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oftengruntled · 2 months

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Anyone remember Gregor the overlander? Good book series, at least as far as rose-colored glasses go. Suzanne Collins wrote it.

Anyway I was at work and one of the final scenes of the final book wormed its way into my brain

The whole premise of the series is that there is a Secret World underground but specifically under nyc with Big Animals including rats and bats and bugs and all that

Relevant to this is that bats and underground people keep forming warrior's bonds with each other. As does our mc, Gregor, with the bat Ares.

Anyway fast forward a lot (but still not enough that Gregor is anywhere near 18) the rats and the humans are fighting a war against each other. The bats are allies of the humans.

Gregor and Ares get into a fight with the big boss rat because Prophecy, the final moments of which include ares and Gregor holding hand and claw, Gregor plunging his sword into the rat, and the rat clawing at both Gregor and Ares.

Gregor wakes up in the hospital after this to discover the war was won by the humans. The rats were defeated including the big bad Gregor fought, but Ares died. On his bedside is ares' claw, stained red with dried blood. When the medics recovered Gregor, they found that in Ares' death, his blood had clotted their hands together. They had to cut his claw off just to get Gregor to the infirmary, then soak his hand in warm water, all to finally separate the two.

Idk maybe it's the haze of childhood memory but I find that beautiful. That even in death, even beyond rigor mortis, the two were so sure of their bond that they could only be truly separated (relatively) long after the death of one. Maybe I'm a sentimental.

Ares had a former bond with a prince of the land, Henry. He let Henry die to save Gregor, which would have meant banishment, had Gregor not [done something i forget what exactly]. Ares, as far as memory serves, strove to nothing else than to keep Gregor alive, to keep his bond. Ares died making sure he wouldn't lose another bond, and in his death strengthened their bond even further.

Does that many any sense? Ignore this if it doesn't.

#gregor the overlander #the underland chronicles #tw death #tw war #tw blood #tw rats #tw bats

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just-dandelion-thoughts · 1 year

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so turns out Suzanne Collins did the whole symbolism-with-dandelions shit with The Hunger Games. i read those books and watched those movies. how did i forget about that.

and yet, it must've had a significant impact on me for it to stick with me for this long.

on the other hand, why didn't we all lose our collective minds about this? why did we stop talking about it? i feel like the state of being a hunger games fan is so common that we just don't talk about it anymore (with the exception of particularly devoted fans). we should! Collins did so much for us and we should be talking about that!

idk. i'm way too tired to properly talk about this, but. god, she did so much for us. and it feels like she's rarely talked about anymore. is it, like, because the ya dystopia genre got so utterly fucked-up and milked dry and we're embarrassed to admit that the book that started it all was actually really fucking good, despite being the beginning of the end for the genre?

are we afraid that she's gonna pull a jk rowling and turn out to be a shitty person? are we worried that we're going to find some fatal flaw in the story?

i don't get it. there's so much to talk about! and her other series, Gregor The Overlander aka The Underland Chronicles! nobody fucking talks about them, because nobody has heard of them! they're so fucking good! an incredible fantasy premise, many of the same themes as THG, and a well-developed romance! do you know how difficult it is to find a well-developed romance these days? and if you're not really one for romance, don't worry - it's a subplot that really only begins to matter in the last book!

come on, people, where is the love for Collins?

#dandelion #dandelions #dandelionthoughts #justdandelionthoughts #thg #the hunger games #tuc #the underland chronicles #gregor the overlander #gto #suzanne collins #it feels like a fever dream at this point!#if it wasn't for the fandom posting in the dandelions tag you could've told me that thg was all just a fever dream #and i'd have to check before i believed myself that it wasn't!#what is this some kind of fucking psyop /j

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eternalglitch · 6 months

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GLITCH! QUICK! GIVE US ANY FANDOM FIC RECOMMENDATIONS OR BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS! QUICK! GO!

I FORGOT TO DO THIS.

Lately my thoughts are consumed by a) the Murderbot Diaries (which has a book coming out in a WEEK! About the titular character processing its own trauma) and b) The Hunger Games, which also has a movie coming out this month. Honestly I read those books when they were at peak popularity and thought they were okay, but I have only grown to appreciate them more and more as time has passed. Suzanne Collins' other series, Gregor the Overlander, is also 10/10.

#glitch answers #book recs

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7upslut · 1 year

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at least once a week I think about the marketing for the hunger games as they were coming out. like imagine being Suzanne Collins and seeing that your books were being marketed as an epic love story/love triangle. or that there were quite literally makeup lines inspired by the capital.

she wrote a story about how violence (physical and psychological) inflicted by political bodies effects and scars every part of a society. and how in that society media will fight to distract from the pain and suffering that those political bodies cause. and then quite literally the media in our world focused on a love triangle that didn't even matter (because Gale was never a goddamn option and for majority of the story katniss was not in love with peeta). covergirl released a "capital beauty"collection that consisted of 12 looks. THE LOOKS WERE LITERALLY BASED OFF THE INDUSTRIES OF EACH DISTRICT LIKE THEY WERE IN THE BOOKS AND MOVIES WHEN THE TRIBUTES WERE BEING PARADED AROUND!!! absolutely wild to me. it sucks but ultimately Suzanne Collins point got proved.

she is probably one of my favorite authors simply because of her ability to write how war, trauma, and violence affects people, specifically young people. not only does she demonstrate her phenomenal skills and understanding in the hunger games but also in the gregor the overlander series. she does it in different ways but in both I find it to be very effective.

in gregor, at the end of the series, he stands in front of a mirror and he looks at himself. he sees scars and he thinks about things that he won't be able to do anymore without getting asked questions. like going to the doctors or wearing shorts or going swimming with his friends. he mourns a normalcy that he did not and will not ever have. even though his life isn't consumed by war and battle anymore it will never be the same and there will always be a part of him in that.

