#is it going to be a bookshop??? is it going to be a library??

[zahri-melitor]

A Quick, Somewhat Joking Discussion of 'the Best Ways To Get Into Comics' (TM)

Be 10-14 years old, pick up a random comic at the library/bookshop/someone's collection and become obsessed. This is proven the best method and the level of confusion engendered by it is actually more useful long term than any other method. (At that age you are going to fall deeply in love with random texts that are never going to quite have the depth your brain imparts on them)

Mention to a friend who does like comics that you want to 'get into comics' and said friend, knowing your preferred types of tv shows and books, your favourite characters and having asked what you're hoping to read, carefully picks out something that is objectively a good starter comic that fits your tastes and makes your brain go brrrr. (god tier level, that friend is a keeper, also congratulations on the fact you are never going to replicate the feel of reading that first comic again)

Lurk or hang out in some fandom space where you are regularly exposed to discussions of comics that includes actual panels and storylines of recent comics, and work out from that what seems to have a vibe you like, so you go and pick up that run (solid option, being able to taste various writers and styles of run before diving in gives you a better chance of choosing a run that hooks you, I was introduced to so many runs via scans_daily in this way back in the day).

Wander into a library or comic shop or bookshop that has a decent number of comics with the idea that you want to look into reading these, and then flip through a bunch of trades in what you think you want to read before something catches your eye and you pick that up (less likely to be a definite hook, but has the benefit of being far more likely than any option listed further below to involve newbie-friendly art. And newbie-friendly art is something that isn't discussed enough in terms of recommendations but is one of the biggest reasons people just getting into comics bounce off the format).

Only here will I mention recommended character reading guides. In my experience they're useful in certain contexts, particularly for characters who have hard-to-trace chronologies, for finding out what runs that person considers essential to the character, for untangling the order of comics in particularly confusing large events, and for narrowing down and directing people where there's a big chunk of material to read about a character. My objection is they tend to be treated like gospel by newbies, they frequently don't consider whether the artwork is going to make their eyes burn, quite often they are more focused on the 'best' stories for a character rather than the 'most accessible stories' for that character (these are two separate concepts!) and they tend to sell a narrative of 'don't read X' where X is quite often a comic which people don't enjoy but where an important event happens or is simply an older comic that's particularly affected by community expectations and standards having changed since it was written.

You know that '75 Years of Comics' series of prestige hardbacks that DC did? They're great to hand to a newbie looking to get into a specific character or mantle, because it's got stand alone stories that are highly regarded or solidly introductory about that character from each era, they can page through it and work out what version makes their brain happy, and then follow up on those leads into more reading. (Expensive but perfect for libraries)

The first trade of a recent run for the character in question by the current or second most recent writer. Most runs when they change lead writers are going to have some level of onboarding simply because a lot of people DO switch what they're reading depending on what team is on the book, and by going with a current run you manage to sidestep a lot of the 'this feels weird and old' problems.

[maybankiara]

wattpad excluding fanfiction from the wattys is actually a joke. just don't give the winner money and give them a nice little sticker to put on their book. this is ridiculous

#d.tag #i feel like i should have a tag for hating wattpad #they went from being the best place to read books to something horrible #and it all happened when some authors went to radish to get money #so wattpad thought they could do the same #and just fucked everyone over and made a perfectly good app unusuable #not to mention that the website has been horrendous since the interface update like ten years ago #and it's only been getting worse #wattpad needs to remember it's not amazon #it's a social media yet they keep getting rid of features that make it social media #i wish someone would explain to me what their 10 year plan is for the company/website #is it going to be a bookshop??? is it going to be a library?? #cause it sure as hell isn't going to be a social media app #i miss seeing what other people read on my newsfeed and the comments and everything #i miss the forums where you could meet people #it's literally losing all the functionality and then just making the only thing it does well (reading) horrible with all the ads #i have no idea how it's still an operational app and i honestly hate that there's no real good alternative #(that is if anyone has one i'm all ears)

[tea-tuesday]

09/10/2023

this morning, went to a used book sale at my local library!! got an old issue of the paris review, the newest copy of poetry, and a bunch of books on art📚

