoming (Ayes) - 67K, drarry, immediately post war, Draco goes missing & Harry inheirits Malfoy Manor - enjoyable, I'm always a sucker for a magical house story

😍 Ain't No Grave (Can Keep My Body Down) Podfic (GhostCwtch, narrator; spitandvinegar, author) - 107K (14 hr podfic) - well done podfic of a forever fave post-WS recovery fic

🥰 A Fire at the Exhibition (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #10) (T.E. Kinsey, author; Elizabeth Knowelden, narrator) - Emily & Flo contend with the village art exhibition, theft, murder, bicycle races and amateur treasure hunters. 🥰 The Uses of Adversity (MonstrousRegiment) - 65K, Dreamling, very entertaining canon-divergent AU where Hob accidentally becomes a criminal mastermind (sort of) and finds & rescues Dream in 1957

💖💖 +143K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

A Cornstalk Fiddle (notbecauseofvictories) - Devil Went Down to Georgia (Song): The Devil/Johnny, 32K - brilliant short story about what happened after - Johnny won once and he thinks he can do it again to get what he wants...

You've Got A Face With A View (Brenda) - Top Gun: Ice/Mav, 3K - it's 30 years into their relationship & Mav's still wild about his hotass husband and is going to tell and show him why and how.

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Maine Cabin Masters - s6, e2-8

Harley Quinn - s4, e10

Only Murders In The Building - s3, e7

Dirty Laundry - s3, e1

D20: Mentopolis - "Case Closed" (s1, e6)

D20: Adventuring Party - "Bit City USA" (s14, e6)

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

Re: Dracula - September 10: Make Yourself Strong

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Fenway Victory Gardens

Re: Dracula - September 11: Grim Purpose in All I Do

Today, Explained - Hunter becomes the hunted

Into It - Is Rotten Tomatoes…Rotten?

Re: Dracula - September 12: The Pain of the Fear of Sleep

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Jimmy Fallon And Strike Force Five

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Bridget Cleary

Vibe Check - Pumpkin Spice is Not My Ministry

Re: Dracula - September 13: All the Powers of the Devils

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Onöhsagwë:de’ Cultural Center

⭐ 99% Invisible #552 - Blood in the Machine

⭐ Switched on Pop - Next Year in Margaritaville

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Atomic Clock

Dear Prudence - My Partner’s Relationship With His Ex Makes Me Feel Like the Third Wheel. Help!

Into It - The Backlash to Drew Barrymore

⭐ Endless Thread - Lofi Girl

Today, Explained - Blame Capitalism: Profit over everything

Welcome to Night Vale #234 - The Boy

⭐ Hit Parade - Insert Lyrics Here Edition

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

True Metal Warriors

'80s Metal

Ozzy Osbourne

Judas Priest

Jimmy Buffett

Presenting Nine Inch Nails

Lord Of The Lost

Peaceful Summer Night 🌃 Night Lofi Playlist 🌃 Deep Focus To Study/Work [ Lofi Hip Hop - Lofi Chill ]

Lost Legends Of Surf Guitar

Herb Alpert

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living400lbs · 8 months

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Companies lying to maintain their reputation?

'We shall take the Rolls.’

Lady Hardcastle’s Silver Ghost Roadster was a beautiful machine. She had taken delivery the previous June and it had brought us both great joy, until it broke down in Bristol in November while we were investigating the murder at the theatre.

Actually, that wasn’t strictly true. When the car had been returned to us by a company representative and a liveried driver, she had been informed that Rolls-Royces ‘do not break down’.

‘I rather think mine did,’ she had said. ‘It left us stranded in Bristol and unable to return home.’

‘Ah, yes, madam,’ the man had replied. ‘We are aware of the temporary failure to proceed but the vehicle is working as expected now.’

She had signed the paperwork, and the man and his driver had purred away in the car we had been lent while the Roadster that hadn’t broken down wasn’t being repaired.

A subsequent investigation – both Lady Hardcastle and I were keen to learn as much as possible about motor cars – had indicated that the non-repairs had been extensive, with several important ancillary components replaced, and evidence that the engine itself had been stripped down. We had been unable to wrest any details from Rolls-Royce, who remained insistent that no repairs were needed on a motor car that had not broken down. The newly non-repaired car had seen us through the winter and spring without further incident and we had decided not to torment the poor Rolls-Royce staff any further with questions they were obviously not allowed to answer.

