#Sammy Keyes

[an-adhd-infested-nerd]

I love you people who are unapologetically fans of niche, obscure or old things

To every artist, writer, or blogger out here making art, stories and posts about the books I loved in middle school, the shows I loved as a child, the random bands I like, obscure video games, old camp bad movies, and anything else niche, weird and obscure I love you. Wether you’re writing fanfiction, making art, headcannons, AUs, or just shitposting I’m kissing you lovingly on the forehead and listening to you intensely

#this goes out to the people on this hellsite posting about #including but not limited to #wild kratts #big nate #dork diaries #dear dumb diary #diary of a wimpy kid #they might be giants #garfield #word girl #boxer car children #encyclopedia brown #a z mysteries #Sammy Keyes #nanny piggins #the octonauts #ed edd n eddy #Agent A a puzzle in disguise #broken age #chicken run #Wallace and Gromit #aardman #in general really #dave the diver #strange horticulture #spiritfarer #rusty lake #shaun the sheep #original #psychonauts

[best-childhood-book]

#best childhood book #poll #dragonbreath #undertow #poison #willa #kiki strike #sammy keyes #first light #the mistmantle chronicles #upside down magic #larklight

[curious-and-curiouser]

Happy Birthday, Sammy Keyes!

#sammy keyes #wendelin van draanen #mod: silversneaks #happy birthday sammy keyes!

[prettygaleliose]

And if I start writing Sammy Keyes fanfiction, what then??? GIVE ME MORE OF HER IM BEGGING SKSJSJSKKA

#Sammy Keyes #Sammy Keyes series #book series #fandom

[haveyoureadthismgyabook]

Series info...

Book 1: Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief

Book 2: Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man

Book 3: Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy

Book 4: Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf

Book 5: Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary

Book 6: Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy

Book 7: Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes

Book 8: Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception

Book 9: Sammy Keyes and the Psycho Kitty Queen

Book 10: Sammy Keyes and the Dead Giveaway

Book 11: Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things

Book 12: Sammy Keyes and the Cold Hard Cash

Book 13: Sammy Keyes and the Wedding Crasher

Book 14: Sammy Keyes and the Night of Skulls

Book 15: Sammy Keyes and the Power of Justice Jack

Book 16: Sammy Keyes and the Showdown in Sin City

Book 17: Sammy Keyes and the Killer Cruise

Book 18: Sammy Keyes and the Kiss Goodbye

#middle grade #mystery #book #sammy keyes #sammy keyes and the hotel thief #wendelyn van draanen #poll

[letskillthebookwall]

So, today I read two books, though only one of them was from the book wall--I'm trying to reread a bunch of books this year, so I can stop the whole "you have to buy a new copy if you want to re-read it" thing I've had going on since the book wall hit triple digits.

So the first thing I (re)read was Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief, and man, when it comes to childhood books, Sammy Keyes was the GOAT. She was, to elementary school me, the coolest motherfucker on the planet. She is still, to adult, elementary-school-teacher me, the coolest motherfucker on the planet. I do intend to re-read the whole series, in order, because I'm pretty sure I never actually read them in order.

Ghosts of the Shadow Market I have more complex feelings about. The Shadowhunter books were also childhood books, for me; I think I read City of Bones when I was maybe a fifth grader? All I'm saying, Alec Lightwood was the first gay character I ever read about. This book I half cared about, half really didn't. When I cared, I was really into it. When I didn't care (mostly, when we were so focused on like, Jem and Tessa because even though I did read TID I don't really care about it at this point), I really didn't care. But Clare either sprinkles something real hard into her writing or I just have nostalgia glasses on, because... man. When I cared. Shit was magical.

BOOK WALL STATUS AS OF JAN. 1: 2112

BOOK WALL HIGH: 2236

BOOK WALL LOW: 2108

CURRENT BOOK WALL STATUS: 2213

BOOKS READ THIS YEAR: 145

#booklr #kill the book wall #sammy keyes #shadowhunters

[tasnia-5812]

So I adore the Sammy Keyes series, I kept up w/ it in elementary and middle school and recently I got back into it thru a reread of the series, tho I’ve been doing it with the audiobooks. And I don’t see people really talk about it (but that’s bc this fandom is kind of dead lol), but the audiobooks are so good! You can really tell that the narrator developed such distinctive voices for the characters as they recorded more books.

