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notbecauseofvictories · 4 years

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Hi Sarah! My friend and I are starting a bookclub (as much as you can with two people who aren't pressed for deadlines) and I was wondering if you have any recommendations? (That is if you have time to rec anything!) We're starting off with Deathless and have Fitzgerald next in line somewhere but I def want to try to expand the genres we read and tbh from years of following you, I trust your judgement

I don’t...like giving recommendations? At least not directly, it seems like too much opportunity for getting it wrong. Everybody has their own tastes, after all, and even the best of friends don’t necessarily vibe with what you vibe with. (I’ve experienced this with multiple friends, so I know what I’m talking about.) Truly, one of the reasons that my whole “I’m going to get back into reading for pleasure!” push has been so successful is that I only bother with books that interest me, and stop reading when they fail to catch my attention.

But I’ve now read at least 60 books in 2020, which is approximately 60 more than I’ve read in the years prior, so I’m happy to share that. Below is my list of recent reads, beginning to end, along with a very short review---I keep this list in the notes app on my phone, so they have to be. Where I’ve talked about a book in a post, I’ve tried to link to it.

Peruse, and if something catches your interest I hope you enjoy!

2020 Reading List

Crazy Rich Asians series, Kevin Kwan (here)

Blackwater, Michael McDowell (here; pulpy horror and southern gothic in one novel; come for the monster but stay for the family drama.)

Fire and Hemlock, Diane Wynne Jones (here; weird and thoughtful, in ways I’m still thinking about)

The Secret History, Donna Tartt

Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn (here; loved it! I can see why people glommed onto it)

Swamplandia!, Karen Russell (unfinished, I could not get past the first paragraph; just....no.)

Rules of Scoundrels series, Sarah MacLean (an enjoyable romp through classic romancelandia, though if you read through 4 back to back you realize that MacLean really only writes 1 type of relationship and 1 type of sexual encounter, though I do appreciate insisting that the hero go down first.)

The Bear and the Nightingale, Katherine Arden (here)

Dread Nation, Justine Ireland (great, put it with Stealing Thunder in terms of fun YA fantasy that makes everything less white and Eurocentric)

The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson (VERY good. haunting good.)

Tell My Horse, Zora Neale Hurston (I read an interesting critique of Hurston that said she stripped a lot of the radicalism out of black stories - these might be an example, or counterexample. I haven't decided yet.)

The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society, T. Kingfisher (fun!)

St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, Karen Russell (some of these short stories are wonderful; however, Swamplandia's inspiration is still unreadable, which is wild.)

17776, Jon Bois (made me cry. deeply human. A triumph of internet storytelling)

The Girl with All the Gifts, M. R. Carey (deeply enjoyable. the ending is a bittersweet kick in the teeth, and I really enjoyed the adults' relationships)

The Door in the Hedge and Other Stories, Robin McKinley (enjoyable, but never really resolved into anything.)

The Hero and the Crown, Robin McKinley (fun, but feels very early fantasy - or maybe I've just read too many of the subsequent knock-offs.)

Mrs. Caliban, Rachel Ingalls (weird little pulp novel.)

All Systems Red, Martha Wells (enjoyable, but I don't get the hype. won't be looking into the series unless opportunity arises.)

A People's History of Chicago, Kevin Coval (made me cry. bought a copy. am still thinking about it.)

The Sol Majestic, Ferrett Steinmetz (charming, a sf novel mostly about fine dining)

House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune (immensely enjoyable read, for all it feels like fic with the serial numbers filed off)

The Au Pair, Emma Rous (not bad, but felt like it wanted to be more than it is)

The Night Tiger, Yangsze Choo (preferred this to Ghost Bride; I enjoy a well-crafted mystery novel and this delivered)

The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula Le Guin (unfinished, I cannot fucking get into Le Guin and should really stop trying)

The Ghost Bride, Yangsze Choo (enjoyable, but not nearly as fun as Ghost Bride - the romance felt very disjointed, and could have used another round of editing)

Temptation's Darling, Johanna Lindsey (pure, unadulterated id in a romance novel, complete with a girl dressing as a boy to avoid detection)

Social Creature, Tara Isabella Burton (a strange, dark psychological portrait; really made a mark even though I can't quite put my finger on why)

The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins (slow at first, but picks up halfway through and builds nicely; a whiff of Gone Girl with the staggered perspectives building together)

Stealing Thunder, Alina Boyden (fun Tortall vibes, but set in Mughal India)

The Traitor Baru Cormorant; The Monster Baru Commorant, The Tyrant Baru Cormorant, Seth Dickinson (LOVE this, so much misery, terrible, ecstatic; more here)

This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone (epistolary love poetry, vicious and lovely; more here)

The Elementals, Michael McDowell

Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (didn't like this one as much as I thought I would; narrator's contemporary voice was so jarring against the stylized world and action sequences read like the novelization for a video game; more here)

Finna, Nino Cipri (a fun little romp through interdimensional Ikea, if on the lighter side)

Magic for Liars, Sarah Gailey (engrossing, even if I could see every plot twist coming from a mile away)

Desdemona and the Deep, C. S. E. Cooney (enjoyed the weirdness & the fae bits, but very light fare)

A Blink of the Screen, Terry Pratchett (admittedly just read this for the Discworld bits)

A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine (not as good about politics and colonialism as Baru, but still a powerful book about The Empire, and EXTREMELY cool worldbuilding that manages to be wholly alien and yet never heavily expositional)

Blackfish City, Sam J. Miller (see my post)

Last Werewolf, Glen Duncan (didn't finish, got to to first explicit sex scene and couldn't get any further)

Prosper's Demon, KJ Parker (didn't work for me...felt like a short story that wanted to be fleshed out into a novel)

The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett

His Majesty's Dragon, Naomi Novik (extremely fun, even for a reader who doesn't much like Napoleonic stories)

Three Parts Dead, Max Gladstone (fun romp - hard to believe that this is the same author as Time War though you can see glimmers of it in the imagery here)

A Scot in the Dark, Sarah MacLean (palette cleanser, she does write a good romance novel even it's basically the same romance novel over and over)

The Resurrectionist, E. B. Hudspeth (borrowed it on a whim one night, kept feeling like there was something I was supposed to /get/ about it, but never did - though I liked the Mutter Museum parallels)

Stories of Your Life and Others, Ted Chiang (he's a better ideas guy than a writer, though Hell Is The Absence of God made my skin prickle all over)

Gods of Jade and Shadow, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (fun, very much a throwback to my YA days of fairytale retellings, though obviously less European)

Four Roads Cross, Max Gladstone (it turns out I was a LOT more fond of Tara than I initially realized - plus this book had a good Pratchett-esque pacing and reliance on characterization)

Get in Trouble, Kelly Link (reading this after the Chiang was instructive - Link is such a better storyteller, better at prioritizing the human over the concept)

Gods Behaving Badly, Marie Phillips

Soulless; Changeless; Blameless, all by Gail Carriger (this series is basically a romance novel with some fantasy plot thrown in for fun; extremely charming and funny)

Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Marlon James (got about 1/3 of the way through and had to wave the white flag; will try again because I like the plot and the worldbuilding; the tone is just so hard to get through)

Pew, Catherine Lacey (a strange book, I'm still thinking about it; a good Southern book, though)

Nuremberg Diary, GM Gilbert (it took me two months to finish, and was worth it)

River of Teeth, Sarah Gailey (I wanted to like this one a lot more than I actually did; would have made a terrific movie but ultimately was not a great novel. Preferred Magic for Liars.)

Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (extremely fun, though more trippy than Gods and the plot didn't work as well for me - though it was very original)

The New Voices of Fantasy, Peter S. Beagle (collected anthology, with some favorites I've read before Ursula Vernon's "Jackalope Wives", "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" "The Husband Stitch"; others that were great new finds "Selkie Stories are for Losers" from Sofia Satamar and "A Kiss With Teeth" from Max Gladstone and "The Philosophers" from Adam Ehrlich Sachs)

#from the bookshelf #Anonymous

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gallickingun · 4 years

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gallick’s blog writing rules

Hey guys, gallick here! As I expand my writing parameters, I thought it would be good to make a rules post. I ask that you please read this prior to requesting, because it has my preferences, request status, and content info included.

Please be aware: I reserve the right to delete any and ALL requests/asks that do not conform to my rules.

