#now i wanna check these books out

[uraberika]

i was today years old when i learnt that there are french book series for children on inazuma eleven, go, and ares too, written by a french author

#inazuma eleven #color me impressed #i didn't know inazuma was such a big deal in france #now i wanna check these books out

[liquidstar]

a friend who'd wait :)

#im posting this very late because i was sort of weary of how it came out and ended up messing w it until it was like 4am oops. #and i have plans tmrw so... oh well! i did my best and ill put it out while i can! #and i tried to make the scene match barnard's colors lol #finn's ocs #finn's art #i know i said id do more sillay stuff with the simpler screentone only style but i had a couple more of these in me #and this is the first piece im making thats like an actual part of the story too rather than just setting stuff for fun #i wanna write something to go with it too but for now ill just sort of briefly explain the context in the tags here: #barnard has a pretty bad case of OCD and his compulsions have made it difficult to make friends in the past #he was never outright bullied or anything but people just didnt really have the patience to deal with it #he has compulsions that include stuff like walking through doors until it feels right and needing things to be perfectly aligned #which in group settings has lead to people having to wait for him to finish his rituals and join them #they might find it tolerable at first but eventually they grow impatient and hes just... not invited to stuff anymore #but juno is a newer member of the guild who ends up frequenting the same library. hes also kinda a little weird #and they dont become fast friends or anything but just sort of naturally spend time in the same place #though they never plan meetups they eventually fall into a routine. around the same time theyd just both be at the library #and read next to each other. and maybe talk a bit. and eventually they end up walking back to the guildhall together #since theyre going to the same place after all. and juno always waits for barnard outside the door #eventually barnard asks if this bothers him. juno kinda just tells him 'of course it does' without any malice or anything. just a statement #barnard is surprised and apologizes and juno says not to. but the next day juno doesnt show up at the usual time. #barnard assumes hes committed somekinda more by bringing it up. he ends up staying there late reading to get his mind off it & not ruminate #but when he leaves juno is in fact still waiting for him down the hall (see pic) having collected a bunch of books literally abt ocd #he fell asleep bc barnard stayed later than expected. and hes an eepy guy generally. and also one very bad at expressing himself #but now barnard gets that juno's 'of course it [bothers me]' had the implication of 'but its worth it' which no friend has previously done. #and from the interaction juno was also able to understand that this isn't something barnard just does for the hell of it so. he studies. #and checks a bunch of stuff out because he thinks it could help his friend too (theres ocd workbooks and such- i remember working w them) #and thats the point where they became more ''friends'' than ''pleasant library acquaintances'' #from there on they also do get into juno's problems. whole other bag of worms. but this specific scene is more about bernard from his pov #sorry about when i said briefly explain. i lied </3 #but compared to the whole sequence im picturing its brief so shhh

[kanerallels]

So... what SW Legends stuff would you recommend? I've already started reading Heir to the Empire, if that helps?

Ooooh!! Okay Heir to the Empire is the PERFECT starting place, that's where I started too! (I think. I also vaguely remembering reading these Darth Bane books when I was younger, but I digress)

(edit: also, I am not an expert on Legends, so if anyone who knows it better would like to offer any other recs (in a respectful manner that doesn't involve talking about how much you hate the sequels) feel free to add to this post!)

Others that I would recommend would definitely depend on what era you're looking for, but most of the stuff I know is post Return of the Jedi. If it's not, I'll make sure you know! (I'm gonna put part of this under a cut, it got kinda long)

The Hand of Thrawn duology. It's set like ten years after Heir to the Empire, and wraps up the events of those books super well! Plus it has more Talon Karrde, who is my favorite background character ever. The first book is Specter of the Past, by Timothy Zahn!

