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[ovyy-pvcure]

10 people I want to get to know better

Hey, a tag game fun! Thanks for the tag @libertyreads

Relationship Status: Happily single and chilled

Favorite Colour(s): (Royal)Purple, Blue, and Red.

Favorite Food: Uhhh...total blank I’m afraid. If you set a bunch of things in front of me I could for sure pick a favorite but to just pick a favorite food???? Impossible. Herculean.

Song Stuck in my head: It was YAOASOBI’s “Yoru Wo Kakeru” until I re listened to If/When’s “Best Worst Mistake”.

Last Thing You Googled: DnD 5e Grappling Rules. Was listening to an Actual Play (Rolling With Difficulty strong recommend), and got curious about some stuff.

Time: 8:48pm (AST)

Dream Trip: Maybe it’s the festive mood in the air but I wanna do a full-on Zombie Island haunted house tour. Attempt to romance me by taking me to the top 10 scariest haunted prisons, and end with a fun daylit urban romp through Hashima (or Gunkanjima)

Last Thing You Read: I recently finished Milo and Marcos At The End of The World by Kevin Christopher Snipes, a fairly good little romance that handles anxiety about coming out and the changes that entails. It was a nice change of pace from The Bladed Faith by David Daglash, and The Last House On Needless Street by Catriona Ward; the first in a fantasy series involving politic and revenge and a murder mystery respectively.

Last Book You Enjoyed Reading: See above, maybe could have kept one of those for here but I enjoyed em all so they call get a shout out.

Favorite Thing to Cook/Bake: Cookies so much cookies. Peanut Butter in particular. Simple, easy, and delicious, so I’m never just too out of it to make ‘em when I need to Make Something Physical

Favorite Craft To Do In Your Freetime: Not super crafty I’m afraid.

Most Niche Dislike: Ahh time for the Something Wrong With Me to rear its head. I really don’t know? I guess bad faith arguments in general. I have to push down the urge to yell every time someone brings up “FFX Laughing Scene” when people talk about bad VA work.

Opinion on Circuses: Nada.

Sense of Direction: Yep! I’m no good and giving them but once I know the general direction I’m basically good to get anywhere.

Gonna pass on the tagging, but if someone wants ta by all means tag me in and answer away.

#libertyreads #ask the crazy one #tag game

[leatherjacketmixtapes]

13 Books

I was tagged by @godzilla-reads in this tag game of books and I'll try to tag some other bookish people if you want to participate as well (no pressure!).

1.) The Last Book I Read

The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret FBI by Betty Medsger

2.) A Book I Recommend

The Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai

3.) A Book That I Couldn't Put Down

The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

4.) A Book I've Read Twice (Or More)

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

5.) A Book on my TBR

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

6.) A Book I've Put Down

Dry by Neal Shusterman

7.) A Book on my Wish List

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

8.) A Favorite Book From Childhood

Daughter of Venice by Donna Jo Napoli

9.) A Book You Would Give to a Friend

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

10.) A Book of Poetry or Lyrics You Own

Where The Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

11.) A Nonfiction Book You Own

The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum

12.) What Are You Currently Reading

The Key to Deceit by Ashley Weaver

13.) What Are You Planning on Reading Next

The French Girl by Lexie Elliott

Bonus Round Shelfie?

Featuring one of the prettiest covers I own and the Jane Austen action figure given to me by my high school AP English Lit teacher (also only a fraction of my partner’s Stephen King collection)

Tagging:

@inmyownlittleworldfullofmagic @topaz-and-turquoise @libertyreads @cobaltpanther @madeofmorethanair @shortladyleggers @signal-failure @gayiconjamesflint

[the-knightmare]

10 People I Want to Get to Know Better

Tagged by @libertyreads

Relationship Status: In a relationship for 5+ years.

Favorite Color(s): Purple, green, and blue.

Favorite Food: Pizza, but also crisp apples, cherries, and many other things.

Song Stuck in My Head: Still Into You by Pararmore.

Last thing you Googled: The Way of Kings (I recently got a used library copy from the free pile at my library that's back cover is falling off but in excellent condition otherwise).

Time: 8:14

Dream Trip: I've been wanting to visit Yukon for a while and would love to see the Northern Lights. Also some places in the US, just not the cities.