My inbox is always open for thirsting [defined below], questions, conversation, venting, and advice. See the remaining rules below the cut ―

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【CONTENT INDEX】

what is a... ✰ 『thirst』this is usually when you send in your thoughts on a certain character in a certain situation. My responses can be anything from a jumbled up paragraph to a full on thirst drabble (~250-500 words), depending on whether I’m on mobile vs. desktop, as well as if I jive with your thirst. That being said, don’t ever feel ashamed of the thirst that you want to send in! Even if it’s not my thing, as long as it’s not on my no-no list [see below], I’ll at least post it with some sort of response! See examples of thirst «here», «here», «here», and «here». Thirst can sometimes turn into full on fics depending on how I feel about it!

✰ 『drabble』this is a “fic” that is generally more in depth than a thirst, but not as plot-driven as a full on one shot or fic. I usually keep drabbles between 500-2,000 words. They are normally given their own post instead of replying to the ask itself, but I will respond to the ask with a link to the drabble once I’ve posted it.

✰ 『fic』this is usually a one-shot piece, which means it is a stand-alone fanfiction work. These are at least 2,000 words in length, and I do not put a limit on them as I have no self-control and will write huge fics with no regard to my personal sanity. These will always be posted as their own text post, and will more than likely be {sporadically} uploaded to my ao3 account as well. If the fic is inspired by an ask, I will answer the ask with a link to the fic once I’ve posted it.

✰ 『multi-chap fic』this is usually a piece that spans at minimum two parts, connected via the plotline that runs consistently through them both. As of now, I do not have any multi-chapter works, but I do have a couple planned for the future! These will always be posted as their own text post, with links to the prior part as well as the future part, once it has been posted.

【WRITING RULES】

✰ All characters are aged up to at least 20 years of age no matter whether the situation is sfw or nsfw. The only times I will write “high school” types of works will be in flashbacks, not full length fics. I always try to explicitly state within the work that they are of age - whether that’s referring to them a Pro Heroes (BNHA), Pro Athletes (Haikyuu!!), etc. If I ever discuss “dorms”, I am always talking about college dorms/apartments.

✰ This is my blog, and therefore I get to choose what I do and do not want to write. I apologize if that means I have glossed over your request, but I cannot force myself into writing something I do not feel like I can do, because then it’s not genuine and even though it gets the content out, it’s not content I’d be proud of.

✰ I do NOT close my requests. I feel like it’s pointless, given a lot of people don’t pay attention to the open/closed titles anyway. With this being said, I do receive a lot of requests. If you feel that yours has gotten buried, eaten by the tumblr ask monster, or ignored, please feel free to send it in again. Also keep in mind that I might have deleted or ignored your ask in favor of another that sparked more inspiration. That doesn’t mean I won’t come back to yours later. Be patient with me!

✰ Please be kind. I don’t ask that you fawn over me when you send in a request, but be courteous when you send me an ask. If you just send me a blunt ask, I might not understand what you’re really asking for, or what you actually want, which can stunt the creative process and possibly end up with me deleting your ask. I understand that not everyone speaks English well, so I try to be patient with the more forward requests. Just be aware that I am not a writing machine here for your pleasure. This is a hobby, a fun way of escapism for you and me both. The moment it feels like a job, I will stop.

【DO’S AND DON’T’S】

『 My writing is usually male character x female reader, unless specified otherwise. I do accept female character requests, though. As I do try to keep my appearances of reader relatively neutral, I know that is not always the case. I am constantly trying to learn and evolve my writing, but reader content can be difficult to nail down with all the scenarios that I’m writing or requested to write, given that they are very specific in nature. Please be kind and constructive if you choose to criticize, but criticism is always welcome. 』

『 I always put warnings in my tags above the fic post, so please read the warnings prior to diving into a piece. As stated below, sometimes I will use kinks or tropes or categories/genres that make people uncomfortable or triggered, and I want you to keep yourself safe rather than reading my writing just because it’s mine. I use warnings, tags, and a read more on my posts - if you choose to read the post anyway, then that is your own responsibility and I will not respond to any asks shaming me for what I have written, or blaming me for you being triggered. Please let me know if I have not correctly tagged or warned a post and I will make corrections as soon as possible. 』

― The CHARACTERS I prefer, and who will get priority over others are... My Hero Academia ✰ Bakugou Katsuki ✰ Kirishima Eijirou ✰ Tamaki Amajiki ✰ Todoroki Shouto Haikyuu!! ✰ Sugawara Koushi ✰ Bokuto Koutaro ✰ Kuroo Tetsurou ✰ Oikawa Tooru ✰ Sawamura Daichi ✰ Kageyama Tobio Dragon Ball ✰ Vegeta ✰ Piccolo ✰ Gohan ✰ Trunks

― The GENRES I will write... ✰ Angst (mostly happy endings bc I’m a sap) ✰ Fluff ✰ Smut ✰ Alternate Universe ✰ Hurt/Comfort - this can include things such as anxiety, depression, etc. but will always end with the comfort in mind. ✰ Alpha, Beta, Omega dynamics (bare with me, I’m learning)

― The CONTENT I will NOT write... ✘ Suicide (reader or character) ✘ Minor x Adult ✘ Vore, Gore, Intense Violence ✘ Piss or Shit Kinks ✘ Incest, Pseudo Incest, anything relatively familial in nature. ✘ Ass Play (in detail - i.e. pegging, fingering, etc.) ✘ Cheating ✘ Crack Fics (i.e. overly humorous or satirical content) ✘ Character x Character - this is a loose rule, but currently I don’t have any CxC ships that I am writing for, or feel the need to write for. ✘ Poly relationships - this is another loose rule, but I am not overly well-versed with polyamorous relationships, so they can be difficult for me to nail down. If I feel inspired, or if I open poly requests, I will let you guys know.

【TAGS】

『If there is any type of content you do not want to read, I ask that you please blacklist it. I will do my best to tag all asks/posts accordingly, but I am only human and might miss one here and there. Feel free to send me a quick message letting me know that I have missed something, but please be kind.』

『I believe it is your responsibility to monitor and improve your online experience. If you don’t like Bakugou, please blacklist my Bakugou tag(s). If you are a minor, and do not wish to interact with my nsfw content, please blacklist my smut tag. I will not be tagging things directly as “nsfw”, because this can get you taken out of the tags entirely, and I do also write sfw pieces in addition to my nsfw pieces.』

『I do NOT tag generic posts unless they are triggering. This includes all reblogs - graphics, fics, etc.』

『Here is how to blacklist tags on desktop and mobile.』

『I always use three versions of the “character” tag(s), with their surname only as well as their given name, and then their full name. I.e. bakugou x reader, katsuki x reader, bakugou katsuki x reader.』

― Writing Tags ✰ #character x reader ✰ #character smut ✰ #character thirst ✰ #OC: Belle Marie Sinclair - (Bakugou OC) ✰ #OC: Lilith - (Kirishima OC) ― Trigger Warning Tags ✰ #tw: dubcon ✰ #tw: noncon ✰ #tw: suicide ✰ #tw: self harm ✰ #tw: degredation ― Personal Tags ✰ #morgan.txt - my original text posts ✰ #morgan-gets-mail - answered asks ✰ #morgan-has-friends - mutuals interactions ✰ #morgan-does-commissions - commission-related posts ✰ #morgan-has-a-patreon - Patreon-related posts ✰ #morgan-says-read-it - Fic recs ✰ #morgan-says-look-at-it - Art recs ✰ #morgan-says-listen - Audio recs

【FINAL THOUGHTS】

I reserve the right to delete any of the asks sent into my inbox. This includes... ✘ Hateful Asks ✘ Baiting/Leading Asks ✘ URL referencing Asks (i.e. “I heard gallickingun did....”) ✘ Rule Non-Conforming Asks

【LINKS】

✰ desktop masterlist «here» ✰ mobile masterlist «here» ✰ general writing tag «here» ✰ archiveofourown «here» ✰ wattpad «here» ✰ commissions interest form «here» ✰ ko-fi «here» ✰ patreon (coming soon!) «here» ✰ bnha bookclub (discord server + fic archive) «here»

This is all subject to change, hence the read more.

#gallickingun #bnha x reader #haikyuu x reader #dragon ball x reader #my hero academia x reader #blog rules #mod post

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ckerouac · 4 years

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1-30 - I WANT ALL THE ANSWERS RB!

