#angel silvera

[damonalbarn]

Gorillaz in Orlando

photos by Phil DeSimone [full gallery]

#damon albarn #seye adelekan #jeff wootton #karl vanden bossche #femi koleoso #angel silvera #michelle ndegwa #petra luke #rebbeca freckleton #j appiah #gorillaz #orlando #gorillaz world tour 2022

[oddsconvert]

lmao i think this might be ooc but imagine if henley ‘obeys’ izaak on purpose when ronan’s around just to screw with him

You read my mind! I've been having the exact same thoughts!

He wouldn't do it unprovoked but if it was a day when Izaak was being particularly an asshole?

I'd love for Henley to pretend to slip up and call Izaak 'Sir', acting shocked like he didn't mean to do it but enjoying the way the colour drains from his face when Izaak clocks on to what he's trying to do.

#Henleys such an angel he should be able to get his own back in little trivial ways #answered asks #a taste of your own medicine #Henley Allen OC #Izaak Silvera OC #Ronan Ellis OC #whumper turned whumpee #whumperee #ATOYOMAsks

[queer-media-tourney]

Here are all 64 round 1 polls:

Rent vs Orphan Black

Heartstopper vs Orange is the New Black

Carol (2015) vs Bugsnax

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern vs Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Fienburg

Red, White and Royal Blue vs This is how you lose the time war by Amar el-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Our Flag means Death vs Always human by Ari North

The last of us two vs On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

Heartbreak High vs Shameless

Undertale vs The Handmaiden

Young Royals vs Revolutionary Girl Utena

Sens8 vs Carry on by Rainbow Rowell

Bee and puppycat vs The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Yuri on Ice vs Ranma ½

Q-force vs Feel Good

Torchwood vs The interview with a Vampire (2022)

Homestuck vs Good Omens

Some like it hot vs Killing Eve

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off vs Bound (1996)

It's a sin vs Magnus Chase by Rick Riordan

Doctor Who vs Portrait of a young lady on fire

Steven Universe vs Saltburn

Xena Warrior Princess vs Cyberpunk 2077

Welcome to Nightvale vs Schitt's creek

Night in the woods vs A league Of their own

Lisa Frankenstein vs The boys in the band (1970)

Black Sails vs Owl House

Hannibal vs The Traitor Baru Cormorant

Bottoms vs The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir

The picture of Dorian Grey vs Adventure time

The Sandman (comic) vs Supernatural

Maurice (1987) vs Hazbin Hotel

Nimona vs Love Simon

Epithet Erased vs What we do in the shadows

Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs The Other Two

One Day at a time (2017) vs Falsettos

She-ra and the princesses of power vs Dykes to Watch Out for

Celluloid Closet vs Harley Quinn

But I'm a cheerleader vs Vida

Angels In America vs Glee

Hooky by Míriam Bonastre Tur vs They both die in the end by Adam Silvera

Will and Grace vs Paris is Burning

Sanders Sides vs The Magnus Archives

The L word vs Goncharov

Queer as Folk vs Paper Girls

Boys don't cry vs Dracula

All of us strangers vs Yellow jackets

The Song of Achilles vs D.E.B.S

Brokeback Mountain vs Dead end: paranormal park

Carmilla vs Pride (2014)

The Bifrost Incident vs Pink Flamingos

Call me by your name vs Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Grishaverse vs Roswell New Mexico

Riverdale vs We Know the Devil

Stardew Valley vs Pose

Disco Elysium vs Different For girls

Banana fish vs my own private Idaho

Celeste vs Tales of the City, by Armistead Maupin

Everything Everywhere all at once vs Outer Wilds

To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar vs Victor/Victoria

Moonlight vs Stranger things

The birdcage vs Midnight Cowboy

The Watermelon Woman vs The Ritz

The haunting of Bly Manor vs Epic of Gilgamesh

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel vs How to survive a plague

#queer media tourney

[shy-sapphic-ace]

List of queer books I read, loved & recommend!

(There isn't any particular order, I wrote these as I remembered them)

Master Of One - Jaida Jones & Dani Bennett (mlm, fantasy, very cool worldbuilding and magic system, funny, cool characters)

Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree (wlw, fantasy, very soft & chill vibes)

The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon (wlw, high fantasy, cool worldbuilding, kinda reminds me of LOTR but with more dragons and feminism and lesbians)

Even Though I Knew The End - C.L. Polk (wlw, supernatural noir, cool 1930s detective story with angels & demons, I loved this one!)

The Love Interest - Cale Dietrich (mlm, science fiction, very cool concept)

The Darkest Part Of The Forest - Holly Black (side mlm, fantasy, cool fae lore)

The Weight Of The Stars - K. Ancrum (wlw, not quite science fiction but space stuff is involved, lovely and complex characters)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz (mlm, fiction, very nice in general, there is also a sequel)

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzi Lee (mlm, historical and vaguely fantasy, nice story but I preferred the sequel honestly)

The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy - Mackenzi Lee (wlw, the sequel to the one before, more fantasy elements than the first, asexual main character!!)