I think the end of the hunger games is very similar to that. katniss talks about the terror that she felt when she first got pregnant. during her games she mentions that victor's children tend to be drawn more often than not and how she would never want that. even after the war, when she is relatively safe and her children are not at risk of going into the games, they hold on to her. she will never have a day where she's not afraid or affected by her past even if she is now safe and living a good life.

#hunger games #katniss everdeen #suzanne collins #gregor the overlander #honestly this just turned into a Suzanne Collins appreciation post #i could talk about this forever #gregor the overlander is literally so good and everyone should read it

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doodlenotesproductions · 2 years

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This is the product of a four-year endeavor to see if I can actually make a 3D animated film using only free/open source software, on a laptop(mostly), by myself. This is an experimental film that I started to see whether or not I can make a 3D animated film. With characters and environment that I designed, modeled and prepared for animation. Also doing the animations myself, especially with characters interacting with each other. How to handle the physics simulations(hair, cloth, etc.) Lighting, Rendering, Compositing and Editing. Adding sound and music just telling a story through 3D animation. This is also a fan adaptation of a portion of the book, Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins. I decided to do this experiment using an existing story because I don't really want to risk my own original stuff for it. 😅 So I took a big risk on this one without risking too much. At the same time bringing to life a story that I love! The mission was to know how to take a story from script into a finished 3D animated film. Figure out the technical stuff and also enduring the labor of a 3D animation production. And I believe I fulfilled that mission. I learned A LOT with this one and I can honestly say that if I were to do this again with the amount of knowledge I have now, I could do it in half the time. And yep, there's definitely still room to grow! I've shared everything about this film, since I started its creation through a series of videos here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6knnwMF9fRd4HMVp8I1n-v9oxFMOSpXW This is a fan 3D animated film based on some events from the book Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins. Doodle Notes Production is not affiliated with Suzanne Collins or other licensor/owners of the book. A product of #TheUnderlandProject Thanks to these KoFi giving folks! Mbuddy GulliermoGage Handsomeness Jubin Tristan Wintle Elizabeth Munie Erick Madrigal Magnolia Weathershield yaejinssi Ja-Ne Fritzzzzzzz Support me on KoFi! https://ko-fi.com/doodlenotesproductions Enter the World to Awesomeness on Discord! https://discord.gg/rKGgnAa SUBSCRIBE to see more awesomeness! http://youtube.com/c/DoodleNotes?sub_confirmation=1 Wanna know how we make awesome videos? Check out our 2ND CHANNEL here: https://www.youtube.com/c/DoodleNotesII FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DoodleNotes TWITTER: https://twitter.com/DoodleNotes INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/doodlenotesproductions TUMBLR: https://doodlenotesproductions.tumblr.com/ This film is made with the following FREE/OPEN SOURCE software! http://bit.ly/DoodleNotesProductionsArsenal

#GregorTheOverlander #BlenderAnimation #Blender3D #FanAnimatedFilm #the underland project #the underland chronicles #gregor the overlander #journey to awesomeness #blender 3d #blender animation #3d animation #animation #journeytoawesomeness

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polaroidcats · 3 months

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I assume that you have emotional attachments to objects (because of the print you love) and so have a favourite book which you know you will never read again but can’t throw out (and what is it if I’m right?) ❤️❤️

Hi Rory!!! 💖

oh wow everyone is nailing it with these, you are so, so correct!!!!

My inability to get rid of things I have emotional attachments to definitely applies to books, here is an incomplete list of books I will likely never even read or reread but also will never be able to give away:

My Gregor the Overlander books!! I knew Suzanne Collins mostly from these books and when Hunger Games came out/became popular I tried to tell all my friends about this series because I loved it so much when I was 10-12 years old!! And my first internet name was "Boots" because of the younger sister in that book, I loved her so much. And I don't see myself rereading them anytime soon but I have so many fond memories of absolutely devouring and rererererereading them as a preteen so they will stay forever!

"Die Geschwister Apraksin" by Karla Schneider, this was also one of my fave books when I was around 12-13, I don't remember much, except that it was about 5 orphaned siblings during or after the Russian revolution, and it absolutely broke my heart and I cried more than I had ever cried before when reading a book. I don't even think it was a particularly sad book, I think it just made me very emotional for some reason, to imagine these kids' lives and their struggles. And I read it as part of my local bookstore's initiative where they let kids borrow and read the advanced reader copies of books, and then we wrote little reviews that would get posted on a pinboard at the store. So when I had to give the book back (in order to borrow a new book, it was like a little library system within the bookstore), I immediately asked the bookseller if they had the book in stock because I wanted to buy it with my pocket money, but they only had the paperback and (again) I had gotten so attached to the hardback one and the bookseller could tell how much the book meant to me so she just gifted me the copy I had just returned, the one I read, and that meant so much to me, to get to keep the physical copy that I actually read and not have to buy a new version.