Well, this seems very on brand and I should’ve expected this *lol* I’ll do this in two parts. So here’s the first part:

1. Answered

2. Are you an Austen person or a Bronte person?

I’m gonna get thrown out of book fandom. Neither. I’ve never read anything by Austen or any of the Brontes that I’ve enjoyed. I had to read a smattering of novels from them in high school and college and didn’t enjoy a single one. They make fun movies but I haven’t enjoy the books I’ve read. Maybe I would feel differently reading them now as an adult? I don’t know. But would I actively spend my limited reading time revisiting them? Probably not. I did dislike Wuthering Heights less than I disliked Pride & Prejudice, so take of that what you will. (Seriously, a girl almost punched me the second day of college because I told her that I didn’t enjoy Jane Austen. She was... interesting.)

3. Are there any genres you will not read?

I don’t really enjoy YA. I don’t enjoy self-help novels, or non-fiction true crime. I’ll read horror if it’s one that’s recommended to me. Actually, I should read more horror, I haven’t in a long time. It’s less about genres that I won’t read and more about aspects of the book itself that turn me off.

4. Are you a fast or slow reader?

I’m a pretty quick reader if I’m interested in the material.

5. What was your relationship with books like as a child?

I’m really lucky that my mother was and is a big reader, so the house was always full of books, we always went to the library for more books, and I was never restricted from what I was allowed to read. The rule in my house was if you were old enough to have an interest in the book, you’re old enough to read it. And let’s be honest -- for those of us who were in elementary school in the 90s, was there any better day than the Scholastic book fair with a $5 in your pocket?

6. Are you the type of person who will read a book to the end whether you like it or not, or will you put it down straight away if you’re not feeling into it?

Nope. If that bitch hasn’t hooked me within the first two chapter or the first 20 pages (whichever comes first), I’m out of there. There are too many other choices to enjoy to force yourself to read something unenjoyable that’s supposed to be for pleasure.

7. Have you ever despised something you have read?

All. The. Time. I have thrown books across the room to express my displeasure.

8. Do you prefer to read first person or third person?

Third Person. Omg I hate reading first person so much. And I will avoid it unless it comes highly recommended by a select number of folks whose opinions I trust without question. I find first person really difficult to enjoy. There are some really great ones that I have enjoyed, but they are few and far between.

9. Are you for or against multiple narrators in the same book?

Against. And it’s usually multiple narrators AND each of those chapters are in first person and, ugh, it’s everything I dislike. Again, if it comes recommended by a certain few people, I’ll try it, but if it’s just one I’m picking up off the shelves at the library I will flip through it, see that’s what’s going one, and slip the book right back on the shelf.

10. Answered

11. Answered

12. Do you need to finish a book before you can move on to the next one, or will you have multiple books going at once?

Multiple. Usually one fiction and one or two non-fiction so that I can read what’s poking my interest that day.

13. How do you chose which book to read next?

Usually whatever comes up next in my library queue. I do like that the queue determines it for me *lol* Or if I have to read something quick for bookclub.

14. What is your favourite children’s book?

Goodnight Moon is a classic for a reason. Or whatever my nieces and nephews are into at the moment and ask me to read to them.

15. Do you agree that Jane Eyre should be considered a feminist novel?

Again, I’m gonna get kicked out of book fandom for this. I’ve never read Jane Eyre, and I honestly don’t know enough about the story to make a determination one way or the other. Is it the one where she shows up as a second wife and his first wife is bonkers in an attic? (Seriously, just toss me out of book fandom...)

#answers #i'll answer the rest after doctor who #spaceorphan18

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dragonbadgerbooks · 5 years

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About That’s Not What Happened

It's been three years since the Virgil County High School Massacre. Three years since my best friend, Sarah, was killed in a bathroom stall during the mass shooting. Everyone knows Sarah's story--that she died proclaiming her faith. But it's not true. I know because I was with her when she died. I didn't say anything then, and people got hurt because of it. Now Sarah's parents are publishing a book about her, so this might be my last chance to set the record straight . . . but I'm not the only survivor with a story to tell about what did--and didn't--happen that day. Except Sarah's martyrdom is important to a lot of people, people who don't take kindly to what I'm trying to do. And the more I learn, the less certain I am about what's right. I don't know what will be worse: the guilt of staying silent or the consequences of speaking up . . .

Amazon || Goodreads

Trigger warnings for this book and potentially in this review: gun violence, depression, PTSD, alcoholism, bullying, school shooting, mental health

I remember seeing this book in the store and NOPE-ING right away from it because of the heavy subject matter. My main reason for picking it up was @frompawntoqueen and doing a mini bookclub before our other book came in from the library. They were reading it because the MC is asexual, which is a really cool thing. To start on that, she talks extensively about her orientation in several parts of the book, where appropriate. I loved how honest she was to herself and everyone she told. I love seeing queer characters in books that are not about being queer. Another character is a lesbian and has a girlfriend ,and the book also features a black blind boy who is open about racism and microaggressions.

If you read the description of this book, it’s heavy. It doesn’t pull any punches and you are going to cry multiple times and possibly have to step away from it. I know I did. This book brought back a lot of emotions I didn’t really remember from school. I was in 5th/6th grade when Columbine happened and I remember how it just settled over everyone school-aged. School might not be safe. Someone, a student even, a person I know, could come in and do that in my school too. The same when I was teaching. You started noticing people and their behavior. It was a switch that kids these days live with daily, since we are in a sick cycle of shooting, thoughts and prayers, nothing changes, shooting.

It might not help that I started reading this right after two mass shootings within 24 hours.

Anyway.

This book touched heavily on themes of trauma, religion, and most importantly the truth. What it means, who it serves, why it’s important, what it can represent... the truth is probably the central theme of this book and honestly the part that is going to continue to clang around in my brain.

If you’re worried about reading this, that it is going to somehow glorify school schootings, don’t be. The shooter is deliberately never mentioned by name, never described, never treated as someone we should feel sorry for. Not that this makes it an easier read, but I was very impressed with how that was handled.

I don’t want to go too much into the plot, because I think everyone should read this if they’re able to handle the triggers (remember, mental health is more important than a book). I will say that it is not in chronological order, skipping between three years after the shooting before flashing back to it and even to times before the shooting to get a batter idea of the survivors and the people who lost their lives. The survivors writing about their friends who died definitely was what got to me. That and the issues with the church. I think this book portrays small town churches/Christianity just brilliantly, having lived in those types of areas myself.

Overall, I think this is something that adults should read more than children. Children already live this life. Adults need to learn some empathy.

★★★★★

#that's not what happened #review #ya #school shooting #gun violence #fiction #book #booklr #book review #read ya

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rreadsdaily · 5 years

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This week for #GetToKnowTheRosendeReaders, we meet Paula.

#GetToKnowTheRosendeReaders has the only purpose to bring even closer the members of the RosendeReads book club. We read together every week but we barely know each other so every week I will interview one of you by choosing randomly someone on Twitter. You can find all the info about GTKTRR here.