There are so many snippets of the audiobooks that just feel iconic to me bc the va put so much work into them! The showdown in sin city in particular really feels like the peak of their performance (probably bc imo it’s the peak of the series too), it’s so good! The iconic Sammy monologue about all of the crazy stuff she did to track her mom down, her mom’s shear confusion at why Sammy would think she would run away to Oregon of all places lol, and Sammy’s internal monologue thru her ups and downs in Las Vegas are just so well done.

The va really makes it feel like this is the inner monologue and life of a middle schooler, their voice doesn’t feel out of place at all, which isn’t the case for as many audiobooks as I would hope. If anyone wants to do a reread of the series, I highly recommend the audiobooks, they’re on another level.

#sammy keyes #no one will see this lol #but it’s a tragedy this fandom tag is so empty #I’ve been listening to the series pretty much on repeat for the last couple months #genuinely such a joy #the va is so talented #and really brings the book to life #the only audiobook in the series I haven’t listened to is the very last one #but that’s bc I know it’ll make me sad lol #I read the last couple books as they were coming out #and there was such a profound sense of bittersweetness in the last book #especially that last line a/ Sammy waving back to the author who’s struggling to figure out how to end her story 😭 #I don’t need to go thru that w/ the audiobooks #I’ll just keep relistening to the series in perpetuity #or until I get bored lol

[theorderofthetriad]

like. literally. what the fuck is this shitty cover with a goddamn magnifying glass and magazine-cut font (it's an adventure series first and foremost NOT a mystery!!) and stock photo of a blonde kid.

look at the original cover! it's a very nice piece of art! and it showcases the shadow city! like you can tell that the artist had some fucking understanding of what the book was about. whereas i have doubts that anyone involved in the new edition's cover read the book at all.

#like there is a mystery element to the series #but it's about a bunch of girl scouts exploring an abandoned underground criminal network of pathways and rooms beneath nyc #it's kiki strike not sammy fucking keyes #santagno

[best-childhood-book]

#best childhood book #poll #preliminary round #dragonhaven #sammy keyes #first light #the mistmantle chronicles #upside down magic #la quete d'ewilan #adventure #storybound #the cooper kids adventures

[curious-and-curiouser]

Sammy Keyes Re-read

Hey everyone, I have decided to start the journey of re-reading the SK books from Hotel Thief to Kiss Goodbye.

Currently on chapter 5 of Hotel Thief and I feel so much nostalgia already. I am planning on posting more often (as often as I can lol) as I go through each book. Let me know if you have any suggestions for posts!

#mod: silversneaks #sammy keyes #sammy keyes and the hotel thief #wendelin van draanen #rereading

[hotvintagepoll]

Congrats to the ultimate winner of the Hot & Vintage Movie Men Tournament, Mr. Toshiro Mifune! May he live happily and well where the sun always shines, enjoying the glories of a battle hard fought.

A loving farewell to all of our previous contestants, who are now banished to the shadow realm and all its dark joys and whispered horrors—I hear there's a picnic on the village green today. If you want to remember the fallen heroes, you can find them all beneath the cut.

What happens next? I'll be taking a break of two weeks to rest from this and prep for the Hot & Vintage Ladies Tournament. I'll still be around but only minimally, posting a few last odes to the hot men before transitioning into a little early ladies content, just like I did with this last tournament. The submission form for the Hot & Vintage Ladies tournament will remain up for one more week (closing February 21st), so get your submissions in for that asap! Once the form closes, there will be one more week of break. The first round of the Hot & Vintage Ladies Tournament will be posted on February 29th, as Leap Year Day seems like a fitting allusion to leaping into these ladies' arms.

Thanks for being here! Enjoy the two weeks off, and send me some great propaganda.

In order of the last round they survived—

ROUND ONE HOTTIES:

Richard Burton

Tony Curtis

Red Skelton

Keir Dullea

Jack Lemmon

Kirk Douglas

Marcello Mastroianni

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Robert Wagner

James Garner

James Coburn

Rex Harrison

George Chakiris

Dean Martin

Sean Connery

Tab Hunter

Howard Keel

James Mason

Steve McQueen

George Peppard

Elvis Presley

Rudolph Valentino

Joseph Schildkraut

Ray Milland

Claude Rains

John Wayne

William Holden

Douglas Fairbanks Sr.

