#Wrap Up

[literatureaesthetic]

november '23 favs:

the tenant of wildfell hall — my new favourite brontë novel (yes, i think it's better than 'jane eyre' and 'wuthering heights'). we love an underrated, early-feminist, gothic classic!!

all the lovers in the night — i've already posted about this, but mieko kawakami can do no wrong in my eyes. sad girl literature at it's best

the return of the king — finished my re-read of lotr, and it's genuinely been one of the highlights of my year. forever obsessed.

a cheeky reminder that i have a substack now, where you can find reviews for all 8 books i read this month — link

#monthly wrap up #wrap up #book recs #book recommendations #literature aesthetics #books #book #bookish #bookblr #bookworm #bookstagram #dark academia #booklover #books and libraries #photography #black and white #studyblr #study space #study hard #study #studying #classics #bronte #the tenant of wildfell hall #the lord of the rings #fantasy #japanese lit #mieko kawakami #anne brontë #gothic

[euphoric-dramione]

February Dramione fanfic wrap-up *with links*

Contradictions by ambpersand: very smutty bdsm which didn’t need to be that long but we simply needed to know every dingle fucking thought that went through hermione’s head.

Meet Your Match by morriganmercy: cute smutty dating romance.

Broom Thighs and Hoodie Highs by megiswritingsomething: hot smutty fic with thigh-and-hoodie obsessed hermione and quidditch player draco.

ONE-SHOTS:

STFUATTDLAGG (bdsm) - RangersBabe13

Wanted (hermione/draco/blaise) - miaxxx

March Dramione wrap-up *with links*

The Library of Alexandria by senlinyu: being sexy in the library is the new black. sexy dark academia? erotic dark academia?

Slytherin Toy by moonshine55glitter: this unfortunately is unfinished, but also very dark where hermione is raped by basically raped by every single slytherin for an extended period of time, i wouldn't recommend it per se, but some people like fis like this one, i do too, so here it is.

ONE-SHOTS:

A Muggleborn’s Guide to Bagging a Pureblood - ravengoldy

Tit for Tat - charing fae (tit fetish?)

Hands Around Your Throat - mrsren (cnc, reread)

#dramione #draco malfoy #hermione granger #booktok #fanfic #books #fanfiction #ao3 #wrap up

[zairaalbereo]

I did SO MUCH ART THIS YEAR!! 🫣

Over eighty pieces. A whole ass comic!

I’m not gonna lie, this was a shitty year for me personally. And art really was the anchor that kept me sane. Drawing has been my therapy, helped me relax and feel joy even when things seemed dark and scary and hopeless.

But as much as I just love to draw, I love to share and hopefully spark a little joy in people out there. And doing that and seeing your lovely feedback really made my year brighter. The amazing comments for Room for Love on ao3, the tags and reblogs and likes and the nice messages in my inbox. It means so much to know that people enjoy my art (and sometimes also my writing).

So thank you to everyone who’s been part of the joy this year! 💗 Let’s hope next year will be easier, in any case there will be art! 😘

#personal post #my art #end of year #wrap up #the old guard

[jeanmoreaux]

tagged: @rosesau | @eeverlark | @oretsev (thank you beloveds <3)

tagging: @brimay | @nordstars | @poetlcs | @thesonofneptune | @tolerateit | @singularities | @pemberlaey | @permanentreverie | @pallhas | @hellshee | @ohwarnette and whoever wants to share theirs!

not all of my favourites, but this list includes the books that stuck with me the most. and ofc rereads are not included. ((fair to say that thg would top that list but i reread trc and aftg both twice this year so that counts for something lol))

no pressure! you do not have to make a graphic or anything i just wanna know your favourites <3

#book recs #wrap up #mish reads

[randomfoggytiger]

randomfoggytiger's Fictober Wrap Up, 2023

My first Fictober has concluded; and I decided to throw together my entries, thoughts, and acknowledgements into one post for posterity.

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Fictober Fics

"The Dead Are Everywhere, Scully"

Mulder and Scully reunite in the afterlife, two skeletons dancing in the rain and the mud.

"Regardless of His Actions Last Night"

Queequeg, alive and savage, joins Scully on her Chinga vacation.

"As Agent Mulder Says, There Are Many Different Kinds of Vampires" Part I

Mulder and Scully are attacked and turned into vampires by Ronnie Strickland. Scully's crisis begins when her faith seemingly rejects her.

"Time Passing in Moments"

Post Fight the Future Scully brings Halloween to Mulder, determined to give him a break while they wait and wait and wait for OPR.