If you're a Mace Windu fan, Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover was really good! It's set near the end of the Clone Wars, and is about a mission he went on to find his missing apprentice. It was fun to read from Mace's point of view, and see how he's actually a lot more caring than a lot of fans depict him. Also, he headbutts a shocking amount of people. Mace is not immune to the chaos gene that comes with being Force sensitive

Technically, these are kids books and I might only like them because nostaglia, but the Last of the Jedi series by Jude Watson is fun! It's set directly after Order 66, and follows a former Jedi who grew up with Anakin, and the escapades and hijinks he gets up to

The Rogue Squadron books by Michael A. Stackpole are pretty good, especially if you like fighter pilot shenanigans. Rogue Squadron is Wedge Antilles's elite squad of pilots, and the main character is Corran Horn, who is a former Corellian Security member (basically a cop) and gets into all KINDS of trouble. I've only technically read a couple of those books, and admittedly, I don't like them as much as their follow up series. But if you do enjoy these books, you should check out I, Jedi, by Michael A. Stackpole, which is about Corran in later life

The follow up series is the Wraith Squadron books by Aaron Allston. It's also about a squadron Wedge put together, but it's made up of washouts and rejects, and they end up as a black ops division. It's simultaneously really sad and some of the funniest Star Wars I've ever read, and there's a running joke about an Ewok lieutenant

I'm gonna recommend the Republic Commando series by Karen Traviss, but with a caveat. Karen Traviss, for some reason, seems to really, really hate the Jedi. And that is reflected in her writing, but it's almost worth it for the Mandalorians adopting clones and the TRAGEDY. This one is set during the end of the Clone War, through Order 66. It also does not end super satisfyingly, but it's weirdly good anyways. So it's really up to you whether or not you think you can handle the rampant loathing of Jedi

Uhhh let's see, what else. There are so so many Legends books. The Jedi Academy Trilogy by Kevin J Anderson isn't the best written, but it gives you a really good look at what Luke's new Jedi Order looks like as he's building (and also happens, timeline-wise, at the same time as I, Jedi)

I think those are the main ones I know well enough to recommend! In my experience, anything by Timothy Zahn or Aaron Allston is pretty good. Avoid Troy Denning at all cost-- he does not, in my experience, write stuff that is particularly admirable, and it can be kinda gross. If you end up with a particular character you like a lot who you're looking for more content of, there's a good chance there's more out there! Feel free to send me any other questions you have, and don't feel pressure to read all of it. No one can possibly be an expert on all of Star Wars, there's just. Way too much of it (of course that's not really gonna stop me from trying)

#thanks for the ask!! #star wars legends #thanks for letting me rant i much appreciate it #and now i really wanna check out some more legends books it's been too long

[raiiny-bay]

unfortunately i'm obsessed with project zomboid again

#if i disappear this is why #i've been playing soo much these last few days #unironically my favorite mod is the zupercart mod #it's so silly #i kinda wanna try a multiplayer server. like i think that would be fun #but i also like playing alone bc i turn zombies off #i only turn zombies on if i play with other people. i am not brave enough to face them alone #n e way. i do have a lil thing for valentines q'd up for tomorrow #i made sure to finish it on time lol #i'm gonna go to the library tomorrow. need a book for february. #i've been so bad about reading lately. #also have a few movies i want to check out #i want to watch more movies this year. since i started collecting dvds & all. i need to find more movies i like #i've always been more of a book guy but now i understand the joy of a good movie. or a bad movie #both are good #rainyrambles #ETA: i will get to the last of the asks & tag games i got at some point. as soon as i'm done playing pz. #i'm not ignoring them. just preoccupied lol

[ispyspookymansion]

i think this would be my 3rd or 4th time reading it? anyways.

#im soooo tempted but there ARE so many books its true…… #kora.txt #i just miss the characters the movie isnt the same…..but i have a long list of books at the library i wanna check out #i read a lot now tho. so its not like i dont have the time

[fried-manto]

Aren't we all?

Going to die someday.

Click photo for better quality.