Gallant - V.E. Schwab (no romance, but in the background one of the characters(?) uses they/them pronouns, very cool dark fantasy vibe)

Stranger Than Fanfiction - Chris Colfer (gay main character, trans main character, coming-of-age, nice book)

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (yes it's the Love, Simon book, mlm, fiction, pretty nice)

They Both Die At The End - Adam Silvera (mlm, sci-fi ish but mostly fiction, cool ideas, but the ending is sad! Very amazing book though, I haven't read the prequel yet)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid (wlw, bi main character, historical fiction, cool story, just a neat book in general)

This Is How You Lose The Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (wlw, sci-fi, very cool time travel stuff!! and very beautiful, it felt like reading poetry most of the time)

One Last Stop - Casey McQuinston (wlw, background trans & pan & queer characters, sci-fi or fantasy idk, but time travel, I loooved this book, great)

The House In The Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune (mlm, fantasy, THIS BOOK oh my gosh you should read it!!, just cute and lovely and good)

Under The Whispering Door - TJ Klune (mlm, fantasy, this book is also sooo amazing, great character development and awesome relationships and stuff, it's been a while since I read it but it was so good)

And They Lived... - Steven Salvatore (nblm, fiction, about gender identity and learning to love yourself, read it a while ago but it was very nice)

I Wish You All The Best - Mason Deaver (nblm, fiction, about finding your identity and people who care about you, very cute and sweet)

The Song Of Achilles - Madeleine Miller (mlm, historical, very good in general)

Carry On - Rainbow Rowell (mlm, background wlw in the third book, fantasy, it's a trilogy, basically Harry Potter if it was gay and also better)

Silver In The Wood - Emily Tesh (mlm, fantasy, very pretty, lots of fae stuff and lovely descriptions, it has a really good sequel too)

Pretty much anything by Alice Oseman (all cute and lovely and great, though I've only read Radio Silence so far I hear only good things, Solitaire is on my to-read list)

I Kissed Shara Wheeler - Casey McQuinston (wlw, fiction, it's been a while but I liked this book)

The Falling In Love Montage - Ciara Smyth (wlw, fiction, this book was so cute and funny and deeply emotional it made me Feel way too many things, I'd definitely recommend it)

What Big Teeth - Rose Szabo (a bit of queerness all around, fantasy, werewolves and monsters, this one was pretty cool!, lots of original ideas for the world/character building)

#any recommendations are appreciated! #honestly I might've forgotten some #lgbtqia #book recs #master of one #legends & lattes #the priory of the orange tree #even though i knew the end #the love interest #the darkest part of the forest #the weight of the stars #aristotle and dante #the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #the lady's guide to petticoats and piracy #gallant #stranger than fanfiction #simon vs the homosapiens agenda #they both die at the end #the seven husbands of evelyn hugo #this is how you lose the time war #one last stop #and they lived... #i wish you all the best #the song of achilles #carry on #radio silence #alice oseman #the house in the cerulean sea #under the whispering door #silver in the wood

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in March 2024 🌈

🌈 Good afternoon, my bookish bats! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!

[ Release dates may have changed. ]

❤️ Shift: A Memoir of Identity and Other Illusions - Penny Guisinger 🧡 Tempting Olivia - Clare Ashton 💛 Monilinia - Free Mints 💚 Guillaume - Aurora Dimitre 💙 The Marble Queen - Anna Kopp & Gabrielle Kari 💜 The Baker & the Bard - Fern Haught ❤️ Rainbow! - Sunny & Gloom 🧡 The Safe Zone - Amy Marsden 💛 The Weavers of Alamaxa - Hadeer Elsbai 💙 The No-Girlfriend Rule - Christen Randall 💜 A Different Kind of Brave by Lee Wind 🌈 Cirque du Slay - Rob Osler ❤️ Wizard’s Debt - Niranjan 🧡 One Last Breath - Ginny Myers Sain 💛 Nothing Special - Katie Cook 💚 I Feel Awful, Thanks - Lara Pickle 💙 The Tower - Flora Carr 💜 Be the Sea - Clara Ward ❤️ What Grows in the Dark - Jaq Evans 🧡 Heirs of Bone and Sea - Kay Adams 💛 The Haunting of Velkwood - Gwendolyn Kiste 💙 Thunder Song - Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 💜 Mona of the Manor - Armistead Maupin 🌈 Like Happiness - Ursula Villarreal-Moura

❤️ Ellipses - Vanessa Lawrence 🧡 Saint, Sorrow, Sinner - Freydís Moon 💛 Blood & Brujas - Mikayla D. Hornedo 💚 Infinity Kings - Adam Silvera 💙 Really Cute People - Markus Harwood-Jones 💜 How You Were Born - Kate Cayley ❤️ These Bodies Between Us - Sarah Van Name 🧡 Icarus - K. Ancrum 💛 The Emperor and the Endless Palace - Justinian Huang 💙 How Not to Date an Angel - Lana Kole 💜 Enemy Colours - R.M. Olson 🌈 Broken Parts Included - Alyson Root

❤️ Who's Afraid of Gender? - Judith Butler 🧡 The Duke’s Cowboy - Andrew Grey 💛 The Secret Something - Emily Wright 💚 Colstead & Andie - Olivia Janae 💙 Play It Again, Ma’am - Sienna Waters 💜 Love Is…? - K.J. Wrights ❤️ Welcome to Forever - Nathan Tavares 🧡 Just Another Epic Love Poem - Parisa Akhbari 💛 The Phoenix Bride - Natasha Siegel 💙 These Letters End in Tears - Musih Tedji Xaviere 💜 Truly Home - J.J. Hale 🌈 Monster Mixer - Robin Jo Margaret