Last Thing You Read: I just finished Six of Crows this weekend after trying to get through it three times. It picked up after about halfway, but the end was pretty good.

Last Book You Enjoyed Reading: Six of Crows again. I'm also currently reading Taran Wanderer and A Far Wilder Magic, both which I'm enjoying.

Favorite Thing to Cook/Bake: I love baking in general, but cookies, biscuits, and breads are always a good time. I recently made an apple crisp cheesecake for Thanksgiving.

Favorite Craft to do in Your Freetime: I assume baking doesn't count, so I'll say watercolour painting when I get in the mood for it.

Most Niche Dislike: I'm not sure if it's niche, but passing by people that seem to have a cloud of perfume/cologne around them. Or people being very loud.

Opinion on Circuses: I don't believe I've ever been to one, not sure if they'd be my thing.

Do You Have Any Sense of Direction: Kinda, I'll switch left for right when giving direction sometimes (but quickly correct) and navigate better with landmarks.

It's not quite ten, but I'll tag (with zero amount of pressure): @daddygrandpaandthebeaver @tired-twili @runawayjay @not-a-princess-but-a-queen @hi-welcome-to-fartchie @pink-kitty-kela @peteyprker

#tag game #personal

[authorlaurawinter]

10 people you want to get to know better

Thank you @avrablake for the tag!!

Relationship Status: married to my best friend!

Favorite Color(s): Purple, violet, amethyst

Favorite Food: chocolate chip cookies (i crave chocolate so much)

Song Stuck in My Head: Perfectly Broken - BANNERS

Last thing you Googled: 4 month sleep regression (yay new baby)

Time: 10:30am

Dream Trip: I love national parks so any place with lots of trees and trails and water

Last Thing You Read: DNFd a book after chapter 4. Starting a reread of Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

Last Book You Enjoyed Reading: the Darkmore Penitentiary series by Caroline Peckham and Suzanne Valenti

Favorite Thing to Cook/Bake: I despise food prep. but i’ll take cookies because at least you can enjoy the prep

Favorite Craft to do in Your Freetime: Writing and plannering. I love stories, but sometimes my brain doesn’t want to make words. So I decorate my planner pages and make videos about it.

Most Niche Dislike: Too much noise is overwhelming. Crowds and lots of bodies, especially worse when it’s hot. Disorganization.

Opinion on Circuses: I can’t say I’m a fan. Certain performers and performances are impressive - there are some really talented people out there - but it goes with my dislike of people and noise and disorganization

Do You Have Any Sense of Direction: I have the world’s worst sense of direction. I am fine following directions (thank you gps) but ask me to direct someone and it goes to shit.

tagging with no pressure (and sorry if youve already done this) - @bigdreamsandwildthings @ashen-crest @hysteriwah @karolinarodrigueswrites @libertyreads @monstersandmaw @my-writblr @the-orangeauthor

[nzbookwyrm]

People I Want to Get to Know Better

Thank you @libertyreads for tagging me!

Relationship Status: Married for nearly seven years.

Favourite Colour: All shades of green, but a medium green with a hint of olive is one of the best shades of green.

Favourite Food: Mexican and Thai are great (but not very authentic in New Zealand).

Song Stuck in My Head: It’s usually a song from an anime my husbands been watching a lot of, but today it’s a Nirvana song (not sure what it’s called, but it’s from the MTV Unplugged Album).

Last Thing I Googled: Where to buy a particular toy for my nephew (it’s his birthday this week).

Time: 10:20 pm

Dream Trip: I don’t have any places I must go visit anymore. I visited all the ones I deeply wanted to see already (Bath, England; the Pyramids, Egypt; Petra, Jordan; Palmyra, Syria). So I will happily travel anywhere - there are so many places I haven’t been yet!

Last Thing You Read: The last book I finished was Hex Appeal by Kate Johnson. There are four books I am currently reading (I never read just one book at a time!)

Last Book You Enjoyed Reading: I enjoy almost all of them! It’s very rare for me to finish a book I’m not enjoying - those books tend to be never finished as I just read other books and the one I’m not enjoying stops getting picked up. But the best book I’ve read recently would be The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna.

Favourite Thing to Cook/Bake: I make a lot of muffins because I like eating them, and I’ve noticed that this year I’ve made a lot of soups.