Herzen, Hände und Stimmen by Ian McDonald - I have never read this book, idek what it's about but from the book cover I assume it's scifi. I did an exchange semester in France as a teenager, and my host family didn't speak any german but somehow they got this random (thrifted) german book and they gave it to me bc I speak german. And I've never been that much into scifi but the gesture was so sweet and I have so many nice memories of my time with them, so even though I will probably never read that book I will also never give it away.

A complete translation from Vergils Aeneid with the latin and german text side by side. I did Latin in school, and for our final exams we all had to pick one specialized subject we would have an oral exam on, and my specialized subject in Latin class was the 6th book of the Aeneid, so even though I barely remember any Latin and will definitely not reread that for fun, I enjoyed it back in the day and will never get rid of that book.

I have a book on erotic dream interpretation, idk if that fully counts into this category, but my friend and I saw it when my uni library (!!) had a thrift sale of their old books, and that book was so hilarious, I had to get it and then for a while whenever I had people come over to my flat to pregame I would ask them about their dreams and would then very professionally interpret them with my book. This one might not fully count bc I'm not ruling out that I will never do that again but I haven't looked at it in a long time but would never get rid of it because it's too iconic haha

Okay this got way too long so I'm stopping now, but yeah hahaha you were so correct with this one 😂

make an assumption about me!

#ask game #rory tag #thank you for for sending this haha sorry it got so long!!<3

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isfjmel-phleg · 1 year

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November 2022 Books

Dark Waters and Empty Smiles by Katherine Arden

I enjoyed this series on the whole, but the last book was disappointingly short. It was building toward something intriguing and then...just sort of ends? The climax/resolution left a lot of questions unresolved and didn't have the emotional impact that it could have had if it had been paced at a rate proportional to the rest of the book.

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

I've been meaning to get to this series for quite a while, but it didn't grab my attention as much as I hoped it would, so I probably won't continue. It wasn't bad; I just felt it was less original and with less interesting characters than Collins's other works.

The Seventh Raven by David Elliott

An unusual fairy tale retelling in that it's told through poetry--and it works quite well! It's evocative and visceral and fits well into the oral tradition of fairy tales. (Although the youngest brother's arc goes absolutely nowhere in the end.)

Between Jobs by W. R. Gingell

I have a lot of unanswered questions, but the characters and their dynamics are fascinating, and I'd like to continue this series.

The List of Unspeakable Fears by J. Kasper Kramer

This was absolute Rebekah Bait, and I loved it. Turn-of-the-century setting, eerie atmosphere, troubled young heroine whose assumptions about people lead to her need to better understand the humanity of others--a very enjoyable read.

The Case of the Baker Street Irregular by Robert Newman

I don't remember much about this one.

The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas

I enjoyed the light tone of this one and will probably continue the series at some point.

The Desolations of Devil's Acre by Ransom Riggs

I've had this book for a long time and finally got around to it. Never have been crazy about the romantic plotline, but that (thank goodness) wasn't so much the emphasis. The worldbuilding continues to be this series' strength.

A Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz

I liked this one more than I expected to. It's set around the turn of the century and deals with an orphan girl who is taken in by sisters who are fraudulent spiritualists and want to use her to assist in their scams. Schlitz writes extraordinarily believable historical fiction, and the themes of attachment to an emotional abuser and having to realize the truth of having been used...hits hard.

Behind the Bookcase by Mark Steensland

Some fantastic creative ideas that were not developed to their greatest potential.

Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

Still don't understand what's going on. I just enjoy Murderbot.

Comics (in order of reading)

Young Justice (2019) Vol. 1-3 by Brian Michael Bendis

From a narrative perspective, this series is a mess. The story meanders aimlessly, and Bendis keep throwing in new characters instead of fully developing his already large main cast. Weird creative decisions are made (this is not one of Tim's better storylines, and I refuse to believe that he would seriously use his actual surname as his new codename? even his friends think it's ridiculous!). However, this is fantastic writing for Bart (and only Bart), whom Bendis seems to understand well.

The Flash: Fastest Man Alive Vol. 1-2 by Danny Bilson, Paul DeMeo, and Marc Guggenheim

I went into this series knowing it was awful, and it lived up to that promise.

If you absolutely must tell a story in which a long-established hero gets killed off, you're going to want to build that emotional punch by immersing the audience in why they love the character in the first place. Show him at his most characteristic and endearing. Call back to earlier stories. Focus on his relationships with other well-characters to show what a hole would be left behind if he weren't there. Have him be so close to achieving a big goal, some kind of especial happiness--and then kill him.

This series...did none of that. Bart is practically unrecognizable, he's disconnected from his family and friends, and it all feels very generic. Throw in a contrived and (quite frankly) creepy romantic relationship and an unexplained return of an antagonist whose previously established so-close-to-redemption arc get brushed aside in favor of being generically Evil...and it doesn't work.