❤️ The House of Hidden Meanings - RuPaul 🧡 Promised to the Queen - Barbara Winkes 💛 A Conclave of Crimson - Nicole Eigener & Beverley Lee 💚 A Hunt of Blood and Iron - Cara Nox 💙 The Fealty of Monsters - Ladz 💜 Ariel Crashes a Train - Olivia A. Cole ❤️ Those Beyond the Wall - Micaiah Johnson 🧡 Dancing Toward Stardust - Julia Underwood 💛 Heir to Dreams & Darkness - Ben Alderson 💙 Comet Cruise - Niska Morrow 💜 Dead Girls Walking - Sami Ellis 🌈 Blackout - Carlos E. Rivera

❤️ Monster Crush - Erin Ellie Franey 🧡 Blessed Water - Margot Douaihy 💛 These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart - Izzy Wasserstein 💚 Kiss of Seduction - Rawnie Sabor 💙 Sunbringer - Hannah Kaner 💜 Evacuation to Love - C.A. Popovich ❤️ Sin - Brooke Matthews 🧡 Falls from Grace - Ruby Landers 💛 Lean in to Love - Catherine Lane 💙 A Small Apocalypse - Laura Chow Reeve 💜 Cascade Failure - L.M. Sagas 🌈 The Mars House - Natasha Pulley

❤️ All This Time - Sage Donnell 🧡 The Romance Lovers Book Club - MA Binfield 💛 View from the Top - Morgan Adams 💚 Number Call - Nagisa Furuya 💙 Crossing Bridges - Chelsey Lynford 💜 The Boyfriend Subscription - Steven Salvatore ❤️ Love the World or Get Killed Trying - Alvina Chamberland 🧡 Synthetic Sea - Franklyn S. Newton 💛 The Prince & His Stolen Groom - J.E. Ridge 💙 Chrysalis and Requiem - Quinton Li 💜 Where Sleeping Girls Lie - Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 🌈 A Botanical Daughter - Noah Medlock

❤️ Wednesday Nights - by Donna Jay 🧡 The Woods All Black - Lee Mandelo 💛 Song of the Huntress - Lucy Holland 💚 Rainbow Black - Maggie Thrash 💙 Spirits & Sunflowers - A.D. Armistead & Austin Daniel 💜 Floating Hotel - Grace Curtis ❤️ Far From Camelot - Rylee Hale 🧡 This Way to Change - Jezz Chung 💛 Mexican Bird - Luis Lopez-Maldonado 💙 Android Affection: Unveiling - Beau Van Dalen 💜 Welcome to the Damned - Astraea Long 🌈 She Came for Blood - Darva Green

❤️ Cover Story - Rachel Lacey 🧡 The Poisons We Drink - Bethany Baptiste 💛 The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist - Sophie Gonzales 💚 In Walked Trouble - Dana Hawkins 💙 Never Leave, Never Lie - Thea Verdone 💜 Guardian: Zhen Hun - Priest ❤️ All the World Beside - Garrard Conley 🧡 Rainbows, Unicorns, and Triangles - Jessica Kingsley Publishers 💛 The Feast Makers - H.A. Clarke 💙 Synthetic Sea - Franklyn S. Newton 💜 All the Painted Stars - Emma Denny 🌈 A Hard Sell - Jennifer Moffatt

#book releases #queer fiction #queer books #queer romance #queer community #queer #sapphic #sapphic books #sapphic romance #wlw romance #wlw fiction #gay romance #gay pride #lesbian romance #lesbian pride #lesbian books #lesbian fiction #batty about books #battyaboutbooks #books #book list

[yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere]

so, alright, here are the movies/MEDIA that make me go *oh shit I'm so bi, omg bisexual panic*

so, alright, here are the MOVIES that make me go *oh shit I'm so bi, omg bisexual panic* (it can be very bi-vibes movies or simply movies that make me feel how very deeply i love being bi, or the ones i just enjoy rewatching-not necessarily with bi/queer representation!) : Red, White & Royal Blue 2023 , The Mummy 1999, The Little Mermaid 2023, The Little Mermaid 1989, Anne Of Green Gables 1985, The Road to El Dorado 2000, Mulan 1998, The Cutting Edge 1992, Ten Inch Hero 2007, Better Off Dead 1985, Anastasia 1997, Rise Of The Guardians 2012, 10 Things I Hate About You 1999, Do Revenge 2022, Charlie’s Angels 2019, Bottoms 2023, Cadet Kelly 2002, Lemonade Mouth 2011, The Little Vampire 2017, John Tucker Must Die 2006, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 2016, The Princess and The Frog 2009, The Addams Family 1991, Addams Family Values 1993, Atlantis: The Lost Empire 2001, The Favourite 2018, (+ will probably keep adding to this soon-ish)

+ edit TV SHOWS that my bi heart loves: One Tree Hill(OTH), Shadow and Bone, Roswell 90s(OG), White Collar, Reign, Mary & George, Heartstopper, Wild Cards, Living for the Dead, Warrior Nun, XO Kitty, Wednesday, Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous(JWCC) , Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Dawson's Creek, Vampire Academy, Willow, Dickinson, Heartbreak High, Teen Titans, Legacies, TheAddamsFamily(1964-1966), Love Victor, Lockwood&Co,

+ edit BOOKS/ BOOK SERIES that my bi heart absolutely LOVES:

Artemis Fowl Series by Eoin Colfer, Shatter Me Series by Tahereh Mafi, The Folk Of The Air Series by Holly Black, The Diviners Series by Libba Bray, The Devouring Gray Duology by C.L. Herman, GRISHAVERSE books (Six of Crows!!, Shadow and Bone, King of Scars-3 mini series) by Leigh Bardugo , This Woven Kingdom Series by Tahereh Mafi , Fallen Series by Lauren Kate, Elixir Series by Hilary Duff, The Cemetery Of Forgotten Books Series by C. R. Zafón, The Keys To The Kingdom Series by Garth Nix, Infinity Cycle Series by Adam Silvera, Anne Of Green Gables Series by L. M. Montgomery, Bloodlines Series & Vampire Academy Series by Richelle Mead, An Ember In The Ashes Series by Sabaa Tahir, The Selection Series by Kiera Cass + STANDALONES Lauren Kate-Unforgiven (standalone book in my opinion), Eoin Colfer- Airman, David Nicholls- One Day, Gayle Forman-Just One- Day & Year & Night (mini series), Vanessa Len-Only a Monster (mini series here too), Adam Silvera- History Is All You Left Me, Adam Silvera- They Both Die At The End , Adam Silvera- The First To Die At The End, Becky Albertalli-Imogen,Obviously, Mason Deaver- I Wish You All The Best(+short novella here!), Casey McQuiston-Red White&Royal Blue, Aaron H Aceves-This Is Why They Hate Us, Mason Deaver-The Feeling Of Falling In Love, Sophie Gonzales-The Law Of Inertia, H.E.Edgmon-The Witch King & The Fae Keeper (duology!) , H.E.Edgmon-Godly Heathens (mini series here!) , Carlos Ruiz Zafón- The Midnight Palace, Isabel Abedi- Whisper Haunted House, Francis Scott Fitzgerald- The Love Of Last Tycoon, Leo Tolstoy- Anna Karenina, S. E. Hinton- The Outsiders, Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera-Here's to Us & What If It's Us (duology) (will keep adding here probably!)

+ about THE MUSIC:

love you all, we need MORE bisexuality in media!!

+some links:

#bisexuality #bisexuals #bisexual #bi #bisexual representation #bisexual pride #bi girls #bi books #bi boys #bi characters #bi lighting #bi love #bi mlm #bi wlw #bi panic #bi panic at its finest #bi pride #bi representation #bi rep #bi sapphic #bi thoughts #bi vibes #bi visibility #bi women #bi4bi #bi men #bi bi bi #bi tag #bi things #🩷💜💙

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23 books I want to read in 2023 ✨

i was tagged by @medustudies and @bennistudies, tysm for the tag <3

1. babel: an arcane history (r.f. kuang)

2. in the dreamhouse (carmen maria machado)

3. the graveyard book (neil gaiman)

4. you’ve lost a lot of blood (eric laroca)

5. family business (jonathan sims)

6. these violent delights (chloe gong)

7. before the coffee gets cold (toshikazu kawaguchi)

8. they both die at the end (adam silvera)

9. iron widow (xiran jay zhao)

10. good omens (terry pratchet and neil gaiman)

11. piranesi (susana clarke)

12. please look after mom (kyung-sook shin)

13. crush (richard siken)

14. hunger pangs (joy demorra)

15. the vanishing half (brit bennett)

16. the secret history (donna tartt)

17. war of the foxes (richard siken)

18. letter to my daughter (maya angelou)

19. all about love (bell hooks)

20. the price of salt (patricia highsmith)

21. the priory of the orange tree (samantha shannon)

22. alecto the ninth (tasmyn muir)

23. the sandman #1 (neil gaiman)

#books #tag game

[petersthree]

Decided to do a reading roundup, inspired by @batmanisagatewaydrug​ ‘s own one here! Posted uhhhh like two and a half weeks after January but hey, it’s my blog and my roundup. 

January Stats  Books Read: 30-31, depending on how I rank one book Average Rating: 3.49 Top Genre: Mystery  My storygraph if you wanna follow me and see my reviews (though I’ll link them for each book in the ratings) :) 

This month I read a ton of books but none of them really hit for me - not to say these books were bad (well. Some were LMAO), just probably not the proper time for me to read them lmao. All the books will be listed under the cut (some with comments) but here were the ones that really stood out! 

Standouts: 

As Good as Dead by Holly Jackson: 4.75/5 This was the end of the Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy and GOD what a great series! I’m not going to sit here and pretend this is high art but there’s this special something in this series that makes me love it SO much. Is it Ravi Singh? It might be Ravi Singh. It’s probably Ravi Singh. 

The Wonder State by Sara Flannery Murphy: 4.5/5 I don’t wanna spoil this one because it’s an ARC but I was so pleasantly surrpised by this book. I just think it fucks.

The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera: 4.5/5 The first book made me sob like a baby and this one did make me cry I admit it. :’) While the first book is probably always going to have the biggest place in my heart, this was a fantastic read, and I LOVE that he went back to show us the very first Death Day and how it impacted the first person who was ever called for it. I definitely have more questions on the actual process so if he wants to pull back even further to the creation of the concept I’d gladly take it lmaooo

The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams: 4/5 So this is why I’m at 30-31 books - I read The Ultimate Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy that has all five books in the same book; since I finished the first book in January I’ll go add it here and it was just *chef’s kiss*. Zany, funny, I finally get that damn “the answer to life is 42″ joke. For some reason I’d die for Arthur Dent. Etcetera. 

All Other Books: 

Non-Fiction:  I didn’t have a number scale for two of them; I felt a little bit weird rating both of them, so I’ve just linked my reviews instead!