#i also went downtown to study again which im going to make a separate post on hehe #mine #studyblr #tea-tuesday #study #studying #lawblr #reading #library #books #read #book sale #bookshop #books and reading #used books

[without-ado]

go green

#book #books #library #bookshop #libraries #bookstore #bookworm #green #nature #go green

[philippagordon]

hello everyone, I hope you're all doing great! just passing by to say i'm officially going to be a librarian :) follow your dreams kids

#took me a while but i got there! all on my own #quit my masters bc i had health issues and had an existential crisis moved out of my parents' to live with my sister #i didn't know what to do so i applied to volunteer in a retirement home i was paid a little and it literally saved my life #i found meaning and purpose again met incredible people and i still go there every sunday :) #but most importantly i met the director of the town's museum who recommended me to the library for a summer job #i got it and i loved it just like i imagined one of the librarian was retiring and she told me i should apply to replace her #so i did and after months of not knowing for sure if they would hire me i finally got the email! i'm starting in February #in the meantime i worked at a bookshop in paris which was also a cool experience #but i can't wait to start for real at the library #also did i mention the town i moved in (and where the library is ) is the town of my dreams? #it's calm there's a river and small shops and i also got an apartment with a balcony #2 years ago i thought my life was over i didn't think i would ever make it out #so if i can give a little hope to someone things do get better #i'd love to post again on this blog btw but i keep saying that and never do it 😭

[sunfforest]

hay-on-wye, 2015

#p #pic #books #bookstore #bookshop #library #need to go back here i keep begging crying throwing up for me and my gf to drive there tgth but we're too busy #a trip to Book Town would fix me #especially bc gay-on-wye just opened and that's like... the best bookshop name ever???

[blueberry-beanie]

first day of work done

#it was cOnFuSiNG #got thrown into cold water without any swimming lessons #the lessons are coming in small parts after you're already in the water lol #but i did go and talk to some people already and wrote a mini mini article #next up visiting the local library and bookshop tomorrow

[missbcm]

#stephen king #banned books #go to the library #bookshop #read

[pilotstreets]

sorry i haven't been super active lately, i've been reading a lot and turns out the pretty little liars books are addicting

#im going on vacation in 2!!!! days so i'll either be really active or not at all we'll see #giving two asl presentations on tuesday im Nervous but excited!!! #and i went bookshopping today to stock up for vacation and there's a bookstore and hour away where everything #is $1 and they have movies and cds too and i got like half the pll series #bc i only owned the first 4 but i skipped book 7 #so i can only take 5 and 6 with me and I'll probs finish those on the drive uppp #i'll see if we can stop by a bookstore sometime AND im rlly excited bc we're going to ohio #(who tf vacations in ohio) and the library has a GIFT SHOP im excited #AND THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE MID 80S THE WHOLE TIME AND WHERE I LIVE WILL BE TRIPLE DIGITS #IM SO EXCITED FOR MID 80S IM EVEN PACKING A SWEATER #i..... need to pack #i have one day to pack and usually i pack days in advance but not this time lol #anywho. sorry for the rambles i am just talkative rn #;malls;

[ppeuppeuppeu]

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS? come on, tell me.

#books #favorite reads #when youve got so many unread books on the shelf but you go back to reading those certain ones bc they feel like home #books you carry when you travel bc theyre like bestfriends #secondhand books #paperback novels #hardbound novels #ebooks #library books #booksales #bookshops #books youve promised to read every month bc reading them again always feels like the first time

[zenxenophilia]

You headcanon Belle as autistic or having adhd? Me too! Can you tell us more about your headcanon pls?

I certainly can, and thank you for asking! :)

This is based mainly on my experiences as a neurodivergent person and having the "Haha! I do that!" reaction while watching the movie rather than anything scientific, but here goes.

Belle's special interest is stories and particularly fairy tales. She would love nothing more than to info dump about her latest book to the villagers, but unfortunately they seem less than enthused, which keeps her from interacting with people. "I just finished the most wonderful story about a beanstalk and an ogre and-" "That's nice. Marie! The baguettes! Hurry up!"