The epilogue dealing with Inertia's fate had better writing in terms of emotional impact, but I do not care for the direction of making Thad "an irredeemable sociopath" who must suffer "something worse [than being killed]."

Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge by Geoff Johns

Continues dealing with Inertia's fate, and the characterization gets even worse. I would prefer to ignore the existence of this one.

Teen Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day by Judd Winick

The transitional story between Young Justice 1998 and Teen Titans 2003. Probably a mistake considering how the latter would turn out.

Teen Titans (2003) Vol. 1 by Geoff Johns

You've probably seen me rant elsewhere about what this series did to Bart for no apparent reason. The characterization in what little I've read of this series is not great in general, and I don't have the time or patience to continue with this trainwreck.

Assorted other Teen Titans (2003) issues

Read for Thad's appearances. And apparently Bart after returning from the dead and being restored to his previous age starts spending a scary amount of time in VR vengefully killing Inertia over and over. Yikes.

Batman: The Long Halloween and Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb

I'm not an expert, but I'd call these quintessential Batman comics in their style and tone.

First ~30 issues of Robin (1993) by Chuck Dixon

These are very, very 90s so far, and my biggest takeaway is concern for this poor kid. He's doing way too much. He does not have the time or emotional maturity to handle a romantic relationship. He's trying to keep his double life secret and is operating on next to no sleep most of the time. Someone please rescue him.

#random personal stuff #this is late but here you go: OPINIONS

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haloburns · 1 year

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What books, series, or movies influenced your writing most?

hmmm lets see

percy jackson is a recent influence. the "dead is" series is very formative for me, too. simon vs the homosapiens, series of unfortunate events, the secret series (SOUE style mystery that is based on the five senses with synesthesia... its so good. its middle school age but man. its so fucking good.), vladimir todd, CIRQUE DU FREAK. i like that cheeky tone in the face of insurmountable odds. ....i'm just now realizing how many weird books i read as a kid. OH and the enchanted forest series. gods, you wanna talk about subversive cheeky lit?? SUCH good book that does world building in literally the best way. gregor the overlander for that crushing inevitablity and the weight of a people's expectations for you to be a hero that suzanne collins does SO fucking well. sherrilyn kenyon's nick chronicles too. man they're so fucking funny and they have the perfect balance of "i'm going to make a joke" to "shits fucking serious mate" its perfect.

oh, and even tho i'm annoyed with this author currently for the way i think she's taking the story, but kresley cole's poison princess series (tarot cards personified, fated to fight each other to the death fro the amusement of gods that no longer exist....). (she's actually written two smut series that i fucking ADORE but that's besides the point)

tv series, it'd probably be Bones for the romance, sense8 for the interconnected queer love story, buffy for the girl against the world vibes, angel for the brooding hero. buffy & angel also for the dry wit i aspire to, the only thing whedon excelled at. oh, young royals too. man the tension between wille and simon is just. amazing. and the queer story its wrapped in is just. gods.

i dunno if i have any movies that have influenced my writing... i'll think about this one and get back to you alskjdflksjdf

i also have to give a special shout out to that quote from dan levy that's something like he says that schitt's creek isn't in a homophobic world because he's tired of those stories and if you want your world to change, you gotta start with the stories you're telling and that. that is such good advice and i'm using it in everything i possibly can. there are other obstacles, homophobia is a tired and boring on in fic. let's do something else

and i also gotta mention the fic writers that have influenced my writing, whether they're aware of it or not.

first off, there's @not-close-to-straight just because i fucking LOVE how cinematically she writes, tension and drama that is literally unparalled (more than words STILL gets me and its been two years. the world won't end if we rest and its recent big twist has me foaming at the mouth BECAUSE I SHOULDVE SEEN IT BUT I DIDNT AND GODS I WISH I COULD DO THAT), and the big sweeping love stories that are twined with the drama and make my heart ache, no matter how many times i've read that couple fall in love... when i was writing early danny/mateo and trying to figure out how to manage their first kiss and make it good, i talked to her and reread as many of her fics as i could to pick apart what makes a good first kiss. i want to be that good when i grow up.

also @dreamwraith is literally everything i try to be when i write. i use his fics ALL THE TIME as research. the way he captures intense emotions and small tender gestures is so perfect, i can literally only try and be half as good. there's a fic he wrote that has a wonderfully heartbreaking scene of grief, and i read it i have no idea how many times while trying to write my invisobang. and the romance he writes?? tooth rotting sweet and heart achingly soft. so perfect.

and special shoutout to @ashilrak because without her (and my other friends from the groupchat), i probably wouldn't publish ANYTHING i write. and also, the way she writes romance is just... gods, its good, all of the flavors of it. imagery on point, streamlined into nice neat packages in a way i could never manage. the dedication to her writing is literally next to none, and i can only dream to be like that.

okay this is probably mroe than you wanted to know but apparently i'm feeling sappy and rambly today so here ya go! 💖

#also sorry for the unexpected tags kara karli and trance #i just needed yall to know i was waxing poetic abt ur work #ask game #ecto writes

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inolienkiki · 1 month

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cataloguing all my new books because I love doing this

my friend was in town last week, and having somebody visit reminded me that I can just. go places and do things whenever I want

so I went to three different bookstores, and I also ordered some online "just in case"

so. new this week:

Lumberjanes 1 & 2 (ND Stevenson & friends)- I read the first one earlier this year and liked it, but was a little confused? so I got the sequel to help me out with that!