This week we meet Paula from Spain. Thank you Paula for your time to chat with me! Let’s start with a simple question: Name, age and where are you from? P: My name is Paula, I'm 22 years old and I'm from Spain. Usually the beginning of the new year brings with itself a lot of motivation so did you set up a reading challenge for yourself? If so, how many books would you like to read this year? P: I have never actually set up a number of books that I want to read on a year like many people do, but this year I definitely would like to read all the books we are going to read on Rosende Reads, plus catching up with the previous ones since I joined the book club with “The Handmaid's Tale” because I was so busy with university to join before. I’d also like to read the new Shadowhunters books that are coming out this year, the prequel books of “A Series of Unfortunate Events”, and whatever more I find on my way. How did you get into reading? Was it something that has always been with you as a child or would you say it’s more of a passion you discovered yourself? P: I always remember myself reading, actually I have that big amount of books from my childhood that some of them are in boxes right now because there's just not enough space for them all. I remember when I was a child I always would get sad if anyone didn’t get me books for my birthday or Christmas. Why would I want toys or clothes if I didn't had new books to read!? That’s so sweet! What’s your favorite thing about reading? P: Thank you! I love that reading is like living a lot of experiences, in a lot of different worlds. There's a quote I love, although I don't really know where it comes from, that says "Un lector vive mil vidas antes de morir. El que no lee solo vive una." which means "A reader lives a hundred lifes before dying, while who doesn't read only lives one". Also reading is a form of escape. You can be stressed about what’s going on in your life, but when you read, you get to be the character you are reading about even if it’s just for a few hours., You can share their problems and be as brave as they are. You can see the world with their eyes. As Tessa Gray says, words have the power to change us. So when you come back to your own life and to your own problems, you may come back wiser, braver, and happier. And how often do you read out of your comfort zone? P: My favourite genre has always been fantasy. One of the first books I remember reading was “Kika Superwitch”, but I've always read all type of stories, as long as they were fiction. I have barely read non-fiction or poetry though, they are definitely out of my comfort zone. During my childhood I used to read a lot of books from a collection that had very diverse stories ordered according at what age you were supposed to read them (like first readers, from 7 years old, 9, 12...), so anything that would be a "kids" book (I would probably just not be able to understand big adult books by that age), I would read it. Then I started to read the books we had to read for school, and whenever the teacher would give us recommendations for summer, I would read them too. Sometimes I wouldn't like them and they were definitely out of my comfort zone, but I really enjoyed a lot of them too that if it wouldn't be for classes I wouldn't have picked them up. But when I started Uni I only read fantasy during that time since I didn't had so much time to read and I no more had to read books for school. So to sum up, I would say that, I've always read a bit out of my comfort zone. So it's so cool to be back at reading now, and even more out of my comfort zone than before, with Rosende Reads. Still talking about Rosende Reads.. How did you find RR and what’s the thing you love the most about this book club? P: Alberto has always been my favourite actor from Shadowhunters so I read about Rosende Reads as soon as he posted about it back in August 2017, and honestly I thought it was the coolest idea ever. I got the first book and started reading it, but when his first live was at a time I couldn't watch because of Uni, and I was still so far way from the point we were supposed to read up for that week, I understood that I really didn't have time at that moment to join the book club. But, I kept track of the books you all were reading with the intention of reading them one day and finally i joined this September as soon as I actually had time for it. I was so excited, and I liked the book [The Handmaid’s Tale] even more than I expected, and discussing it with Alberto and Tessa was amazing. I guess that's my favourite thing about this book club: being able to talk about one of my favourite things that is reading with one of my favourite people [Alberto], while I discover a lot of amazing new books (I might have liked more or less all the books I've read till now, but I've always ended up liking them more after our discussions) and then talking about them in our discussions with a lot of amazing people that love books as much as I do. It's a pleasure discussing the books with you all and listening to new points of view that I haven't thought about before.

Aww, that’s so sweet Paula! Do you have a favorite and least favorite book we read in RR? P: Awe thanks! “The Handsmaid's Tale”, “THUG”, and “Into the Wild” are definitely my faves so far. If I have to choose a favorite, I'd say “The Handsmaid's Tale” because I love that genre. But “Into the Wild” actually surprised me a lot and I really liked it much more than I expected. I really can't wait to discuss about it this Sunday! I'm sure it will be very interesting. As least favorite, I would say “Man's Search for Meaning”, I liked the first part but the second one was worst than reading my class notes... I totally feel the same about “Man’s Search for Meaning”! How do you imagine RosendeReads in like 5 years from now? How do you see this bookclub growing? P: Well I hope we will all be still here together reading books in 5 years! As from growing.. I guess it depends on how much free time everyone has so that we all can continue. Introducing Alberto and the book club to more friends maybe (I'm sure the world has a lot of amazing things in store for this wonderful actor!). I'm sure it will keep being an amazing community, with a lot of amazing people. Some livechats ago we talked about Hogwarts houses and i feel like at this point they should ask this question in any résumé so what Hogwarts house are you and why do you feel like belonging to this one? P: I want to think I'm a Ravenclaw. I've always loved to be creative with everything I do, and my friends have always said that I'm intelligent. And I use to be so curious too. One last question then you’re totally free to go ahah Do you have any social beside twitter? If so, where can we find you? P: Aww it was a pleasure talking with you! I'm @lightwood_18 both on Twitter and Instagram. I also have a personal Instagram that i use to join the lives, if someone from the book club wants to know it, they can DM me and I'll add them on my personal too

#rosende reads #get to know the rosende readers #GTKTRR

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I’ve been mulling over my reading goal for the year and finally settled on a number. Last year I didn’t read many books at all so I want to push myself to read more this year. I’m also trying to read more of the books I already own, although I don’t think I can bring myself to cancel my subscription boxes. 📦 💕 . I have an entire bookshelf (six shelves, roughly 120 or so books) of books that I have and just never got around to reading. I also hope to add more classics to my shelves and read a little more adult fiction. . #QOTD - Aside from the number of books you read, what other types of reading goals did you set for yourself in 2019? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #bookish #ladymidnight #shadowhunters #bibliophile #bookstagram #bookphotography #booksarelife #youngadult #bookobsessed #bookworm #literature #bookblogger #bookblogs #ilovebooks #books #bookaddict #bookaholic #readersofinstagram #fairytalesandtea #bookshelf #bookclub #booklover #ipreview via @preview.app (at East Germantown, Philadelphia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsjK5Nhn7Je/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1695nrzcyebiz

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poldarkmmmuses · 7 years

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poldarkmmmuses musings: The Four Swans – one year and a WHOLE lotta Poldark after

THIS POST IS RIDDLED WITH POLDARK SPOILERS FOR THE FOUR SWANS. AND THERE IS SWEARING. CONSIDER YOURSELVES WARNED.

I’d only been active in the fandom for a few months when I read tFS for the first time. And I admit, I was quite vocal about the things that happened in it. Since I’ve become more involved in the fandom, have watched series one of the 2015 countless times, analyzed both S1 and S2 to pieces, and led interweb bookclubs on both The Black Tide and The Four Swans for the Poldark Podcast, I can say some of my thoughts around Graham’s sixth book have mellowed. This is not to say I’m all warm and fuzzy about Hugh Armitage all of a sudden. I’m just no longer demanding his head be served to me on a platter.

I have a trigger when it comes to adultery. I’ve mentioned it in a few locations as well as the podcast. This goes back all the way to when I was a kid (back in the Stone Age). Without getting into too many details, my dad had affairs. The last one broke up my folk’s marriage. At the time, I was all about being on Team Mom. It wasn’t until after she’d passed and I’d learned some of the KRAYKRAY shit happening in their relationship at the time of that last affair that I began to understand why my father made the choices he did. This perspective has doubled as I approach the twenty year mark on a less-than-ideal marital situation.

So, what do I get with all of this life-wisdom heaped onto my head?

There are no such things as Soulmates™. I say this specifically to address some of the anonymous asks that have come into the @poldarkpodcast inbox. Here’s a sample (tweaked spelling and punctuation a bit):

...not enjoying the four swans don’t like how Graham comes up with plot devises to constantly split up Ross and Demelza. he gave them a break in Black Moon, wonder if that’s why we talk about it so much because of heartache. I think in Black Moon Ross loves Demelza more then ever but as you said, there is now a chink in Demelza's armor, she loves Ross still but it’s not the same as before the betrayal, she changed, lost faith, not on pedestal anymore, because if she was as happy as she seemed in Black Moon she wouldn’t want to have known Hugh, just friends who enjoy company etc, if you in love with husband you don’t sleep with a man who you hardly know, just to make him happy, its as bad as Ross sleeping with Margaret because she fed up, this was wrong of Graham to do this with Demelza because it alters how her character has been so far in the books, i know she has flaws, reckless with Julia, Verity etc but not unfaithful to Ross, hate the four swans. I agree with all what you said, she didn’t need to have sex with him on the beach, she could of said no, spoils it for me, hate betrayal, makes a mock of their marriage and i thought they were soul mates in literature, don’t think so. What do you you think Michelle

Folks are undeniably upset about Demelza’s adultery and have said they were supposed to be Soulmates™ (the trademark is my addition to the term that is posted). Other than the dictionary definition of the word, I simply cannot believe there is only one person on a planet of seven billion that I’m meant to be in a perfect, shiny, awesome state of being for the rest of my life . If that’s the case and I’m current with that person, then whoever is responsible for the soulmate matching job in my current situation is about to get a size-ten Doc Marten upside the head because why? EPIC FAIL.