"As Agent Mulder Says, There Are Many Different Kinds of Vampires" Part II

Mulder encourages Scully not to give up on her faith, both of them choosing to face potential death by holy fireball rather than letting her live in fearful limbo.

"There's Something Up There Mulder"

Scully realizes that Tooms is likely a distant relation of the Gender Bender Brethren (Amish hats are mentioned.)

"I Wonder If You Think It's Safe Enough to Indulge Yourself"

Metaphorical similarities between Mulder's supposed red-green colorblindness (which he does not have) and red-hot Phoebe Green.

"How Much You're Like Ahab"-- Mulder parallels his and Scully's crime scene eating habits to those of their cannibalistic pets.

"The Truth Is Out There-- But So Are Lies"-- Scully ruminates on her partner's ease with lying; and her ability to save him from Them and himself.

"Something Approaching a Normal Life"-- Mulder realizes Scully had invited him to (a disastrous) Thanksgiving to distract himself from the anniversary of his sister's abduction. He plans to return the favor.

"Preying on the Weak and Vainglorious"-- Post Sanguinarium Mulder ruminates on bad luck and bad ends; and Scully insists he's beautiful.

"Kids Today, Huh?"-- 2023 Mulder sinks into a slump after listening to a mopey song all day. Scully reasons him out of it.

"Is Being Made a Fool Of a Crime, Agent Mulder?"-- Mulder and Scully celebrate life, the dead, and all the Roadrunners and Wile E. Coyotes of the world. (My "happy birthday in a way, Mulder" fic.)

"We Need to Get Help"-- Mulder contemplates the glaring similarities between Gender Bender and Never Again and the new differences in his partner.

"We'll Think of Something"-- The Unnatural Scully grumbles over Mulder's tendency to run off into trouble. She goes, anyway.

"End of the Road"-- Mulder's peace after Closure.

"He Had Parents Who Loved Him"-- The Mulder family and baseball.

"I Think She Was Just Trying To Get Away"-- Scully reminisces on Mulder's distance and need for distraction post Monday.

"You Don't Know the First Thing About Me"-- Krycek has fixed opinions about the Syndicate, Mulder, Marita, and morals.

"My Religious Convictions Are Hardly the Issue Here"-- Scully and Mulder try to tackle her fears post All Souls.

"I'm Tired"-- Scully draws parallels between her Tithonus experience and Mulder's Sleepless and Demons one.

"Life’s Just a Path”-- If Melissa were alive post Fight the Future and Millennium, she'd never let her sister live it down.

"I Think He’s a Hard Kid to Love”-- Post Schizogeny Scully is sent on a case with Mulder to unofficially help Skinner's friends, one of which is a bear. (Prompts and artwork contributed by my two sisters.)

"Mulder Will Be Back”-- Jeffrey Spender sneers at Mulder's "hubris."

"Easy for You to Say”-- Post First Person Shooter Mulder is enamored with his little battle girlfriend.

"No More Paranormal than a Change of Wardrobe”-- Freshly-dating Mulder and Scully's lifestyles don't quite match yet; but the effort is worth it.

"What Must a Mother Go Through”-- Post Emily Mulder reasons Scully out of her Mrs. Peacock comparisons.

"Watch Over You Wherever You Go”-- One Breath Maggie remembers the many reinterpretations of her daughter's necklace.

"Your Ideas Are Weirder than Ours”-- The Lone Gunmen are woken by two very grumpy-with-each-other special agents.

"Doesn’t Make Him Less of a Miracle”-- AU Mulder tries to fight colonization and wrangle his "sea monster" child at the local ball pit.

"Sooner or Later a Man’s Gotta Face His Demons”-- Post Amor Fati Scully prods Mulder on a stakeout about his lack of Samhain hunting.

*****

My Thoughts

It's been a few years since I've committed to a daily creative project, but this month flew by. It was a joy to prove myself, in a way; and an even greater privilege to take other people's prompts and turn them into stories. I'm proud of the work I put in, proud of how they turned out, and proud that they entertained anyone who read them.

I did discover a personal writing flaw: grammatical errors and spelling mistakes. Which, given that I write and "edit" everything in under an hour and that my brain autocorrects and rewrites while I'm actively writing, is understandable. There are multiple reblogged versions of my finalized fics because I would spot an error and edit after publication but not before the readers hit. And that's okay! (When my Ao3 submission goes through, I'll upload each fic "in its final form", so no sweat there.)