Harold Lloyd

Charlie Chaplin

John Gilbert

Ramon Novarro

Slim Thompson

John Barrymore

Edward G. Robinson

William Powell

Leslie Howard

Peter Lawford

Mel Ferrer

Joseph Cotten

Keye Luke

Ivan Mosjoukine

Spencer Tracy

Felix Bressart

Ronald Reagan (here to be dunked on)

Peter Lorre

Bob Hope

Paul Muni

Cornel Wilde

John Garfield

Cantinflas

Henry Fonda

Robert Mitchum

Van Johnson

José Ferrer

Robert Preston

Jack Benny

Fredric March

Gene Autry

Alec Guinness

Fayard Nicholas

Ray Bolger

Orson Welles

Mickey Rooney

Glenn Ford

James Cagney

ROUND TWO SWOONERS:

Dick Van Dyke

James Edwards

Sammy Davis Jr.

Alain Delon

Peter O'Toole

Robert Redford

Charlton Heston

Cesar Romero

Noble Johnson

Lex Barker

David Niven

Robert Earl Jones

Turhan Bey

Bela Lugosi

Donald O'Connor

Carman Newsome

Oscar Micheaux

Benson Fong

Clint Eastwood

Sabu Dastagir

Rex Ingram

Burt Lancaster

Paul Newman

Montgomery Clift

Fred Astaire

Boris Karloff

Gilbert Roland

Peter Cushing

Frank Sinatra

Harold Nicholas

Guy Madison

Danny Kaye

John Carradine

Ricardo Montalbán

Bing Crosby

ROUND THREE SMOKESHOWS:

Marlon Brando

Anthony Perkins

Michael Redgrave

Gary Cooper

Conrad Veidt

Ronald Colman

Rock Hudson

Basil Rathbone

Laurence Olivier

Christopher Plummer

Johnny Weismuller

Clark Gable

Fernando Lamas

Errol Flynn

Tyrone Power

Humphrey Bogart

ROUND 4 STUNGUNS:

James Dean

Cary Grant

Gregory Peck

Sessue Hayakawa

Harry Belafonte

James Stewart

Gene Kelly

Peter Falk

QUARTERFINALIST VOLCANIC TOWERS OF LUST:

Jeremy Brett

Vincent Price

James Shigeta

Buster Keaton

SEMIFINALIST SUPERMEN:

Omar Sharif

Paul Robeson

FINALIST FANTASIES:

Sidney Poitier

Toshiro Mifune

and ok, sure, here's the shadow-bracket-style winner's portrait of Toshiro Mifune.

#hotvintagepoll #hot men finals #a winner crowned! #fuck that old man (requiem) #shadow bracket #toshiro mifune

[markwatnae]