Wheel of Time 4, 5, & 6 (Robert Jordan)- I'm already this far in. What more do I have to lose?

Echo (Pam Muñoz Ryan)- A fond memory! I was asked to review an advance copy of this book when it came out in 2015. At the time I was making fast friends with the local librarian, and she ended up asking me to review a lot of books after this, including The Box and the Dragonfly, my favorite book ever! I remember liking Echo a lot, and then it got the Newbery medal so I was probably right.

Hollow Dolls (MarcyKate Connolly)- I was looking for Monstrous, another book I reviewed around that time, but found out the author is still writing... about body snatchers apparently? How could I say no?

Edgedancer, Dawnshard, & Mistborn Secret History (Brandon Sanderson)- Found some nice hardcover editions of these three Sanderson novellas I love. I know Lift's not a popular character but she's one of my favorites <3

Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, & A Vision of Shadows (Erin Hunter)- Finally got myself Warrior Cats arcs 3, 4, and 5! I've never actually read AVoS so I'm very excited about that.

Onestar's Confession (Erin Hunter)- I don't actually like Onestar and I've heard this book isn't very good, but it's the only Super Edition any of the bookstores had...

Secrets of the Clans, Code of the Clans, & both Ultimate Guides (Erin Hunter)- The first two of these are a lot nicer than I expected! The full-color illustrations and fold-out maps are very welcome, and almost make up for Featherwhisker not being in the second Ultimate Guide >:(

A Thief in ThunderClan & The Rise of Scourge (Erin Hunter)- Rise of Scourge isn't my favorite but it's waaaay prettier in color. I've been excited about its release.

The Disappearing Spoon & The Icepick Surgeon (Sam Kean)- I love both these books! But I didn't own them for some reason... so I finally got them in paperback to match my other Sam Kean books.

Chasing Vermeer & Hold Fast (Blue Balliett)- The Wright 3, also by Blue Balliett, is one of the most well-thumbed books in my library! I finally got myself a copy of Chasing Vermeer, plus Hold Fast, which I've actually never read.

Gregor the Overlander (Suzanne Collins)- I don't actually remember why I put this on my reading list, but I'm really excited to try it out!

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Jessica Townsend)- One of you on my dash is really excited about this book, and I'm ready to get into it too.

The Constant Rabbit (Jasper Fforde)- I'm going to read Thursday Next eventually and I think it's going to thoroughly absorb me, so I figured I'd try some of his other books first! This one is about anti-rabbit bigotry, apparently.

Babel: An Arcane History (R.F. Kuang)- I'd been casually waiting for this to come out in paperback so I could try it without committing too much. We'll see how I feel about it!

The Thursday Murder Club (Richard Osman)- I love mystery series, especially big or ongoing ones, so I figured I should give this a try! Weirdly enough, I know Richard Osman from having been on Taskmaster, despite him being pretty thoroughly independently famous.

Legends & Lattes (Travis Baldree)- The premise intrigued me. I normally go for epic fantasy, so I'm not sure if I'll find this fun... depends on the quality of the storytelling and the presence of a romantic subplot (or, preferably, the lack thereof.)

The Hexologists (Josiah Bancroft)- My best friend told me about this, and it looked so ridiculous I just had to try it (/pos).

Raybearer (Jordan Ifueko)- I know almost nothing about this! But it was another friend's first recommendation, and if her taste is anything to judge by, I'm going to love it.

Gideon the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir)- Also new and exciting for me. I say I like to read fantasy, but I feel a little bad that most of that rests on Brandon Sanderson. So I'm trying some new fantasy authors!

Because Internet (Gretchen McCulloch)- I used to listen to her linguistics podcast a lot- "Lingthusiasm"- so for a long time I thought her last name was spelt McCullough. I'm sure she'd find that interesting.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (V.E. Schwab)- I know V.E. Schwab has written a lot of cool-looking fantasy books, so I'm trying out a standalone from her to see whether I'd like to read more. Should be intriguing!

Watership Down (Richard Adams & friends)- This is actually a graphic novel adaptation of the original classic, which is a book I absolutely love. I got this for my grandma for Christmas, and I just couldn't resist getting my own copy!

This Is How You Lose the Time War (Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone)- I do love time travel, and anything that scratches the DARK itch will be well welcome.

In the Lives of Puppets (TJ Klune)- After reading The House on the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door, I'm sure this will be lovely. I'd been eagerly awaiting its paperback release for quite a bit!

Yeah, I don't know why I did this. I love both reading and collecting books, and sharing them with people is quite the treat <3

I hope my 3 followers and cheezbot enjoy this!

#book haul #fantasy books #reading list #I have run out of space on both my bookshelves #I am now using the mantelpiece that my room has for some reason #it is quite a disaster

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karmathehalflander · 9 months

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I saw your other thing so I guess should ask-will I like Gregor the Overlander if I liked Suzanne Collin's more famous later work (Hunger Games, if it wasn't obvious)? Are you a Hunger Games fan, idly, as well?