She has an easier time connecting with animals (or enchanted objects) than she does with people. On that same note, she's not alarmed by the castle staff when she first meets them the way a lot of people understandably would be (even Maurice in the 2017 version). She adapts very well to the strange and fantastic because her mind is always focused on the strange and fantastic.

She'd like to be able to connect with the people around her and make some friends, but she just can't seem to figure out the knack for it and it leaves her feeling lonely and depressed so she copes by isolating herself in a book or maladaptive daydreaming. "It's just that I'm not sure I fit in here. There's no one I can really talk to."

Gets hyperfixated on things, usually a good book, but occasionally something more harmful, like the idea of sneaking into the west wing.

Has selective listening. I mean, come on, girl. Those villagers were clearly singing about you just now and she doesn't even look up from her book until they're finished. XD

There are probably a million other reasons somebody could point out but these were just the ones off the top of my head. I relate to Belle in a lot of ways, particularly because we both have a special interest in fairytales, and happen to be considered a bit odd by our fellow townsfolk. ;)

So yeah, those are my little Belle being adhd/autistic headcanons. If anyone has anymore to add on, please feel free to leave a reblog.

#beauty and the beast #belle #headcanons #I love being able to walk to my little local library on weekends #definitely makes my feel like Belle going to the bookshop #^__^ #It's been a while since i've seen the movie but I might add to this list later if I think of anything else

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#go away im reading #reading #buttons #badges #badge #pins #button #books #bookstagram #bookworm #bookblr #booklover #library #libraries #bookstore #book #bookshop

[thatredheadwriter]

Fuck. I just bought more books.

#did i read the ones i bought the last time #no #did i read the ones i've checked out from the library #not yet #do i have a problem #probably #am i gonna stop #nope #chaotic book hoarder #they're in stacks in my room because i ran out of space on the shelves #i even payed for expedited shipping #like a sucker #but hey #if you buy any books online go to Bookshop #you can pick a local small bookstore to support and give part of the profits to #fuck amazon

[saaraofthesand]

I resent bookshop aus cause these bitches are spending too much money on books they’ve never read. I need more library aus. also support your local library

#I HAVE read a few small town aus that heavily feature libraries but have yet to see my fave as an office worker #who continues to go to the library because they’re lusting over my other fave who is a librarian in this scenario #not that small bookshops are bad or anything #more that most people can’t regularly (more than once a week) buy new books cause it’s expensive #fanfiction #fan fics #ao3

[drchucktingle]

it feels bad to have someone say ‘we will not accommodate your unique way in our space’. that is what the texas library association did to chuck

the thing is, WE have the power to create our own spaces. sometimes that space is SO SMALL, just one cubic foot inside of a pink mask, and sometimes that space is a whole ballroom full of buckaroos cheering and laughing and proving that LOVE IS REAL

thank you to true buckaroos MARK OSHIRO and TJ KLUNE for creating that space with me last night. thank you to NOWHERE BOOKSHOP and BONHAM EXCHANGE and JENNY LAWSON for hosting, and thank you to NIGHTFIRE for going along with this wild idea when chuck said ‘hey if the dang TXLA does not want unique buckaroos inside their convention, then lets have our own across town’

every day there are strong forces pushing back against love, but when we trot together we can make spaces where love thrives

#love is real #chuck tingle #tingleverse #buckaroo lifestyle #san antonio #texas

[seven-stars-in-his-palm]

analyzing some images (for fun)

so i found this pair of promotion images for good omens season 1 on the good omens reference library server and it’s hooked me so so bad im having feelings about it. we’re analyzing them now. not really for meta purposes just fun to see the parallels and differences :)

everything under the cut !

unique traits

aziraphale:

1) his plank background. its older, its crisp, it smells like wood from the screen. mmmm

2) the pencil shavings at the bottom. he does a lot of writing honestly, so i like this. also adds a messy and cozy vibe he always seems to have in that shop…. i like that blessed shop fr

3) his SUSHI. little soy sauce drops near it too—just the right amount of deliberate mess. our first formal introduction to aziraphale in the present day and beginning the Tomfoolery just happens to have sushi... i watch that scene and i go “yeah, that sums up aziraphale i suppose” very nicely. (they dont have sushi Up There) (im literally never gonna forget that)

4) the ray of light shining on the scene. tiny thing, but a bit of the heaven is peeking through..it also sort of blurs the whole image but i think thats just me.