The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac Shakur: Review

Spare by Prince Harry: 3.25/5 Sometimes he has points but good lord the privilege was ;aklfj;lafka;;flakj bro can we stop defending the monarchy lol

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou: 4/5 I don’t know why but I thouhgt these were fiction until I actually went to go check out the book lmaoo

Naturally Tan by Tan France: 3.75/5

If You Tell: a True Story of Murder, Family, Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood by Gregg Olsen: Review

Fiction: 

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett: 3.25/5 I know, I know, I’m sorry. Just wasn’t really for me. 

This Spell Can’t Last by Isabel Sterling: 3/5 It’s a short prequel book for a series I really had fun with called These Witches Won’t Burn! The prequel was fine. I wouldn’t suggest you pick it up without knowing the series but yeah

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley: 3/5 I’m kinda surprised I rated it that high in hindsight lmao

Gaslight by J.E. Rowney: 2.5/5

Paper Planes by Jennie Wood with Dozerdraws: 2.75/5 (the art was lovely though)

The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda with Alison Watts (translator): 3.6-3.75/5

Burn the Negative by Josh Winning: 3.5/5

I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman: 3/5 (again, sorry lmao)

Not By Blood by Chris Narozny: 3/5 

Miss Muriel and Other Stories by Ann Petry: 3.5/5 I think I need to stop reading short stories because they’re always at around a 3 and it’s just not always a fair rating. Some stories I absolutely LOVE. Others? Ehhhh not so much. 

Why Are You Like This? by Meg Adams: 4/5 

It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover: 3.75/5 tbh, I think the more I think about the book the lower I’m going to rate it, but for now I’ll keep this original rating

Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion: 3.75/5

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen: 4.75/5 Beautiful art as well <3

The Private Apartments by Idman Nur Omar: 3.5/5

I Know What You Did by Cayce Osborne: 2.75/5

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll: 3.75/5

Trouble in Mudbug by Jana DeLeon: 3/5

The Last Man by Vince Flynn: 2/5

All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover: 3.5/5 This couple needed hardcore therapy and most importantly a divorce 

The Devil’s Music by Nathan Page: 3.75/5

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder: 3/5

#bookblr #janie's reading roundup #<-- for anyone who wants to blacklist this! <3 #janie rambles

[mysmorgasbordoffantabulosa]

Can you suggest some lgbtq movies and books?

Recommendations eh? Well, it really depends on what type of films/books you enjoy.

Note most (though not all) feature same-sex pairings, and not all are romances per say...

In terms of films, some of the best that I've seen are:

Angels in America (2003) - an epic 4 hour mini-series based on the award winning play about AIDS in 1980s

God’s Own Country (2017) - Farm boy meets migrant falls in love

Happy Together (1997) - Starring Leslie Cheung (a favourite OF Tae's) about the dysfunctional love between two men

Hegwig and the Angry Inch (2001) - A musical about trans person with an inch of a penis

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) - Interracial love set against the backdrop of 1980s England

Milk (2008) - Chronicles the assassination of the first openly gay politician in the US

Weekend (2011) - A love story told over a weekend

Dog Day Afternoon (1975) - Based on a true story about a bank robber robbing a bank to finance his lover's sex reasignment surgery

Y Tu Mama Tabien (2001) - Not gay really, but there is a under current throughout with a final moment of strained realisation.

Orlando (1993) - Fantasy film of a man who changes sex from man to woman and lives for centuries, meeting the key figures of English history. Considered a feminist classic.

The Birdcage (1996) - The classic comedy of gay/drag queen family dealing with a ultra conservative future in-laws

La Cage aux Folles (1978) - The original film that Birdcage is based on.

Priscilla Queen of the Desert (1994) - Three drag queens travel across Australia, on a bus for a gig and a family reunion.

Beautiful Thing (1996) - A love story between 2 teen working class boys

Pride (2014) - The story behind how striking miners and LGBTQ people supported each other.

Call Me By Your Name (2017) based on the book of the same name

Any film by Pedro Almodóvar really, some of my favs are:

Law of Desire (1987)

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

All About My Mother (1999)

Bad Education (2004)

For Books:

Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City Series

The Color Purple, by Alice Walker

The Front Runner by Patricia Nell Warren

Anything by T. J. Klune

Alex Sanchez's Rainbow Trilogy (Rainbow Boys / Rainbow High / Rainbow Road)

Anything by Timothy James Beck

Where the Rainbow Ends by James Currier

Little Bits of Baby by Patrick Gale (really anything from Mr Gale is good)

Orlando by Virginia Wolfe (Orlando the film is based on this book)

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (she has other LGBTQ book but I've not read them yet) - their making a movie of this book

Heartstopper series by Alice Oseman - graphic novels and novellas (also a high profile nextflix series)

What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera (both authors have written other LGBTQ books, such as Love, Simon

Simon Snow series by Rainbow Rowell

#my asks

[lboogie1906]

