#Reading notes

[dearlyjess]

trying a new commonplace method where i categorize my entries x

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[rhopaper]

“The greatest gift that an artist bequeath to future artists, igniting the desire to produce their own work.” — Patti Smith

Reading when the tropical rain is coming down on the leaves outside my window, and eating chocolate with my coffee

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[ihaventcomeupwthanameforaheroyet]

I just realized one thing. When Marius took Amadeo back to Kiev (I know the modern spelling is "Kyiv", but I'll use the spelling Anne Rice used in her works while speaking of XV century, OK?), he was uncertain whether Amadeo will visit and come back to Venice, or... you know... whether he will see Kiev and decide to stay. Still, he agreed immediately. I feel feelings.

Other notes on Amadeo's journey to his homeland:

Maybe Amadeo was really supposed to remain small even if he wasn't turned in his teens - his mother was a small woman.

And he probably has her eyes, because Ivan's eyes were blue, but brown eyes are a dominant trait, at least one of Andrei's parents should have had brown eyes.

It saddens me that his mother remained a nameless character. Just like Lestat's father, but, unlike Lestat's father, she did not deserve it.

Andrei had elder sisters - one of them got married while he still lived with his family. And there was another sister, Anya, who became a woman while he was away (at first he mistook her for his mother), but for some reason she still lived in their father's home...

And there was Andrei's uncle Borys, a good singer, young enough to be his brother, but already as big as Ivan. Well. Maybe Amadeo was supposed to remain small. We'll never know!

It's sadly ironic that Ivan lived the rest of his life firmly believing he DID save his son from the horrors of religion. (And yes, I agree, he is such an underappreciated character!)

Also, when Amadeo left his family, he promised this time he would write. A promise he could not keep, as we all know.

One thing I totally agree with - NO ONE should live in a place with long winters. *looks out of the window with disgust and despair*

Also. The description of ruined Kiev hurts in a very specific way - like, you open a book to escape from reality but reality catches up with you. Ruined Kiev in XV century and Kyiv under fire in XXI. Forget vampires, something I think we humans are the worst evil.

(Sorry for being bitter, it will happen again.)

#the vampire armand #vc quotes #reading notes

[contritecactite]

Radio Omens time!! Strap in for my subjective personal opinions made by one person about the full-cast radio adaptation of Good Omens.

We're gonna begin with: I am blowing kisses to the scripting/editing/production team. This thing is an impeccable adaptation. Im-pecc-a-ble. The voice talent is fantastic, the energy is stellar, the pacing is excellent, and the sheer amount of atmospheric info they managed to translate into radio-friendly format? Mwah mwah mwah. I think it's the kind of listening format that's not for everyone, but it is SO for me.

Time for some specific highlights! It was a long day so we're a little extra silly this time. It's also long and not in a reasonable order.

(Ok good my page cut is working this time.)

- Good GOD I forgot the primary voices were Like That. I shrieked (happily) as soon as Aziraphale's mouth opened. This is why I travel alone /hj

-- (Incidentally, I said "oh fuck holy shit I can't do this" when Crowley started talking, but I did it anyway *sighs in bisexual*)

- Hheeeennghsh the opening scene in Eden is. The way it's written successfully sets up who Aziraphale and Crowley are, who they're supposed to be to each other, and a hint at who they're going to be to each other later because they are SO delightfully snippy at one another in this scene. Aziraphale's "oh, it's you" and Crowley's "mmhm, yeah, well done on keeping demons away. Bravo" (heavily paraphrased) will be living rent-free in my head until I have time to write a fic about it.

- So, having Aziraphale do the early narration is an excellent way of setting the tone. What I need you to do, if you've only done tv omens (which is so so valid and I think really is another excellent adaptation), is remember Aziraphale's magician persona. And then imagine him being that for the entire story. The pitch, the rate of speech, the slightly frantic energy, the drama: it's all just part of his overarching character in radio omens, and it's SO good for storytelling.

- Radio Crowley knows what's in all of Aziraphale's infamous Bibles so well that he can quote them. I love this detail, I love it as a means of establishing their relationship during their "let's be godfathers" scene, and I love how hard he's ribbing poor Aziraphale about the extra verses in Genesis.