#sort of vent comic #ALSO I FOUND OUT SOLITAIRE IS A THING AND NOW I WANNA BE OBSESSED WITH IT #i swear #im gonna buy that book and read it someday #theres audiobooks in yt but i dont listen to audiobooks #they make me feel sleepy #YEAH and uh.. #tried to replicate the omoriboy art style #DIDN'T WORK OOPS #ALSO OH MY GOD #THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR *checks notes* OH DAMN 115 FOLLOWERS #I love you all <33 #ALSO WHEN I FOUND OUT WHAT FAP WAS I WAS JUST 💀💀 #dont search it up guys #omori fandom #omori #omori fanart #omoriboy #a short comic strip #tw; suicidal thoughts

[vulpinesaint]

desperately trying to remember if there are any books i read this year that i cannot find on my library borrowing history or simply cannot remember. i am so bad about remembering books. LITERALLY REMEMBERED ONE AS I'M WRITING THIS POST. anyway i am attempting to compile a list of books that i've read this year so that i can reference it without having to forget everything. wish me luck. i have fifteen titles on there right now but i can't shake the feeling there's something i'm forgetting

#checking my shelf of books i got for school??? idk #none of this is helped by the way that i have seven thousand books waiting to be read right now and all of them are on my mind #and several of them i am partway through. but i cannot put bell hooks all about love on my list yet i just can't #opened this is how you lose the time war today. not liking it super much but it's not even 200 pages so we'll pound through it #and then my three books from merc (princess bride and two books from the fight club guy) #and all about love. and interview with the vampire #WITCHER NOVELS!!! I READ WITCHER NOVELS AGAIN!!!! adding two more books to my list #god i'm not even through blood of elves yet. awful. this is why i can't keep anything up i forget my ebooks exist as options #then i should read that book about eleanor roosevelt that my grandma got me. as a token to her dskfjghs #wanna reread the hours! have a physical copy just for that so i can annotate #gotta finish the once and future king. #all that to say that there are many books that will be on this list once i actually sit down and read some of them #have to remind myself that i Am actually doing good i'm at over a book a month rate. this is fine #two books a month rate! actually! #shout out to library due dates for being a fantastic motivator #seventeen books on the 'read' list this year. this is fine bracken. you're doing good #realistically this is SO much better than previous years 😭 good stuff. just gotta keep reading #valentine notes #list that would have been so useful to have when we were doing that book recommendation thing

[fivekrystalpetals]

vsvfbfh love your answers in the tag games. And also,still listening to 2nd gen groups in 2023 is a mood! 🩷🩷🩷 Once a legend,always a legend!

Your literature taste is immaculate!🩷

ghfjklgh I knooow! my tastes in kpop boys has not changed in a million years lmao; my favs back then were SuJu, 2pm and Infinite; annnd like that, a lot of old songs of SHINee, BigBang, 2NE1 and CNBlue are still my all-time favorites! (how sad so many of these latter got disbanded/embroiled into a bunch of problems over time)

I kinda lost touch by the time of 3rd gen tho I still do listen to EXO, BTS and GOT7 songs and by 4th gen... I am drawing a complete blank lol I was randomly listening to Limitless by NCT7 the other day and that was pretty good so ig it's on me that I haven't been digging around for new songs T_T

agfhdj thank you, same goes for you too! I haven't been reading as many books as I used to tho, so that this tag game made up for a good readlist thro' everyone tagging their fav books gjfhl; Dune has been on my readlist for a long time so this gives me the chance to check it out!

#may-answers #thanks for your ask!! #i thought i accidentally deleted this ask and was very sad about it but now clearing out the drafts i find it again!!! #BAP is partly 2nd-3rd gen but i consider them 2nd gen cuz the youngest is around same age as oldest in bands debuting at the same time #not that it matters now lol 😭 #i wanna check out the books you have given too XD i feel like i haven't been reading Books these days only fanfics lolol #time to brush up on new books ✌

[jiggery-duggery]

kissing my local library right on the fucking mouth

#reggietales #it has happened THREE TIMES NOW that ive been like 'damn...i rly wanna read this book but its kind of obscure...library probably doesnt #have it but ill check anyways...WAIT HOLY SHIT?????' #GUYS. THEY HAVE THE BOOKS I WANT :D #YIPPIEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #they need to hurry up and get a mascot so i can draw fanart of me making out with them sloppy style #I FUCKING LOVE LIBRARIES DAWG HAVE I MADE THAT CLEAR ENOUGH YET #hrrrrgh i have so many books to read...first i HAVE to finish the return of the king but imma be real its a bit of a hurdle #my reward for finishing it will be getting to move on to all the other stuff. it is the carrot dangling in front of my face spurring me on