Favourite Craft to do in Your Freetime: I don’t do a lot of crafting, but started English Paper Piecing last year. I have to be in a fairly low-stress high energy state to do it, so it is progressing extremely slowly.

Most Niche Dislike: Smelly things. We just spent two nights away in a little vintage cottage, and had to move all the scented candles and reed diffusers outside because it was too much! (Even one would have been too much.)

Opinion on Circuses: Not for me. But Cirque du Soleil might be interesting.

Do You Have Any Sense of Direction: Fairly good, but not great. I need to be reasonably familiar with the area, or consciously creating a mental map.

Tagging with no pressure: @archetypewriter ; @mostlyghostie ; @pendragyn ; @aroaessidhe ; and you, if you’d like to participate!

#personal

[libertyreads]

Book Review #92 of 2019:

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling. Illustrations by Jim Kay. Rating: 5.0 Stars.

Reread from October 13 to October 16.

Having read and reread Harry Potter yearly since I was a child there’s just no way this book could get anything other than a five star rating from me. I love the illustrations. As always, I do wish there were more because I’m greedy like that. I could have an illustration on every other page and still want more. I love this world and despise the fact that I don’t get to live in it.

I love this world and I love these characters (even when some of them can drive me nuts--looking at you Percy) so much that rereading these books is like visiting them all again. I know a lot of dark shit continues in this book and gets worse, but I love that the books never shy away from the dark stuff even though the first one was packaged as a children’s book. I enjoyed seeing the different wizards and witches from other schools and I really enjoyed the Quidditch World Cup scenes. But I think my favorite scene is at the end when Harry goes into the hospital wing and Hermione and the Weasleys and Sirius sit around his hospital bed. Because he’s gone through so much and here’s this tiny moment of him being surrounded by people who love him. Even though it’s right when the second war is brewing. Even though he deserved this moment long before now. Harry finally gets to see that he’s loved. Then Mrs. Weasley gives Harry a hug while he’s crying and he says that it’s the first time he’s been hugged like this and just....UGH my heart.

I noticed that my reading slowed down a lot with the illustrated versions (larger pages, smaller texts...etc), but I loved seeing this world with a new perspective again. Having read these books at least 20 times by now the images that come up while reading are usually pretty set. But reading it while seeing these new illustrations really adds in a lot of the silliness and the wackiness of Harry Potter. I cannot believe that we don’t get a new illustrated version for at least two years, but I’m not surprised given how long book five is. I’ll continue my reread with my regular books later this month.

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[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Thursday, July 15

Oz: (leans back in his chair) We should figure out what kinda deal this is. I mean, is it a-a gathering, a shindig or a hootenanny? Cordelia: What's the difference? Oz: Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, (nods to Cordelia) dip, (Cordelia smiles) less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage; and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.

~~Dead Man's Party~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Betrayal (Wesley & Angel, G) by YvesAdele

Revelations Sat On A Linen Box (Giles, Watcher OCs, T) by InMyOwnHeadItGoesLikeThis

Air Plane Pilots, Note Grocers, Meet Vampires (Watcher OCs, T) by InMyOwnHeadItGoesLikeThis

Just to Keep You (Satisfied) (Spike/Buffy, T) by ashcrashed

To Learn Or Not To Learn (Dawn & Anya, G) by yvochrali

[Chaptered Fiction]

what you make, Chapter 1 (Jenny/Giles, T) by The_Eclectic_Bookworm

Bonded, Chapter 2 (Giles/Willow, E) by RoselynnThornwood

Second Born, Chapter 1-3 (Angel/Lindsey, E) archived by immortal_katharina99

From That Dream's Apocalypse, Chapter 2 (Spike/Buffy, NC-17) by OffYourBird

Grace, Chapter 14 (Spike/Buffy, NC-17) by Soulburnt

A New Sheriff in Town, Chapter 2 (Spike/Buffy, R) by kats_meow

Beautiful Dangerous Chaos, Chapter 2 (Spike/Buffy, PG-13) by Passion4Spike

Dress My Body All in Flowers White, Chapter 16 (Spike/Buffy, R) by othellia

Dinner for Two, Chapter 2 (Spike/Buffy, R) by sweetprincipale

How It Started, Chapter 2 (Spike/Buffy, PG) by relurker

Death Is Buffy's Next Great Adventure, Chapter 52 (crossover with Harry Potter, FR15) by Sharie