From A Fire At The Exhibition by T E Kinsey, set in 1912

#lady hardcastle #a fire at the exhibition #te kinsey #early 1900s #mystery #florence armstrong

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moonglotexas · 1 year

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An Act of Foul Play by T E Kinsey

Ka’s Review: I love this series and especially the close relationship between the key characters, Lady Hardcastle and Flo. In this episode, we get to meet Flo’s twin and it certainly sets up a new dynamic and adds a further dimension to the story! The dialogue and humour are such a key part of this lovely cozy mystery series. The theatrical context didn’t quite do it for me and this time I…

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#an act of foul play #book review #books #cosy mystery #Highly Recommended #Lady hardcastle #murder mystery #mystery #netgalley #review #t e Kinsey

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perpetualbumfuzzlery · 2 years

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I have a deep adoration for insignificant details about characters that the author makes it a point to mention in every single book of a series, yet it never has any actual impact on the story.

#florence armstrong does NOT KNOW horticulture #a Lady Hardcastle Mystery #t e kinsey

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hayleythesugarbowl · 7 months

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It’s Nice To Have a Friend || Thomas Barrow & reader • Part 2

⋆𐙚₊˚⊹♡ Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 ⋆𐙚₊˚⊹♡

⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ masterlist • thomas barrow masterlist ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚

summary: you’ve now been working at downton for a week and, your friendship with Thomas growing (if somewhat confusingly), something happens that could jeopardize your job

word count: 1.6k

warnings: none

a/n: hope you guys enjoy part 2!! i love writing for Thomas so much 🩰🪐

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Hours passed. Meals were served. Days went by. And before you knew it you’d already been working at Downton for nearly two weeks. You’d adjusted well, you thought, and everything had passed very smoothly with help from Anna and Mrs. Hughes…and Thomas Barrow.

Surprisingly, he’d been a huge help to you. He knew the house inside and out and it payed off. Despite his saying you weren’t friends, he always found a way to guide you in the right direction or give you useful information. You supposed he was trying to prepare for running this house someday.

He could pretend he had no desires, but you knew he wanted to be butler.

He still remained mostly a mystery to you, however. A you sat across the table from him now and sipped your tea, you couldn’t help but feel like no one really knew the real Thomas. And you’d not even been here a fortnight.

Daisy came to the table to serve everyone their dinner and you were brought out of your thoughts.

“(Y/n)? You look as if you’re still never awoken since breakfast!” Anna smiled at you.

“Lost in thought, that’s all,” you said.

“How’s your mother holding up?” Anna asked you from across the table.

“She’s getting by, I believe,” you answered. You’d written to her once to tell her about your getting settled and in the letter you’d inquired about the farm. She’d sounded optimistic but you could sense the worry in her words and it just made you even more determined to make things work for her.

“I envy her,” O’Brien said, “at least she’s not slaving away her days for nothing in return.”

“O’Brien,” Anna warned.

“If you expect sympathy, you’re not going to get it from me,” she said, “that’s all. If you expect me to pity a woman who’s—”

“You must forgive O’Brien,” Thomas looked at you, “She doesn’t know what it’s like to have a mother, being the spawn of Satan and all.”

Thomas raised an eyebrow at you and then got up, putting out his cigarette on the table and leaving the room.

O’Brien got out of her seat as well, and, walking in the opposite direction as Thomas, went presumably to feel indignant outside, you figured.

“I don’t know how you do it,” Daisy said from beside you. “Thomas’s never stuck up for any one of us like that.”

“He’s not unpleasant,” you said, blushing despite yourself.

“Maybe not to you,” Anna and Daisy shared a look.

“Well, I think he’s rather welcoming.”

“Careful, or he’ll make you his friend,” Anna joked, her voice filled with mirth.

“You won’t have to worry about that,” you said, thinking back, “he’s told me he doesn’t have friends.”

It seemed as if your dinner had barely been finished with before everyone was preparing for the family’s supper.

Everything was especially hectic today due to the guests attending. Mr. Carson had giving his speech earlier on about it and everyone was in a hurry.