[the-kipsabian]

kip lied to me last night and said he hasnt won a single match in a year and a half (since his return)

he did have one televised match at the end of 2022 in rampage that he won. and then another one few months back against anthony henry in ring of honor. and then if we wanna get technical, still outside of wins in aew dark/elevation, they had one trios win with butcher and blade in ring of honor and two in ddt with chris brookes and hagane shinno

so like. he has wins. but oh boy is that list so fucking small

#you see why im always so upset lmao #this shit isnt even funny anymore. but i knew he lied to me so i double checked the stats and. yeah #five wins overall if we dont count dark matches. that. that kinda sucks yo #i just really hope his current desperate and sad pathetic meow meow moment leads to something. i need him to get booked better #give this man his moments dammit #looking literally at any singles match hes had since that return theyve been absolute bangers like. almost all of them #im not gonna get on this tangent im too tired and head hurty for that but. just a thought #..and now i wanna rewatch the ddt matches but i dont have an active subscription ough. at least the second one should be on youtube #(someone help me out pls ;;) #box thoughts

[skunkg1rll]

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#i havent been wanting to get out of bed in the morning at all lately :(( #i just dont want to :(( #today i should be going to the gym w my mom nd then stop by the store nd library #tmrw i have to go to school #but omg i rllyyyyy dont want to i wanna cry #i feel like skipping it today even if then i dont get the book i wanna read bc they'll send it back today #plus there r some things i'd like to get at the store. but ugh i just wanna stay in bed and stay in my room #and i had an unpleasant dream of my school years :/ #i dream of that and my class all the time and it fills me w such anxiety :( #stuff like that. that anxiety most ppl fill me w. reminds me how badly i only want to be w him #but maybe it's ruined now. bc of miscommunication.... i havent even dared checking the app #bc im sooooooo scared to open it and be met w the unread sign. that he hasnt even seen my messages #that'll hurt me so much so i just dont even open the app. now i have no idea if he's seen it or not nd thats all i can deal with atm #it makes me so sad tho bc if he rlly wanted to he could have me. and i have such a big heart w sm love to give to someone :(((( #he's like the one person i've met who fills me w calm instead of that anxiety #which is somewhat funny to say bc he also makes me so sad sometimes :(( nd frustrated #but ohhh even now all i can think abt is being w him nd having a future. even if idk if nd when we'll even simply talk again skskksksk #sighhhhhh i was so happy to have talked to him almost every day the past week... i have things i wanna share w him constantly!!!!! but then #i ofc made a mistake w i always do. i just wish ppl could come to me nd talk abt it instead of just getting upset and pulling away :((

[plutotheforgotten]

I have so many audiobooks to listen to fuck

#I love placing a ton of holds on books I wanna listen to and then they’re all available at the same fucking time and now I have #seven fucking audiobooks checked out #I have over 80hrs in audiobooks to lichen to within the next three weeks #I don’t even have that much time to listen to them! #screaming into the void

[i-dont-r3member]

RANDOM SHOWER THOUGHT/MEMORY UNLOCKED/I NEED ANSWERS RIGHT THIS MINUTE

Does anyone else remember a book series from like…idk prolly the mid to late 2010s (or at least that’s when I think I read it it was probably older) where the main characters could like travel through mirrors??? And there was like this whole world in between the mirrors and these big bug creatures that they had to feed (?) so they would bring them to the correct exit mirror and there was like a lord of this mirror plane/world/dimension who was a jerk and they ended up like fighting(? Im p sure they outsmarted him technically) because I only remember this specific aspect and now I HAVE to know the series so I can remember the context around why they traveled by mirror

#this all started because I was thinking about how the mirror travel from Alice in wonderland/through the looking glass work #it was def a novel not like a graphic novel cus my first thought was Amulet but then I was like no we never saw what it looked like #books #reading #mid 2010s #late 2010s #possibly early 2010s tbh I just am associating it with my urban fantasy phase #early 2010s #? #it was like a middle schooler book idk what that age group would be defined as #mystery book #help #fantasy #might look through my shelf later to see if I can find it since I still have most of my old books #but it’s totally possible I checked it out from the school or local library or smthn #man now I wanna reread all my old books from back then #help me find this #pleeeeeeas I NEED to know