Masterpost of Hot Old Man Round 1 Polls

Paul Newman v Richard Burton

Omar Sharif v Tony Curtis

Red Skelton v Burt Lancaster

Christopher Plummer v Keir Dullea

Anthony Perkins vJack Lemmon

Kirk Douglas v Alain Delon

James Dean v Marcello Mastroianni

Harry Belafonte v Jean-Pierre Cassel

Marlon Brando v Robert Wagner

Sammy Davis Jr. v James Garner

James Coburn v Rock Hudson

Peter Cushing v Rex Harrison

George Chakiris v Sidney Poitier

Dean Martin v Sean Connery v Jeremy Brett

Tab Hunter v Toshiro Mifune

Howard Keel v Peter O'Toole

Robert Redford v James Mason

Steve McQueen v Charlton Heston

Dick Van Dyke v George Peppard

Elvis Presley v Peter Falk

Oscar Micheaux v Rudolph Valentino

Joseph Schildkraut v Buster Keaton

Jimmy Stewart v Ray Milland

Cary Grant v Claude Rains

John Wayne v Errol Flynn

Clint Eastwood v William Holden

Douglas Fairbanks Sr. v Sessue Hayakawa

Carman Newsome v Harold Lloyd

Noble Johnson v Charlie Chaplin

John Gilbert v Conrad Veidt

Ramon Novarro v Robert Earl Jones

Slim Thompson v Gary Cooper

John Barrymore v Paul Robeson

Edward G. Robinson v Clark Gable

Humphrey Bogart v William Powell

Leslie Howard v Ronald Colman

Peter Lawford v Vincent Price

Harold Nicholas v Mel Ferrer

Joseph Cotten v Danny Kaye

John Carradine v Keye Luke

Ivan Mosjoukine v Gilbert Roland

Benson Fong v Spencer Tracy

Guy Madison v Felix Bressart

James Shigeta v Ronald Reagan

Montgomery Clift v Ricardo Montalbon

Peter Lorre v Frank Sinatra

Bob Hope v Gregory Peck

Fred Astaire v Paul Muni

Bela Lugosi v Cornel Wilde

Cesar Romero v John Garfield

Basil Rathbone v Cantinflas

Henry Fonda v Turhan Bey

Boris Karloff v Robert Mitchum

David Niven v Van Johnson

Gene Kelly v José Ferrer

Robert Preston v Tyrone Power

Jack Benny v Donald O'Connor

Fredric March v Lex Barker

Michael Redgrave v Gene Autry

James Edwards v Alec Guinness

Fayard Nicholas v Fernando Lamas

Ray Bolger v Johnny Weismuller

Orson Welles v Sabu Dastigir

Mickey Rooney v Laurence Olivier

Rex Ingram v Glenn Ford

Bing Crosby v James Cagney

@hotvintagepoll

#hotvintagepoll #fuck that old man #round 1

[insanepoll]

WELCOME TO THE INSANE CHARACTER TOURNAMENT

Here's where your favourite insane characters will battle to the death for the first spot! More below the "keep reading" line.

Pre-match rounds start April 12th at 1PM (EDT)! Each round will have 24h to vote. For propaganda, you can go ahead and submit it in the askbox or through normal submissions. If you want to post your own propaganda, be sure to tag me so I can reblog it! I hope to see y'all there!!!

Round 1-A matches:

Alex Kralie (Marble Hornets) VS The Antagonist (Hatred (2015))

Drusilla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) VS Hisoka (Hunter x Hunter)

Tokishige Usami (Golden Kamuy) VS Enerjak (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Harry Du Bois (Disco Elysium) VS Evan (EverymanHYBRID)

Azula (ATLA) VS Knock Knock (Phantom Spirits (2002))

Eric Cartman (South Park) VS Wade Wilson / Deadpool (Marvel)

Orochimaru (Naruto) VS WINNER PRE-MATCH I

Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto Shippuden) VS Delirium (Sandman)

Castiel (Supernatural) VS Simon Keyes (Ace Attorney Investigations 2)

Opal Koboi (Artemis Fowl) VS Bibble (Barbie Fairytopia)

Hamlet (The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark) VS The Observer (TribeTwelve)

Misty Quigley (Yellowjackets) VS Lestat de Lioncourt (Interview with the Vampire)

Will Graham (NBC Hannibal) VS Shou Tucker (FMA)

Ophelia (The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark) VS Starscream (Transformers)

Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls) VS WINNER PRE-MATCH II

The Narrator (Fight Club) VS Gamzee Makara (Homestuck)

Round 1-B matches:

Dabi (My Hero Academia) VS Shinobu Sensui (Yu Yu Hakusho)

The entire cast of Blaseball (Blaseball) VS Trexel Geistman (Stellar Firma)

Seo Moon-jo (Strangers from Hell) VS Sammy Lawrence (Bendy and the Ink Machine)

Sebastian Morgenstern (The Shadowhunter Chronicles) VS GIR (Invader Zim)

Aerion Targaryen (A Song of Ice and Fire) VS Lucille Bluth (Arrested Development)

Dottore (Genshin Impact) VS Helena (Orphan Black)

GLaDOS (Portal (Game Series)) VS WINNER PRE-MATCH III

Dr. Franken Stein (Soul Eater) VS Tyrian Callows (RWBY)

Samarie (Fear and Hunger 2: Termina) VS Mahito (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Cersei Lannister (A Song of Ice and Fire) VS Lee Dongsik (Beyond Evil)

Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader (Star Wars) VS Rebecca Bunch (Crazy Ex-girlfriend)

John Kramer (Saw) VS The Mad Hatter (Alice in Wonderland)

Light Yagami (Death Note) VS Komaeda Nagito (Danganronpa 2)