“Lord and Lady Hardcastle are visiting from London this week and it is of utmost importance that you are all on your best behavior as we must leave a good impression,” he’d said.

“I don’t see why we have to work ourselves into a state because someone’s grandparents decide to take a trip to the country,” had been Thomas’s reply.

You knew he was just grumbling because he had to act as first footman while you were short staffed—which “was insulting to a respected valet like himself”—but secretly you agreed with him. You wanted to make a good impression and you hoped everything went according to plan but you couldn’t help but internally wish it all would be over as you took part in all of it.

Once the main course was sent up, everything calmed down a bit. You sat down for a minute to rest your weary feet.

After what seemed like seconds, desert had been sent up and as you went to stand you noticed a bowl of some sauce or another that you were sure shouldn’t have been left downstairs.

“Daisy? Is this supposed to go up?” You asked her.

She stopped her cleaning and looked up at you. Her eye catching in the dish, she made a face of pure horror. “Oh, Lord, yes it is! Oh I’m done for! I was supposed to tell William it was to go on the raspberry pudding!”

“Not to worry,” you told her, “I’ll take it up.”

“Have you lost your mind? What if someone sees you?”

“They won’t. I’ll hand it off to one of the footmen or Thomas on the stairs.”

It being settled with some trepidation on Daisy’s part, you rushed up the servants stairs and caught Thomas coming back down.

“Oh thank goodness, here this goes up now, it’s for the pudding.” You handed him the bowl of sauce in your hands and he took it into the dining room. Thomas headed back downstairs but you didn’t move.

Now that you were there, you couldn’t help but peek around the corner. It was magnificent! The shimmering chandeliers and exquisite artistry—you’d never been in such a beautiful house. You took another step forwards until you were perched on the top step.

You noticed William coming up behind you too late. You spun around, hearing footsteps and slammed into him, knocking the dish he was carrying out of his hands and flying into the dining room along with you. You stumbled backwards, your foot accidentally catching on the table leg holding the platters and dishes which Mr. Carson stood next to on the other end. You scrambled to get up, very aware you were not supposed to be seen in the dining room, but in your haste you tripped over the now broken china on the ground and fell forwards, grabbing at the table and brought down more than a few serving dishes with you.

Silence. You wished you could sink into the floor and disappear forever. The Crawley family and their guests sat in shock. Mr. Carson hurried over.

You started, “I—I’m sorry—”

Mr. Carson interrupted you, breathless. “I am so sorry, My Lord. We will deal with this immediately.”

“Don’t bother Carson, we were just heading over,” he stood up and the rest of the party followed suit, heading towards the drawing room.

“Once again, I apologize for the behavior of the staff, it will not happen again.” The Butler reiterated.

“Don’t lose sleep over it Carson, i know it wasn’t your fault—and if we’re being completely transparent, an interruption was rather welcome to shorten this dull evening,” he smiled, but in more seriousness said, “I do hope, however, that tomorrow’s dinner won’t be so eventful.”

“Of course not, M’Lord.”

Lord Grantham left with the rest of his family and soon the dining room was empty except for you, William, who was trying in vain to clean up the mess, and Mr. Carson.

“William, fetch the other footmen. (Y/n), we will talk later.” Mr. Carson rushed in the other direction and you tried to brush yourself off, utterly miserable.

“Well, everyone who’s called me a clumsy fool would love to see this,” William said nervously.

“Indeed we would,” Thomas appeared at the top of the stairs

“Nonsense,” you protested, “I’m the one to blame. I shouldn’t have even been upstairs.”

Thomas’s eyes widened at the sight of the dining room, “No, you shouldn’t have, now go and get yourself cleaned up. I’ll take care of this.”

William went downstairs to acquire help and you hesitated.

“I—” You meant to thank him and insist you must help but the words caught in your throat. All of the stress of the past week and the mortification of this evening piled on top of each other and all that came out of your mouth was a sob. You sunk down against the wall, cradling your arms against your chest.

A look of concern passed over Thomas’s face and he stepped towards you, kneeling down.

“Come now, it’s all right. No one’s died,” he placed his gloved hand on your shoulder gently.

You put your face in your hands, the tears coming harder.

Thomas seemed at a loss. After a few “there there”s in vain, he stayed silent for a moment.