5) and we’ve saved the best for last: the big whopper. the nice and accurate prophecies of agnes nutter, witch. I LOVE THAT BOOK!!!!!!! i cant remember if that ring stain was there but if it isnt in the show on the actual book i’d assume thats to add that ‘thy cocoa doth grow cold’ thing. ALSO. you know what’s being used as a bookmark in the pages?? a check for the ritz. he bookmarked their one chance for living . with a ritz check . MMMMMM. my GOD. that means so much to me even if i cant convey it in words. he KEEPS THE CHECKS 😭😭😭😭😭😭

crowley:

1) let me get my favorite out of the way. crowley’s glasses have fire in their reflection. we’ll talk about the glasses themselves later but the REFLECTION IN THEM. fucking FIRE, BOOKSHOP fire, PAIN, SRIVING THROUGH THE M-25, HELL, I DONT KNOWIM HAVING FEELINGS!!! i do believe this is a bookshop fire reference though, the flames feel too Familiar. the lengths people will go to to attack others 🤧

2) the leather seat background!!!!!!! probably meant to look similar to the bentley’s seats but i cant recall their texture, exactly. maybe just meant to convey modernness—unsure. still, its there <3

3) the tiny little crisp plant </3 its trying his damned best to stay perfect. it might a specific plant that means something, but i cant tell at thsi angle, so i’ll assume its a mini version of the ficus he keeps in the flat. its so SMALL and sitting in ANOTHER POT i CANT

4) the snake slithering!! black and red (in this image it looks orange lol) bellied scales!!!! slithering there, chilling, being crowley, showing hints. love it

5) QUEEN RECORD!!!!! TRYING TO OVERRIDE IT WITH TCHAIKOVSKY!!!!!! the tape over it does a reminisence to crowley’s handwriting, but in a clean ‘this made made to be a font’ way. not exactly just yet. ive become a fan of tchaikovsky recently. amazing darling wonderful crowley, trying to push the rock up the hill for eternity 😞

6) HIS LITTLE DEMON KEY THING. HOLDING A TINY LITTLE BENTLEY CAR KEY OHHH. thats how he doesnt lose the tiny key despite probably not needing one of those. and he CHOSE that intentionally probably. little wings and red circle….URGHHHHHHH

similarities

mmmmm now here’s the good shit. similarities! i’ll bullet point most of them but ohhhhh. ohhhh these. i’ll go from top to bottom as best i can….

1) one of their shoes, obviously. crowley has them iconic snakeskin shoes while aziraphale has his old loafers like the old loafer he is /pos

2) chateauneuf de pape wine bottle labels! (crowley’s is under his glasses, aziraphale’s is next to his shoe). oh my fucking god theyre MATCHING. the labels are old, battered, of course labeling the drink’s age, but mmmmm its these tiny details that get me going….

3) their respective drinks in their mugs—crowley’s a black mug coffee (or what looks to be coffee) and aziraphale’s angel mug tea (or what looks to be tea). i think about that mug sometimes. where did he get that from?? mystery for the ages….

4) their glasses, of course. crowley’s iconic sunglasses and aziraphale’s reading spectacles. i cant really tell the reflections in this pair, but if its supposed to be fucking fire, im done with this. im giving up forever

5) their own watches! aziraphale’s is visibily older while crowley’s is visibly modern, but they function just the same. also, crowley’s is set to 2:56:59 (presumably PM), which is around the time we see when crowley starts checking his watch at warlock’s birthday party. its almost time for disaster to strike!! 😃

6) and finally….their ties!! they have their own ties!!! or more accurately, neck accessories, but i digress. i mesn i assume its crowley’s neck tie, because the fabric looks… different. either way, crowley’s neck thingie is very whispy and aziraphale has his funky little bowtie i love so much,,,

okay thats it. there’s no canonical implications, any fantheories, none of the sort. just saw a pair of images and my mind went GOD DAMN!!!!!! theyre very important to me. i need to look at more promo material 😔

#good omens #aziraphale #crowley #ineffable spouses #dont have an analyzing tag so. this is it for now