*****

Trivia

Each fic was named with a quote from The X-Files, mostly from Mulder and Scully but also by various side characters (Phoebe Green, Krycek, and Maggie, namely.)

I tackled Scully's religion a lot this month as a way to work out my frustrations with her episodes: her belief in the series has always been chocked up as "yes man" syndrome; and I believe it did a disservice to Scully, multi-layered character that she is. I hope it did her a little more justice.

In a way, I dedicate "The Dead Are Everywhere, Scully" to @enigmaticdrblockhead-- whose writing not only influenced that piece but also sticks with me to this day-- and @perpetually-weirdening-- whose interest in an immortal Scully breathed life into this idea.

In a way, I dedicate "The Truth is out There, But So Are Lies" to @suitablyaggrieved: the discussion we had (concerning Mulder's ability to lie quite well) rattled around in my head until I put it down "on paper."

In a way, I dedicate "Something Approaching a Normal Life" to Baroness Blixen, who is the master of weaving angst and fluff into her holiday fics.

In a way, I dedicate "I Wonder If You Think It's Safe Enough to Indulge Yourself" to @settle-down-frohike because it reads more meta than fic (while also reading as fic.)

In a way, I dedicate "He Had Parents Who Loved Him" to @television-overload, whose baseball fic inspired by Field of Dreams still takes up space in my noggin.

And I think that's all my thoughts for now~.

*****

Acknowledgements and Thanks

@baronessblixen for encouraging me to write this month-- another boost on the long list of encouragements you've given me~.

@agent-troi and @welsharcher (my Fox Mulder Singleton Club members) for their generous prompts. Truly touched by both of you: your loooooooong list, agent-troi; and your vibey suggestions, welsharcher.

@wexleresque for your vampire prompt (that was a fun fic challenge), and your "looking up at the sky" prompt (which challenged me to tackle older years Mulder and Scully.)

@stephy-gold for her Nessa Barrett song prompt (which I plugged into older years Mulder and Scully)-- I learned something new and tackled a genre that is not my favorite (songfic.)

@tossingmyglossymane for the post Monday prompt, which was more challenging to write than expected (and turned out great.)

@xxsksxxx for the prompt about Scully's cross necklace-- that was an initial struggle to nail down until I tied it back to Maggie; then it flowed~.

Anon for the prompt wanting Mulder to mull over Scully's words in Gender Bender (which tied, I thought, perfectly into his confusion in Never Again.)

Thank you to my sisters for the fall prompts that lead to Bernie the Bear (and another thank you to my younger sister who let me include her doodle for that day's Fictober entry.)

And thank you to everyone who engaged, liked, reblogged, and anything else! (I always like to dip in and out of the Notes section to see how each person responded differently to each fic-- a bonus game: make guesses and see if they're correct.) There are too many to count, so I'll just include a few off the top of my head: @dd-is-my-guiltypleasure, @amplifyme, @pianogirlxf, @scullys-scalpel, @teenie-xf, @agertiegirl, @improlificinsarcasm, @borogirl, @tofuttim, @mysteryness, @rosedyl, @spidey-is-tired, and others~!

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Thank you for reading~

Enjoy!

Tagging @today-in-fic and @xffictober2023 and @fictober-event

#txf #fic #Fictober #compilation #Wrap Up #mine #xf fanfic #xfiles #x-files #the x files #xf fic

[ogmaddoxtamoke]

Yep. I wish I could forget about her, but I know the fanbase wouldn't appreciate it if I didn't give her her own dummy piece. So, the final FINAL sticker for the series will arrive this Friday.

Afterwards I'm taking a break from making these so I can focus on big pieces that I've been holding off for *weeks*. My priorities are f***ed, can't you tell?

#fanart #hazbin hotel #digital art #series #susan #alastor #hazbin hotel rosie #rosie #alastor the radio demon #wrap up #comic #strip #strip comic #vivziepop

[kukuruz]

Here's all the fiction I read this year :)

I was super busy with work and life and had to read a lot of non-fiction for work and university, which is why I read significantly less than I usually do. But honestly, I don't really mind. This way everything I did read in my free time feels a lot more memorable.

Favourites include Under the Whispering Door, Payback's a Witch, Mexican Gothic and Dark Heir. I also re-read one of my all time favorites; The Secret History, and it held up amazingly.