I actually read hunger games before I read Gregor The Overlander and loved it! And while I don’t think I’ll ever be involved in the fandom, Hunger games holds a special place in my heart. That said, I enjoyed Gregor the Overlander even more. It was well written with a interesting cast of characters and I’d recommend this book to pretty much anyone who likes fantasy/fiction. It’s also kind of similar to hunger games with a lot of fast paced battle scenes and an MC very close to his family. The only criticism I have is that the first book is a bit slow in the first couple chapters. But once you get passed the beginning the series is pretty fast paced.

So yes, if you enjoyed Hunger Games you’ll probably like Gregor the Overlander as well.

#These are my opinions of course so no pressure #But I really enjoyed these books and I’ve never meet someone who’s read them and then disliked them #hunger games #gregor the overlander #book reccs

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void-bee · 4 years

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mAN i love gregor the overlander

#gregor the overlander #the underland chronicles #gregor #is this a spoiler lol #gregor the overlander spoilers #suzanne collins #brinley arts #one of the only book series ive ever finished

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lights-camera-sharks · 4 years

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Gregor the overlander was the shit because the female characters were never treated as merely love interests, but instead as strong leaders and flawed humans, often not conforming to traditional “beauty” standards and male gaze seen in middle grade/YA books. Also there were bigass rats send post

#im reading a book currently thats like.. the type of YA that attempts to be better than trash but still holds many tropes and sereotypes #like i do not care for casual internalized sexism and you can take that to the bank and smoke it #anyway its times like this where i remember gregor the overlander and how it kind of pushed my boundaries as an elementary/middle schooler #i just remember when they were going off to war or smth #the main girl cuts all her hair off and the (male) protagonist is like huoihhhooouur why did u cut your beautiful hair #and she just kind of looks at him and says im going to war?? loose long hair isnt practical????#anyway she tells him to fuck off and he DOES #that book really did not give any fucks about looking pretty #which is fantastic bc its one of the only kid’s series about war/survival/‘saving humanity’ that seemed true to the actual suffering #that goes into those thinfs #also the main character had trauma and he DEALT with it I think i remember #if he didnt in the text its implied that he did afterwards #in any case #the books didnt shy away from the facts that he was a kid and went through some awful shit that left him scarred in multiple ways #its been like. 6 years since i finished this series?#but it sticks with me because it was just so different and so real to little ol me #and i forgot about it until i started reading this book because holy shit gregor the overlander did a Lot #also stop hating on suzanne collins the hunger games was good too shes a thoughtful author #my post #these are many thoughts im sorry whatever

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carriagelamp · 3 years

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The tops books I read over the 2020 – you know, what I could fit in between the entire world collectively losing its mind and a literal plague being unleashed on us.

This is ridiculously late, but my new year was just too busy to get this done and fight with tumblr over uploading x.x so here it finally is. I won’t go into detail about them, because I did that in my various monthly reviews, but (with the exception of Crave which was unspeakably bad but made the list because it was strangely iconic for my summer this year) this assortment of novels, novellas, comics, and manga were all fantastic reads that I would recommend people check out!

The list in a not-picture form:

A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood by Fred Rogers – a collection of illustrated poems from Mister Rogers

Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller – most recent queer novel by one of my favourite authors, about magic and science and war and medicine

Behind The Scenes by Bisco Hatori – a manga series by the creator of Ouran Highschool Host Club, a great coming-of-age story about a students in the theatre prop department

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor – a scifi novella about the first of the Himba people to leave for space after being accepted into the most prestige university in the galaxy

The Bromelaid Trilogy by Terry Pratchett – a series about a dying race of nomes who discover there’s more of them than they thought and more to the world than they imagined

Crave by Tracy Wolff – worst paranormal romance book I’ve ever read, derivative of, somehow, everything, do not fucking bother

The Deep by Rivers Solomon – a novella about a race of deep sea mermaids and how they cope with the traumatic history of their people

Doll Bones by Holly Black – a story about a group of kids as they struggle with growing beyond playing make believe and a ghost that may or may not be haunting them

Flawed Dogs by Berkeley Breathed – a story about dogs and how they survive in against the human standards of perfection and beauty, both hilarious and traumatically brutal

FRNCK by Olivier Bocquet & Brice Cossu – a French graphic novel series about a boy who accidentally falls back into prehistory and is adopted, somewhat reluctantly or at least with great confusion, by a family of cavemen

Ghost Hunters Adventure Club and the Secret of the Grand Chateau by Dr Cecil H. H. Mills – a Hardy Boys satire written by the Game Grumps which was probably the funniest book I read all year, I would highly recommend it even as someone with zero interest in the Game Grumps.

Gregor the Overland by Suzanne Collins – Gregor discovers a hidden world under New York populated by giant animals and strange humans that are determined to draw him into their political turmoil

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson – I feel like I read this ten years ago. The novel that the Netflix series was loosely based on, a very cool horror with fascinating themes built into the subtext

Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju – a Canadian slice-of-life novel about a young queer teen falling into the LGBT scene for the first time and figuring out friendship, love, and who she is

The Last Book On The Left by Marcus Parks, Henry Zebrowski, and Ben Kissel. True crime stories with a comedic twist, adapted from their podcast The Last Podcast On The Left.