- Radio Crowley is SO like... tender? I mean, all Crowleys are to some extent Soft but something about this one has just a little extra something. I love the way he talks about his temptations and shenanigans. He's so proud. It eases what could feel like needless exposition because he really seems to like explaining his process.

- That's a bit of the same of what I mean about Aziraphale's personality. Since he's very obviously inclined to dramatize a story, exposition just fades neatly into his character rather than grating on the nerves.

- They reference The Arrangement a lot and usually with a great deal of affection. There's one particular time when they even acknowledge something about wanting to protect each other.

- I adore the way Anathema and her ties to Agnes are introduced. It's so concise but meaningful, and it's just the right amount of setup for her character appearing later.

- The baby swap scene in other iterations relies so much on descriptive narrative or visual language, but you know what? The heavily trimmed down version also works surprisingly well.

- Crowley knows about the hellhound way beforehand (and, of course, he tells Aziraphale. They plan their roles for the party years in advance, which is an extremely efficient way of communicating about that scene to the listener).

- At Warlock's party in the book, Crowley gets all suspicious about a gerbil being gifted to him. In the radio drama, Aziraphale wonders aloud if the gerbil might be suspicious and Crowley tells him not to be stupid. Just struck me as a funny thing to shuffle around.

- Adult radio Anathema is everything to me actually.

- Poor Newt's childhood gets skipped over (unless I missed it, which is possible), but I liked his adult introduction as well; it brings in the whole Witchfinder-adjacent cast at once and makes it super clear how they all know each other without lingering.

- Shadwell. Just. The actor's voicework is so evocative of someone who is very gesturally expressive. There's no way he wasn't swinging his hands around in the recording space.

- The Them are all 100% perfect. Shout-out to Adam for that mind-rending scream that I was not expecting to go on for so long. Interestingly, in chapter credits, the Them are not grouped with the humans! This makes sense, but it also made my brain go !!!

- The horsepeople (both original and extra) were also so good, and that chunk of the cast gave the impression of good chemistry, so the scenes were really fun.

- Crowley says Aziraphale's name a lot. A lot a lot. Actually, most people do; probably for simplicity's sake, there's no "Mr. Fell," or "Nanny Ashtoreth," just "Mr. Aziraphale" and "Mr. Crowley."

- Well, Shadwell does say "Mr. A," and there is a Brother Francis.

- One of Nanny's rules for Warlock is "don't talk to the creepy gardener" rkahjdjs Crowley what is wrong with you

- I did in fact let out another sound when the Nanny voice happened. We're not talking about it.

- When applying for the jobs, Aziraphale just straight up calls dibs on gardener and Crowley complains and says something like "can you see me in a skirt?" and Aziraphale just pulls a date at random on which he'd seen Crowley in a skirt. This was probably also in the book, but I noticed it here and didn't there.

- Crowley's idea of something calming to listen to was a radio gardening talk show ;~; and he likes listening to televangelists for the lulz (I have never used that phrase before in my life but I'm keeping it)

- Having him hear Aziraphale possessing the televangelist was absolute genius for keeping the plot cohesive.

- Seance scene continues to be painful ahahaha...

- Hell's emissaries know that Aziraphale was discorporated and they're mean to Crowley about it in a way that implies Hell has long been aware that they're working together. Intriguing...

- There's mention at some point about how no homes in Tadfield have PlayStations or Xboxes, and I think that's a cool bit of writing to establish the time period (along with Newt bricking smartphones, which I think was said at least in breadcrumbs).

- Almost forgot, but Mr. Gaiman and Sir Terry Pratchett being the policemen trying to book Crowley for speeding in the beginning is so cute.

- When Satan is about to show up, Aziraphale worrying about everyone else and Crowley going "and me!" like hello, I am also in danger, that's my boss?? if u even care?? was SO funny in this version to me.

- Look, there were a lot more things, but it's already been several hours since it ended, so I'm sure I'm forgetting many.