Arthur James Evans (born March 27, 1942) is an actor who has made multiple film and television program appearances over three decades. He was born in Berkeley. His acting career, spanning almost 40 years, started with Frank Silvera's Theater of Being in Los Angeles. He took a starring role in The Amen Corner which transferred to Broadway in 1965. His first uncredited acting performance was in Claudine in 1974. His first credited role was in Chico and the Man as Bubba in the episode "Too Many Crooks" which aired in 1976, and his talents for many instruments came in handy when playing Blind Lemon Jefferson in Leadbelly. One of his early roles was the first victim in Christine. He co-starred in the all-star African-American drama A Soldier's Story as the memorable brown-nosing character Wilkie. He is known for his role as Leslie Barnes in the action film Die Hard 2. His other film credits include Big Time (1977), Youngblood (1978), The Cracker Factory (1979), National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982), Into the Night (1985), Fright Night (1985), Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986), Ruthless People (1986), Native Son (1986), White of the Eye (1987), School Daze (1988), The Mighty Quinn (1989), Downtown(1990), Trespass (1992), CB4 (1993), Bitter Harvest (1993), Tales from the Hood (1995) and Metro (1997). He has made many appearances in a variety of television shows such as M*A*S*H, Hill Street Blues, Monk, The X-Files, and Family Matters on which he played a man claiming to be Santa Claus. He starred in the music video for Stevie Wonder's "Go Home". He was seen in Anderson's Cross playing the grandfather of the lead character Nick Anderson. He had a guest appearance on the sitcom Last Man Standing in the episode titled "Grandparents Day". #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/CqTcHIyPMA1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[pinkevilwriter]

Is it too much to ask ✒️ for ALL your OCs names? If it is too much to ask for all of them, how about just your top (fave) three? (I just see that you reblog a lot the ask game I invented and got a little worried that no one asked)

THIS IS A PERFECT BLESSING! WARNING: A LONG POST OF ALL MY OCS!

Why did I name them in such a unique way? Well, I like unique character names, so I made up my characters’ names. Some them are my former RP OCS from when “Quizilla” and “Scholastic THE STACKS” were around. And I used to RP A LOT on “Quotev” and “GoodReads”. So now they’re part of my WIPS in special ways.

MY LONG LIST OF OCS:

Shine

Kreze

Ayden

Millya

Cheye

Roege

ShaTrev

Beigh

Kyker

Myver

Vylera

Rykrer

King Yokon

Queen Starla

Princess Keya (sister to: Ayden, Kreze, and Cheye in my stories)

Prince JedKith

(Keya’s children: Starla, Yokon, Nakima, Aspen, Lethia, and Keith)

Myka

Rykyn

Naomi

Ryker

Doctor Rickie

Nurse Tallya

Paramedic Royan

Paramedic LillyAnn

Nifa

Alan

Roka

Bymr

Kynthia

Phira

Brena

Boris

Tora

Astor

Asher

Shera

RedAnna

Noka

Fyre

Ener

Twins Kisha and Sasha

Ahwa

Twins Nemi and Neku

Twins Ruth and Esther

Bucke

Kalika

Jayden

Kendra

SageRah

Twins Golda and Silvera

Twins Angelinga and Angeling

Alden

Twins Andila and Andyla

Hallya

Cherry

Hope

Faith

(Mayleigh/Mayleigha)

Aleigha

Nammy

TayDee

Bucklee

Arden

Eydith

Kymr

The Birthstone Sisters: Garnet, Amethyst, Aquamarine, Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Ruby, Peridot, Sapphire, Opal, Topaz, and Tanzanite)

Twins Kayhan and Laynah

Brothers Maxy, Jakey, and Chrisy

Pink-Opal

(Other Versions of Shine: PinkShine, Shine-if-fi, Shine-man-rah)

Twins Kayla and Kalyan

Kaye

The Talzanna twins (I can’t remember their first names)

Twins Asha and Asur

Ina

Ena

Ryler

Zace

Jax

Bolero

Keren

PinkPharaoh

Phara

Keyrah

Holden

Midnight The Alicorn

Misty The Alicorn

Mischief The Cat

VILLAINS: Victor, Justin, Deven, Onate, Bathia, Rochellea, Twyla, Reha, Hoyt, Jerrel, Rochelle-Lorn, Reno, Valtasha, Kahadrak, King Lizar, Queen Riga

My Horse Characters: Midnight (black mare), Starlight (black mare), Moonlight (black mare), Princess (white mare), King (white stallion), Queen (white mare), Prince (white stallion), Goldster (brown stallion), Copper-An (brown mare), Pharaoh (A Stupid name for my stallion OC).

(My former Alicorn Characters who are Regular Horses: Pink, Blue, Red, Purple. Pink is a mare, Blue is a stallion, Red is a stallion, and Purple is a mare), Jake

My Zebra Characters: Shasta (mare), Wild-Dancer (mare), Shane-ster (stallion), Wild-Der (stallion), and maybe others. (Though the earlier versions of Shasta  and Wild-Dancer were a lot different back when I pretend-play Animal Game which went dark a few times.)

My Fox Characters: Foxy (female), Foxanda (female), Foxander (male), and Foxan (male).

My Bobcat Characters: Bonna (female), Bobby (male), and there were a couple more.

My Cats And Dogs Characters: Akan (male dog), Jazzy (female cat), and Special Real Life pets included in this story (Ki-Yah female dog, Chloe female dog, Casey male Cat, Barney male cat, Jasper male cat).

The mother (Kayleigha) and the Father (Rick-An)

The Children's Names: Emily, Jadenaha, Tabitha, Bethela, Leigha, Releigha, 

Other Kids Names:  Areny, Mona, Avery, Spencer, Gloria, Sebestien, Glora, Elena, and more.

Stella

Ivory

Tonie

Brucey

Stevie

Brenda

Klent

Gina

Twins Darcy and Dereky

(Milly)

Kyara

Glan

Kizzy

Keze

Emily

Alanna

Taiy

Keyla

Renden

Neddan

Zaria

Kotege

Pinka

Darka

Cortsey

Kvas

Ka-Ger

Renea

Kena

Jayvas

Zayn

Zayden

Harka

Brenner

Kenda

Jacy

Gaby

Lyra

Shana

Jane

Robert

Maria

Derek

Kent

I’M PRETTY SURE I HAVE MORE OCS NAMES SOMEWHERE IN MY OTHER NOTEBOOK!