The Master (Doctor Who) VS Simon Laurent (Infinity Train)

Gollum (Lord of the Rings) VS WINNER PRE-MATCH IV

Roman Roy (Succession) VS Jack (The Shining)

Round 1-C matches:

Jinx (Arcane) VS Niki Sanders / Jessica Sanders (Heroes)

Micolash, Host of the Nightmare (Bloodborne) VS Professor Henry Hidgens (Hatchetfield)

Victor Frankenstein (Frankenstein) VS Cicero (Skyrim)

Renfield (Dracula) VS Dr. Gregory House (House MD)

Tim Drake (DC) VS Ultra Violet (Lego Ninjago)

Donatello Hamato (ROTTMNT) VS Spamton G. Spamton (Deltarune)

The Ice King (Adventure Time) VS WINNER PRE-MATCH V

Villanelle (Killing Eve) VS Kira Yoshikage (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

Max (Sam and Max) VS Loki (The Mechanisms)

Darcy (Amphibia) VS Cheryl Tunt (Archer)

Harrowhark Nonagesimus (The Locked Tomb) VS Dr. Baxter Stockman (TMNT 2003)

Izzy (Total Drama) VS Alfred Drevis (Mad Father)

Michael Distortion (The Magnus Archives) VS Vegas Theerapanyakul (Kinnporsche)

Doomguy (Doom) VS Gabriel Agreste (Miraculous)

Ben Chang (Community) VS WINNER PRE-MATCH VI

Fëanor (The Silmarillion) VS Ryuki (AI: The Somnium Files)

Round 1-D matches:

Eliot Cardale / Eli Ever (Villains Duology) VS Knives Millions (Trigun)

Denji (Chainsaw Man) VS Bubby (Half Life: VR but the AI is Self Aware)

Tsukishima Hajime (Golden Kamuy) VS Alucard (Hellsing Ultimate)

Hannibal Lecter (NBC Hannibal) VS Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)

Johnny C. (Johnny The Homicidal Maniac) VS Leopold Fitz (Marvel)

Midori (Your Turn To Die) VS Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul)

Pugsley Addams (The Addams Family) VS WINNER PRE-MATCH VII

Billy Lenz (Black Christmas (1974)) VS Grell Sutcliff (Black Butler)

Goro Akechi (Persona 5) VS Fintan Pyren (Keeper of the Lost Cities)

Galahad (The Mechanisms) VS Alexander Hilbert (Wolf 359)

Armand (Interview with the Vampire) VS Spinel (Steven Universe)

Jīn Guāngyáo (Mo Dao Zu Shi (The Untamed)) VS Himiko Toga (My Hero Academia)

Morgana Pendragon (BBC Merlin) VS Nikolai Gogol (Bungo Stray Dogs)

Harley Quinn (DC) VS Xue Yang (Mo Dao Zu Shi (The Untamed))

Eren Jaeger (Attack on Titan) VS WINNER PRE-MATCH VIII

Chat Blanc (Miraculous) VS Volo (Pokemon Legends Arceus)

But first, we'll have the pre-match rounds that will determine if any of the following characters that almost didn't survive the cut will manage to secure a spot in the competition! They are as follows:

PRE-MATCH I: Caleb (Blood (1997)) VS Tuco Salamanca (Better Call Saul)

PRE-MATCH II: Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony) VS Amy Kirio (Mairimashita! Iruma-kun)

PRE-MATCH III: Magic Man (Adventure Time) VS Mindbender (GI Joe Renegades)

PRE-MATCH IV: Jevil (Deltarune) VS Midari Ikishima (Kakegurui)

PRE-MATCH V: Dennis Reynolds (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) VS Eddie Gluskin (Outlast)

PRE-MATCH VI: Vanilla Ice (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) VS Roberto (Futurama)

PRE-MATCH VII: Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow (DC) VS Annie Wilkes (Misery)

PRE-MATCH VIII: Ben Linus (Lost) VS Kristoph Gavin (Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney)

#insane character poll #info insane character poll #disclaimer about deadpool: he is canonically insane due to the experiments that gave him his healing factor #he once stabbed weasel bc he ate his snack. dont @ me #sorry for the wait and also if there's any spelling mistakes #tumblr bracket #tumblr polls #tumblr tournament #character tournament #poll #polls #info banner