- Oh! Pepper's backstory being transformed into her speech to Adam was SO good on so many levels. It really drove home that Adam does love his friends, it deepened their lore gradually, it made Adam's role and decisions very clear, and it also struck me as "Pepper says trans rights" even if that wasn't the intention, so hell yeah.

- The gag reel leads me to believe that Peter Serafinowicz is A) probably the funniest person alive to work with and B) extremely relatable due to the amount of time spent on the struggle bus. Also whoever put the breaking glass sound over all the accidental swears, I love you forever.

#good omens #radio omens #reading notes #cactus chatter #maybe i just need a new tag like “dran being unreasonably feral about good omens for way too many words” #suggestive #maybe?

[celerydays]

☁️ astrology reading notes ☁️

#my handwriting is much more slanted and scripty now since these notes lol #this was my cutie cursive era 💅 #journal #journaling #reading notes #studyblr #study inspo #grimoire #notebooks #fountain pen #handwriting #cursive #kindle #cel journals #celerydays

[diamondsandtoads]

Finished Nona the Ninth and I think I'm just going to stare at a wall for a few decades

#What a RIDE #I finally understood on the 2nd last page I'm such a dumb sometimes #The locked tomb #Nona the Ninth #Reading notes

[olameni]

I have had bell hooks’ All About Love stuck in my spirit for a few months.

It is a powerful exhortation of Love as an ethic. I’m struggling with it not because I wish to be petty and vengeful but because loving is so painful.

In my younger years in my love for my people and love of justice, I set out to change the world. I read and studied and argued and organized. In my 30s I feel impotent as it seems that that the only thing that has changed is my understanding of precisely how cruel this world is.

I fear that I have studied myself into depression and anxiety.

Any yet hooks would have me love anyhow. She would have me reinforce my empathy so that I may learn to be resilient. To remind me of all the things worth saving.

She is right of course. But still it hurts

#black dark academia #dark academia #noir library #poc dark academia #books #journaling #bibliophile #bell hooks #all about love #reading #reading notes #books and reading #writing #writeblr #bookblr #black dark academia books #black books

[dazais-secret-smut-stash]

My Unhinged Kindle Notes pt.2

This time I just gathered them from a variety of fics (sources at the bottom). Mostly BakuDeku and KiriBaku, but there’s some Seroroki too.

If these tickle your pickle lmk and I’ll post the others sooner! I have enough screenshots for like 3 more of those lol

Sticky Fingers - Bellamia // You Have a New Admirer - Esselle // We wear chains on the weekend - surveycorpsjean // Sticky Fingers - Bellamia // Soft spots - SaysiWrites // Nothing Comes As Easy As You - sascake // Soft spots - SaysiWrites // Nothing Comes As Easy As You - sascake // A Truth So Loud You Can’t Ignore - Minjimochi // We wear chains on the weekend - surveycorpsjean

#dazai's unhinged kindle notes #reading notes #bnha #mha #my hero academia #bakudeku #kiribaku #seroroki #kindle notes #fic rec

[apherod]

This is a Liam Stewart 🧨Slander Post🧨

(1/?)

Because after re-reading (the first 3/4 of) In the Afterlight, and noting down all my thoughts along the way, I realized that my notes marked a slow disintegration of my sanity and my faith towards the man, the idiot, the legend, Liam Michael Stewart.

These are the ones where the faith was still there. I also called Cole the third wheel a lot because let’s face it he kinda is

#furious reading notes #because I shouldn’t have been so invested in these characters but I am #the darkest minds #tdm #cole stewart #liam stewart #ruby daly #reading notes #the darkest minds spoiler #cw: swearing

[vriendenboekjes]

screaming crying tearing out my hair

#she is so so so so important to me #lonely castle in the mirror #reading notes #🌬️

[productivityera]

Day 5 - 15 days of Productivity

Goals for tonight:

Finish researching for toxoplasma essay (1250 words)

Finish weeks 2, 3 ABD study notes

Reply to texts from friends/study groups.

Email parasitology prof for honors year

Wash dishes

Put out dark washing.

It's 5pm rn, and I've already done a pretty good job for today. Accomplished:

Packed everything in my room into boxes.