Lupin III: World’s Most Wanted #3 by Monkey Punch – anyone on this blog knows I fell hard for Lupin this year. A goofy series about a world class thief and his team.

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline – probably the best book of the year for me. A post-apocolypse story based around the horror of residential schools, climate change, and illness

Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyers – look I loved the Twilight series too much as a teen when it was first coming out not to have gone head over heels for this. Unabashedly loved it.

No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen – a Canadian novel about child poverty and homelessness, more light-hearted and hopeful than it sounds

The One And Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate – a gorilla that’s spent his entire life placidly living in a tiny mall exhibit meets a new friend and suddenly has something bigger to live for and protect

Our Dreams At Dusk by Shimanami Tasogare – one of the best queer manga series I’ve ever read, super artsy and focuses on the different complicated experiences by a number of different characters

River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey – alternative history novella about a gay gunslinger and his team of hippo-cowboys in Louisana as they go on the biggest heist of their careers - so worth the read, this was tons of queer fun

Sanity & Tallulah by Molly Brooks – a graphic novel about the hijinks two young children (and aspiring mad scientists) can get up to on their space station home

The Witcher: The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski – can you believe The Witcher came out this year? Anyway, the novels were fucking amazing, some of the best high fantasy I’ve read in years

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codenamebooks · 2 years

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10 Books I Want to Read in 2022

This post is always fun because I can go back to in the new year and see if I actually hit all of them. Or it can help inspire my TBRs going throughout the year if I’m ever stuck and don’t know what to read. These ones specifically though are helping are a bit more... specific than just excited to read or already having them on my shelf. Here are 10 books I hope to read by the end of the year:

1. Puddin’ by Julie Murphy | Goodreads

And with this one many other series continuations of books that I read the first to a long time ago including Stand Off by Andrew Smith and It’s Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han. So many books that I read back in high school have been continued without my knowledge and I need to catch up! I put this one on the list because I really loved Dumplin’ during my reread and loved how Julie Murphy created such an endearing main character. I want to see more of how she creates characters and builds friendships in this book. I hated Callie in the first book so I’m interested in how Murphy is going to make her real and rounded out.

2. Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas | Goodreads

I say this as an easier way to state that I want to finish the Throne of Glass series this year. I adored the first book and think it’s a reasonable goal to get through the other six in twelve months. Sarah J. Maas easily became a favorite author after catching up to the ACOTAR series and Throne of Glass. I’m hoping this whole series will round it out how much I truly love her writing, and eventually Crescent City after that. So many of these characters I’m already attached to after an introduction and I need to see more of them.

3. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare | Goodreads

I will be finishing the original The Mortal Instruments series soon and I want to dive headfirst into the rest of the Shadowhunter world. I had no idea until today that this trilogy was published in the middle of the original series. Since I loved the fifth book, I’m excited about what that means for this next set of books. Really the only thing that would stop me from accomplishing this, this year, is that.I have to buy the books, something I’m always good at (buying the right books, that is). But if I love the conclusion to The Mortal Instruments, I don’t think I’ll have any hesitation diving right in to this.

4. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater | Goodreads

This is a reread that I’ve been meaning to do for about four years now and I’m going to finally have to woman up and buy it full price. I’ve been hoping to find it, in hardcover, at a secondhand bookshop but I’ve had no luck. I only ever made it to the second book but I still miss these characters very much. I’m upset with myself for not reading it during its peak time but I think I will still love it, but time will tell. I’ve loved six of Maggie Stiefvater’s books now (this included) so I think I’m safe to enjoy them again.

5. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid | Goodreads

An adaptation being released this year that I’ve heard so many good things about saw some of the actors and... I want to see it. I’ve notoriously been bad at reading books before the adaptation is out and I’m trying to get better. I’m also notoriously bad at never watching the adaptation, even if I’ve already read the book. So I’m hoping that if I read this one around the time that it’s out and I see hype about it that it will lead me to actually watching it at the same time as everyone else. But we’ll see about that...

6. Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins | Goodreads

Something I’ve enjoyed doing over the years is rereading books from my childhood and this was a huge one. The last time that I read one from elementary school has been a little while and I think this would be a great choice. This series has five books, which I’m not sure if I ever got to the fourth or fifth (apparently I’ve always been bad at completing series lol) so they could be fun, adventurous, light-hearted reads between the heavier fantasies and new adult books that I’ve been reading. I also think it would be adorable to own them so when I have kids they can read them right from my personal library.

7. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness | Goodreads

I bought this at a book store while in Austin, Texas because it’s adaptation is already out. As I said under Daisy Jones & The Six, I’m trying much better to stay on top of book adaptations, even if they aren’t ones that my friends and family are watching. I’ve heard good things about this first book but not the second but I’m a huge advocate for making your own opinions. This in general feels different than the books that I typically read so I’m excited to diversify the books that I read. Then, once again, watch the adaptation in a timely matter afterward.

8. A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab | Goodreads

I want to get another V. E. Schwab book in to know if I really do enjoy her writing because I adored The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. I’ve heard so so so many good things about this trilogy from when it was super popular years ago and now that Tiktok has found it again. A few of my friends have started the trilogy recently too which is what really encouraged me to buy at a local Columbus bookstore in November. It just really helps that I’ve been wanting to read it for almost three years now and now finally have it on my shelf. I’m determined to read more this year so I think I can actually get to it in a timely manner.