[damonalbarn]

Gorillaz live band (full!) in Verona, photo via Angel

#gorillaz #gorillaz world tour 2022 #verona #italy #jesse hackett #rebecca freckleton #petra luke #j appiah #angel silvera #damon albarn #michelle ndegwa #seye adelekan #karl van den bossche #remi kabaka #mike smith #femi koleoso #jeff wootton

[emilysworldoffandoms]

Books I Read in 2022

1. Beast Boy Loves Raven By Kami Garcia & Gabriel Picolo 2. Dear Girl By Aija Mayrock 3. A Fire Like You By Upile Chisala 4. Nectar By Upile Chisala 5. Soft Magic By Upile Chisala 6. As If On Cue By Marisa Kanter 7. Heartstopper Volume 4 By Alice Oseman 8. Address Unknown By Katherine Kressmann Taylor 9. Ariel By Sylvia Plath 10. Heart Talk By Cleo Wade 11. At Somerton: Cinders & Sapphires By Leila Rasheed 12. At Somerton: Diamonds & Deceit By Leila Rasheed 13. Unlock Your Storybook Heart By Amanda Lovelace 14. Instructions for Dancing By Nicola Yoon 15. Martita, I Remember You By Sandra Cisneros 16. Brown Girls By Daphne Palasi Andreades 17. Here's to Us By Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera 18. Counting by 7s By Holly Goldberg Sloan 19. The Summer I Turned Pretty By Jenny Han 20. It's Not Summer Without You By Jenny Han 21. We'll Always Have Summer By Jenny Han 22. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood By Melissa Wagner & Fred Rogers 23. Gained a Daughter But Nearly Lost My Mind: How I Planned a Backyard Wedding During a Pandemic By Marlene Kern Fischer 24. At Somerton: Emeralds & Ashes By Leila Rasheed 25. Café Con Lychee By Emery Lee 26. The Book Tour By Andi Watson 27. God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian By Kurt Vonnegut 28. Yoga Pant Nation By Laurie Gelman 29. Mr. Malcolm's List By Suzanne Allain 30. Miss Lattimore's Letter By Suzanne Allain 31. The Road Between By Courtney Peppernell 32. Enough Rope By Dorothy Parker 33. My Favorite Half-Night Stand By Christina Lauren 34. Smells Like Tween Spirit By Laurie Gelman 35. How to Be a Wallflower By Eloisa James 36. Be Like the Moon By Levi Welton 37. Morality for Muggles: Ethics in the Bible and the World of Harry Potter By Moshe Rosenberg 38. 84, Charing Cross Road By Helene Hanff 39. Josh & Hazel's Guide to Not Dating By Christina Lauren 40. The Matchmaker By Thornton Wilder 41. The Cheat Sheet By Sarah Adams 42. All-of-a-Kind Family By Sydney Taylor (Re-read) 43. Shadow Angel Book One By Leia Stone & Julie Hall 44. Spooky America: The Ghostly Tales of Sleepy Hollow By Jessa Dean 45. Needle & Thread By David Pinckney, Ennun Ana Iurov, Micah Myers 46. Good Game, Well Played By Rachael Smith, Katherine Lobo, Justin Birch 47. Home Sick Pilots By Dan Walters & Caspar Wijngaard 48. Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard By Tom Felton 49. Legends and Lore of Sleepy Hollow and the Hudson Valley By Jonathan Kruk 50. Heartless Prince By Leigh Dragoon 51. A Contract with God By Will Eisner 52. Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American By Laura Gao 53. Blackwater By Jeannette Arroyo and Ren Graham 54. Woman World By Aminder Dhaliwal 55. In Real Life By Cory Doctorow & Jen Wang 56. Lore Olympus Volume 1 By Rachel Smythe 57. Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword By Barry Deutsch 58. Persuasion By Jane Austen 59. Devil in Disguise By Lisa Kleypas 60. Shadow Angel Book Two By Leia Stone & Julie Hall 61. Lore Olympus Volume 2 By Rachel Smythe 62. Talk to My Back By Yamada Murasaki 63. How I Saved Hanukkah By Amy Goldman Koss 64. Haven Jacobs Saves the Planet By Barbara Dee 65. Shadow Angel Book Three By Leia Stone & Julie Hall 66. The Matzah Ball By Jean Meltzer 67. Canción By Eduardo Halfon 68. Leopoldstadt By Tom Stoppard 69. Say Yes to the Duke By Eloisa James 70. Winter Roses after Fall By Robert M. Drake & r.h. Sin 71. Roomies By Christina Lauren 72. Falling Toward the Moon By Robert M. Darake & r.h. Sin 73. Empty Bottles Full of Stories By Robert M. Drake & r.h. Sin

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[queer-media-tourney]

Here are the match ups for round 1:

Rent vs Orphan Black

Heartstopper vs Orange is the New Black

Carol (2015) vs Bugsnax

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern vs Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Fienburg

Red, White and Royal Blue vs This is how you lose the time war by Amar el-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Our Flag means Death vs Always human by Ari North

The last of us two vs On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

Heartbreak High vs Shameless

Undertale vs The Handmaiden

Young Royals vs Revolutionary Girl Utena

Sens8 vs Carry on by Rainbow Rowell

Bee and puppycat vs The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Yuri on Ice vs Ranma ½

Q-force vs Feel Good

Torchwood vs The interview with a Vampire (2022)