Sorted out thing to go to op shop.

Wrapped fragile things in bathroom.

Went to shops to buy bags for moving.

Put out light washing.

I feel like I'm the type of person to fully exert myself one day and then get exhausted the next day! When I get a bout of inspiration I just can't stop tbh, and then once I'm tired, I can't get up. Wish I was the type of person who could have routine - I rlly thrive in stressful situations. When everything is calm, I just can't function lmao.

Day 4 was one of those days - I was able to spend most of the night packing for my room though and got quite a bit done.

Tomorrow, I think I need to assess the time I have realistically to study for my animal disease biotechnology exam, to figure out how the best to spend my time.

#productivity #study #studyblr #university #essay #productivity challenge #productivity aesthetic #aesthetic #acadamia #darkacadamia #books #reading #studying #stu dying #reading notes #highlighting #studytips #study motivation #studychallenge #chaotic study #chaoticstudy #exam study #study strategies #study tips #studyspo #study blog #exam studying

[thingsreadinthedark]

CURRENTLY READING :

So it’s my day off and I’m chilling out as I usually do me and my baby laying in the bed my baby I mean Doggo and I’m just getting into the salt eaters. I’ve always wanted to really jump into Toni Cade Bambara’s work but I couldn’t find my footing. I realize now that it was because when I had attempted to read the book before it wasn’t making sense to me I went on Goodreads just to check out what some folks were saying about it and they agree that it was hard to navigate.

However, now I realize that I needed to read some other things to become more informed and those books lent clarity to this one. I wrote a couple notes in my favourite reading tracker app about what I was experiencing after I read chapter 1 and I actually wanna go back and start all over again because it was just so next level by the end of the time that I got to chapter 1 I was like holy shit. I might start all over. Anyway, just wanted to share.

#chantel’s reading diary #toni cade bambara #chantel’s reading notes #currently reading #goodreads #reading notes

[bazilisk]

Feast after dancing!

Reading "Pride and Prejudice" (for the first time) right now, since I enjoyed working as props master for a play adaptation of it recently.

In a ballroom scene, it's mentioned that supper comes after the dancing.

This makes so much more sense than eating before dancing, as we do in wedding receptions nowadays. I always struggle to dance as well as I would like after eating everything. (I usually just eat less than offered to handle this, dancing really is my favorite part of weddings.) Something we should bring back, maybe? Dancing before eating?

#pride and prejudice #jane austen #18th century #comedy of manners #british literature #regency period #wedding ideas #wedding planning #blog #extracts #reading notes

[ihaventcomeupwthanameforaheroyet]

Searched for something else in Devil's Minion and found this extract:

First of all, Armand was seventeen when he was turned. He spent three years with Marius. The last 9-10 months as a vampire. Which makes him around 15 when he was saved from the brothel.

Second, age norms of puberty were different back then. Acceleration is a widely known phenomenon. And in case someone missed this piece of information, it was, like, directly mentioned in the books: Armand's seventeen has nothing in common with modern seventeen. Moreover, even now unsufficient food and physical labour inhibit growth and puberty. That was the reason why acceleration happened - children (at least those lucky enough to be born in relatively wealthy countries) are no longer underfed and overworked.

Sorry for stating the obvious, but if this take about Marius taking 12-year old Amadeo to bed exists, this is probably not so obvious for some people? Yes, he could be 14-15 and still "too young for wet pleasures". He caught it up soon enough.

#vc quotes #armand #devil's minion #the vampire armand #reading notes #myths vs reality #also “seventeen” from repo will be playing in my head for the rest of the day now #nevermind

[dearlyjess]

may 10, 2022

quickly becoming obsessed with elena ferrante 🤍

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[softfolks]

Joy is an ethical obligation. I was raised to believe this. I have not abandoned the proposition. Joy is the proper response to the gift of life that God or something has bestowed upon all of us day after day after day, and then at some point for no more days. Sorrow is an obligation, too, and a wonder and a necessity—but sorrow is joy’s servant.

—Rivka Galchen, "How I Became a Vet"

#suicide dogs #rivka galchen #lit #reading notes #literature #joy