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork: Did I ever thank you for saving my life? (Buffy x Xander, worksafe, some blood) by snakeliciousbaby

Artwork: eyeballs to entrails (Spike/Drusilla, worksafe) by sunnyhellcalifornia

Artwork: Buffy characters as eyeshadow palettes (worksafe) by 5bi5

Video: Best slayer there is (Buffy) by seredelgi (serdelgi)

[Reviews & Recaps]

My feelings surrounding Crush by thechangeling

Buffy Reaction season 4 episode 12 A New Man by surreal-wanderer

Review of “High School is Hell" (Vol. 1 of the Boom! comics) by libertyreads

[Community Announcements]

Summer of Giles weekly roundup at summerofgiles

[Fandom Discussions]

Responses to ship asks: part 1, part 2, part 3 by takaraphoenix

[I realized how much in common Buffy/Spike have with Dean/Castiel] by crackers4jenn

In Helpless Buffy said “Brian Boitano doing Carmen, it’s a life changer.” by millenialslayer

You know how Buffy couldn’t bear to see Angel die again in the Zeppo... by oveliagirlhaditright

I feel like Angel would have known that it was Faith and not Buffy during the body swap incident [post also features Tara, Giles, Joyce, Spike] by oveliagirlhaditright

[The dynamic between Buffy, Willow, and Faith in S3] by buffy-thoughts

[Nonbinary lesbian Oz headcanon] by vamp1rate, sunnydalebimbo

Tara Has Many Good Qualities, But . . . by Priceless

In Chosen did anyone else initially think that the plan was going to be killing and reviving each Slayer? by derstherower

Do you find your point of view changes with rewatches? [Dead Man’s Party etc.] by eternallnewbie

[The way the show handled Anya’s death] by lildevilish_

I wish they kept the bad ass actress who played Nikki Wood for season 5's Fool for Love when she returned in Season 7 by jdpm1991

Would you have chosen to be "Normal Again"? + which is "reality" theory by carbondatedlove

[Does anyone else watch the show at their low points?] (mentions of suicidal thoughts) by starbiesgummies

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[therefugeofbooks]

Get to know me better tag ✨

I did this last year, but as I have new followers, I've decided to do it again.

Thanks for tagging me @libri-et-coffea and @libertyreads ♥️ sorry I took so long to do it!!

Rules: Answer 20 questions, and then tag 20 bloggers you want to get to know better. 

Name: Catharina.

Nicknames: Caah is one that I like.

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius ♒

Height: 163cm.

Languages Spoken: Portuguese, English and learning Japanese.

Nationality: Brazilian

Favorite Season: Winter.

Favorite Flower: I still have to choose a favorite one. But I love flowers in general!

Favorite Scent: books, coffee in the morning.

Favorite Color: black.

Favorite Animal: birds?

Favorite Fictional Character: ouch, this is tough. Instead, my first love was definitely Hermione Granger.

Coffee, Tea, or Hot Chocolate: Lots of coffee.

Average Sleep Hours: 6 to 8 hours.

Dog or Cat Person: Cat Person.

Number of Blankets You Sleep With: Only a big fluffy one.

Dream Trip: Japan!! And recently, Thailand would be wonderful too.

Blog established: March 2019? I don't remember exactly.

Followers: Not many.

I think most people that I usually tag have done this already, but if you want to do it, tag me and I'll happily get to know you better 💜

#Tag game #Not book related

[ovyy-pvcure]

20 questions tag meme

I was tagged by @libertyreads reminding me I am an existence people notice which is pleasant but surprising. 

1) Name: Jeffery

2) Nicknames: Jeff, Kitty

3) Zodiac: Capricorn

4) Height: 5′7 

5) Languages spoken: English, some French and Japanese

6) Nationality: Canadian

7) Favorite Season: Either Spring or Fall 

8) Favorite Flower: I’m not sure I have one specifically but I like how bellflowers look a lot

9) Favorite Scent: Cinnamon, things baking, Very early morning air

10) Favorite Colour: Purple

11) Favorite Animal: I won’t choose and you can’t make me

12) Favorite Fictional Character: aw geeez, I haven’t reestablished how much I love Link recently so let’s say him. (Contenders include Motomiya Daisuke, Alba Fruhling, Vivi Nefretiti, Hong Mei ling, Inej Gahfa...it goes on ok)

13) Hot Chocolate, Coffee, or Tea: Tea, I like Hot Chocolate but it’s situational whereas tea is just an always thing

14) Average Sleep Hours: 6 and a halfish? It usually enough but might explain why some days I just want to sleep extra long

15) Dog or Cat person: I was very much a dog person as a kid but now that I get cats I love both equally 

16) Number of Blankets: one throw when its warmer, a comforter in the colder months...well basically just Late Winter. 