Hope everyone got to enjoy some good books this year 💜💜💜

#bookblr #books #reading #wrap up #queer books #book recommendations #pjo #greek mythology #the secret history #vampires #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #dark heir #cs pacat #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #solangelo #the sun and the star

[bookaddict24-7]

•May Wrap Up: Here’s a stack of some of the books I read last month. What was your favourite read in May?•✨📚

#books #read #reading #booklr #bookish #features #bookworm #bookaholic #reader #book wrap up #wrap up #readers gonna read #book blog #book blogger #book addict #bookstack #my life as a reader #book photography

[logarithmicpanda]

I've been looking at the past few years of reviews I've done and I thought I'd compile a list 👀

Crossed out are the ones I wouldn't actually reread lmao, bolded are the ones I kinda want to reread in 2024, in italics the ones I've reread recently

Best books of 2015:

If I Stay

The Well of Ascension

All the Bright Places

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Hero of Ages

The Wrath and the Dawn

Queen of Shadows

Alloy of Law

A Monster Calls

Emperor's Soul

Best books of 2016:

Drrr!!x2

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

Uprooted

Ancillary Justice

Ancillary Sword

The Princess Saves Herself in That One

A Court of Mist and Fury

The Night Circus

Ancillary Mercy

This is Where It Ends

The Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince

Equal Rites

Best books of 2017:

Truthwitch

Binti

Binti: Home

The Bone Witch

The Hate You Give

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet

Strange the Dreamer

A Close and Common Orbit

Elantris

The Way of Kings

Wintersong

Soulless

Provenance

Best books of 2018:

The Cruel Prince

Binti: The Night Maskerade

The Fate of the Tearling

The Heart Forger

Starfish

The Poppy War

The Stars are Legion

Spinning Silver

The Queen of Blood

A Very Large Expanse of Sea

My Sister, The Serial Killer

The Fifth Season

Best books of 2019:

Maskerade

House of Many Ways

Alice Isn't Dead

Geekerella

In an Absent Dream

Ninefox Gambit

The Princess and the Fangirl

Summer Bird Blue

Night Flights

The Calculating Stars

Revenant Gun

The Fated Sky

Best books of 2020:

Starless Sea

Velocity Weapon

Upside Down

The Wolf of Oren Yaro

The Midnight Lie

Network Effect

A Song Below Water

Loveless

Piranesi

A Deadly Education

The Winter of the Witch

Witchmark

Legendborn

Watch Over Me

Burning Roses

The Ikessar Falcon

Night Watch

#wrap up #its funny how i strongly stand by most of these #but really dislike some of the others now hahaha #the closer they are to now #the fewer i dislike but idk if it will just take time to dislike them or if i have grown surer of my taste #anyway after 2020 i have specific wrap up posts that already exist so... #reblog later #book recs

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2023: All Together, Now!

Here's everything I read this year, almost entirely chronologically. Only the very top shelf is out of sequence, because my other shelves weren't tall enough to support the full height of either WANDERERS or BABEL. Since those two spent all year lying on their side, I figured they deserved to be face out for the end of year wrap up shot. I'm partway through both DAEMON VOICES and IKESSAR FALCON, as evidenced by bookmark placement; I'm hoping to wrap those up early in the new year.

Overall: Excellent reading year for me! I'm much happier with the reading/writing/knitting balance that I found this year compared to last, and I read way more Very Good Books than Bad or Very Bad.

My favorite releases this year were:

NOTHING BUT THE RAIN by Naomi Salman (weird and deeply fucked up and funny--my trifecta!)

WALKING PRACTICE by Dolki Min (weird and DEEPLY fucked up and funny)

UNTETHERED SKY by Fonda Lee (right in the feelings and BIRDS)

SYSTEM COLLAPSE by Martha Wells (right in the feelings and Murderbot my beloved)

FLIGHT AND ANCHOR by Nicole Korhner-Stace (funny and fucked up and science experiment supersoldier kids on the run)

Thanks for joining me this year! I had a lot of fun logging my books photographically, so I'll be back in 2024 with an updated tag and more shrieking about faves.

#books #books of 2023 #wrap up #2023 wrap up #book photography #shelfie #my books #my photography #do i have tags for this?? #not that i can recall lmao #will throw the faves out here i guess so: #nothing but the rain #naomi salman #walking practice #dolki min #untethered sky #fonda lee #system collapse #martha wells #flight and anchor #nicole kornher stace #happy new year y'all!!!

[theresthesnitch]

Snitch's Kinktober Recap

With October finally done, I thought I'd do a quick recap on my @hpkinktober fics!