9. People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry | Goodreads

I’ve been recommended this book so many times and I have it on my shelf from Book of the Month so I think it’s time for me to dive into some adult romance. I choose it for my book in November because a friend of mine had just read it the week before and was obsessed with it. Obviously she didn’t spoil anything but knowing the books that she typically reads, I feel I can trust her excitement. I also don’t think I’ve read an adult romance so this may open a new genre gate for me. I’m excited to hopefully have lots of fun with it.

10. Angela Davis | Goodreads

Something I failed to do in 2021, based on my 10 books I wanted to read this past year, was read Angela Davis. I also use her as a spearhead for more education reading in general. Especially after having her for an event at my university and taking a picture with her, I feel as if I have an even higher obligation to read her writing. The hardest part is I don’t know what to start with, I think next time I go tot a book store I’ll choose the first one I see. Regardless, this goal is quite important to me to, once again, diversify my genres and focuses of reading during this year.

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josemurillo30b4tobach · 3 years

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About Suzanne Collins (Author of the book)

Suzanne Collins was born in August 10, 1962, at Hartford, connecticut, Unisted States. She is an author and screenwriter that got her fame from the popular Hunger Games series.

She was born the last in a four children family. Her father was a career officer in the U.S. Air Force, that's why she and her family had to move in many ocasions. Thanks to that, she spent time in Indiana and Belgium, finally graduating from high school in BIrmingham, Alabama. She got a M.F.A. in dramatic writing after studying theatre and telecommunications at Indiana University in 1985, and finished her career at the New York University in the 1989. Related to her career, she first started to write for television the next year after getting her degree. Some of the stuff she wrote were the short-lived sitcom Hi HOney, I’M HOme!; and series for the youth like Clarissa Explains It All. She also became the head writer of the animated children's show Clifford's Puppy Days.

As she kept her job in television, she wrote the children's novel Gregor the Overlander (2003) which was so well received by the audience and later became the Underland Chronicles. Even though the novels were intended for children, Collins took her fathers lessons as inspiration for the narrative, slightly including topics like genocide and biolical warfare that her father lived at Vietnam War.

But the Underland Chronicles wasn't her only work influenced by her father's words. The Hunger Games (2008) topic was brutal televised combat between adolescents that took place in a futuristic authoritarian state that only wanted fun for the audience. reflecting the injustice that people live in war just to satisfy the people that rule the world. The novel was an absolute success, so Collins extended the narrative with a trilogy that became one the best-sell series. The Hunger Games even got a film adaptation (2012) were Collins worked as writer, of course. At this moment the series books had sold over 30 million copies, later they made more film adaptations for the rest of the trilogy in 2013 and 2014.

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lam-ila · 3 years

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interests tag!

This took me wayyyy too long. tagged by @gxldenflower

Music:

Favourite genre?

I like a lot of genres, but ig alternative pop

Favourite artist?

twenty one pilots

Favourite song?

hmmm probably Blown Away by Carrie Underwood

Most listened to song?

Teeth by 5sos

Five favourite lyrics?

Now the night is coming to and end/ the sun will rise and we will try again/ stay alive, stay alive, for me -Truce by twenty one pilots

We’re one of a kind, no category/ too many years lost in history/ we’re free to take our crown and glory/ for five more minutes/ we’re six -Six from Six the Musical

We said we'd both loved higher than we knew we could go/ But still the hardest part is knowing when to let go/ You wanted to go higher, higher, higher/ We burned too bright, now the fire's gone, watch it all fall down, Babylon -Babylon by 5sos

Everybody's got a dark side/ Do you love me?/ Can you love mine?/ Nobody's a picture perfect/ But we're worth it/ You know that we're worth it/ Will you love me?/ Even with my dark side? -Dark Side by Kelly Clarkson

Immigrants, we get the job done -Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) from Hamilton

Books:

Favourite genre?

I’m not really sure. It’s been a while since I read stuff outside of school

Favourite author?

Suzanne Collins

Favourite book series?

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

Favourite book?

The Help by Kathryn Stockett or The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Comfort book?

Does the Qur’an count??

Perfect book to read on a rainy day?

Been a while since I’ve read so I’m not really sure

Favourite book characters?

Luna Lovegood, Boots (from Gregor), the Weasley twins, Ms. Marvel (comics books count)

Five quotes you know by heart?

Literally none

Movies and TV shows:

Favourite tv/movie genre?

Action

Favourite movie?

The Princess Bride

Movie you watch every year?

Since we don’t celebrate Christmas, my family and I watch a Star Wars movie on Christmas every year. When the new movies were coming out, we would go to the theatre and be one of the only families there

Comfort movie?

Emperor’s New Groove

Favourite tv show?

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Comfort tv show?

Phineas and Ferb

Most rewatched tv show?

Phineas and Ferb

Five favourite characters?

Natasha Romanoff, Mia Thermopolis, Rosa Diaz, the sick kid from The Princess Bride, and Yelena Belova

Tagging:

@jakeguentzels @hockey-is-my-love-language @storytravelled @calgarycanuck @generallybarzy

@dayytonababy and whoever else wants to do this

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