You knew you should get out of the dining room and go downstairs—to pack your things, if nothing else. There was no way you’d be able to keep your job after this, you thought miserably. You wrapped your arms around your knees. You tried to make yourself get up. You were being a foolish schoolgirl, you told yourself, no use shedding tears over the inevitable.

“My dream is to find someone that loves me,” Thomas said, interrupting the silence, “—you asked me before. I want to care for someone and be cared for in return. Everyone thinks I’ve got it out for Mr. Carson’s job, and I might, but I wouldn’t be opposed to settling down neither.”

You lifted your head, staring up at Thomas. You couldn’t believe he’d just told you that. Seeing you lift your head, he began to stand up again.

“Now, that’s enough of that,” he offered you his hand and you stood up too, dusting yourself off and wiping tears from your face. “Now go down and have a rest while I handle this.”

“I can’t let you do all of this yourself—” You protested.

“I said let me deal with it, alright? You’re in no state to be handling china anyway,” he smiled at you and you found yourself smiling back as you headed towards the stairs.

“Thomas?”

He turned to you.

“Thank you,” you said, “for everything.”

“Don’t mention it, (Y/n).”

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ˋ°•*⁀➷ part 3 out now!! hope you enjoyed <3💌🍒

#thomas barrow #thomas barrow x reader #thomas barrow x friend!reader #downton abbey #elsie hughes #charlie carson #william mason #daisy mason #anna bates #sarah o’brien #fanfic #fanfiction #reader insert #x reader

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agentnatesewell · 4 months

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Mar!! 9, 14, 17 for the end of year book asks? :D

Hello Bunny! Thank you for the ask!

9. Did you get into any new genres?

Yes! Read a horror novel based on ej and your recs! Into The Drowning Deep by Mira Grant, which I highly recommend as an audiobook - thoroughlyh frightening and gory and compelling. Also, The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton was was a fun, loopy, confusing mystery

14. What books do you want to finish before the year is over?

Currently have The Caliph’s House by Tahir Shah checked out from the library! Hoping to finish in the next few weeks! I usually read at night and I got a bit scared when reading it, so will just have to adjust to daytime reading

17. Did any books surprise you with how good they were?

I had hoped to like A Lady For A Duke by Alexis Hall, I didn’t expect the prose to be so absolutely gorgeous - life changing writing. Beautiful World Where Are You and The Ten Thousand Doors of January had great use of epistolary writing

#thank you for the ask!#ask #book asks

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lucy-ghoul · 1 year

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best books read in 2022 by yours truly, in no particular order:

the seven deaths of evelyn hardcastle by stuart turton (technically started in 2021 but finished in early january 2022, so it counts). murder mystery + time loop + redemption themes = perfect mix, 10/10 recommend

this is how you lose the time war by amal el-mohtar & max gladstone: space lesbians but what if they were enemies? lovely, lovely prose. one flaw tho: more of a ~i'm being poetic for the sake of being poetic~ than a character story. still, interesting read.

the plague by albert camus: i couldn't not include him. 5/5 stars, he's easily becoming one of my favorite authors.

hygiène de l'assassin by amélie nothomb: a female journalist succeeds where everyone else fails and interviews an old misanthropic and cynical nobel-winner author. but not everything is as it seems... insane little book, great characterization for the female protagonist. perfect ending. i couldn't put it down, thankfully it's quite short.

carmilla by j. sheridan le fanu: this doesn't need introductions, does it? :)

hedda gabler by henrik ibsen: a play revolving around a woman - daughter of a general, unsatisfied by her current circumstances and marriage. a fascinating female protagonist, especially for the time; the kind of writing you usually get for male characters, and a role every actress would give everything to play at least once.

salomé by oscar wilde: one act only, but it stays with you. particularly incisive adaptation of the biblical story; wilde's writing as usual is stunning.

an oresteia (agamemnon by aeschylus, elektra by sophokles, orestes by euripides) by anne carson: another read that doesn't need introductions.

the hours by michael cunningham: somehow based on mrs dalloway, it is about one day (and the life) of three women in three different time periods; among them, virginia woolf herself. lovely prose.