Quiet as a Menace

Prompt: cockwarming. Wolfstar, muggle AU, age gap, voyeurism/exhibitionism

To cede control

Prompt: collaring. Wolfstar, canon compliant, lie low at Lupin's, angsty.

Memories and Mischief

Prompt: pensieve. Wolfstar, with background Jily and Dorlene. Pensieve porn memories, first meeting, strangers and lovers.

Don't Get Caught

Prompt: Voyeurism. Wolfstarbucks, Moonchaser, Hogwarts setting, voyeurism, exhibitionism.

Hold Me, Softly

Prompt: bondage, aftercare. Wolfstar, shibari, suspension bondage, heavy focus on aftercare, established relationship.

fly away with me

Prompt: wings. Wolfstar, disabled Remus, wings as a mobility aid, pre-relationship wolfstar, accidental stimulation, first time, mutual pining.

One Man Quidditch Team

Prompt: brooms. Jily, established relationship, erotic tattoos, fluff and smut.

Taming of the Menace

Prompt: power imbalance. Follow up to Quiet as a Menace. Wolfstar, age gap, cock cage, orgasm delay, light dom/sub.

Hidden Pleasures

Prompt: portkey. Wolfstar, anonymous hook up, potion assisted anonymity.

#snitchwrites #hp kinktober 2023 #wrap up #not a bad showing #if I don't say so myself

[literatureaesthetic]

march '24 favs:

• those who leave and those who stay & the story of the lost child ; elena ferrante — the final two books in the neapolitan novels, a tetrology recording the lives of two girls in naples from childhood to old age. gutting, beautiful, layered, and complex. this series is a masterpiece, elena ferrante is everything to me <3 (please read it!!)

• sirens and muses by antonia angress — following an array of characters at an art university as they navigate life, work, academia, relationships, and being an artist in a capitalist world where everything is commodified. the depth of characters paired with the nuanced discussions of art, class, and politics left me so pleasantly surprised. (it's also extremely gay and perfect for all you tumblr users with mummy/daddy issues)

#bringing back the monthly wrap ups as i havent had time for substack posts so far this year #4 stars #4.5 stars #book review #book recs #recs #monthly wrap up #wrap up #literature aesthetics #books #bookish #bookblr #bookworm #bookstagram #dark academia #booklover #elena ferrante #the neapolitan novels #those who leave and those who stay #the story of the lost child #studyblr #study #study tips #cafe #aesthetic #study space #studying #sirens and muses #antonia angress #sapphic

[dazzlingidols]

DAZZLINGIDOLS SQUAD 2022 WRAP UP (½) fave releases ↳ yuqi-s

#femadolsedit #femaleidol #femaleidolsedit #ultkpopnetwork #multi #twice #le sserafim #idle #stayc #taeyeon #chungha #red velvet #viviz #yena #ive #*gifs #by us #zee* #wrap up

[nsves]

2020-2022 cc wrap-up.

here’s a download of all of our cc in one (patreon (HUH?) alt. )! it’s all in one zip folder (110mb) and they’re individualized so you can pick and choose once unzipped. if you want to see the individual posts for our cc, we do have this tag dedicated for them.           ⤑ use our cc in a post? tag us so we can see it!

#ts4cc #s4cc #sims 4 cc #ts4 #sims 4 #nsves #my cc #wrap up

[bookishlyvintage]

everything I read in december [& thoughts]

#december #winter #book stack #wrap up #books #bookish #book lover #stack challenge #reading #book nerd #fantasy #ya fantasy #romance #the luminaries #the book eaters #only a monster #the light pirate #this vicious grace #bookblr #booklr #cozy reads #cozy

[jeanmoreaux]

*✧ — february wrap up

it was an audiobook month <3 i did not have much time to read in outside of my commute (my new job has me exhausted) and, while on the move, audiobooks are just easier to get though. so yeah. i hope i'll manage to actually pick up physical books again this month.

2024 goal: 38/100 books

as alway, feel free to drop book recs, questions, or opinions in my inbox; i am always happy to talk to you about books!

* –> newly added to my favorites shelf

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Faebound by Saara El-Arifi | 2★ | dnf | comment

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams | 5★

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross | 3.75★ | review

Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross | 3★ | review

The Reality of Us by Vanessa North | 2★ | review

Do I Know You? by Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka | 4★

One For My Enemy by Olivie Blake | 4★ | review

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett | 4★

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rereads

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic | 5★ | review

The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan | 5★ | review

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic | 5★ | review

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan | 5★ | review

#wrap up #mish reads #book recs #goodreads #the storygraph