It’s a lovely, romantic notion, to be sure, to be with a single person in one’s life and never encounter moments of suck, the whole “happily ever after” idea. And yes, there are many couples out there who have been able to sustain a loving, committed relationship with the same person who used to snap their bra straps in junior high school or whatever. What I’ve discovered is what lies beneath those “soulmate-type” couples most if not all of the time is unwelcome compromise, societal pressures to stay together, despite what would be better for all concerned, and/or a SHIT-ton of hard, heartbreaking and heart-mending work that chips away on the very foundations of their partnership. This can include infidelity (emotional or physical), lack of communication, grief and loss, changes in dynamic (e.g. the traditional bread winner loses their job, so the other partner becomes the breadwinner and all of the mindfucking that goes into that. Don’t ask me how I know this). Which brings me to my next point…

Marriage is hard frakking work. There’s a reason why I haven’t bounced out of this less than ideal relationship. Or, I should say, YET. It’s far too easy to bail on a situation where the person you married has left the toilet seat up or has left the cap off the toothpaste one too many times. Living one’s life with another person, a person who is doing the same amount of growing and changing as you are, requires strong communication, opportunities to be independent in one’s hobbies or activities, and a whole bunch of other stuff. The first one, communication, is the thing that glues everything together. If you’re not willing to do the work, accept those moments when you’ve been the horse’s ass and need to apologize or say “I don’t think I love you anymore”, then stick with dating and booty calls.

So why blather about this stuff on a Poldark blog? Because the Poldark series is NOT a fairy tale, like Beauty and the Beast or The Little Mermaid. It is all about a marriage, through its turmoil and betrayal; its healing and forgiveness, that spans thirty-plus years. We encounter two of the greatest injuries to the Poldark marriage in Warleggan and The Four Swans. By the end of the latter, BOTH Ross and Demelza, our power couple, the Soulmates™, the hero and heroine of the series, have committed adultery, but emotional AND physical adultery and are at a very precarious place in their relationship. And as much as I want to rage and howl at both of them – and I do, every single time I re-read these books, I do – the emotion I am left with is a bone deep disappointment, the same disappointment I had when I was a kid and discovered my father’s failings, and when I was an adult, and discovered my mother’s failings. Feet of clay.

Now, neither of them were hapless victims or perpetrators of their decision making. As the saying goes, it takes two to tango. I’ve got ZERO love for either Elizabeth or Hugh, see both of them as being selfish, manipulative individuals (I’ve at least backed away from the predator label I’d slapped on Armitage my first read-through of tFS…see? An old dog can learn new tricks) and have much to do with how things shake out. Communication across the board for these four was ridiculously flawed and craptastic. Ultimately, it was the folks who’d made the promises that day in June 1787 that are responsible for ignoring the “You Shall Not Pass” line.

Why does Demelza’s adultery affect me more than Ross’s? Believe me, I’ve asked myself this question more times than I care to think about. Maybe it’s because she’d been the injured party first? Because she is so intuitive and has such well-honed Spidey senses and they’d been screeching in her ear from the moment she met Hugh? Because despite her saying she was content with Ross, in love with him and only wanted to be his wife, it feels like she was saying all of those things with her fingers crossed behind her back? Sadly, she doesn’t accept the truth of the situation until after she’s given herself to Hugh. Even after she acknowledges Jud’s tale telling and Ross’s secret meetings (which she assumes are ongoing rather than the single incident) as something that’s niggled at the back of her mind and, in the moment of decision, “eroded her will”, she acknowledges that it only had the power to do so because her impulses towards the act were strong enough that they would have leapt upon any excuse to justify the act. Even Hugh’s romance and fawning and charm and crap weren’t enough to sweep her away. Further, it isn’t until she thinks of the damage the knowledge of her infidelity would have upon her relationship with Ross should he ever find out that she begins to feel bad about what she’s done. She then reconsiders the possibility that Hugh’s romantic overtures had more of an impact on her than she’d thought earlier (of course they did, otherwise you wouldn’t have kept all of those damn poems, Demelza). She is sorry for committing adultery, not because she is any less in love with Ross, nor because she’s remorseful about having the experience of making love with another man (because she’s not)...it is because it has eradicated trust and loyalty, just as Ross’s visit to Elizabeth in Warleggan did. And even then… it’s not until Hugh is dead that she finally, FINALLY seems to come to terms with her actions and motives behind them: a) she was instantly attracted to him; and b) she’d fallen in love with him -- long before she learned of Ross’s meeting with Elizabeth -- and followed her heart’s desire.

If SHE casts aside her knowledge of Ross and Elizabeth’s meeting(s) and Ross’s fall from grace as an excuse for her behavior, who are we to continue to point at them as being the thing that would have kept her from doing what she did? Hugh’s not the only one who has had Demelza on a pedestal. We have as well. And her fall from that lofty position hurts so incredibly much.

tl;dr If I could say one thing it would be this: Ross? Leave that sonofabitch at Quimper. He ain’t nothing but trouble.

Want to read the passage where Demelza ponders all of this? It’s behind the cut. Happy to talk about this -- I know I’ll enjoy the conversation. Well… enjoy might not be the right word for it, but you know what I mean. :-)

The Four Swans, by Winston Graham, Book 3, Chapter 1, Part 3 pages 427-434, Kindle edition

But to be honest she could not allow herself even the luxury of blaming her lapse on Jud’s tale-telling, on Ross’s secret meetings. It had of course been in the back of her mind all these months, a little corrosive eating away at her normal contentment; and on the soft sand beside the Seal Hole Cave with the cliffs towering and a man kneeling in the sand watching her, the knowledge had come suddenly to the forefront and on the instant eroded her will. But it could only have done that if the impulses were already so strong within her that they seized on any excuse to have their way. It was an excuse, she knew that with certainty. A good one or a bad one, who knew? But an excuse for what was inexcusable.

Nor could she really pretend to herself that she had been swept away by Hugh’s romantic approach. Of course it was delightful to be someone’s chivalrous ideal. But she was altogether of the wrong temperament to be much affected by it. She knew well enough that such a poetic view of love was impossible to sustain, and she had made this clear to him all through their friendship. Indeed his extravagances, charming though they were, would have tended to defeat their own object. (Was it unfair to him to suppose that he had tried to charm her, to weave a spell around her, to hypnotize her with idealistic attitudes and beautiful words? Perhaps it was unfair, for his sincerity could hardly be doubted.) Anyway, she had refused to be so hypnotized. Yet in the end she had not refused him. She had given herself to him with warmth and sensuous ease. There had been little or no embarrassment. It had happened, cut off from the rest of the world, under the hot sun.

So what was the reason? Attraction, sheer physical attraction, which she had felt from the moment they had first met last year; sadness, for the news he brought of himself; opportunity, which had settled on them like a strange bird, making unreality out of isolation and giving her the feeling that she was no one, except a nameless woman to be taken by a nameless man.

Were these reasons, except the first, any better than more excuses? From the moment he set eyes on her he had wanted her, and now he had had her. Perhaps it would cure him. Perhaps now that he had brought her down to the level of other women he would be able to go away and forget. There was an old saying that all women were the same when the candle was blown out. He had had many other women, he had implied; now she was one of them. Now he could turn his idealism on some other girl. Perhaps her giving herself to him would in the end be a good thing, clearing his mind of his desire, enabling him to come to terms with himself, and to forget.

She wished she could believe this. Or she almost wished it. No woman really wants to feel that by giving herself to a man she has expended her attraction in his eyes. But that likelihood now seemed less probable than it had done yesterday. While Ross was asleep this afternoon, sleeping off some of the frustrations and unease of the sinister night, the same tall groom had arrived again, clattering over the cobbles at the front door –alone, thank God, but all the same openly delivering a message to her that Ross might well have asked to see. Admittedly the covering note was formal enough, a polite letter thanking her for her hospitality of Tuesday and expressing a hope that she and Ross would dine again at Tregothnan before he returned home. But folded inside it was another poem, and who knew whether she would have had the sleight of hand to get it into her pocket without its being seen?

The metre had changed, but not the style.

Hallowed by sea and sand Beauty was in my hand. In taking her I came Moth to the whitest flame, Body caressed and turned Wings of desire unburned. Lips to my lips unfold Tale of our love is told. Yet there can be no end, In love our lives extend, And if this day be all Proud is my heart’s recall Proud is my funeral pall.

