#ann cleeves

[benjaminaldridge]

A Look Back At Matthew Venn In The Long Call🩵

#BenAldridge

#ben aldridge #spoiler alert the hero dies #knock at the cabin #pennyworth #benaldridge #benjaminaldridge #our girl #the long call #matthew venn #declan bennett #benjamin aldridge #london #london boy #gay man #gayman #gay drama #devon #ann cleeves #gay love

[adaptationsdaily]

SHETLAND (2013 - PRESENT) Douglas Henshall as Jimmy Pérez & Mark Bonnar as Duncan Hunter

#shetland #bbc shetland #shetland bbc #jimmy perez #douglas henshall #duncan hunter #mark bonnar #jimmy x duncan #shetlandedit #literature #ann cleeves #ours #by kraina #malecharacters #otpsource #filmtvcentral #crimeshowsource #userthing #smallscreensource

[the-final-sentence]

It was all very ordinary, rather mundane, but he had the sense that nothing would quite be the same again.

Ann Cleeves, from The Raging Storm

#ann cleeves #the raging storm

[zippocreed501]

Douglas Henshall as DI Jimmy Pérez

Shetland

#douglas henshall #shetland #detective #crime #ann cleeves #author extraordinaire

[e-b-reads]

Books of the Month: March 2024

A look back! I read more books in March than I thought I had, but it's getting busy in my world of finishing the academic semester/prepping for summer camp, so the reading-for-pleasure pace is slowing considerably. Here's some books from my March that I liked and would recommend!

Raven Black, by Ann Cleeves: First in the Shetland mystery series (I think there is a TV show based on these; from what I can tell there are several differences between show and book series). I've been reading a lot of mysteries that are a little shorter, and feel more quickly written? or something - they aren't bad, but don't take time with the narration. Cleeves writes thoughtfully about people and place and plot. I enjoyed it.

The Seas, by Samantha Hunt: What a funky little book. Is the young woman narrator psychotic, or is she actually a mermaid? Don't go in expecting a solid answer to that question. The book keeps you guessing.

Point of Honour, by Madeleine E. Robins: Not quite like other Regency mysteries, this is set in an alternate historical world where the Queen is regent (but her health declining). Meanwhile, Sarah Tolerance is a Fallen Woman who lives at her aunt's brothel, but prefers to earn her keep by being an inquiry agent who dresses in men's clothes regularly and is very very good with a sword (thanks to her deceased lover). Maybe you can see why I liked this book. Now I just need to get my hands on the third in the series (not at my library! or available through ILL!)

Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir: I guess if you haven't read this yet I can't convince you to? I will say that I don't have the same exact kind of brain rot over the characters in the lesbian space necromancer books as some tumblrites (this is not an insult, I get brain rot over other characters, it's just very subjective) but I do find myself thinking almost obsessively about the plot threads and reveals and everything whenever I read these books. And tearing up occasionally. It's just good writing. And plot ideas/setting concepts that no one else has ever had in the history of the world.

#books of the month #book recs #raven black #ann cleeves #the seas #samantha hunt #point of honour #madeleine e robins #nona the ninth #tamsyn muir #look it took me a while to read nona but i wanted to wait a bit and then reread gtn and htn first

[devonellington]

Tues. Jan. 16, 2024: A Steady, Creative Flow

image courtesy of Mohamed Hassan via pixabay.com Tuesday, January 16, 2024 Waxing Moon Uranus Retrograde Snowy and cold I hope you had a great weekend! Today’s serial episode is from LEGERDEMAIN: Episode 155: Brother Lillet’s Guilty Pleasures Brother Lillet did not follow the enclave’s simple lifestyle. Legerdemain Serial Link Legerdemain Web Site Friday wound up being more complicated…

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#"Severance" re-release #Ann Cleeves #book reviews #cooking #errands #grocieries #invoice #Legerdemain #mansplainer #Nightwood #organization #poetry #reading #script coverage #Sharon Olds #snow #The Clark #THE LIGHTHOUSE LADY #THE VICIOUS CRITIC

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Finished The Long Call by Ann Cleeves, the first of the "Two Rivers" series. I thought the plot was preposterous. Also she has this habit of writing sentences that get shorter. And shorter still. Inexplicably. Then she had a working-age adult claiming Attendance Allowance and normally I would have tossed the book aside right there and then but I have a really bad cold and was feeling too weak. Not good.

#my reading #ann cleeves #the long call

[iainjclark]

Painting of DCI Vera Stanhope played by Brenda Blethyn. Oils applied with a palette knife on cold-pressed watercolour block.

#vera #vera stanhope #brenda blethyn #crime fiction #fan art #painting #iainjclarkart #art #portrait #oils #oil painting #palette knife #textured painting #tv detectives #police drama #traditional art #ann cleeves

[gillieey]

DCI Vera Stanhope sketches <3

#vera stanhope #vera #ann cleeves #bbc #itv #brenda blethyn #sketchbook #sketch #digital sketch #pencil sketch #artists on tumblr #drawing

[smalldeerofmine]

I continue to be so normal about this book

#in the process of trying to figure out what Gaby looks like but idk if I'll ever actually finish that. so have Simon and Lucy till then #the long call #ann cleeves #character design #artists on tumblr #digital artist #illustration #bookblr #clip studio paint #.art

[benjaminaldridge]

Hope Everyone In The UK Is Enjoying The Sunshine 😎🌊

Just Turning The Heat Up A Bit More 🥵

A Look Back At Ben Aldridge As DI Matthew Venn Filming The Long Call

#BenAldridge

#ben aldridge #spoiler alert the hero dies #knock at the cabin #pennyworth #benaldridge #benjaminaldridge #our girl #the long call #matthew venn #ann cleeves #london #london boy #devon #gayman #gay men #lgbtqia #benjamin aldridge #gay #gay drama

[heyheyitsgrace]

Ann Cleeves why would you devastate me in this manner?

#ann cleeves #vera #vera stanhope #the rising tide #was not expecting that ending tbh but maybe I should have

[adaptationsdaily]

Ben Aldridge as Matthew Venn and Juliet Stevenson as Dorothy Venn in THE LONG CALL (2021) Season 1, Episode 3

#the long call #literature #ann cleeves #ours #by kraina #tw abuse #abuse tw #thelongcalledit #ben aldridge #juliet stevenson #smallscreensource #mediagifs #tvcentric #usercreate #filmtvdaily #userspot #britsource #usertvfilm

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AUTHOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

'A writer loses possession of her work as soon as it's reaches its audience. Each reader brings his own experience and prejudice and imagination to the work. Television adaptation just goes one step further, and the novelist has to learn to let go.'

'I love writing. The time when I'm sitting at my kitchen table, often early in the morning, feels like the best kind of indulgence. I'm telling stories and I can still convince myself that it's work.'

'Finish the book before you start editing and polishing. It's very tempting to tweak material already written, but much better to get the framework in place first.'

'I write like a reader, without any planning. I have to write the next scene to know where the story is going.'

Author Extraordinaire Ann Cleeves

#ann cleeves #detective #crime fiction #writblr #writing advice #writing inspiration #literature #books

[writerswritecompany]

Quotable – Ann Cleeves

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#Ann Cleeves #Writing Quotes

[fairytale-endinganyone]

I've read all the Shetland books + rewatched the whole series and it's been a beautiful experience ❤️

#shetland #bbc shetland #shetland bbc #ann cleeves #jimmy perez #jimmy #perez #douglas henshall #douglas