Homestuck vs Good Omens

Some like it hot vs Killing Eve

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off vs Bound (1996)

It's a sin vs Magnus Chase by Rick Riordan

Doctor Who vs Portrait of a young lady on fire

Steven Universe vs Saltburn

Xena Warrior Princess vs Cyberpunk 2077

Welcome to Nightvale vs Schitt's creek

Night in the woods vs A league Of their own

Lisa Frankenstein vs The boys in the band (1970)

Black Sails vs Owl House

Hannibal vs The Traitor Baru Cormorant

Bottoms vs The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir

The picture of Dorian Grey vs Adventure time

The Sandman (comic) vs Supernatural

Maurice (1987) vs Hazbin Hotel

Nimona vs Love Simon

Epithet Erased vs What we do in the shadows

Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs The Other Two

One Day at a time (2017) vs Falsettos

She-ra and the princesses of power vs Dykes to Watch Out for

Celluloid Closet vs Harley Quinn

But I'm a cheerleader vs Vida

Angels In America vs Glee

Hooky by Míriam Bonastre Tur vs They both die in the end by Adam Silvera

[aravirstudies]

Hi angel, hope everything is going well 💕 For the ask game 3, 15 aaand 34 💕

hiii 🤍 hope everything's well for you too!

my answers for the questions from the 3 things ask were way too long so I have to use this:

number 3 - 3 songs that mean something to you

the first song that comes to my mind is bright by julie and the phantoms. all the songs from the show are amazing but bright hits me the hardest. then there's dust and gold by arrows to athens which I was obsessed with in middle school because I saw a really cool edit for pjo and hoo with it. and I can't forget the call by regina spector. I literally cry almost every time I hear this song because narnia was my childhood (my @ even references it lol) and this song played at the end of the prince caspian movie and it broke my heart.

number 15 - 3 quotes that have a special place in your life

when we die I hope we become a part of the sky so everytime it rains we are everywhere we couldn't be when we were alive

I have no clue who is this by, but I read it on pinterest once and I haven`t stopped thinking about it ever since.

history is nothing. it can be recycled or thrown away completely. it isn't this secret treasure chest I mistook it to be. we were something, but history isn't enough to keep something alive forever. - adam silvera, history is all you left me

I used to think about past a lot, but this quote completely changed my perspective.

you're a painter. you're a baker. you like to sleep with the windows open. you never take sugar in your tea. and you always double-knot your shoelaces. - suzanne collins, mockingjay

this is one of my favourite quotes from the entire series. I get chills every time I get to this part.

number 34 - 3 people in history that inspire you the most

I have never thought about that to be honest, so I don't really feel like answering this one, because it wouldn't be very accurate, sorry about that :/

#aravirstudies #three things ask #ask game

[niamhs-reading-adventures]

2024 Follow the Clues Reading Challenge

My Goodreads group sometimes does an annual A-Z reading challenge where there are clues and you need to read a book that satisfies each clue. Got together with my friend @alchemic-fallen-angel to make our own list for this year. Feel free to use the list of clues as inspiration for your own reading challenge :)

Mel and Niamh's 2024 A-Z Follow the Clues 01/01/24 - 31/12/24 5/26 (5/5 AA 🦘) (last updated 21/01/24)

✅A - Read a book by an AUSTRALIAN author – Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales 🦘 4🌟 - finished 16/01/24 ✅B - Read a book with a BOOK on the cover – Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree 4🌟 - finished 11/01/24 C - Read a book where there is a CONSPIRACY – A Conspiracy of Stars by Olivia A. Cole D - Read a book published a DECADE ago (2014) – Ice Massacre by Tiana Warner (published 18/09/14) E - Read an ENCHANTING book – Legendborn by Tracy Deonn ✅F - Read a book with a strong FRIENDSHIP – Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli 4🌟 - finished 14/01/24 G – Read a GRAPHIC novel – The Greatest Thing by Sarah Winifred Searle 🦘 H - Read a book with a HOUSE on the cover – The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton I - Read a book set on an ISLAND – Beauty Queens by Libba Bray J - Read a book where a character is seeking JUSTICE – Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce K - Read a book where KING appears in the title or story – The Girl King by Mimi Yu ✅L – Read a book you borrowed from the LIBRARY – Icebreaker by Hannah Grace 3.5🌟 - finished 19/01/24 M - Read a book with a MENTAL illness featured – History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera N - Read a NEW release (published 2024) - Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup (expected publication 05/02/2024) O - Read a book with an OLDER protagonist (40+) – The Guncle by Steven Rowley P - Read a book with a PICTURESQUE scene on the cover – A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo ✅Q – Read a QUEER (LGBTQ+) book – 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall 4🌟 - finished 07/01/24 R – Read a book with a RED cover – Puddin' by Julie Murphy S - Read a book that is SECOND in a series – Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir T - Read a book that features TIME TRAVEL – Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier U - Read a book featuring a character in UNIFORM – All Systems Red by Martha Wells V - Read a book with a VOLUNTEER – This is How it Happened by Paula Stokes W – Read a book with WATER on the cover – Flight by Jae Waller 🦘 X - Read a book with a XENO (alien) in the story – Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout Y - Read a book with a YOUNG protagonist (15 or younger) – Rockstar Detectives by Adam Hills 🦘 Z - Read a book with a ZEALOUS character – The Heart of the World by Amie Kaufman 🦘

#Niamh talks #bookblr #2024 reads #2024 reading challenge #reading challenge