It didn’t seem to have altered his attitude as yet, or to have ‘cured’ him of anything at all. Then had it cured her? But cured her of what? A compulsive sensuous impulse to lie with another man for once in her life? A perverse desire to be unfaithful to the man she loved? A wish to give happiness, if it was in her power, to someone sorely threatened? A sudden moral lapse, lying in the warm sand with the salt water drying on her body?

The odd and slightly disconcerting thing was that she was not quite sure that she had anything to be cured of. She felt no less in love with Ross than before –perhaps, perversely, a little more so. She felt no different –or very little different –towards Hugh Armitage. She was taken with him, warmed by his love and returning some of it. The experience, the physical experience, if one could separate it even in one’s thoughts from the heart-stopping tension and sweet excitement of the day, had not in essence varied from what she had known before. She did not feel that she was becoming in any real way a light woman. She did not see it as a happening that was likely to recur. It was just a trifle disconcerting that she did not feel very much changed in any way as a result of it.

That was not to say that she had spent a happy two days since. At times the discomfort and apprehension she felt might well have been mistaken for bitter remorse for wrong-doing. Unfortunately the remorse was something of which she had to remind herself rather than a sensation welling up naturally from her conscience. The true discomfort grew out of something different. At the moment, what had happened on Tuesday was an event in isolation, unconnected with the past, unattached to the future. But if Ross knew of it, even got to suspect it, then the anonymity of the experience would be shattered, the isolation broken into, and her life with him might be laid waste.

It was not an agreeable thought, and, standing at the window with little shivers going through her body in the warm night, she did not much like herself. It seemed to her that if she had committed adultery it was for the wrong reasons, and if she was sorry she had committed it, it was again for the wrong reasons.

On the Tuesday it had been after one when they left the beach. They had rowed straight back.

He had said in the boat: ‘You have not asked me to dinner but I’ll not stay. If Ross should return I should feel embarrassed, and in truth all I want now for a long time is to be alone.’

‘Your groom will be tired of waiting.’

‘I have been tired of waiting . . . When can I see you again?’

‘Not, I believe, for a long time.’

‘A long time will be too long for me.’

‘When are you going home?’

‘To Dorset? I don’t know. My uncle believes there is an election coming shortly and thinks to invite me to stand for Truro.’

‘But your –oh, I suppose he doesn’t know?’

‘Not yet. In any event, if the election occurred this summer I could still no doubt deceive the electors. And I suspect there have been blind Members of Parliament before this.’

‘Do not say that.’

‘Well, it will have to be said sooner or later.’

‘Are spectacles no use to you? I’m still not sure how much you can see?’

‘Today I have seen enough.’

‘Hugh, please, we should talk no more like this . . . I need not ask you when we get ashore to talk no more like this.’

‘You need not ask me, Demelza. My lovely one, no hurt shall come to you from anything I say. I assure you.’

So they had landed, and the impassive groom, who had been sitting in the shade of the rocks, came to help them gravely in, and, the boat stowed in the cave, they had walked up the narrow valley to the house talking of seals and other casual things, and he had refused to come in but had stood chatting in the doorway until the two horses were led round, and they had mounted and clattered off up the valley. Hugh had not waved as he left, but he had turned and stared at her for a long moment, as if trying to memorize what he might not see again.

She turned from the bedroom window and looked about her at the familiar room. The teak beams running lengthwise of the ceiling, the new green velvet curtain over the door, the window seat with its pink grogram hanging; the wardrobe door ajar and a corner of the frock, the green frock, peering out like a guilty secret; Ross’s dark head and regular breathing. My lovely one, no hurt shall come to you from anything I say. But what of the things you write? In the sort of company in which Hugh was brought up, possibly letters were brought on a platter to the breakfast table by a manservant and everyone was too well bred to ask even whom a communication was from, let alone expect to see its contents. In Nampara household, on the other hand, such was the amity and friendship between them, that Ross always tossed any letters he received across to her to read after, and she, on the rare occasions when she had one, automatically did the same. However folded within another letter, the last poem was dangerous indeed. Body caressed and turned, Wings of desire unburned. Lips to my lips unfold. Judas! No wonder she shivered in the warm night!

The bit of paper should have been torn up at once. It was like a little heap of gunpowder waiting for a chance spark. But sometimes caution can go too far, and she couldn’t quite force herself to destroy it. However little or much the incident might come to mean in future years, the poem meant something. It meant something to her and she could not lose it. So instead she had slipped it with the other poems she had received into a little wash-leather bag that she had found in the old library long years ago. It was safe enough there, she felt, for no one touched the drawer it was in except herself.

She came back to the bed. She wondered for a moment if perhaps she had been dismissing Hugh’s romantic persuasions too lightly. What had he said? By giving love you do not diminish it. Love only adds to itself, it never destroys. Tenderness is not like money; the more you give to one the more you have for others. Perhaps there was hard common sense in this as well as poetry. Certainly there was, if one could overcome loyalty and possessiveness and jealousy and trust. But how could one? What if Ross had been sleeping with Elizabeth? What if his story about aiding in the arrest of the miners were an untruth and he had spent the night in Elizabeth’s arms? How would she feel then? That Ross’s love had grown for her because he had been intimate with another woman’s body? Love only adds to itself, it never destroys. Tenderness is not like money. But neither is trust, Hugh, neither is trust. Neither is loyalty. You can give those away and they are gone for ever, Hugh. Though only a part of love, they are a vital part, gathered, stored, built up over the years, like something growing round love, protecting it, warming it, adding another strength to it and another savour. Give those away and they are gone for ever...

She drew back the thin sheet and slid in beside Ross, very cautiously so as not to wake him. She lay on her back for a moment, wide eyed, silent breathed, staring at the half-dark ceiling. Then Ross moved, as if conscious that she had been away and had come back. He did not put his arm around her but his hand came to rest on hers while he slept.

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Sensor Sweep: Schuyler Hernstom, Ken Kelly, Gardner Fox, August Derleth

Review (Brain Leakage): In terms of pure entertainment, I can’t recommend Hernstrom’s story enough. And if all you’re craving is a dose of pure, adrenaline-filled awesomeness with alien ruins, axe-wielding barbarians, motorcycles, and talking monkeys, then stop reading this review NOW. Buy Hernstrom’s new collection, The Eye of Sounnu from DMR Books, which is where you can read this slice of pure heavy-metal havoc. I promise, you won’t be disappointed.

Art (David J. West): I am positive that Ken Kelly has done more book covers that I own than anybody else – and that’s a lot considering I typically buy every Frazetta I can find. Kelly is such a work horse and has done so many Conan’s and other sword and sorcery related covers that it is staggering. He has done a lot of heavy metal covers too, but I don’t think I have any of those but when it comes to book covers wow -its staggering.

Interview (The Dacian): To kick off the series I asked my favorite living Sword & Sorcery writer Schuyler Hernstrom to be my first subject. Over the weekend Hernstrom took the time to chat and answer a few questions. Schuyler Hernstrom is a fantastic writer of Sword & Sorcery whose recent short story collection The Eye of Sounnu I review here, and made the subject of the first Short Story Bookclub. You can also read his previous collection Thune’s Vison and he’s been featured numerous times in Cirsova Magazine, including the upcoming summer special.

Forthcoming (Story Hack): I recently annouced that I’ll be publishing a collection of short stories by the ever-entertaining Misha Burnett. It will release on June 15th. This collection features reprints as well as new work. And now, you can preorder the ebook version on Amazon. Paperback will also be available, but there won’t be a preorder. For those of you who do buy a paperback, I’ll make available bookplates signed by the author. Details on that to follow.

Men’s Adventure Magazines (Menspulps.com): Most of the magazines in the war mag subgenre were fairly short-lived (as were many other magazines in the men’s adventure genre in general). The longest-lasting was BATTLE CRY. It was published from late 1955 to mid-1971 by Stanley Publications, Inc., the flagship company of pioneering comic book and magazine publisher Stanley P. Morse. When the puritanical 1954 Comics Code essentially banned violent or sexy images in comics, Morse discontinued his BATTLE CRY comic book and created the men’s adventure magazine BATTLE CRY.

Fiction (Goodman Games): May 20th is the birthdate of Gardner F. Fox. But when people see his name on the list of Appendix N authors, there’s often no recognition of his name as a writer of fantasy. He has passed into relative obscurity for contemporary fans of the genre. It is not surprising considering that he is best known as the author of the Kothar books (discounted by many as a cheap knockoff of Conan) and the Kyric books (a likewise discounted knockoff of Elric).