the cycle of earthsea by ursula k. le guin: series of 5 books (including one of short stories) masterfully written by ms le guin. the first book is a sort of fantasy buldingsroman about a young wizard named ged who, because of his hubris, makes a peculiar sort of enemy... the next books follow ged as he becomes an adult, a middle-aged, and an old man + a varied cast of characters (most importantly tenar, introduced in book 2). original worldbuilding and story (especially for the time - the first novel was published in the 60s), lovely prose and themes (light/dark as yin/yang, necessary to each other's existence - sw wishes it had what earthsea has) + beautiful love story in the last volumes. bonus: most characters in earthsea are very much not white. again, very avant-garde for the 60s, and something all adaptations deliberately ignored.

grendel by john gardner: based on the beowulf poem - the story told by the antagonist's point of view. just striking, and oh my god the themes. couldn't stop thinking about it for days.

in the night garden by catherynne m. valente: a girl trapped in a garden spins a labyrinth of fairy tales for a boy - the only person willing to listen to her - a la scheherazade. told in the usual beautiful prose made in valente, amazing settings and atmospheres.

the sundering duology by jacqueline carey. (thanks for the rec, @queen-zimraphel ❤️) basically a lotr retelling told by the Bad Guys' povs. the inspiration is clear but also it's meant to be a mirror and say 'what if?'. grey morality everywhere, elegant but simple prose + death and the maiden vibes from the local tormented dark lord/the beautiful elf lady. (tho the main love story is not about them specifically... but still.) a great tragedy, but masterfully told - this is how characters who were dead from the beginning and given a role to play in the narrative by a fate larger than them should be written.

honorary mentions to áqua viva by clarice lispector, waiting for godot by samuel beckett, enrico iv by luigi pirandello, and then there were none by agatha christie, sharp objects and gone girl by gillian flynn, in the margins by elena ferrante, ficciones by jorge luis borges, and obviously demons by fyodor dostoeveskij <3

#val speaks #misc books #txt

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bloodmaarked · 2 months

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the murder at the vicarage // agatha christie

first published: 1930 read: 28 february 2024 – 09 march 2024 pages: 348 format: e-book

genres: fiction, mystery (cosy), crime, detective favourite character(s): griselda! least favourite character(s): none of them were that bad... maybe some of the old ladies who didn't feel that fleshed out

rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 thoughts: i added this book to my reading list last year after having read and loved the seven deaths of evelyn hardcastle by stuart turton; he cites agatha christie as a source of inspiration and encourages the reader to check out her work, so i did. and i have to say, i was pleasantly surprised! i know that agatha christie is held in very high regard in the literary world, but i wasn't necessarily expecting myself to enjoy a story by a white woman born in 1890 writing about an elderly female detective. the only thing i'd really known about christie or miss marple was the ITV TV adaptation which i'd come across while flicking through the channels as a child, and which always looked a bit boring. though at this point, i'd be curious to see how they adapted it for TV.

the murder at the vicarage kept me engaged throughout and never dropped in pace. there were a lot of threads weaving the mystery together and i'm not one to theorise or speculate too much (any ideas i have are mostly based on 'they feel shady' rather than any real logic), but i'm sure someone who does would have a great time trying to see if they could solve the mystery before the reveal. i was surprised that miss marple wasn't the protagonist and we didn't see the story unfold from her POV, and it was a nice element to have the amateurs hobble along in the investigation for miss marple to then show up and drop an exciting new perspective.

in general, i liked the characters of st mary mead a lot (especially griselda who was so much fun to read whenever she appeared in a scene). i loved the vicar's dry humour. a few of the characters could've been cut (some of the older ladies we're introduced to early on reappear every now and then and i was struggling to remember who they were) but all in all, every character had their part to play.

the main critique for me is the ending... i was expecting that after they'd figured out the culprit there'd be a confrontation, getting a confession, bringing the whole thing to a close. it was certainly set up that way... but then the final chapter just glossed over the whole thing in a sort of "turns out we were right and btw here's where all the other characters ended up," which was a very weird choice to me.

definitely planning to read more of the miss marple novels and i'm glad i was introduced to this!

#the murder at the vicarage #miss marple #agatha christie #2024 reads #4 stars #fiction #mystery #book review #booklr #bookblr #bookworm

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thethirdromana · 4 months

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Every book I read for the first time this year

(Is this of interest to anyone but me? Putting it under a cut in case it's not).