17) Dream Trip: Bwahhh, there’s a lot of things I would love to do. Exploring old castles sounds like a jolly good time, but for some originality I’d love to be able to somehow safely explore Hashima Island or Centralia. Crumbling architecture just has a certain allure ya know? 

18) Blog Established: Looks like July 2013.....hmmm *turns to ash on the spot*

19) Followers: 620. Just 70 more! Number includes many dead blogs, but should be clear of bots. 

20) Random Fact: I can not make a decision on my favorite anything except colour which has remained unchanged for like 12 years.

I’m supposed to tag 10 people to pass along but I’m gonna pass but if you’d like to join in go ahead.  

#long post #tag game #you were tagged in a post -Tumblr #*shocked Pikachu Face* -me #oh right my mortal existence which people can interact with I forgot a little but

[mermaidsmagick-blog]

Doing static breath holds across the @golden_gate_bridge. @libertyreads made it the entire way! @thingsihavescene made it about 80% of the way (in slow traffic) about 3 minutes. We'll make a video on the way back in a week. https://www.instagram.com/mermaidsmagick/p/BvfeOo_g2XU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3b2tf7tciwhs

[libertyreads]

Book Review #48 of 2019:

Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller. Rating: 2.5 stars.

Read from May 18 to May 22. I always find reviewing books that are less than 3 stars to be so hard. I wish I had liked them more and I don’t want my review to be all bad so I have to really try to bring up all the things that worked well or okay. This one has been on my TBR shelf for a while so in a way I’m glad I read it. Just disappointed it wasn’t better. I’m hoping the author’s second book in the duology is better. I don’t think I’ll be reading it either way.

I loved the premise of female pirates. And I’m just starting to discover that I like stories about sirens as long as they’re done well. This book does a great job with both in my opinion. It seems like the author really took the time to think out how a siren’s abilities would work and what that would mean for them physically. There’s also a “one bed” trope in this one which I could not get enough of. I eat that shit up like candy. And a lot of the book is that way. It’s not great literature but I was able to eat this up. The only reason I didn’t finish the book in a couple of days was having to put the book down for a road trip for family stuff. This book is easy to read and to lose yourself in for a while.

This book, however, is definitely a debut novel. The author makes a lot of what most readers would consider to be rookie mistakes. We got a lot of Alosa talking about her abilities and her training rather than showing. I would have loved seeing flashbacks to her training with her father. Also, the magical/siren element didn’t even get mentioned in passing until after 100 pages and really seemed to come out of nowhere because of that. The book also read a little like Pirates of the Caribbean fanfiction. How would I know? I read a lot of PoC fanfiction after the first movie came out. There’s always been a lot of fanfiction about a girl getting caught by a pirate and having to share a bed and trope trope trope. So this book being similar just threw me back several years. It definitely didn’t help that the first mate was showing a lot of the possessiveness and jealousy of early 2000s. The last thing that really got me and probably is the reason we’re not up in the 3 star rating is that this book just glosses over an attempted sexual assault. I get that they’re pirates. But when the captain attempts this and the main character brings it up to the first mate he doesn’t have any concern for this girl he’s starting to like. If it “has to” happen then at least let your characters tell the readers that it’s unacceptable.

I’ll leave you with the words I found most enlightening about this book: “If you’re looking for some crack, shippy fun, go for it. Just go ahead and lower those expectations significantly.”

IG: libertyreads789

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[mermaidsmagick-blog]

The adventure begins! Mermaid Magick is on our way to Florida from California for our first two professional gigs. Davina @libertyreads is performing and Corbin @thingsihavescene is being the safety diver and videographer. We're so excited to get this plane off the ground! https://www.instagram.com/mermaidsmagick/p/Bvfbqb2AAz-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1961tcjp379si