Science Fiction (M Porcius): A. E. van Vogt has many detractors, and their criticisms are not all off base; you might say the Slan man, Canada’s finest export, is an acquired taste. You don’t read A. E. van Vogt looking for conventional literary values, like beautiful sentences. And you don’t read A. E. van Vogt looking for the comforts of standard popular fiction, like sympathetic characters you enjoy “getting to know” who share your values and regurgitate the conventional wisdom. An A. E. van Vogt story is usually challenging on multiple levels.

Art (DMR Books): However, Angus was painting fantasy art long before he was doing work for RPG publishers. During the 1960s, McBride was creating art steadily for Look and Learn magazine as well as its competitor, Finding Out. Both were aimed at a juvenile/young adult audience, but the art and writing in them were well above what one would find in similar publications today.

D&D (Jeffro’s Space Gaming Blog): Just looking over these old sessions and I have to say, it really takes my breath away: The Hole in the Sky, The Thing in the Sewer, The Big Score, The Drums of the Dog People, Altar of the Beast-women, The Pugs of Slaughter, The Overbearing of the Crystal Men, The Song of Fàgor.

Comic Books (Messages From Crom): Ablaze Publishing THE CIMMERIAN: PEOPLE OF BLACK CIRCLE #1 Coming in August! Robert E. Howard’s Conan is brought to life UNCENSORED! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended! In the kingdom of Vendhya, the king has just died, struck down by the spells of the black prophets of Yimsha. The king’s sister, Yasmina, decides to avenge him…and contacts Conan, then chief of the Afghuli tribe.

Science Speculation (Pulprev): In the world of Singularity Sunrise, where robotics and AI threaten to replace humans in every major field, one of the few things that cannot be quantified, mechanised and reproduced by machines is psychic powers. Don’t expect Hollywood-or anime-type powers here. In this universe, psychic powers are the outgrowth of research projects like Project Stargate, investigating the potential of the mind to gather information through extra-sensory perception.

Video Games (Kairos): The Internet Archive even has every back issue of Nintendo Power, so the re-creations of those long-lost after school decompression sessions with a new kart slotted in my SNES, a crisp copy of NP flopped open on the couch, and a bowl of popcorn in my lap are almost perfect. Archive.org doesn’t call its old web site search feature the Wayback Machine for nil. One thing that hits you over the head when you go back and play the old 2D sprite-based games is the real craftsmanship behind the bright colors and pixels.

Fiction (Paperback Warrior): Esteemed author Max Allan Collins is a heavy contributor to the gritty hard-boiled line of mystery fiction. His well-respected creations include Nate Heller, Nolan, Mallory and the subject at hand, Quarry. The Thrilling Detective blog cites Quarry as the first hired killer series, predating Loren Estleman’s Peter Macklin and Lawrence Block’s Keller. Collins released the debut, The Broker (aka Quarry), in 1976. After four more novels, and a ton of fan mail requests, the author began releasing series installments again in 2006.

Poul Anderson (Mystery File): POUL ANDERSON “The Martian Crown Jewels.” Short story. Freehatched Syaloch #1. First published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, February 1958. One reason for the story’s popularity, I think, is that there really aren’t many examples of combining traditional detective stories with hardcore SF, and this is a good one. The detective on the case is Martian private detective Freehatched Syaloch, but this seems to have been his only appearance in print. Missing are the Martian crown jewels, which have been on display on Earth, but on their state secret return to Mars, via Phobos, one of the planet’s moons, they have completely disappeared.

Horror (Grady Hendrix): Wilson’s The Keep deals with Judaism more obliquely and in the guise of the big, fat, international thrillers authors like Robert Ludlum were popularizing in the early Eighties. A swaggering, World War II adventure story full of warring immortals, sneering Gestapo officers, magic swords, and Weighty Questions about Faith, The Keep arrived as the smaller novels of the Seventies started giving way to the massive blockbusters of the Eighties. Painted in broad strokes on a big canvas, The Keep fits comfortably into a decade that would make literary rock stars out of authors like Anne Rice and Stephen King.

Weird Tales (Dark Worlds Quarterly): August Derleth takes a lotta crap. Some of it is deserved but some of it isn’t. Like when people say Derleth wouldn’t have been in Weird Tales without Lovecraft. That is simply not true. August’s first Weird Tales appearance was “Bat’s Belfry” (Weird Tales, May 1926), eleven years before Lovecraft’s death. His first Mythos tale was “The Lair of the Star-Spawn” (Weird Tales, August 1932) with Marc R. Schorer. This story appeared during HPL’s lifetime. Derleth had written forty stories previously to Star-Spawn. He wouldn’t write a posthumous Mythos tale until his seventy-second, “The Return of Hastur” (Weird Tales, March 1939), the year Arkham House began publishing. Of Derleth 132 appearances in WT, only 15 were Cthulhu Mythos (with one other appearing at Strange Tales). That means Derleth appeared in 40% of all issues.

D&D (Goblin Punch): The most interesting part for most of you will probably be the Advice for DMs section, but I’m posting the whole thing here since it’s a good explanation of (a) old-school dungeoncrawls, as I see them, and (b) the style of gameplay that I’m shooting for in the Lair of the Lamb.

Writing (Amatopia): A corollary to my recent post about villains who may have had a point after all: I am not advocating for the “sympathetic villain” trope. In fact, I generally dislike that trope. But I have a theory that a lot of new and new-ish writers can’t help but write villains like this because they forgot how to make heroes actually heroic. This is not because our traditional culture is bad and out if step with the times. It’s because a cadre of nihilistic relativists hijacked the culture with the intent of changing it to suit their own spiritual and psychological hangups. It’s a tale as old as time.

Cinema (Giant Freakin Robot): Starship Troopers should have been a gargantuan hit. With a $100m+ budget and the director behind sci-fi triumphs like RoboCop and Total Recall, the adaptation of Robert Heinlein’s 1959 novel was poised to be a smash hit both financially and critically. That’s not what went down in 1997. We have to understand that the movie-going public was very different in 1997. Films were sold on their stars more than their premises. If you look at the biggest earners of the year, you’ll see movies whose marketing campaigns were structured around their lead actors: Men in Black, Liar Liar, Air Force One, My Best Friend’s Wedding.

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If you want to get Susan Orlean riled up, just ask her about the economist who suggested the government could eliminate public libraries and “save taxpayers lots of money” now that we have Amazon for books and Starbucks as a gathering place.

This modest proposal was published on Forbes.com last year, at least briefly, until the editors pulled it down amid a firestorm of derision.

“It was such a ridiculous, absurd position to take,” said Orlean, author of “The Library Book,” the bestseller about the 1986 Los Angeles Library fire, and a paean to the glories of the public library. The article, she said, demonstrated “an incredible lack of understanding of what libraries do.”

Orlean joins the Los Angeles Times Book Club on June 25 in a conversation with Times Deputy Managing Editor Julia Turner at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre, marking “The Library Book” as the book club’s first community read.

“The printed page has been the gold standard of communication for centuries, and I think it will continue, because you can hardly do better.” – SUSAN ORLEAN

Orlean spent six years taking a deep dive into L.A.’s landmark Central Library and emerged optimistic about the state of libraries and their future prospects.

“Libraries are not musty, fusty museums that are just filled with books that nobody even wants to look at — they are exactly the opposite,” she said. “They’re vital, robust, thriving institutions that are very much part of the modern world.”

Libraries may have been threatened decades ago, Orlean said, when the internet came into widespread use and seemed to put the entire universe of information at people’s fingertips. But rather than rejecting technology, libraries embraced the internet and transformed themselves into digital hubs as well as physical spaces to gather, learn, work and connect.

More than 400,000 books were destroyed in the 1986 fire at L.A.'s Central Library. (Boris Yaro)

Books are still at the heart of the mission, but libraries are so much more than books. Just consider some of what was lost in the Los Angeles Central Library fire, as detailed in Orlean’s book: Patent listings, magazines, microfilm, unbound manuscripts and 400,000 books of all types.

And what’s available at the library today? Digital books, audiobooks, music, movies, digital and physical photographs, maps, fruit crate labels, autographs, obituaries, computers, Wi-Fi and an online high school.