The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey I was trying to figure out what I spent the first few months of the year reading, then I remembered I just binge-read all of the Expanse through to about March. I love the TV series, I love the books, I love the characters and - thank goodness! - they nailed the ending.

The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison The Goblin Emperor is a go-to comfort read for me (and would be on this list if I were doing re-reads as well). The spin-off detective novels are a delight too. To find published Sherlock wingfic by the same author was... unexpected, but I enjoy her writing style enough that it worked for me.

The Unburied by Charles Palliser Beautifully written, but the resolution to the mystery is obvious from miles off in 2023 in a way that it probably wasn't in 1999.

The Daevabad Trilogy by S. A. Chakraborty Lovely worldbuilding, great characters, well-plotted... the only thing that made these fall down for me is SA Chakraborty's tendency to kill off masses of characters like she's knocking down skittles.

Conspiracy by Tom Phillips and Jonn Elledge A readable history of conspiracy theories that does what it says on the tin. Useful as reference for how antisemitism lurks under most of them.

An Act of Foul Play by TE Kinsey Lady Hardcastle and her maid, Florence Armstrong, live a life of Edwardian tweeness and occasionally fight crime. I read these mostly because I'm convinced if I stick with them long enough, Lady Hardcastle and Flo might kiss.

The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds by TE Kinsey This spin-off of the Lady Hardcastle novels only has Lady Hardcastle and Flo as bit characters. It turns out that yep, I'm much less interested when the femslash ship is off the table.

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro They picked the right winner for the 1989 Booker Prize. I think this story might haunt me forever.

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone Everyone recommended this and it's as good as they said it was, part 1.

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Everyone recommended this and it's as good as they said it was, part 2.

Carmageddon by Daniel Knowles This appealed to all of my existing biases, and equipped me with evidence to defend them. Build more trams!

For Richer, For Poorer by Victoria Coren Mitchell From Only Connect to Taskmaster, I think I've enjoyed everything that Victoria Coren Mitchell has ever done, and this was no exception. I'd always assumed that her career as a poker player was kind of glamorous, and it was fascinating to learn that it was actually deeply seedy.

How Westminster Works and Why It Doesn't by Ian Dunt Interesting, but about 90% of it was about why Westminster fails and about 10% on how to fix it. I think I would have preferred a bit less on the former and a bit more on the latter.

Imperial Island by Charlotte Lydia Riley A solid overview of Britain's relationship with its empire in the 20th century, but I don't think I learned anything I didn't already know.

The Places In Between by Rory Stewart Rory Stewart is an incredible writer who deeply loves Afghanistan, which rescues this from just being what it otherwise would be, the story of a highly privileged man deciding to do something very dangerous for no good reason.

The Wheel of Time, Books 1-3 by Robert Jordan Robert Jordan is not an incredible writer but I enjoyed the TV series enough to persevere with these. Just about. Tell me how Nynaeve tugged her braid again, Robert, I dare you.

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson Which I haven't quite finished yet, seeing as I'm reading it by substack, but I suspect it may be done before the year is out. A delightful Scottish romp in lovely company.

#bookblr #book reviews

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the-firebird69 · 6 months

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#supercar_lifestyle #carspotting #bugattichiron #automobile

The first one is faster than the one that's on the left has panned and it is extremely fast. The goddess Bugatti is bringing brimming and very happy and her car is extremely fast. And Hera tried to look Italian and it didn't work and she said you can't look like us and do that you ninny so the body came out okay and I had a little fight and it's her mom it's her mother and at the same time and a little bit put out that would be Hera she says so the trying really hard one of their car designs is the Chrysler m e 412 and the guys helped but they designed it and they get the credit and it's Chrysler is a consortium of their conjuring it might be helpful for them to get this going first the Chrysler it is like the Bugatti on the right it is extremely fast and they looked at it and said we got to get that going grocery is taking orders and they're producing them on a limited basis about 10 million a week but it's in house for the Trump's only and once again they make them stealth and they're very fast and they're all over the world and he got caught again but is making them and he says the 10 million would start producing them and they have to talk and they have to see who we are we going to start doing that we'll start with us and the guys agree it's a reality