[rhoddys]

All fun and games until the old ladies pull out their own weapons

5: Fight, Starvetober list by crazysnor1ax

#rod vibes #woodraws #dst #dst wickerbottom #dst wanda #wickerwanda #don't starve together #don't starve #I've got 17 of the prompts left to do so now to figure out the best method to complete them this month lol #I wanna get them done this month so next month I can do some kind of festive stuff #also so I don't just keep saying I'll do them and then forget #cuz i do have ideas for all the prompts I just didn't have the motivation to complete them on my off days of uni #also I specifically checked the wiki for wicker's book so i hope ya'll know which one it is lol #let's just say it's not for children lol

[shrimp1y]

Every moment that ggf doesnt blow up is a blessing I think. Like I'm like damn I wish for some virality! And less than a second later im like no that would be a terrible idea. This might sound like that fox who want the grapes but bc its outta reach he says its green but do remember my accounts are very hackable and I gptta do smth about that before the internet gets its grippers on me

#my passwords are dumb #i still use my first ever email #and like. the more I think about it the less i care about popularity. im not even on socmed #the only reason why i want virality is bc i want money. i wanna be rich. i want to move out and spend money on so fucking much therapy #i like going to the dentist #ill get all my weird symptoms checked out at the doctors #i want money. i want money!!!!!! i wanna buy houses for my besties #got distracted. anyway it sounds great but virality doesnt always equal to money thats the problem hence im like. ehhh.. nah #like. ill be happy to be viral in 5 years when my shits more together but rn im a weak frail shrimp im like a small victorian boy #ive been eating orzo in veggie broth #the internet will instantly kill me #im still gonna get my symptoms checked out at the doctors mind you. i am rich co #my parents are. and theyre in their guilty 50s stage where they look at me sadly and say shit like 'i dont remember that' when i tell them #they neglected me #so ill still get to go to my doctors. its just a matter of gettin there. but i reaaaaaally hate going out #growing up is learnin tjat no money or fame can fix u #the autism is winning. the asthma is winning. the allergies are winning. the hypermobility is winning. apparently its not just funny that #i cant hold up frying pans and choppin stuff hurts my wrist. its a runnin joke that im super weak but now im like. is this normal #my feet hurt all the time. is that normal. i get a desperate need to lie down after i do anything. 'i love being horizontal' #thats my irl catchphrase. and like. my nose are always clogged. i only recently started visiting the dentist bc they booked me in for #regular visits after comin to them to look at my wisdom tooth. and they say they can tell im a mouthbreather from my teeth #and im like girl what. i didnt know theres consequences to breathing through my mouth. and ive been thinking about the fact that im #congested 95% of the time and im like. maybeeeeee... thats not normal....... its been liek this for most of my life jsyk. is that why my #ears pop and ring all the time. apparently sinus problems can lead to ear problems. like i can sorta tell bc my nose gets completely blocked #and i gotta 'stretch' my jaw to relief the pressure on my ears every once in a while. but i thought that was just normal #i joke that im allergic to joy bc my asthma flares up when i laugh. which is kinda funny #i kinda have warmed up to like. the idea. of me bein disabled. bc im autistic and im regressing as i relearn how to actually do stuff in #a sustainable way. but man. i didnt consider my many bodily failures to be a part of it. but like with becoming more intuned with my body #and my fatigue..... its like yeah. not being able to breath is kinda tiring. i dont sleep very well either. maybe thats why i sleep so much #this is also why i shouldnt ever be known i talk too much

[haahka]

list of activities that upon completion would bring me joy:

find and post nodts failed candle smoking attempts video

gif bible falling off a surfboard

catch up on atz like watch a damn logbook or smth. if funny, gif.

finish the tankhun × ballet fic

more memes? the folders full of material make my laptop heavy

prepare a thing for B l o c k t o b e r

#lets see how far i'll get #bc lbr i should enjoy the weather now thats still possible #and i started reading childhoods end i wanna see where it goes. plus obvs my other 12 checked out library books #i stress played my cello for hours the other day and that was also fun so hopefully ill get back into practicing again too #irrelevant