Libraries today are hubs for all kinds of activities, living up to L.A. City Librarian John Szabo’s description of them as “the people’s university.” For example:

The Los Angeles Public Library offers language classes in French, Mandarin, Spanish, Russian, Armenian and Italian.

In New York, library patrons can borrow accessories like neckties and briefcases to complete an ensemble for a job interview.

In Anchorage, the library lends out taxidermy items, including bear and wolf fur, apparently popular in Boy Scout ceremonies.

Libraries lend seeds, tools, toys, games and many other items. In this they follow in a rich tradition conceived as early as the 1880s, when an early Los Angles head librarian proposed an expansion that would have allowed the library to lend out tennis racquets, footballs, games and other equipment for children who otherwise would be unable to afford it.

Orlean finds that libraries have become increasingly popular among millennials, a generation of young adults who grew up completely wired, with seemingly little need for them. “That gives me tremendous hope for the future,” she said.

Gathering spaces

Part of the appeal is that libraries are gathering spaces for workers who may not have a fixed office — or may not want one. Plus, the library is a great place to borrow electronic books and other media — Los Angeles library patrons borrowed 4 million e-books and other digital items last year.

“This is a generation of young people who place a very high value on the idea of sharing space and sharing in general,” Orlean said. “What a wonderful thing to have a generation that’s really endorsing that with a great enthusiasm.”

Homeless patrons

While libraries benefit from taxpayer support, they face challenges too; one stands out above all others: homelessness. Orlean described it as “the single consistent issue” she heard from nearly every librarian she spoke with around the world.

“Libraries, because of their openness, are natural magnets for people who have nowhere else to go,” Orlean said. By and large, she said, librarians have “opened their arms” and accepted the homeless as part of their clientele, although she acknowledges that problems like homelessness, drug use and mental illness can be “magnified” in the close quarters of the library.

While the problem is a societal one, Orlean said libraries “have done more than most city agencies” to help by offering services, even adding on-site social workers in some places.

The urge to have public libraries is apparently a universal one, says Orlean, who describes libraries around the world that, “depending on the location’s terrain and weather, operate by bicycle, backpack, helicopter, boat, train, motorcycle, ox, donkey, elephant, camel, truck, bus, or horse.” She mentions library vending machines, library trucks, library trains and a library in rural Peru where books are housed, section by section, in the homes of 700 farmers.

“There is no culture that doesn’t have libraries,” Orlean said. “Many of them are set up differently than the way we run them, but the idea of collecting and sharing books is something that is done in every culture on every continent.”

Orlean has said she initially was reluctant to write “The Library Book” and questioned whether it would be published and read. Instead, the book, now in its 10th printing, has spent more than 30 weeks on the Los Angeles Times Bestseller List and is being adapted for a television series by Paramount TV. The series will go back and forth from the present day to the 1986 fire, with fictionalized characters helping to flesh out the still-unsolved mystery of the blaze, said Orlean, who is cowriting the screenplay with director James Ponsoldt.

While libraries today have cafes, auditoriums, classes and knitting circles, physical books remain at the heart of their mission — and always will, if Orlean has her way.

“The printed page has been the gold standard of communication for centuries, and I think it will continue, because you can hardly do better,” she said.

Susan Orlean at a glance

Born: Cleveland, 1955.

Graduated from: The University of Michigan with a degree in literature and history.

Lives in: A landmark modernist home in Studio City and in New York’s Hudson Valley.

Staff writer: For the New Yorker, since 1992.

Family: Married to businessman John Gillespie Jr.; one son, one stepson.

Books: Her work includes “The Library Book” (2018); “The Orchid Thief” (1998); “Saturday Night” (1990); “Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend” (2011); and “The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters With Extraordinary People” (2001).

Portrayed by: Meryl Streep in the movie “Adaptation,” inspired by Orlean’s book “The Orchid Thief.”

Website: susanorlean.com

Twitter: @susanorlean

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250 Years Of National politics, Objection, Individuals, And also Play By Dave Zirin-- Testimonials, Discussion, Bookclubs,.

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#StoriesFromLivingOnline By Shawn Syms-- Evaluations, Conversation, Bookclubs, Lists.

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British Ambassador to France joins Riviera Firefly for Christmas message 2017

TITLE: Ambassador Llewelyn’s joins the Riviera Firefly for an End of Year Christmas message to the Riviera Firefly.

SERIES: Christmas Series

EPISODE: 30

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Continuing our Festive series Ambassador Llewellyn pops onto to share a Christmas message and reflect on 2017 and 2018.

Use our community group to get in contact and find support if you need it over the festive period.

We are fast approaching Christmas here in the South of France so I am honoured that the Ambassador agreed to pop in on this episode to share a Christmas message .

I met him back in November originally as the Embassy and Consulate team visited Nice as part of their French tour ..these were free meetings with the British Expats here chatting Brexit among other things.

I summed the meeting up in episode 25 so you can go back and listen to that via rivierafirefly.com/25 we plan to do another update in 2018 as things for us Brits here become clearer.

it was a great end to my year to be able to reconnect with the Ambassador then in December which comes up in just a few moments.

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His first full year what happened here in France

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s visit

Les Voisins Campaign

Christmas message

Reassurance re Brexit and getting the latest key information

What the Ambassador would like for Christmas.

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Reaching out if you feel lonely or stressed

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Boy21 Through Matthew Quick-- Reviews, Conversation, Bookclubs, Lists.

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In your manual when George told his mommy he seemed like a female, she couldn't approve this. Mommies are actually meant to adore you whatever, even if you aren't what they wished you would certainly be. When I dealt with that I recognized when George's mama didn't allow him, he form of stopped and ended up being inhibited. Of course any type of social guy, regardless of just how big his correspondence, is pleased to acquire an earnest letter off an information-seeking boy. He likes his family, yet really isn't quite Guy and Young boy by Tony Parsons is actually the account of how a guy comes to be a father brown to his boy, as well as a kid to a father. Men relate stories differently compared to women do, or even though he's gay, I definitely would not anticipate him to essentially offer a comprehensive model of events-it's only not sensible of his personality. The young boy was so appreciative that the lion did certainly not want to consume him, that he gladly grabbed his knapsack which lay on the ground, and also held up some bread as well as a bottle from wine. These detail that the bay between girls as well as males is an item from attributes, not nourish. Because they might own smaller automobiles or possess a bag that they utilize to lug points about is merely plan stupid, I assume mentioning that Guy are actually becoming more like girls. Men are actually provided less sympathy than ladies, few guys yet that is actually still a substantial concern for all males typically. I desired to rise as well as cheer considering that below was actually an 8-year aged boy-past the age when young boys start to stop emotionally-who, hoping to preserve good partnerships, wished to discuss feelings. One boy I recognized, with an appetite for graffiti, took a series of spray cans to his room and also en-suite shower room (and also furnishings) when bored one afternoon, while yet another thrilled in that he possessed his mommy's imposingly sizable vibrator and also 'love eggs' hidden at the back of his cupboard. And also the managing boy is interesting: he was running away off the school bus, held no publications and also used no shoes. These are fairly identical since This reveals a journal or even a lifestyle concerning a boy who is actually lifestyle is ridiculous as well as despites many factors that make both young boys gloomy as well as possess a dog's life. That possesses a similarly essential message for those of us who in the chaos of a busy world are actually straining to attain, in many occasions without any sight beyond the desire to deliver as greatest our company could for the well being from our own selves and our households. At one aspect, the movie even swerves into a trip where Kyuta asks the different elders from the creature world about the attribute of durability as well as is actually astounded (and thrilled) due to the several responses he receives. On the other hand, so that the newspapers could be properly supplied with thistles for their shafts, he published an entire amount of his magazine created by the children from renowned men. The only trait I am actually finding is a lot of melodrama and labels that bring in the characters seem like horses. My favored easily is actually the seeker ensemble generally because Kid mentions, Robin Hoooooooood!" in an amusing voice. For some time, I could possibly have given Samantha in Sex And also The City a run for her amount of money, marching along with a set from pleasant younger guys (the youngest was actually 24) - as well as I can not refute what an awesome increase this was actually to my assurance at a time when I believed I was moving towards spinsterhood. IMO that is actually the main reason guys commit suicide in such file amounts, it is actually the leading cause for guys under FIFTY.

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