Thor Freya

It is a production car but it's much faster than the Corvette well the Corvette if you outfitted it properly and with a motor and the skin had more strength really reinforce it and you put a cow and a new motor it will go about 700 miles an hour no I'm about 1800 and the Chrysler will go about $4,500 I guess it's a big difference you'll see why

Hera

It is a huge difference and there's several reasons and our son and daughter put those design elements into the car one of the biggest is that the hull is reinforced but even if you reinforce the Corvette and juice it up it's still not going to go as fast it will go extremely fast but there's a few reasons why

Thor Freya

Olympus

Would you Starz up and it goes about 3,000 miles per hour on the ground and if you make it until five car it's up around 80k it's ridiculously fast and we're making more for hours and these people if they make them they're in trouble

Trump

We're just going to take your stuff in the money if we make them and you come after us and that's all there is to it as a matter of fact he's got a good idea to try and lead you into our base areas each area separately we'd wipe you out in a day

Thor Freya

Olympus

The Max and say it's a deal and we say it's a deal he says the deal for everybody and it really is everybody wants to see what these bases can do

Mac Daddy

So we did we begin production shortly no we're going to do it tonight and we have huge facilities now

Frank Castle hardcastle Duke nukem Blockbuster

And me your wife

Hera

You're speaking a millisecond ago and I didn't forget you we were speaking a millisecond ago

Zeus

I know that I just want to set you straight but you're flying straight and you're doing it but I get there

Hera and he says oh the mystery Lady and I don't get it so you don't I don't get it either but I'm doing it

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nomolosk · 6 months

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New Lockwood and Co. fic! This time, merging with the Lady Hardcastle Mysteries!

Featuring: a new, polite, Type Three Ghost, a protective poltergeist, and lots of fun.

#lockwood and co #lady hardcastle mysteries #lucy carlyle #anthony lockwood #george cubbins/karim #lady emily hardcastle #florence armstrong #the skull

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bookgeekgrrl · 8 months

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My media this week (13-19 Aug 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

😍 the rest of the Hat Trick Hearts series (SomewheresSword) - 250K Check, Please! - 15 years of PBJ domestic fluff

😍 Red, White & Royal Blue (Casey McQuiston, author; Ramón de Ocampo, narrator) - so annoyed by the movie I had to reread

🥰 The Fool in the Mirror (thepinupchemist) - 111K, shrunkyclunks omegaverse - Steve's Cap, an alpha with severe PTSD, Bucky's a vet/former SHIELD agent & support omega [reread, forever fave]

😊 An Act of Foul Play (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #9) (T.E. Kinsey, author; Elizabeth Knowelden, narrator) - Emily & Flo & Flo's twin sister figure out who killed an actor during intermission. Breezy, silly fun like always.

💖💖 +238K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

Memory (orphan_account) - MCU: stucky, 23K - great WS recovery fic

Extra Whip (Door) - TW: sterek, 3K - one of the best outsider POV fics, absolutely delightful

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

What We Do In The Shadows - s5, e4-7

Only Murders In The Building - s3, e1-3

Timothy Janovsky in conversation with TJ Alexander

Harley Quinn - s4, e6

Just the Two of Us: Celebrating Child-free HEAs (with Mary Robinette Kowal, Ann Aguirre, Beverly Jenkins, Gwenda Bond, Adele Buck)

D20: Mentopolis - "The Scattered Mind" (s19, e2)

D20: Adventuring Party - "In Space No One Can Hear You Cream" (s14, e2)

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

Re: Dracula - August 13: Between Me and the Moonlight

Re: Dracula - August 14: They are Just the Same

Re: Dracula - August 15: Glad and Sorry

What Next: TBD - Tech's Mask Off Moment

Pop Culture Happy Hour - The Hip-Hop Verse That Changed My Life

Vibe Check - Your Favorite Armchair Therapists

Re: Dracula - August 17: Fading Away

99% Invisible #549 - Trail Mix: Track Two

Welcome to Night Vale #232 - A Car Crash on Buellton Avenue

⭐ Song Exploder - Siddhartha Khosla "Only Murders in the Building (Main Title Theme)"

Re: Dracula - August 18: Very Sweet and Very Bitter

Re: Dracula - August 19: Rejoice the Eyes That Wait

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

my Liked Music playlist

Margaritaville

Rivers of London playlist

Relaxing '80s

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